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Reading about Garry Trudeau's attack on Bloggers got me thinking about all of the bad press the mainstream media has thrown at the Blogosphere since…well, since before there was a Blogosphere.
In 1998, a young man (who has since indicated that he hates being called a blogger) burst onto the national scene by the name of Matt Drudge. Here's a little bit of what the mainstream press wrote about Drudge, the first person to gain national recognition as an Internet-based journalist:
In 1998, Doug Harbrecht was the president of the National Press Club and Washington news editor of Business Week magazine. Here's how he introduced Drudge, when Drudge was invited to speak at Washington's National Press Club in June 1998:
I'd like to welcome Club members and their guests in the audience today, as well as those of you watching on C-SPAN or listening to this program on National Public Radio.I must confess, my first reaction to having our speaker today at the National Press Club was the same as what a lot of other members of the Club have had: Why do we want to give a forum to that guy?
Then there's Keith Olbermann, that bright spark of cable TV chat shows. Speaking at Cornell University's commencement around that same time, he quipped that Newsweek's story on Monica Lewinsky got scooped "by an idiot with a modem who has decided that his job is to take any rumor he hears and put it out onto the Internet."
Similarly, the New York Times dubbed Drudge "the country's reigning mischief maker and proprietor of a one-man Internet gossip column". And Columbia Journalism Review wrote that "Drudge isn't a reporter; he's your next-door neighbor gossiping over the electronic fence".
The irony is that Drudge was hardly the first one-man citizen content provider. As Jonah Goldberg wrote around that time, I.F. "Izzy" Stone published his own one-man newsletter for almost twenty years. And in contrast to Drudge, the leftwing Stone was praised by numerous big-league journalists:
[Stone] was called a "journalist's journalist" by ABC's Peter Jennings. The Los Angeles Times hailed him as "the conscience of investigative journalism." The New York Times' Anthony Lewis praised him as "the reporter who taught us to penetrate the squid-ink of official truth."
Jonah asked, "So why is Stone considered a brave iconoclast by the Dan Rathers of the world, while Drudge is treated like something Rather might accidentally step in on the New York sidewalks outside CBS headquarters?"
Perhaps because Drudge was the harbinger of things to come. Since then, numerous citizen journalists have arrived on the scene. Back in 2002, Glenn Reynolds, one of the pioneers of using Weblogs as a news and opinion publishing platform, asked his readers to email in if his site influenced them to launch their own Weblogs.
The result? Over 200 bloggers (including us) cited Instapundit as their inspiration. And that number has only increased–exponentially–since.
But the rise of this army of populist pundits only angered the mainstream media. This has resulted in some…amusing…commentary from newspapers who hold themselves out as representing "the little guy"–until the little guy decides to go into the same business. We can only provide a taste of some of the thousands of words written about Weblogs since 9/11, but hopefully it will give you an idea of what some of the recurring themes of their criticism contain.


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Tragedy has struck our community yet again.
A week ago, a young 20-year-old mother was fatally injured in a three-vehicle wreck on Ga. Highway 16 East. State troopers believe Hannah Hobbs of Senoia slowed down because a car in front of her had stopped to make a turn. A driver behind her in a box truck was unable to stop in time.
That driver, Devin McAdams, 28, of Lawrenceville, steered to the right to try to avoid hitting Hannah's car. However, he hit the car at an angle, sending it into ongoing traffic where it struck a Ford F-150 truck head-on.
Hannah was declared brain dead late last Thursday at an Atlanta hospital. Her funeral will be Saturday at Hillcrest Chapel Funeral home in Newnan at 2 p.m.
An unbelievable tragedy filled with countless "what-ifs."
Yet Hannah's story will not end with her burial at Forest Lawn Memorial Park following the service. In fact, Hannah will live on for many years to come.
Hannah was an organ donor.
According to family friends, eight of Hannah's organs were transplanted. A 13-year-old girl will receive Hannah's heart and an 8-year-old will get a kidney.
Less than two years ago, a similar tragedy occurred. Just before Christmas, 9-year-old Abby Bacho was killed in a car accident. Her family donated her organs so others could live.
Two people, a young mother and a child, died in horrible accidents. And yet, thanks to Hannah's decision and that of Abby's parents, others are alive today with new hearts, kidneys, livers and other vital organs.
In the midst of death, hope and life live on.
According to the federal government's organdonor.gov website, 28,051 people received organ transplants in 2012. However, the gap between those needing transplants and organs available continues to grow.
"The reality is that the number of candidates waiting continues to dwarf the number of donor organs available, and only you can change this – by registering as an organ, eye, and tissue donor and encouraging others to do so as well," the website states.
We urge you to consider becoming an organ donor. Who knows the impact that decision could have on another's life. For those in Georgia, simply visit www.donatelifegeorgia.org to register.


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Former K-1 and DREAM fighter Hong Man Choi (Choi Hong-Man in Korea) has apparently found himself in some legal trouble this week after a report came out that he purportedly assaulted her in his bar on October 8th while arguing over a bill. The woman claims that Choi had overcharged her and began to argue with Choi over the sum on the bill, which then escalated into a heated argument and ended with Choi punching her in the head. She waited until the next day and posted the complaint against Choi on an internet police portal.
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Tour de France 2013 Stage 12
Fougeres to Tours 218km
The finish in Tours is the second to last sprinter-friendly stage of the race. As such, the teams of Argos-Shimano, Lotto-Belisol, and Omega Pharma-Quickstep all had an interest in controlling the race. Keeping it all together for Marcel Kittel, Andre Greipel, and Mark Cavendish respectively would give each of these fast-twitch riders a shot at a stage win today and the Maillot Vert in Paris. Peter Sagan and his Cannondale Pro Cycling teammates, in contrast, would be happy to see a breakaway survive and then set up the Slovak, currently decked out in Green as the Points leader, to snatch whatever points he can.
So when the day's break rolled out 5km (3.1mi) into the stage, there was little chance it would see the finish. That didn't mean the five didn't try. The last of their lot, Vacansoleil's Juan-Antonio Flecha resisted until six kilometers (3.7mi) remained until the finish.
Flecha was the most animated of the group. He also worked the hardest to snag points at the intermediate sprint, though he was overtaken by Astana's Francesco Gavazzi just before the line. Behind them, Omega Pharma led out Cavendish for sixth place points. Sagan went late and got boxed against the barriers, finishing eight, just behind Greipel.
With just under three kilometers (1.9mi) remaining, a crash near the front took out Greipel, and with it his chance to move up on Sagan. The crash also separated the top fifteen riders from the rest of the peloton, making the sprint safer, and, owing to the rules, allowing most everyone to finish on the same time as the winner.
Everyone knew that the finish came after two right-hand turns in the final kilometer (.625mi). There was a good chance the second rider out of that turn would win the day. And that man was Cavendish, following his lead out man Geert Steegmans. The Manx Missile launched, with Kittel and Sagan behind. Kittel went left, Sagan right. Kittel overtook Cavendish in the final meters, winning in a photo-finish. Sagan didn't have the gas to catch up, took a clear third.
The finish moved Cavendish into second in the Points competition. Greipel, out of commission due to his crash, drops to third. With a gap of 94 points and only two likely field sprints remaining in the race, it has gotten much harder for Sagan to be separated from the Maillot Vert.
After the finish, Sagan was once again pleased with his performance. "It was a long day, but it was good because the breakaway made the ride less stressful. Sure, the final kilometers were a bit stressful and there was the crash, but I was happy not to be caught up in it." For a guy who is racking up second- and third-place finishes like nobody's business, Sagan remains remarkably satisfied with his performance. Having the Maillot Vert helps - sometimes the competition is called "regularity," an awkward translation, but appropriate for Sagan. He's been the most consistent finisher in the race.
Tomorrow represents the last best chance of a pure sprinter taking a stage win until the race arrives in Paris. The 173km (108mio) Thirteenth Stage courses from Tours to Saint-Amand-Montrond and has little to offer in the way of difficulty. There is a hill that starts 10km from the finish, but it's uncategorized and probably will not offer enough gravitational resistance to drop Greipel and Cavendish. Still, the hill offers possibilities. If Cannondale Pro Cycling drives the pace, they might put those two into difficulty and pave the way to a Peter Sagan stage win. It could also help attackers like world champion Philippe Gilbert of BMC springboard to victory.
Tour de France 2013 Stage 12
Fougeres to Tours 218km
Stage Results
1. Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano in 4:49:49
2. Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step at same time
3. Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling same time
4. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha same time
5. Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida same time
29. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) same time
40. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) same time
62. Kristijan Koren (Slo) same time
64. Brian Vandborg (Den) same time
80. Alan Marangoni (Ita) same time
171. Moreno Moser (Ita) 0:04:01
172. Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) same time
General Classification
1. Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 47:19:13
2. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:03:25
3. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:03:37
4. Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:03:54
5. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:03:57
General Classification Cannondale Pro Cycling
87. Kristijan Koren (Slo) 1:04:33
90.Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) 1:08:02
108. Alan Marangoni (Ita) 1:19:45
111. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) 1:21:05
115. Moreno Moser (Ita) 1:22:07
116. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) 1:23:36
154.Brian Vandborg (Den) 1:45:45
Points Competition
1. Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 307 pts
2. Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 211
3. André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 195
4. Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 177
5. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha 157


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Nokia's oversized but affordable Lumia 1320 has been announced and shown to the world! Earlier this week Apple and Nokia went head to head with device announcements. While the fruit clad manufacturer pumped out more of the same, Nokia announced a few company firsts. Nokia is as you may very well know the proud manufacturers ...Tags: 5 mega pixel, Nokia 1320, NFC, Lumia 1320, Lumia 1520


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Jim Hoey claimed by Blue Jays, closing a chapter on J.J. Hardy trade
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The Jim Hoey era has officially come to an end for the Minnesota Twins.
The hard-throwing right-hander was claimed off waivers Monday by the Toronto Blue Jays, almost one year to the day after he was acquired in a trade for shortstop J.J. Hardy. The Twins also outrighted shortstop Pedro Florimon to Triple-A Rochester, leaving the 40-man roster at 38.
Hoey, 28, pitched 24 2/3 innings for the Twins last season, struggling to the tune of a 5.47 ERA with only 14 strikeouts and 13 walks issued. He posted a 3.83 ERA with 38 strikeouts and 21 walks in 42 1/3 innings for Triple-A Rochester.
The Twins were ingrigued by Hoey's mid-90's fastball, but he was unable to develop a major-league caliber secondary pitch. This offseason the team decided he likely wasn't going to play a role in the immediate or long-term future of the rebuilding of a Joe Nathan-less bullpen.
Hoey was acquired by the Twins on Dec. 9, 2010 along with right-hander Brett Jacobson, who struggled at Double-A New Britain, posting a 4.56 ERA with 80 strikeouts, 58 walks and nine home runs allowed in 100 2/3 innings.
Meanwhile, Hardy went on to hit .269/.310/.491 with 30 home runs in 567 plate appearances for the Baltimore Orioles in 2011.
According to multiple sources, the Twins had planned to non-tender Hardy prior to the 2010 winter meetings unless they could generate trade interest. Coming off an injury-plagued season, Hardy was set to earn just under $6 million through arbitration -- a price tag the Twins weren't thrilled about entertaining.
The Twins elected to tender Hardy a contract just prior to those meetings, where discussions with the Orioles picked up. The Twins also lost some leverage due to winning the bid on Tsuyoshi Nishioka.
Hardy eventually went on to sign a three-year, $21 million extension after a hot start, which is a bargain deal for an above-average defensive shortstop who hits for power.


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Nick Badami, a visionary leader who helped make Park City Mountain Resort a world-class resort, died June 4 at his house in Tucson, Ariz. surrounded by family.
Historical snowfall sets stage for best-ever winter in 2007-2008
A secret sliver of the past, Homewood Mountain Resort has the folksy charm of a 1960s ski hill with vertigo-inducing views of Lake Tahoe. Locals are nostalgic about the place, and for good reason. Homewood sells lift tickets for the throwback price of $29 on 29 days throughout the season. Though the lodges need some updating and the lifts remain old-school slow—there is only one high-speed quad—Homewood offers varied and excellent terrain. You can cruise groomers nearly two miles from the top to the lake shore, but venture off the corduroy and you'll find some of the best treeskiing in the Tahoe Basin. Hobbit Land is a secluded tree stand, your turns deep and silent through a canyon. Dutch Treat and White Lightning are steep mogul runs that weave in and out of glades, but hit these early—they're south-facing and can get crusty. Quail Face is a monster that's hike-in/hike-out, experts only. You'll see families skiing together all day, doing laps on the Old Homewood Express, which serves fast and fun intermediate slopes. On sunny days, enjoy lunch outside the warming hut on Rainbow Ridge, spectacularly perched over the lake. Not surprisingly, given Homewood's intimate feel, it's almost always possible to find untracked lines among the trees. One drawback? The resort's lower elevation can lead to less snow coverage and a shorter season. If you're keen on nostalgia, you want to get to Homewood soon because changes are in store here in the next few years. Bought in 2006 by JMA ventures, a development company best known for rebuilding Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco, Homewood is scheduled for a major makeover, starting at the end of this season.{ the details }
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◗ APRÈS The Ridge Pub at Homewood hops with a local vibe. Sunnyside, just down the road, serves superb fish tacos.
◗ DINING Bridgetender, in Tahoe City, is the spot to go for burgers and beers. The West Shore Cafe is upscale, delectable and across the street from Homewood's North Lodge. For breakfast, the Fire Sign Cafe makes a mean smoked salmon omelet. Head to Tahoma Market for massive sandwiches.
◗ LODGING Sunnyside has beautiful lakefront options; sunnysideresort.com. The suites at West Shore Inn are a bit pricier; westshorecafe.com. Rustic B&Bs, such as The Chaney House, offer reasonable rates, or rent your own cabin; tahoeaccommodations.com.
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Ray J talks "I Hit It First" controversy [Video]
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Los Angeles, CA – Ray J talks to Karen Civil about the "I Hit It First" music video and the controversy surrounding the song.
Ray J has been getting a lot of attention, bad and good, for his Kim Kardashian "diss" (depending who you ask) record. Of course, he's loving every minute of it:
"The video is coming next week. I can't compare it to an SNL skit, I can't compare it to a spoof but we are having fun about my life. It's so light. Of course the video is going to have those elements because we are having fun and people know what the concept about but we are kind of taking a spoof on my life."
Despite the obvious references to Kim, and her baby daddy Kanye West, Ray J seems focused on keeping the song on a positive tip, strictly about the music. In an interview with Hot 97 yesterday, Ray J responded to the mass response the song created after being released a few days back:
"It's just a record, yo. You know what I'm saying? They're putting a hundred on fifty. You know? It's a song. It's not about (Kim), it's about a concept, you know what I'm saying? People going way too deep. They just gotta keep it on the surface. I'm not trying to create no war. It's all love, it's just music. I think people digging into it too deep. Like, it's a song, we just having fun."
He can be seen denying it to be a diss in the video as well. Ray J also admitted to Civil TV that his celebrity sister Brandy is likely none too pleased about "I Hit It First" but has yet to speak with her:
"I gotta be honest with you, Brandy is a bit upset. I haven't talked to her because I know what type of lecture I'm going to get. Brandy is a whole different type of person. She lives in a different kind of world. I'm way more turnt up, my lifestyle is way more on the edge. For her, a lot of things I do, she might not understand but I can say she has my back. Of course, it's a record that has a lot of controversy to it. We can't deny that. From an independent marketing strategy, we felt it was the perfect way to impact and set up all the different projects we have coming out."


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Since I wasn't there, it cannot be obvious to me, one way or the other. This↑ is precisely what I was talking about. You telling me that someone else saw something, is proof of nothing at all.
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I think the evidence is quite clear. I mean obviously people weren't seeing flares in Pheonix, Arizona. Nor are people seeing the planet Venus when they see a moving object in the sky......
Now flip that around. If you want others to take you seriously, then prove it. Don't just say it. Anyone can say anything. Providing no evidence, makes for an extremely weak argument.
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The point of this post is this: If the government wants us to take them seriously, even when they lie then why do they come up with idiotic coverups?.......
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Rush to judgment in Irish miscarriage tragedy
Catholic World News - November 15, 2012
Irish columnist David Quinn points out that very little is known about the medical details surrounding the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar, who died of septicemia after complications in pregnancy. But one thing that is clear, Quinn shows, is that the public uproar blaming her death on Catholic teaching is misguided. Neither Church teaching nor Irish law would have required doctors to send the young woman home when she was undergoing a painful miscarriage and her life was in danger.
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It's Shark Week and while the rest of the Internet is cooing over videos of great whites and special episodes of Mythbusters, we here at Styleite are taking this opportunity to talk about another (typically) week-long event that also culminates in blood in the water: our periods! Join us as we talk all things Aunt Menstruation, from the silver lining to shedding our uterine linings to lifespan of a pair of period panties. In today's installment, and in honor of the release of Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist, resident Angry Feminist Mariella Mosthof would like to stand before you naked (not really naked) and testify her single source of feminist guilt: a failure to use eco-friendly menstrual products.
I've written before about my confusion over why books on puberty geared towards young girls fail to mention any menstrual products other than pads and tampons. So maybe I'm just being dense. But also: maybe the reason I fail to grasp the practical applications of eco-friendly methods is because no one tells you the surreptitious way to empty a Diva Cup in a public restroom ahead of surfing your first crimson tide.
And I obviously suffer an immense amount of guilt about this, because of course I WANT to be a Good Feminist who doesn't pollute her Mother Earth with landfills upon landfills of plastic applicators and synthetic fibers. But seriously, how do I rinse out my sea sponge at the sink while my boss is chatting to me about traffic goals and then walk back into a stall to reinsert it? And then come BACK out and wash my hands again? I am a lady who basically only wears bras to go to the office, but even in my nipple freedom, I cannot fathom executing such a feat casually.
And let's not forget the effects of disposable pads and tampons on women's bodies — which is to say we have no idea what the effect is because there are literally no studies on what stuffing a wad made of bleached non-organic cotton, rayon, and other synthetic fibers inside yourself for a week a month does to your body. The US government has shot down legislation to better regulate what goes into menstrual products SIX TIMES since the issue was first brought before Congress in 1999. Literally, no one thought to raise the issue until nineteen goddamned ninety-nine. So like, I want to hate the patriarchy's total indifference to my health and well-being by ceasing to support corporations who couldn't care less about my vagina while selling me things to put inside of it. But what are my options?
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Reusable pads are super cool and you can even make your own with patterns and fabrics of your choosing, but I don't use pads, so the logistical problems here are for someone else to figure out.
Menstrual cups terrify me for a multitude of reasons. If I'm so toned that I once sent a speculum flying across my gynecologist's office with the sheer force of my kegels, then I can't really imagine a Diva Cup easily making a home inside me. Also, a Diva Cup doesn't work using absorption. It just collects a cupful of your uterine lining and holds it there until you empty it out. What if I miscalculate my output in a given timeframe between checks? The risk of a literal cup that runneth over ruining every fabric in its path seems much greater than a tampon leak.
And then there's the rinsing. Sure, I can discreetly dump my Diva Cup's contents in a toilet in a private bathroom stall, but you're supposed to give it a quick rinse before popping it back in. See: previous note about rinsing in public restroom sinks and just like, subjecting everyone else in the bathroom TO MY BLOOD. It doesn't help that (thanks to those books being all "pads and tampons! pads and tampons!") it's a pretty obscure method of dealing with yourself. I'd be willing to bet most women I encountered in a public bathroom wouldn't know what I was handling and would report me for doing something unsanitary. There's an option that, theoretically, seems much better to me.
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Sea sponges. I like pretty much everything about the idea of using a sea sponge. They're approximately the same size, shape, and consistency of a tampon, so I don't think my vaginal canal would be hostile to this intruder. They're natural, were once living creatures, and come from the sea; in other words, I'd feel like a beautiful mermaid using something organic as part of the circle of life.
Also, you clean them with tea tree oil! How fucking refreshing does that sound? What better woowoo of-the-earth spa nonsense could possibly exist? "Oh, don't mind me, I'm just deodorizing my organic menstrual sponge with tea tree oil while I sip a glass of lemon-and-cucumber-scented ice water."
They will probably save me zillions of dollars (that I can put towards stocking lemons and cucumbers for my water on the reg), since one lasts 3-6 months, and I don't have to worry about the possible side-effects of Dioxyn soaking through my vaginal walls on a monthly basis (which apparently no one else is worrying about anyway).
But again — the rinsing. The agony of making strangers in a public restroom deal with my blood while I rinse my little sea pet out, relieving it of its bloody burden, only to reinsert it and begin the process anew, just seems impractical. Like, I'm legitimately paranoid someone will report me to HR, security, or a business owner for assault with a deadly weapon because blood is a pathogen and I'm subjecting them all to my fluids.
And again — I think if reusable menstrual products were a less obscure method, everyone would be used to everyone rinsing out a little blood in the sink next to them and we could all be shiny, happy, ethically and environmentally responsible people. But until we start mainstreaming these options to girls when they hit puberty, I'm pretty sure Lilith Fair's (RIP) port-o-potty sink station was the only place I ever could have publicly rinsed and reused in solidarity.


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Canonical proudly announced a few minutes ago, May 10th, the immediate availability for download of the Ubuntu 12.04 Business Remix operating system.
Do you remember Ubuntu Business Remix? Of course you do, it was introduced by Mark Shuttleworth and Canonical a few months ago, on February 10th, 2012, with the motto "Time costs money. Save both."
At that time, it was based on the Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system, but now it is based on the recently released and already popular Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) distribution.
"Most businesses deploying Ubuntu on corporate desktops perform a similar set of tasks – from removing consumer-focused applications and integrating with existing infrastructure, to installing commercial software for application virtualisation."
"Designed for corporate and government organisations evaluating Ubuntu for their desktop infrastructure, the Business Desktop Remix is a simple base image that can be deployed into your corporate environment or used as a starting point for further customisation." - was stated in the official announcement.
Created for small businesses and corporate/government environments, Canonical removed all the games, file sharing apps, social networking programs, and technical utilities from this edition of Ubuntu 12.04.
Ubuntu 12.04 Business Remix includes VMware Viewer, the OpenJDK 6 Java Runtime Environment, and Adobe's Flash Player plugin.
But that's not all! Because it is now based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin), the Business Remix also features support for Microsoft Windows RDP 7.1 and the Microsoft Visio diagram importer in LibreOffice Draw.
This time, the Ubuntu Business Remix is distributed as ISO images for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. However, a free registration is required first.
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Hello, family and friends!!! This year for school we are particapating in the Polar Plunge. The Polar Plunge is and organization that raises money for the special olympics. If you are not already aware, the special olympics is an olympics for people with disabilities.
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About Transdel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Transdel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB: TDLP - News) is a specialty pharmaceutical company developing non-invasive, topically delivered medications. The Company's innovative patented proprietary Transdel(TM) cream formulation technology is designed to facilitate the effective penetration of drugs through the tough skin barrier to reach the target underlying tissues. In the case of Ketotransdel(TM), the Transdel(TM) cream allows the active ingredient ketoprofen to reach the target soft tissue and exert its well-known anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. The Company is also investigating other drug candidates and treatments for transdermal delivery using the patented Transdel(TM) platform technology for products in pain management and other therapeutic areas. For more information, please visit http://www.transdelpharma.com.
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Bring on the crazy couture!
The 2013 American Music Awards go down on Sunday -- and the show, which already promises one stellar set list, will definitely feature some ridiculous fashion.
Over the years, music's biggest stars have hit the AMA red carpet in some pretty wild styles.
From Jessica Simpson's 2001 red skin-tight leather pantsuit, to Beyonce's 2007 boobylicious golden gown and Ke$ha's 2010 goth getup (complete with one awesome blonde mohawk) -- there have been plenty of terrible memorable looks!
We can't wait to see what stars like Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus will wear this year -- think the "Wrecking Ball" singer will show up with those freaky bleached eyebrows?
Tell toofab in the comment section below, and click "Launch Gallery" above to see some of the worst American Music Awards red carpet looks through the years!
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Recurrence Reminders w Time of Day
I'm trying to set up a recurrence with a reminder for every 14 days beginning Tues (or Jun 17) with the Mobile push notification to occur at 8:30 am.
When I do so the reminder shows up "@ 11:59 pm" and not the requested 8:30 am. How can I get this set up?
Note I'm inputting "every 14 days starting Tues @ 8:30 am,"
"every 14 days starting Jun 17 at 8:30" and the same 11:59 time is what Todoist enters in the reminder.
I've also tried "every 14 days @ 8:30 am starting Tues," which Todoist enters as "every 14 days @ 8:30 am"
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Hi Jim,
You need to have the time before the date. So "every 14 days at 8:30am starting june 17" would be the correct syntax.
When I enter your phrase, that's not what Todoist shows as the reminder. It drops the date and only shows "every 14 days @ 8:30 am."
Is the date indeed entered but simply not reflected or verifiable in the reminder text?
Your comments please!
Yes, that is correct. It's entered, but simply just does not show that information. The reminder will happen each time.


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printing on fabric : august's pARTy
last friday's printing pARTy was so much fun! i only wish i had more space… it was tough for 7 of us to find room to spread out our projects, and deal with plates of fabric paint. but it was still fun! we ate lots of cheese. we drank wine. and we printed lots and lots of flour sack towels, a few tote bags, a t-shirt, a clothespin bag, fabric for curtains, and managed not to make accidental designs on the clothing we were wearing.
lots of pictures after the jump!
we started by cutting stencils in acetate, vellum, and freezer paper. we used templates from lotta prints, circle punches, and drew freehand:
once the stencils were cut, we applied the paint! we mixed acrylic-based fabric paints on old halloween paper plates, and used sponges and brushes to apply the paints onto the fabric:
jenn printed circles on a tote bag:
anna worked on a garbage truck t-shirt for her son, using a freezer paper stencil:
my sister used my circle blocks to print on fabric for curtains:
using a hair dryer, we were able to dry the prints pretty quickly in between colors. here are some off the finished projects!
hosta print & circle towel by jaime:
anna's garbage truck t-shirt:
towel by kathryn, using a stencil from lotta prints and one that i drew:
leaf print towel by jean:
anna's book bag — she drew the book stencil herself (i love her green toenails):
jean added leaf prints to her clothespin bag:
anna's leaf print towel:
kathryn's tote bag, using a stencil i made and circles:
jean's fish towel, using fish stencils i drew:
and me? i didn't make much, due to wine consumption and helping everyone else. however, i did a ton of printing on saturday and will show what i worked on soon!


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2 U.S. Code § 130h - Support services for House during emergency; memorandum of understanding with an executive agency
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The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives may not enter into a memorandum of understanding described in subsection (a)(1) of this section without the approval of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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But a new study published in the Eastern Economics Journal says more sleep can actually hurt your teen's grades.
Conventional wisdom says a teenager who gets more sleep would probably get better grades and do well in school.
Federal guidelines recommend nine hours every night, but that may be too much.
For high school students, seven hours is actually the optimum amount of sleep a teenager needs, according to the study conducted by BYU economics professors Eric Eide and Mark Showalter.
Eide and Showalter used data on sleep and standardized test scores that already existed.
But, unlike other studies, they allowed for the possibility that more sleep didn't always lead to better results.
"When (parents) read our study and find out that seven hours is really fine, then that makes them feel better about their teenager's sleep pattern," Eide said.
"I'm really tired a lot so I need a lot of sleep," said Anna Branson, a student at East High School.
Hannah Dawson agreed. "I probably get like ten hours of sleep. Like nine or ten."
At least one teacher has seen something different, though.
"I think that my experience is more often than not is seeing sleep deprived students with their heads on desks who look as though they need a little bit of cold water on their face," said East High teacher Rebecca Richardson.
The study also showed that the amount of sleep that led to the best grades tended to decline with age, with 16-year-olds needing less than 10-year-olds.
Eide and Showalter looked at data from over 1700 students gathered by the Panel Study of Income Dynamics-Child Development Supplement.
While students admit that they'd like more sleep, some say that ultimately they agree with study - maybe a little less is a little better.
"I feel like I perform less when I get more sleep because I become like lazy," said Daniel Ponce. "I don't want to do anything, and I got all my rest. But when I'm tired, I feel like doing something else and not get tired at all.
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Are you following along on the Kids' Crafternoon blog tour – Poppytalk posts interview with me about the book :: Picklebums reviews the books and makes some of the crafts with her 7yr old kids :: Little eco footprints makes the limby dolls with her little ones (see image below of their limbys)
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Cycling injury, recovery and health issues.
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Re: Running
No - it just gives you sore knees...
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Re: Running
I was a runner before I started cycling. Lots of cyclists are like this... running ruins your body but is more effective at burning calories.
At first, I found that the increased training I was doing (running my normal load, plus cycling) was improving my running.
Then I found that the muscles are used very differently, and some that are lengthened by running are shortened by cycling (eg hip flexors), and vice versa. If you look at what the leg position is during the period of highest power delivery, you'll see the difference.
In short, Cycling is more in the quads, running is more in the glutes/hamstrings.
If you want to improve your cycling, try stair climbing. Much more similar action to cycling (kinda like standing in a sprint), with awesome cardio too. Will kill your knees pretty quickly though.
Others with more training/experience will know more but that's just my 2c.
Re: Running
ONly reason im asking is my friend does triathlons and is training for 70:30 ironman, so ive been going out running with him lately and just wondered really what way it would either help or not help me.
I suspect you would get better value if you went swimming training with him. Good for cardio and neglected upper body.
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Re: Running
I'm a reformed (and still occasional) runner who is now primarily a cyclist. I believe that running builds aerobic capacity far more effectively (per minute spent) than cycling.
I tackled Mt Sugarloaf near Newcastle for the first time a few weeks ago. There's nothing scientific about it, but believe that my 2 x 5k runs p.w at good pace helped get me up the last stretch - a rather steep section at 15-18% known as "The Ramp". I put it down to running building my aerobic capacity. Lots of cyclists I know who don't run failed at that section of the ride.
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Re: Running
When I was running and cycling together years ago the mix of the two seemed to be perfect.
However, after some time being off the bike and living in a very hilly part of Charlestown Newcastle, I dragged the bike out and pumped the tires and decided to ride instead of run.
At the time I was running around 30-40km per week at the time and was extremely fit however I hadn't cycled for about 12 months or a tad more.
Well, blow me down, I couldn't believe how hard I found it on the bike. I only managed a few short km and gave it away thinking how much easier running was than cycling (unfair I know, different muscle sets).
My advice from my distant past is that running and cycling work well together while ever you keep them both up.
There are only two types of cyclist.
Those that have crashed and those that are about to.
Re: Running
I ride 20km's a day, to work and back 10km each way, then possibly a longer cycle in the morning taking in around 50km mondays and thursday i try to do it but some times just doesnt work before work.
Then at weekends i would go out on the bike also and do a ride between 70 - 100km
Then the running fits in around that, say a 6.30pm run up the coast.
Obviously i want to get my bike fitness to the best it can and also help my friend train for the ironman without it doing damage to my bike fitness.
Re: Running
I think that's is the crux of it. You need to keep up both. I have swung too much towards cycling to keep my running effective, but that's fine by me.
Lots of stretching helps too.
Re: Running
I'd be interested to see how you go. Especially if you tack onto some interval running sessions.
Running did nothing for my riding except make me too sore to ride hard the next day.
Re: Running
I used to do a moderate amount of running say 40 to 50kms a week until I got a bike.
Since starting to ride I have done NO running with the exception of the City to Surf and Rebel Sport Run for run.
In both events my times have gone down but the pain I get post race and recovery time has gone up.
If I had the time I would run and cycle but as cycling is more efficient, fun and useful as a form of transport it wins out easily over running.
Re: Running
as an exercise scientist, I'd tell you it increases your cardio system faster; 200km on the bike is equivalent to about 40km on the road, or 4km in the pool. But neither alternative teaches your body to burn fats as effectively, or uses as much body fat. some would argue neither is as fun either. But the best way to train for cycling is to... cycle. I bet Cadel Evans can only run to the toilet
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Re: Running
I guess that depends on whether you're training for cycle racing or simply exercising for enjoyment and associated health benefits.
There are only two types of cyclist.
Those that have crashed and those that are about to.
Re: Running
This is purely anecdotal: I've found that over time running and doing sprint intervals once a week has helped reduce the lower back pain I used to experience on longer rides, and I'm also able to ride faster for longer periods of time. Admittedly I could have done intervals on a bicycle, but I don't need as much room to run and I wasn't completely comfortable doing cycling sprints on the road.
I'm not 100% sure if the running actually helped my lower back but it's the only significant change I made in my routine - presumably the running is helping my core strength somehow?
Re: Running
I'm not so sure about that. I hate running and am not hugely fit but can make it up Sugarloaf OK. I would imagine making it up has more to do with weight and gearing. And perhaps a willingness to "enjoy" the pain.
Re: Running
That is not what was asked. Read the original question.
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Re: Running
If you're reasonably fit then running is probably not likely to help too much with road cycling. The issue is specificity - the muscle used, the activation pattern, and co-ordination is quite different.
Re: Running
As Ozkaban pointed out, cross training by doing repeats of running up something like a hill is good for developing your climbing.
If you can only ride stop-start in suburban streets, it may be very hard to raise your heart rate for a consistent 30-60 minutes the way running can.
Conversely, the damage done to joints by running can make cycling an attractive alternative aerobic activity for athletes.
Carlton ruckman Matthew Kreuzer had a knee reconstruction done and in the rehabilitation fell in love with bikes and is apparently very good.
Re: Running
Fair enough.
There are only two types of cyclist.
Those that have crashed and those that are about to.
Re: Running
I run and cycle and have done so for years, sometimes I run more, sometimes I cycle more but lately I've been spending more time on the bike. I do both because I like both and I travel alot for work and I can run when I'm away from home a whole lot more easily than cycling or trying to find a spin class.
This year I trained hard for the City to Surf and then a Half Marathon and did the fastest time I have ever done in the C2S by quite a considerable margin. I did lots of intensity - steep hill sprints, tempo runs and all that. At the same time I was racing on the track and doing the usual weekend rides. I got alot faster on the bike, despite dropping the kms considerably. I wasn't expecting that to happen.
What works for me is that I can easily fit in a run which is better than doing nothing and I focussed on intensity. I also do a bit of core work and that helps both disciplines.
Over summer however, I dropped off the running considerably and focussed on big distance and hills on the bike. Much faster on the bike, but I've dropped speed on the run, but can still manage 10kms at half marathon pace, despite maybe running 3 or 4 times since Christmas.
I think it is about keeping your hand in on both, prioritising what you want at the time you want.
Re: Running
I still can't run well and do not enjoy it any where as much as riding but after reading a few articals like this one I decided I needed to do a bit more weight bearing activity.
http://www.joefrielsblog.com/2011/03/bo ... lists.html
Re: Running
I used to be a runner that made it overseas back in 2004 and failed in my bid at gaining a spot on the olympic team. I took up cycling as a form of cross training and have completely been converted over. So 3 years ago I stopped running all together until the other week I was asked to do the run leg (due to a staff member having to pull out because of a personal reason) of the Mooloolaba tri at the end of this month.
I have been running for a total of 4 weeks so far and have found it has helped heaps with my cycling to date, my running has come back to very quickly and have already run at the pace I said I would be looking at doing the 10km run in.
Take it easy, don't over train and listen to your body.
Re: Running
Cheers for the info guys.
I hadnt ran in about 10 days and then my friend whos training for the half ironman asked if i wanted to go running, we ended up doing 12km that night and i didnt even feel tired at all the whole time.
Then on Sunday past there i ran in a 5km race, guy who finished 1st done it in 15mins 10secs, i finished 95th out of 276 in a time of 22mins 30sec, kms of 4mins 30 which i am totally pleased with it as ive never ran to any sort of time like that.
I went off the line far too quickly and within 500m i found myself struggling so backed off to make sure id finish the race.
Re: Running
That's only a good sign man; you're learning more about your engine and how it works! It seems like you've a 4 stroke engine design rather than a 2 stroker - some of us actually open up and destroy the last 5k's in a race, but I suppose you'd get better fuel consumption with only slightly less power*
*consult your mechanic if this made no sense
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Re: Running
And it my case it also inflames my compartments.
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On a less important note, didn't Jay Leno retire in the summer?
nvm, you've probably already heard it.
Probably the most insane thing I've read was, " What Obama truly did was a good thing. Saying that he "dissed" handicapped people is an insult, to Obama and to handicapped people."
Wow, just... wow. So now what he said is a GOOD thing. "No need to apologize Mr. President. You've brought attention to the cause by angering so many people. If you'd just call them all 'inferior', I think we could set a new record for charitable contributions."
Morgan, you're absolutely right. If it were Bush, this would be the last straw. I'm not saying Obama is a bad guy for this, but so many people are so up on him as the Second Coming that he can do no wrong.
Obama WAS taking a shot at disabled people, diminishing their contributions and capabilities (despite overcoming huge obstacles) by making that joke. Heck, he wouldn't have made that heartfelt apology otherwise.
As far as saying he is just "human" or is just a guy, well, he is held up to a higher standard. That's why we don't just put any old schmuck in office. The same reason we criticize him for this is the same reason we put so much stock in what he has to say when he has good ideas. We LISTEN to the guy and hang on his every word, because it's so important.
The left invented political correctness. They INVENTED getting offended at jokes like this.
The left is lame."
You can't invent morals and beliefs. It's not a physical object,
The left invented political correctness. They INVENTED getting offended at jokes like this.
The left is lame.
To everyone who says the comment was messed up: if you were out with your friends, and they made a joke like "man i suck, i should be in the special olympics" you'd laugh, wouldn't you?Exactly.
Obama's becoming president didn't automatically make him a super human. He is ONLY human.
chill people
I guess you look at it very differently when the guy in question is actually ruling your country.
I don't think he means to say disabled people are bad at sports, just that they have a disadvantage, and so does he.
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My research is concerned with science, space and culture in historical perspective. In previous work I examined the reception of glacial theory in early-Victorian Edinburgh, investigated the historical geographies of Scottish natural history societies in the period 1831-1900 and, with Charles Withers and Rebekah Higgitt, explored the role of geography in the work of the British Association for the Advancement of Science from 1831 – c.1933. My book on natural history societies in Victorian Scotland was published by Pickering & Chatto in 2009 and was awarded the Frank Watson Book Prize for Scottish History in 2011. More recent work has centred on public speech as a situated mode of interaction between science and culture in the nineteenth century. I have also produced a revisionist account of the Scottish geologist James Croll and a comparative study of two Irish ethnologists active in the mid-Victorian period. I have recently completed a two year AHRC-funded project on science in nineteenth-century Belfast and published a paper on the reception of theories about human evolution in the context of religious debates about the creation of Eve. I am now embarking on a new project on 'spaces of the human,' which will work towards a historical geography of ideas about humanness from the early modern period to contemporary debates about post-human futures.
If you are interested in pursuing PhD research in areas such as the history of geography or the historical geogrpahies of science and/or religion please do get in touch. To hear me talk about the history of science and religion at a recent public workshop organised by Dr David Glass and Dr Mark McCartney (University of Ulster), please click here.
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Finnegan, D. A., Natural History Societies and Civic Culture in Victorian Scotland (Pickering and Chatto, London, 2009). Winner of the Frank Watson Book Prize for Scottish History
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Finnegan, D. A. 'Religious polemics and scientific speech: a rhetorical geography of science and religion in mid-Victorian Britain and Ireland' in Joe Kember, John, Plunkett and Jill A. Sullivan, (eds) Popular Exhibitions, Science and Showmanship 1840-1910 (London: Pickering and Chatto, 2012), pp. 97-114. .
Finnegan, D. A. 'Geographies of scientific speech in mid-Victorian Edinburgh' in David N. Livingstone and Charles W. J. Withers (eds) Geographies of Nineteenth-Century Science (Chicago: University of Chicagor Press, 2011), pp. 153-177.
Journal Articles
Finnegan, D. A. and Wright J. J. 'Catholics, science and civic culture in Victorian Belfast,' British Journal for the History of Science [FirstView Article] (2014) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087414000594
Finnegan, D. A. 'Eve and evolution: Christian responses to the first woman question, 1860-1900', Journal of the History of Ideas, 75(2) (2014): 283-305.
Finnegan, D. A. 'James Croll, metaphysical geologist', Notes and Records of the Royal Society, 66(1) (2012) 69-88.
Finnegan, D. A. 'Exeter-Hall science and evangelical rhetoric in mid-Victorian Britain', Journal of Victorian Culture 16(1) (2011) 46-64.
Finnegan, D. A. 'The spatial turn: geographical approaches in the history of science', Journal of the History of Biology 41(2) (2008) 369-388.
Finnegan, D. A. 'The work of ice: glacial theory and scientific culture in early-Victorian Edinburgh', British Journal for the History of Science, 37 (2004) 29-52.
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