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India's first satellite channel and leading broadcaster with a presence across 169 countries across the world, Zee TV, has been increasingly aggressive with its initiatives in the digital domain over the past 3 years. Crossing a significant milestone of one million downloads (Source: Mobilox Innovations Pvt. Ltd) from the time of its inception, Zee TV's interactive mobile app for its non-fiction shows has emerged a runaway success. This makes Zee TV's app the first such to cross the 1 million download mark amongst Hindi GECs.
Leveraging the success of Zee TV's highly successful non–fiction shows like 'Dance India Dance', 'DID L'il Masters' and 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa', the mobile app boasts of a wide array of interactive features that interestingly engage users, offering them a unique window of experiencing these shows. With Zee TV's current non-fiction property 'India's Best Dramebaaz' opening up to an overwhelming response from viewers across India, the app is now titled 'India's Best Dramebaaz' app and is available on all key digital platforms such as iOS, Android, Blackberry and Symbian.
In a one-of-its-kind mobile innovation, Zee TV has converted the original mobile app created for 'DID Season 3' into apps for each successive season of its ongoing non-fiction shows, thereby retaining its original user base, while adding more users with each new season.
Mr. Akash Chawla, Marketing Head, National Channels, ZEEL said, "Zee TV's shows have consistently topped viewership scorecards, making them the rulers of the on-air space. Even off-air, it is gratifying to note that our non-fiction shows have emerged as the front-runners of the digital space with their mobile app crossing a milestone of 1 million downloads. At a time when 'on-demand' entertainment is the order of the day, we have been successful in providing our viewers with content that has kept them engrossed and engaged."
Following a successful collaboration for the mobile application of its previous non-fiction shows, Zee TV has continued its partnership with MOBILOX Innovations Pvt. Ltd to develop the WAP & app technology for 'India's Best Dramebaaz'. Mr. Rohit Kaul, COO, Mobilox said "A million app downloads means a million new touch-points on the most personal device these days. Just technology development wouldn't have made it successful. Three key factors which Mobilox focused on helped the app scale to million downloads were Strong Product Concept, App Store Optimization and App Store Affiliations. Mobilox will continue to do the same for Zee TV and add newer innovations to Mobile App Marketing to achieve multi-million downloads in future. This new benchmark set by Zee, apart from its existing reach via TV, will create newer trends and innovations in the way audiences interact with the same brands on multiple screens."
In addition to keeping the tech-savvy youth connected with their favourite shows, the app provides users with exclusive behind-the-scenes peeks into the shows, connecting them with contestants, judges and skippers. The LIVE chats with judges and personalized dance tutorials by skippers of 'DID L'il Masters 2' have clearly been crowd favourites while the easy voting feature has seen the contestants register a staggering number of votes on every season of Zee TV's non-fiction shows.
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Investor Sentiment: Poof!
Last week's bullish signal in the "dumb money" indicator has come and gone just like that - poof! I guess sentiment isn't really too bearish. Yet, can you blame investors for being less bearish since it is all but certain that some central bank will be intervening on the slightest drop in the equity markets. As least that is what investors seem to believe. Despite investors' certainty in a certain outcome, the lack of consensus in the sentiment data would suggest that the whatever bounce emanates it should not be very sustainable. Corporate insiders have been net sellers, and the Rydex data is more consistent with a market top than a market bottom. As I have argued there is no consensus.
The market finds itself at another one of those junctures that have been prevalent over the past 3 years. The market signals are bearish for prices or let's be generous and say less supportive of a big rally. Yet, the only requirement for a big rally will be central bank intervention. We saw this back in August, 2010 with QE2 and in August, 2011 with Operation Twist (i.e., QE3). The main difference in 2012 is the expectation and anticipation of the markets. Like Pavlov's dog, everyone seems to be all over the next round of QE. Investors have learned quickly that the markets go up when central bankers open their mouths. I always believe that the central bankers are NOT in the business of disappointing the markets, so my expectation is that they will do whatever takes. However, I am less convinced that the markets will respond in a manner that will meet investors' expectations. Whatever rally unfolds is likely to end just like that - poof!
The "Dumb Money" indicator (see figure 1) looks for extremes in the data from 4 different groups of investors who historically have been wrong on the market: 1) Investors Intelligence; 2) MarketVane; 3) American Association of Individual Investors; and 4) the put call ratio. This indicator is neutral.
Figure 1. "Dumb Money"/ weekly
Figure 2 is a weekly chart of the SP500 with the InsiderScore "entire market" value in the lower panel. From the InsiderScore weekly report: "Market-wide sentiment moved to its worst level since the week ended May 8th as the number of buyers fell -41% week-over-week and the number of sellers increased 23% over the same period. Many of our top-line sentiment tracking metrics moved into negative territory, slipping below their 52-week averages in the process. The decline in buying was widespread, touching all market cap classes and most sectors, with especially significant reductions in buying activity in Energy, Financials and Healthcare. On a company-level basis, there continued to be a fairly high level of actionable buys, however, the incidences of actionable selling also picked up. We should soon begin to see a seasonal decline in transactional activity as companies close trading windows for insiders ahead of the end of the quarter, with the windows remaining closed until after Q2'12 earnings announcements."
Figure 2. InsiderScore "Entire Market" value/ weekly
Figure 3 is a weekly chart of the SP500. The indicator in the lower panel measures all the assets in the Rydex bullish oriented equity funds divided by the sum of assets in the bullish oriented equity funds plus the assets in the bearish oriented equity funds. When the indicator is green, the value is low and there is fear in the market; this is where market bottoms are forged. When the indicator is red, there is complacency in the market. There are too many bulls and this is when market advances stall. Currently, the value of the indicator is 61.66%. Values less than 50% are associated with market bottoms. Values greater than 58% are associated with market tops. It should be noted that the market topped out in 2011 with this indicator between 70% and 71%.
Figure 3. Rydex Total Bull v. Total Bear/ weekly
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What images pop up in your mind when you think of summer?
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I don't remember a summer as busy as this one.
I am a mom on monkey bars, swinging from one bar to the next. As I endlessly strive to successfully accomplish the task at hand, I'm anticipating the next event and praying nothing falls through the cracks. We are halfway through summer and I am desperate to slow down, take a breath, forget about the lists and enjoy time with my kids. Maybe it isn't about even getting from one bar to the next, but rather lowering the bar I have set for myself.
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SOUTH WALTON, Fla. (March 1, 2013)- How fun would it be to be able to buy up your favorite beach neighborhoods like Seaside, Rosemary Beach and Alys Beach? Starting later this month, fans of South Walton - loyal visitors and locals alike - will have the opportunity to become South Walton's next real estate tycoon with the launch of an official MONOPOLY® game for the destination.
Local game development and marketing company, 30A Games has worked closely with the South Walton Tourist Development Council (TDC) to create the MONOPOLY®: Visit South Walton Edition, an homege to the area, well-beloved for its unique beach neighborhoods, white sand beaches and turquoise waters.
MONOPOLY®: Visit South Walton Edition is an officially licensed Hasbro MONOPOLY® game customized to represent South Walton and its 16 beach neighborhoods.Classic MONOPOLY® properties such as Boardwalk and Park Place have been replaced by South Walton locales, natural wonders, signature events, art galleries and destination restaurants. Players will have a selection of game pieces, representative of South Walton, to navigate the board, such as a YOLO Board® stand-up paddle board or a sea turtle.
"This game typifies the South Walton beach experience for locals and visitors alike and will provide countless hours of enjoyment," said 30A Games founder George Wickey. "South Walton is among a small number of top destinations around the world to be immortalized in an officially licensed MONOPOLY® game. This is literally a once in a lifetime event and I couldn't be more proud."
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|St. Ivo of Chartres
|Bishop of Chartres, France and Confessor
Beauvais, France
|23 December 1115
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|1570 (?) by Pope Pius V (?)
|23 May
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Saint Ivo of Chartres (also Ives, Yves, or Yvo; Latin: Ivonis Carnutensis) (c. 1040 – 23 December 1115) was the Bishop of Chartres, France from 1090 until his death, and an important canonist during the Investiture Crisis.
Ivo is claimed to have studied at the Abbey of Bec in Normandy under Lanfranc of Canterbury, where he would have met St. Anselm of Canterbury, the great scholastic theologian. In 1067 or not much later, he became, at the desire of his bishop, prior of the canons of Saint-Quentin at Beauvais. As Bishop of Chartres and a canonist he contended strongly against simony and opposed King Philip I of France's repudiation of his wife Bertha of Holland in order to marry Bertrade of Anjou in 1092. Ivo was briefly imprisoned for this opposition.
Three extensive canonical works, namely Tripartita, Decretum, and Panormia, are attributed to him. He corresponded extensively. His liturgical feast has been kept since 1570 on 20 or 23 May, and it is observed on 23 May. It is not known whether or when he was canonized.
Ivo of Chartres was born in Beauvais, France to a non-noble family in or near Chartres circa 1040. He is claimed to have studied first in Paris, then in Abbey of Bec in Normandy where, according to the often unreliable Robert of Torigni, he studied under Lanfranc along with St. Anselm of Canterbury.
Not much is known of him until some time after he was admitted to the Roman Catholic clergy: in 1067 his bishop asked him to become the prior of the canons at the Augustinian house of St. Quentin at Beauvais. From there he quickly established himself as one of the best teachers in France. His knowledge of canon law, both as a lawyer and cleric, most probably earned him in 1090 the office of Bishop of Chartres, France. His predecessor had either been removed from office or resigned it after a scandal of simony. There are some discrepancies as to who Ivo's predecessor and successor were because different sources suggest that both were the same Geoffrey of Chartres, and it is only known that Pope Urban II recommended Ivo for this episcopacy because of Ivo's knowledge of canon law. In light of the events preceding his appointment to the office, his strong opposition to the practice of simony may have been the impetus to his episcopal elevation.
His strong faith, piety, and principles led to some troubles for him during his twenty-five year episcopacy at Chartres. Circa 1092, King Philip I of France was married to Bertha of Holland, but wished to be rid of her so he could marry Bertrade of Anjou. Upholding the sanctity of marriage, Ivo advocated against this to such a degree that he was incarcerated for a short time.
The Gregorian reforms were not well realized until Ivo's episcopacy. He was an acquaintance of Countess Adele of Blois, who helped him reform the Abbey of St. Jean-en-Vallée. In addition, on several occasions he defended her decisions, most notably during the events regarding Rotrou III of Perche, when he refused to assert ecclesiastical sanctions against him.
During his episcopacy he wrote the majority of his extant works, for which he later became famous and considered among the greatest scholars of the mediaeval era. Salutati recognized him as an eloquent writer despite his affirmation that all the literature outside of Italy lacked eloquence.
St. Ivo was a prolific writer but is most known for his canonical works: the Decretum of seventeen books; the Tripartita, of very substantial material, divided in three parts, and attributed to him; and the Panormia of eight books. All three are primarily works of canon law and center on the principle of caritas, that is, the Catholic theological virtue of charity, as taught by St. Paul. His works are replete with treatments of charity and dispensation in a pastoral manner regarding the Holy See. He thought that caritas was the solution for sin, and not harsh punishment without contrition. This theme is most evident in his Prologus, which is most often compared to the teachings of the Church Fathers than those of the scholars of his day. St. Paul's message of loving one's fellow man as one would himself is particularly prevalent in Ivo's works: "He was called to teach. His lesson was love. It was all that mattered.".[1]
However, Ivo is also famous for his 288 letters of correspondence. These letters often dealt with liturgical, canonical, and dogmatic questions and, much like his major works, are from the perspective of caritas. Several of his extant sermons, totaling 25, treat of the same topics as his other writings and letters.
It has also been suggested that his doctrines influenced the final agreement of the Concordat of Worms in 1122.
Subsequent influence and veneration[edit]
St. Ivo's influence on the religious scholars following him was great. Most notably among them were Hugh of St. Victor, Landolfo Colonna, and Alger of Liège, who often quoted or cited the Prologus of his works. Many continued his emphasis of caritas and canonical thought. His influence on Peter Abelard's Sic et Non and Gratian's Concordia Discordantium Canonum (commonly denominated Decretum Gratiani) is obvious.[2]
Although it is not known when he was canonized, 23 May is his present liturgical memorial.[3] Before 1570 it was observed on 20 May.[4]
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- Barker, Lynn K. "MS Bodl. Canon. Pat. Lat. 131 and a Lost Lactantius of John of Salisbury: Evidence in Search of a French Critic of Thomas Becket." Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Spring, 1990), pp. 26
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1Consider why do you want a new social life. To begin a new social life will require you to make changes, so understanding the "why" will help you choose the "how". What's wrong with your social life now?
- If it is just becoming boring, seeing the same people at work, school, or in the evening and weekends, you may want a change of scenery.
- If your friends are taking advantage of you, it may be time to tell them how you feel. If they are good friends, and you are tactful, they should accept what you say.
- If it is because you have abandoned your social life then you might be on the right track. Though video games and the internet may be appealing, nothing can substitute real life friends and community.
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3Visit local churches and houses of worship. Most religious organizations have service and study groups, whether they focus on helping the poor, homeless, or abused in the community, or learning more about their faith.
4Go out alone on weekends or evenings. Being alone may be a bit intimidating, but it is also liberating, since you have no one to keep you from trying something new or different. Take a walk in the shopping mall, try a new restaurant, or visit a museum or library. Speak to people, whether an innocuous comment about the weather, or a subtle invitation to discuss a work of art or a book, you can never be sure where it will lead.
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Alright, the topic had been brought up so here's the thread of all your whining and baby killing.
I personally am for abortion, although I do have a stipulation or two. I think that any woman should be legally able to have an abortion if she sees fit. I do however, feel that all abortions, unless there is a medical reason, should be performed in the first trimester. No, I don't think that life begins at conception, but I think there needs to be limits so we don't have women killing babies the day before the due date, or during delivery for that matter on the premise of "it's an abortion".
Discuss. And play nice.
Ohh boy, this outta be fun! I am staying out of this.
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So why the stipulation on the 1st trimester? Does the baby suddenly become "alive" when it gets more developed?
You're getting positive rep for starting what might be the most controversial thread in the cave!
Given that, I should provide my own views. I personally find it inconceivable how anyone could make the choice to have an abortion. I can't envision any circumstance in which I would even consider it for a moment myself. However, I don't really believe that life begins at conception, which to me makes it a choice, not a murder. I don't make such choices for other people, so I am for abortion rights … but against abortion.
To me there is a continuum of pre-adult life beginning at conception and ending at adulthood (maybe at about 15-18).
All distinctions in that continuum that are used to justify why abortion should be permitted before that time period but not after (e.g., no hearbeat, no ability to feel pain, no brainwaves, not born, not viable) are typically distinctions without a difference IMO.
Just as an FYI, At one time I was favored capital punishment but now oppose it because it was contarty to my "sanctity of life" stance.
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I am on the fence in three different ways.
1. I dont support abortion because I think there are alot of women out there that see this as an easy fix to their bad choices, much like the pill.
2. I do support abortion for those that are raped.
3. I have a hard time with number 2 because I still feel its killing a child. Why should that child die because a terrible person put it there. But I also understand that the woman will probably never relate positively to that child because it wasnt made in the presence of love.
I have a really torn feeling from this. I was adopted, where I could have been aborted. My mother did not conceive me in love but in lust or loneliness. Instead she took the higher road and let someone give me a home. I do know who she was but I dont know who he was. He could have been a jerk, criminal, or whatever, but I was given to a loving family who raised me right.
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Given that, I should provide my own views. I personally find it inconceivable how anyone could make the choice to have an abortion. I cant envision any circumstance in which I would even consider it for a moment myself. However, I dont really believe that life begins at conception, which to me makes it a choice, not a murder. I dont make such choices for other people, so I am for abortion rights
but against abortion.
Would either incest or a situation where the mothers life was in jeopardy be a circumstance where you might consider abortion?
I'm not going to get involved in the debate, but I just wanted to drop in my 2 cents. It will probably be a surprise to those of you that have read my posting in the politics forums, but I'm pro-life. I believe life begins at conception so abortion is killing. As far as instances of rape, I too am torn. Practically I don't believe abortion will become illegal any time soon, so I'd like to see restrictions put on later term abortions.
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Before kids -- pro choice
After kids -- not sure anymore, could never live with myself if I was pro choice.
IMO, the Constitution was not meant to provide answers to the abortion question. The substantive due process used by the court in Roe and Casey was and still is a huge intellectual cop-out.
States should have their own rules based on local values. Alabama and California are very different states for a reason.
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I agree that the Roe opinion was an was an extravagant exercise of judicial power. The abortion issue should have been decided by the political will of the people (the 50 state legislatures).
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I agree that the Roe opinion was an was an extravagant exercise of judicial power. The abortion issue should have been decided by the political will of the people (the 50 state legislatures).
I went to a presentation by Scalia about a year ago. He said law school didn't prepare him for questions like abortion, death penalty, sodomy, etc. Such questions are best left to the electorate than the personal opinions of 9 judges.
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Bobby Ott - Doctorate: Cooperative Superintendency Program, 2003
In 2003, I became the youngest in program history to graduate from the prestigious University of Texas Cooperative Superintendency Program. Although a noteworthy accomplishment, this distinction rates a distant second to the net worth and network gained as part of the rich program. Graduating from this program was life changing, both professionally and personally. Personally, it provided support while enduring the most difficult test of my life; and professionally I met some of the most respected educators of this time, many of whom I still call upon. This was the first time I graduated from schooling with more than a degree. I graduated with a family of colleagues and friends, which among them represent some of the best and brightest educators entrusted with our future. Even though I graduated, I never left and will continue to give back and support this exceptional training ground.


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New Jersey Wills - 1899 - John Ireland
John Ireland of Long Branch left four children, Hannah Wells, Henrietta VanDyke, Mary Elizabeth Layton and William B. Ireland. He had advanced money to each of his children during his life time, and his executors were instructed to pay to each child a sufficient sum to make this amount equal all around. He left $300 to his daughter, Mary Elizabeth Layton, and $150 to each of his grandchildren, Addie G. Ireland, Minnie M. Ireland, Katie Ireland and William B. Ireland, Jr. He left a house and lot at Oakhurst to each of his four children. The sum of $200 is set aside to be held in trust to provide a gravestone and to keep the burial plot in order. All the rest of his property is to be divided equally among his four children. The executors of the will are Lewis Wells and Mary Elizabeth Layton. The will was made March 6th, 1899.
Source: Red Bank Register, Wednesday, December 6, 1899
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It seems that the long awaited exclusive XBox 360 DLC might just be delayed right out of 2008 according to GameSpot.
In an article GameSpot tells us of a recent interview with Variety Dan Houser was asked when the DLC would be out. "I'm not sure. It's going well. But we don't know a date. We hope to be announcing that in the next few weeks. We're still figuring out a few things." He added that a major DLC release was "virgin territory, but at the same time, we feel very exposed because there's no case history."
On at least a promising note Microsoft itself stated that the additional content would be ready before December 31, so keep your fingers crossed!
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Always wanted a pair of Adam speakers but couldn't quite afford them? Then their new F-series might be just the ticket...
The Adam F5 two-way active monitor is part of a new, low-cost range designed to provide an affordable alternative to the company's popular AX-series speakers. To date, there are two F-series monitors, the F5 and the F7, plus the SubF subwoofer, which can work with either model where greater bass extension is required. Adam have the speaker cabinets for these F-series speakers built overseas, and also get the woofer units built offshore, but the distinctive '4:1 geared' Air Motion Transformer (AMT) tweeter, with its folded-membrane construction — a feature of all of Adam's monitors — is still hand made in Adam's Berlin factory, which means that the end user benefits from offshore manufacturing economy but still buys into Adam's expertise in design, German tweeter manufacture and quality assurance.
Unlike Adam's more expensive models, there's no magnetic shielding on the F-series, but then few people use speakers close to old-school CRT monitors anymore, and flat-screen monitors are not affected by stray magnetic fields.
Measuring 290 x 185 x 230 mm and weighing 6.8kg, the Adam F5, reviewed here, is the baby of the range. Its front-ported cabinet has a simple black-foil finish, the baffle edges are chamfered to minimise edge diffraction, and the slot-shaped, front-facing port is slightly flared to reduce wind noise. The five-inch glass-fibre and paper cone woofer is driven by a 25mm voice coil, and the crossover frequency between the woofer and AMT tweeter is set at 2.9kHz (just a little higher than for the larger F7). Rear-panel controls include a level trim, two ±6dB EQ controls that adjust shelving filters above 5kHz and below 300Hz, and a switchable 80Hz high-pass filter. Power comes from a pair of 25W Class-A/B amplifiers.
The input can come from either a balanced XLR/jack 'combi' socket or an unbalanced RCA phono, and the mains inlet is a standard IEC type. This sits alongside a power switch, and green and red LEDs on the front panel show normal activity or overload/fault conditions.
A maximum SPL of better than 106dB at one metre is available from a pair of F5s, and their operating frequency range is specified as 52Hz to 50kHz.
I'm sure the AMT tweeter, with its dramatically extended high end and increased efficiency compared with most dome designs, is responsible for the clear and detailed Adam 'family' sound, and this carries through to the F-series. Rather than being flat and moving in a simple 'pistonic' (forwards and backwards) motion, the AMT's ribbon is folded like a fan, with the magnet that drives it alternately compressing and stretching the ribbon. This yields a 4:1 ratio of air movement to driver movement, hence the name — and the high efficiency!
As far as the lows are concerned, although you can't expect huge levels of ultra-deep bass from a box this size, the bass produced by the F5s is still punchy and gratifyingly tight-sounding, with barely a hint of boxiness. This makes it particularly well suited to smaller studios, where really deep bass would only aggravate room problems. Using decent speaker platforms also pays dividends in cleaning up the lows and is much better than just standing them on the desk.
Stereo imaging is stable, with a good phantom centre image, and though the more expensive Adam speakers display a little more low-end integrity, the F5s really do exceed expectations when taking into account their size and affordability, especially in their consummate handling of the mid-range and high end.
If you have always aspired to Adam monitors but found them beyond your budget, you may well find the F5s are just what you need, with the option of going for the F7s if you need something for a slightly larger room. It could just be that Adam have come up with a serious contender for 'best in class' with the F5s.
The F5s are priced to compete with models such as the KRK Rokit 5, Mackie MR5, M-Audio BX5 D2, Alesis M1 MkII and Fostex PM0.5n. A more direct comparison, though, might be the Prodipe Pro 5, which, like the Adams, uses a ribbon tweeter.
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You would most likely need a 3D app like Blender which is free or 3D studio max, Maya etc to set up some 3D text and then you light it and texture it to suite. You can get away with photoshops built in 2D lighting for stuff including font lettering but I think the 3D route gives you much more control.
Do text is 3D is usually not too hard since the apps normally have a vector font (like true type TTF) to 3D import. Then you can bend or extrude them a bit then its just a case of texturing and lighting. The texturing can usually come from a 3rd party texture house like CGTextures (check out the bottom of http://www.cgtextures.com/textures.php?t=browse&q=579) and then lighting is usually not too hard either.


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Nonimmigrant Visas
All Israeli citizens are required to have a valid visa to enter the United States, regardless of age. If you hold the passport of another country, you may not need a visa for short visits for tourism or business to the United States. To see if you are eligible to travel to the United States without a visa on another passport, please follow this link: Visa Waiver.
For information about how to apply for a visa, please visit the "How To Apply" page.
J-1 Visa
J-1 Visa Exchange Visitor ProgramThe Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs J-1 Visa Exchange Visitor Program launches a new website dedicated solely to the J-1 Visa Exchange Visitor Program. It will make the online experience easier and more efficient for the more than 350,000 J-1 visitors who come to the United States each year. For more information, visit http://j1visa.state.gov.
Investor visa for Israeli nationals
President Obama signed the legislation that would add Israel to the list of countries eligible for non-immigrant investor visas in the United States.
The legislation, which was spearheaded by Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), would grant Israelis E-2 investor visas, allowing them to live and work in the U.S. in order to be closer to their investments. The legislation, signed on June 11, 2012, passed the House and the Senate in recent months.
However, the implementation of this visa category will not be effective until the terms and conditions of the final agreement are determined between the two countries. The Embassy will issue a press release as soon as the E2 investor visa is available to Israeli nationals.


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Melksham rider suffers head injury after kick from horse (From This Is Wiltshire)
Melksham rider suffers head injury after kick from horse
Updated 4:10pm Friday 20th June 2014 in By Court reporter
An experienced horse-rider was rushed to hospital on Wednesday, after she suffered head injuries at an equestrian centre near Melksham.
A woman in her mid-30s was airlifted to the major trauma centre at Southmead Hospital in Bristol, after she came off her horse.
The Wiltshire Air Ambulance was called to the West Wilts Equestrian Centre on the Melksham Road near Holt shortly after noon.
Paramedic Matt Baskerville said: "It was a semi-professional horse rider.
"She was thrown from the horse and then the horse flipped over the top of her and kicked her in the head.
"She was stabilised by us and we assisted her on the scene and took her to Southmead Hospital. She was conscious, but she had quite a serious head injury."
She has now left hospital, and is recovering at home.


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- MaliAgricultureFunding via Réseau de Micro-institutions de Croissance de Revenus (RMCR)
Yiriwali GroupMaliAgricultureFunding via Réseau de Micro-institutions de Croissance de Revenus (RMCR)
Kanmono GroupMaliAgricultureFunding via Réseau de Micro-institutions de Croissance de Revenus (RMCR)
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The women in the group grow tomatoes, peppers and eggplant. Fanta is a member, and is pictured standing in the center of the photo. With her loan she plans to buy agricultural inputs, fertilizers and herbicides, as well as to pay for the labor expenses involved in farming her one hectare of land. After the harvest, she sells her produce in a village market in Sikasso and the surrounding areas, and her customers are both male and female.
Fanta expects to make a profit of 150,000 francs CFA each season. These profits will allow her to make repayments on her loan, as well as to help her large family with their daily expenses.
Elles collaborent avec l'institution de microfinance Soro Yiriwaso afin de mener à bien leurs activités agricoles pendant l'hivernage.
Elles sont à leur Dixième prêt avec l'institution et les autres prêts passés ont été bien remboursés.
La spéculation cultivée est la tomate, piment et l'aubergine avec Fanta debout au milieu sur la photo. Elle compte acheter avec son prêt, des intrants, l'engrais, herbicide et payer les frais de labour pour entretenir 1hectare.
La production est vendue au niveau du village, au marché de SIKASSO et environna après la récolte elle vend à une clientèle composée d'hommes et de femmes.
Elle compte réaliser un bénéfice de 150.000 francs CFA par campagne.
Ce bénéfice lui permettra de payer son prêt et aussi aider la grande famille dans les dépenses quotidiennes.
Additional Information
Important InformationSoro Yiriwaso is a microfinance institution that works primarily in rural and semi-urban areas of Mali to provide underprivileged communities with access to financial services.The organization facilitates access for disadvantaged clients, particularly women, to new resources and services, fostering solidarity and cooperation among its clients. Kiva lenders' funds will enable Soro Yiriwaso to expand its outreach and target even more underserved Malians involved in business and agriculture.
This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
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|Saturday, 15 February 2003
Sports circles applaud FFSL President
by Elmo Rodrigopulle
Sporting circles applaud the decision of the President of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka, DIG Gamini Randeni, not to accept the resignation of Manilal Fernando, from all positions he is holding in the Federation.
Sports personalities reckon, that Fernando is indispensible not only to football but sports in general in the country.
They admit that it is sport that requires Fernando, and not that Fernando requires sport.
Fernando from the time he came into football, has been giving his all to see to the improvement and development, not only of the participants, but also the administrators and all other requirements for the game. Fernando does not need football for his living. In fact it is football that is living and thriving from his largesse. Blessed with every good thing he needs in life, coming down from his parents ad ancestors, Fernando is a happy and contended man and does not need sport to enrich his lifestyle.
One of the outstanding lawyers, representing the Kalutara bar, Fernando in fact had to sacrifice a lucrative practice to see to the development of the poor man's game in the country.
What Fernando has done for the player, the game and the administrator, need not be reiterated here. When historians put pen to paper, they will write that Fernando has given the game, niceties that it never ever enjoyed in its history.
There is a joke doing the rounds which says that when a Sri Lankan is ascending, you don't need others to pull him down, his countrymen will do the needful. That joke is true of Fernando.
In recent times Fernando has come in for a savage attack for no justifiable reason. Here is a man who is doing wonders for sport, going even to the extent of spending his own money. So need an illustrious personality of Fernando's standing be a whipping boy?
When Sri Lanka conducted the first South Asian Federation Games, President Premadasa realising the talent that was in Fernando as a sports promoter and organiser gave him an important job which he performed, not only to the President's satisfaction, but to the satisfaction of all.
Then when the recent Asian Athletic Championships was held here, Minister Johnston Fernando, too took Fernando under his wing and gave him a free hand.
In appreciation of what Fernando has personally achieved and what he has done for football, requires that a statue be erected in his honour.
Not only Manilal, but his namesake Minister of Sport, Johnston Fernando too has come in for a bashing.
Bashing because he is not setting up an inquiry. Johnston knows what a dedicated and honest man Manilal is. An inquiry will be a dishonour to this great man.
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India Inc on Tuesday cautioned corporate affairs minister Sachin Pilot against any interventionist measures on corporate social responsibility spends. Corporate India said any CSR spend should be viewed from a group perspective, including trusts and foundations rather than individual companies within a group. The industry also sought 100% tax exemption on CSR expenditure made by them.
The minister differed on the proposal for listing group CSR activities under individual companies and sought more time to decide on the tax exemption issue. The ministry, Pilot said, was still fine-tuning CSR rules and penalties.
Sources said the industry also expressed opposition to any government-led special purpose vehicle to oversee CSR expenditure.
Their basic message: Companies have been spending on CSR activities and will continue to do so, but the government, in its enthusiasm, should not make it mandatory and start penalising them.
A public sector firm expressed concern that CSR could become useful for vested interests armed with Right to Information.
The industry broadly appreciated the initiative to seek its views, stating it was the first instance of such an interaction. Companies like Tata Steel, Vedanta Group, Wipro, Max Group and Raheja Developers along with members of industry chambers participated in the meeting.
Pilot called the meeting to seek the industrys views on the clause in the new Companies Bill which makes it mandatory for profitable government and private companies to allocate 2% of their average profits accrued in the preceding three financial years on CSR programmes.
Speaking to FE, Sunil Kant Munjal, joint managing director of Hero MotoCorp said: The meeting was fruitful. We have conveyed to the minister that the industry has been doing CSR activities and do more in future. However, the government should ensure that it does not create an extreme situation where its role becomes interventionist.
Navin Raheja, chairman and managing director of Raheja Developers told FE that he pointed out that the government should not come out with any penal provisions whereby it starts punishing companies which it finds did not adhere to its definition of CSR.
There were differences between the minister and the industry treatment of philanthropic spending. While the minister said such activities would not be construed as CSR, the industry wanted it to be treated as such.
Members of the industry also said CSR should not been seen as a one-way act by the industry but there should be matching contribution by state government and district administrations.
On his part, Pilot assured the


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The first-person shooter market is as saturated as a slimy dish rag. In its current state there isn't much use to add yet another run 'n gun title into the mix, but every once in a while a developer rings it out just enough to add their own flavour to the proceedings. The problem is it's still the same old rag we've played with for far too many years, and the big guns leave little room for anything new or interesting. Brink falls into this category, with Splash Damage and Bethesda Softworks trying something relatively new, but narrowly misses leaving any lasting impression. It's a stylized team shooter that's best played online, but suffers from design flaws, inconsistent A.I., and frustrating lag. While the newness will wear off quickly, that doesn't mean it's not fun to play, and for fans of small team-style shooters, it's definitely worth checking out.
Brink is shooter pretty much devoid of any proper narrative or campaign. Technically, the game does feature both a story and a campaign, but it's buried under an onslaught of early instructions. You are given a roughly 20 minute tutorial explaining parkour-style gameplay, the ability to quickly change objectives, and how imperative it is to run n' gun instead of finding a place to hide and snipe. The four classes, three body types, and assortment of skills and abilities provide a decent variety on the surface, but the game never really uses the objective-based missions to its advantage. The Soldier class can plant explosives, while Engineers map repair machines. Operatives are the hackers of the group, while Medics are tasked with reviving NPCs during escort missions. There are eight maps, and the real basic design of each level involves one team trying to accomplish some objective, almost always requiring the team to guard some of its players, or escort an NPC, for instance. Since the maps are too linear and are riddled with bottlenecks, accomplishing these objectives quickly becomes dull.
The four classes are not all that diverse, which leads to a basic issue. You have the ability to change classes nearly on the fly, and to complete missions you'll likely have to change a few times as the A.I. generally doesn't offer much support (more on that later). Why are we given four classes? Sure, they each serve different purposes and provide different perks, but the need to change throughout a level almost defeats the purpose of those extra abilities. For example, say you are on an escort objective. You will want to play as a medic to keep your buddy alive, and the rest of your team may as well follow in your footsteps. Sure, you could use the extra ammo or armor buffs from the other classes, but in reality a team full of medics can heal one another and keep each other alive. The classes pretty much play the same outside of their individual abilities, so there isn't a point to play outside the class required for the given objective.
The game's highlight is the S.M.A.R.T. system, which allows character to pull off parkour-inspired movements. You can run up walls and slide around the floor, and it feels great when you first pull off an impressive kill using S.M.A.R.T. Small body players are obviously more agile, but Medium and Large sets work just fine, too. As mentioned previously there is technically a campaign on offer, but with eight maps/missions, which don't need to be played in order, it's hard to find any consistency or cohesion. The game has more of a premise than a story, which is fine, but outside that lack of story should hold some killer gameplay. You can play through each mission online with real people (A.I. bots fill in empty spaces) or offline with only bots. Completing these missions, and performing other in-game objectives nets you experience, allowing you to unlock skills, tattoos, pants, and other gear. The best part about the ability system, like the rest of the game, is that you can change it pretty easily, so you don't need to worry about picking the wrong skills.
Sadly, your A.I. companions aren't as competent as they should be. Sure, they are good at lending you some support fire, but they rarely take on objectives by themselves and they almost never switch to the objective's required class. The 16-player missions are best played with real people, as is the case in most online games, but I found it tough to play matches with a full human team. Brink is a game that may need more time to simmer on the stove. While a recent patch has helped limit the terrible early lag, there are still some small, yet annoying glitches. There are a ton of great ideas in Brink, and some of them work fairly well. Running around with the S.M.A.R.T. system is pretty fun, the characters look interesting, and the action is fast and furious (almost too fast).
The actual combat system is quite standard and thankfully doesn't suffer from any control issues. Think of your favorite FPS control system and you can simply tack it onto Brink. I would really like to see if enough patches can improve the pacing, change some of the objectives, and provide some less linear maps. There may be some people who just love to run up railings and try to shoot an enemy with a shotgun, but that's about as much fan as I had in the game. Sadly, until the A.I. is improved, or more human players actually join the game, Brink will likely prove a frustrating endeavor. The concept is great, but maybe the PSN downtime kept too many people away, but more likely, the game is just too generic and anything original is lost amidst sheer frustration.
|Brink Review by Adam Dolge
-The Final Word-
The parkour-style approach to this team-based shooter is not unique enough to overlook its lack of an authentic campaign, broken maps, and terrible A.I.


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Marcia Cross's steamy gay kiss'Desperate Housewife' Marcia Cross caused a storm after passionately kissing co-star Felicity Huffman at a gay awards ceremony.
Flame-haired Marcia - who recently denied rumours she is a lesbian - whipped the audience into a frenzy at the 16th annual GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday (30.04.05) as she tenderly embraced the blonde beauty, seconds before announcing this year's winner.
The sexy star, dressed in a gorgeous satin blue gown, had earlier this month denied speculation she was to 'come out'.
The actress, who plays neurotic Bree Van De Kamp in the hit show and recently scooped an award for her role as a pre-operative transsexual woman in new movie 'Transamerica', claimed rumours she was to star on the cover of an American gay magazine were taken out of context.
She said at the time: "I assume this is what comes of being 42 and single."
Eccentric singer and gay icon Liza Minnelli also made an appearance at Hollywood's swanky Kodak Theatre after she and a handful of stars including writer-director Bill Condon were honoured.
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation aims to promote the fair portayal of homosexuals in films, music and TV.
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