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Joined by Ashley Benson, the two former Disney stars are snapped cruising around the streets in St. Petersburg, Florida on different colored scooters while filming a scene for the upcoming drama.
Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens has recently been caught on camera baring their tanner skins in teeny bikinis on the set of "Spring Breakers" in Florida. Along with co-star Ashley Benson, the two former Disney darlings were snapped filming a scene on the streets in St. Petersburg on Tuesday afternoon, March 13.
During the shooting, both Gomez and Hudgens were seen having fun and sharing laughters while saddling up on different colored scooters. The former donned a turquoise bikini that she paired with blue hot pants, while the latter sported her new blond locks as she rocked a neon green bikini top. Benson, meanwhile, was spotted wearing pink number.
In the upcoming drama, Gomez, Hudgens and Benson will play best friends who decide to rob fast food joint so they can afford to go on spring break in Florida. Gomez is cast as the most religious member of the gang, while Hudgens is set to play the "crazy party girl" in the group. They are joined by James Franco who stars as a drug and arms dealer who bails the girls out of jail and entices them to kill his rival.
Currently still in the production process, "Spring Breakers" has yet to set a U.S. release date. Serving as the helmer is Harmony Korine, whose wife Rachel Korine also tackles a supporting role together with "Glee" star Heather Morris.


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BOULDER, Colo. Breyers Yogurt named James Nolan its new CEO, replacing Chuck Marcy, who is leaving the company to pursue other interests.
Nolan brings three decades of food industry experience to Breyers. He most recently served as EVP and CEO of Sara Lee Fresh Bakery, a division of Sara Lee Corp., where he developed and implemented sales, marketing, supply chain and consolidating strategies that supported revenue growth and margin expansion.
"My decision to join Breyers Yogurt Co. from Sara Lee reflects my belief in the company's prospects for continued growth and product innovation," said Nolan. "Among the most respected brands in the U.S. food industry, consumers recognize Breyers and YoCrunch yogurts for their great taste, all natural heritage and healthy-indulgent positioning. Breyers has also been a leader in introducing new products into the yogurt category with successful launches of Breyers Inspirations, YoCrunch 100, and Breyers Disney products. In joining Breyers, I see an opportunity to build on this success by continuing to launch new products and further strengthening our retail partnerships to accelerate both growth and profitability."


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Versus has used the NHL to increase its exposure by almost 20 percent, from 64 million homes to 72 million. It reportedly has pursued the NFL and Major League Baseball and could be a suitor for the NBA next spring.
If Versus continues to grow at the same rate, it would be in about 80 million homes when the current contract expires at the end of the 2007-08 season, which would make it a significant competitor to ESPN2, if not ESPN.
An NHL spokesman said Versus has an option for another three years beyond that.
"A lot of people now know where Versus is compared to two years ago," said sports-television consultant Neal Pilson, the former head of CBS Sports.
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The 'Wrong' Sex: A New Definition Of Childhood Pain
By DANIEL GOLEMAN
Published: March 22, 1994
EVEN when he was just 3 years old, the boy spent hours preening himself in front of a mirror, dressed up in his mother's clothes, makeup and jewelry. He shied away from rough-and-tumble games with other boys, preferring to play dolls with girls. His favorite stories featured women: Snow White, Rapunzel and Alice in Wonderland.
He hated being a boy, he said; he'd rather be a girl. He once told his therapist, "if you wear girls' clothes you could really become a girl."
The child was referred for therapy by his nursery school, not just because he insisted on dressing as a girl, but also because he was extremely shy and easily upset. The diagnosis that he received when his parents brought him for psychotherapy was gender identity disorder, the fervent desire to become a member of the opposite sex and distress at one's own gender.
He was in therapy for four years. Now, at 10, he "likes himself as a boy, and doesn't really remember cross-dressing," said his therapist, Dr. Susan Coates, director of the Childhood Gender Identity Center at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan.
Gender identity disorder might seem to be problem exacerbated by the cultural mores of our time, when RuPaul, the transvestite rock star, dresses as a woman, and women like the singer K. D. Lang dress as men. But child psychologists say that it has little to do with images from popular culture and much to do with the intimate dynamics of family life and a child's search to find a firm identity.
Others say that there is as yet no firm data on what leads a child to desire to join the opposite sex. Some contend that it is a precursor of homosexuality, that parents should simply accept it, and that the very diagnosis is based on sexist assumptions.
Recent studies show that on the one hand, fantasies about being a member of the opposite sex are normal in 3-year-olds, with about half of both boys and girls having them, and that on the other hand, a vast majority of gay and lesbian adults recall having engaged as children in cross-dressing or other behavior typical of the opposite sex. Thus, while cross-gender make-believe play does not mean that a child will grow up to become homosexual, most homosexuals have engaged in it as children.
In Western cultures, where gender standards for girls are more liberal than those for boys, girls who want to be boys typically suffer less for it than do boys who want to be girls. Of those children brought for treatment to American clinics, boys outnumber girls by a ratio of more than five to one. "Girls have to be in more extreme distress than boys before their parents will bring them for treatment," said Dr. Kenneth Zucker, director of the Child and Adolescent Gender Identity Clinic at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry in Toronto.
Gender lines vary with culture and history, of course. It is probably more difficult, for example, for women or girls to engage in cross-gender activity in a traditional culture with strong gender boundaries, as in many Muslim countries, Dr. Zucker said. But his reading of historical records suggests that the phenomenon now called gender identity disorder has existed for centuries.
"Social historians describe hundreds of cases of women who lived as men, whose true sex was not discovered until their death," Dr. Zucker said. While some may have been motivated by the desire for access to what were then exclusively male privileges, historical accounts and biographies show others clearly fit the childhood pattern of gender identity disorder, he said.
"Many cultures have found ways to deal with people wanting to live as the opposite sex," Dr. Zucker said. "Native Americans had a tradition of men who lived as women -- 'berdache,' as the French called them. In other cultures, some men who became eunuchs may have gravitated to the role because they had the same tendencies."
But the Victorian custom of long hair and dresses for little boys as well as for little girls reflected the style of the times, not a longing to cross sex boundaries. Seeking What's 'Normal'
Gender identity disorder is quite rare; the Clarke clinic has seen or treated 225 children for the problem over 15 years. There are only a half-dozen centers worldwide that specialize in treating it, Dr. Zucker said.
One reason few children are brought for treatment is that "there is not a distinct line between what is normal and what is abnormal," said Dr. Linda Linday, a behavioral pediatrician at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in Manhattan. "It's a spectrum," she said. In a study of 65 preschool-age boys and girls, she found that 45 percent of girls had fantasized about having a penis or otherwise being male, while 44 percent of boys had fantasized about being pregnant.
The fantasies typically fade as the children grow older. The crisis that most often brings children to therapy, said Dr. Zucker, occurs when the child reaches the age to startpreschool or kindergarten and refuses to go unless allowed to cross-dress.
"Until children are around 3 or 4, they feel that everything is possible: you can be both a boy and a girl," Dr. Linday said. "Around 3 or 4, though, they realize that there are limits to your gender. The fantasy of being of the opposite sex allows them to try out different roles."


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- Partner – Add a small amount to your monthly funeral insurance payment and cover your partner and/ or spouse for up to R75,000.
- Children (under the age of 21) – Our Family Funeral Benefit covers a maximum of 5 children, up to R20,000. You can extend your funeral plan to an additional 5 children, paying a separate amount for each extra child.
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- Get your payments back! If you pass away, get all the funeral payments that were paid for your cover over the life of your policy paid out, along with your sum insured. Note that this only applies to the main insured person and their partner, and no payments are paid back on the death of any other insured life, or any riders you may have had. Policy fees and external provider benefit fees are also excluded from this benefit.
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Cover your family's monthly expenses when you can no longer take care of them.
Our Monthly Provider is an extra benefit that you can add on to your funeral insurance policy. It pays out up to R2000 per month if the insured person passes away, so your family can use these 12 monthly instalments to pay for groceries or any other essential everyday expenses. This funeral benefit and your monthly payment increase by 7% every year.
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This benefit pays out up to R10,000 that you can use to cover costs for an unveiling ceremony, after the death of the insured person (or their partner). This benefit increases by 7% every year and your monthly payments do too. Please note that the total of the funeral, monthly provider and memorial benefits cannot exceed R100,000 each for the main insured person and their insured partner.
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Add life cover for you and your partner to your existing funeral insurance policy for just a small extra monthly payment. You'll get paid out a lump sum of up to R120,000 upon your death or that of your insured partner. This benefit and your monthly payments increase by 7% each year. The minimum age you can add this benefit is 18 and the maximum age is 65.
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This benefit applies for a maximum of 180 days. You're paid out from the third day you were in hospital, but you must be in hospital for three or more days in a row. Your valid claim will be paid once we get all the required documents from you. Please note that this isn't a medical aid or a substitute for a medical aid scheme.
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Cover your aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, sister, brother, adult children, grandparents or cousins if they pass away and you need to cover funeral costs.
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Get paid out a lump sum of 20% of all the insurance payments you've paid over the past five years! This will only apply if your policy has been in place for a continuous period of 5 years and all 60 payments have been received.
The moneyback benefit applies to all payments and excludes policy fees and external provider benefit fees
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In the event of a natural death, we need the following documents to process your burial insurance policy payout:
- Funeral claim form
- Certified copy of death certificate
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- Certified documentary proof of marriage (if applicable)
- BI1663 - notification of death (obtainable from a doctor or funeral parlour)
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- Certified copy of identity document of both the insured and beneficiary
- Certified documentary proof of marriage (if applicable)
- BI1663 - notification of death (obtainable from a doctor or funeral parlour)
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Contributed by Kristin LiBritz on 07/22/14
Leadership Tompkins engages a diverse group of aspiring and existing community leaders in building networks, developing leadership skills, and raising awareness of local issues. This community-based program is designed for individuals who want to learn about our county, meet current leaders, and prepare for leadership roles on boards and in their organizations.
Deb Mohlenhoff, Ithaca College alumna and former staff member, is the new Program Director for Leadership Tompkins. As a community leader for over 15 years, with an extensive background in training local leaders for volunteer service, she brings her
Through Leadership Tompkins, participants will:
Ithaca College will sponsor up to two staff members for participation in Leadership Tompkins, covering the entire $850 registration fee. Participants are required to attend a two-day kickoff retreat in September (not an overnight), full-day monthly sessions held during the workweek from October through June and a variety of community activities (some during the evening/weekend). An applicant's supervisor must approve participation, which includes all program activities during the workday, and sign the application form. Lunch is provided during the monthly sessions. Transportation is not provided and sessions will be held at varying locations throughout the county.
The application form is available for download by clicking here. Please note that it must be submitted, with all required signatures, by 5pm on Monday, Aug. 11 to Kristin LiBritz in the Office of Career Services. Once the Ithaca College participants have been selected, their applications will be forwarded to the Leadership Tompkins office (please do not submit your application directly to the program as you need to be selected for sponsorship through the on-campus process).
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text: Compugen Ltd. (NASDAQ: CGEN) announced today results demonstrating the therapeutic potential of CGEN-15001T as a drug target for treatment of multiple cancers by means of monoclonal antibody ("mAb") therapy. These results indicate that CGEN-15001T is expressed on numerous types of cancer, such as carcinomas, sarcomas, melanoma and hematological cancers as well as on immune cells. These findings, together with previous results supporting its active immunomodulatory effect, strongly support CGEN-15001T's potential as a powerful drug target for treatment of various solid and hematological cancers, an area of great interest to the pharmaceutical industry. CGEN-15001T is a membrane protein, which was predicted by Compugen to be a B7/CD28-like protein. The B7/CD28 protein family is known to be involved in regulation of the immune system in immune related disorders and in cancer. Initial validation results previously demonstrated that CGEN-15001T is expressed in both prostate cancer cells as well as in immune cells residing within the tumor. The results being reported today are based on recently completed studies using an antibody specifically recognizing CGEN-15001T. These studies were designed to analyze in greater detail the protein expression levels of CGEN-15001T in multiple cancers of interest. In these studies CGEN-15001T's expression was demonstrated in various solid cancers in addition to prostate cancer, including melanoma, hepatocellular carcinomas, pancreatic islet cell carcinomas, and also in hematological malignancies such as Hodgkin's lymphoma, and T and B cell lymphomas. This expression on multiple cancer types is consistent with the expression of other known B7 proteins. Furthermore, the expression of CGEN-15001T was observed in various subpopulations of immune cells, mainly macrophages and mast cells, in both tumor and normal tissue samples. This expression profile suggests a potential immunomodulatory role for CGEN-15001T in cancer therapy. This was further demonstrated by preclinical data obtained with CGEN-15001, which is the extracellular domain of CGEN-15001T fused to an Fc antibody fragment. In these studies performed by Compugen, CGEN-15001 was shown to inhibit activation of T cells, promote Th1/Th2 shift, and potentially induce immune tolerance, suggesting that this protein may help the cancer "silence" the immune responses towards the cancer cells. Blocking this function of CGEN-15001T through therapeutic antibodies would remove the suggested silencing effect of CGEN-15001T on the tumor, and would therefore enable the immune system to attack and destroy the tumor, thus serving as a very promising approach for cancer immunotherapy.


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Governor of Washington State, 3 Months to Election Day — Democrat Inslee Narrowly Atop Republican McKenna
In an election for governor of Washington State today, 08/08/12, three months until votes are counted, Democrat Jay Inslee has an advantage over Republican Rob McKenna, 48% to 45%, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted for KING-TV in Seattle.
This is SurveyUSA's first poll of likely voters in this contest; previous polls on the Governor's contest have been of registered voters, and are not apples-to-apples comparable. That said: this is the first time in 5 surveys going back to January 2012 that Inslee has led by any margin.
Among likely voters, Inslee leads among moderates, among women, among lower-income voters, and in greater Seattle. McKenna leads in Eastern and Western Washington and among Independents.
All of Inslee's advantage comes from minority voters. Among whites, the contest is tied. Among Asians and Hispanics, Inslee leads.
* Voters see Inslee as significantly stronger on the environment, see McKenna as slightly stronger on the economy.
* Voters say McKenna would bring more change to Olympia.
* Voters say Inslee better reflects their position on social issues.
* Voters say Inslee is more likeable.
* McKenna has a Plus 16 Net Favorability Rating: 39% have a favorable opinion of McKenna, 23% have an unfavorable opinion.
* Inslee has a Plus 11 Net Favorability Rating: 37% have a favorable opinion of Inslee, 26% have an unfavorable opinion.
* 7 in 10 voters cast their vote for Governor enthusiastically. Inslee and McKenna supporters are equally enthusiastic. 3 in 10 voters cast their vote with reservations.
Cell-phone and home-phone respondents included in this research: SurveyUSA interviewed 700 state of Washington adults 08/01/12 and 08/02/12, using blended sample, mixed mode. Of the adults, 597 were registered to vote; of them, 524 were identified by SurveyUSA as being likely to vote in the November general election. Respondents reachable on a home telephone (71% of likely voters) were interviewed on their home telephones in the recorded voice of a professional announcer. Respondents not reachable on a home telephone (29% of likely voters) were shown a questionnaire on their smartphone, tablet, laptop or other electronic device.


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water on Mars
Images taken by Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) have provided some of the best evidence yet that water still occasionally flows on the Martian surface. Two gullies on the inside of craters, which were originally photographed by MGS in 1999 and 2001, and imaged again in 2004 and 2005, showed changes consistent with water flowing down the crater walls, according to a study published in December 2006.1 The two sites are in the Terra Sirenum and the Centauri Montes regions of southern Mars. In both cases, researchers found bright, light-colored deposits, each several hundred meters long, in the gullies that were not present in the original photos. They concluded that the deposits – possibly mud, salt, or frost – were left there when water recently cascaded through the channels.
Other scientists challenged this explanation, arguing that the atmosphere of Mars is so thin and the temperature so cold that liquid water couldn't persist at the surface but would rapidly evaporate or freeze. Some of these scientists suggested that the gullies, and others like them discovered by MGS, might have been caused not by water but by liquid carbon dioxide, which has a lower melting point than water. However, the carbon dioxide theory does not bear close scrutiny, for the following reason. The minimum pressure under which a substance can exist as a liquid occurs at the substance's triple point. In the case of carbon dioxide, the triple point corresponds to a temperature of -56.6°C and a pressure of 5.1 atmospheres (518,000 Pa). Now, while Mars does get as cold as (or colder than) -56.6°C, the surface pressure on Mars (or on Earth, for that matter) certainly never reaches 5.1 atmospheres. Thus we can be absolutely certain that carbon dioxide cannot exist as a liquid on or anywhere near the surface on Mars. In contrast, the triple point of water occurs at a mere 611.73 Pa (6.1173 millibars), a pressure that is frequently exceeded on the surface of Mars, in craters and other low-lying areas, according to measurements by Viking and other spacecraft. This fact adds credence to the view that water could remain liquid long enough, after breaking out from an underground source, to carry debris downslope before freezing.
Water in the past on Mars
In 1969, Mariner 9 provided the first strong evidence that liquid water had flowed on the surface of Mars in the remote past. Among the thousands of images it sent back from orbit were those of flat-floored channels with eroded banks, sand bars and teardrop-shaped islands, channels with second- and third-order tributary systems, and braided channels which, had they been encountered on Earth, would unhesitatingly have been attributed to episodic flooding. Later probes have added to the evidence of water-carved channels and other features on Mars.
The fact that Mars had flowing water implies that conditions on the planet were once very different than they are today (see Mars, past conditions). Yet, curiously, there are no signs that it ever rained on the fourth planet. The water-carved systems on Mars are short and stubby, dividing little upstream, and ending abruptly as if the water had suddenly appeared at that spot rather than having fallen over a large area and become collected. The assumption is that the Martian water erupted from beneath the surface, welling up as a result of volcanic eruptions or asteroid impacts, and then flooded to form channels, and lakes, and perhaps even seas.
An ocean on Mars?If there were large bodies of water long ago on Mars, where were they, how big were they, and how long did they last? According to one theory, a great ocean once filled the low, flat plains of the northern hemisphere. Today these gently sloping plains are marked by ridges, low hills, and sparsely scattered craters. They are considered to be volcanic in origin and Hesperian (3.5 to 1.8 billions years) in age based on crater counts, but they are much smoother than comparable plains in the south and covered by layers of younger material at least 100 meters thick.
In 1989, Timothy Parker of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and colleagues argued that there was geological evidence of a shorelines.2 The originally proposed shorelines were two discontinuous boundaries between landforms thought to have formed by wave or other water-related processes. Stephen Clifford (Lunar and Planetary Institute) and Parker later refined the outlines and hypothesized that Noachian-aged (3.8 to 3.5 billion year old) bodies of water and ice covered up to one third of the surface of Mars.3 The two most continuous supposed shorelines, called the Arabia and Deuteronilus shorelines, run roughly parallel with the southern boundary of the northern plains. The Arabia shoreline can be traced all around the planet except through the Tharsis region. But its elevation varies by several kilometers, in some places by 11 km – a large range that doesn't fit well with a shoreline interpretation. Features of the proposed shoreline that have been interpreted as formed by wave actions or other marine processes can be equally argued as being formed by mass wasting and volcanic processes. The Deuteronilus boundary is less conspicuous than the Arabia one but has a smaller range in elevations. For nearly half its length the Deuteronilus boundary marks the southern extent of the geologic unit called the Vastitas Borealis Formation. For the rest of its length it is seen only intermittently around clusters of hills or across lava flows. The trouble is, if Deuteronilus is an ancient shoreline, why does it lack key features, such as inward-facing cliffs or channels that end abruptly as they enter a large body of water, that would be expected at the margins of a great sea? The fact is, the shoreline evidence for a northern ocean is not all that convincing.
Evidence from the rovers
Where did all the water go?If there was once a lot of water on the surface of Mars, where did it all go? One possibility is that some of it evaporated, became water vapor in the atmosphere, and was then lost into space because the gravity pull of the planet couldn't hold on to it. Another possibility is that much of still exists on Mars, as ice. Both the poles of Mars contain water ice. And in 2002, scientists analyzing data from the Mars Observer spacecraft announced that they had found vast quantities of water ice in great swathes of the planet just below the surface.
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Oasis Village Apartments
Corralejo, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
Oasis Village Apartments Introduction
With its family-friendly atmosphere, the Oasis Village is geared for fun-in-the-sun holidays. With plenty going on, this place is a genuine family favourite. Not only do you have a great chilled-out outdoor scene with two swimming pools to choose from, plus a separate pool for the kids, you're also close to the resort centre and the golden sandy beach which can be reached by a regular shuttle bus. Sporty types can alternate between two tennis courts, volleyball and aerobics, whilst those in need of some R&R can sunbathe on the terrace. As for meals, the complex has a buffet-style restaurant, and the lounge and pool bar are a great meeting place.
- All Inclusive
Oasis Village Apartments Facilities
• One bedroom apartment for up to 4 adults consists of • Twin beds • Lounge with pull-out sofa bed • Fridge • Satellite TV • Bath and wc • Balcony or terrace • Safety deposit box • Maid service 5 times a week
• Pool table • 2 tennis courts • Massage • Aerobics • Bicycle hire • Scuba diving twice a week
All Inclusive means
• Meals: Full board with buffet-style breakfast, lunch and dinner. Snacks including ice-cream available 1pm-4.30pm. • Drinks: Unlimited hot, soft and alcoholic drinks (excluding international brands, cocktails and bottle water) available in selected bars 10am-11pm. • Activities: Table tennis, volleyball and sauna. • Entertainment: Evening entertainment 6 times a week. International animation for adults and children 4-12 years.
• Evening entertainment 6 times a week
• 2 seawater swimming pools • FREE sunbeds and parasols • Laundry service available • Shuttle bus to 'Las Dunas' Beach • Internet and WiFi access
For Children
• Separate swimming pool • Playground • Kids' club (4-12 years) • FREE cots • FREE high chairs (in restaurant)
Key Facts
• Nearest beach: 900 metres • Main resort area: 600 metres • Nearest supermarket: 100 metres • 231 apartments • Child age: 3-14 years • Telephone no: 00 34 928 536006 • Official rating: 3 key • Some facilities and activities may incur a local charge
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A new promo video for The Man in the Cape has been posted.
Also viewable at: Indiedb.com
The Man in the Cape is currently in the final round of testing, to be released soon as a discounted Beta. Please visit Themaninthecape.com or follow me, Anthony, at Twitter.com for updates!
The Man in the Cape is a twin stick run-and-gun shooter for Windows & Ubuntu.
Business owner Mr. Granderson is tired of superheroes standing on the roof of his building, looking over the city. In anger, he creates a hero-elimination dungeon to exact his revenge. You play The Man in the Cape, an unlucky "superhero" who becomes trapped in Mr. Granderson's dungeon. It is up to you to fight Granderson's hordes of nanotech creatures and bring him to justice!!! Progress, room by room, fighting an increasingly challenging army of superhero-hating henchmen! Match you wits in epic boss battles! Escape, because your city needs you!


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The VMWorld 2007 conference wrapped up Thursday with a keynote from VMware co-founder Mendel Rosenblum, and commentary from many points about the conference and the momentum it created for virtualization in general and VMware in particular. On to the links:
- "Magic Data Center Pixie Dust": That's how many people think of virtualization, according to Rosenblum. A live-blogging summary from Bob Plankers at The Lone Sysadmin.
- Cool new technologies… But useful?: Boulke Groenescheij from the Jume blog explores the "green" practicality of new VMware portability advances discussed in the keynote. "Now, while this latest technology is fantastic, it won't help get the environment better. If I want to use this technology I would most probably need to double the size of my datacenter, meaning more cooling, more power."
- InovaWave: More I/O Virtualization: Yesterday we noted that startup Xsigo used VMworld as the coming out party for its I/O virtualization product. It turns out that a competing product from InovaWave, a competitor of Xsigo, was named "Best New Technology" by SearchServerVirtualization. In this video, InovaWave CEO Chris Ostertag describes his company's approach to I/O virtualization.
- The VMWorld Bag of Swag: TechTarget staffers Jan Stafford and Bridget Botelho unpack the mountain of t-shirts and trade show freebies.
- VMware: No Major Deals in the Offing: Tarry Singh of Virtualization for Everyone notes CEO Diane Greene's comments from a press conference early in the conference: "We don't anticipate a large acquisition. That being said this is an opportunistic business and we are keeping our eyes and ears open. However, I don't see a large acquisition anytime soon." In the pre-IPO period there were rumors that VMware would buy Opsware once it completed its IPO and was flush with cash. Instead, HP scarfed up Opsware before VMware could go public.
Whew! I'm feeling some serious virtualization fatigue. I don't normally track virtualization news quite so closely, but had the sense VMWorld 2007 would be newsworthy. I welcome feedback on the show roundup and our virtualization coverage.


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The New Jersey Devils and WFAN Sports Radio 66 AM and 101.9 FM today announced the extension of their multi-year partnership, in which the CBS RADIO all-sports station will continue to broadcast the team's regular and post-season games. The joint announcement was made by Devils' President/General Manager Lou Lamoriello and CBS RADIO New York Senior Vice President and Market Manager, Don Bouloukos.
Additionally, WFAN will once again broadcast 15 minute pre- and post-game shows surrounding every game.
"The New Jersey Devils are proud to continue our long-standing relationship with WFAN," said Lamoriello. "Their commitment to sports programming on a 24-hour/year-round basis will provide us with the best possible radio exposure to reach our fans."
Said Bouloukos, "We are looking forward to another exciting year of Devils hockey, and appreciate working with such a first-class organization both on and off the ice. This announcement ensures audiences will hear the same captivating game coverage they've come to expect from WFAN."
The 2013-14 season will mark the ninth straight year WFAN will serve as the Devils' radio broadcast home. Matt Loughlin will enter his eighth season as the team's play-by-play announcer, while Sherry Ross is in her seventh straight year as color commentator, after rejoining the organization in 2007-08.
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Rumor had it that HBO shows would be appearing at the iTunes store soon. This was yesterday and now today, sure enough, HBO has made it's grand entrance. The official Press Release from Apple explains that programs like The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Deadwood, and Rome, Flight of the Conchords and The Wire. The interesting part about this whole thing is that Apple must have decided to ease up on their price restrictions because different HBO shows cost different prices.
Typically shows are priced at $1.99 per episode, but certain HBO shows are priced at $2.99 per episode.
- The Sopranos – $2.99
- Deadwood – $2.99
- Rome – $2.99
- The Wire – $1.99
- Sex and The City – $1.99
- Flight of the Conchords – $1.99
Now it leaves us wondering what other HBO shows will be added to the list and if other television networks will be interested in putting their shows on iTunes knowing they may have some flexibility in the pricing?
Thanks for the tip Omar!


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About the Book
Features & Details
- Category Medicine & Science
Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
28 Pages
- Publish Date Feb 24, 2013
About the Creator
Spent two years as a Naval officer on the USS Manatee before returning to Stanford to attend graduate school in marine biology. BA and MA degrees in Biological Science from Stanford University, Ph.D. degree from the University of California at Berkeley. Postdoctoral research in cell biology at the Laboratory for Quantitative Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. Taught invertebrate zoology, marine biology and marine ecology at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Oregon State University, Bodega Marine Laboratory of the University of California, and the Friday Harbor Laboratories of the University of Washington. Joined the Department of Biological Science at Florida State University as an assistant professor and retired as a Professor Emeritus of Biological Science. Presently residing in Tallahassee, Florida.
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The experts of Victor ... will ... arrange for the synchronized orchestration and sound effects for this picture, in which airplane battles will have an important part. ["Exhibitor's Herald & Moving Picture World," April 28, 1928]
The first sousaphone was made by C.G. Conn in 1899 expressly for Sousa's band and its bell opened directly upward. The present bell-front type was first made in 1908. ["International Cyclopedia of Music," 1939]


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Nepaug state park!!!
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Hey everybody just wanted to extend an invitation to anyone who wants to come wheel nepaug with me and my buddy tomorrow night and whenever we go!
Not crazy hard trails, he's driving a stock xj and makes it through a lot, mine has a lift, cut fenders, and 33's we both get along real well.
Anyway the entrance is on 202 little sign that says nepaug send me a pm and we can exchange numbers to meet up around 5:30 6ish wheel for a couple hours and then take off
I'll try to attach some pictures
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I think that last spot looks familiar
That it does! You should come tomorrow good times man
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I work during the week and Im from the new haven area but I would definitely be down for a weekend run. Im actually supposed to be heading that way to a club members garage to work on my heep. We'll probably go there afterwards to test everything out
Anyway I can get in this club? Lol my jeep needs some work :)
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All are welcome! Ive been trying to get the name out. Its not the most active forum until we have a meet or wheelin trip, then everyones online talking about it and sharing pics/videos
that 5th pic looks like a familiar location
I went wheeling at nepaug before and none of that looks familiar, I am definitely down though, PM me your number I'll go with you guys. My friends around here, well broken control arm, leaking axle seal, babying his new stock ZJ so I have no one to wheel with right now
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Yeah, my usual wheelin buddy blew his motor so I havnt been out in awhile.
Id be down to go wheeling there. I was wheeling off Timothy Hill Road in Monroe, CT. Made some modifications to the trail and its a blast, but lots of tight spaces with trees. Anyone in the Southern CT area? Near shelton?
I gotta say im a little disappointed that they have leveled out alot of the Nepaug trails and made them less rugged. There is some real good ones though still if you head twords the back of nepaug on the Farmington river.
Where were you guys when I was stationed in CT? lol
Groton sub base?
Heading there tomorrow if anyone is around
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According to a poll this week, approximately 31 percent of surveyed Americans believe Roger Clemens is telling the truth about never taking performance-enhancing drugs.This is about the same percentage of Americans who believe in creationism, and still insist George Bush is doing a good job. And here's my theory: These are all the same people, the true believers. If you cross-indexed these polls, you would likely find that Gallup and Quinnipiac just keep tapping into the same wacky group. …
Archives: February 2008
My Uncle Is A Man Named Steve (Not A Monkey)
That is the title of the First Place science fair project from a baptist science fair.The description of the project:
Cassidy Turnbull (grade five) presented her uncle, Steve. She also showed photographs of monkeys and invited fairgoers to note the differences between her uncle and the monkeys. She tried to feed her uncle bananas, but he declined to eat them. Cassidy has conclusively shown that her uncle is no monkey.
Very cute. Too bad little Cassidy's brain is now hobbled forever. (Well, maybe not. She's only in fifth grade. She could get over it….)This is from here.. You will find a number of equally endearing examples of christian creationist science fair winners., such as "Women Were Designed For Homemaking" and "Using Prayer To Microevolve Latent Antibiotic Resistance In Bacteria"Too good to be true.
The Origin of the Chicken
From whence the humble chicken? Gallus gallus is a domesticated chicken-like bird (thus, the name "chicken") that originates in southeast Asia. Ever since Darwin we've known that the chicken originated in southeast Asia, although the exact details of which one or more of several possible jungle fowls is the primal form has been debated. The idea that more than one wild species contributed to the early chicken has been on the table for a long time, though perhaps not as long as the chickens themselves have been on the table. Continue reading
Two Cell Level Animations
At this moment, there is a guy laid up in the hospital in Vegas with ricin poisoning. A stash of ricin has been found in his hotel room/apartment. His dog is dead (not sure why but probably due to lack of water and food) and a couple of other pets are either dead or not doing well (details are blurry).Details, sketchy as they are, here. So what is ricin? Continue reading
Roy Gould: WorldWide Telescope
Science educator Roy Gould and Microsoft's Curtis Wong give an astonishing sneak preview of Microsoft's new WorldWide Telescope — a technology that combines feeds from satellites and telescopes all over the world and the heavens, and weaves them together holistically to build a comprehensive view of our universe. (Yes, it's the technology that made Robert Scoble cry.)
(A microsoft project. So this is probably gonna cost ya, somehow) Continue reading
We ain't outta Texas yet … Creationist Stacked School Board Looms on the Horizon
It turns out that there are TWO (not just the previously reported Barney Maddox) distinct threats to the delicate pro- vs. anti-science balance on the Texas School Board.I had earlier alerted you to trouble brewing in Texas, with Full Blown Creationist Nuthead Barney Maddox poised to take the swing seat on the Board of Education there. (PZ has also posted on this.)Now, Wired has a piece this developing story. Continue reading
Microsoft Execs Struggled with Vista
Microsoft Execs Struggled with Vista
Emails show Microsoft's Vista problems from PhysOrg.com
E-mails suggest Microsoft executives struggled to make Windows Vista work on their own computers after it was released, a published report said.[…]
When the Maya sang the blues …
… it was time to skip town.I'm going to Mayaland in a few weeks. I know nothing about Mayan archaeology, even though I attended graduate school at one of the world's premier locals for the study of Mesoamerican archaeology. Since I was working towards a double PhD (in Biological Anthropology and Archaeology) I was allowed to "skip" one major subfield in each. Feeling ambitious, I skipped New World Archaeology (since I was already a New World archaeologist) and Anatomy (since I was really interested in Anatomy). That way I actually covered everything. But, my New World Archaeology stops at the Rio Grande. So it will be an interesting, educational visit!Anyway, there is an interesting story in the NYT about the Maya. Continue reading
Polar Bears Under Threat …
As usual. Along with seabirds, owing to decisions made by the US government.
The US Government has auctioned leases to drill for oil and gas in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska, putting at risk internationally important concentrations of seabirds, and a number of threatened bird species, including the Critically Endangered Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostri.Audubon (BirdLife in the USA) says the Chukchi Sea is also home to one-tenth of the world's remaining Polar Bears Ursus maritimus, and the only population of Bowhead Whales Balaena mysticetus not yet considered by the IUCN to be threatened.At least 15 species of birds on Audubon Alaska's WatchList use marine and coastal habitats in the Chukchi Sea. The WatchList identifies declining and vulnerable species and populations of birds.Bird species at risk include the Vulnerable Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri and Near Threatened Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea. There are two major seabird colonies on the East (Alaskan) coast of the Chukchi Sea, supporting an estimated 850,000 breeding birds between them, mostly Thick-billed Uria lomvia and Common Guillemot (or Murre) U. aalge, and Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla. Kittlitz's Murrelet breeds at both sites.
What's Up Doc? Well, local extinction, silly wabbit …
Historical records indicate that 130 years ago, the white-tailed jack rabbit was abundant in the Yellowstone vicinity. The last confirmed sighting was in 1991. What happened? This apparently remains a mystery, according to Rabbit Expert Joel Berger. Continue reading
SARS comes from bats
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is caused by a coronavirus that is now believed to have originated in bats. In 2004, thousands of palm civets (a cat like carnivore) were killed off in China because it was believed that they were the main reservoir of this disease. Ooops. Continue reading
Are emerging diseases emerging more?
Or is it just that they are more often recognized. Or more sensationally reported. A recent study suggests that "emerging" diseases such as HIV, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), West Nile virus and Ebola are more common. Continue reading
Rare Birds Yearbook 2008
Rare Birds Yearbook 2008: The World's 189 Most Threatened Birds is, according to BirdLife International, proving to be a great success.
Last year's Rare Birds Yearbook photo competition was a huge success with more than 1,000 images being submitted and the best were presented in Rare Birds Yearbook 2008, with each published photographer receiving a free copy of the book.The photo competition for Rare Birds Yearbook 2009 has just been launched and will run until 31 May 2008. This year sees a few exciting differences in the competition format.A new category, with a top prize of a travel-friendly Minox telescope, has been introduced for the best photo – or painting – of those species that did not feature with photos in the 2008 edition.There is a completely new contest for this year, a writer's competition on the subject "My Encounter with a Critically Endangered Bird". The first prize for this is a copy of the wonderful The Fifty Rarest Birds of the World. This leatherbound volume features stunning images painted by world-renowned wildlife artist Blake Twigden.An important objective of Rare Birds Yearbook is to create funds to save these Critically Endangered birds. That is why for every book sold £4 is donated to BirdLife International, to be used exclusively for the protection and conservation of these species.
Why are the bats dying?
Thousands of sick and dying bats are being found in caves in New York, Vermont and Massachusetts. These are mostly Myotis lucifungus (the fairly common little brown bat) but at least three other species, including the endangered Myotis sodalis (Indiana bat) are affected as well.But why? Continue reading
Four Stone Hearth # 35…
… is up at Archaeoporn
Kenyan Birds and Sugar Cane
A flourishing wetland on Kenya's northern coast is under serious threat from plans to grow vast amounts of sugarcane, partly for biofuel production. Developers want to transform nearly 20,000 hectares of the spectacular Tana River Delta, into sugarcane plantations with other parts of the Delta earmarked for rice."This development would be a national disaster, wreaking havoc with the area's ecosystem and spelling the end for wildlife across much of the Delta", said Paul Matiku, Executive Director of NatureKenya. "Large areas would become ecological deserts. The Delta is a wildlife refuge with cattle herders depending on it for centuries as well. There is no commitment to mitigation for the damage that will be done and no evidence that local incomes will be in any way improved. The sugarcane scheme cannot be allowed to go ahead."The Delta, covering 130,000 hectares in total, is one of Kenya's largest and most important freshwater wetlands. It is a vast patchwork of habitats including savannah, forests, beaches, lakes, mangrove swamps and the Tana River itself. Local people live by the seasons, adapting to the regular floods that keep the area fertile through the year.The sugarcane scheme, submitted by Mumias Sugar Company and Tana and Athi River Development Authority, proposes nearly 50,000 acres of irrigated sugarcane, together with sugar and ethanol plants. Local community livelihoods are likely to be severely impacted by any large-scale irrigation project.
An Ocean of Despair
Almost half of the world's oceans have been ruined to some degree … often very severely … by human activity. You've heard a lot on the news and in the blogosphere about this lately. This increased interest is in part because of the recent production (Feb 15th Science) of a map of the ocean showing these impact.Here is the map:Click Here to View Larger Image Continue reading
Life After Darwin Part 08
More Life After DarwinParts 9 and 10 exist, and may be found on YouTube, but the versions that I've looked at are broken (no sound). Sorry!
Very Large Parks are the Wave of the Future
Across Africa, and to some extent Asia, existing large parks and preserves are being combined into very large parks in order to serve several important functions. One is to make the parks so large that there will be interior areas that are impractical for most poaching or other encroachment. Another is to allow movement of migratory animals into new areas when their populations grow (presumably with some degree of natural culling cycling the process down now and then). Another is to allow a park to always contain a minimal range of a certain habitat even when secular or long term climate variation reduces that habitat. Yet another may be to make the park more attractive to tourism.With animals like tigers, who have relatively low population densities, it is essential to have large contiguous areas in order to have a viable population size both for genetic diversity and to get past periods of decimation by periodic disease or starvation episodes. Continue reading
Wild Gorillas Gone Wild
This is a photograph of wild western lowland gorillas copulating in, sort of, the missionary position. This shot was taken in the Nouabale-Ndoki National Park in the Republic of Congo. Continue reading
Wind Turbines Gone Wild
I've seen wind turbines from a distance, and they looked big, but I had no idea how big they were until I was as the State Fair (Minnesota) last year, and saw a single blade, mounted vertically like an enormous sculpture, extending gracefully so high in the sky that passing comets and asteroids were getting stuck on it. Continue reading
Lemur Family Tree Mapped
A DNA phylogeny based on over 200 species of lemurs and related species is now available. Continue reading
New Zealand announces measures for albatross
BirdLife International has welcomed the measures announced by New Zealand Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton to reduce the number of seabirds killed in New Zealand's fisheries. This follows an incident last year where a single longline vessel fishing in the Chatham Rise area of New Zealand was responsible for the deaths of 36 albatrosses including 12 Critically Endangered Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita."We are delighted that New Zealand is bringing its fishing practice into line with internationally recognised best practice. The New Zealand Minister of Fisheries should be congratulated on his decision", said John Croxall, Chairman of BirdLife's Seabird Programme.
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Two CSIRO scientists who last year found Gladstone Harbour to be healthy have been appointed to conduct a new independent inquiry into the harbour.
On Thursday Environment Minister Greg Hunt appointed Anthea Tinney and Ian Cresswell to help Andrew Johnson investigate how the protective bund wall in Gladstone leaked toxic dredge spoil in 2011.
On Friday the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority will decide whether to allow dredge spoil from the Abbot Point to be dumped inside the reef's marine park.
However, Ms Tinney and Dr Creswell investigated concerns in the Gladstone Harbour in a review between February and July 2013.
''The review has found that environmental management and governance within the Port of Gladstone is generally comprehensive,'' their July 2013 report found.
They did not find the fact that the protective bund wall – designed to hold back millions of tonnes of potentially toxic dredge spoil - was a problem, despite it leaking in 2011 and 2012.
That leak coincided with repeated claims of fish kills, dying seagrass and turtle and dugong deaths, which Gladstone Port Corporation claimed was due to excessive rainfall.
Their 2013 report also did not investigate why no geotextile cloth was ever used within the leaking bund wall in 2011 - as was originally designed - and why it was simply lain on the inside face of the bund wall.
That was the major criticism of two engineers, Bill Service and Warren Hornsey, who in December 2013 reported the design faults in a study, "Gladstone Harbour Dredged Spoil Bund Wall - What Went Wrong".
A spokesman for Mr Hunt defended appointing the same scientists again.
''They've been appointed again because they are experienced in it and because we are looking at different material,'' the spokesman said.
''The whole point of the inquiry is to look at material that wasn't available before."
It is unclear if the three-person panel can compel witnesses to appear.
''But, they will be able to meet with whoever they believe would be valuable witnesses,'' the spokesman said.
Until recently, Ms Tinney chaired the Australian National Commission for UNESCO (2009–2013). Previously she was deputy secretary in the federal environment department.
Dr Creswell is the deputy director of CSIRO's Wealth from Oceans project.
Dr Johnson, a member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.
Under the new terms of reference, the independent three-person panel will:
- examine and report on information relevant to the design, construction and functioning of the outer bund wall of Gladstone Port's western basin reclamation area;
- provide advice as required to assist with the department's current review of the outer bund wall leak incidents in 2011 and 2012 and;
- consider the adequacy of monitoring requirements and operations.
Mr Hunt wants the new review results finalised by the end of March.
Some whistleblowers want to know why the public was never informed by Gladstone's Dredge Technical Reference Commitee, the CSIRO, or the Gladstone Healthy Harbour Partnership - set up by the LNP state government - of the implications of the dredge spoil leakage.
''Unless public servants are called to explain their failures then the enquiry will not be able to dig up the politicisation of the relevant bureaucrats,'' one source said.


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Best Celebrity Beauty Looks of the Week | Aug. 30, 2013
See the Top 5 Beauty Looks of the Week
See the Top 5 Beauty Looks of the Week
This week, people couldn't stop talking about Miley's foam-finger-twerking moves or Lady Gaga's revealing seashell bikini, but there were plenty of other celebrity beauty looks that we'd actually like to re-create. From Sandra Bullock's Venetian glow to Kate Middleton's first public appearance without baby George, click through to see what beauty highlights made our week.
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Day: January 4, 2014
Posted on January 4, 2014
Championing Good Eats in San Antonio
The Alamo was impressive, the River Walk visionary, the art galleries, museums and tours enchanting but the thing that made the biggest impression was the food. Here now, as my blog entries suggested, is my lengthier travel article… Read More
Updated on January 4, 2014
Tapping into the New Year at Crossroads
We thought better of crashing our neighbors party and instead ushered in the New Year at the Crossroads Brewing Company. Cisy and Brian Mahoney of Athens N.Y. weren't drinking our selection of suds, pints of Black Rock Stout,… Read More


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- Ugly game by both teams and the officials.
- Some really questionable play-calling from McCarthy/Rodgers. A couple of 3rd and shorts which the Packers elected to pass instead of riding Lacy.
- Lacy ran hard, but at this point is really just a hammer. If he can become a bit more patient in time and stay healthy, he'll be really good for a while.
- Jordy Nelson is a stud.
- Won't show in the box score, but the Packers offensive line may have played its best game of the season Sunday.
- I'd like to see the Packers using some of the no huddle looks we saw in the first few weeks of the season. The offense has just had no rhythm the past two weeks.
- I have a ton of respect for Calvin Johnson and his impact on an offense and I still think Detroit is a wild card contender. But Matthew Stafford owes about half of his $100 million extension to Don Mega.
- The much maligned Mike Neal showed really well. Nice chess piece for Dom Capers.
- Welcome back Morgan Burnett!
- Nick Perry made his second play all year. Expect to see a post this week about Perry's snaps.
- On to Baltimore as the Super Bowl champion Ravens will host the Packers next Sunday.
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Pakistanis Protest Musharraf's Life Ban From Elections
Thousands in Chitral in Pakistan took to the streets on Tuesday in support of former President Pervez Musharraf, after a court imposed a lifetime ban on him contesting elections, derailing his efforts to regain influence by winning a seat in parliament.
It was the first time a court in Pakistan had declared a citizen ineligible from contesting elections for life.
The former army chief returned to Pakistan last month after nearly four years of self-imposed exile to contest a May 11 general election, but election officers disqualified him because of court cases pending against him.
The High Court in the north-western city of Peshawar rejected Musharraf's appeal against the disqualification.
Thousands of supporters carrying banners and flags of Musharraf's All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) Party marched through the streets of Chitral.
Musharraf has a strong support base in Chitral, where he took a personal interest in completing a long-stalled mountain tunnel.
"The ban on Pervez Musharraf is totally unjustified. The work that he did for Chitral had never been done for us in years. Chitral is indebted to him. He should have contested elections from Chitral, he should have been given permission to do so," said shopkeeper Mohammad Din.
The mountain tunnel, called the Lowari Tunnel, connects the isolated Chitral Valley to the rest of the province.
Heavy snowfall on the Lowari Top would make Chitral a landlocked district in winter and, although the tunnel is yet to be formally opened, residents have been using it for the last five years.
"Musharraf made the Lowari Tunnel for us. He is our saviour. We could not cross the Lowari Top throughout the winter. Now we can go to Peshawar via the Lowari Tunnel and return home in one day. It has solved many of our problems," said social worker Gul Sambar Khan.
The gathered crowds demanded that Musharraf be released and allowed to contest the election and many said they would vote for candidates of Musharraf's APML party who were contesting the election from Chitral.
"The ban on Pervez Musharraf is very wrong. He did so much for us. For Chitral there is no better option than Musharraf," added another supporter, Hussain Ahmed.
Instead of triggering a hoped-for groundswell of popular support, Musharraf's return has backfired. He became the first former army chief to be arrested in Pakistan when police took him into custody at their headquarters last Friday.
On April 20, a court remanded the former president in custody for two weeks, a deadline set to expire on May 4, as judges pushed ahead with plans to put Musharraf on trial for a crackdown on the judiciary during his time in office.
On Tuesday, an anti-terrorism court in the garrison city of Rawalpindi put Musharraf on a 14-day judicial remand for charges of failing to provide adequate security for former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto before her 2007 assassination.
The new deadline of May 14 means Musharraf will be in detention on election day.
The elections are seen as a key moment in Pakistan's attempts to shake off a legacy of decades of military rule as they represent the first time a democratically elected civilian government has completed a term in office.
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the man Musharraf ousted in a coup in 1999, is seen as the front runner.
Musharraf also faces accusations in connection with the death of a separatist leader in the south-western province of Baluchistan. He denies any wrongdoing.


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Father Peter Moss, priest in charge, retired recently after seven and a half years' service at the church in Bath Road.
Church treasurer Geoffrey Pritchard told the church's annual meeting that St Peter's must raise money in the future.
He said last year the expenditure over income was £3,919, a position that is "not sustainable".
In the latest edition of the church magazine, he says that if the church was to persuade Salisbury Diocese to appoint a new priest they had to be in a more financially sound position.
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He said there had always been a "wonderful spirit within the congregation in difficult times in the past".
Mr Pritchard said: "I am sure, with that spirit and the help of the Lord, we will overcome this difficulty."
He urged everyone to "put your shoulder to the wheel and all pull together".
Father Derek Frost, of Potterne, will conduct and take charge of services at St Peter's in the meantime.
Jean Hosie and Ann Reeves have been re-elected as church wardens and Ian Bradley and David Purchas were re-elected as deputy wardens with the former also as secretary.


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BURNSVILLE – Ten Bemidji State football players were honored as 2012 all-conference team members Tuesday by the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference as 2012 all-conference team members. Center Brett DeLange, a senior from Plainfield, Ill., and tight end Brian Leonhardt, a senior from Blaine, were named North Division All-NSIC First Team Offense, while linebacker Cory Crosby a senior from Cold Spring, earned North Division All-NSIC First Team Defense honors.
The first team laurel for Leonhardt is his third consecutive honor and fourth time on the all-conference list, while it stands as the first season Crosby and DeLange have been named to the first team.
Wide receiver Justin Lee, a senior from Elgin, Ill., was named All-NSIC Second Team Offense for the second consecutive season, while first-time all-conference honorees, senior cornerback Charles Hrdlicka and freshman linebacker Connor Quinn earned All-NSIC Second Team Defense honors.
Quinn was one of five freshmen to appear on North Division First or Second Teams and became the first BSU freshman to be named to the league's top two teams since kicker/punter Paul Potemra garnered All-NSIC First Team honors in 2007.
Named to the All-NSIC Honorable Mention team were senior offensive lineman Alonzo Melton, senior running back Dustin Kroeplin, senior quarterback Lance Rongstad and senior defensive lineman Bryan Syrstad. Kroeplin appears on an all-conference team for the fourth time in his career after earning second team honors in 2010 and honorable mentions in 2009 and 2011. Rongstad was a 2011 All-NSIC Honorable Mention in 2011, while it stands as the first league award for Melton and Syrstad.
The league named 79 players from the North Division and 79 from the South Division to All-NSIC First, Second or Honorable Mention Teams.
Winona State running back Rayon Simmons was named NSIC Offensive Player of the Year and Wayne State defensive end Richard Daniel was honored as NSIC Defensive Player of the Year.
WSC running back Charlie Davidson was named NSIC Offensive Newcomer of the Year, while defensive back Shea DeJong of Minnesota State Moorhead was awarded NSIC Defensive Newcomer of the Year.
Head coach of the undefeated and NSIC champion Minnesota State Mankato Mavericks, Aaron Keen, was named NSIC Coach of the Year.


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But there's actually a much simpler way to see the connection between Romneycare and Obamacare: It's the people.
The folks who worked on the Massachusetts law didn't exactly fade into the background once the health reform law passed and implementation got underway. Instead, many former Romney officials are now working for both the Obama administration and state governments to ensure that that the Affordable Care Act gets set up.
That includes Jon Kingsdale, who served as the first executive director of the Massachusetts Connector. Health and Human Services awarded Kingsdale a contract this year to help plan a federal health exchange, the fallback option for states that do not set up their own marketplaces by 2014. "We've been helping [HHS] think through operationally how it would work," Kingsdale told me (subscription required) of his contract when we spoke about it in May.
Across the the country, the role of Massachusetts's health reform veterans is even more pronounced; the consultants now helping states implement the Affordable Care Act are a veritable Massachusetts health reform alumni club. When Kingsdale and I talked about this a few months ago, he estimated that former Massachusetts officials are now working in about 20 to 25 states on implementing the federal law.
The list is long and most of the names aren't exactly household ones outside of health policy. There's Rosemarie Day, who served as the Massachusetts Connector's chief operating officer for four years, who now runs an independent consulting firm, Day Health Strategies. She's worked with Hawaii and Washington State on implementing health reform. There's Melissa Boudreault, who directed Commonwealth Care, the insurance plan offered to low-income Massachusetts residents. She is now a vice president for mega-technology vendor CGI (which, incidentally, was awarded a $93.7 million contract to build the federal exchange, the one Kingsdale has been working on, late last week). Others have found work at top consulting firms, such as Deloitte, while some have gone to smaller health shops, like Bailit Health Purchasing and Health Management Associates.
And you can see the connections looking backward, too. NBC's Michael Isikoff makes that point this morning by noting the Obama administration's many meetings with senior Romney health advisers in 2009, during the health reform debate.


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Colombo – 17th June 2016
Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel, the National Mobile Telecom Service Provider, announced today that it has successfully trialed 4.5G LTE-Advanced Pro Technology which is capable of achieving speeds exceeding 1 Gbps.
Having launched the first Super-3.5G HSPA network in South Asia in December 2007, and subsequently trialed HSPA+, MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) in 2009, another first in the region Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel went on to demonstrate 4G-LTE technology also for the first time in South Asia in 2011. Keeping ahead with pioneering new technologies, Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel has now trialed 4.5G LTE-Advanced Technology yet again for the first time in South Asia.
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Having successfully tested the 4.5G LTE-Advanced Pro Technology, Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel is looking forward to commercially deploy the 4.5G services to the nation for further strengthening the evolving ICT industry. In particular, a factor which distinguishes 4.5G LTE-Advanced Pro from other technologies is the improved quality of experience, due to reduction in latency. This enhances the user experience of time-critical applications such as Voice, Video and on-line gaming while extending potential benefits to businesses as well as Finance sector, by significantly reducing time taken on data transport for time critical transactions such as on-line trading and other financial transactions.
Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd has taken part in Infotel 2015, with the concept of connected bus halt. The stall consisted with number of new features including personalized advertising, weather monitoring, free wifi zone and a smart vending machine. Attendees of Infotel 2015 were able to experience these new concepts developed by Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd. Smart vending machine and personalized advertising were inspired by the crowd.
New vending machine concept allowed users to purchase soft drinks by providing their Mobitel Contact Number. This was demonstrated at the exhibition by allowing Mobitel user to get a soft drink free of charge just by providing their contact number to the vending machine.
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Experts are stepping up a search for places where the invasive Asian carp might slip from the Mississippi River watershed into the Great Lakes.
In the fight to keep the dreaded carp out of the lakes, most of the attention has focused on a Chicago shipping canal and nearby waters that offer a pathway to Lake Michigan.
But the Army Corps of Engineers has identified 18 other locations from Minnesota to New York that offer at least a medium risk of letting species migrate from one drainage basin to the other.
Of those, the biggest danger zone is a wetland complex near Fort Wayne, Ind., that could enable the carp to reach the Maumee River and then Lake Erie.
Other possible pathways include wetlands, streams and man-made ditches and canals.
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