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I thought I would share with you some fun commercials that were created at the University of Kentucky and the University of Colorado at Boulder this summer. They build on the concept our highly successful Laptop Hunter ads where people are looking for a computer that fits their lifestyle and their budgets. In the commercials, they figure out which PC is perfect for them based on their needs and priorities…whether it is gaming, travel, entertainment, media creation, or family computing.
These university ads run with the theme "PC Hookup" and are a documentary of sorts, showing how the students choose a PC that meets their criteria and then how they spend the rest of the night using their new laptop as part of their regular life in everything they do. These ads underscore how students think their PC is such an important piece of their life...playing a critical role in their academic life and a centerpiece during their playtime. I'll assume these videos were shot on a Friday night and that is why we don't see the students doing any homework! Check out the Windows Laptop Scout website that has interactive tools to help you find the Windows laptop that fits your life.
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It seems M. Night Shyamalan just can't catch a break nowadays at the box office -- even with Will Smith on board.
The filmmaker's first director-for-hire project, "After Earth," which stars Smith and son Jaden, looks to earn between $35 million and $40 million in three days. Sony's $100 million-plus film is expected to trail Universal's "Fast and Furious 6," which should win its second straight Stateside frame, with around $50 million.
"After Earth" originally was scheduled to bow next weekend, but Sony bumped it up a week to take advantage of a vacancy in the calendar.

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Saudi coach blames rain for rout
HAMBURG, June 19 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia coach Marcos Paqueta said steady rain and a slippery pitch hurt his team the same way stifling heat had troubled Ukraine against Spain last week.
'Unfortunately we don't have a lot of rain in Saudi Arabia,' Paqueta told reporters after the 4-0 World Cup defeat by Ukraine on Monday. 'They are not used to playing on wet grounds.
'It's very difficult, it's like Ukraine in their first game (a 4-0 defeat by Spain). They had to play in a lot of heat.'
Paqueta took his team to Hamburg four days before Monday's Group H match to try to get used to the cooler temperatures and wet conditions.
But it was to no avail and Saudi Arabia's weaknesses were exposed in the 36th minute when the rain got heavier, goalkeeper Mabrouk Zaid slipping as he tried to save a dipping long-range drive from Serhiy Rebrov which made it 2-0.
'We knew it would rain, the players were warned,' said Paqueta.
'It was very wet, the ball was very fast hitting the grass. Our players had great difficulties controlling the ball.'
But Paqueta's sunny Brazilian disposition was hardly clouded by the defeat.
'I'm at ease, I have peace of mind,' said Paqueta, whose team were destroyed 8-0 by Germany in the 2002 World Cup. 'We all did our utmost.
'Unfortunately it happened to us. It happened to Ukraine on the first day. They didn't give up. I want to congratulate my players.'
Delighted Saudi Arabian soccer officials had already given the team a cash bonus, awarding each player 100,000 riyals after the 2-2 opening-match draw with Tunisia, a prize initially promised only for a victory.
'We have to try to be the best we can and we're going to do that to the last minute,' said Paqueta.
'The important thing is the players showed they were committed and fought, and that we eliminated the image of Saudi Arabia at the last World Cup.'


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Two National League playoff contenders hooked up on a reliever-for-prospects trade Wednesday night, with the Brewers landing veteran Scott Linebrink and the Padres getting three young pitchers in return. Two of the prospects–righthander Will Inman (third round) and lefthander Steve Garrison (10th round)–were
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The Padres claimed Linebrink on waivers from the Astros in May 2003 and the righthander's fortunes reversed dramatically. A middling reliever to that point in his career, Linebrink used his hard sinker, slider and splitter (with an assist from
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The centerpiece of the deal from San Diego's perspective, Inman, 20, leads the minor leagues with 140 strikeouts, though he hadn't yet broken through against Double-A competition (1-5, 5.45 in eight starts) like he had against A-ballers. He went 10-2, 1.71 with a 134-24 K-BB ratio for low Class A West Virginia in 2006, and followed that up by going 4-3, 1.72 with a 98-23 K-BB for high Class A Brevard County to begin this season. Though not overpowering, Inman, who was drafted from a
Garrison, 20, attended the elite Hun School of Princeton, N.J.,
Thatcher, the old man of this bunch at 25, has moved quickly to Triple-A since joining the Brewers in July 2005. Undrafted coming out of
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With the emergence of Heath Bell and a sizable advantage in NL bullpen ERA–almost half a run, in fact–the Padres felt comfortable dealing from strength to acquire three young arms. And while Linebrink has been quite dependable, he also averaged 81 innings per season from 2003-2006, and it would only be natural for the Padres to wonder how many bullets he has left after his mediocre start to 2007. The Brewers, meanwhile, bolster their playoff chances against the hard-charging Cubs by adding a power reliever to go with closer Francisco Cordero and set-up man Derrick Turnbow.


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Aptly named Playground Pavilion, the newest pavilion at Marcellus Park is situated near the playground and geared toward kid- and family-friendly events.
The Marcellus Town Board last week named the pavilion and prohibited alcohol and smoking from the pavilion.
Pam Carey, president of the Friends of Marcellus Park group, said the playground generated a lot of interest in the park when it was installed, and drew more schools and youth to the park. Placing a pavilion next to the playground will only add to the use of the facility and could be the perfect setting for birthday parties or school events.
The pavilion was built by Town of Marcellus Highway Department staff with money donated by the Friends. Sale of brick pavers leading the path to the playground helped fund the pavilion, Carey said.
"That's what we're here for," Carey said.
Supervisor Dan Ross called the project a "town-community collaboration." Carey and other Friends members approached the town board about building another pavilion only around a month ago. The highway crew erected the structure in a week, with only the sod left to be installed.
"I think that's the uniqueness of Marcellus, everyone works together," Carey said.
To reserve the Playground Pavilion, call the Marcellus Parks and Recreation Department at 673-3269 ext. 2. Reservation fees are $25 weekdays, $50 on weekends.
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A Visit to the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah
Numbers do not begin to do service to the experience of visiting the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah for genealogical research. The various collections include over 2.4 million rolls of microfilmed genealogical records; 727,000 microfiche; 356,000 books, serials, and other formats; over 4,500 periodicals and 3,725 electronic resources.
But it is only when you walk into the Library and see the huge stacks of microfilm cabinets stretching off into the distance on every floor, that you begin to understand what 2.4 million rolls of microfilm really mean. Many of the rolls of microfilm are being digitized and made available through FamilySearch.org on the Internet, but until that project is complete, a visit to the Library is an extremely good way to gain access to all of the rolls of microfilm at one time. You could order the microfilm copies for use in a local FamilySearch Center, but at $8.50 for each rented roll, it would not take much research to pay for a trip to Salt Lake City, Utah.
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The week of April 7-11, 2014 Family History Expos will gather with a group of researchers for a week-long research activity. Those going to the Library for the first time will have a unique experience, one that will be long remembered. Many hundreds of visitors every day fill many of the computer terminals and research carrells and tables around the Library. In addition to the staff of Family History Expos, there are about 700 trained volunteers and 100 full-time and part-time professional staff to assist with research questions. There is also a full schedule of classes on specific research areas and general genealogical subjects.
The Family History Library began with a small collection of books in 1894 and over the years, with several moves to different locations, the Library has evolved into the present impressive facility dedicated entirely to helping people find their ancestors. Salt Lake City, Utah, the home of the Library, is in North-Central Utah along the western edge of the Wasatch Mountains. The Library is located right in the middle of downtown Salt Lake City, surrounded by a newly rebuilt and vibrant cityscape. There are hotels, restaurants and many local attractions within walking distance of the Library or by the free downtown light-rail train that stops less than half a block from the entrance.
Salt Lake City is the center of a vibrant research community with major universities only minutes from the downtown area. There are three other major FamilySearch Libraries within an hour's drive of the Library in Ogden, Riverton and Provo, Utah.
Before going to the Library, you may wish to read some of the suggestions in the online FamilySearch.org page entitled "How to Prepare to Visit the Family History Library in Salt Lake City." You may also wish to review the Library rules before you arrive. Advance preparation for your trip to the Library is important. Not only do you need to be prepared to stay in Salt Lake City, but you should also go to the Library with some clear research objectives and a plan for your research. The Library will be ready for your visit. The Library's patron resources include the following:
- Over 500 patron computers
- Over 300 microfilm readers
- 36 microfiche readers
- 27 digital microfilm and microfiche copiers
- 3 HD book scanners
- 14 book copiers
- Seating capacity for 375 at tables
- Orientation and research classes
Here are some links to valuable articles about a visit to the Library:
- Video Tour: Family History Library — recorded by Geni.com staff (February 2010)
- Another Item Crossed Off My Bucket List, or Is It? – by Jill Ball (visited in February 2010)
- Visiting the SLC: Days 1 & 2 of posts by Randy Seaver (visited in Jan 2009)
- How to Prepare to Visit the Family History Library
- Request A Vault Film before Visiting the Family History Library
- What Gives With FamilySearch? The Rest of the Story (Sep 2011) – Valerie provides an in-depth blog post about the volunteers in the FHL.
- Salt Lake City Library: Ready, Set Go! – by Lorine McGinnis Schulze
- A Fresh Look at the Family History Library – A Library without Walls – by Alan E. Mann, Manager at FamilySearch, presented at NGS 2010 Conference
When you visit the Family History Library at a Retreat with Family History Expos this is the kind of experience you can expect:
What a great retreat! Thank you for putting this together. It was a marvelous experience. One of the greatest strengths is the availability of the professionals as well as the diversity of same. Keep up the good work! C Dorsey, Colorado
First and foremost, thank you for a wonderful exposure to the many facets of genealogy. I really felt emersed in the many activities that took place. I'm hoping to be able to attend another conference "down the road." R Kennerly, Illinois
I had the opportunity to go to the week-long Family History's Salt Lake Retreat this past week. It was the most awesome experience! There was one-on-one help with the top genealogy researchers at the LDS Family History Library; for a genealogist, it was a dream come true. Holly and the researchers are so knowlegeable and have so much information, and they can answer any question about where to look to break down your brick wall. It was amazing what they know and the help and advice they gave was priceless. It is one retreat that is truly worthwhile for all levels of genealogists. G Johnson, Utah


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If you make your charitable contribution in your will, the amount of your contribution will be deductible for estate-tax purposes. So you pay no estate tax on donated assets. However, a lifetime charitable trust allows you to make the gift, avoid estate taxes on the donated assets, and get a current income-tax deduction at the time you make the gift without having to give up total control of the amount given.
With a Charitable Lead Trust, you can name a charity that is important to you as the income beneficiary of your trust. The charity would then receive the annual income payments from the trust, and you, your family, or whoever you designate, will receive the remainder.
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Charitable Lead Trusts have been steadily gaining in popularity. This vehicle allows taxpayers to reduce estate taxes, eliminate capital gains, claim an income tax deduction, and benefit charities.
If your goal is to donate some of your assets to charity, but you'd also like to enjoy the income from those assets, a charitable remainder trust might be a good option for you. A charitable remainder trust has two beneficiaries. In most cases, one of them is you (and possibly your spouse), and the other is the qualified charity or tax-exempt organization you plan on supporting. Once you pass away, the charity then receives whatever is left over.
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- Age: 17
- Where: Hermosillo Son, Mexico
- Height: 5' 6"
- Weight: 155 Lbs.
- Years Bodybuilding :2
- Favorite Bodypart: Arms, back, and traps
- Favorite Exercise: Squat, bench press, preacher curls.
- Favorite Supplements: Optimum Whey Protein and Animal Pak
How Did You Get Started?
I just went to the gym with some friends; it was the school gym. And we went to the bench press. At that time I could not lift the 45 lb. plate while doing the bench. I then decided that I would train so I could lift those plates. After that I began to see results from the training and then just fell in love with the pump feeling. Now I warm up with the 45 lb. plates.
What Workout Plan Worked Best For You?
I go failure in almost every exercise.
6 days a week -
2 times per day routine on Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays.
- Chest and back
- Legs, calves, delts
- Bicep/tricep
- Forearms/traps
- Repeat cycle
Chest Routine
Cable crossovers - 4 sets, 10-12 reps
Bench press - 5 sets, 12-10-8-6-4 reps
Dumbbell flyes - 4 sets, 10-8 reps
Hammer press (incline) - 4 sets, 8-6 reps
Back Routine
Bent rows - 4 sets, 10-8 reps
Barbell rows - 4 sets, 10-8 reps
One arm dumbbell rows - 5 sets, 10-8 reps
Deadlift - 5 sets, 12-10-8-6-4 reps
Pullups - 5 sets, 10 reps
What Nutrition Plan Has Worked Best For You?
Eat at least six meals a day.
Just protein and fats; I try to keep my carbs down.
Red meats are great for muscle gains.
I try to eat 1.5 to 2 grams of protein per pound of my body weight.
What Supplements Have Given You The Greatest Gains?
Optimum Whey Protein, and Animal Pak. I like all the Universal Animal products.
Why do you love Bodybuilding?
When I go to the gym I forget about everything, every pressure is thrown away in the gym, I just focus on the iron. I love to scream in a failure rep. and feel the burn in my muscles when I finish a set. I also love the sound of the steel when I put another plate on the bar, it's just my way of life.
What Are Your Future Bodybuilding Plans?
I want to turn into an IFBB pro at the least. Then I want to see how far can I can go from there.
What One Tip Would You Give Other Bodybuilders?
It doesn't matter what the situation is or the way you feel. You have to stay motivated if you want to be a pro bodybuilder. Go to the gym and do your work, lift the iron that is waiting for you. That iron is the only way to glory!
Who Are Your Favorite Bodybuilders?
Dexter Jackson and Shawn Ray for their excellent symmetry. Ronnie Coleman and Dorian Yates because they are simply huge.


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After the Federal Emergency Management Agency denied Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell's request for assistance following Tropical Storm Lee, the governor turned to the to the Small Business Association. Now, the SBA has given the thumbs up in the form of low-interest loans to homeowners, renters and businesses in Northern Virginia.
The Small Business Administration is set to open a Disaster Recovery Center this week and will provide details on how to get assistance.
The SBA has already approved McDonnell's request for Fairfax and Prince William Counties and is also offering the low-interest disaster loans to Arlington, Loudoun, Stafford and Fauquier Counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park.
More than 100 homes and businesses were destroyed or sustained major damage from the September storm. Hundreds were left homeless in Woodbridge after flooding ravaged a mobile home park.
Loans up to $200,000 are available to homeowners to replace or repair damaged or destroyed real estate. Homeowners and renters are eligible for up to $40,000 toward personal property. Businesses and nonprofits may borrow up to $2 million.


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How to Properly Pack and Move Boxes During A Move In Redondo Beach Or Nearby Cities?
Relocating a company or the items for a residence is a challenging task and no one should ever underestimate all efforts required. We easily forget our limits and we push ourselves beyond our capabilities. To be able to relocate on your own you must have tremendous stamina, physical strength and lots of planning skills. If you are moving near, you should call for moving services in Redondo Beach.
Packing and moving boxes seem to be the easiest tasks in the whole process. Unfortunately, this is completely false. Packing boxes is some sort of art and there are specific rules. You cannot use any type of box. It is highly recommended to use solid, sturdy boxes. Double check their physical integrity. They must not have any puncture, rupture or any hole, no matter how tiny.
Remember that boxes will be put under pressure and any defect can extend and damage the whole box, alongside with its content. Always do an inventory list and a list with boxes and packing materials. In this way you will keep a better record for you cargo and you will be able to connect an item with its corresponding box. It is important to acquire padding and cushioning materials, foam peanuts and bubble wrap are the best. You can wrap each item individual in multi-layered bubble wrap and place it over a layer of protective material. After all the items were place in the desired box, you must seal it and apply wrapping tape.
Following all these steps may seem a complicated procedure that requires calm and experience. This is also true and only those that have gone through many relocation procedures fully understand how to properly pack and move boxes. This is why is better to call for a local moving company.
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What we're listening to - The Temper Trap
Over the years, there have been more than a few bands from the Land Down Under that have been tipped for international recognition yet fallen woefully short of their potential. Think Silverchair, Jet, The Vines - and the jury's still out on Wolfmother. Here at Esquire we're keeping everything crossed that things won't be the same for bonza Melbourne foursome The Temper Trap, who have been touted as the finest Aussie band for the last decade. Judging by the quality of this first single, "Science Of Fear", we're quietly optimistic.
Their debut album will be released in August and they'll play various summer festivals, but if you're quick you can catch one of the last few dates of their current UK tour, which takes them Brighton this evening, followed by Leicester, Leeds, Birmingham and York. For further details go to www.thetempertrap.com


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VETERAN BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has been charged with three offences of indecent assault against young girls.
The 82-year-old former It's A Knockout star is accused of alleged offences committed between 1974 and 1984 involving three girls aged between nine and 16, Lancashire Police said. He was initially arrested on suspicion of rape and a further allegation of indecent assault, for which he has been released without charge.
A BBC spokesman said: "In light of the very serious nature of these charges, Stuart Hall will not be working at the BBC while the police continue their inquiries."
The broadcaster's arrest comes as the BBC continues to deal with the fallout of the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal.
Hall was detained at his home in Prestbury Road, Wilmslow, Cheshire, yesterday morning before being taken to a police station for questioning.
John Dilworth, Head of CPS North West Complex Casework Unit, said: "Following investigations into allegations of sexual assault by Stuart Hall, I have reviewed all the evidence that they have gathered and have authorised Lancashire police to charge him with three counts of indecent assault."
He said the charges are that in 1974 Hall indecently assaulted a woman who was then aged 16 or 17 years, that in 1983 he indecently assaulted a girl then aged eight or nine years, and that in 1984 he indecently assaulted a girl then aged 13 years.
Hall has been a familiar face and voice in British broadcasting for half a century and was this year awarded an OBE.


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Feed the wolf : Miami's no-name defense hungry for Week 2 win
by Jon Saraceno, USA TODAY
~ ~ ~ " . . . Without a Super Bowl appearance for a quarter of a century, the flying 'Fins are off to their best start since 2002 as they prepare for Sunday's prime-time AFC East backyard brawl against their ever-salty archrivals, Rex Ryan and the New York Jets . . . "
~ ~ " . . . Miami is tied with the Pittsburgh Steelers for No. 1 in scoring defense the Dolphins were 25th in '09 and is ranked fifth in total defense. And Miami still is missing injured inside linebacker Channing Crowder from the team's hybrid 3-4 alignment cooked up by Nolan and Sparano. . . "
~ " . . . The native Alabamian is grateful for a second chance at life.
In 1999, when he was 17, Dansby was involved in a car crash that killed his best friend, who was driving friends home to Birmingham from a summer league basketball practice in Tuscaloosa.The car flipped multiple times and propelled his friend through the windshield, he says. The rest of the group, including current Jets receiver Jerricho Cotchery , escaped relatively unscathed. . . "
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Warehouse and distribution center space is filling up again in the five-county Savannah area, another indication that economic growth has begun.
"Overall vacancy in the Savannah industrial real estate market continues to decline as demand increases and minimal new supply has been added to the market," said David Sink, a principal at Colliers International-Savannah LLC.
At mid-year 2014, the vacancy rate had dropped to 7 percent, as compared to 12.5 percent this time last year and 18.5 percent at the end of 2010.
Total net absorption in the second quarter exploded to nearly 800,000 square feet, bringing the two-quarter year-to-date total to almost 880,000 square feet.
"As a result, rental rates are beginning to increase and landlords are pushing for longer-term commitments," Sink said.
"And we're starting to see speculative building, something we simply haven't seen since 2008."
According to Colliers' current industrial market report for Savannah, there is currently 988,000 square feet under construction, with 570,000 square feet of that being built for clients and the remaining 400,000-plus built as spec.
"This is almost exclusively geared toward smaller tenants in the 10,000- to 50,000-square-foot range," he said.
As for larger warehouse construction, Sink said several developers with land are contemplating spec projects over 100,000 square feet in anticipation of a coming shortage of quality bulk buildings.
"The institutional development is already in place as a result of steady, ongoing growth at the ports," he said. "Now warehouse space is filling up again in response to an economy that's getting healthier."
Indeed, Georgia Ports Association just reported its best container month ever, surpassing pre-recession numbers.
"The continued growth of our ports is reflected in the very low vacancy rate for distribution space within the area," said Curtis Foltz, GPA executive director.
"These are very exciting times for our business, and there is a great opportunity for new development in this space currently.
"All this activity is about growing jobs and further economic growth in the region."
Trip Tollison, president and CEO of the Savannah Economic Development Authority, agreed.
"SEDA is excited that the warehouse and distribution vacancy rates are at pre-recession levels. The good news is we have thousands of acres that are fully entitled and ready for industrial development in the region," he said.
"We believe more development is coming, especially as it relates to the Port of Savannah."
Savannah's market is certainly unique, Sink said.
"With more than 4,000 acres of land — spread out among Chatham, Effingham, Bryan and Liberty counties in Georgia and Jasper County in South Carolina — the area is very well positioned for additional development, whether it's speculative or build-to-suit," he said.
"And that's just the land that is already fully entitled. It doesn't take into account property that may be zoned and cleared, for example, but isn't completely ready for building."
All of the "shovel ready" 4,000-plus acres have conceptual plans, identifying potential buildings and wetlands areas, Sink said.
"From what we see, this has the potential to accommodate more than 34 million square feet in addition to the market's existing 45 million square feet," he said.
New companies recently entering the market include Floor & Décor, Hankook Tire and Shaw Industries.
Caesarstone, a manufacturer of quartz surfaces, has a $100 million, 265-square-foot under construction at Belfast Commerce Centre in Bryan County, and Gulfstream continues to expand in Chatham County, Sink said.
Savannah area mid-2014 Industrial Market Report
Total inventory 45,302,300 square feet
Under construction 988,000 square feet
Net absorption* 796,360 square feet
Vacant space 3,213,939 square feet
Vacancy rate 7.09 percent
• Net absorption is the amount of space occupied at the end of a period – in this case, 2Q 2014 – minus the amount occupied at the beginning of the period, taking into account space vacated as well as newly built space.


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What one resident thought was a human foot at the water's edge in New Haven turned out to be the front flipper of a seal, according to police.
Police said the resident spotted part of a carcass at Fort Nathan Hale Park on Woodward Avenue on Thursday afternoon and reported it to authorities.
The caller said it appeared to contain a human foot, but investigators soon realized it was a seal's pectoral flipper, which is similar in structure to the forelimbs of land mammals, according to police.
Police have not identified the type of seal but said the state's gray seal population has recently increased.
They're working to remove the carcass and said the city's Department of Public Works or Parks Department may take over the responsibility of disposing of it.
It's not clear why the animal died.


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Posted on 01/30/2013 by Chad in Ghost Hunters
by Chad Alan
"Prescription of Fear"
Peoria Asylum - Bartonville, IL
The Peoria Asylum is being renovated by its' new owners after being left to disintegrate by father time and the cruel Midwestern weather. Paint is peeling off the walls and anything metal is rusted out. Since many of the windows are missing, the cold air flows freely throughout the building. For those of you who have been paying attention, you know that nothing brings out the spirits of the past more than renovations...especially those being down in a structure with an intense past. 16,000 are said to have died at the Asylum, which opened in 1902. Patients killed patients, staff members killed patients, and not everybody survived their lobotomies or electroshock therapy. The current rehab staff constantly hears bangs and footsteps coming from areas that are supposed to be vacant. People have been pushed into walls and one lady received two burn marks that resemble a scratch. A man by the name of Dr. Zeller ran the institution for many years and he is one of the spirits said to peacefully roam the empty halls. There is also the "Lady in White" who is more of a haunting figure with her "stringy long grey hair and crazy eyes." While taking pictures of the building, one of the staff members was able to get a picture of the Lady in White peering out a window. A man named "Bookbinder," who buried those that died at the asylum, appeared to the old staff at his funeral they day they buried him.
TAPS co-founder Jason Hawes and Steve Gonsalves were the first to enter the building and Steve pushed Jason in a wheelchair down the hall screaming out that he was taking Jason to electroshock therapy, not something the residents looked forward to. This must have stirred the pot as a female's voice caught their attention and when they played back their audio what the woman was saying could not be heard but it was a long sentence. Another faint EVP of a deep man's voice was also muffled but still very strange to hear. The last EVP that was caught of a women sort of yelling out something. Again, too muffled to really get a feel for what she might have been yelling for. They would later experience some paranormal activity up in the attic that included a door slamming, footsteps, and a faint conversation occurring after they had called out for "Dr. Zeller."
Britt Griffith and K.J. McCormick set out to look for the Lady in White and see if they could find out which entity may have scratched one of the construction workers. While in the basement, Britt seemed to be getting a lot of noises in response to his questions before something seemed to run past him, pretty much scaring him enough to jump out of the room he was in. They decided to layout multiple pieces of their equipment around the basement, including some old shackles that were used on former patients. They asked if there was anybody there that did not want the asylum to be renovated and right after K.J. finished this sentence, their equipment alarm went off as if it was a response stating "No." Next stop for them was to try and make contact with Manual Bookbinder in the same cemetery where he carried out his duties of burying the people who died at the asylum. They caught an amazing video of an apparition walking on the far side of the cemetery plots. Maybe one of the best full figured apparitions TAPS has every caught. Absolutely worth the price of admission. This activity was preempted by their equipment continuing to register readings every time they asked a question, who they thought might have been Bookbinder trying to communicate with them.
Every member of the team had some type of personal experience that they thought had to be paranormal. TAPS was very interested in coming back for a second investigation so they were clearly impressed by the paranormal activity occurring at the asylum.
Ghost Hunters airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on Syfy.
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A bore-draw as parties keep going through the motionsJudith Ireland
Published: February 16 2013 - 3:00AM
My mother told me that only boring people get bored. So I have always been at pains to never be bored about anything. Not even watching paint grow.
But I have to confess that the first two weeks of Parliament this year have had their moments of ennui.
Not, I should hasten to point out, the emotion-charged bipartisanship over indigenous recognition. Or the fact that Bob Hawke and all his wattages of star power dropped by to say yo.
I refer more to the seven episodes of - yawn - question time. After the summer hiatus and with the election date declared, one might have reasonably assumed that QT would go off like a frog in a sock. Instead, it was positively snoring (I know of at least one colleague who actually fell asleep in the gallery).
What we've seen is two clashing arguments on repeat, as the Coalition and Labor tried to prove that the other is a hopeless economic manager.
The opposition is pointing to the surplus and mining tax, with a sprinkle of carbon tax on top. The government is arguing that it has the fiscal settings right and the Coalition will hit working families where it hurts. The debate is going back and forth with all the intrigue and drama of a backyard ping-pong match.
In terms of theatrics, the Coalition has clearly pulled back its approach on question time. In joint party meetings, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has been calling for discipline from his MPs and for the Coalition to act as an alternative government. At 2pm, Abbott is taking a back seat, asking one or two questions a session, before letting his front and backbenchers do the talking. There have been no attempts to suspend standing orders. And less than a handful of players have been boisterous enough to get kicked out. No ratbags here …
Labor isn't doing too much too differently. But in continuing their bid to ask and answer the most ponderous and obvious Dixers known to man, they are ensuring that question time gets its snooze on.
Take this typical example from Victorian MP Laura Smyth: "Will the Treasurer update the House on recent developments in the global economy? How do these highlight the need for reforms to strengthen Australia's economy for the future and why is it important that these economic reforms are implemented in a detailed, properly costed way?"
Or this one from Queensland MP Graham Perrett to Craig Emerson: "Will the minister advise the House of the importance of developing the right policies to enable Australia to take full advantage of the Asian century? What other approaches are there and what would be their impact?" To say they have all the punch of undergraduate politics essay questions is being generous.
With the Coalition treading carefully, carefully and the government treading usually, usually, the whole thing is a terrifying preview of what we might be in for this year until election time.
There are of course other scenarios being suggested beyond the chamber. Kevin Rudd might be telling everyone to go take a cold shower/ice bath, but he has also ramped up his activities. From tweeting a self-composed Valentine's Day rhyme, to speeches marking the anniversary of the apology, interviews pointing out that the mining tax is Julia Gillard and Wayne Swan's fault and a dinner out in Narrabundah with Robert McClelland and Simon Crean - Rudd has been more visible than the Prime Minister.
With Abbott slowing his usual busy rate of doorstops and stopping his regular spot on the Today show, the member for Griffith is also more out there than Abbott.
This of course, can all be covered under the umbrella of "I'm Kevin and I'm here to help Labor win the election" - but in the words of an ultra sarcasmo Joe Hockey on Sunrise on Friday: "No, I believe you Kevin. You have got no leadership ambitions, I believe you!"
The Rudd help has a massive dose of deja vu about it. Particularly when you think that this time last year, we were gearing up for his spectacular resignation as foreign minister and attempted Coup II. The difference this time around is that Rudd has pledged and pledged again that he will not challenge the Prime Minister. By this logic, Gillard would have to step down of her own accord, Pope-style, in order for Rudd to reclaim The Lodge.
While she has the support of the caucus and (importantly) her cabinet, this looks about as likely as Labor asking a postgraduate question of itself in question time.
But if the polls are scary (watch for new editions of the major polls next week) and the parties continue to the churn through the motions, Rudd's rock star ramp-up will look less and less boring in comparison.
Judith Ireland is a Canberra Times journalist.
This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/comment/a-boredraw-as-parties-keep-going-through-the-motions-20130215-2eikq.html


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In online banking, after you download transactions, QuickBooks helps you match the transactions in it to the ones in QuickBooks.
However, when you start to reconcile your online account, the matched transactions are not marked as cleared in the Reconcile window. You can mark them as cleared as a group, since you have already reviewed them once.
To do this task
Begin the reconciliation as you usually would.
In the Reconcile window, click the Matched button to clear all the transactions in QuickBooks that you matched to downloaded ones.
Enter the Ending Date from the paper statement that you received from your financial institution, and then click OK.
Click Reconcile Now.
To remove the checkmark from a matched transaction, click it. The checkmark is cleared.
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Is there a way I can create a variable say "ev_view" in ADEXL/L assign to say "schematic" or extracted views and toggle between different extracted views and or schematic view to perform simulations?
Just wanted to add that I dont want to use the environment -->switch view list or Hierarchy editor -config view.
I want to use a design variable to define the extracted view ( I have multiple extracted views for cell with different extract combinations)
I would like to use ADEXL -corner extraction flow ; include the design variable and create multiple corners. For each corner, I can vary the design variable so it would point to different extracted views.
I am aware this can be done. Am not sure how to assign the design variable to an view name
The way to do this is to not use a config (because you can't have ADE variables in the config views), but instead simulate from the schematic. In the ADE XL test editor, use Setup->Environment (or Right Mouse->Environment over the test name) set the switch view list to something like:
spectre VAR("ex_view") cmos_sch cmos.sch schematic veriloga
Then you'll see a test variable (and a global variable) called "ex_view" appearing. You can set this to (say) "schematic" (with the quotes), or "schematic","veriloga","av_extracted" to simulate all three views. You could do the same thing in your corner definitions.
Of course, because it's done via the global view list, you have to be careful that you're not affecting the view of more cells than you want, but careful naming of the views should fix that. All that the above would be doing is moving up the priority of the view you want to simulate over the rest of the view list.
Hope that helps! (I did check that this does indeed work).
Kind Regards,
Thanks a bunch Andrew. This is exactly what I was looking for. Works like a charm


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Since getting his big break opposite Hugh Grant in 2002's 'About A Boy,' Nicholas Hoult has gone from precocious child star to undead leading man. J-14 caught up with the 23-year-old actor (who recently ended his two-year relationship with 'X Men: First Class' costar Jennifer Lawrence) for an exclusive chat about his turn as a lovable zombie named R in 'Warm Bodies' -- and his real-life tricks to winning a girl's heart.
'Warm Bodies' hits theaters this Friday, February 1.
J-14: What do you say to skeptics who think 'Warm Bodies' is just another 'Twilight'?
Nicholas Hoult: What sets 'Warm Bodies' apart majorly is that it takes itself quite lightly. It doesn't take itself too seriously like [some other films in the genre do]. It's entertaining and fun and also slightly scary at points. It's got a funny, twisted sense of humor about it. And I thought it was an interesting take to tell the story from a zombie's point of view.
J-14: Have you ever been super uncomfortable around a girl like R is when he first interacts with Julie?
Nicholas: I feel uncomfortable with anyone until I start to get to know them, and then I can relax a little bit. It's hard enough for us guys to be around girls anyway -- and particularly with a zombie who hasn't been around a girl for a long time. We don't know what to say or do, but R definitely has a very heightened version of that where he can't really talk as well, so he's trying to communicate through records or showing her things which is very tricky.
J-14: The zombies in 'Warm Bodies' definitely have some communication challenges. In your own life, have you struggled with being misunderstood?
Nicholas: It could potentially be a very English male trait where we find it very difficult to communicate our emotions, but I think that everyone at some point feels like they don't fit in. Connecting with people is one of the best things that happens in life. It happens very rarely, and it's something everyone's striving for.
J-14: In the film, R risks his life for Julie. What's the most romantic thing you've done for a girl?
Nicholas: Well romantic things, it's more like little surprises -- making a surprise meal or something like that. All the little things, like you stop and get them flowers on the way home or something, even though flowers usually mean you've done something wrong. Be careful with the flowers. Sometimes you'll get in trouble for buying flowers.
J-14: Which do you think you'd be more likely to survive -- a zombie apocalypse or the Hunger Games?
Nicholas: My chances are not good in either. I'm going to go with the zombie apocalypse because I could maybe blend in and pretend to be a zombie for a little bit and they wouldn't notice.
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For over twenty years, CareFusion Nicolet has been pioneering developments in the area of EEG Diagnostic systems. EEG (Electroencephalography) monitoring is used in neurological analysis, for sleep studies, brain mapping, and ICU patient monitoring of cerebral activity. As continued breakthroughs in brain studies and EEG diagnostics are made, the EEG monitoring devices are expected to operate in new environments outside traditional clinical settings. These new environments lead to new design challenges, which are addressed.
This article references equations [1] that can be viewed by following the link.
Harry Holt (Op Amp Applications Engineer at Analog Devices): Recently Bill, Matt, and I had some discussions on the tradeoffs in the first stage in an EEG front end design—the Instrumentation Amplifier (In Amp). We thought it might be useful to share it with other designers.
Matt Duff (In Amp Applications Engineer at Analog Devices): That's right. Bill looked at a lot of In Amps in our portfolio, but ended up creating his own instrumentation amplifier instead. This is quite unusual in performance-driven applications, so we wanted to cover the thought process. Bill, can you give an overview of your design goals?
Bill Kolasa (Principal Electrical Engineer at CareFusion): We currently have an In Amp based design that is performing well for us, but we wanted to optimize certain performance characteristics while decreasing power consumption.
As many designers of EEG and ECG devices know, the difference in half cell potential in the electrodes can create large DC offsets that the measurement system must be able to tolerate. Our current system was designed to handle up to ±900 mV offsets. In order to deal with different electrode types and environmental conditions seen in the field, we wanted to increase the tolerance up to ±1300 mV.
At the same time, we were contemplating a battery-powered design, so we needed to dramatically lower the power consumption of all the components, including the Instrumentation Amplifier. Our current power consumption is 28 mW per channel, and we wanted to lower this to 10 mW or less. We had the option to allow increased noise to get this power reduction.
Figure 1: EEG Signal Chain
Matt: We see this tradeoff a lot with our ECG and EEG customers. For ECG and EEG front-end design, there is an inherent tradeoff between noise, offset handling capability and power consumption.
Most Instrumentation Amplifiers have a large noise component due to the noise of the subtractor stage. In high gain applications, it doesn't matter much since this noise stays constant at the output regardless of the gain. So when the noise is referred to the input, it is quite small.
Unfortunately, in EEG and ECG applications, the gain is limited by the large offset from the electrodes. If you want to use a large gain to get good noise performance, the offset forces you to use large supplies to handle the large offsets.
Bill: This is indeed what we did on our previous design using an AD8221 In Amp. The output noise is 75 nV/rt-Hz, and the input noise is 8 nV/rt-Hz. In order to reduce the contribution of the large output noise when referred to the inputs, we set the AD8221 to a gain of 14.8 (see equation 1 and 2 for our noise calculation detail). The gain also increases our common mode rejection by 23dB, as the common mode gain is unity (see equation 3). But then in order to handle a 900 mV electrode offset with this gain, we have to use supply rails of ±15.5VDC (see equation 4). With 64 of these channels comprising our EEG amplifier, the power consumption becomes too high for battery powered applications.
I keep waiting for Analog Devices to come out with an InAamp with low output noise. When's that happening?
Matt: The output noise of an in amp is primarily driven by six resistors. (R1 through R6 in Fig. 2) We could reduce these resistor values, but this has several drawbacks: 1) The In Amp amplifiers now have to drive more current into these resistors. To maintain good linearity in these higher drive conditions, we have to build beefier amplifiers, which consume more current. It's a double whammy for you: you have to supply the additional current through the small value resistors, as well more current for beefier amplifiers.
|Figure 2: Textbook Instrumentation Amplifier Configuration
Matt: 2) Your Rg gain setting resistor would get smaller. This is a good thing for noise, but not so good if you expect a large differential overvoltage condition. It makes the input of your amplifier less robust to large differential voltages in high gain. We can add circuitry to combat this, but this circuitry adds to the input noise.
Bill: That one is probably not a problem for us because of the protection circuitry we already have on our electrode inputs.
Matt: 3) As the resistors in your subtractor circuit get smaller, the input impedance of our reference pin also gets smaller. This means that if you want to drive this pin with a buffer—something that's pretty common in your type of application—the drive amplifier has to have very low output impedance over the frequency range of interest. Otherwise, you reduce the CMRR vs. frequency of your system. Lower output impedance vs. frequency requires a higher power driver amplifier.
Bill: Yes, in our new design we are driving that pin so this would be a concern. We spent some time finding a buffer that gave similar CMRR performance as just grounding the pin.
Bill: Going back to the original problem, we had the AD8221 with a supply current of 0.9 mA running on ±15.5V. We wanted to lower the power consumption by reducing the current draw of the In Amp and reducing the supply rails. We started looking for lower power devices that could still meet our other performance requirements.
One In Amp that we looked at was the AD8235/36. It has very low power and small size, but was too noisy and with a 5V max rail, couldn't meet our DC offset spec.
Matt: These are CMOS based In Amps consuming 40 µA. Very popular for ECG monitoring applications, where power trumps performance, but not good enough for diagnostic EEGs which CareFusion does.
Bill: Another part we considered was the AD627. It also consumes very little power, and allows for wide supply rails. We had tested the noise in the past, so we knew it had good performance for the power consumption. However, it comes in an SOIC package, which is big these days, and didn't work well for reducing board size.
Matt: Yeah, maybe we ought to do something about that…
Bill: Then you've got a wide range of parts with 300-500 µA supply currents and wide supply ranges—for example the AD8226 and AD8227. However, all of these parts have at least 20 nA of input bias current, which was exceeding the specified requirement of less than 5nA for this design.
Matt: On parts like the AD8226 and AD8227, we wanted the ability to measure all the way down to the negative supply. We used a simpler input stage to do this, and had to sacrifice some input bias current to get there. On the AD8221, we use both input bias current compensation and superbeta transistors to get bias current down to typically a few hundred pA. This made a lot of our customers happy but the tradeoff is that we give up some headroom on the input.
Bill, what drives your bias current spec? I thought EEG electrodes had around 10 k? of source impedance? For the AD8226, with a max input bias current of 27 nA, this is 270 uV, which is nothing compared to the big offsets from the electrodes. Can you tell us what drives your bias current specification?
Bill: The 5 nA spec does come from some of our amplifiers that must deal with much higher electrode impedances. However, this amplifier has an EEG display bandwidth requirement down to DC. We were concerned with minimizing baseline drifting effects due to changing electrode impedances.
After we found that none of the In Amps from ADI or your competitors met all our requirements, we decided to look at building our own. We knew that it was important to have matched resistors in the subtractor stage for > 100dB CMRR. We had experimented with matched resistor networks in the past but found these to be expensive. We also never quite seemed to get the expected CMRR performance, probably due to circuit board parasitic capacitances. We found the AD8278 difference amplifier had the performance and power consumption we were looking for.
Harry: The four resistor difference amp is more complicated than it first appears. With a perfect Op Amp, the CMRR is limited by the matching of the resistors. (R3-R6 in figure 2). An approximation1 for a difference amp is CMRR = (Ad + 1)/4*t, where Ad is the gain of the difference amplifier and t is the tolerance of the resistors. So for a gain of one and 1% resistors, CMRR = 50 V/V, or about 34 dB, and for 0.1% resistors, CMRR =500 V/V, or about 54 dB.
Bill: I came across a similar explanation in one of your handbooks.2
Harry: The above formula applies for low frequencies. CMRR may be degraded even further at higher frequencies. For example, if the difference in the input capacitance on the two op amp inputs is 400-500 femtofarads, due to pc board layout or internal die layout, and the resistors are 10 kohms, the AC CMRR at 10 kHz is degraded by 6-7 dB. If there is a 20 kHz (or higher) switching regulator in the system, this can be important.
Even with perfect resistors and balanced capacitances, the CMRR is ultimately limited by the op amp.
I see two major performance categories for difference amps. First, typical high side current sensing applications require 3-5% accuracy at the high end of the current range. A low cost op amp with reasonable offset and some 1% resistors can get you there. Keep in mind that some of the low cost op amps can have a CMRR of less than 50 dB. This is often overlooked. Second, the more precision applications, usually as the second stage of a discrete instrumentation amplifier, in the 0.1% to 1% range, with CMRR greater than 70-80 db. This can be done with a good op amp, four matched resistors with low TC, preferably ratio matched TC, and a careful pc board layout. Considering the total cost and board space, the monolithic difference op amps look quite attractive. I can see why Bill chose the AD8278; we did the hard work for him.
Bill: Analog Devices offered a family of difference amplifiers with gains of ½, 1, or 2. We compared the AD8271 and AD8278, choosing the AD8278 for lower power consumption. We configured it for a gain of ½. This allowed us to increase the gain of the input buffers, lower the supply rails (we settled on +/-7.5VDC), and meet our noise and DC offset tolerance specifications. We believed that moving as much gain as possible to the input buffers provided the lowest noise. (See equations 5-11 for noise, CMRR, and offset tolerance of the new design.)
Matt: The AD8278 can either be configured as a gain of ½ or gain of 2. Typically, we think we need to put an amplifier in the highest gain possible to get the best noise performance. However because the AD8278 is the second stage in this design, the noise performance of the design is actually helped by putting it in a lower gain. This allowed Bill to apply more gain in the first stage. A cardinal rule of low noise design is to have as much gain in the first stage as possible—and it certainly was the case here.
Applying more gain up front also helps the In Amp's CMRR. As we can calculate from our previous discussion of resistor tolerance vs. CMRR, changing the difference amplifier gain from 1/2 to 2 should give us an extra 6 dB of CMRR. This also matches the AD8278 datasheet. However, if instead we use the extra 4x gain up front, it will increase the differential gain by 4x while keeping the common mode gain the same. In other words, by gaining up front we get an extra 12 dB of CMRR vs. the 6 dB we could get by applying the gain in the difference amplifier. Note that this trick only worked if the Op Amps in the first stage have good CMRR—so it's important to use high quality Op Amps.
Using G=1/2 for the difference amplifier stage is one way Bill optimized his discrete design vs. our integrated In Amps. Typically for our integrated In Amps, we must keep the difference amplifier at G=1 or higher since lower diff amp gains limit the In Amp's ability to handle wide common mode voltage swings.
Bill: After extensive searching, we chose the AD8622 for our input buffer Op Amps. This Op Amp had all the specifications we were looking for: small package size, low power, low input bias current, low 0.1-10Hz noise, and wide supply rails. One other characteristic that we felt was important was unity gain stability. Although our buffers were run at a gain of 10, in the In Amp configuration the common mode signal sees a gain of 1 thus causing potential stability issues.3
Harry: For the front end op
amps, there are dozens of choices, perhaps hundreds, so getting the exact
offset voltage, bias current, supply current, bias current, etc. allows one to
optimize the design. When we design an Instrumentation Amplifier, we have to
make some broad tradeoffs, so for the last ten percent of performance it's
worth the hard work. The AD8622 is a recent addition to our precision amplifier
line, and is a really nice combination of voltage noise, low 1/f corner, supply
current, gain bandwidth, offset voltage, offset voltage drift, etc.
Figure 3: Simplified CareFusion In Amp
Bill: Our first choice would have been to use an integrated In Amp for board space reasons. However having precision difference amplifiers available really allowed us to fine tune our instrumentation amplifier without the need for expensive and board-space consuming resistor networks. We were able to significantly reduce our power consumption while still maintaining our important performance characteristics such as noise, CMRR, and DC input tolerance.
Harry: Thanks, Bill. Matt and I have enjoyed working with you on a state-of-the-art design.
Bill Kolasa is involved in the design of medical instrumentation with the NeuroCare Division of CareFusion. He would like to recognize Bill Lutz and Dan Lombardi also at CareFusion for their contributions to this article. Harry Holt is a staff applications engineer at Analog Devices (San Jose, CA) in the precision amplifier group. Matt Duff is an applications engineer at Analog Devices, covering Instrumentation Amplifiers and various other products.
- Pallás-Areny, Ramón and Webster, John G. "Common Mode Rejection Ratio in Differential Amplifiers" IEEE Transactions On Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 40, No 4, August 1991, pp 669-676
- Analog Devices, Linear Circuit Design Handbook [2]. p 2.9
- D. Rod White "Phase Compensation of the3 Three Op Amp Instrumentation Amplifier" IEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. IM-36, No., September 1987
- Holt, Harry "To Dual or Not to Dual" [3] and http://www.eetimes.com/design/analog-design/4210881/Op-amps--to-dual-or-not-to-dual---Part-2-of-2- [4]


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Ali photographer who became The Greatest's close friend dies at 77
Howard Bingham, the long-time personal photographer and perhaps the closest friend of boxing great Muhammad Ali, has died.
His agent Harlan Werner said Bingham, 77, died on Thursday. No cause of death was given but a friend, sports writer Mohammed Mubarak, said Bingham had been in failing health in recent months following two operations.
During a friendship that spanned more than half a century, Bingham took literally hundreds of thousands of photos of Ali that ranged from the three-time world heavyweight champion's many ring triumphs to quiet day-to-day moments with his family.
He captured the young, handsome champion preparing for his first heavyweight championship fight against Sonny Liston in 1964 and years later the ageing Ali, hands shaking from Parkinson's disease, preparing to light the flame opening the 1996 Olympic Games.
He photographed Ali greeting everyone from former US president Bill Clinton to South African president Nelson Mandela and black Muslim leader Malcolm X. And he was there with his camera when throngs of awe-struck fans surrounded the champ on the street.
Although known largely as Ali's photographer, Bingham also had a distinguished career as a freelancer.
He photographed the 1967 race riots in Detroit and was at Chicago's Democratic National Convention in 1968 when violence exploded between protesters and police.
In the 1960s he developed enough trust with the fledgling Black Panther Party that its members gave him free reign to photograph them - and their weapons stash - for a feature Life magazine had planned.
After the story was not published - "they got scared", he later told the Los Angeles Times - he included the photos in his 2009 book Howard L Bingham's Black Panthers 1968.
"He was one of the greatest storytellers of our time," said Mr Werner. "You look at the history in his photos. And the photos themselves, they're just amazing."
The public has never seen some of the best of Ali, Mr Werner added, because the unfailingly modest Bingham never wanted people to think he was cashing in on their friendship. But he did publish a book including some of them in the acclaimed 1993 photo memoir, Muhammad Ali: A Thirty-Year Journey.
Bingham started his career in 1962 as a fledgling photographer for the small African-American Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper and was assigned to cover a fight by an up-and-coming young boxer then known as Cassius Clay.
He would tell Ali years later he had no idea who he had been sent to photograph, but when he saw him and his brother wandering around after the fight he offered to show them around. Later, he invited them to his mother's house for dinner.
It was the beginning of a friendship that would endure until Ali's death in June.
The eldest of seven siblings, Bingham was born in Mississippi on May 29, 1939, and moved to Los Angeles as a child.
He eventually enrolled in Compton Community College, where he failed a photography class. He blamed it on spending too much time having fun and not enough studying.
But he applied to be a photographer at the Sentinel a few years later and after repeated inquiries, he was finally hired.
"I went off on jobs, came back with underexposed film, blurred film, no film - and I always had an excuse for what went wrong," he told the Times.
Eventually he learned enough about photography on the job to land the Ali assignment.
Bingham is survived by his wife Carolyn and son Dustin. Another son, Damon, preceded him in death.


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Women are being urged to make every step count by handing in their sponsorship money from the Blackpool Race for Life.
More than 2,800 women and children took part in the 5k event on the Promenade and it is estimated more than £120,000 has been raised.
But organisers at Cancer Research UK are asking those who gave their time and energy to take one more step – by sending in the cash as quickly as possible.
Liz Booth, Race for Life event organiser for Blackpool, said: "Many people don't realise their entry fee only covers the cost of the event. It's the sponsorship that really makes a difference. So, whatever the amount, we're asking
everyone to return their sponsorship money as soon as possible."
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Denard Robinson's biggest test is here
As we hit Week 6, a familiar theme -- contender and pretender -- is at the forefront of the themes of the weekend:
The biggest test yet for Denard Robinson
Wolverines fans should call this guy Denard Revelation, or maybe just Superman. The entire college football media, myself included, has been gushing about the QB's exploits for five weeks. Get this: His rushing yards are outpacing 91 FBS teams. Ninety-one teams. It's easy to say "Michigan hasn't been playing the 1985 Chicago Bears," and that is true: The Connecticut Huskies are 51st in total defense, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are 89th, the Bowling Green Falcons are 119th and the Indiana Hoosiers are 88th. Now, playing Robinson has hurt all those team's stats, yes, but those defenses haven't been amazing on D either.
Here come the Michigan State Spartans, and LB Greg Jones, though: 5-0 (like the Wolverines) and 41st in total D. They're 20th in the nation against the run.
This is only the third time ever that both teams have been 5-0 in the same season (1997 and 1999 were the other two), and it's the first time since 2003 both teams have come into this rivalry game ranked (No. 11 Michigan beat No. 9 MSU in that game). Sparty has won the past two here, but haven't won three in a row in this series since 1965-67.


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Yes, it's that time of year again! The time when people from all walks of life don their best Father Christmas outfits and join in with hundreds of other St Nick's for a Santa Run. This jolly bunch are from Crawley courier company ILG, and they will be taking part in the Horsham run on Sunday (November 18) in aid of St Catherine's Hospice.
Meanwhile, in Crawley, hundreds of Santas are expected to make their way to the Memorial Gardens on Sunday to walk, run and jog their way round a one or two-mile course in aid of the Chestnut Tree House children's hospice. The fun run starts at 10am. Why not join in? It's all for a good claus.
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"Eventually, you reach a point when you want what others don't have," says Dominique Bernaz, director of Vacheron Constantin's Atelier Cabinotiers. Indeed. Vacheron's Atelier Cabinotiers is the manufacture's special-order division established in 2006 to serve its most exclusive clients (more on Atelier Cabinotiers here). Be it a unique dial or an entirely proprietary movement, Atelier Cabinotiers can make it happen. For a multi-million dollar price tag, of course.
It goes without saying that at this high level of watch collecting, discretion is part of the unwritten rule of conduct. In other words, it is likely that the existence of most of the spectacular commissioned creations of Atelier Cabinoteirs are not widely known. They do not it make it into a press release or watch magazine — they exist solely for the pleasure and enjoyment of their wealthy owners. What a nice surprise and pleasure it is then that the owner of this watch, the Vacheron Constantin Philosophia, has agreed to allow a glimpse of his (or her) amazing watch over at Vacheron's self-hosted discussion forum.
Vacheron Constantin Philosophia
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Minute repeater, Moon Phase, Power Reserve, Tourbillon
The word on The Hour Lounge is that the owner's original idea for this piece was to have a tourbillon minute repeater with no hands. For reasons unknown to me, though, the owner obviously decided to add one hand (it advances in 24h cycles) and a moonphase indicator. The base movement is Vacheron's Caliber 2755, appropriately modified. Most other details of the watch remain unknown, but I think the price was easily >$1 million.
Vacheron Constantin Philosophia, No. 1/1 (Un/Un)
personalized power reserve indicator on the caseback showing the Big Dipper constellation
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US coverup of corruption in Iraq alleged
Ex-State Dept. workers criticize defunct office
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration repeatedly ignored corruption at the highest levels within the Iraqi government and kept secret potentially embarrassing information so as not to undermine its relationship with Baghdad, according to two former State Department employees.
Arthur Brennan, who briefly served in Baghdad as head of the department's Office of Accountability and Transparency last year, and James Mattil, who worked as the chief of staff, told Senate Democrats yesterday that their office was understaffed and its warnings and recommendations ignored.
Brennan also alleged the State Department prevented a congressional aide visiting Baghdad from talking with staffers by insisting they were too busy. In reality, Brennan said, office members were watching movies at the embassy and on their computers. The staffers' workload had been cut dramatically because of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's "evisceration" of Iraq's top anticorruption office, he said.
The State Department's policies "not only contradicted the anticorruption mission but indirectly contributed to and has allowed corruption to fester at the highest levels of the Iraqi government," Brennan told the Senate Democratic Policy Committee.
The US Embassy "effort against corruption - including its new centerpiece, the now-defunct Office of Accountability and Transparency - was little more than 'window dressing,' " he added.
Iraqi government officials could not be reached for comment.
Deputy State Department spokesman Tom Casey said the administration takes corruption seriously and pointed to its recent appointment of Lawrence Benedict as coordinator for anticorruption initiatives at the US Embassy in Baghdad.
Benedict's appointment "is another demonstration that we are working at very senior levels to help the Iraqis deal with this issue," Casey said.
"Any assertion that we have not taken this issue seriously or given it the attention it deserves is simply untrue."
The Office of Accountability and Transparency was intended to provide assistance and training to Iraq's anticorruption agencies. It was dismantled last December, after it alleged in a draft report leaked to the media that Maliki's office had derailed or prevented investigations into Shi'ite-controlled agencies.
The draft report sparked hearings in Congress and prompted a showdown between Democrats and senior State Department officials on whether the public has a right to know the extent to which Maliki was involved in corruption cases.
Brennan charged the State Department never responded to his team's report, which was retroactively classified because agency officials said it could hurt bilateral relations with Iraq. Other recommendations by the group also were kept secret, including a negative assessment of Iraq's Joint Anti-Corruption Committee, Brennan said.
In July, the accountability office concluded that the committee's only purpose was to provide a forum for complaints against Judge Radhi Hamza al-Radhi, a top anticorruption official in Baghdad whom many US officials have hailed as the most effective in exposing fraud and abuse.
But information later released by the embassy ignored the team's assessment and ultimately "failed to even mention what a disaster" the committee was, Brennan said.
Brennan said he approved the embassy report against his better judgment, but regretted it.
Mattil, who worked with Brennan, made similar allegations. Specifically, he said the United States "remained silent in the face of an unrelenting campaign" by senior Iraqi officials to subvert Baghdad's Commission on Public Integrity, which had been led by Radhi. Then, the United States turned its back on Iraqis who fled to the United States after being threatened for pursuing anticorruption cases, he said.
"Since we have done so little [to undercut corruption], it's easy to see why the government of Iraq has not done more," said Mattil, who left the accountability office last October after having served for a year as its chief of staff. "We have demanded no better."
Brennan was appointed director of the accountability office last summer and arrived in Baghdad in July. He left a few weeks later after his wife was diagnosed with cancer.
He stepped down from his position in August.


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MOBILE, AL (ATS Consultants) - The final bowl game before the BCS national championship will take place tonight when Kent State takes on Arkansas State in the 2013 GoDaddy.com Bowl at 9:00PM ET.
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ODDS: According to oddsmakers from online sports book Bovada.lv, Arkansas State is a 3.5-point favorite versus Kent State while the total is sitting at 63 points. The Golden Flashes finished the regular season with an 11-2 overall record and went 8-1 in the MAC, while the Red Wolves went 9-3 overall and 7-1 in the Sun Belt.
LINE MOVEMENT: The game opened as a pick'em but the line has been bet up to 3.5 in favor of Arkansas State. As for the total, it opened at 62 but it's been bet up a full point to 63.
PUBLIC BETTING: Of the current wagers placed on tonight's game, 56% of College Football public bettors currently favor the Golden Flashes. This information is subject to change, however, so make sure you click on the link provided to get the most updated public betting numbers.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL PICK: Take Kent State. According to latest college football trends, Kent State is 15-5-1 ATS in their last 21 games overall, 5-2-1 ATS in their last 8 games after allowing more than 40 points in their previous game and 7-3-1 ATS in their last 11 games after allowing more than 200 yards rushing in their previous game. Arkansas State is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games after allowing less than 170 yards passing in their previous game.
Kent State has one advantage in this bowl game. Their head coach is coaching his last game, while Arkansas State will have an interim coach. Last year, Hugh Freeze left for Ole Miss and the Red Wolves lost to Northern Illinois, 38-20 in this same bowl. Defensive coordinator John Thompson will serve as Arkansas State's interim coach this time. Darrell Hazell has accepted the job at Purdue, but he wanted the opportunity to try to lead Kent State (11-2) to its first-ever bowl victory. Kent State is bringing in Arkansas defensive coordinator and former Golden Flashes defensive back Paul Haynes as its next coach, but the school is happy Hazell will be in Mobile. Running backs Dri Archer and Trayion Durham combined for 200.0 yards per game on the ground to lead a rushing attack ranked 16th in the country. The duo had 29 of the Golden Flashes' 35 rushing scores. The Kent State defense, led by DT Roosevelt Nix, will look to get pressure on two-time Sun Belt Player of the Year Ryan Aplin, who leads the nation's 17th-ranked offense. Archer logged a 38.2-yard average on kickoff returns with three returns for touchdowns. Archer is the only player in the country with more than 1,300 yards rushing and 500 receiving. He also threw a 24-yard touchdown pass this season. Linebacker Luke Batton has 132 total tackles and ranks as one of the top 20 most prolific defenders in the country. Kent State ranks second in Division I in turnover margin and - with 38 takeaways - is tied with Oregon for the nation's lead. The special teams and big plays will put Kent State over the top in this game.
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Six aimless young people are manipulated into making terrorist threats by a security software company. These threats will create more demand for the company's programs, thereby boosting its IPO. I never quite understood why these pitiful young people buy into the terrorist plot. Sure, their lives seem pointless. Their careers—college dropout turned Best Buy employee, unemployed Latin American studies graduate, waitress-actress, personal assistant, struggling musician, and young Army vet—are less than glamorous. "Freedom comes to those who love it" is the mantra of the cell—as its conniving leader, August, calls the group—but how does a bomb threat at the Empire State Building equal freedom?
To be fair, the extremes the play presents can be seen as the radical consequences that Generation Next might face as a result of its unfinanced pursuits and technology overload. The double meaning of the title is kind of cute too. These young people do things "just 'cause," but at the same time they are looking to commit their lives to a just cause. However, the cause in this case does not seem plausible, and the notion that Generation Y is wasting its existence on unfulfilled passions is hackneyed.
There are some strong performances, particularly by Alex Herrald as Jack and Katherine Folk-Sullivan as Anna. As minor characters Coco the drug addict and the schizophrenic Sister, Allison Buck and Crystal Arnette do a convincing job, but the point of their roles seems somewhat vague, except to act as a jumping-off point for the others. The charades of these young people evolve from real games to a kill-or-be-killed scenario in which bullets are distributed like candy. Life may be a battlefield, but I don't want to live in one where the bullets are always real.
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