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This year's "D-Low Memorial Show," with Sacred Reich, Car Bomb, Soulfly, and The Cavalera Conspiracy, certainly boasts one of the most exciting lineups in the history of the event. With brothers (and former Sepultura cornerstones) Max and Igor Cavalera in the lineup, The Cavalera Conspiracy's live debut gives the show a buzz of anticipation, while Sacred Reich and Car Bomb each come ready to deliver their own brand of thrills. Sacred Reich, a local metal icon with a storied history, of course, represents the classic thrash era, while Car Bomb, an extreme spazz-core outfit from Long Island, sets a new standard for how cohesive and engaging this style of music can be.
One of extreme metal's brightest lights, Car Bomb does more than pander to ADD by cramming together an assload of riffs. Yes, the band nods heavily to the highly technical, post-death metal of its mostly defunct New Jersey neighbors like Human Remains and Deadguy, but it also draws equally from the likes of Zappa and Aphex Twin. It shows in Car Bomb's command of atmospherics.
As for the highly anticipated re-emergence of Sacred Reich, guitarist Wiley Arnett is quick to point out that the band is doing a short set only, and that fans shouldn't expect a chance to recapture SR's recent shows in the area. Nonetheless, with Sacred Reich recently back from a one-off trip to Europe, where, Arnett says, they received a positive reception beyond their wildest expectations, he enthuses that the band is well-rehearsed and still tingling from the experience. The fact that Sacred Reich essentially returns to inactive hiatus after the D-Low concert certainly makes the appearance bittersweet, but also more special. There's no telling when or if Sacred Reich will ever play again, so get it while you can.
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The 11th annual D-Low Memorial Show, featuring Soulfly, Sacred Reich, Car Bomb, The Cavalera Conspiracy, SiOP, Here Lies Treachery, and Tale of a Masscare, is scheduled to take place on Friday, August 31
"When we disbanded," Arnett explains, "we never broke up. We never had a falling out. What we agreed on was that we all needed more time at home. Back in '85 when I joined the band, we were mixing some cover tunes with original work and playing a lot with Flotsam and Jetsam. I was 17 years old. Within a year, we'd gotten signed and found ourselves on tour. It seemed like a blur. Fourteen years went by; we came home and we were, like, 'What the hell happened?' We thought we'd leave the window open, but the more time we spent at home, the harder it seemed to get away from home."
The band is playing this memorial show because of its longstanding relationship with Gloria Cavalera (Max's wife) and the late D-Low (Max Cavalera's stepson and best friend).
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"We watched him grow up," Arnett says. "He toured with us many years out on the road, even before Sepultura was part of the family. For whatever reason, it just hadn't been viable for us to do the memorial show in the past. Now, we're super-prepared."


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The Meija Era (1868-1912) was probably the most defining period in Japanese history. It was a time of massive change from the more traditional; Takugawa era to a positioning of Japan in the modern world. Contemporary writer, Soseki Natsume, suffered due to all the social and cultural changes and expressed his feelings through his character Botchan, a classic in the vein of Mark Twain or Charles Dickens.
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Protestors against Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi held a small rally outside the White House Wednesday, after a military coup removed him from office.
A group of American and Egyptian students who call themselves "The REAL Egyptian Revolution" held a solidarity rally at 8 p.m. to call for expanded democratic rights in Egypt.
They had planned to protest Morsi's presidency, but changed the focus of the gathering after a military coup removed Morsi from office Wednesday.
"There's a flurry of activity right now," said protest organizer Lacy MacAuley. "We want to be there to stand in support of the Egyptian people."
Morsi became Egypt's first democratically elected president June 30, 2012. He took power after the 2011 Egyptian revolution that ended the presidency of Hosni Mubarak.
"When Morsi was running for president, he made 15 promises, but after 12 months of him in power, he delivered the exact opposite of all his promises," Tawfik Daoud, an Egyptian organizer of a similar protest last Saturday who is living in the U.S., said in a press release. "My Egypt is in dire need of bread, medicine, gas, electricity and basic safety in the streets."
According to research done by the Woodrow Wilson Center, unemployment in Egypt reached 3.5 million in the first quarter of 2013. That leaves 13.2 percent of the labor force out of a job, which is up from 12.6 percent in June 2012, when Morsi took office.
Food prices have increased by 8.9 percent between May 2012 and May 2013, according to government statistics.
Other major issues include high crime rates, fuel shortages, rolling blackouts, stock market woes and inceased sexual harassment.
Abdallah Esayed, another organizer of Wednesday's protest, said in a press release that he lost an eye fighting for the revolution last year in Cairo after a police officer shot him while he was protesting in the streets.
"Many people lost their lives for the promise of freedom," Esayed said. "But our eyes, limbs and lives were not lost in vain. Egyptians will continue to fight for freedom, and we will succeed."


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Legal Question in Family Law in Kansas
Moving out of State
My ex-husband and I have been divorced for 6 years and have a 6 year old daughter. since the divorce we have lived about 5 minutes apart. My husbands job is asking us to transfer to another location, and we will be moving to Missouri only about 2 hours away. My ex gets to see our daughter every other weekend from 8:00am Saturday until 8:00pm on Sunday, I want permission from the courts to move and to change his visitation hours to 9:00 on Saturday until 6:00 on Sunday (School) and I know my ex wont go for it. I dont have money to hire an attorny. My questions is... What are my chances of this being accomplished and what is the cheapest way to go about it?
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Assuming that your ex-spouse will not agree to the change of custodial order you will just have to explain to the judge that your husband has been relocated to Missouri and that given the fact that you will only be approx. two hours away this should not be a major issue to have the custody agreement modified. If you've had primary custody of your daughter for a significant amount of time and there are no issues related to your fitness as a parent then this should not be a problem.
You indicated that you cannot afford to hire an attorney, do you know if your ex-spouse will be represented. If not and you feel comfortable handling this matter on your own then I would advise you to consult as many resources as you can related to child custody modifications, the UCCJEA and PKPA. Also, have you checked to see if you might be eligible for legal assistance through legal aid.
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In going 9-10 a season ago and making it to the post-season, the Jordan-Elbridge boys lacrosse team showed plenty of hints that it was ready to challenge the established Section III Class C powers like Skaneateles, CBA and LaFayette.
But a first-round playoff exit at South Jefferson also left the Eagles hungry to do better — and so far in 2008, that improvement has been quite visible.
As part of a successful opening week, the Eagles went to Marcellus Wednesday night and showed plenty of poise and confidence in beating the Mustangs 13-10.
Fortified by a 14-3, season-opening victory over Whitney Point two nights earlier, J-E took charge in the first half at Marcellus.
After going ahead 4-2, J-E's defense took over, blanking the Mustangs in the second quarter as back-line seniors Dustin Duger and Cameron Hemler anchored a resistance that remained strong even after Tom Guadagnolo moved on to join his brother, Kyle, at Syracuse University.
At the half, the Eagles led 7-2, only to see Marcellus make a serious charge in the third period to close within two, 9-7. Absobring that blow, J-E struck back in a fast-paced fourth quarter and stayed out in front.
Joey Poppe, back for his senior season after a successful winter in goal for the Solvay ice hockey team, led the way with five goals and two assists.
Behind him, Brian Murray, Josh Livingston and Kory Smart each scored twice. Livingston added two assists. Brian Belcher and Abe Patrick earned single tallies as Jeff Guadagnolo earned two assists.
Ken Bush, who gives J-E a proven presence in goal, finished with 12 saves. Marcellus, in defeat, had Sean Connors get four goals and one assist, while D.J. Merriman gained three goals and two assists.
Prior to this, J-E had opened in fine style at Whitney Point, racing out to an 11-0 halftime lead before head coach Rick Young gave the reserves a chance to play in the last two periods.
Smart had four goals and three assists before going to the sidelines, as Poppe and Livingston each got three goals and Poppe added two assists. Murray had two goals, with Belcher contributing one goal and four assists and Guadagnolo putting up one goal and one assist.
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How famous is Arnold Palmer? Even his his own signature drink -- half-lemonade, half-ice tea – is now immortalized in a pair of sneakers unveiled by none other than NBA superstar LeBron James.
James, fresh off his Miami Heat's win in the NBA Finals, tweeted a photo this week of his new Nike shoes, which he calls the LeBronold Palmer 9 lows. The shoes feature palm leaves in typical Floridian pastel colors, while on the insole of the shoe is a picture of the Arnold Palmer drink.
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Trophies leaked for Dishonored story DLC 'The Other Side of the Coin'
While it's been known around the Gamersphere since last year that Bethesda and Arkane's Dishonored would be getting two more downloadable add-ons after the initial Dunwall City Trials pack, we have yet to hear much more about them beyond the fact that they'll be story-based. Nothing else, until now.
The trophy list for Dishonored's next DLC pack has appeared online, courtesy of PS3Trophies. According to said list, the next add-on, which will go by the name 'The Other Side of the Coin,' will feature locations such as Rothwild Slaughterhouse and the estate of Thalia Timish. The story, as mentioned in earlier reports, will revolve around a group of supernatural assassin's called The Whalers and their leader, Daud.
There will be ten trophies available, challenging players to accomplish feats such as completing missions without alerting or killing anyone or finishing the campaign in various difficulties. The full list can be seen below, but be wary of the spoilers that are present within.
Being as Bethesda has yet to officially confirm the existence of The Other Side of the Coin, it's impossible to say when it will be released or what it will cost. But in all likelihood, it should not be long at all before you can stab people most charmingly in the throat once more.
- Just Business - You got the information needed from the Rothwild Slaughterhouse
- Missing Pieces - You obtained Delilah Copperspoon's identity from Thalia Timish
- Well Connected - You purchased all of the Favors in The Other Side of the Coin
- No Regrets - You completed The Other Side of the Coin in High Chaos
- Redemptive Path - You completed The Other Side of the Coin in Low Chaos
- Whisper Ways - You completed The Other Side of the Coin without alerting anyone
- Cleaner Hands - You completed The Other Side of the Coin without killing anyone
- Rats and Ashes - You caused a death using an arc mine and a rat
- Message from the Empress - You performed a drop assassination from atop the Empress statue
- Stone Cold Heart - You spoke with the statue of Delilah in Timsh's estate
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A contemporary of David Cameron's at Oxford University, Mr Chester took the dramatic step after his hedge fund, Pentagon Capital Management, was fined $98.5m earlier this year for allegedly engaging in late trading in mutual funds between 1999 and 2003.
Begbies Traynor, which was appointed administrator, has thrown its weight behind an appeal lodged against the ruling by Pentagon. The UK accountancy group said there were "substantial grounds for appeal", according to documents filed at Companies House.
The documents show that Begbies has hired its own law firm to help fight the judgement which followed a four-year investigation by the SEC into Pentagon. Late trading is illegal in the US because it allows the subject to profit from market events that occur after trading closes.
Should the appeal, which is expected to be heard in the US early next year, prove successful it would be a major blow to the SEC. The administration similarly puts the regulator's recovery of the fine in doubt.
Pentagon's directors opted to put it into administration after the SEC issued an order that forbade the hedge fund from dealing with or disposing of its assets.
Pentagon boasted about $2bn of assets at its peak. The case the SEC built against Mr Chester, who gave £100,000 to the Conservative Party in 2006 and 2007, included emails that revealed a colourful relationship between the hedge fund manager and the brokers who traded on his behalf.
One email had Mr Chester criticising them for their "pathetic, pittiful [sic] moaning that I've been subjected to for years".
Begbies said: "If the company [Pentagon] and Mr Chester succeed with the appeal and subsequent US proceedings in the event of a remand, the company will be restored to solvency."
However, that solvency also depends on Pentagon dealing with an almost £10m tax bill that HM Revenues and Customs has tabled.
According to the filing, about £7.6m of claims from HMRC relates to the controversial Vantis Tax Scheme. The fraudulent scheme eventually saw a partner at the accounting firm Vantis prosecuted. Pentagon, which like others who took part in the scheme did not know about the fraud, said it is appealing the HMRC's assessment of its liability.
Pentagon also faces a separate legal battle in the US state of Illinois, where a trustee for Lancelot Investors Fund, a vehicle that has now closed, is seeking to recover millions of dollars relating to a swap agreement it had with Pentagon.
The lawsuit alleges that Lancelot was already insolvent when it passed millions of dollars to Pentagon in 2008 as part of the swap agreement.
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At least one exec has already been forced to take drastic action. "We have attorneys out there that have never deleted an email -- it's killing us in drive space, it's killing us in backups," complained Neeraj Rajpal, CIO at New York-based Bryan Cave, during a panel discussion on IT best practices.
Desperate times call for desperate measures. "We're proposing a policy that says, after 60 days, we will delete the email unless you move it to a folder," said Rajpal. "I know that I will not be a popular figure."
Bryan Cave has little choice in this matter if it wants to keep its storage costs down. "In the last five years we have seen 60 percent growth," he explained, adding that email storage is expected to grow from 4 to 15 Tbytes over the next few years.
Email is a hot topic in the legal sector, and the technology has already proved crucial in some high-profile cases. (See A Fine Mess.) Morgan Stanley, for example, was famously slammed with a $15 million fine when it was unable to produce email evidence in court. (See Storage Goes to Law School.)


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What is your guilty pleasure?
Rep. McCarthy: Once a month, I buy a package of Häagen-Dazs dark chocolate ice cream. That is my guilt.
Proudest moment?
Rep. McCarthy: My proudest moment probably was … probably [last] Monday, when the president signed my bill for gun control. Not every legislator gets a bill passed.
Favorite musician or musical group?
Rep. McCarthy: I'd probably go back to the Beatles. I'm still stuck in the old times.
Finish this sentence: My favorite place in the whole world is …
Rep. McCarthy: Sitting on a beach. Jones Beach. It's out on Long Island and one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. I used to get there often. Unfortunately, being in Congress, you don't get much free time. But I still get down there, and I take my grandchildren down there.
Tell me something no one knows about you.
Rep. McCarthy: I have been in the same house 56 years. I bought my parents' house from them. It seems in this transient world, people don't stay in one place, but I have.
Craziest constituent request?
Rep. McCarthy: Oh, this is a good one. Usually, all my mayors and stuff, they're always looking for help, and we do everything we can. …We had a new trustee come in to see me because every January we send out to the mayors and the board a letter saying, "If you need help from the federal government, let us know."
They came in and … when they finally got to the point where they were asking for money to build a pool, I looked at them and said, "Uh, we don't do that. We don't build pools."


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New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) A three-day workshop for the personal assistants and personal secretaries to BJP parliamentarians has been organised to train them for better implementation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna (SAGY).
"We are organising a workshop for the personal assistants and personal secretaries to BJP parliamentarians from June 12 to 14, at Bhayander, Mumbai," Ravindra Sathe, executive director of the Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini, told IANS from Mumbai.
During the workshop, they will be taught how to select and develop a village into a model one under the SAGY, he added.
Sathe said a special session for them on better implementation of MPLADs has also been convened.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the scheme last year during on Independence Day under which MPs were asked to develop one model village each in their constituencies by year 2016 and two more by 2019.
"Personal assistants and personal secretaries to parliamentarians are the ones who on behalf of their MPs implement the government projects in their constituencies. So, we are organising this workshop for them," said Sathe.
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The UE Eggs Arrived!
Sheila, from Casey Farm, visited the Upper Elementary classroom yesterday and brought with her 18 Heritage Dominique eggs, 6 Rhode Island Red eggs and all the supplies they need to go from incubation to hatching.
The UE students are pairing up with students in Children's House. They will be bringing the younger students to their classroom each day to view the eggs and talk with them about the daily development from embryo to chick.
Please feel free to stop by the classroom on a regular basis to see the progress and view their Project CHICK Development Wall.
In addition to the Project CHICK work, the students have been learning about the different parts of an egg. They cracked open eggs and identified all the parts. They then peeled hard boiled eggs and compared them to the raw eggs. This week the students have learned about diffusion and osmosis. On Monday, they put eggs in vinegar and watched the shells dissolve and the eggs grow larger. Today they put those "naked" eggs in corn syrup and molasses. Tomorrow the students will observe and discuss the results of this experiment. The final stage of this week long experiment will be to put the "changed" eggs into water and see what happens to them on Friday.


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Karzai says NATO strike killed seven Afghan civiliansKABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday accused NATO-led international forces of killing up to seven civilians, most of them children, in an air strike in the south.
The incident happened late Wednesday in Zhari district of Kandahar province, a traditional Taliban stronghold where NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops claim significant progress in recent months.
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The Kandahar governor's office said the air strike was aimed against insurgents who were planting mines, but they then fled into a village, where ISAF forces pursued them and struck.
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Kabul acknowledged that the "unfortunate" incident had involved "several civilians being killed and injured" and said it came in response to insurgent action.
It has launched an inquiry into what happened.
The issue of civilian casualties in air strikes is highly sensitive in Afghanistan and has fuelled tensions between Karzai and his Western backers.
Karzai's office issued a statement saying he "strongly condemned" the strike, which it said killed seven people including six children, as well as injuring two young girls.
The president has also tasked a team with investigating the incident.
The governor of Zhari district Niaz Mohammad Sarhadi said that the strike was aimed at Taliban fighters planting roadside mines in the area but missed its target and hit residential areas nearby.
But the governor's office in Kandahar gave a slightly different explanation.
It said that two insurgents had been killed in an air strike, "while the three remaining fled and hid themselves among civilian houses."
It added: "The ISAF aircrafts pursued the three remaining insurgents and dropped bombs on a road where they were hiding but as a result, six children were killed and three others were injured."
ISAF commanders say the Taliban and other insurgents frequently hide among the local population in a bid to protect themselves.
However, ISAF forces are supposed to take all possible steps to avoid civilian casualties.
The United States general who commands ISAF troops in Afghanistan, General John Allen, wrote in July that he expected "every member of ISAF to be seized with the intent to eliminate civilian casualties caused by ISAF".
Kandahar police chief General Abdul Raziq said three Taliban had died out of a total death toll of nine, while investigations were continuing to ascertain the identity of the others.
News of the incident came as at least 10 Afghan security guards were killed on Thursday in a Taliban ambush on a logistics convoy destined for NATO forces in the country's west.
The guards were securing the convoy when they came under attack in Bakwa district of Farah province on the main highway connecting the west withe the volatile south, said Naqibullah Farahi, spokesman for the provincial governor.
Seven more guards were injured, while the militants also torched nine trucks carrying supplies, he said. Police were hunting the attackers, according to Abdul Rauf Ahmadi, a spokesman for police in the west of the country.
Taliban militants frequently attack supply convoys as part of the insurgency they have been waging for the past 10 years.
Earlier this month, Afghan elders held a loya jirga or traditional meeting to discuss a strategic partnership deal with the US which will govern Kabul's relations with Washington after 2014.
This is the date by which all foreign combat troops in Afghanistan -- currently totalling 140,000, most from the US -- are due to leave.
The loya jirga's stipulations for the deal included that Afghan security forces should lead all military operations, the Afghan air force be better trained and equipped and American citizens committing crimes on Afghan soil should not face immunity.
The group also called for a "revision" of efforts to talk peace with the Taliban after Kabul's peace envoy was killed in September, but said the door should be kept open to Afghan insurgents who want to turn their backs on violence.
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FREEDOM-FEST 2011 - The first annual Freedom Fest hosted by the Sheridan Recreation District will be held Monday on the 4th of July at the old Woodland Park school.
Along with Sheridan Media sponsors include Pepsi and Kilpatrick Creations, Rec District Sports Specialist Dale Boedecker talks about how Freedom-Fest came to be.
And dale says the hopes are to make this a yearly
Along with all the activities and games for kids and adults everything including food and drinks will be free of charge.
With summer now just weeks old, Boedecker says all Rec District programs are up and running and participation has been great.
Freedom Fest 2011 will run from 10:00 to 2:00 Monday at the Old Woodland park school from 10:00 to 2:00.
TROOPER BASEBALL - The Sheridan Troopers will play two in Sturgis, South Dakota today and then a road trip for two in Douglas Sunday.
JETS BASEBALL - The Sheridan Jets will play double headers at home tomorrow and Sunday against Rapid City games begin Saturday at 5:00 and Sunday at noon.


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"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.
Without them humanity cannot survive."
~ Dalai Lama
"In the present circumstances, no one can afford to assume
that someone else will solve their problems.
Every individual has a responsibility to help guide our global family in the right direction.
Good wishes are not sufficient; we must become actively engaged."
~ His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from "The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom"
"A human being is a part of a whole, called by us 'universe',
a part limited in time and space.
He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest… a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is, in itself, a part of the liberation, and a foundation for inner security."
~ Albert Einstein ( N. Y. Times , March 29, 1972)
"Look how the caravan of civilization
has been ambushed.
Fools are everywhere in charge.
Do not practice solitude like Jesus.
Be in the assembly, and take charge of it."
~ Rumi
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience.
We are spiritual beings having a human experience."
~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Ron's Introduction.
When a reporter once asked Mahatma Gandhi, "What do you think of Western civilization?" Gandhi supposedly replied, "I think it would be a good idea".
Whether that story is actual or apocryphal, it raises key insights into our allegedly 'advanced' society.
We have undemocratically degenerated into an insane and warlike world dominated by psychopathic oligarchs committing mass suicide by ecocide and threatening a potential World War III nuclear holocaust which could destroy Earthlife as we know it.
Though heretofore there have been seemingly isolated instances of self-inflicted human societal collapses – like that at Easter Island – never before have we confronted a potentially planet-wide imminent collapse. Yet without planet Earth's favorable ecology, humanity can not survive.
So there is reason to wonder whether Humans are now ignorantly and unsustainably doing to our precious "Turtle Island" or "Earth Island" what they did to Easter Island. And whether or not we will avert repeating that disastrous history of ecological collapse.
In my view, our illogical ecological, political and social behaviors are but symptoms of widespread psychological disease – not its cause; that to end this illness we must address and transcend its root cause, rather than merely decry its symptoms.
At the root of our present ecologically suicidal insanity is a scientifically disproven and long outmoded reductionist, materialistic and mechanistic world view belief system which sees everything and everyone as solid and separate, while disregarding our nonlocal common Cosmic consciousness. We have forgotten what indigenous peoples have always known and remembered – our inextricably interrelated spiritual connectedness to mother Earth and to everything/everyone/everywhere; that what we think we do to apparent 'others' we do to ourselves.
Hence to avert calamitous ecological breakdown we must soon breakthrough to a new and higher heart-centered worldview before it is too late; thereby we can solve and resolve our problems from levels of consciousness beyond those which created them.
This a crucial time for spiritually aware people to become politically and socially engaged.
As we commemorate Earth Day 2017 and prepare for massive nationwide peoples climate marches, all life on our precious planet Earth is threatened by potentially imminent ecological catastrophe attributable to psychopathic human behaviors. These are critical times of immense jeopardy and suffering, yet immense opportunity.
Perhaps more than ever before in recorded human history people who are awakening to our spiritual common essence and nature realize not only that we are collectively threatening our "reality", but that together we have the capacity to solve and resolve our critical problems from heart levels of human consciousness above and beyond those which created current crises.
Hence this a crucial time for spiritually aware people to become politically and socially engaged.
Dalai Lama's Observations and Advice.
H.H. The Dalai Lama of Tibet warns us that we must act to solve ecological crises and restore peace "before it is too late". Here are some of his observations from which we may draw inspiration and motivation:
"Peace and the survival of life on earth as we know it are threatened by human activities that lack a commitment to humanitarian values. Destruction of nature and natural resources results from ignorance, greed and lack of respect for the earth's living things.
This lack of respect extends even to the earth's human descendants, the future generations who will inherit a vastly degraded planet if world peace does not become a reality, and if destruction of the natural environment continues at the present rate.
Our ancestors viewed the earth as rich and bountiful, which it is. Many people in the past also saw nature as inexhaustibly sustainable, which we know is the case only if we care for it.
It is not difficult to forgive destruction in the past which resulted from ignorance. Today, however, we have access to more information; it is essential that we re-examine ethically what we have inherited, what we are responsible for, and what we will pass on to coming generations.
Many of the earth's habitats, animals, plants, insects and even micro-organisms that we know to be rare may not be known at all by future generations. We have the capability and the responsibility to act; we must do so before it is too late.
Just as we should cultivate gentle and peaceful relations with our fellow human beings, we should also extend that same kind of attitude towards the natural environment. Morally speaking, we should be concerned for our whole environment.
This, however, is not just a question of morality or ethics, but a question of our own survival. For this generation and for future generations, the environment is very important. If we exploit the environment in extreme ways, we will suffer, as will our future generations. When the environment changes, the climatic condition also changes. When the climate changes dramatically, the economy and many other things change. Our physical health will be greatly affected. Again, conservation is not merely a question of morality, but a question of our own survival.
Therefore, in order to achieve more effective environmental protection and conservation, internal balance within the human being himself or herself is essential. The negligence of the environment, which has resulted in great harm to the human community, resulted from our ignorance of the very special importance of the environment. We must now help people to understand the need for environmental protection. We must teach people to understand the need for environmental protection. We must teach people that conservation directly aids our survival.
If you must be selfish, then be wise and not narrow-minded in your selfishness. The key point lies in the sense of universal responsibility. That is the real source of strength, the real source of happiness. If we exploit everything available, such as trees, water and minerals, and if we don't plan for our next generation, for the future, then we're at fault, aren't we? However, if we have a genuine sense of universal responsibility as our central motivation, then our relations with the environment, and with all our neighbors, will be well balanced.
Ultimately, the decision to save the environment must come from the human heart. The key point is a call for a genuine sense of universal responsibility that is based on love, compassion and clear awareness."
(From "Humanity and Ecology", © 1988, The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama)
Ron's Earth Day Commentary.
We live in an age of mental malaise; the Hindus call it Kaliyuga. Our precious planet is polluted by human ignorance and greed. "The more that money rules the world, the more that money ruins the world."
We have degenerated into an insane society, unconsciously committing mass suicide by ecocide.
Unrestrained corporate capitalism coercively and insidiously exploits countless vulnerable people and creatures worldwide, and myopically plunders, depletes and corrupts finite planetary resources which sustain life. Billions of people suffer needless poverty, starvation and avoidable disease, while obscenely privileged corporate, political and religious oligarchs acquire power and excessive material wealth far beyond their conceivable needs.
Life as we know it is threatened by environmental catastrophe or nuclear annihilation, possibly precipitated by psychopathic world "leaders"; people so corrupt and crazy that they are myopically scuttling Spaceship Earth; destroying the life support systems which sustain us; pillaging and poisoning our precious planet's ecology; and, harming human health, with countless chemically, genetically and radiologically polluting products – even including foods, drinks and pharmaceuticals.
Even in purportedly "advanced" countries, it is virtually impossible now to breath air or drink water which is not in some way polluted by our species. Agricultural soils have been depleted and corrupted. Global weather patterns and hydrologic systems have been materially disrupted by human activities; protective atmospheric ozone is being depleted. Glaciers are melting; long frozen Arctic tundra is thawing. Though non-polluting and sustainable alternative energy technologies are available and feasible they are suppressed as allegedly "economically" impractical.
No one is protected. By "bio-engineering" living organisms we are even tampering and blindly experimenting with our genetic origins. From birth (and even prenatally) every person's body/mind is polluted by numerous and ubiquitous man-made chemical and radioactive materials, many of which are carcinogenic.
Many species are rapidly becoming extinct. Around the world, thousands of birds are suddenly falling dead out of the sky, and countless dead fish are appearing on shores of rivers, lakes and oceans. Ecologically indispensable marine species are depleted and endangered. Honey bee and butterfly colonies crucial to pollination of food crops are disappearing; nearly one-third of all honey bee colonies in the US have vanished, and Monarch butterflies are becoming extinct. The oceans are polluted with our detritus, and much marine life is threatened. Even remote Arctic polar bears are becoming hermaphroditic because of phthalates and other chemicals dispersed by humankind, and they are threatened with destruction of the ecosystem on which they depend for survival.
So, how should 'spiritually' conscious people live and be in this crazy world, in which spiritual values seem forgotten? Do we not see omens, portents or signs of impending catastrophe?
As we "widen our circle of compassion to embrace the whole of Nature and all living creatures", doesn't it become morally imperative for us to help solve imminent ecological crises?
If so, how?
Shouldn't we "become actively engaged" as the Dalai Lama suggests?
If so, how?
Can't we, with heartfelt common intention and spiritual vision, co-create salutary solutions to the immense challenges facing us?
If so, how?
We must become actively engaged politically, socially and spiritually as a global human family to resolve with compassionate solidarity the immense ecological challenges facing us, not just as a matter of morality or ethics but for survival of life as we know it – "before it is too late".
And so it shall be!
Youtube documentary showing how humanity is threatening the ecological balance of the planet.


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Zack Snyder and the Seven Jedi
If you never played the old game of MAD LIBS, then let us go ahead and explain how it works. Without knowing what the sentence is, you are asked to input words into a sentence based on the type of word. So, you might get a sentence like this.
(A Famous Director) is making a movie in (a famous movie franchise) that will actually be a remake of (a famous older movie).
The player would not know the rest of the sentence and may reasonably answer ZACK SNYDER (a famous director), STAR WARS (a famous movie franchise), and THE SEVEN SAMURAI (a famous older movie).
In the advent of the internet, ZACK SNYDER IS DIRECTING A STAR WARS MOVIE BASED ON THE SEVEN SAMURAI can go from a game of MAD LIBS to an internet headline. Once as an internet headline, it is easy for it to go viral because people want it to happen. Several years ago, a website (now defunct) called MrShowbiz.com circulated a rather interesting rumor that Michael Jackson would be starring in a biopic of Edgar Allan Poe.
On Mr. Showbiz, the columnist went on a beautiful rant how this entire rumor was patently false. Considering that was in the mid to late 1990s and Jackson is now dead, all we have to go on now is that the movie may have become The Raven starring John Cusack. Also, the high point of Jackson's screen time may have been either as the Scarecrow in The Wiz or as Captain Eo. It's hard to tell some days which is the more subtle analyzing of a character.
So, like Justin Bieber dying in a skiing accident with Selena Gomez, internet denizens wanted it to happen so much that it was repeated as legitimate news. Getting in the way of the party itself was Zack Snyder's actual representatives, who had the following to say on the Star Wars rumor:
"While he is super flattered because he is a huge fan, Zack is not involved in any way with the new Star Wars. He is currently in post on his two films, Man of Steel and 300: Rise of an Empire."
It does seem rather odd that Lucasfilm would name the director of a spin-off to a film series before they ever named the director of the film series themselves. So, it's not happening any more than the Muppets doing a full-blown re-enactment of Star Wars: A New Hope.
For the record, this is a movie we would love to see. On the one hand, you have Muppets 2 hitting the theaters in 2014, on the other hand you have Star Wars Episode VII in 2015. All we want is for someone to put their hands together.


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Not surprised. If you are going to spend over a grand on a handset, why wimp out on the last 150 bucks.
iPHONE 5c FACTORY SHUTDOWN: Foxconn 'halts' mobe rebrand op
Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn is shutting down production of the iPhone 5c in one of its factories in order to shift production to the higher-end iPhone 5s, sources claim. The supply-chain sleuths at DigiTimes say Foxconn is planning to cease production of Apple's plastic, multicolored mobe at its facility in …
Agree. Love or hate iThings, they're a premium brand and the 5C in no way screams "Premium" at you.
Agree. Love or hate iThings, they're a premium brand and the 5C in no way screams "Premium" at you.
One thing's for sure, Jobs would never have made this blunder.
Tim Cook once said something along the lines of "you can't innovate without consultation", despite the obvious fact that Jobs rarely (if ever) consulted anyone since he pulled apple out of the poo in the '90's.
The 5c is the sort of product you get when you do things the Tim Cook way.
Wrong colours
The only 5c with anything like a remote chance of being popular is the white one. Who wants yellow, pick it, green, etc?
I don't understand why they didn't do a black one. Black sold very well in the old days, and I think a black 5c would have sold quite well today.
Why buy a Dacia if an extra few affordable quid will get you a. BMW?
Relatively speaking of course.
Because if you drive a Dacia rather than a BMW, other road users will be less inclined to assume you are an arse who is about to cut them up, and accordingly will be more inclined to treat you with some courtesy on the roads.
Similar reasoning can be applied to iPhone vs any other phone of course...
Yellow seems to be fine with Nokia
Well, I rather like Nokia's yellow phones. They look bright in a utilitarian way, like a piece of outdoor survival equipment that's designed to show up brightly if you drop it. Now, I agree that colour of green looks boring. And as for pink, well...
"Agree. Love or hate iThings, they're a premium brand and the 5C in no way screams "Premium" at you."
This folly assumes the the 5s IS a premium product!
I don't describe expensive tat as premium.
"Why buy a Dacia if an extra few affordable quid will get you a. BMW?
Relatively speaking of course."
What, just because it's a BMW? Wow, those advertisers have you bent over right where they want you, don't they?
Wake up!
Premium ?
They are not premium they use 200$ worth of materials whatever they can get at the time.
Some of the others come with 200$ worth of screen at certain times.
They don't even give an option for 500$ of materials (And associated price tag).
Premium stuff whatever you want to pay they are quite happy to let you.
Re: Premium ?
blah blah blah ... lets just short cut it, you want one , but your poor get over it.
Re: Premium ?
Exactly what the hell phone do you think ships with a $200 screen, or even remotely approaches a $500 BOM?
If you think the Galaxy 4S or Note 3 does, you need to educate yourself. They cost a little more than the iPhone 5S does to make, but only about $30 more, not $300 more! Samsung is getting almost as rich off the fanboys buying their products as Apple is off the fanboys buying theirs!
Re: Premium ?
Premium is a worthless marketing term, like 'professional quality' or 'select'.
In the retail world, 'premium' means the most, or among the most, expensive product within a product category. The term implies quality, but only for people unable to assess a product based on its merits, suitability or even their own preference: They have to have a 'score' to determine a products worthiness.
So, in retail parlance the iPhone is a premium product.
Re: Premium ?
blah blah blah ... lets just short cut it, you want one , but your poor get over it.
I don't want one, and both your trolling and grammar are poor.
Re: Premium ?
blah blah blah ... lets just short cut it, you want one , but your poor get over it.
His poor what?
Apple is so good at upselling that nobody's buying the low-end stuff.
"Apple is so good at upselling that nobody's buying the low-end stuff"
Actually they don't upsell, they simply have a "premium brand", which means people are happy to buy their stuff with a huge profit margin, and still consider they have got a better product than anybody else sells (rightly or wrongly).
What the 5c demonstrates it that a brand has lower limits as well as upper limits. No matter how good Skoda cars now are, many people still wouldn't consider them, so that's an upper limit. Likewise the Aston Martin Cygnet showed a premium car maker trying to work its magic on a small car, and failing, and that's a lower limit. The crucial point is not logic, here, it is emotion and perception. If Skoda made a car that was better in all respects than a competitor, and a bit cheaper, it still wouldn't sway the majority, who rather pay more for a Volkswagen or Audi made from the same parts and designed largely by the same engineers.
The VW group exploit this by owning separate brands, to fill specific niches, but the individual brands are still limited. For Apple this would mean that to tackle the wider cheap market, they need a separate brand, which would be very difficult given that Apple is a hugely unified brand, and that the returns would be lower on cheaper products, which begs the question of why they'd want to diversify into lower return market segments. Samsung don't have this problem because they are already known for diverse product and for producing a range of phones at different price points, Apple have trapped themselves.
The Cygnet was an effort by Aston Martin to reduce their "fleet CO2" emissions, in order to not fall foul of EU legislation on this. Without that legislative pressure, there's no way in Hell they'd have emnbarked on rebranding a Toyota iQ like that...
But to stay with cars for a moment, the 5C is like Maserati doing an entry model of the Quattroporte for £10,000 less, but doing so by dropping the alloy wheels, metallic paint, air-conditioning and leather interior. Yes, it would be a "cheaper" Maserati, but that's only relatively, and if you can afford to buy this one, why not spend the extra for the "real" one.
Here's the problem: The gap in pricing for the iPhone 5C and 5S isn't big enough for the 5C to be considered "low cost", and the form factor and materials used invite an unfavourable comparison with something like Nokia's 520 and 620 Lumia models which are genuinely "unapologetically plastic" in bright colours, but unlike they 5C they come with an unapologetically low price to go with it (around £150 and £200 respectively SIM-free as opposed to £400+ for the 5C).
Each person that wanted the 5C changed their mind immediately after i pointed out the contract price is largely the same (on Three, the cost per month is exactly the same), and the sim-free price is only £70 ish cheaper than the 5S.
It's in this strange no-mans-land where its too expensive to be low cost for people to want (like the Moto G/Nexus 4 etc), but labelled as the "cheaper, low cost" device simply by virtue of not being the 5S.
It's the not-cheap cheap iPhone
Who could have predicted it would fail?
I never thought the 5C would be hugely successful. I thought it looked cheap and nasty... but it isn't even that cheap. It really isn't too much of a financial stretch to just go all the way and get the better full fat 5S.
Apple really didn't think that through. I predict next year we'll be back to just the one iPhone as always was.
But i thought all the analysts and journalists earlier in the year were adamant that a mid-range iPhone was the only hope to Apple's continued future?? I'm shocked, shocked that the industry "experts" opinion hasn't turned out to be in line with what the customers really want.
Simple demographic fail
They made a phone that looked cheap but didn't sell it cheap. What exactly where they expecting to happen? They deliberately made the iPhone an aspirational product and then produced a phone that anyone with the more expensive model would snort in derision at. Either go for the cheap market or don't, but don't produce a handset designed to look cheap and then aim it at the select end of the market. And no it doesn't matter how good the phone is internally, it was designed to appeal to a lower financial sector of the market, and it simply doesn't and was never going to.
Re: Simple demographic fail
It's more complicated than that. They were getting pounded by analysts and shareholders to produce a less expensive phone. Now they've done it and it didn't work as its advocates thought. The whole thing gives Tim Cook a lot of leverage to tell nosy people to bugger off.
I'm not saying it was deliberately designed to not do well, but Apple management were destined to win either way this played out.
Selling 75% more of the more expensive phones than they expected - epic fail?
I don't think your maths works the same way as it does on this planet.
My sister-in-law got badgered into "upgrading" to a white one of these, she hated it within the afternoon and commented that the plastic felt like a Kinder Egg toy. It really does feel like old plastic they recycled from the white MacBooks.
Maybe it has something to do with the incredibly annoying advert that they seem to have mysteriously stopped running, where assorted douchebags answer they plastic iThings in the most obnoxious manner they can think of?


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PY 4910 - Independent Study
Credits: 1-3
This course is repeatable
Limited to students who have demonstrated their ability to do superior work in philosophy and who are able to do independent work. Before registering for independent study, students should consult with a member of the Department concerning a program of study. Students are expected to work independently with tutorial guidance. Evidence of progress is demonstrated by papers and discussion. Offered by arrangement. Consent required of the instructor who will supervise the independent study and the Department Chair.
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Discussion in 'General Pro Player Discussion' started by pirateofthecarribean, May 30, 2007.
Does anyone know if Maria wears gloves in winter time? Just curious?
filed under WTF??
I think "no" because Florida is hot all-year-round?
lol... thats funny.
But honestly, what is the reason for the glove question?
i would rather not know...:neutral:
Actually I think she lives in LA.
Great, we'll probably see Maria the actress soon enough.
No but she asked me to wear one.
She wore only one until she caught on fire during a soft drink commercial.
Yea, "WTF?" is right.
Sounds racist for sure.
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NORTH HOLLYWOOD – An explosion in a pickup truck parked behind a house rocked a North Hollywood neighborhood Tuesday morning, shattering windows in at least one home and prompting evacuations, police said.
The blast at 11318 Miranda Street was reported at 12:25 a.m., said Sgt. Mike Kammert of the Los Angeles Police Department's North Hollywood Station.
Police and firefighters arrived on scene and determined that the explosion occurred inside the cab of the pickup truck, which had its roof blown off, Kammeert said.
Fire department personnel got close enough to the pickup to determine there was at least one propane tank inside and at that point an LAPD bomb squad was called in, Kammert said.
No injuries were reported. Some residents living within a square block of where the blast occurred were evacuated from their homes, Kammert said, adding that the evacuations were not mandatory and some people sheltered in place.


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Just sent this email out:
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If you know someone who can take the word 'red' and make it 'cherry' tell them to give me a holler. I'm looking for someone to take our clients' words and make them sing, sparkle and shine with all the money it will help them generate.
Regular resumes bore me. Show me the value. Tell me if you know someone (or if you are that someone) who gets it and knows how to say it in many different ways (depending on the medium).
Want to join an extremely passionate group of marketing and communications people? Want to become part of our team? Want to make every word zip, boom and bang? Do tell!
The position is full-time and based out of the Twist Image offices in Montreal. The work will be for our internal needs and client needs. Salary depends on the value created.
Contact me if you're interested.


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Apple and Samsung Air Patent Grievances Globally
The spotlight in Apple and Samsung's global patent war shifts to the U.S. next week, with the kick-off of a federal trial in California. But other fronts in the war, which spans nearly a dozen countries, continue to heat up–although the global scorecard is far from decisive.
A trial is underway is Australia, where a hearing was held Monday. Apple sued Samsung in the country last summer claiming the South Korean technology giant infringed a variety of patents including those related to its touch screen technology.
So far, the results have been mixed. Apple was granted a preliminary injunction against Samsung's Galaxy 10.1 tablet. But the decision was overruled late last year, allowing the product to stay on the shelves as proceedings progress.


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[AMERICANS ABROAD] DaMarcus Beasley drew two red cards -- one that led to a penalty kick after he beat four defenders --
as Puebla shocked Guadalajara, 4-1, at the Jalisco Stadium in Mexican league action on Saturday night.
The next afternoon, Herculez Gomez scored in stoppage time for Estudiantes Tecos' second goal in its 2-0 win at Tijuana.
Edson Buddle scored two first-half goals to lead FC Ingolstadt to a 4-2 win over Dinamo Dresden in the German Bundesliga 2 in Friday.
Michael Bradley made his Italian Serie A debut for Chievo Verona, coming on as a late sub its 2-1 loss at Parma.
Josh Gatt started for Norwegian Tippeligaen leader Molde in its 1-0 win at Fredrikstad.
Also in first place are Sasha Kljestan (Anderlecht tied with Club Bruges in Belgium), Jozy Altidore (AZ tied with TC Twente in the Netherlands) and Carlos Bocanegra and Maurice Edu (Rangers with a four-point lead over Celtic in Scotland after its 4-2 win in Sunday's Old Firm derby).
Belgium (Jupiler League)
Sasha Kljestan (90 minutes), Anderlecht, 1-0 at Gent (Sunday)
Denmark (SAS Ligaen)
Clarence Goodson (90 minutes, 1 yellow card), Brondby, 0-2 at FC Nordsjaelland (Sunday)
Conor O'Brien (74 minutes), Sonderjysk, 0-2 at FC Midtjylland (Sunday)
Michael Parkhurst (90 minutes, 1 yellow card), FC Nordsjaelland, 2-0 vs. Brondby (Sunday)
Chris Rolfe (63 minutes), AaB Aalborg, 0-2 at FC Copenhagen (Sunday)
England (Premier League)
Clint Dempsey (90 minutes), Fulham, 2-2 vs. Manchester City (Sunday)
Brad Friedel (90 minutes), Tottenham, 4-0 vs. Liverpool (Sunday)
Tim Howard (90 minutes), Everton, 3-1 vs. Wigan (Saturday)
Fulham-Manchester City (Dempsey assist)
England (League Championship)
Robbie Findley (sub: 30 minutes), Nottingham Forest, 1-2 vs. Derby County (Saturday)
Jonathan Spector (73 minutes), Birmingham City, 1-4 vs. Southampton (Sunday)
Finland (Veikkausliiga)
Mason Trafford, Mariehamn, at FC Haka (Monday)
Josh Wicks, Mariehamn, at FC Haka (Monday)
Germany (Bundesliga 1)
Timothy Chandler (90 minutes), Nuremberg, 1-1 vs. Werder Bremen (Saturday)
Daniel Williams (85 minutes), Hoffenheim, 3-1 vs. Wolfsburg (Saturday)
Germany (Bundesliga 2)
Edson Buddle (89 minutes, 2 goals), FC Ingolstadt, 4-2 vs. Dinamo Dresden (Friday)
Luis Robles, Karlsruhe, vs. St. Pauli (Monday)
Italy (Serie A)
Michael Bradley (sub: 12 minutes), Chievo, 1-2 at Parma (Sunday)
Mexico (Primera Division, Torneo Apertura)
DaMarcus Beasley (90 minutes), Puebla, 4-1 at Guadalajara (Saturday)
Joe Benny Corona, Tijuana (56 minutes), vs. Estudiantes Tecos (Sunday)
Herculez Gomez (sub: 22 minutes), Estudiantes Tecos, 2-0 at Tijuana (Sunday)
Michael Orozco Fiscal (90 minutes, 1 yellow card), San Luis, 0-1 vs. Santos (Saturday)
Jose Francisco Torres (90 minutes), Pachuca, 4-2 vs. Atlas (Saturday)
Guadalajara-Puebla (Beasley draws red cards @ 3:25 and 5:35)
Tijuana-Estudiantes Tecos (Gomez goal @ 1:25)
Netherlands (Eredivisie)
Jozy Altidore (57 minutes), AZ, 2-1 at RKC (Sunday)
Norway (Tippeligaen)
Mikkel Diskerud (90 minutes), Stabaek, 0-2 vs. Odd Grenland (Sunday)
Josh Gatt (90 minutes, 1 yellow card), Molde 1-0 at Fredrikstad (Saturday)
Portugal (Liga Zon Sagres)
Oguchi Onyewu, Sporting, at Rio Ave (Monday)
Note: Tony Taylor scored on his debut for second division leader Atletico CP in its 3-0 win over Trofense.
Russia (Premier League)
Eugene Starikov (sub: 45 minutes), Tom Tomsk, 0-4 vs. FK Krasnodar (Saturday)
Scotland (Premier League)
Carlos Bocanegra (90 minutes), Rangers, 4-2 vs. Celtic (Sunday)
Maurice Edu (90 minutes), Rangers, 4-2 vs. Celtic (Sunday)
Sweden (Allsvenskanliga)
Ryan Miller (90 minutes), Halmstad, 0-1 at Kalmar (Saturday)
Beasley got two red cards? That's one tough league.
Thank you for the links to the video highlights. Awesome that i can read your overview and then see the actual highlights. Great job Soccer America!


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blackberry registration fails
- Hi,
I bought the blackberry tour 9630 last week online (v 188.8.131.525) and i am battling since then to register the blackberry service. I am new to the BB world , hence I will provide the details of the course of events:
-I called my network provider (Cell C of South Africa) and signed up for the BIS service. I was adviced to reboot my phone. I did so and I did the diagnostic test. It shows radio connectivity but the ICMP ping echo fails and blackberry registration =No, connected to BB=abort, PIN-PIN=abort. I tried rebooting the phone (some hard reset as well). same result except in some cases the ICMP ping test says=Yes. The MSISDN displayed there is not my number, it displays a number from India.
-I called up the operator and told them the problem. They linked the BB PIN with my own number on the BB server(I guess) and asked me to do a hard reset. I did so, but the result is the same, still the old MSISDN showing. The agent told me that Cell C (my operator) does not have an agreement with BB for this model (I doubt if she has full understanding of how BB devices supposed to work). I did check with the MEPD code that this device is unlocked (everything was displayed disabled).
-I then sent the 'register now' from the 'Host routing table'. I did not receive anything at that time, hence sent a couple of 'register now' request. The following day I started receiving the sms from Blackberry 'Your handheld has been registered with the wireless network'. I received couple of them, looks like every time I move from 2G to 3G or vice versa I receive that message.
-I tried the whole process of diagnostic testing again after receiving this message, still the same (BB registration fails).
-Itried changing the pre-defined MSISDN on the handheld from Advanced option>SIM card, it said 'error accessing SIM'.
Does anyone has any idea of what is going on? I need to know if the problem can be fixed before I send back the phone.09-18-11 10:58 AM
- I have the exact same problem. Please Help!02-06-13 02:28 PM
- sounds like a simple enough fix. what i advise is to use the desktop manager to backup the phone. afterwards, do a security wipe to get the phone back to factory defaults. this should allow you to have the proper setup for your carrier and register properly. if that fails, then u would need to wipe the phone clean and reload the os for your phone
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This hilly loop starts from Province Lands Visitor Center in Provincetown. The route is 5.25 miles long. But with the trail extensions to Herring Cove Beach, Race Point Beach and Bennett Pond, two more miles can be added to your distance. Riding the trail is a great way to tour the vast dune system in the Province Lands area, as well as its shady Beech Forest, one of the few places within the tract with extensive tree cover.
Area Details
The Visitor Center itself is an excellent source for more information on the history and current ecosystem of the surrounding area. It offers informative movies, exhibits, a bookstore and the observation tower. Numerous Ranger-guided intepretive tours from the center also explore the dunes and hollows comprising this stark but beautiful landscape.
This trail is guaranteed to become a favorite for bicyclists, although the route can turn difficult at times because of its undulating hilly terrain. The paved network traverses much of Province Lands' 4,000 wild acres, winding through the quiet dunes of Provincetown and their unique coastal environment.
Along the path you'll explore cranberry bogs, marshes and skirt several saltwater kettle ponds too. From breathtaking marshland to exposed dunes to expansive shore views, these trails offer some spectacular scenery. An added convenience is the direct access to both Race Point and Herring Cove beaches.
During 2008-2009, a 3.2-mile section of the Province Land trails was repaved and renovated for safety and general improvements. A formerly hazardous stretch due to a steep grade was removed and rerouted. A pull-out was also added for observing Race Point Light. Two existing timber retaining walls were rebuilt and new ones installed. Both tunnels got warning beacons and signage alerting visitors to hazards. These changes are part of a larger 5-stage project to rejuvenate the entire path for cyclists and pedestrians, the final two phases being planned for the very near future.
Parking & Directions
From Head of the Meadow Beach, travel Route 6 north toward Provincetown for six miles. Turn right on Race Point Road at your first stoplight. Look for signs marking the Beech Forest area and Province Lands Visitor Center. Race Point Road ends at Race Point Beach. To reach Herring Cove Beach, go to the end of Route 6.
Ample parking is available at the Visitor Center year-round. There are approximately 100 spaces in the front lot facing the observation deck and main building. Cyclists are encouraged to park here, as the trail begins at the top of the hill on the far side of the observatory. Route maps can be picked up at the trailhead entrance.


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The Obama administration is expressing outrage that Syrian troops fired into a refugee camp in neighboring Turkey. It says the cross-border attack coupled with incidents elsewhere bodes ill for a U.N.-brokered plan to end the violence.
One day ahead of a deadline for Syrian forces to withdraw from cities under that plan, the White House and State Department said Monday that instead of improving, the situation was getting worse. They said Syrian President Bashar Assad's government appeared to have little commitment to the plan that was negotiated by former U.N. chief Kofi Annan.
"We certainly have seen no signs yet of the Assad regime abiding by its commitments," White House press secretary Jay Carney said.
"We strongly condemn any attack by the Syrian regime on refugees in bordering countries and were absolutely outraged by today's report," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said. "We join the Turkish government in calling for the Syrian regime to immediately cease fire."
"Not only has the violence not abated, it has been worse in recent days," she said.
There have been similar cross-border attacks into Lebanon, although Monday's shooting was believed to be the first inside Turkey.
Earlier Monday, Syrian forces wounded at least five people in the camp in Turkey. Syrian activists said two people were killed, but the reports could not be immediately confirmed.
The Syrian soldiers were believed to be firing at rebels who tried to escape to the refugee camp after ambushing a military checkpoint, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, citing a network of sources on the ground.
Turkey shelters thousands of refugees who have fled Syria as the government tries to crush a revolt against Assad. The U.N. estimates some 9,000 people have been killed in Syria since the uprising began in March 2011.
Nuland said there was no sign the government was removing heavy weaponry from populated areas as called for in the Annan plan. "We see no indication that it is preparing to do so. It's done some moving around of its tanks and artillery, but only so that it can use them in other places."
"We're going to wait till tomorrow; the deadline is tomorrow," she said. "But based on what we're seeing today, we are not hopeful."
Annan is due to report to the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday about the status of the plan.
On Wednesday, Syria is expected to be a major topic of discussion when Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hosts the foreign ministers of the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations meet in Washington. The ministers are meeting to prepare for the G8 leaders' summit to be held at the Camp David presidential retreat next month.


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|11 Feb 2010
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Need Harddrive recovery solution
I used to love Acronis and it was working really well for XP. Restoring a 15gb compressed image take about 10 minutes. Now, on Win7, after spend an hour trying to restore an image, it still at 30%. The image is only 10gb. It broke my heart.
To add to the insult, the process say there is 38 seconds reminding, well, have been 38 second reminding for the past 30 minutes. I gave up, I will just reinstall everything.
Can someone please recommend another solution?
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Well, Windows 7 can create system images, just like Acronis. Give the Windows backup a try, you might like not having to use a third-party program.
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There are several good free ones available. The most important thing is if your disk becomes unbootable, that the boot CD or DVD has drivers to recognize your disk controller. Before even doing an image backup it's probably a good idea to burn the boot CD, boot it, and see if the restore program can see your HD. If not, no sense wasting any more time. It won't work in a real emergency.
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"From Sheep to Shawl" exhibit opens Jan. 10
MORRIS - A new exhibit highlighting fiber arts will open at the Stevens County Museum next Thursday, Jan. 10 and run through Thursday, Feb. 28.
An opening reception for "From Sheep to Shawl" is sheduled for Jan. 10 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
For the exhibit, four artists, Joan Jarvis Ellison, Sharon Marquardt, Karen Aakre and Katy J. Olson have created over 24 artistic pieces using wool, for techniques and patterns historical, ethnic as well as contemporary in design. The exhibit will showcase weaving, spinning, felting, sculpting, dyeing as well as a historic technique called shinnfeller (also known as skinnfeller in Norway.)
This technique involves beautifully tanned sheepskins with long curly locks of wool on one side and elegant patterns printed on the skin side. Designs printed were derived from five design groups - sun, water, plants, animals and the heart - and pressed into the surface of the skin with inked printing blocks carved from birch.
This exhibit will include a demonstration from the artists at the opening reception and a possible workshop to learn simple or advanced felting, dyeing, beginning knitting or weaving or shinfeller during the installation weeks of the exhibit.
You can also learn more by visiting the museum's Stevens County History Museum Facebook page or their website at www.stevenshistorymuseum.com.


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Researchers achieve pioneering CMD gene therapy
muscular dystrophy using a new systemic approach, which
demonstrated that the scientific challenges that have cast doubt on
gene therapy ever being feasible for children with muscular
dystrophy can be overcome.
More importantly, the results indicate that a single treatment can have expansive reach to muscles throughout the body and significantly increase survival.
Congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) is a group of approximately 20 inherited muscular dystrophies characterised by progressive and severe muscle wasting and weakness first noticed soon after birth. No effective treatments exist and children usually die young.
By using a miniature gene, similar in function to the one defective in CMD, and applying a newly developed method for "systemic" gene delivery, the researchers, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, demonstrated that gene therapy for muscular dystrophy is feasible in a mouse model.
Led by Xiao Xiao, the team reported that treated mice had physiological improvements in the muscles of the heart, diaphragm, abdomen and legs; and they grew faster, were physically more active and lived four times as long as untreated animals.
The current study also demonstrated that two strains of adeno-associated virus (AAV), AAV-1 and AAV-2, were effective in transferring the miniature gene that codes for the protein, agrin, to cells in two mouse models.
The AAV-1 vector was given by systemic delivery - a single infusion into the abdominal cavity - a method the authors only recently described and which they used for the first time in this study to transfer a therapeutic gene. The AAV-2 vector was delivered locally, given by intramuscular injection to different muscles of the leg.
Simply replacing the defective gene with a good laminin alpha-2 gene is not possible because its size makes it impossible for researchers to get it to squeeze inside viral vectors - disarmed viruses that are used to shuttle genes into cells.
But the team found a good stand-in in a similar protein called agrin that when miniaturised could be inserted inside an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector.
With both approaches, muscle cells were able to assimilate and copy the genetic instructions for making mini-agrin. Once produced, the mini-agrin protein functionally took the place of the laminin alpha-2 protein by binding to the key proteins on either end, thus restoring the cell's outside scaffolding and re-establishing the missing link to key structures inside the cell.
Despite gene therapy being one of the most studied approaches for muscular dystrophy, it has been beset with uniquely difficult hurdles. The genes to replace those that are defective in CMD are larger than most, so it has not been possible to apply the same methods successfully used for delivering other types of genes.
In addition, because CMD affects all muscles, an organ that accounts for 40 per cent of body weight, gene therapy can only have real therapeutic benefit if it is able to reverse genetic defects in every cell of the body's 600 muscle groups.
"While we have much farther to go until we can say gene therapy will work in children, we have shown here a glimmer of hope by presenting the first evidence of a successful gene therapy approach that improved both the general health and longevity in mice with congenital muscular dystrophy," said Xiao.
The most common form of CMD, and also one of the most severe, is due to a genetic mutation of laminin alpha-2, a protein that is essential for maintaining the structures that surround muscle cells and is an integral link in the chain of proteins that regulate the cell's normal contraction and relaxation. If the protein is defective, or is lacking, this outside scaffold, called the extra-cellular matrix, disintegrates, and the muscle cells become vulnerable to damage.
"It's probably not realistic to expect that we can achieve complete success using the mini-agrin gene, which while somewhat similar, is structurally unrelated to laminin alpha-2," he said.
"Unless we address the underlying cause of congenital muscular dystrophy we're not likely to be able to completely arrest or cure CMD," said Chungping Qiao, the study's first author.
Future directions for research include finding a way to engineer the laminin alpha-2 gene. For this study, the authors chose to use the mini-agrin gene because researchers from the University of Basel, Switzerland, had already demonstrated it could improve the symptoms of muscular dystrophy in a transgenic mouse model, which has little clinical relevance.
The Pittsburgh researchers might also explore approaches that combine genes that promote both muscle and nerve growth, as well as focus on improving the AAV vectors.
The team's results, published in this week's online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)


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At first time, both SIMs, nextel and the other carrier, if putted from the beginning there is no problem. But when trying to change the SIM, to use an other phone number or upgrading the SIM model.
It forces to erase private data.
Message says: "A new SIM card is being used. All private data must be cleared before you can continue"
If no option its selected it erases it, hate to do a backup to just change the SIM or imposible to change the SIM on the fly.
Its Rooted, so looking forward to edit any file and line in the db files to fix this problem.


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Just as WASPs, Irish-Catholics, and Our Crowd Jews once made the ascent from immigrants to powerbrokers, it is now the Indian-American's turn. Citigroup, PepsiCo, and Mastercard are just a handful of the Fortune 500 companies led by a group known as the "Twice Blessed". Yet little is known about how these Indian émigrés (and children of émigrés) rose through the ranks. Until now...
The collapse of the Galleon Group - a hedge fund that managed more than $7 billion in assets - from criminal charges of insider trading was a sensational case that pitted prosecutor Preet Bharara, himself the son of Indian immigrants, against the best and brightest of the South Asian business community. At the center of the case was self-described King of Kings, Galleon's founder Raj Rajaratnam, a Sri-Lankan-born, Wharton-educated billionaire. But the most shocking allegation was that the éminence grise of Indian business, Rajat Gupta, was Rajaratnam's accomplice and mole. If not for Gupta's nose-to-the-grindstone rise to head up McKinsey & Co and a position on the Goldman Sachs board, men like Rajaratnam would have never made it to the top of America's moneyed elite.
Author Anita Raghavan crisscrosses the globe from Wall Street boardrooms to Delhi's Indian Institute of Technology as she uncovers the secrets of this subculture - an incredible tale of triumph, temptation and tragedy.
©2013 Anita Raghavan (P)2013 Hachette
"Utterly ridiculous performance"
Every time an Indian character speaks in this book, they are given a stupid imitation Indian accent. Even emails and instant messages by Indian characters get the same Saturday-night live treatment. You get a middle aged white guy spending the whole book putting on this stupid accent.
If the author countenanced this, it was an incredible mistake. Even if the intent was to honor the ethnic mannerisms of the characters, this approach overlooks that when one is reading, they don't assign characters any particular accent. Having to listen to this completely takes the reader out of the book.
"The Indian Connection"
No.I found it fantastic just listening to it once.
The writing was high fantastical. The characters, being real life, were depicted in such a way that I felt I was often reading fiction
NoBut I willHe was awesome
Yes, I learned a lot about McKinsey, and a whole world of consulting that havingfriends in that field I never understood.I had already learned a lot from Dark Edge about the intricacies of hedge funds. I remember reading Barbarian at the Gates decates ago, on vacation in Mexico. I couldn't put the book down, this book and
Black Edge show that when one has a fantastic writer, who is able to do research and get into the minds and hearts of his "characters" provides not only a griping story but also a
seminar on so many things, the SEC, the Feds, the traders,
This is a tragedy. But I learned a lot, although I had so much compassionfor Gupta.
"Long, boring, tedious"
Wish this great story had been taken up by a better writer. Good story but written in a dull and tedious style.
"Narrator ruins the experience"
Dan, for some strange reasons, decided to speak the lines of Indian characters in a made up accent. It sounds like a combination of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Apu from Simpsons. All the Indian characters sound exactly the same. It doesn't matter whether the Indian person was born and brought up in the USA. Every time Dan spoke in this weird accent I cringed. It killed the book for me. Unfortunately the sample didn't play his Arnold-Apu accent.
"Fascinating Story--Well-told"
No--I only listen to a book once. I have so many to listen to that I would not have time to re-listen.
Also, I find that when I listen to a book I comprehend so much more of it.
Raj Gupta--I had just finished listening to a book about McKinsey, his former employer, and was fascinated by how such a successful and beloved person could have done what he did to get convicted.
The convictions of the two major characters.
This book was so well-written that it "read" like a novel. The detail of how the Indian elite conquered business in the U.S., and how some of them fell, was fascinating. One of my favorite books from 2013.
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3G Studios takes Fitness Fun to the Next Level with Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2009.
July 14, 2008
3G Studios takes Fitness Fun to the Next Level with Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum 2009.
3G Studios, Inc. confirms that it is currently in development on the soon to be released title Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum 2009 for the Nintendo Wii™. The game is set to incorporate both the Wii Remote™ and the Wii Balance Board™ utilizing some of their unique features to help players get in shape and have fun while doing so.
Jillian Michaels, a fan favorite of NBC's Biggest Loser, guides players through a virtual fitness boot camp offering informational and motivational video tips on fitness, nutrition, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle along the way. The game features 11 different motion-based activities incorporating four main workout types: Weight Loss, Strength Training, Interval and Hill Climb, all customizable according to the player's desired level of intensity and duration of their workout. And, since most people have realized it's easier to work out with a friend, the game also features a multiplayer mode so players are able to test their skills with friends and family in individual activities or go head-to-head through the entire training course competing for record times.
All of the game's activities are capable of being played with or without the Wii Balance Board; although integrating the Wii Balance Board will offer players a much better workout. Some of the unique activities include:
Boxing: Players begin in a fighting stance and are directed kick and punch the heavy bag in front of them with left or right punches and left or right kicks at varying heights. Speed and intensity are key in completing this challenge.
Handcar Pump: Recruits must move their handcar along the railroad tracks using their arms, legs, or both for maximum power. They'll have to watch out for the objects that lay on the tracks, leaning to either side to avoid hitting them. Recruits will also need to periodically work harder in order to make it up approaching hills on the tracks. This activity is sure to give a great workout.
Cannon Attack: Players will need to equip their cannon with the nearby cannonballs by performing a series of deadlift exercises and then, using the Wii Remotes or the Balance Board, aim the cannon to hit the targets ahead. Players will undoubtedly "feel the burn" in this activity.
Punching Bag Dodge: Recruits will have to run though a course dodging the punching bags that are swinging from the trees at various angles, lean from side to side and duck down low to make it though safely. A great challenge designed to increase core strength.
Additionally players have the ability to customize their characters, track their calories burned, weight loss and their overall fitness progress throughout the game utilizing the Wii Balance Board™ and through visiting the game's Statistics Board or Graphing feature.
Analyst Michael Pachter from Wedbush Morgan has predicted big things for Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum 2009 telling Kotaku.com that, "Not all consumers might be aware of what Wii Fit is, but most weight conscious women know Jillian Michaels as a brand. She's branded as a fit person who helps people lose weight," he said, "and that brand affinity could help more people see the Balance Board as less of a video game gizmo and more of a health product."
Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum 2009 is for players of all ages who are looking to have fun getting into shape this 2008 Holiday Season.


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Domestic Cleaners
Domestic Cleaners wash, tidy and organise private residences. They work as live-in aids or on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. They must manage tasks efficiently and have strong attention to detail.
Quick summary
- Starting salary: $30,500 P/A Senior salary: $40,500 P/A Average salary: $35,500 P/A Wages will vary according to your level of skill, experience and employer Employment level: 32,800 as of November 2012 (Projected employment levels in 2017 of 31,200)
Average weekly hours: Average weekly hours worked for full time Domestic Cleaner is 38.4 hours
Employment by region:
The top three regions for employment as a Domestic Cleaner include:
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Employment trends
Employment for Domestic Cleaners has risen by a rate of 28.4% over the past 5 years however is expected to decline through 2017.
Employment growth
Total employment growth over the past 5 years for male and female, employed part-time and full-time is 6,900
Gender (including full time and part time)
The percentage of males and females working full time and part time are:
- Male Full Time: 8.7%
- Male Part Time: 13.7%
- Female Full Time: 13.2%
- Female Part Time: 64.4%
Other relevant information
- Clean, disinfect and sanitise bathrooms, toilets and kitchens
- Empty and clean out trash bins and recycled materials and dispose of in designated areas
- Execute tasks according to allotted time; prioritise most important areas
- Listen and understand client requests and needs to carry out tasks
- Organise and tidy rooms, cupboards and storage areas as needed or requested
- Provide detailed cleaning including dusting and polishing furniture, removing stains and cleaning hard-to-reach areas
- Vacuum, sweep, wax and mop various types of floors
- Communication Skills
- Excellent Organisational Skills
- Physical Fitness
- Problem Solving Abilities
- Time Management
Working conditions
Domestic Cleaners work mainly inside private residences carrying out various cleaning and organisational tasks. They may work for the same patron daily as a live-in or out domestic cleaner, or travel to different residences daily based on schedule.
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I am supposed to be getting a midterm paper back today. I have a million things to do (nevermind the fact my Spring Break started at 10:15 this morning), but I am sitting at my computer obsessed with checking TWEN every five minutes to see if my corrected paper has been returned yet. Why am I this compulsive when it comes to grades? I am not a very patient person when it comes to results - I like to know exactly where I stand as soon as possible. However, I keep trying to rationalize with myself that it will come in when it comes in. Checking the site every five minutes is not helping me get anything done, and is not going to make the paper (and my grade) appear any quicker.
I do the same thing when grades are coming out at the end of the semester also. As soon as 4:00 hits on the days grades are scheduled to be posted, I sit at my computer and continuously hit the refresh button until a grade finally pops up. I really can't figure out why I feel compelled to act this way. I admire those with the ability to check their grades at the end of the day when they know for sure they will be posted, and I marvel at the strength of those (one in particular) who can wait until they know all their grades have been posted before even looking. I can't do it though. I seem to have a weakness, or a sick compulsion - whatever you'd like to call it, when it comes to finding out. I want to know, and I want to know now!
Hopefully, most people do not suffer from this, although I know I am not alone in my constant refreshing tactics. It makes me wonder what I will be like waiting for a jury to return with a verdict. There's no refresh button available in that situation. =)