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Welcome to PWInsider.com's live coverage of the 2008 TNA Victory Road PPV, live from Houston, Texas. The PPV opened with a video feature focusing on Samoa Joe vs. Booker T, Awesome Kong vs. Taylor Wilde and Team 3D & Kurt Angle vs. AJ Styles & Christian Cage & Rhino.
Fireworks went off as Mike Tenay and Don West welcomes everyone. We went outside to Jeremy Borash where fans were still filing into the Reliant Arena, pushing the fan voting for the six man tag team bout's stipulation for later tonight. We then went to Lauren and BG James inside the crowd. Lauren said tonight, "was all about you. It's all about the fans." James put over the Fan's Revenge match for the TNA Tag Team belts later tonight. James then discussed the TNA title match. Fans booed and James pointed out there were mixed emotions in the Arena. James had a lot of energy on the mic.
World X Cup standings see Team Mexico and Team TNA tied for first with 3 points each, with Team Japan and Team International each tied for 2
World X Cup 12 Man Elimination Match
Team Japan's Milano Collection AT & Puma & Masato Yoshino vs. Team Mexico's Rey Bucanero & Ultimo Guerrero & Averno vs. Team International's Tyson Dux & Alex Kozlov & Doug Williams vs. Team TNA's Motor City Machineguns & Curry Man
The Machineguns came out with masks and outfits obviously inspired by the pageantry of Japan and Mexico. There's a ton of awesome talent here, but with so many, it's either going to be awesome or a complete cluster. They could do an entire PPV with all the names involved in this match!
Curry and Yoshino started fast with Yoshino hitting a dropkick. Curry challenged him to a sprint, but tripped him. The Guns tag in and nail a double hiptoss. Dux blindtagged himself in and worked over Sabin. Team International worked over Sabin, climaxing with Williams hitting a running kneelift for a two count. Alex Shelley distracted Team International, allowing Sabin to tag in Team Mexico. All three worked over Williams. They then pressed and swung Dux. Ultimo Guerrero hit a dive to Williams on the floor. Bucanero caught Dux with a package bomb and pinned him. Dux is eliminated.
Bucanero and Puma went at it. Puma faked out a dive, which allowed Milano Collection AT to interfere and hit a senton splash. Puma hit a slingshot senton into the ring on Bucanero. Puma went for a rana but was caught and hit with a facebuster. Averno tagged in and worked over Puma. Collection AT tried to help but was nailed by his own partner. Averno scored the pin on Puma.
Milano and Averno go back and forth. Averno went up the ropes but was nailed with a enziguiri and then a superkick. Bucanero broke up the pin. Sabin tagged in but was caught with the Dragon Screw Legwhip. Shelley tried to interfere but was stunned. Milano rolled through with a stereo half crab on both of the Guns. Curry interfered to save them.
Sabin went for a pin on Milano, who Matrix-ed out. The Guns doubleteamed Milano with a kneedrop off the top while he was in a Fireman's Carry (which barely glanced him) followed by the Cradleshock for the pin. Collection AT was eliminated, leaving Masato Yoshino the lone member of Team Japan. The Guns continued to work him over. This led to a fun, fast paced back and forth between Yoshino and Shelley. Shelley tried for several pin attempts but Yoshino kept kicking out. Yoshino caught Shelley in an Octopus submission but he was able to roll through and nail Yoshino in the face with a kick.
Shelley went for Sliced Bread #2 but was shoved off. Averno tagged in. He and Yoshino went back and forth with some fun Lucha spots. Averno hit a TKO variation, but Yoshino came through with a series of moves that led to a Mexican roll. It wasn't pretty but it was the pin, so Averno was eliminated.
Curry Man and Kozlov tagged in. Kozlov did the Russian stance into the kick but Curry went for a kick of his own. Williams tagged in and hit the Chaos Theory rolling suplex, but Curry kicked out. He and Williams fought back and forth. Team Mexico dove into the ring on both with bodyblocks off the ropes. Ultimo Guerrero did his handstand into corner splash on Curry. Curry went for a top rope frankensteiner but was caught and superbombed into the ring. Curry is eliminated.
Team Mexico turned their attention to Williams. Bucanero hit a spinning senton off the top while he was draped over Guerrero's knees, scoring the pin and eliminating Williams. Team Mexico went after Yoshino and the Guns on the floor.
Back in the ring, Kozlov hit a bodyblock on Guerrero and tried to rally the crowd, who instead chanted for Mexico. They battled in the corner. Kozlov went for a superplex but was overpowered and nailed with a face first suplex off the ropes into the ring for a two count. Kozlov came back with his crossface submission and Guerrerp submitted.
Bucanero dove off the ropes on Kozlov. Sabin tagged in but was slammed by Bucanero. Bucanero kicked Yoshino off the apron and went to the top, only to be cut off by Sabin. Sabin nailed a top rope hurancanrana. The Guns hit their stereo superkicks and pinned Bucanero. The Guns hit the Dream Sequence on Yoshino. The Guns then did a really cool stacked STO where Kozlov was on Yoshino's shoulders and Sabin hit a missile dropkick to give Shelley the assist on the move.
Sabin catches Kozlov with an Ace Cutter, then an awesome lariat that saw Kozlov take a 360 bump. Sabin charged Kozlov but the referee was pulled in front of him. Kozlov covered Sabon and put his feet on the ropes for the pin. There are two referees and Kozlov still cheated to win? Kozlov hit an awesome dive on Shelley on the floor.
Yoshino and Kozlov went back and forth in the ring,. Kozlov caught Yoshino in mid-air with a big kick. Shelley returned to the ring but was tossed back out. Yoshino hit a series of chops and strikes on Kozlov then slammed him down. Yoshino captured him in an armbar submission and Kozlov tapped out. Team Mexico picked up 1 point for being the second runner-up.
Yoshino vs. Shelley for the victory is left. Yoshino went to the top and hit an awesome missile dropkick for a two count. Seriously, that was the most beautiful dropkick ever and TNA's cameras had it in the perfect shot, looking up at it from afar. Beautiful. Shelley went for Sliced Bread #2 but Yoshino kicked up,. Shelley went to the top for a frog splash but Yoshino got his knees up. Yoshino went for the cover but Shelley kicked up and was frustrated.
Shelley caught Yoshino with a Tiger Suplex into a bridge for a two count. They battled on the ropes. Yoshino nailed Shelley and hit a springboard into a neck-tie on Shelley for a two count. Yoshino places Shelley on top rope but Shelley comes off the ropes and hits an inverted atomic drop. Shelley clotheslined Yoshino and rolled him up for the pin.
Your winners, Team TNA!
TNA gets 3 points, Japan gets 2 and International gets 1.
So, going into the Ultimate X TNA has 5 points total, Team Japan 3, Team International 3 and Team Mexico 3.
This was one hell of an opener with lots of great wrestling. My fear going in was this was going to be a four minute match but this went far beyond 20 plus minutes. Kudos to TNA for letting the guys go and do their thing.
Mike Tenay and Don West ran down the main events for tonight's card. Tenay said that throughout the entire PPV, we'll be seeing clips of Booker T's Homecoming. We went to footage of Booker T showing us around his home and his achievements, including different title belts, trophies and Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards. Booker showed off his key to the city and asked if Samoa Joe had one of those and said, "No." Booker then showed off his car collection and said he was going to take everyone to where he trains, the Booker T Wrestling Academy.
They showed footage of Houston before going to a video feature on Gail Kim vs. Angelina Love.
Angelina Love (with Velvet Sky) vs. Gail Kim
They just pushed this big grudge between the two but Kim came out beaming and smiling. That didn't make much sense to me. Love attacked Kim from behind as soon as she hit the ring. Love throws a punch but Kim blocks and cleans house with a series of rights. Love charged her but was hit with a boot to the mush. Kim chopped her in the corner, then hit a running clothesline in another. Kim went for a springboard move but Sky tripped her.
Kim is rolled in and nearly pinned by Love. Love began choking her and slamming Kim's head into the mat. Love began kicking away at Kim, who caught her leg. Love rolled through and turned it into a sunset flip attempt but Kim got her shoulder up. Love continued to attempt pins but Kim would escape at the last second. They went to the corner and Kim went for a outside figure four on the ringpost. Gee, I wonder where she learned that!
Kim went to the top but Sky tripped her and Kim crotched herself on the top. Love hit a superplex into the ring for another two count. Love went for a Yakuza kick but missed. Kim clotheslined her down. She scooped up Love, who escaped and caught Kim with a two count. Kim speared Love. Sky distracted Kim, allowing Love to kick her in the gut. Kim came back and scored the pin.
Your winner, Gail Kim!
Velvet attacked Kim as her hand was raised. She began working over Kim with punches on the mat. They try to set up Kim to paper bag her but Kim ducks a double clothesline and scrambles out of the ring.
Match was decent.
Backstage, Lauren and BG James were with the 12 fans who won the chance to lash Robert Roode and BG James. James riled them up into lashing mannequins dressed to look like Beer Money and then said the fans were going to make sure someone took a beating tonight.
A video feature on Sonjay Dutt vs. Jay Lethal aired.
Sonjay Dutt vs. Jay Lethal (with So Cal Val)
Dutt tried to give Val a note and flowers before the match. Lethal nailed him off the apron, then dove out of the ring on Dutt. Lethal tore up the flower and rose. Lethal tossed Dutt into the corner and began working him over with punches and a clothesline. He went to the top and hit a double sledgehammer off the top. Lethal hit a hiptoss into a dropkick on Dutt, then worked him over with chops in the corner.
Dutt avoided a charge in the corner and snapped his neck over the ropes. Dutt then hit a springboard into a Thesz Press. Dutt had these great dementedly happy facials. Dutt nailed a backbreaker and stalked over Lethal as Val looked concerned. Dutt locked on a side headlock as Val tried to rally the crowd. Dutt hit a rolling senton across Lethal's back, then hit a standing backflip into a two count.
Lethal finally came back with a series of quick rights but Lethal caught a kick to the head. Dutt went for a move but Lethal caught him and used the turnbuckles as a base to suplex Dutt overhead. Lethal came back with a series of clotheslines on Dutt, then chops. Dutt caught him with a charge, but failed with a tornado DDT as Lethal shrugged him off. Lethal hit a glancing dropkick for a two count.
Lethal attempted the Lethal Combination but Dutt escaped and placed him on the top rope. They jockeyed for position with Dutt finally hitting a rana off the ropes. Dutt is caught with a flip into a facebuster for a two count. Dutt and Lethal brawled out of the ring. Dutt was tossed into the guard rail. Lethal kept beating Dutt, who started screaming for Val to help him. Lethal slammed his head into the table. Lethal tosses Dutt back into the ring and locked on a Texas Cloverleaf. They showed a worried Val watching.
Val started to get up onto the apron but Lethal let the move go and told her to get down. Dutt used that moment to take Lethal down. Dutt grabbed Val and told her that he loved her. Lethal grabbed Dutt and hit the Lethal Combination. Val got on the apron and Lethal turned to her. Dutt rolled up Lethal and put his feet on the ropes to score the pin. Dutt kissed her hand and ran out of the ring.
Your winner, Sonjay Dutt!
Solid match with some good athletic wrestling. I think there might have been a little too much of the focus on the love triangle, especially when you would think this match should have had these two really tearing each other's throats out in anger and didn't.
Backstage, Jeremy Borash interviewed Beer Money. Borash said they were going to face the fury of the fans. Roode said there was no fury within a 95 pound mark holding a strap compared to them. He said that Borash should ask what they are going to do to the fans and LAX tonight. Roode kept calling the fans marks and said they wouldn't be held accountable for whatever happened out there. Storm said the best thing about Houston was getting the hell out like the Tennessee Titans did. Storm begged the fans to get in their faces with the straps and promised they would get their asses kicked like never before. Storm promised they would be the new Tag Team champions. Jacqueline refused to go to ringside because of the fans with lashes.
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In my article Minimize Code by Using jQuery and Data Templates, I presented a JavaScript data binding template solution that I've been using that makes it easy to bind JSON data to a client-side template without having to write a lot of JavaScript code. In this article, I demonstrate the fundamentals of using the client-side templates and binding JSON data that's retrieved from a WCF service. As a review (in case you didn't read the previous article), the template solution I've been using recently on a client project is based on some code written by John Resig (creator of jQuery) which is extremely compact. Here's a modified version of his original code that I wrapped with a jQuery extender:
$.fn.parseTemplate = function(data) { var str = (this).html(); var _tmplCache = {} var err = ""; try { var func = _tmplCache[str]; if (!func) { var strFunc = "var p=[],print=function(){p.push.apply(p,arguments);};" + "with(obj){p.push('" + str.replace(/[\r\t\n]/g, " ") .replace(/'(?=[^#]*#>)/g, "\t") .split("'").join("\\'") .split("\t").join("'") .replace(/<#=(.+?)#>/g, "',$1,'") .split("<#").join("');") .split("#>").join("p.push('") + "');}return p.join('');"; //alert(strFunc); func = new Function("obj", strFunc); _tmplCache[str] = func; } return func(data); } catch (e) { err = e.message; } return "< # ERROR: " + err.toString() + " # >"; }

This template outputs a simple table like Figure 1. Sure, I could have generated the table using DOM manipulation techniques, but being able to tweak a data template is much easier and productive in my opinion.
To use the template you'll need to have some JSON data available. Here's an example of creating JSON by hand and binding it to the template using the parseTemplate method shown earlier. The data returned from the template data binding operation is passed to the html method of the target div which displays the data in the browser. Note: I'm defining the d property in the JSON object since WCF uses that name by default when it returns serialized JSON data.
var json = { "d": [ { "FirstName": "John", "LastName": "Doe", "Address": { "Street": "1234 Anywhere St.", "City": "Phoenix", "State": "AZ", "Zip": 85044 } }, { "FirstName": "Jane", "LastName": "Doe", "Address": { "Street": "435 Main St.", "City": "Tempe", "State": "AZ", "Zip": 85245 } }, { "FirstName": "Johnny", "LastName": "Doe", "Address": { "Street": "643 Chandler Blvd", "City": "Chandler", "State": "AZ", "Zip": 85248 } }, { "FirstName": "Dave", "LastName": "Doe", "Address": { "Street": "18765 Cloud St.", "City": "Mesa", "State": "AZ", "Zip": 85669 } } ] }; var output = $('#MyTemplate').parseTemplate(json); $('#MyTemplateOutput').html(output);
Of course, in the real-world you'll probably get the JSON data from some type of service (WCF, ASMX, REST, etc.). Here's a WCF service that returns a List of Customer objects and converts them to JSON. The service has the client script behavior enabled so that serialization from CLR objects to JSON objects occurs behind the scenes automatically.
[ServiceContract(Namespace = "http://www.thewahlingroup.com")] [AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Allowed)] public class CustomerService { [OperationContract] public List<Customer> GetCustomers() { return new List<Customer> { new Customer {FirstName="John",LastName="Doe", Address= new Address{ Street="1234 Anywhere St.", City="Phoenix",State="AZ", Zip=85044}}, new Customer {FirstName="Jane",LastName="Doe", Address= new Address{ Street="435 Main St.", City="Tempe",State="AZ", Zip=85245}}, new Customer {FirstName="Johnny",LastName="Doe", Address= new Address{ Street="643 Chandler Blvd", City="Chandler",State="AZ", Zip=85248}}, new Customer {FirstName="Dave",LastName="Doe", Address= new Address{ Street="18765 Cloud St.", City="Mesa",State="AZ", Zip=85669}} }; } }
jQuery's ajax method can then be used to call the WCF service and retrieve the data (jQuery provides other methods such as getJSON that could be used too if desired):
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This code defines the type of operation, service URL to call, any data passed to the service, the content type, and a success callback. Once the service call returns, the JSON data is bound to the template shown earlier by locating the area where the template should be rendered to (MyTemplateOutput in this example) and then calling parseTemplate. Hover capabilities are also added using jQuery's bind method to highlight rows as the user moves the mouse in and out of them.
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This page only contains information about running games and related system configuration tips. For lists of popular games for GNU/Linux see Common Applications/Games and Netbook Games.
Game Environments
Different environments exist to play games in Linux:
- Native – Games written for Linux (usually Free & Open Source).
- Browser – you need only browser and Internet connection to play this games.
- Plugin-based – you need to install plugin to play.
- Java Webstart – to install cross-platform games very easily.
- Flash games are very common on the Web.
- Unity – specialized plugin for browser, currently works only in Google Chrome. Most games are commercial.
- HTML 5 games use brand new canvas and WebGL technologies and work in all modern browsers but can be very slow on weak machines.
- Plugin-based – you need to install plugin to play.
- Specialized environments (software emulators) – you should first install emulator, then find games yourself (most are protected by Copyright!)
- Wine – allows running of some Windows games.
- Crossover Games - members of the Codeweavers team are prime supporters of Wine. Using Crossover Games makes the installation & setting up of some games easier, more reliable & even possible, when compared to using other methods. Crossover is an inexpensive commercial product, which also provides a forum where the developers are very much involved in the community.
- Cedega – game-oriented Wine derivative. Its packaged version is not free of charge unlike its CVS version.
- DosBox – DOS games
- ScummVM – lots of old adventure games
- Hardware emulators – emulate the whole device instead of software environment. The same thing about Copyright here.
Getting games
A good number are available in the Official repositories or in the AUR. Loki provides installers for several games. Desura can be considered good source of games (if you don't care about security and bugs too much).
- Centralized source of information about running games (and other applications) in Wine is AppDB.
- See also Category:Wine_(English).
Several huge flash games portals exists, among them are:
- Lots of games smaller than 4kb (some are real masterpieces of game design) can be found at http://www.java4k.com.
- https://www.pogo.com/ – biggest casual Java gaming portal
- The Java Game Tome - huge database of primarily casual games
Running games in Arch
Certain games or game types may need special configuration to run or to run as expected. For the most part, games will work right out of the box in Arch Linux with possibly better performance than on other distributions due to compile time optimizations. However, some special setups may require a bit of configuration or scripting to make games run as smoothly as desired.
Multi-screen setups
Running a multi-screen setup may lead to problems with fullscreen games. In such a case, running a second X server is one possible solution. Another solution may be found in the NVIDIA article (may also apply to non-NVIDIA users).
Keyboard Grabbing
Some games grab the keyboard, noticeably preventing you from switching windows (also known as alt-tabbing). Download sdl-nokeyboardgrab to gain the ability to use keyboard commands while in SDL games. If you wish to turn it up to 11, you can disable keyboard grabbing at X11 level using libx11-nokeyboardgrab.
Starting games in a separate X server
In some cases like those mentioned above, it may be necessary or desired to run a second X server. Running a second X server has multiple advantages such as better performance, the ability to "tab" out of your game by using CTRL-ALT-F7 / CTRL-ALT-F8, no crashing your primary X session (which may have open work on) in case a game conflicts with the graphics driver. To start a second X server (using Nexuiz as an example) you can simply do:
xinit /usr/bin/nexuiz-glx -- :1
This can further be spiced up by using a seperate X configuration file:
xinit /usr/bin/nexuiz-glx -- :1 -xf86config xorg-game.conf
A good reason to provide an alternative xorg.conf here may be that your primary configuration makes use of NVIDIA's Twinview which would render your 3D games like Nexuiz in the middle of your multiscreen setup, spanned across all screens. This is undesirable, thus starting a second X with an alternative config where the second screen is disabled is advised.
A game starting script making use of Openbox for your home directory or /usr/local/bin may look like this:
$ cat ~/game.sh if [ $# -ge 1 ]; then game="`which $1`" openbox="`which openbox`" tmpgame="/tmp/tmpgame.sh" DISPLAY=:1.0 echo -e "${openbox} &\n${game}" > ${tmpgame} echo "starting ${game}" xinit ${tmpgame} -- :1 -xf86config xorg-game.conf || exit 1 else echo "not a valid argument" fi
So after a chmod +x you would be able to use this script like:
$ ~/game.sh nexuiz-glx
Adjusting mouse detections
For games that require exceptional amount of mouse skill, adjusting the response rate can help improve accuracy. Read more here.
Performance on netbooks
Most games will benefit from a RAM upgrade, especially to 2GB (the max supported in most current netbooks). They will often also benefit from overclocking the Intel Atom processor, especially a 24% overclock, that is possible with a bios upgrade in the MSI Wind U100, and possibly others.
See also
- LinuxGames - News on linux games
- Free Gamer - Open source games blog
- FreeGameDev - Free/open source game development community
- Libregamewiki - Free software games wiki
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László Németh <firstname.lastname@example.com>
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Fri, 31 Aug 2012 06:55:25 +0200
Dear Maarten,
thank you very much for your answer.
Best regards,
2012/8/30 Maarten Buis <email@example.com>:
> The main conclusion is that you cannot reject the hypothesis that
> screening intensity is neither linearly nor quadraticly related to
> risk adjusted performance.
> I would look at a scatter plot of performance against screening
> intensity and look if you can see any anomolies. If that does not
> work, than you'll just have to live with the fact that your data tells
> you that the two are unrelated.
> -- Maarten
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 6:59 PM, László Németh wrote:
>> Dear Statalist Users,
>> I would like to analyze the relationship between the risk-adjusted
>> performance (DV) and the screening intensity of the SRI funds (IV). In
>> the first model I assume a linear relationship between these two
>> variables:
>> y = B0 + B1*xi+ui
>> The t-statistic of screening intensity is here 0.84
>> Then I use a second model, where I add the square of screening
>> intensity (Xi2) as a second independent variable: y=B0 +
>> B1*xi+B2*xi2+ui
>> The t-statistic of Xi is 2.02, whereas the t-statistic of Xi2 -2.17
>> is. Based on this results I assume that there is a quadratic
>> relationship between the risk-adjusted performance and the screening
>> intensity of the funds. However, if I run an F-test with the two
>> independent variables I got a p-value of 0.1008.
>> Now, I am not sure how I should interpret these results. Based on the
>> t-statistic, I think that there is a quadratic relationship, but the
>> results of the F-test make me uncertain. That is why I would like to
>> ask for your help in the interpretation of these results.
>> Thank you very much in advance for your help.
>> Best Regards,
>> Laszlo
>> *
>> * For searches and help try:
>> * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
>> * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
>> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
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> 10785 Berlin
> Germany
> http://www.maartenbuis.nl
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If any lessons would have been learnt from the recent Huraa tragedy, it will shortly translate to policies and hopefully legislation which we currently do not have. However more relevant would have been a change in attitude to personal safety, even which cannot sprout up quickly. Reflecting on the Huraa tragedy and past such tragedies, here is a list of improvements which could be helpful.
- Resorts could employ life guards to monitor the beaches full time because our tourism industry is rapidly changing with more arrivals coming from mainland China and the East which is very different from traditional European markets.
- Some resorts even now do employ safety procedures like making guests wear life jackets on the journey to and from airport / resort which is a good thing. Although most resorts still overlooks this procedure, it could be a good improvement on personal safety issues.
- Over the course of the last few years, we have lost quite a number of able bodied fishermen to sea at various work related accidents. Safety work regulation could make it a requirement for fishermen also to don proper safety gear at work.
- Construction industry also needs tougher rules on safety. Currently the only guys who wear the hard-hats and safety shoes in a typical construction site will be expat contract workers whose only fear which makes them wear them is possible loss of insurance cover in an eventuality.


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- John Edward Shearen, 51, is charged with possessing and distributing child pornography
- Agents find 500,000 to 1 million videos and images on devices in his Florida apartment
- Pieces of children's clothing were also found in Shearen's apartment in Leesburg
A 51-year-old man had between 500,000 and 1 million full-length child pornography videos and images inside his central Florida apartment, said authorities, who accused him of downloading and sharing the illicit materials.
John Edward Shearen of Leesburg, Florida, was arrested Thursday on 15 counts of possession of child pornography and 15 counts of distribution of child pornography, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced.
He was later booked, without bond, into Lake County Jail.
His arrest came after FDLE agents executed a search warrant at his residence in Leesburg's Lakeside Pointe apartment complex, about 45 miles northwest of Orlando. They found the illicit videos and images on computers and "mass media storage devices," the state agency said.
Steve Arthur, an FDLE spokesman, said pieces of children's clothing were also found inside the apartment.
Asked what Shearen would have done with the clothes, FDLE Special Agent Jeff Duncan told CNN affiliate WFTV, "He (told us) that he utilizes them himself, but it's virtually impossible."
According to Arthur, more videos and images were found in Thursday's raid than in any other in state history.
Donna Rice-Hughes, an Internet safety advocate, said it's hard to tell definitively how the Leesburg discovery compares to others around Florida, the United States and the world, noting that child porn is alarmingly and sometimes easily viewed and shared online.
Every time an image or video is seen, the child featured in it is victimized once again, she stressed. On the other side, a law enforcement initiative like Thursday's in Florida gives authorities more clues to track down those who produce the videos and images.
"Pedophiles trade porn for other child porn. They often times barter or sell it," said Rice-Hughes, president of the advocacy group Enough is Enough.
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I started to watch Conan last year's november. Firstly, I just wanted to finish it, so I didn't watch it properly. But when I caught it at february, I started to see its mysteries. Now I'm here.
My real name is Dicle, I'm 15 years old and from Turkey (Hey! If there are any Turks here, let me know). I'm obviously not a native English speaker, I can have some mistakes. Also feel free to warn me if I behave badly. I'm really asocial and may not know when it is unacceptable.
Conan is one of the first animes I've watched and only manga I've ever read. My favorite character after Masumi is Syuukiti, I find him similar to myself. I prefer BO plot to any romance plot, not that keen on to romance. And movies are too embarrassing and a bit unrealistic for me, yet I like to watch them. While I prefer manga because it is earlier and original, I also watch anime for audio and realisticity.
As for my personality , I'm a person with evil and crazy thoughts while not being that evil or crazy to make them real. And I can be a bit childish. I really like writing, I don't know how to live without writing anything (or DC). I daydream all the time I'm awake and this is a part of me which I don't really like, however I can't get rid of it and got used to.
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One of the best things you can do for your sense of self-worth is stop reading "women's" magazines. They have to sell you figuratively on your own "imperfections" in order to literally sell you the beauty products that are their raison d'etre. Throwing those magazines away — or canceling your subscription, or reading Newsweek instead of Glamour in the waiting room — cuts off one source of the fat hatred and misogyny that pervade so much of our culture.
Once you've broken off ties to the mainstream beauty machine, you might find yourself looking around for other sources of style inspiration. Here, as in so many aspects of life, the internets come through for us. There's Fatshionista on LJ, of course, which can be a little unruly now that it's got so many members but which is a great place to see fabulous fatties rock their own styles (and to get cheap duds on Friday sales posts). Fatshionista.com's impeccably stylish Lesley has been doing "outfitblogging" posts, which feature pictures of recent outfits and thoughtful musings on her own style sources. And to complete the trifecta, there's a Fatshionista Flickr group, which has over 2,000 photos to inspire your wardrobe (and where you can see Lesley, Joy Nash, stitchtowhere, and other friends of SP!).
If you're okay with style resources that aren't fat-focused, there are a ton of street style blogs out there. The Sartorialist is the grandaddy of all street fashion blogs, but if you want a more radical take on fashion, check out Hel Looks, which brings us street fashion from Helsinki, Finland. There's also the new Advanced Looks, which features street fashion, oldster-style. My personal favorite style stop, though, is Flickr's Wardrobe Remix — I love it because anyone can post to it, and there are so many creative dressers out there. You see a lot of glamorous thin people, true, but you also see fatties and inbetweenies and nerds and weirdos. If you feel overwhelmed by the sheer hugeness of the Flickr pool, check out Bits & Bobbins' Wardrobe Remixers of the Week (currently on maternity hiatus, but check out the great archive).
And, of course, let's not forget Catorialist, for the discerning feline.
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Admission to Mercy College is a two-step process. The first step is College admission. The second step is program admission. Each program has admission requirements beyond those for College admission.
College applications are processed for general College admission before consideration to a professional program. Admissions Office personnel will determine if criteria for admission to the College have been met. Prospective students will receive an acceptance status after the application process has been completed.
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Whether you're shooting with a smartphone or have a semi-professional travel camera, Jeff share's his methods for preparing the perfect product photography shoot.
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Rejecting Sharad Pawar's stance on GM crops being the answer to India's food security, 17 Greenpeace activists unfurled a massive banner with the message "Say NO to GM, Yes to Food Security" at the Food Corporation of India's godown in Delhi's Mayapuri area. As the parliament prepares to kick off the budget session tomorrow, this act reiterates that the solution lies in adopting a holistic view of food security with focus on better food distribution systems rather than promoting false solutions like genetically modified crops (GM).
Greenpeace urges the Minister of Environment, Jayanthi Natarajan, who is the decision maker on the environmental release of GMOs to intervene so that the MoA does not mislead the debate of food security.
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We invite you to explore our other training offerings for technical professionals. Our online offerings include O'Reilly's subscription service, Safari, video, and interactive tutorials, some of which are written using the Jupyter Notebooks. We're also increasing the in-person training programs offered in conjunction with O'Reilly events.
Some context: over the past few years, we've seen a dramatic change in how people learn the technology they need to succeed in today's tech environment. Rather than following a traditional education model, people are choosing from a spectrum of instructional methods that are interactive, online, and media-rich. They "choose the hat to fit the head," whether they need to find answers on the fly, learn complex technologies through hands-on practice, or get inspiration and insider information directly from experts. At O'Reilly, we believe in this multifarious, student-driven future, and we're building a spectrum of tools and tutorials for modern learners.


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Last week, more than 150 tornadoes ripped through the Southern United States killing many. Satellite images have captured images of the tornadoes' tracks and in this particular image, you can clearly see it zipping diagonally across the screen.
The tornado whisked by Griffin, Georgia and was on the ground for around 25 minutes. The tornado was half a mile wide and its entire path lasted around 20 miles. It was classified as an EF3 tornado with winds of about 140 mph. This particular tornado didn't do as much destruction as the others but it's still unbelievably scary. How do you avoid something that wide and that fast. [PhysOrg]


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Michael Weinstein
- Career Highlights
- Third horn with Nashua, New Hampshire, Symphony Orchestra
- Alcyon Chamber Ensemble hornist
- Composer of various large ensemble, chamber, and solo concert music works published by Boosey and Hawkes and Micha Music
- Cofounder, hornist, and artistic director of Capital Brass Quintet
- Member of Berklee Faculty Brass and Woodwind quintets
- Member of Massachusetts Young Audiences North Winds Quintet
- Awards
- Recipient of U.S. Air Force Arnold D. Gabriel Award
- Education
- B.F.A., State University of New York
- M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
- Ph.D., Brandeis University
In Their Own Words
"I really think it's important to link music theory with the practice of music. I'm actively playing as a hornist, and equally actively creating contemporary concert music as a composer. In the classroom we'll do a counterpoint assignment together on the board. I'll start by putting something up, then have everybody in the class contribute a measure or two, eventually leading up to writing a whole exercise. By the end, when I play what we've written out of thin air on the piano, there's a real feeling of accomplishment."
"The ability to control dissonance and consonance is really important in writing music. There are some conventions in tonal writing, but there's also a great deal of freedom. It's fun to get students to think in terms of independently moving voices in counterpoint, then learn how to handle dissonance and consonance, including the use of the typical expressive non-chord tones."
"I always tell students that their work shouldn't be arbitrary. It shouldn't be an accident that their music sounds good. I want them to be in control, or as my professor Harold Shapero once told me, 'You should push the notes around, not be pushed around by the notes.' I strongly agree with that idea."
"Since I'm also an active hornist, students come to me for private lessons. There's a great demand at Berklee for French horns in recording sessions, in film scoring (composers and arrangers love the horn sound in Hollywood), and brass and woodwind ensembles, so every year we get a couple of players. I try to get them to think about the horn not only just as an historical orchestral or chamber instrument but also as a vehicle for expression in more contemporary musical styles such as jazz, pop/rock, and avant-garde concert music. We even do some improvising, which is comparatively rare for hornists."


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The smoker's body is used to getting regular doses of a powerful drug called nicotine. When the body no longer gets the nicotine it craves, the smoker often goes through an uncomfortable, temporary process called nicotine withdrawal.
Understanding the symptoms of withdrawal before your quit date can help you to prepare for them, and help you tailor your plan to overcome them. You may feel lightheaded, dizzy, and have tingling or numbness in your arms and feet. Although unpleasant these changes are healthy due to better blood flow and will go away over time.
You may cough more often because your lungs are cleaning out the waste left by cigarettes. Again, this is a good thing.
You may feel irritable or have mood swings. Hunger, food cravings, difficulty concentrating or sleeping and constipation are also possible. The worst of these are over in a few days, but some degree of symptoms may continue for three to four weeks.
Talk to your healthcare provider about what healthy steps you can take to cope with withdrawal. This may include medication for headaches, irritability, or other symptoms.
Both exercise and relaxation techniques may help. And munching on healthy snacks - vegetables, low fat or whole wheat crackers - and drinking lots of water can also help.
When you prepare to quit, make sure you prepare for withdrawal. Knowing the symptoms, and planning what you can do before you are faced with them, will help you get over this difficult time a little more easily.
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Motorists across Northern Ireland are being advised of potential icy road conditions tonight.
The Department for Infrastructure has warned that road temperatures are forecast to fall close to or below freezing tonight, bringing a risk of frost and icy conditions.
"Salting of the main roads that are likely to be affected is planned for this evening," spokesperson said.
"Road users are advised to take care, particularly when travelling on untreated roads."


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Respondents say long deployments and worries about children and finances are main challenges facing service members.
Pay and benefits, deployments and their effects on children weigh heavily on the minds of military families, according to a new survey.
Eighteen percent of respondents to a May 2010 online survey by the nonprofit Blue Star Families reported pay and benefits as their chief concern, and 41 percent of respondents said it ranked among the top three issues associated with military life. A similar survey in 2009 by the organization found 21 percent of respondents ranked pay and benefits as the top issue that year.
The 2010 survey, which had 3,634 respondents, questioned family members worldwide on stress, relationships, spousal employment, effects of deployment on children and other lifestyle issues.
The majority of respondents -- 73 percent -- were spouses of service members. Almost half of respondents had more than one immediate family member affiliated with the military, according to an executive summary of the survey.
Of the 41 percent who believed pay and benefits ranked among their top three challenges, 84 percent said in an open-ended question they had trouble making ends meet, or believed service members' pay was low.
Contributing to the financial stress could be the fact that 49 percent of spouses felt that being married to a service member had a negative impact on their ability to pursue a career; 53 percent said military moves hurt their careers.
Only 8 percent of respondents believed the status of military spouse had a positive effect on their career. The survey found many spouses with successful careers were allowed to telework.
"This is a wide-screen, big-picture study, and shows the challenges families face with such a small percent of our country serving in the military and bearing the burden of eight years of constant deployments," Vivian Greentree, director of research and policy for Blue Star Families, said in a statement.
Ninety percent of respondents said their stress level was high or much higher while the service member in the family was deployed.
Blue Star Families released the findings late last month during the first-ever joint meeting of the Senate and House Military Family Caucus. Senate caucus Chairwoman Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said, "We need to know … the good and the tough, the bad, the beautiful that you're going through. Because if we know that, information is power -- we can do something about it."
Blue Star Families will post full results of the survey on its website later this month.
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Senate GOP blocks Democrats' equal pay bill
(AP) WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a Democratic bill calling for equal pay in the workplace. But President Barack Obama and his congressional allies aren't finished appealing to women on the No. 1 concern for all voters: the cash in their wallets on the heels of recession.
As expected, the pay equity bill failed along party lines, 52-47, short of the required 60-vote threshold. But for majority Democrats, passage wasn't the only point. The debate itself was aimed at putting Republicans on the defensive on yet another women's issue, this one overtly economic after a government report showing slower-than-expected job growth.
"It is incredibly disappointing that in this make-or-break moment for the middle class, Senate Republicans put partisan politics ahead of American women and their families," Obama said in a statement after the vote.
"Even Mitt Romney has refused to publicly oppose this legislation," added Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. "He should show some leadership."
Unlike past taunts over access to contraception and abortion, Republicans this time didn't take the bait.
In Fort Worth, Texas, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee focused instead on unemployment among Hispanics.
"Of course Gov. Romney supports pay equity for women," said Romney spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg. "In order to have pay equity, women need to have jobs, and they have been getting crushed in this anemic Obama economy."
The device for the choreographed showdown in Washington was a Senate debate over the "Paycheck Fairness Act," a measure that aims to strengthen the Fair Labor Standards Act's protections against pay inequities based on gender.
The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., would require employers to prove that differences in pay are based on qualifications, education and other "bona fides" not related to gender. It also would prohibit employers from retaliating against employees who ask about, discuss or disclose wages in response to a complaint or investigation. And it would make employers who violate sex discrimination laws liable for compensatory or punitive damages. Under the bill, the federal government would be exempt from punitive damages.
Proponents of the bill say it is the next step after the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which Obama signed into law in 2009. The law effectively overturned a Supreme Court decision that had strictly limited workers' ability to file lawsuits over pay inequity. Ledbetter said she didn't become aware of her own pay discrepancy until she neared the end of her 1979-1988 career at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plant in Gadsden, Ala.
Near the end of her career, she received an anonymous tip that she was earning less than her male colleagues. She filed a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. A jury initially awarded her more than $3 million in back pay and punitive damages, a sum that a judge later reduced to $300,000.
Ledbetter herself attended the vote and scolded Republicans for their filibuster.
"Do not let these Republicans keep us from getting paycheck fairness," she told reporters, Reid at her side and a letter from her to Romney posted online by the Obama campaign.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell spoke instead on the looming fight over student loan interest rates. Asked if he was concerned about alienating women with the GOP filibuster, the Kentucky Republican said the bill opened the door to more lawsuits against employers.
"We don't think America suffers from a lack of litigation," McConnell said. "We have a jobless problem. We have a debt problem. We have a deficit problem. We got a lot of problems. Not enough lawsuits is not one of them."
Democrats intend to test that discipline in the coming months by raising hubbubs nationally and in House and Senate races over several issues that disproportionately affect women, or just matter greatly to this group of voters that leans heavily toward their party. Independent women voters in exurbs and suburbs of states like Colorado, Virginia and North Carolina are particular targets, said these officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss strategy.
First up in this category is the looming Senate debate over preventing student loan interest rates from rising next month. Look, too, for hubbubs over raising the minimum wage, extending the Bush-era tax cuts, preserving Medicare and Social Security and access to women's health care, including contraception, the officials said.
The paycheck bill was aimed in part at putting Senate Republicans in tough races in the hot seat over a key women's issue. One, Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, issued a statement emphasizing his support for pay equity but calling the legislation "the right cause but the wrong bill."
"On the heels of last week's dismal jobs report, the last thing we should be doing is putting more job-killing burdens on small businesses and employers," he said.
Tweeted challenger Elizabeth Warren: "Scott Brown voted NO on Paycheck Fairness, telling MA women he thinks it's ok that they continue to earn less than men."


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Heavy rains are forecast through the holiday weekend. Warm weather after that is expected to kick off the melt of high-elevation snows that are much deeper than average.
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In neighboring Idaho, Gov. Butch Otter declared an amergency due to flooding. High water in central Idaho is blamed for the disappearance and likely death of a woman who authorities said was swept into the Salmon River on Wednesday.
And Wyoming directed its National Guard to deploy troops to help counties facing high water.
Even with rivers running wildly from record rainfalls, agencies have started dumping massive volumes of water from low-land reservoirs to get ready for the annual spring melt. That's predicted to flood homes downstream in the Dakotas, and possibly in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri as well.
"There is going to be record flooding all along the Missouri River," said Paul Johnson, director of the Douglas County, Neb., Emergency Management Agency. "This isn't going to return to normal anytime soon."
In Montana, the state's famous rivers and streams — swollen to several times their usual size in places — continued to carry a torrent of debris and damage through small towns and over roads Friday as emergency officials brought in reinforcements and the governor toured the hardest-hit areas.
Mountain peaks were packed with up to twice as much melting snow as usual. And more rain was forecast for a Memorial Day weekend that will to be hard on travellers: Dozens of roads and highways were closed around the state as cresting waters broke through barriers and filled many homes with muddy floodwater.
Officials warned that dozens of campgrounds and fishing access sites also would be closed.
"We are going to be in floods not just here but all over Montana for the next 30 days," Gov. Brian Schweitzer said after a helicopter tour of the waterlogged Crow Indian Reservation south of Billings.
"Things suck, that's the most polite way I can say it," Jeff Gates, the area's disaster and emergency services coordinator said on Friday.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it had no choice but to continue record releases from brimming reservoirs. Dams built decades ago to contain dangerous floodwaters were now being used to release a carefully controlled torrent.Video: Teen rescued from rising floodwaters (on this page)
In Missouri and Nebraska, the river was already spilling over its banks and soaking low-lying farmland. More flooding was predicted as releases from swollen upstream reservoirs were expected to reach "historic" levels, officials said.
"We have gotten about a year's worth of rain in Montana in the last month," said Monique Farmer, spokeswoman for the corps' Omaha, Neb., district. "It's just crazy. It's been an unusual year."
Officials said water is encroaching on cities such as Fort Calhoun, Neb., and Sloan, Iowa — where residents built a temporary levee out of sandbags to help protect a dozen homes near the river.
The Army Corps of Engineers predicted 2011 could be one of the wettest years on record in the Missouri River basin. The agency has predicted flooding into July.
South Dakota officials decided to build emergency earthen levees on each side of the Missouri River in an attempt to protect homes in Pierre and Fort Pierre from floodwaters.
But South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard said waters expected to increase again Saturday with more releases from dams will flood some homes before work on the levee system can begin
"We believe the levee construction is certainly very good news, but some areas will be inundated even as the levees are being constructed," Daugaard said.
In Wyoming, Gov. Matt Mead said Friday he was deploying more than 100 Wyoming National Guard soldiers as more snow was predicted to fall this weekend and the state's huge mountain snowpack was expected to begin melting in earnest next week. Five teams of soldiers will be available next week, and three counties have already requested Guard help.
Unseasonably cool weather could bring a small amount of respite in Montana over the holiday weekend by slowing the melting mountain snows. But Montana Disaster and Emergency Services Division chief Ed Tinsley warned the reprieve could be brief.
Weather officials said another 1 to 2 inches of rain was forecast over the weekend for eastern Montana. May has already seen over 5 inches of rain in Glasgow — a place accustomed to not much more than an inch for the entire month.Video: Floodwaters force animals out of Dakota zoo (on this page)
The additional precipitation could cause the Milk River in northern Montana to rise another foot, putting it 6 feet beyond flood levels, said Bill Martin, National Weather Service meteorologist.
The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks warned anxious anglers that the state's blue-ribbon trout streams are now carrying "all manner of dangerous debris." The agency closed access to the rivers in many places and warned those who try to brave the floodwaters to be prepared.
Schweitzer and U.S. Sen. Jon Tester toured waterlogged communities to gauge the damage from flooding that has spread across the state. Several dozen homes in the central Montana town of Roundup remained underwater.
A 170-mile stretch of U.S. 12 from Harlowton to Forsyth was closed Friday morning, state Transportation Department officials said. Roundup emergency services said the closure cut off road access to the town from the west and east. The only way into Roundup by road was from the north because U.S. 87 south of town also was shut down, officials said.
On the Crow Reservation, officials have tallied 200 damaged homes and that figure is expected to rise, Chairman Cedric Black Eagle said. Also damaged by the high waters were irrigation systems, roads, bridges and other infrastructure.
"It will be six months to a year before things are back to normal," Black Eagle said.
About 300 reservation residents fled north to Billings to take temporary refuge on a college campus where the Red Cross had set up a shelter in a residence hall. Crews were working Friday to restore full pressure to the reservation's water supply.
Montana's governor also planned to travel north to Lewistown, where floodwater had swamped parts of town and forced road closures.
The state was expecting help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency by next week.
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If you like a good old fashion pitchers duel, then this one was for you. Jeff Samardzija and Mat Latos went toe-to-toe in this one, and it almost didn't even happen. Both pitchers received visits from the trainer in the first inning, Latos after being hit with a hard ground ball off the bat of Julio Borbon, and Samardzija ripped up the nail of his index finger on his pitching hand while trying to knock down a ground ball. Both pitchers stayed in the game, Samardzija with blood dripping from his hand and both were outstanding. Todd Frazier was the only player to make an impact on offense for either team as he connected on an estimated 480 foot home run in the sixth inning, and that was enough for Latos and the Reds. The Cubs threatened in the eighth but once again couldn't make contact to score a run. Alfonso Soriano pinch hit in the eighth and struck out with runners at second and third with only one out. Then DeJesus was robbed by Zack Cozart on a ground ball back up the middle, if it gets through the Cubs lead 2-1, it didn't, Cubs lose.
At The Plate – As I mentioned, the Cubs really didn't get much going off of Latos, Broxton, and Chapman in this one. Julio Borbon had a solid day as he made good contact a few times, he went 1-for-3 with a double. Both Starlin Castro and Anthony Rizzo were 1-for-4 in the loss, Castro was also caught stealing. Luis Valbuena and Cody Ransom were the only other Cubs that registered his in the loss.
On The Mound – Jeff Samardzija was solid again, this time while battling an injury, and still ended up with a loss, his fourth of the season despite an ERA of 3.03, sounds like much of the Cubs staff. Samardzija went six innings giving up one run on seven hits while walking three and striking out eight. Shawn Camp and James Russell gave the Cubs a shot late as they each tossed a scoreless inning out of the pen.
Up Next – The Cubs travel to Miami to take on the Marlins in a four game weekend set. Edwin Jackson will start things off against Kevin Slowey at 6:10 PM CST.
Game Highlights:
Samardzija's gutsy outing
Samardzija get's nicked up
Navarro guns down Votto
DeJesus with a diving grab
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AT&T to Pay $1.9 Billion for Verizon Wireless Spectrum
AT&T announced in an 8-K filing on Friday that it has agreed to acquire spectrum in the 700 MHz B band from Verizon Wireless for $1.9 billion in cash and Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum licenses in several markets, including Phoenix, Ariz., Los Angeles and Fresno, Calif. and Portland, Ore.
The 700 MHz licenses to be acquired by AT&T cover 42 million people in 18 states — California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming.
This acquisition complements AT&T's existing holdings in the 700 MHz B band and will allow AT&T to continue to quickly deploy 4G LTE services to meet demand for mobile Internet services on a wide array of smartphones, tablets and other devices. The company announced in November 2012 that it plans to reach 300 million people in the U.S. with its 4G LTE network by the end of 2014.
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Conservatives send email blast to addresses harvested from Aga Khan livestream
The Conservative party sent out a mass email on Tuesday to web surfers who handed over their email addresses so that they could watch online videos of the Muslim religious leader the Aga Khan make appearances with Prime Minister Stephen Harper last week.
The afternoon email blast was the latest step in what looks to be a carefully co-ordinated social media campaign aimed at winning political support for Harper's appearance with the Aga Khan, who is revered by Canada's 100,000 Ismaili Muslims.
The campaign started two weeks ago, when Employment Minister Jason Kenney sent out an email inviting the Aga Khan's followers to visit stephenharper.ca — a party-controlled website — to watch a livestream of speeches to Parliament on Thursday and an invitation-only event at Toronto's Massey Hall on Friday.
Web surfers who followed the link were asked to fill out a form with their name, email address and postal code, information parties typically gather for fundraising and voter identification purposes.
On Tuesday afternoon, Citizenship Minister Chris Alexander sent an email to people who signed up to thank them for following "a truly meaningful and unforgettable occasion."
Alexander directed recipients back to the site to watch a final video.
"I encourage you to watch it and be moved by the important words of two great world leaders," the email said. "Please feel free to share this opportunity with your friends and family, as well."
Opposition MPs have complained that the party is making unethical partisan use of the visit of a religious leader, since followers were asked to submit their personal information if they wanted to experience the event. MPs also complained that they could not get tickets for the Massey Hall event, which they said contradicted the Aga Khan's message on the importance of pluralism.
Opposition MPs attacked the party's data-collection practices as unethical during question period on Tuesday, but the Conservatives were making no apologies.
"Could the government tell us if it really thinks it is appropriate to use a state visit by a religious leader to gather personal information for the use of the Conservative war machine?" asked NDP MP Charlie Angus during question period on Tuesday.
Paul Calandra, parliamentary secretary to the prime minister, did not comment on data collection, but did praise the Aga Khan's visit.
"Let me just say how proud and honoured I was to be in this chamber to hear the words of the Aga Khan last week, and to hear the affection and esteem in which he holds this country," he said.


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You may have seen Emily & Em's pictures from their trips to the N.C. State Fair. Neither was exaggerating when they blogged about how much fun the fair can be. And since we live, oh, less than 5 miles from the fairgrounds, there was no way we were going to miss it.
(Notice my daugter's expression in this picture? It's because I asked her to take a picture with Dad, and she thought I meant she could actually take the picture. When she found out Mom was taking the picture ... well, you can see what happened.)
We didn't have any fried twinkies or fried mac & cheese, but we did have a blast.


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what will this effect?
Do I also have to fiddle with the bootloader somehow?
Quotewhat will this effect?Sketches built for that board will run correctly at 8 MHz.
QuoteDo I also have to fiddle with the bootloader somehow?Possibly. To upload at 115200 baud, you will need to install a bootloader built to run at 8 MHz. You may be able to halve the baud rate and leave the existing bootloader.
for the pwm you need to change the prescallers
Everything will still work?
Have all the functions been made CPU speed-independent now, then?
servo control, serial comms
I thought this might be the case. I suppose that changing the mega2560.upload.speed parameter will change the upload speed
but as for modifying the bootloader I've no idea where to even start
If I want to use the Arduino bootloader, I can just modify that, right?
How can the servos work if the ppm signal is halved?
As for your second point, I forgot to mention that I am already using an 8MHz crystal in place of a 16MHz one. This is also why I'm not sure why the fuse settings wouldn't be correct - the datasheet gives one setting for external crsytals in the frequency range 8MHz-16Mhz. And as that's all that's really changed, surely the fuse settings should be the same...
...using the USBTinyISP to upload the program...Uploading the first program after burning the bootloader was fine, but if I tried to upload again then I'd get an error (something about verification - I forgot to write it down) and the program wouldn't be uplaoded.


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Germany: McDonald's Jazzes Up Restaurants With McCafés
Posted by TheShot on 12 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Café Society, Foreign Brew, Quality Issues, Restaurant Coffee
I've lamented the bizarre insistence on paper-cups-only service by so many espresso retailers in America. Adding insult to injury, according to yesterday's Deutsche Welle, now even the McDonald's in Germany are breaking out the porcelain cups: McDonald's Jazzes Up Restaurants Amid Anti-Union Accusations | Business | Deutsche Welle | 11.04.2007.
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What's Up with That?Sunday, July 30th, 2006
Have you ever heard someone say something and right away thought to yourself just how stupid what they said sounded? Happened to me tonight. Someone on TV said that a car had "caught fire". Caught fire. That has always sounded ridiculous to me. How can a car "catch fire"? The whole idea of catching something implies that someone or something threw that which was caught…does it not? Who threw the fire that the car caught? Why did the car catch it? Why not just miss it on purpose. Cars, houses, fields, forests, all catching fire.
Yep, I was running away with this rant in my head when I reluctantly remembered a now famous roll of toilet paper that "caught fire"…Okay, so maybe I was responsible for throwing that particular bit of fire. Maybe the hapless roll of toilet paper had no choice but to catch that fire. Maybe I just need to shut my mouth.


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Gay Pride festivities have been in the works around the world for months. But those taking part in this weekend's parades and other activities in the United States have extra reason to celebrate, thanks to the US Supreme Court.
As it ended its 2013 term, the high court knocked down the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and effectively did the same to California's Prop. 8 ban on same-sex marriage.
While 35 states still define "marriage" as the legal union of one man and one woman (either by statute or in state constitutions), the rulings immediately increased the percentage of Americans living in gay-marriage states from 18 percent to 30 percent.
That's led many analysts and legal experts – including Associate Justice Antonin Scalia in his sharp dissent in the DOMA case – to conclude that it's only a matter of time until same-sex marriage is legally recognized nationwide. Public opinion polls are pushing US society and politics in that direction as well.
On Sunday, gay pride celebrations were scheduled in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Seattle, St. Louis, and many other cities and towns.
The parade in New York City, where the first pride march was held 44 years ago to mark the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Inn riots that kicked off the modern gay rights movement, is a sort of victory lap for Edith Windsor, the 84-year-old widow who challenged the federal Defense of Marriage Act after she was forced to pay $363,053 on the estate of her late wife. She was picked as a grand marshal for the New York parade months ago.
In the past, 2 million people have marched or been spectators in New York's gay pride parade, and organizers expected that number to be exceeded this year. Record crowds were expected in Chicago, Boston, and San Francisco as well.
In Seattle, organizers of the city's annual gay pride parade were already planning on a larger gathering because Washington voters approved same-sex marriage last November. Voters upheld a law that the Legislature passed earlier in 2012. Since the measure took effect in December, more than 2,400 gay and lesbian couples have gotten married in the state.
In San Francisco, the four plaintiffs in the case that led to the end of California's gay marriage ban will be riding in a contingent organized by the city attorney.
Newlyweds Kris Perry and Sandy Stier of Berkeley, and Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo of Burbank, were able to marry Friday after a federal appeals court lifted a hold it had put on same-sex marriages while the couples' lawsuit challenging the ban worked its way toward and then through the Supreme Court. City officials decided to keep the clerk's office open throughout the weekend so couples who were in town for the celebration could get married.
"We're estimating 1.5 million people will be here," San Francisco Pride president Lisa Williams told USA Today. "You're going to see a wave of happiness, an outpouring of love and hugs."
The parade includes more than 200 contingents, USA Today reports, among them local schools, tech companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter, churches, hospitals and a dog rescue group. They are intermixed with city and state politicians and floats featuring loud music, dancing and varying degrees of risqué dress.
On Saturday, an organization supporting California's Prop. 8 ballot measure – the Arizona-based group Alliance Defending Freedom – filed an emergency petition to the US Supreme Court seeking to halt the immediate lifting of California's ban on gay marriage, which had led to hundreds of immediate same-sex marriages around the state.
That was rejected by Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, who had written the 5-4 majority opinion in the case. The Supreme Court issued a brief statement on Sunday regarding the petition: "Justice Kennedy denied the application on his own, without further comment."
This report includes material from the Associated Press.


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Robin Feuer Miller wins Guggenheim in Humanities
She will work on a book on Dostoevsky and Tolstoy during fellowship
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded Robin Feuer Miller, PhD, the Edytha Macy Gross Professor of Humanities, a fellowship to complete a book project on two towering figures of the 19th-century Russian novel, Fyodor Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy.
Miller is one of 175 scholars, artists and scientists awarded a 2013 Guggenheim fellowship from a group of almost 3,000 applicants in the United States and Canada. Calling the winners "the best of the best," the foundation said this year's fellows represent 56 disciplines, 85 different academic institutions, 30 states and three Canadian provinces.
"I am so excited about tackling this project and by the Guggenheim Foundation's support of it — I can't wait to start," says Miller, who has devoted her academic career to Russian and comparative literature and is known for crossing disciplinary boundaries in her classes —team-teaching literature and studio arts in the same class, for example.
An author of several books about Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, Miller says the two literary contemporaries inevitably invite comparison (they never did meet) and are most often remembered by readers for the unforgettable characters that inhabit the almost endless pages of their novels. Much scholarship on these two giants has focused on equally monumental questions, she says: "How shall I live?" "How shall I die?" "Does God exist?"
Miller's Guggenheim project — "Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and the Small of This World" — intends to turn the grandiosity of their novels inside out. She aims "to approach these writers not through the great plots and the massive heroes of their works, but to creep upon them from the side — to look at these men through the animals, children and minor characters in their works," she explains.
"The small of this world" refers to a Russian proverb with a vaguely Biblical connotation. Miller's project explores how Dostoevsky and Tolstoy inform today's debates about animal rights and animal intelligence, the scourge of bullying, childhood play and moral awareness. It also reexamines the roles of minor characters in their novels, such as Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" and Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov." For instance, Miller's interest in "Anna Karenina" will center not on Kitty, but on her friend Varenka; not Levin, but his brother, Sergei Koznyshev.
For Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, "the 'small of this world' loom large," says Miller.
What makes the project even more unusual is Miller's decision to forgo the usual literary criticism in favor of incorporating the voices of contemporary writers, philosophers and critics like J.M. Coetzee, Annie Dillard and David Foster Wallace, all of whom have written about "the small of this world" in their own work.
Miller will be a Visiting Fellow next year at St. Edmund Hall at the University of Oxford, where her husband, Brandeis biochemist Christopher Miller, PhD (and a 2004 Guggenheim fellow), has also been invited as a visiting professor and distinguished lecturer at Lincoln College.
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