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ROWLAND — When it comes to making plays, Fairmont's Jarique Moore is accustomed to working his way on a highlight reel.
But normally it's as a wide receiver. On Friday night against South Robeson, the senior was called on to play quarterback after Julius Caulder went down with an elbow injury late in the first half.
Moore delivered, accounting for three touchdowns, including two on the ground in a dominating 56-12 win for the Golden Tornadoes in their Three Rivers Conference opener in Rowland. He hauled in a 22-yard score, ran for a 12-yard score and capped his night with a 66-yard touchdown run.
"Being a leader, I knew I had to be ready to step in, knowing I'm capable of playing both positions," said Moore, who racked up 108 rushing yards out of the read option. "I just wanted to step in and keep making plays."
The performance came as no surprise to Fairmont coach Mark Heil.
"He's just a great athlete," Heil said. "I had a discussion with him and his father today about the mental part of it, to take what God's given you and work it 100 percent every day. That's what turns the average player into a great player. He has to work hard every day."
The Golden Tornadoes (2-3) racked up more than 400 yards of total offense, including 282 on the ground, en route to scoring their highest point total since putting up 64 in a win over St. Pauls last season.
"Our running game was very good," Heil said. "If we can keep running the ball and stop the stupid penalties and be more disciplined, we're going in the right direction."
While Moore stole the second-half spotlight, it was running back Halijah McLean who got the Fairmont offense rolling. The senior rushed for 106 yards in the first half and scored a pair of touchdowns.
"I wanted to come in and break their (South Robeson) spirits," said McLean, who finished with 113 yards on 11 carries. "I wanted to let them know I was coming and our offensive line was a lot better. It felt like Julius never left (when Jarique came in). We kept it upbeat."
With the game tied at 6-all early in the first quarter, Fairmont reeled off 34 unanswered points to carry a commanding 40-6 lead into the break and never looked back. Caulder accounted for a pair of touchdowns before leaving the game late in the first half.
The Fairmont defense had its best performance of the season, finishing with three takeaways, including a fumble recovery by Brent McDonald that he returned for a 50-yard score in the first half.
"We've improved in the last two weeks," Heil said of the defense. "We've found some better things on defense with our personnel. Against the Wing-T you want to penetrate. We had more turnovers (against South Robeson) than the other games combined. That made a difference."
When they weren't turning the ball over, the Mustangs (0-4) were plagued by penalties throughout the night.
Cameron Werrell accounted for both of South Robeson's scores, throwing a 70-yard bomb early in the first quarter to tie the game at 6-6 and hauling in a 22-yard pass for the final score of the game. He finished with 111 yards of total offense, including a trio of receptions for 41 yards. Emanuel Thompson led the Mustangs on the ground with 84 yards on 10 carries.
Nafountay Cromartie scored Fairmont's final touchdown on a five-yard run.
South Robeson will host St. Pauls on Friday, with Fairmont set to host Whiteville.
Looking ahead, Heil said he's more concerned about the status of his squad moving forward, not the opponent.
"Whiteville is a big game and we have them at home, which is good, but we just have to keep getting better," he said. "That's all we're focused on. We have to practice harder and better.
Rodd Baxley can be reached at 910-416-5182. Follow him on Twitter @RoddBaxley.


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On a joyous beat
A dance studio in the city celebrated its tenth anniversary with a dance performance by hearing and speech impaired children.
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Siddharth Roy Kapur and his mother, Salome attended the do along with politico, Poonam Mahajan. Salome, who was a choreographer in Bollywood in the 1970s showed off her skills on the dance floor.
Salome Roy Kapur (left) takes to the floor
Poonam Mahajan interacts with a kid
Guests like Nishigandha Wad, Prathamesh Parab and Santosh Juvekar were also spotted at the do.
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The guests enjoyed the show and did their bit to encourage the children.
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Ukraine Rebels See Evangelicals as the Enemy
As tensions between Kiev forces and pro-Russian separatists escalate in eastern Ukraine, Christians are increasingly becoming targets of persecution in areas controlled by insurgents.
Acts of aggression include kidnappings, beatings, and killings, including the murder of four ministers several weeks ago.
According to Sergey Rakhuba, president of Russian Ministries, the rebels view evangelicals as enemies.
"In one of the towns, they even raised the Orthodox flag and said they would fight any heretic, any Protestant, anyone who represents any Western immoral values," he told Mission News Now.
Despite the violence, many pastors have chosen to remain in the war-torn region.
Rakhuba said one pastor told him, "'I'm staying here because I cannot abandon my flock. I cannot abandon those who are trapped here.'"
"There are hundreds of pastors that are doing the same thing," Rakhuba said.
***How much of the Christian persecution in east Ukraine is linked to pressure from the Russian Orthodox Church? Sergey Rakhuba addressed that issue as well as how his ministry is reaching out to the people of east Ukraine. Click play for his comments.


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Matteo Baiocco, the current Italian Superbike Champion, has inked a one-year deal to join the Moto Rapido Ducati team to try and grab the 2013 MCE British Superbike Championship. Baiocco rode for Moto Rapido Ducati at Silverstone in 2012 as an injury replacement. He is returning for a full season with the blessing of Ducati, where he is an official test rider of the 1199 Panigale.
The 28-year rider expressed delight with the formalization of his agreement with team Moto Rapido. He noted that during 2012, he had the opportunity to Moto Rapido team and BSB, adding that he is excited to compete in the championship. He remarked that 2013 will be a very important season for him after securing victory in Italy, adding that he looks forward to the challenge of riding in BSB, which he describes as the best national series in the world.
He thanked Ducati Corse and Ducati UK and greeted British fans. He also thanked team principal Steve Moore for the opportunity. Moore, on the other hand, remarked that he is pleased to continue their project in BSB with Ducati, adding he is happy with signing Baiocco over the Christmas break. He noted that Baiocco is "quite a character," and BSB fans will love him.
Moore said that Baiocco is a two-time Italian Superbike Champion with Ducati, and his connection with the factory brings further technical support from Ducati Corse. He remarked that with the team's upgrade to the 1199R Panigale in 2013, they are expecting to "progress well." Moore quipped that since Moto Rapido Ducati is a new team, the challenge has been huge. Despite that, he expressed confidence that the season is "looking stronger than ever for" the team.


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There are two parts to the entire process
Part 1: The Nielsen Survey
DMAi – GMAW has commissioned Nielsen to conduct India's largest survey to know the trust rank from CMO's about agencies & enablers. The survey would indicate the confidence benchmark of a variety of agencies & enablers, with splits by city and industry.
Part 2 : The Best of the Best
Trending agencies & enablers will be invited to participate in the CMO Choice Awards. Participation has fees attached to it. However payment of fees is no guarantee to get the award.
Participating agencies & enablers need to impress a Tri-City jury of the Marketing Big Boys. An application / personal presentation at each of these three cities to an eminent jury set will define the victors.
Why should i care to participate?
Applicant benefits
- An opportunity to showcase your brand / agency / platform / solution to an eminent jury subset of 100 senior CMO's in person.
- A wider opportunity to be present at the GMAW network, strengthen existing relationships and forge new relationships.
- A shared table for 6 at the Awards Gala Nite
Note: Participation is by invite
Winners Benefits
– Usage of the CMO Choice Licence for a period of one year
– Premium CMO Choice Expo booth space at GMAW worth Rs.2 lac
If i don't have too many big clients, will i lose ?
Short Answer : NO
Long Answer : CMO's are looking to hear from you what did you do in the last 12 month and what was that made a difference to your clients business. How innovative was your idea.
When you present to the jury if you can have your clients vouch for you in person, over a recorded video or a quote at the least would be of immense value.
CMO's want to learn from peers what worked for them.
Is this a awards for cash program ?
– No ! Entering in the awards does not guarantee a win. The jury decides why you truly deserve to be CMO's most trusted partner.
What if i do not win ?
– Apart from the applicant benefits that you received
– One exclusive CMO Roundtable at the GMAW for a 1 to 1 interaction with 8-10 best in class marketing professionals worth upto Rs.2 lac*
- How many categories are there ?
- There are 8 Major Categories.
- You can check the list here. Is your category missing ?
- Can there be more than one winner per category ?
- Winners are defined by Category & Sub Category Combination
- What if there was no other participant in my category. Will I still be the winner ?
- No its not necessary.
- Judging Rules in brief
- The CMO Choice awards follow the ECHO Judging method that is one of the most robust.
- For a sub category to progress It should have at least the median score of all sub categories in its main category.
- If there are more than 3 participants. The average of scores across Mumbai – Delhi – Bangalore jury will be considered.
- What are the important dates?
- Last date of application & fees payment – 1 Feb
- Jury Meets 4th Feb – Delhi, 5th Feb – Blr, 6 Feb – Mum
- Last date of licence fees deposit payment – 9 Feb
- Awards Gala – 19 Feb
Getting nominated by the CMO's, appearing in the survey report does not attract fees. It is not compulsory to participate.
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health care reform
The organization representing Catholic hospitals across the country says it no longer objects to the Obama administration's mandate that all employees receive free birth control coverage.
The decision by the Catholic Health Association puts the hospitals at odds with the Catholic hierarchy, which last week rejected the White House's final regulations on an issue that many church conservatives view as evidence of the administration's hostility to Catholicism and religious freedom.
Sister Carol Keehan, head of the CHA, disagreed. "If you look at the final regulations it is very clear that we do not have to contract for, or pay for, or arrange for" contraception coverage, Keehan said in an interview on Tuesday.
Faith groups celebrate the Supreme Court's health-care decision—and then get back to work.
Florida governor Rick Scott says he won't take the federal money that would enable Medicaid to be expanded in his state, The Nation's blog reports:
"Nearly 1 million Floridians will be denied access to Medicaid they would have otherwise received under the Affordable Care Act if Governor Rick Scott gets his way. The Supreme Court ruling last week on the law made it easier for states to opt out of an expansion, and Sunday night the governor's office e-mailed a statement from Scott that 'since Florida is legally allowed to opt out, that's the right decision for our citizens.'"
This choice is particularly ironic, given that Scott was CEO of Columbia/HCA in the 1990s: that company was found to have defrauded Medicare on his watch. Eventually the company pled guilty to 14 felonies and paid fines of $1.7 billion. Scott denied knowing what was going on when he was in charge of the company. As the Miami Herald reported:
"He has denied knowing frauds were taking place while he was there, and he was never charged with any crimes.
"However, federal investigators found that Scott took part in business practices at Columbia/HCA that were later found to be illegal -- specifically, that Scott and other executives offered financial incentives to doctors in exchange for patient referrals, in violation of federal law, according to lawsuits the Justice Department filed against the company in 2001."
I considered the passage of the Affordable Care Act as an indication of human moral evolution. For the first time in its history, the United States was going to set down a marker on health care and join the nations of the world that consider it a right not a privilege.
Now, those opposed to the law are in the process of taking it apart piece by piece through lawsuits in federal court and in a ballot initiative in Ohio next Tuesday.
Issue three in the Ohio ballot would allow the people of Ohio to opt out of the individual mandate to purchase health insurance in the Affordable Care Act. If this initiative passes, it would be unfortunate for the people of Ohio.
Last week was a-buzz about the six-month anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. And rightfully so.
Yesterday, the Senate passed a jobs bill by a 70-28 vote, showing that even in today's polarized political climate, bipartisan solutions to the major problems facing the country are still


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tags: Big Data, direct marketing, data analysis
Perhaps I am by nature a skeptic or maybe it's the statistics courses and the years of direct marketing that make me onebut I am not yet convinced that big data will provide the benefit for direct marketing needed to justify its costs. As a former database manager and data analyst, I enjoy the discussions of big data – how to store it, how to handle it, how to sort and analyze it more quickly and efficiently. As a marketer, I am intrigued by the possibility of new analytics and more precise targeting.
Big data refers to large amounts of structured and unstructured data combined into a final set that requires computer systems to be analyzed it. What distinguishes Big Data from ordinary data is the extremely large amount of information in a variety of types and the speed at which it can (or cannot) be created, collected, and collated and analyzed. (There is a cost for computer storage that is not discussed here. Although this is very low for small amounts of data, it can become significant when discussing big data.)
Every item of data has associated costs for collection, storage and updating. Each item of data that is added increases the overall cost. The acquisition cost might be low and updating minimal. (A customer's gender might be obvious from the given name and gender changes are rare.) Or the acquisition cost might be low but updating more costly, such as a customer's initial address and any subsequent address changes. Or the acquisition cost might be high but the cost of updating low and so on through all the permutations. Data needs to be updated or it becomes useless or even misleading. People move, grow older, their tastes and interests change. Obviously, this is particularly important if you are using the data to market and predict likely buyers of various products or services.
Each item of data should add relevant information. For marketers, there is little or no point in collecting data that will not allow better marketing or customer service efforts. The question then is how to determine what is relevant to better predicting buying behavior or to delivering the product or service. The prediction of buying behavior can be done through analysis and testing. Each additional data item can be ranked by what it contributes analytically. As one moves from the items that provide the best indications to the items that are less predictive, each item contributes any increasing small marginal value. Thus, an item low on the scale that adds little to the selection of likely buyers of a product can be relatively expensive in what it adds to the analysis even if its cost is low. Obviously with big data, there might be a great many such items, each adding cost.
Of course, there might be something out there that predicts buying behavior very well or affects it strongly but remains unidentified. In assembling and analyzing big date, we might find that better predictor than the ones we now use or improves our selections in ways that justify the increased costs.
One of the things that separates direct marketing from advertising and other forms of marketing is that it is results-driven, not just data-driven. In relation to customer or prospect data, it's how you use what you have to produce better results. More data may mean better selections or it might mean more costs with no added benefit. Some data-driven disciplines have found that too much data does not improve, and can even decrease, the accuracy of predictions. I think the results aren't in yet for direct marketing and big data.


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Perspectives in Phycology (PiP) is a quarterly electronic journal covering all domains of phycology, including the contributions of phycological research to current and emerging issues in environmental, health and industrial sectors. Work on both eukaryotic algae and cyanobacteria falls within the scope of the journal. The subject areas covered include:
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Perspectives in Phycology publishes (Mini)Reviews, Opinions, Letters to the editors, Algal Facts and other articles with variable content (e.g. Phycology and Society). Aimed at researchers, students and teachers, PiP articles are always authoritative, and are written by both leaders in the field and rising stars.
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The annual BIID conference provides designers and industry partners with a forum to discuss industry issues and best practices.
Since joining the British Institute of Interior Design (BIID) as an Industry Partner, Creston has supported the annual conference as a sponsor and returns this year with fellow sponsors Roca and Heal's. The annual BIID conference provides designers and industry partners with a forum to discuss industry issues and best practices. This year's theme, Design Invention: Art and Science Collide, is a perfect fit for the integrated technology specialist and finds both Crestron and the BIID singing from the same hymn sheet.
Crestron system design engineer, Phillip Pini, has been working closely with the BIID and other sponsors in the build-up to the conference, "We are excited to be a part of this year's conference as the theme - and collaboration opportunities with the other sponsors - is creatively and technically aligned with our Integrated by Design™ approach to technology and design."
Bridging the gap between technology and design has long been a pursuit of Crestron's but in the tech realm it has been a lonely furrow to plough. Its Integrated by Design approach appreciates that Crestron systems are one part of the complex fabric of peoples' lives, whether that be at home or at work. As such, Crestron's partnerships with interior designers are crucial to balancing what were previously competing disciplines that now happily enjoy harmony.
"We already enjoy an extremely healthy relationship with Crestron at the BIID but to have them onboard again at this year's conference is particularly fitting as there is such synergy between its work and our theme," says Debra McQuin, Marketing Director. "I've already had a sneak preview of what they are planning with our other sponsors and it's both encouraging and exciting to see this collaboration."
Furthering its ties with the design community, Crestron will be launching a new showroom at the Design Centre Chelsea Harbour later this year, which is being designed by BIID member, Louise Bradley. Crestron hopes to work with an increasing network of interior designers and the new space at Chelsea will offer clients and partners a selection of working, tactile solutions for both the home and office.
For more information on the Chelsea showroom please keep an eye on www.crestron.eu over the coming months and we look forward to meeting you all at BIID Conference 2013.


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Four acts have already qualified for the final, and three of them are singing acts. The producers and the public should therefore be acquiring an appetite for variety for the final by now. This doesn't bode well for the singers on tonight's show; Morgan Connie Smith, Josh Curnow and Zyrah Rose. They are all three very talented acts that could be splitting the vote somewhat with each other. Other than Morgan, who is only fifteen years old (but looks older), these acts could easily have auditioned for The X Factor instead. This is something which often gets criticised by the viewers. The one with the most appeal to the voting audience here is almost certainly Josh. He's therefore a possibility for the Top 3 tonight.
Three novelty acts are competing tonight. Vadik and the Bear are amusing but would offer no credibility for the final. Simon's 'golden buzzer' act Boogie Storm are relatively talentless, but this is the sort of act which could attract votes from the public *if* - and it's a big if - the producers are on board with them tonight. Mr. Cowell may also be looking push them to do well in order to protect his reputation. By comparison, Flying Bebop don't have as much to offer, despite bringing something original.
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Dancer Jack Higgins received an emotional audition edit way back in week 2. The Liverpool lad appeared to be a huge hit with both the judges and the audience. He has the type of vulnerable personality that you feel people will really want to get behind. Plenty acts of this ilk have made the final in the past, and Jack could benefit from a large North-West regional vote. In my opinion, it's worth a small investment in Jack to become the first dance act of the year to qualify.
Do you believe in magic? Richard Jones stunned the audience with his impressive routine in his audition. This talented magician is the big odds-on favourite to win this betting heat. He has an awful lot in his favour: good looks, a soldier backstory *HERO KLAXON!* and a highly favourable edit in the auditions. Ant and Dec were shown drinking a cup of tea, as featured in his act, and they said "I love this sort of thing!". Amanda Holden has repeatedly said in the press, and on the show, that she wants to see a magician win this year. Richard Jones is favourite in the outright for all of the above reasons, and is definitely one you will need on side to win the whole show.


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Simply put, if you are not measuring satisfaction across the five dimensions of a service from the point of view of customers then you are not measuring service (and you have only vague predictions about what your service experience will be like).
While all physical products deliver a service at some level, services are not the same as durable goods or products. Service quality is based on the experience of consuming ― QoE. Product quality is based on ensuring physical characteristics are as designed ― QoS. Here is an easy way to know if you (or someone you know) understands service QoE:
While you can make sure a product meets quantitative criteria before it's consumed, a service is produced and consumed simultaneously. Therefore all you can do inside the provider is prepare for its production, and all your internal measurements are nothing more than predictions of what you think the customer QoE will be.
An easy analogy and example of a service and QoE is a musical concert; think about your favorite performer. If you quantitatively measure the bands instruments (the drums, guitars, horns, etc.) to make sure they are tuned and positioned properly, you are setting the stage for a quality performance. But the performance has not yet occurred, so all you are doing is preparing. Moreover, even with all the instruments tuned (QoS) the performance (QoE) isnt always of high quality, is it? We have all seen (and heard) a performer's "off-night."
You simply cannot measure service quality until after its delivery and consumption, and your measurement must be from the point of view of the customer. Anything else is not measuring service QoE, it is measuring QoS and the two are not the same.
Unlike manufacturing quality, which is loosely defined as quantitative conformance to specifications, service quality is, well, qualitative. Quantitative refers to measuring the amount of something. When you measure the "uptime" of a transmission link, application or server, then you are making a quantitative measurement. QoS refers to these quantitative and possibly predictive measurements but not to measuring service quality however.
QoE refers to measuring distinctive characteristics or dimensions of something or someone. Qualitative research aims to gather an understanding of human behavior and the reasons for that behavior. Qualitative research means the why and how of decision making, not just what, where, when (quantitative). When you measure the perceptions of satisfaction ― the opinions formed by the user while consuming the service ― then you are starting to measure QoE.
The trap that most service provider organizations fall into is to measure the technical operational systems and equate "uptime", "capacity" and other technical aspects of service production to QoE. This is wrong on a number of fronts, not the least of which is to miss completely the concepts of the human-centric elements of service production and consumption QoS does not equal QoE. Trying to call operational status quality also fails because it does not take into account that service quality can only be ascertained after its production and subsequent consumption, and only from the point of view of the customer.
You need to measure satisfaction across the five dimensions of a service. If you satisfy customer expectations for each of the five dimensions that you have achieved an acceptable QoE. You measure service quality retroactively to its production and consumption, and you have to ask your real customers their opinions. Note (and this is important) that you must use a valid method for qualitatively assessing customer perception. Simple coming up with a list of things you (or your team) thinks is interesting is most likely not going to cover the five dimensions. There are numerous proven systems for measuring service quality, use them, dont roll your own.
Measuring QoS technical operational metrics is part of the answer. Measuring the human QoE elements of the service is also required. You can set the stage for quality through strategy, design, transition and operation of the service. Process, technology, people and other service assets must be properly positioned, trained and ready.
Service quality should be reported to customers according to satisfaction across the five dimensions, on other words, in QoE terms. For each dimension, there are several levels relating to satisfaction: expected, perceived, and desired. QoE (the sum of dimensional satisfaction) is easy to understand when plotted as a zone spanning expected (lower level) desired (upper level) and perceived (actual.)
If service delivery falls in the zone between expected and desired, the customer is satisfied with that dimension. If all dimensions are "in the zone" then service quality is acceptable. Anything "out of the zone" indicates a mismatch and an area for the service provider to investigate.
Most service provider organizations produce reports that are one-way: the provider prints it and the customer ignores it. Few reports relating to service quality actually get utilized in any meaningful way. However, service QoE reports as described above are understandable, in layperson terms, and actionable from both customer and provider perspective.
It is easy to map service dimensional failures into provider organizations since there is a direct correlation to gaps in service delivery indicated by quality failures and common organizational functional areas and processes. Now customers cannot only explain their needs for a service, but their service provider can take action on those needs.
Hank Marquis is practice leader for Business Service Management at Global Knowledge. You can reach Hank at firstname.lastname@example.com.


text: Schlumberger Limited put together some statistics on why Saudi Arabia is not worried about the price of oil. It's not just to harm emerging shale operators or to keep rivals like Iran at bay, it's that Saudi can produce oil much more cheaply. Saudi Arabia "doesn't need a high oil price to justify the drilling costs needed to maintain or grow its production. This is due to the fact Saudi Arabia only needed to drill 399 new wells last year just to keep its daily production at 11.4 million barrels of oil. That's a simply jaw-dropping number when we compare it to its two closest rivals", Russia and the U.S. In 2014 Russia drilled 8,688 wells and the U.S. 35,699 wells compared to Saudi Arabia to maintain production. In the U.S. it costs an average of $8 million to drill and complete one shale well. It cost Saudi only $3 billion to drill all 399 wells.


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Internationally acclaimed rock band Placebo will release their seventh studio album Loud Like Love onSeptember 17 in North America via Universal Music. Recorded in London at RAK Studios during 2012 and early 2013, the album was produced by Adam Noble and features 10 brand new studio tracks. The album's track listing was announced today. First single "Too Many Friends" will head to radio globally on Monday, June 24 and will be available digitally on Tuesday, July 9.
The band has also confirmed a fall European tour, with additional dates in the United States, Latin America, Australia, Asia and other European and Eastern European markets to be announced soon.
Placebo has, to date, recorded six studio albums and sold more than 12 million records worldwide. The band's self-titled debut album, released in 1996, was certified gold in the UK and achieved platinum status in France. Since then, Placebo has enjoyed an ever growing level of success around the world with their unique blend of music and outstanding live performances. Their dark and melodic trademark sound featuring singerBrian Molko's instantly recognizable vocals has become one of the strongest brands in rock over the past decade. In 2009, Placebo received the MTV Europe Music Award for 'Best Alternative' act. Their last studio album, "Battle for the Sun", released through a network of independent partners worldwide, went to No. 1 in 10 countries, reached top 5 in 20 countries, and was also No. 1 on the Billboard European Album Charts for two weeks.
Loud Like Love Track Listing
01 - Loud Like Love
02 - Scene Of The Crime
03 - Too Many Friends
04 - Hold On To Me
05 - Rob The Bank
06 - A Million Little Pieces
07 - Exit Wounds
08 - Purify
09 - Begin The End
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BARBARA JEAN HOBBS , a witness called on behalf of defendant Richard Hobbs,
being duly sworn by the court, testified as follows:
Q. Barbara, tell the court your full name.
A. Barbara Jean Hobbs.
Q. You live at 310 North Denny?
A. Yes.
Q. How old are you, Barbara?
A. Eighteen.
Q. You are Ricky's older sister?
A. Yes.
Q. What kind of work do you do, Barbara?
A. I keep house for my father.
Q. How long have you been doing that?
A. Since September.
Q. What was the occasion of you starting to work there at the house in September?
A. When my mother became ill, I quit working and stayed home.
Q. Where did you work before that?
A. Indiana Bell Telephone.
Q. How long had you been there?
A. Since July.
Q. When did you graduate from high school?
A. June, '1965.
Q. Which school did you attend?
A. Thomas Carr Howe.
Q. After you graduated from school you started working at Indiana Bell?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. While you were in school did you participate in any activities in school?
MR. NEW: We object.
THE COURT: Sustained.
Q. Were you elected to any Honorary Society?
MR. NEW: We object.
THE COURT: Sustained.
Q. Now, Barbara, in September when you quit your work with Indiana Bell and stayed home to take care of your brothers and sisters, was that occasioned by the death of someone in the family?
A. Yes, it was.
Q. Who was that?
A. My mother.
Q. And what have you been doing since September?
MR. NEW: We object. It is not relevant.
THE COURT: It was gone over. It is repetitious.
Q. Barbara, do you know anyone by the name of Gertrude Wright or any of the Baniszewskis'?
A. No, I don't.
Q. Have they ever been to your home?
A. No.
Q. Do you know Gertrude Wright, alias Baniszewski?
A. No, I don't.
Q. Now, taking you back to Saturday, October 23, 1965, do you recall ever seeing Ricky that day?
A. Yes.
Q. What time of day?
A. Well, early Saturday morning when we were up and probably Saturday morning and Saturday evening.
Q. Did he ever talk to you that day about being over at the Baniszewski house, where he had been?
A. No.
Q. Now, taking you to Tuesday, October 26th, sometime after 6:30 or 7:00 o'clock, do you recall having a conversation with Ricky?
A. No, I don't.
Q. Do you recall the police - when do you recall the police being there at the house?
A. It was 9:00 o'clock.
Q. Where was Ricky at that time?
A. He was in bed.
Q. Upstairs?
A. Yes.
Q. Had you ever had any conversation with Ricky just before he went to bed?
A. Yes, I did.
Q. And what was that conversation?
MR. NEW: We object.
MR. ERBECKER: Sustained.
Q. Now, on that same Tuesday in the evening, was your father home?
A. No, he was not.
Q. What time did he come home - do you recall?
A. It was about a quarter till 9:00.
Q. Where had he been?
A. I think he was at the hospital.
Q. What time did he come home, if you remember?
A. A quarter of 9:00.
Q. Now, Barbara, what brothers and sisters do you have older than you?
A. I have three older sisters and one older brother.
Q. What is the name of the next older sister?
A. Paula.
Q. How old is she?
A. She is twenty.
Q. And the next brother or sister?
MR. NEW: The State objects. It is not relevant or a matter of defense.
THE COURT: Overruled.
A. Virginia is twenty-one.
Q. Next?
A. Thomas is twenty-two and Judy is twenty-four.
Q. Was your older brother Thomas - was he home last summer, in 1965, or in the fall of 1965?
A. No, he was not.
Q. Where was he at?
A. He is stationed in Vietnam in the army.
Q. How long has your brother Ricky been diabetic?
A. Since the Spring of '59.
Q. Can - does he require insulin shots?
MR. NEW: We object.
THE COURT: Objection sustained.
Q. Does he require any kind of special treatment?
A. Yes, he does.
MR. NEW: We object.
THE COURT: Sustained.
Q. Now, because of you mother being in the hospital with cancer, did the duty fall on you to be head of the household?
A. Not head, no.
Q. Was it your duty to take care of him?
A. Yes.
Q. What did those duties involve?
MR. NEW: We object.
THE COURT: Sustained.
Q. Did Ricky, last summer - in 1965 - give you any difficulty, requiring you to discipline your brother, brothers or sisters, discipline him, manage his conduct?
MR. NEW: We object.
THE COURT: Sustained.
Q. Now, Barbara, do you understand what your brother is charged with?
MR. NEW: We object. It would not matter whether she does or not.
THE COURT: Overruled.
A. Yes, I do.
Q. Do you know what he has admitted doing?
MR. NEW: We object.
THE COURT: Sustained.
Q. Barbara, do you know any act of cruelty or undisciplined acts Ricky ever done, other than what he is charged with here?
A. No, I don't.
Q. How did he conduct himself around home?
MR. NEW: We object.
THE COURT: Sustained.
Q. Did he help around the house?
MR. NEW: We object.
THE COURT: Overruled.
A. Yes, he did.
Q. What would he do?
MR. NEW: We object.
THE COURT: Sustained.
MR. NEDEFF: No other questions.
MR. NEW: No questions.
THE COURT: Defendant Gertrude Baniszewski?
MR. ERBECKER: No questions, Your Honor.
THE COURT: Defendant Paula Marie Baniszewski?
MR. RICE: No questions.
THE COURT: Defendants Coy Hubbard and John Stephan Baniszewski?
MR. BOWMAN: No questions.
THE COURT: The witness may go. Next witness, please.


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Review: Universal's 'The Thing' is a Loud Imitation That Doesn't Work
by Jeremy Kirk
October 14, 2011
Cheap imitations should all be burned in an icy wasteland. Even expensive looking but soulless knockoffs should feel the flames wrapping around them deep in the Arctic circle. That's precisely what the new version of The Thing is, a flashy retread that looks and feels like a film we've seen before, but it's not. Something is missing. Actually a lot is missing in the movement from John Carpenter's 1982 film - itself an adaptation of John W. Campbell Jr's short story "Who Goes There?" which was adapted once before in 1951 - to this one, a prequel in essence, but one with a new car smell of a big budget remake. What is absent here is swept under a blanket of slick CGI in hopes that the audience, more specifically fans of Carpenter's film, won't notice. Sadly, The Thing 2011, your tentacles and body teeth are showing.
The film begins with a discovery in the Antarctic. Members of a Norwegian research facility have found a space craft crashed long ago and buried under an abundance of ice and a lone, alien figure buried just under the ice nearby. American paleontologist Kate Lloyd, played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead, is brought in to help identify and analyze what exactly the people at the facility have found. But soon after recovering the alien creature out of the ice and bringing it back to the facility, it wakes up, and the team realizes it has the power to absorb and imitate the lifeforms it comes in contact with.
What strikes first about The Thing is how wholly unnecessary it all is. A prequel, the film shows us what exactly happened at the Norwegian station that the team from Carpenter's film investigate after they are first attacked by the alien creature. Screenwriter Eric Heisserer and director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. start from there, take the events and what is seen in the 1982 film, and reverse engineer it to show how it all came to be. It could be interesting if Heisserer and van Heijningen decided to show us something, anything, we didn't already know. Unfortunately, they don't. They run through it all like a check-list, carefully plotting to ensure it all fits in nicely, and to their credit, it does. This film matches flush with the 1982 film to the point that you could watch them one right after the other for one, continuous story.
But that seems only beneficial to anyone who hasn't seen Carpenter's film. If you have, everything that plays out in this version is just a game of catch-up. You know where the story is headed, you're just waiting for the film to catch up to you as it explains elements from the 1982 version that didn't need explaining. It can't even do that in interesting or fresh ways or give us a scary movie with believably effective monster effects. Instead, the alien creature, one that has traveled to many worlds and can take the form of any number of alien beings its come in contact with, is achieved using obvious CG imagery. The designs are there. Creature designer Michael Broom likes his tentacles and oddly asymmetrical outlines, but the actual execution of this creature, the way it looks and feels and interacts with the world and characters of van Heijningen's film, rings absolutely false.
Carpenter's film was about paranoia, about an identity with each of the characters and fear that comes from thinking someone you know isn't who they say they are. Van Heijningen attempts this, but his way of showing paranoia is anything but subtle. Subtlety is lost in the long, investigative looks the characters in his film give each other. The way in which they determine they can tell who is human and who isn't ends up being the only thing in this new Thing that comes off as slightly interesting. Heisserer and Van Heijningen attempt a version of the famous blood test scene from Carpenter's film. While the scene doesn't deliver the same, suspenseful wrenching of the earlier version, conceptually it brings with it a feeling that it's showing us something we haven't seen in this world before. It's something about the alien creature we haven't even considered but makes perfect sense given its nature.
The paranoia doesn't work in this new film, either, because aside from four or five characters, everyone in The Thing is a bearded, Norwegian man. It's difficult to tell them apart based on appearance alone, and neither Heisserer in his screenplay nor van Heijningen in his direction find a way of bringing any sense of identity to any of these characters. We know who Kate Lloyd is, because we know who Mary Elizabeth Winstead is. The same goes for the characters played by Joel Edgerton, Eric Christian Olsen, and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. Beyond that and maybe a few more foreground characters, those who actually do more than just stand around like extras in a bar scene, every person blends together. When your film relies on the familiarity of its actors to identify its characters, that's a problem.
It doesn't matter, though, this sense that the paranoia has been lost, because the director doesn't seem concerned with that. Instead, much of The Thing, in fact, the entire back half, relies on quick editing, fast action, and noise, lots and lots of noise that bleeds into every scene, setup, and aftermath of the film. This new version of The Thing is a noisy film, and not just in regards to the piercing, audible sounds the creature makes. From the number of characters, to the layout of the set - anything but geographically identifiable, something else failed from the 1982 version - to the crutch of CGI van Heijningen rests on from beginning to end, The Thing is busy with a discordance that permeates the theater.
We aren't allowed to feel any building suspense. We're blasted with a whiteout of clatter to the point where we want to bundle up, cover our heads, and bury ourselves under something warm and comfortable until the storm has passed. The Thing 2011 is both the storm blaring outside and the imitation of something familiar inside, and neither deliver anything fresh, scary, or appealing.
Jeremy's Rating: 3.5 out of 10
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TXNRD2 gene
thioredoxin reductase 2
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The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the pyridine nucleotide-disulfide oxidoreductase family, and is a member of the thioredoxin (Trx) system. Three thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) isozymes are found in mammals. TrxRs are selenocysteine-containing flavoenzymes, which reduce thioredoxins, as well as other substrates, and play a key role in redox homoeostasis. This gene encodes a mitochondrial form important for scavenging reactive oxygen species in mitochondria. It functions as a homodimer containing FAD, and selenocysteine (Sec) at the active site. Sec is encoded by UGA codon that normally signals translation termination. The 3' UTRs of selenoprotein mRNAs contain a conserved stem-loop structure, the Sec insertion sequence (SECIS) element, which is necessary for the recognition of UGA as a Sec codon rather than as a stop signal. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms, including a few localized in the cytosol and some lacking the C-terminal Sec residue, have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2017]
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Maintains thioredoxin in a reduced state. Implicated in the defenses against oxidative stress. May play a role in redox-regulated cell signaling.
Cytogenetic Location: 22q11.21, which is the long (q) arm of chromosome 22 at position 11.21
Molecular Location: base pairs 19,875,518 to 19,941,992 on chromosome 22 (Homo sapiens Annotation Release 108, GRCh38.p7) (NCBI)


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BYU basketball: Cougars' NCAA tournament prospects improving
WON84 PLANO, TXFeb. 8, 2012 9:07 a.m.
MiP, these are all projections but, as they run BYU is in whether or not you like it.
I do however think it is likely BYU will play Gonzaga twice more and they definitely need to win one of those two in order to feel good about their chances. They are currently (1-4) against the RPI top 50 and (1-6) probably will not do it.
Now, Nevada and Oregon continuing to win will help but, I'm not sure either will crack the top 50.
DEW Cougars Sandy, UTFeb. 8, 2012 8:22 a.m.
First of all, I wouldn't think about the ncaa tournament. They need to mix up their playing style when those 3's don't fall for them. One game at a time and better win them all at wcc tourney. Some players (young ones) need to stop being selfish and let those bigs do most of inside game. Sure, I would love to see our Cougars goto the ncaa if they do well toward the end.
JoeCoug OREM, UTFeb. 8, 2012 6:08 a.m.
Can anyone tell me why not shooting more than 5 3-pointers a game [right now] is not an option? I'm not saying they shouldn't be shooting mid-range jumpers, but they're killing themselves during this drought (and still winning games). How about a few jab-step-fakes at the 3 line and blowing by their defenders? It's bball 101, friends. Not to mention that they have 2 of the best big men (arguably) in the west. More touches for Davies and Hartsock should = more points.
MiP Iowa City, IAFeb. 7, 2012 9:01 p.m.
"A loss in Spokane keeps the Cougs in 3rd, puts the Cougs back on the bubble"
CFinTx, Back? Sorry to tell you, but BYU IS on the bubble. Which is why one week Lunardi has them as an '11 seed', then the next week out, then the next an '11 seed,' etc. Lunardi had St. Mary's in and out all season last year---and they were left out, despite a stellar record and quality wins.
If anything, a win at Gonzaga and BYU will be off the bubble, presuming wins in SF and SC ---a loss, and they'll be needing the WCC tourney to get in. That's the bubble.
CougFaninTX Frisco, TXFeb. 7, 2012 7:37 p.m.
If BYU's shooting from behind the arc catches fire, watch out, they will create some noise in March. The 3 point loss to a very good Baylor team showed me what this team is capable of. They just need to find a way to be consistent.
The game against the Zags in Spokane should be a good one. A win in Spokane most likely means a 2nd place finish in the WCC. A loss in Spokane keeps the Cougs in 3rd, puts the Cougs back on the bubble, and sets up a likely rematch with the Zags in the semis.
Exciting times ahead!
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Notice that up to the USD game, BYU was shooting about 40% from 3-point land. That percentage would put them in the top 15 3-point-shooting teams today. Compare BYU's 16% with the worst-shooting team (for the season), Grambling State, who is shooting 26%. If they had continued shooting 40%, they would have scored an additional 78 points in these 6 games. Significant? Yes.
But, BYU is 4-2 over those 6 games, including wins over VT and Zaga. So, they got that going for them. Which is nice. Considering.


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The guides, which you can download using the links below, provide recommendations for herbicides, insecticides, seed treatments, and fungicides that are available in South Dakota to control weeds, insects, and diseases in:
- Corn
- Soybeans
- Sunflower & Oilseeds/Alfalfa & Range: Including alfalfa, canola, flax, safflower, and sunflowers.
- Wheat: Including barley, rye, oats, durum, millet, and triticale.
The guides were updated for 2017 to include new products, new product names, and the corresponding changes to the labels including application rates, rotation restrictions, and additive rates. Cost estimates are included for the herbicide products.
The guides are free of charge this year thanks to the support of several sponsors, including: The South Dakota Soybean Research and Promotion Council, South Dakota Corn Utilization Council, SDSU Extension IPM Program, South Dakota Department of Agriculture, and the SDSU Extension WEED Project.


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Where Has My Lucknow Gone?
Last week I visited Lucknow. What I saw was an extremely congested, very noisy and, in some places, very dirty city. How I long for my Lucknow of the 1960s.
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If your job status is "I am looking for a job right now" - you will receive your top 3 job matches on a weekly basis.
If your job status is "Just want to look around" - you will receive your top 3 job matches once every 3 months, just to keep you informed about interesting opportunities.
If we think we have the perfect job for you for one of our customers, we will be in touch.
* How can I create a profile?
First you have to register with a valid email address. Once registered, you can either build your profile using the "import from LinkedIn" button or you can create your profile from scratch using the Profile Builder Wizard. You can select tags from the dropdown menus or you can create new tags. Use English as language and make sure your profile is completed for at least 60% - the completer your profile, the better the job matching will work.
* Why do I have to create a profile?
If you have a profile that is completed for at least 60%, you will have access to all information about the jobs (company name, location, job description,…) and you can search, save and apply for jobs via our website or the BrightOwl App. We will continuously be adding new jobs. With our personalized job matching, it will be easier to filter out those jobs that best match your personal preferences. Our learning algorithm calculates your best job matches based on the information in your profile and based on your activity on our website and on the App (liking and disliking jobs). That's why we ask you to complete your profile for at least 60% but the completer your profile, the better.
Your profile is like your resume. It's only visible to BrightOwl and to companies you have applied with.
Companies can ask BrightOwl to actively help them in the recruitment process; the more we know about you, the better we can help in the matchmaking. If we think your profile could be a good match with a certain job, we will contact you.
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You will find 2 types of jobs on BrightOwl:
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Initially there were rumors about Aravaan being delayed due to some glitches in funding, but now according to sources close to the team the shooting has been on full swing.
The film sees Aadhi and Pasupathi sharing screen with Dhanshika opposite Aadhi in a pivotal role. Aadhi and Pasupathi are already rumored to have put in an astounding performance.
Aravaan a period film and an adaptation of a famous novel by
Su Venkatesh titled 'Kaaval Kottam,' will hit the screens probably by August 26.
The first week of August will see a superb audio launch with many stars from the industry adding to the glitz. Produced by Amma Creations headed by T. Siva, the crew is currently shooting its stunt sequences in Madurai as the movie nears its completion with just some 15 days of shoots pending.
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Applied Optoelectronics surges after earnings report, optical peers follow
Shares of companies in the fiber optic/optical component sector are trading higher after peer Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) reported preliminary fourth quarter financial results. WHAT'S NEW: Applied Optoelectronics, which makes fiber optic products for data center applications, reported preliminary Q4 results that bear top and bottom line expectations by a wide margin. The company reported preliminary Q4 EPS in a range of 77c-82c on expected revenue of $84.5M-$84.8M. Analysts were expecting EPS of 50c on revenue of $77.5M. MANAGEMENT COMMENTARY: "We delivered a strong fourth quarter with top and bottom-line results expected to exceed our guidance," said Dr. Thompson Lin, Applied Optoelectronics founder, president and CEO. "Accelerated demand for our market-leading datacenter products and increased capacity fueled our results. Additionally, we continued to drive manufacturing efficiencies, which contributed to a record gross margin. We are excited by the good close to the year and look forward to sharing the additional details of our fourth quarter performance on our conference call in February." PRICE ACTION: Shares of Applied Optoelectronics were up 18.31% to $26.88 per share in after-hours trading. OTHERS TO WATCH: Other companies in the space were also trading higher, including Finisar (FNSR), up 4.6%, and Oclaro (OCLR), up 3.56%.
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Social Media Goal Setting for 2013
20th November 2012 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Social Media Goal Setting for 2013
Create and implement a 12 month social media plan for engagement, marketing and sales. Prepare the steps now to get 2013 off to a healthy start.
About the course
This interactive workshop will cover the basic elements to be included in an online marketing plan, connected to your business or organizational goals, and help you to develop milestones and measurements to make your social media work for you.
We will cover
- Identifying your business marketing, branding or online goals for 2013
- Identifying what assets you have in these areas:
- Existing online properties such as your website, social media sites, email accounts, accounts on other sites
- Ability to create or gather content such as stories, testimonials, industry information, company information, product demonstrations and case studies
- Social Media skill assessment of your current online tool set
- Goal Setting basics
- Planning an editorial calendar based on goals, natural calendar events, company and industry events
- Creating creative content
- Planning dates, delegating, collating information, posting content
- Measuring and monitoring your online success
- Completing your initial draft of social media goals
- Building in natural spaces to re-evaluate your online and social media progress
Course info
- This is a full day course (a light lunch is provided) from 9 am to 4 pm.
- Please bring your laptop and internet connection.
- The course costs 2,450 and a 10% discount is offered for 3 or more people from the same organization.
- Public courses are held in Gauteng, KZN and Cape Town and in-house courses are available on request.
- The benefit of providing for an in-house course for Social Media Goal Setting is that you will be able to have the session focus on your business and industry, have valuable conversations and make decisions within your team and allocate and obtain agreement to social media responsibilities in a group session.
What is provided
- A workbook with comprehensive notes
- A table / graph to indicate and evaluate key social media metrics
- A year chart calendar that you can mark up, erase and correct
- An electronic editorial calendar
- A CD with additional information
- A complimentary copy of "Using national holidays (real and imagined) to promote your business interests"
- Course attendance certificate
About the Presenter
Charlotte Kemp is an avid social media fan, and has presented numerous talks and training sessions on various elements of social media. She has presented to delegates in companies such as Old Mutual, Celestis, Telkom, CSIR and Nedbank. She owns Niche Training and in association with Social Media Solutions, has worked on numerous social media accounts for clients in the fields of finance, retail, B2B, marketing, non-profit, accommodation and small owner-operated businesses and solo-preneurs.
I attended Charlotte Kemp's Social media course recently and I am now an active social media participant thanks to her. Charlotte gave me the tools to go from the knowing to doing of social media. She is hugely passionate & knowledgeable about her subject. Thanks Charlotte! ~ Helen Nicholson, Networking Guru
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Music Fest 'Significantly Damaged by Partners' Calls Off 2016 Event
Originally launched in Kansas but then moved to Arkansas in 2009, Wakarusa festival has been providing live music fans with eclectic lineups of electronic, jam, alternative and more for over a decade. The festival organizers took to Facebook today to announce that they would sadly have to take 2016 off, citing a dispute with partners and an impending lawsuit. Check out their official statement...
It is with a heavy heart that we must inform you that Wakarusa will take 2016 off.
Wakarusa has been a labor of love for all of us these last twelve years. We have been defiantly independent and unique since our inception. Together we created a magical 5 day event that stood out from the rest. We've taken great pride in what we've created with you and for you over the last decade plus. The Waka community (friends, family, fans, musicians, artists, performers, volunteers, staff) has really been the heart and soul of what Wakarusa IS. This community shares a natural passion for what is truly genuine. Wakarusa is wonderfully original - it is organic, mystical and always marvelously weird, and like Wakarusa, you too are decidedly different and perfectly magnificent.
As such, you deserve to know the principal reason behind our hiatus:
Wakarusa was significantly damaged by partners claiming to share our vision. Sadly, they lied. They are being dealt with appropriately through the legal system. Further, we have found that the universe is often much more effective in dealing with these perpetrators than the legal system. Regardless, it is our sincere hope and anticipation that what we have built together - we will once again enjoy on our beloved and magical mountain.
For now, we shall dust ourselves off. We must take time to recharge our faith and our energy. Passionate people do not throw in the towel because of a bump in the road. We look brightly toward the future. We will bring more music and more art and many more wickedly unrivaled memories. We know the world is a better place when there is more music and more love.
Our scrape with the unsavory has lead us to realize what is most important to us, which is all of YOU (you and you...and you too). So in our brief absence, please stay in touch and look out for each other. Take special care to really nurture what is most important in each of your lives. There is simply too much to be down or discouraged about in this world. Be the beacon of joy and hope - we need more of that in this world. So now we do ask that you share your positive energy with us. We'll use it as our strength and inspiration to create an even better WAKA experience that is ever more magical. With your help, we will bring Wakarusa back to Mulberry Mountain.
Until then, be safe, spread your positivity and your light and remember to always remain marvelously weird!
The 2015 edition featured a lineup topped by headliners Major Lazer and Thievery Corporation and featuring the likes of STS9, Big Gigantic, Bro Safari, Thomas Jack, Destructo, The Gaslamp Killer, Glass Animals and Paper Diamond, among many others.


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ATI Radeon HD 4250
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ATI Radeon HD4250 ( Also called ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250) is an entry level discrete graphics component, that comes as a part of the chipset( AMD 880G). A chipset is a component ( an IC) that connects to the processor. It is one of the most widely used graphics component in entry level notebooks. Do not rely upon ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 for your high end gaming needs. It is good enough for your video encoding and decoding needs and entry level games at low resolution.
The UVD 2 Video Engine in Radeon HD 4250 is capable of decoding lot of High Definition video formats such as MPEG -2, H.264 and VC1 and it also allows a fluent playback of these formats. This reduces the utilization of the CPU time and eventually leads to higher system performance.
The graphics core of the ATI Radeon HD 4250 is leveraged from the Mobility Radeon HD 3400 series chipsets, so these are DirectX 10.1 capable. These doesn't have separate graphics memory which hinders the performance a little when compared to HD 3400 series which has a separate graphics memory. The graphics memory is dropped in this model in order to get the price under control.
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Radeon HD4250 is based on the HD 3400 graphics core and the features are leveraged from UVD 2 video engine, which has the capability to decode HD videos. The Avivo HD can decode two High Definition streams simultaneously. Performance of HD 4250 is similar to HD 4200 butt the former has lower power consumption.
Enhancements in HD 4250 as compared to the older graphics chipsets like HD 3200, include support for DirectX 10.1 and the UVD2 Video decoder. The HD 3200 was the first ever onboard graphics card that allowed the fluent playback for the blu-ray videos.
Games such as star craft 2 or similar games should be playable on this chipsets also. But when we compare to the older breed of the onboard graphic chipsets like GMA 4500 MHD, the HD 4250 is way faster.
ATI The new Intel HD Graphics in the core ix CPUs which are based on the Arrandale architecture the performance is almost same but when you take the driver support into consideration the AMD support is way better.


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Study Hack: Master The Art of Learning With The Feynman Technique
" He opened a fresh notebook. On the title page he wrote: NOTEBOOK OF THINGS I DON'T KNOW ABOUT. For the first but not last time he reorganized his knowledge. He worked for weeks at disassembling each branch of physics, oiling the parts, and putting them back together, looking all the while for the raw edges and inconsistencies. He tried to find the essential kernels of each subject. "
According to blogger and computer scientist Cal Newport, the technique is to "translate your growing knowledge of something hard into a concrete form and you're more likely to keep investing the mental energy needed to keep learning."
How to employ the Feynman Technique
To get started with the Feynman Technique all you need is a fresh notebook and reference or study materials for the particular subject. It is highly recommended to dedicate a separate notebook for the specific skill or subject you want to learn.
Once you had the notebook and the study material, move to a distraction free environment and follow these four simple steps.:
1. Choose your concept
Write the concept you want to learn in the top of a fresh page. The concept can be anything of your choice, from the solar system to the First World War. It will be beneficial to write down what you already know about the topic and things you don't as you begin learning.
2. Pretend to teach the concept to a student
Explain the topic on the paper as if you are teaching it to someone. To simplify ,explain it as if you are teaching the concept to a five year old. Thus you will get a better understanding on the parts you actually understood and wherever you might have some gaps in your learning.
3. Go back to books when you get stuck
If you ever find yourself stuck, not being able to recall or properly explain a certain part, then go back to the abook or the source material. Learn it again till you can explain it better on the paper.
4. Simplify and use analogies
Use analogies to link the concept you are learning with something you already know. Connecting new piece of information to existing ones in your mind has a lot of advantages. It will help you comprehend a concept better, as well AIDS better memorization.
To see the Feynman Technique in action, check out this short video by blogger and writer Scott Young, who used the Feynman Technique to go through the entire MIT computer science curriculum in only one year.
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