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There's a hot new drug called TRT that its users take to make them feel more energetic, more alive, more aggressive and sexier, too. As with so many performance-boosters, it is catnip to financial traders. "TRT is extremely popular on Wall Street and increasingly in Canary Wharf, too," says one City worker.
Now, in the surest sign that the drug has gone mainstream, it's on the cover of Time magazine, which claims that the TRT business is worth $2 billion a year in the United States alone, after a tenfold growth in the first decade of this century.
So what is the actual substance lurking behind those initials? Well, the first "T" stands for testosterone, and "RT" for "replacement therapy". We're talking about hormone replacement therapy for men.
Testosterone decline sets in from around the age of 30, with one in seven men over 50 thought to have low "T" - a phenomenon known as andropause, for which replacement therapy is available on the NHS. Middle-aged men are scoring testosterone - a class C drug and illegal without a prescription - for the same reasons their female peers are drawn to HRT. As time goes by and sex hormones drop, the middle-aged can feel that their bodies are getting flabbier, their libidos are flagging and their get up and go has got up and gone. For women, this is summed up as the menopause. Now, the male of the species has a word for his equivalent. Welcome to the manopause.
The signs of manopausal manhood are all around us. Streets are clogged with middle-aged men in Lycra - or Mamils - desperately trying to channel their inner Sir Bradley Wiggins as they squeeze into entirely unsuitable, skin-tight clothing and thrash the pedals of their $1,000-plus racing bikes (the opportunity to spend fortunes on exciting new kit is, of course, one of Mamildom's great attractions).
When not on their bikes, the fitness-crazed over-forties are heading to the gym. According to a recent survey, men in their forties, inspired by their beefcaked movie-star contemporaries such as Hugh Jackman, 45, Gerard Butler, 44, and Dwayne Johnson (once the wrestler known as The Rock), 42, are the fastest-growing sector of the bodybuilding market. Meanwhile, though men still account for just 10 per cent of plastic surgery procedures in the UK, the number of male patients is growing fast. Sports stars such as Wayne Rooney and actors including James Nesbitt have made hair transplants more socially acceptable, Simon Cowell swears by his Botox, and a growing number of male celebrities have clearly had - even if they will not admit it - face lifts, collagen injections, new hair and new teeth.
To Mark Simpson, the writer and style-spotter who coined the term "metrosexual" for the preening Nineties male - as well as his successor, the spornosexual, who takes body obsession to new heights - manopause mania reflects changes in society's view of ageing and in masculinity itself. Simpson, who is 49 and admits that "I go to the gym and worship at the temple of the selfie", points out that "middle age used to be a time when men could enjoy their accomplishments and their families and maybe coast a bit. But now that security's gone. Today, there are only two ages of man: young man and old man. So you have to stay young as long as possible."
He agrees that the financial independence of women, and the way many are keeping their looks, figures and libidos, has created a pressure for men to keep up. But, he points out: "Of course, most straight men care very much what women think of them, but it's not the case that everything they do is calculated to get women into bed. In the end, it's about how men feel about themselves, and what other men think of them."
The proof of this can be seen in the men's magazine market. The top-selling title in the UK - shifting more than 200,000 copies a month - is not a lads' mag filled with pictures of semi-naked babes, but Men's Health, whose target reader is 35 and whose typical cover features an improbably six-packed, chiselled male model and headlines that scream "Huge arms, lean abs", "Gain muscle, lose pounds" and "Get a body like this".
So is this little more than an attack of vanity among a feminised generation that has lost the ability to act like real men? Simpson insists not. "People tend to think of narcissism, especially among men, as an idle, dissipating, poisonous force. But actually, narcissism is self-care as well as self-love, and without it no creature can survive."
Not surprisingly perhaps, Mike Shallcross, deputy editor of Men's Health, agrees there is a beneficial side to the manopause. "Men no longer equate settling down with giving up. They're becoming more health-conscious, more aware of their appearance, and more aware of the value of free time and they want to use it more actively.
"Also, there's a shift in working patterns. More men are in jobs where they have to look better groomed, and where youth is equated with vitality and ambition. Men can see this as an additional stress, or they can reflect on the opportunities of a world where women over 40 can look absolutely stunning." As for the Mamils, Shallcross points out that "stuff like cycling is great exercise, and probably makes men look better than they would if they just waddled to the pub and back. But it's also fun and a good way to spend time with mates. Maybe just that in itself is enough to make them feel younger."
But what if getting on your bike isn't enough? What if you want to follow the TRT crowd? The same Time article, looking at the boom in testosterone patches, gels and supplements, admits there has been little research into its benefits and dangers, noting possible side-effects such as heart attacks, strokes and blood clots.
Some doctors, however, do see a role for TRT. Dr Michael Perring is managing dirtector of Optimal Health of Harley Street, which promises "the best possible health to which you can realistically aspire". Perring prescribes TRT, with the caveat that "discrimination is needed for who takes it, and in what dose". He believes one reason for its popularity is that you can feel the benefit quickly. "So I may say to a patient: 'We'll do a deal. You will feel more energy ... and then you'll increase your physical activity.'" And there lies the key to a successful manopause: a better, healthier life has nothing to do with a prescription. Dr Perring sums it up in one word: engagement - "in relationships, purpose, mental challenge and physical activity".
And also, perhaps, acceptance. "I am rather enjoying the sensation of being middle-middle aged," says Nicholas Coleridge, president of Conde Nast magazines, whose titles include GQ, which has long extolled the benefits of a strong, well-groomed body. "You feel less anxiety, care less what others think, know what you like and who you like. I am planning to live to precisely 100, so I am 57 percent of the way through my life."
And when you look at it like that, the manopause is just one stop on a much longer, happier journey.


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Eldad Caspi necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 967 diseños de 220 diseñadores freelance.
Tokome (slogan: Pitch YouTube videos)
Tokome is a vlogging platform for Facebook users (its concept is new in so many ways so we call it an "experimental vlogging platform").
Our purpose is to provide users with an easy way to record interesting videos with their webcam, by offering a new technology for multi-layered video recording.
Our app is categorized as a 'Just for fun' > 'Self expression' application on Facebook, but it might also serve "serious" users that want to create "serious" videos with it (for example, vlogging about the BP crises while showing a YouTube video of the spill in a small square on your webcam).
You should learn more on Tokome right here: http://www.facebook.com/apps/applic…254&v=info, click on 'Go to Application' to see the app in action (don't worry, it will not ask you to join the app as a user, yet you are welcomed to).
If you have a webcam and a Windows PC, you should try to record a video as a user, it will give you a much better idea of what Tokome is for the vlogger.
Once our logo is ready, we have several more tasks in the pipeline for the right designer.
We would say vloggers, bloggers, "webcamers", "YouTubers", tech savvies, small businesses and publishers who wants to pitch their own videos and so on, but since it's a Facebook application, the target audience might be wider and include users that will experience vlogging for the first time in their life, with Tokome.
The app structure in Facebook is designed to expose Tokome to new social circles all the time, so it should be a very inviting logo, a bold one that is hard to miss (hard to miss doesn't say that it should be outrages...) .
You can use a webcam illustration in the logo, but only if you feel that it's a must for your concept.
The logo should have a second version (trimmed or scaled) that we will be able to use in the Facebook index (75*75), and in icons (16*16).
It might be a good idea (not a must though) to have an illustrative logo, like the (yet ugly) illustrations we have for the stage designs (YouTube On Webcam, Webcam On YouTube etc.), an illustrative logo might help users to understand what Tokome does right from the Facebook indexes, even before they enter the app.
** Update: We like warm colors.
Let's try to avoid the plain Arial/Halvetica font for the word Tokome.
*** Update: users should be able to understand that Tokome brings the new concept of "recording and sharing video-in-video" in Facebook.
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Military records offer unique insight into the history of the United States dating back to colonial times. They can provide invaluable genealogical information to the many researchers who have family members that served in the U.S. military. The types of military records available include muster rolls, enlistment registers, pension applications, regimental histories, service records, and casualty lists. Veterans' records, including those from the Grand Army of the Republic and the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans, may also provide additional insight into an ancestor's military career.
The Archives of Michigan maintains a large collection of U.S. military records that can be used for historical and genealogical research. Titles may be located by searching ANSWER, the Archive' online catalog available at answercat.org. One way to locate military resources on ANSWER by keyword is to enter the name of the war, followed by the type of record. Here are some additional suggestions to help maximize your search results:
- war 1812 pension
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Here is a list of notable military resources available at the Archives of Michigan:
Barnett, Le Roy, and Roger Rosentreter. Michigan's Early Military Forces: A Roster and History of Troops Activated Prior to the American Civil War. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2003./UA 260 .M53 2003/
Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Bounty and Donation Land Grants in British Colonial America. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing, 2007./CS 68 .B63 2007/
Indian Wars Index to Pension Files, 1892-1926.12 reels. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1959./Microfilm E 81 .U55 1959/
Muster Rolls of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1798-1892. 98 reels. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1969./VE 23 .A33 M87 1969/
Neagles, James C. U.S. Military Records: A Guide to Federal and State Sources, Colonial America to the Present. Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1994./E 181 .N43 1994/
Powell, William H., comp. List of Officers of the Army of the United States from 1779 to 1900. New York: L.R. Hamersly & Co., 1900./U 11 .U5 P7/
Register of Enlistments in the United States Army, 1798-1914. 81 reels. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1956./Microfilm E 181 .U5 1956/
Silliman, Sue Imogene, comp. Michigan Military Records, the D.A.R. of Michigan Historical Collections: Records of the Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Michigan, the Pensioners of Territorial Michigan, and the Soldiers of Michigan Awarded the Medal of Honor. 1920. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969./F 565 .S58 1969/
Sumner, Esther Yu. Military Records at Ancestry.com. Provo, UT: Ancestry, 2007./CS 49 .S86 2007/
White, Virgil D. Index to Old Wars Pension Files, 1815-1926. Waynesboro, TN: National Historical Publishing, 1993./E 409.7 .W4 1993/
Revolutionary War
Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants: Awarded by State Governments. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing, 1996./E 255 .B66 1996/
General Index to Compiled Military Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers. 58 reels. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1972./Microfilm E 255 .G36 1972/
Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. 17 vols. Boston, MA: Wright and Potter, 1896-1908./E 263 .M4 M4/
Pension Roll of 1835. 4 vols. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing, 1992./E 255 .U53 1992/
Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783. 138 reels. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1976./Microfilm E 255 .R48 1976/
Selected Records from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application Files.898 reels. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1969./Microfilm E 255.S45 1969/
War of 1812
Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. 234 reels. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1965.Microfilm E 359 .I53 1965
Index to War of 1812 Pension Application Files. 102 reels. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1960.Microfilm E 359.4 .I5 1960
Muster Rolls of the Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of 1812- 1814. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing, 1994.E 359.5 .P3 M8 1994
Virginia. Auditor of Public Accounts. Virginia Militia in the War of 1812: From Rolls in the Auditor's Office at Richmond. 2 vols. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing, 2001.E 359.5 .V8 V8 2001
Wardell, Patrick G. War of 1812: Virginia Bounty Land & Pension Applicants. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1987.E 359.4 .W37 1987
Mexican War
Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the Mexican War. 41 reels. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1965./Microfilm E 409 .I5 1965/
Index to Mexican War Pension Files, 1887-1927. 14 reels. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1949. /Microfilm E 409.4 U55 1949/
Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War with Mexico, 1846-1848. Mansfield, OH: Ohio Genealogical Society, 1991. /E 409.5 .O3 O34 1991/
White, Virgil D. Index to Mexican War Pension Files. Waynesboro, TN: National Historical Publishing, 1989. /E 409.4 .W5 1989/
Civil War
Civil War Unit Histories: Regimental Histories and Personal Narratives. 5 vols. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America, 1992-1996./E 470.C58 1990
A guide to the large collection of unit histories available on microfiche.
Dyer, Frederick H. Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. 1908. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959./E 491 .D99 1959/
Ellis, Helen H., comp. Michigan in the Civil War: A Guide to the Material in Detroit Newspapers, 1861-1866. Lansing, MI: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1965./Z 1297 .E4 1965/
Hewett, Janet B., ed. Roster of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865. 33 vols. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing, 1997./E 494 .H4 1997/
. Roster of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865. 16 vols. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing, 1995-1996./E 548 .H4 1995/
Illinois. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois … [1861-1866]. 8 vols. Springfield, Baker, Bailhache, 1867./E 505.4 .I445 1867/
Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Pennsylvania. 48 reels. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1964./Microfilm E 527 .I5 1964/
Also available for Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Wisconsin, and the U.S. Colored Troops regiments.
May, George S. Michigan and the Civil War Years, 1860-1866: A Wartime Chronicle. 2nd ed. Lansing, MI: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1966./E 514 .M35 1966/
Michigan. Adjutant General's Department. Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865. 46 vols. Kalamazoo, MI: Ihling Brothers & Everard, 190-./E 514.3 .M62/
A master index is available at E 514.3 .A583z.
. Descriptive Rolls of Michigan Civil War Units, 1861-1865. Records of Michigan Military Establishment, Adjutant General. 48 vols./RG 59-14/
Mills, Gary B. Southern Loyalists in the Civil War: The Southern Claims Commission. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing, 1994./E 480.5 .M56 1994
Peddycord, Will F. History of the Seventy-Fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry: A Three Years' Organization. Warsaw, IN: Smith Printery, 1913./Microfiche E 470 .C58 IN: 322-324/
An example of a unit history.
Pension Index File. 544 reels. Washington, D.C.: Veterans Administration Publications Service, 1953./Microfilm UB 373 .P4 1953/
A card index primarily for Union servicemen, also includes cards for the Spanish-American War.
Robertson, John, comp. Michigan in the War. Rev. ed. Lansing, MI: W.S. George & Company, 1882./E 514 .M62 1882/
Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defense of the American Union, Interred in the National Cemeteries. 10 vols. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing, 1994./E 494 .U57 1994/
Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865. 145 reels. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1965./Microfilm E 615 .S45 1965/
Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. 95 vols. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing, 1994./E 464 .U61/
United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps. Cemetery Branch. Card Records of Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, ca. 1879-ca. 1903. 22 reels. College Park, MD: National Archives, 1997./Microfilm E 494 .U55 1879/
. War Department. War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. 128 vols. 1880-1900. Gettysburg, PA: National Historical Society, 1971-1972./E 464 .U6 1971/
United States Civil War Soldiers Living in Michigan in 1894. St. Johns, MI: The Genealogists of Clinton County Historical Society, 1988./E 494 .U6 1988
Williams, Frederick D. Michigan Soldiers in the Civil War. 5th ed. Lansing, MI: Michigan Historical Center, 2002./E 514 .W5 2002/
Spanish-American War
Jackson, Ronald V., ed. Veterans Index, New York 1898, Spanish-American War. 2 vols. West Jordan, UT: Genealogical Services, 1987./E 726 .N5 V48 1987/
Michigan. Regimental Records, 1898-1899. Records of the Dept. of Management & Budget. 1 box./RG 84-88/
Records of Michigan's Spanish-American War units, including muster rolls and unit rosters.
Michigan Volunteers of '98: A Complete Photographic Record of Michigan's Part in the Spanish-American War of 1898. Detroit: G. F. Sterling & Co., 1898./RG 84-88 Box 35/
Pennsylvania. Adjutant-General's Office. Record of Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Spanish-American War, 1898. Harrisburg, PA: W. S. Ray, 1900./E 726 .P4 P4/
Pension Index File. 544 reels. Washington, D.C.: Veterans Administration Publications Service, 1953./Microfilm UB 373 .P4 1953/
Used predominantly for Civil War research, this collection also includes cards for veterans of the Spanish-American War.
World War I
Haulsee, William M., comp. Soldiers of the Great War. 3 vols. Washington, D.C.: Soldiers Record Publishing Association, 1920./D 609 .U6 S6/
Landrum, Charles Hanford, comp. Michigan in the World War: Military and Naval Honors of Michigan Men and Women. Lansing, MI: Michigan Historical Commission, 1924./D 570.85 .M5 L3/
Michigan. Census of World War I Veterans, 1918-1921. Records of the Dept. of Military Affairs. 375 vols./RG 78-92/
A statewide census of World War I veterans conducted by the Daughters of the American Revolution in Michigan.
. Victory Medal Applications, 1920-1924. Records of the Dept. of Military Affairs, Adjutant General Division. 17 boxes./RG 85-78/
. World War I Bonus Files, 1921-1932. Records of the Dept. of Military Affairs, Personnel Division. 173 boxes./RG 84-107/
Michigan World War I veterans that were awarded a state bonus for service in World War I.
Schaefer, Christina K. The Great War: A Guide to the Service Records of All the World's Fighting Men and Volunteers. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing, 1998./D 505 .S33 1998/
World War II
Keehn, Shirley. Lest We Forget: A Compilation of the Men of Monroe County, Michigan, Who Gave Their Lives in the Cause of Freedom During World War I and World War II. Monroe, MI: S. E. Keehn, 1996./F 572 .M7 K44 1996/
Knox, Debra Johnson. World War II Military Records: A Family Historian's Guide. Spartanburg, SC: MIE Pub., 2003.D 797 .U6 K56 2003
State Summary of War Casualties (Michigan). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Navy, 1946./D 797 .U62 M53 1946/
United States. War Department. World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing: State of Michigan. Washington, D.C.: War Department, 1946./D 769.85 .A2 W67 1946/
Korean War
Michigan. Veterans' Bonus Records, 1955-1958. Records of the Dept. of Military Affairs. 10 vols./RG 84-91/
Records of Michigan soldiers awarded a state bonus for service in the Korean War.
Veteran's Records
Michigan. Records of Posts, Michigan GAR, 1876-1945. Records of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Michigan. 81 boxes./RG 63-19/
This collection contains muster rolls, death roll, applications for membership, transfer cards, certificates of honorable discharge, and more.
. Camp Records of the United Spanish War Veterans, Department of Michigan, 1890-1984. Records of the Dept. of Management & Budget, United Spanish War Veterans.
This collection contains burial lists, membership lists, muster rolls, registers, reports of death, and rosters of the veterans group for the Spanish-American War.
. Veterans' Case Files, 1885-1982. Records of the State Veterans' Facility of Michigan./RG 64-20; RG 82-22; RG 85-47/
These collections contain applications for admission, readmission, and discharge, and much more for the veterans' facility in Grand Rapids.
Northcott, Dennis. Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Illinois: Transcription of the Death Rolls, 1879-1947. St. Louis, MO: D. Northcott, 2003./E 462.1 .I48 N67 2003/
Similar books exist for Indiana and Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska.
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quick question on the above mentioned counters. When measuring both events for a memory intensive piece of code (no disk I/O), sometimes PAPI_TOT_CYC is larger than PAPI_RES_STL.
From the PAPI documentation I assumed PAPI_TOT_CYC counts all cycles and therefore, PAPI_RES_STL should be included in them.
Platform is Intel E5450; according to `papi_decode`, PAPI_TOT_CYC is based on native UNHALTED_CORE_CYCLES, and PAPI_RES_STL is based on RESOURCE_STALL:ANY.
I found several sources on google where people measured the % of resource stalls in cycles by RESOURCE_STALL:ANY/UNHALTED_CORE_CYCLES, respectively PAPI_RES_STL/PAPI_TOT_CYC, indicating that RESOURCE_STALL:ANY < UNHALTED_CORE_CYCLES, respectively PAPI_RES_STL < PAPI_TOT_CYC, should hold true.
Any explanation on this behavior would be highly appreciated.
Thanks, Johnny


text: Cars Teams Series Partners History News Contact 2014 Race Reports 2013 Race Reports Aston Martin GT4 Challenge 2012 Race Reports GT4 Challenge Partners 1 - Silverstone 2 - Oulton Park 3 - Donington Park 4 - Brands Hatch 5 - Centenary Festival 6 - Spa 7 - Snetterton Round 1 Silverstone - 6th April 2013 The Aston Martin GT4 Challenge of Great Britain got underway on Saturday (6 April) when the season-opener at Silverstone took place. And, with debutant Kevin Norville starting from pole, a maiden win for Andrew Jarman and the Best Overall Performance prize going to newcomer David Tin, it was a day of exciting firsts. For further information please contact: Andrew Williamson Customer Programmes Manager Tel: +44 (0) 1295 273 355 Email: email@example.com Aston Martin GT4 Challenge of Great Britain - Round 1 Race Report & Results Qualifying took place amid cold and cloudy conditions. The session was headed by the #27 Norville/Lockie car, which set an impressive pace throughout the thirty minutes of qualification. Their quickest time, a 1:00.80 was enough to put them on pole by just under a second; a fine performance for the new pairing which resulted in Kevin starting his first GT4 race at the head of the field. As if to herald the start of the 2013 Aston Martin GT4 Challenge, the sun came out just in time for the race to begin on Saturday afternoon, bathing the packed-out paddock in very welcome warm glow. The lights went green at just after 2.25pm and 2012 Challenge winner Olivier Bouche took the lead, the position that he and team-mate, TXM Recruit-sponsored Andrew Jarman were to maintain for each of the one hundred minutes. James Walters, senior sales manager at Aston Martin Racing comments: "This season was set to be the most exciting yet, and if Saturday is anything to go by, we're certainly on course for a great year. The series, supported by Dunlop tyres and QuickSilver Exhausts, is proof that drivers with no or little racing experience can come along with a few friends and have a great racing experience." First time racer Kevin Norville comments: "Saturday was off the charts for me with three trophies and two podiums. This is what I'd hoped for over the course of the season in total and perhaps realistically loaded towards the end. To do that on my first ever day was amazing – it was exactly one month to the day after Aston Martin Racing handed over the new Vantage GT4 car to me!" The winner of the Silverstone Best Overall Performance award was David Tinn, who impressed Aston Martin Racing with his driving, especially knowing that his only previous experience was at track days. For his efforts, Tinn wins a free entry into the Aston Martin Centenary Le Mans Parade and a VIP hospitality invitation for the famous 24-hour race. James Walters adds: "David Tinn tested the Vantage at last year's Aston Martin track day. He then came to our prospect test day in February to try the GT4 and started his first event on an 'arrive and drive' basis with Stratton Motorsport. We were particularly impressed with how quickly David took to driving the GT4. He and teammates - fellow newcomer John Dickson, who has raced historics for a number of years and fellow racer Zak Mercer - showed that together they could be a formidable force in the series. "Alongside a busy day of racing, Stratstone Amersham's fantastic sales display of Aston Martin road cars gave our guests and spectators plenty to look at and with food and drink at the Aston Martin VIP Race Centre it was a great day out for everyone. Roll on Oulton Park!" The next round of the GT4 Challenge of Great Britain takes place at Oulton Park on May 11th. Anyone interested in hospitality passes to attend as a spectator/guest or competing in the race on an 'arrive and drive' basis with Stratton Motorsport should go to www.astonmartin.com/gt4challenge for further information. Race Classification Pos No. Team Drivers Laps Time 1 22 Stratton Motorsport Olivier Bouche & Andrew Jarman 91 40:43.8 2 24 Vantage Racing Tom Black & Chris Kemp 91 40:49.6 3 27 Track-Club.com Kevin Norville & Calum Lockie 91 41:06.2 4 56 Hills Racing Tim Eakin & Richard Taffinder 90 40:55.6 5 20 Track-Club.com Bolaji Odunsi & Richard Hope 89 40:58.5 6 14 Adrian Johnson Racing Claire Johnson & Adrian Johnson 89 41:13.8 7 47 Stratton Motorsport Zak Mercer, David Tin & John Dickson 85 41:29.2 DNF 5 Mardi Gras Motorsport Desmond Smail 67 18:42.6 Enter GT4 Challenge Download Images Image Gallery For high resolution imagery please contact: Andrew Williamson Tel: +44 (0) 1295 273 355 Email: email@example.com


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How dare the Army even think of letting Cadet Blake Page get away with quitting the U.S. Military Academy at West Point? All veterans and families of veterans should be outraged.
How dare the Army even think of letting Cadet Blake Page get away with quitting the U.S. Military Academy at West Point? All veterans and families of veterans should be outraged.
How long does it take you to know that you are an atheist? Because Page would not receive a commission because of clinical depression, he decided that the best way out was claiming religious discrimination. You mean that it took four years for Page to notice that he was attending religious meetings that at times required sectarian religious participation?
For four years, Page denied another individual who really did want to serve his/her country the opportunity of doing so. For this alone, he should be dishonorably discharged. I don't know the Cadet Code by heart, but I am sure that honesty and integrity are part of it.
As military academies offer the best education in the country and Page took advantage of that, he should be made to pay for it. Any subject having anything to do with the military should not be counted as credit toward a degree by any other college. If Page trained as an infantry lieutenant, any math program should also be discounted.
Paul Shust
I read with interest the article describing IBM changing its distribution to employees' 401(k) plans.
Several years ago, IBM dropped its previous fixed-benefit retirement plans for workers under age 55 and placed them in the revised 401(k) plan, which was probably better than most private retirement plans offered at the time.
Now instead of semimonthly deposits, IBM has decided to wait until the end of the year to make a lump-sum deposit. The employee loses the benefit of dollar cost averaging that came with semimonthly contributions, but that's not the worst impact.
The caveat is the IBM worker must be employed as of Dec. 15 of that year to receive the 401(k) contributions for the entire year. An employee who decides to retire during the year would receive a pro-rated contribution commensurate with the percentage of the year worked.
Not explained in the article would be the disposition of IBM workers who get caught in a workforce reduction. Those dedicated employees who lose their jobs before Dec. 15 apparently would not receive any 401(k) contributions for the entire year. This hardly symbolizes IBM's past goal of "respect for the individual." I hope this is not the case.
Jeffrey Gliedman
Electing President Obama was a good thing for middle-income taxpayers nationally, but here in New York state, property taxes are still unbearable and unfair.
Former Gov. Spitzer suggests a national stock transfer tax — much of which would come from the state. But did you know the state already has a stock transfer tax that collects about $16 billion a year, which is rebated every year to Wall Street? That enormous sum could reduce property taxes immediately. We collect it already. Why don't we use it here, now?
Then there's the threat — in "fiscal cliff" negotiations — of taking away middle-class federal tax deductions for property taxes. So highly taxed state property taxpayers would subsidize low property tax states by being taxed twice.
In addition, our governor has promised a tax reform commission that would exclude the most chaotic, extortionate tax, the property tax, from the discussion. Really, Gov. Cuomo?
We property taxpayers are still carrying an unfair burden, and we won't be laying it down anytime soon. In New York state, the politicos help those who are big campaign donors. They are taxed very lightly.
Although we tax reformers fight for tax equity constantly, it could get worse before it gets better. Stay alert.
Gioia Shebar


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by Andrew Billo | CNN – Last week, the Philippines sought to increase pressure on China over its claims in the South China Sea by filing a legal claim against the country under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Seas. While unprecedented, the Philippines knows that it cannot afford derailing the economic relationship with its third largest trading partner, China, and a verdict – to be issued several years down the line – will ultimately be unenforceable.
Why, then, would the Philippines take this action now, given the irritation it might cause China, risks to economic relations, and the likely minimal impact it will have on altering China's behavior?
One overarching reason is that in Asia, international relations, at least in the political sphere, are dictated largely by domestic affairs. The legacy of colonialism, and its associated web of international alliances, means that East Asian countries often distrust their neighbors and global powers as well. Distrust has created insular and highly nationalistic policies, a convenient tool for governments wishing to pin domestic governance and economic challenges on the legacy of foreign oppression.
The South China Sea is an ideal distraction from the domestic challenges of Asian countries. The territory is believed to hold significant energy resources, but how much is unknown. At present, countries in the region are sufficiently resourced to maintain their (slowing as they may be) growth trajectories. If domestic energy sources dry up, the challenge of maintaining peace will be even greater.
But the international news media is prematurely hyping the disputes and highlighting the verbal barbs being traded between countries at all levels. It's true, as The Economist pointed out this past week, that a clash over territory would "imperil the region's peace and its momentous economic advances." But this isn't going to happen, at least not yet.
More from GPS: Why Asia is arguing over its islands
Risking a conflict over the South China Sea area – and the coinciding economic collapse – would pose a greater risk for domestic political leadership, and so naval vessels and troops remain largely stationed at home.
So while a statement released by the Philippines read, "One cannot put a price in the concerted effort of the Filipino people and government in defending our patrimony, territory, national interest and national honor," the country would be misguided in pursuing anything more than legal action.
In the Philippines, and other countries in the region, the price for maintaining "national honor" with force is prohibitively expensive. Blustering, however, ultimately serves domestic political interests as creating a unified, national stance is quite valuable for political parties wishing to secure their futures in a tenuous political environment.
The South China Sea dispute has long evoked nationalist feelings. In 2007, protests over the South China Sea curiously materialized in Vietnam, and then quickly faded. One Sunday in front of the Chinese Embassy and Consulate in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, for example, protestors took to the street, a strange sight in Communist controlled Vietnam, where public protest is typically curtailed.
Police stood by, watching the protestors picket, then, like they had been queued to take action from the top, the police quietly shooed the protestors away. It made for a couple of nice snapshots in local and international papers, but none of the protestors objected to putting their placards away.
A week later, the protests seemed to become more organic in nature, as comments labeling China as the oppressor were bandied about the blogosphere, as well as the streets. China objected, but Vietnam's "crackdown" on the protests seemed almost to have been staged. The protests were a reminder to the Vietnamese people – most of whom have no direct stake with respect to the dispute – about China as the historic aggressor that the Vietnamese military successfully thwarted in 1979.
Fast-forward again to 2013. In 2007, U.S. interests were squarely in the Middle East and South Asia, centered on Iraq and Afghanistan. Interest in the Asia Pacific was being curtailed. Now, the U.S. government's return to the region further complicates the South China Sea matter, and vexes regional governments unsure of what lengths the U.S. would take in order to stand up for its regional allies. Is America willing to step up and intervene on any of the bilateral disputes, and will U.S. ships in the region act as a stabilizing force?
But ultimately it is nationalist forces within the most vociferous claimant countries of the Philippines, Vietnam and China that can be blamed most for present tensions for three reasons.
First, by asserting sovereignty – even if illegitimately – over a disputed area, a government is able to project an image of power and influence that reinforces its authority. Second, the contradictory assertions of sovereignty by the various claimants help to create an "enemy" that governments can cast as a scapegoat for certain domestic issues and deflect hostility toward. This also engenders greater appreciation for those in office, as it creates a situation that encourages citizens to rely on their governments for protection. Third, the contentious claims regarding the South China Sea shift focus in the direction of international problems and away from domestic ones.
Despite nationalism's propensity for polarizing states, entering into sustained military conflict would undermine these governments' ability to fulfill societal demands for economic growth, institutions, and security as described above. Protracted military conflict is unlikely owing to the financial costs and risks to property and life. For this reason, greater conflict will not emerge in the near-term.
The parties will continue to agree to disagree, but the conflict is unlikely to escalate much further in the next decade at least. In the meantime, it is unfortunate that opportunities to cooperate on a range of regional issues will be hampered.
CNN Editor's note: Andrew Billo is an assistant director with the Asia Society in New York. The views expressed are his own.
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Use "apache_start.bat" to read an error message.
Apache status is NOT RUNNING and shows error message 'Apache server not started -1'.
a message that 'Apache 2 is starting'. ... but it is not succesfully running.
I can see Apache running in Task Manager
I can access XAMPP demopage
sc delete Apache2.2
I have pasted Bugzilla files in C>XAMPP>htdocs. Now, there is a file called 'checksetup.pl'. As per my understanding this file should open in command prompt and should check the required perl modules.
cd \xampp\htdocs
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Much of the media world, chasing a report in TMZ, are reporting speculation that Maria Shriver may not divorce former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger after all.
On a personal level, that's not surprising, despite revelations of Schwarzenegger's love child with a housekeeper who remained on the staff for 14 years after the child's birth. Schwarzenegger wants to reconcile, so the ball is in Shriver's court. Let's hope she does whatever makes her happy. The couple have been married for 25 years and have four children together.
On a political-professional level, a reuniting of Schwarzenegger and Shriver is intriguing. Divorced and disgraced, Schwarzenegger's political career appeared to be over. He left office with voters unhappy with his performance. And he seemed to lose what little good will he had left when the love child news hit and Shriver left him.
But if these two get back together, in a big public way with a compelling narrative of apology and forgiveness (and these folks do tend to share), Schwarzenegger could get a second political wind. That's significant politically. Schwarzenegger is just about the only Republican left in California who can win a statewide race. Of course California Republicans, who have grown comfortable with losing, can't stand the guy. But with the party unable so far to field serious challengers to incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Republicans could be forgiven for forgiving Schwarzenegger.
It's also far from clear that Schwarzenegger wants to get back into elected politics. Yes, the former governor continues to speak out on public issues, but he seems to be enjoying moviemaking and other enterprises. A return to elected office would narrow his options -- and might not be good for a marriage he's trying to rebuild.


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Spy photos and information from the Web site Ride Apart show us the new Honda CTX1300, a cruising bike that draws from the ST1300 (engine) and body and frame setup of the CTX700. And it looks pretty fast.
The idea is a little like that used by Audi, where you stuff a humongous engine into a fairly light car and make an otherwise average auto into a speedy little road demon.
The big question is whether the millions Honda has invested to develop this new cruiser will translate into salesroom dollars. Honda already has its own Gold Wing, a highly successful long-range touring bike that has been around for nearly 40 years, bowing in 1974 with a 1,000-cc four-cylinder engine and still going strong with a 1,832-cc six-banger.
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Sign, Birmingham, Alabama: photo by Arthur Rothstein, February, 1937 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)
the concept of a prosperous
middle class, for many a dream,
in the midst of a depression
even in Alabama, a relatively
poor state, at the time,
a dream of some prosperity
as corny as it might seem now
was to become well sought after
and materialize in the 50's
the story leaves out that
wealth in Alabama, at the time,
depended on a system of cheap
labor, enforced by a racial
apartheid like system
though in America points of
love always break through
Helen Keller
Forest Gump
a southern rock group:
"Wall street fell
but we were so poor
we couldn't tell"
About that system, see:
Jack Delano: Funeral in Georgia
Jack Delano: Hard Times in the Mill (A Death in Georgia)
Nice to see your blog. This is one of my favorite photos by my father, Arthur Rothstein. He always said a picture is worth a thousand words. In fact, he had a book called,"Words and Pictures" check it out. Eve Roth Lindsay (nee Rothstein)
Thank you very much for your comment.
Your father's wonderful FSA work has appeared here previously. The famous 1936 Cimarron Dust Bowl shot is the fourth image down from the top here:
Problems of Life: Wittgenstein
And a less well known 1938 shot -- two children building a model airplane at a Texas FSA camp (colour) -- is the top image here:
The poet Aram Saroyan has reminded me that his father, William Saroyan, worked with your father on the 1967 book "Look at Us..."
I found this note in New York Magazine, September 30, 1985, p. 26, quoting William Saroyan on your father's work:
"His [Rothstein's] work is straight, not arty. At their best, however, his pictures are works of art."
That is certainly true, and perfectly put.
(In case you're inrerested, here is the New York magazine link.)


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Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd. So begins the macabre musical about the Demon Barber of Fleet Street now playing at Durango High School.
Dickensian in nature, the work is about revenge, but it doesnt wrap up neatly. Theres no arrival of a rich uncle to save the day, nor does the villain convert to a life of goodness. Instead, Sweeney Todd is grounded in Greek tragedy, and Thespian Troupe 1096 delivers on that promise.
For any company, Sweeney Todd is a demon of a musical. Complex and vocally challenging, it is filled with a multitude of overlapping scenes, sudden key changes and shifting meters. And thats just the music. When it opened on Broadway in 1979, the ink-black satire puzzled producers. No one thought it would succeed with a public generally expecting sunny characters and happy endings.
Buoyed on the wings of Stephen Sondheims sophisticated score and Hugh Wheelers adaptation of a Christopher Bond play, the fable of injustice and revenge went on to win many awards including Best Musical of 1980. Since then, it has enjoyed scores of revivals and a movie version starring Johnny Depp.
Set in 1846 in the midst of the Industrial Revolution, the DHS production features a black London skyline and stone-cold evocations of storied shops and a thoroughfare.
From the opening organ prelude, the work unfolds like a classic tragedy. Sweeney Todd, alias Benjamin Barker (forcefully played by Joey Panelli), returns from 15 years in exile on false charges. Bitter and obsessed, he seeks revenge for his wifes death, his daughters disappearance and his imprisonment. With shop owner Mrs. Lovett (the wonderfully comic Rosie Schultz), he stumbles on a grand scheme. Together, they concoct his retribution and her business success. Its a Halloween horror story and definitely not family entertainment.
Director Kristin Winchester has crafted a laudable production with the help of technical director Walker White, musical director Tom Keyser and choreographer Suzy DiSanto, among others. The creative team has enhanced the works theatricality by blending stylized and realistic elements.
Dressed formally in black and white, the chorus wears masks, uses freeze-action and periodically advances the tale in a straight-forward, marcato delivery. Red scarves symbolize the barbers bloody business.
On opening night, Conductor Kyser and his musicians were performance ready. But they contended with an unexpected shortfall. Half the players were on the football field playing with the DHS band.
Miraculously, the reduced pit orchestra did very well with five strings, pianist Ivy Walkers splendid accompaniment and DHS faculty member Katharine Reed doubling on brass and percussion. That Sondheims challenging score was even attempted is something of a miracle for high school musicians.
Sweeney Todd borders on opera, so the singing is challenging, too. Some of the principals had difficulty with range, but everyone mastered the complex key and metric changes.
The daunting patter songs were clear and the ballads beautiful, especially in the hands of Evatt Salinger as Anthony and Emma Costello as Toby. Emma Buchanan revealed a clear, more lyric soprano for Johanna than heard in earlier roles. The only true sound problem centered on uneven amplification especially in the chorus. In the long run, that can be fixed if supportive patrons step up to augment DHS equipment.
Credit Winchester, her creative team and the students, on and off stage, for a successful production of one of our eras most challenging and thought-provoking musicals.
Judith Reynolds is a Durango writer, artist and critic. Reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Opening the show was the wonderful dream pop band Invisible Days.
I had been enjoying their song "Daysleeping" for a few months now.
This band successfully blend gentle atmospherics, FX laden guitars, slithering basslines and appropriate rackety-tackety percussion with a vocal harmony that sets them apart from many other bands attempting this genre. Combine that with songwriting that shows thought and precision and its becomes clear (or less invisible) as to why their sound resonates so well with me. On their song "Stewards" the vocals are placed far back in the mix, echo tinged, with strummed guitars more out front. It continues to build cathedral-like, while the drums stay routed in the here and now.
The aforementioned "Daysleeping" takes the superior vocal harmonies even higher, bringing to mind the gold age of "gaze" bands like, Ride for example.
I had also been enjoying their track "Solitary Time" for a while now - ever since picking up their CD at a previously attended show of theirs.
Good News! The band is now offering this track as a free download, which can be gotten here:
Next up was the trio Crawl Babies
Especially their drummer who played in the stand up style of Mo Tucker and Bobby Gillespie.
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Their 60's tinged sound points to a band like The Raveonettes as possible sonic reference point.
Finally it was time for the headliner.
Shana put on her typcially dazzling light and sound spectacular.
One more from the EP, a live performance of "U.R. Everything"
Following Shana's wonderful performance, was another band that presents a blended dual male vocal front - Heaven
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Maylandia lombardoi (Kenyi cichlid)
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Adult female kennyi (Pseudotropheus lombardoi)
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This spring and summer gave me chances to exercise courage in some very concrete ways. It started back in March when I sent out an e-mail to the Unitarian Universalist ministers' chat group seeking a housing exchange for this summer. As a bold afterthought, at the end of the message I wrote, "Maybe in Europe?"
This summer at Unity Church we are continuing with the theme of "virtues and values." Since our summer services are intergenerational, we are talking about things at a more down-to-earth level that is accessible to kids. This week our topic is "courage."This spring and summer gave me chances to exercise courage in some very concrete ways. It started back in March when I sent out an e-mail to the Unitarian Universalist ministers' chat group seeking a housing exchange for this summer. As a bold afterthought, at the end of the message I wrote, "Maybe in Europe?" That last phrase caught the attention of my colleague Jill Jarvis in Kansas City. Though we had not yet met in person, she wrote back offering me the use of her 500-year-old farmhouse in the southwest corner of France for two weeks – for free. She and her husband bought the place in the Pyrenees to renovate for their eventual retirement. Wow! It pays to dream a little, out loud, sometimes. Still, I worried that I could not afford the plane fare, mostly because my son needed braces. In the end it seemed that this chance might never arise again, so I decided to go for it and trust that the money situation would work out. I bought a ticket to Barcelona, nearby and relatively cheap. Some further bold requesting led to help with my son's braces. All systems were go. But in the weeks leading up to the trip, I came down with a serious case of the jitters. I had been to France before with my ex-husband to visit his family there, but never by myself. I never had to rely on my own French or drive myself around. My last time there was when our son was a baby, 14 years ago. The marriage ended when he was 3 and I thought that was also the end of my traveling to that part of the world. Could I speak and understand French well enough? The village being remote, I needed to rent a car. Could I brave the crazy European drivers on the autoroutes? My ex assured me that if you can drive in Boston you can drive anywhere because people here are way crazier. Despite his encouragement, in the final days I contemplated playing hooky, not showing up at the airport, staying in the States and hiding out in my apartment. Long story short, I plucked up my courage and went. My ex was right, the autoroutes were no problem after the highways around Boston. I did cower for the first couple of days in the lovely home of my colleague (who I met in June at our General Assembly). Slowly I ventured out enough to discover that my French was adequate. Then I grabbed the bull by the horns, as it were (it is Catalan country, after all) and drove to the ancient walled city of Carcasonne, took the train to the Amsterdam-ish town of Sête, wandered the artist galleries in the seaside village of Coulliere, and lay on the beach at Racou. It was gorgeous. I took hundreds of photos. I even met and had some decent (if somewhat faltering) conversations with French people. And when one night I returned chez-Jill (Jill's house) and discovered bats (chauve souris), despite my lifelong phobia of rodents, I did not panic. I did not fall to the floor, crawl out to the car on my stomach and spend the night there, shivering and weeping. Calmly, I opened windows and doors, drew aside curtains, and waited until the little beasts found their way out, after which I was totally grooving on myself. Tess the Brave. So what did I learn about courage during my summer vacation? I learned that boldness can be a good thing, and that sharing your dreams and asking for help can give rise to exciting opportunities. I have learned that people can be very generous if you let them. Sarah Ban Breathnach says that "Courage is fear that has said her prayers." Maybe courage is something you learn by taking some risks, trusting a little, and learning from what happens. Learning and growing are two of the benefits of courage. Eleanor Roosevelt once said that we grow from every opportunity to look fear in the face, and that we must do the thing we think we cannot do. Having done some things what seemed impossible, I agree. What grew most, for me, was my faith in my self and my abilities. I will not be afraid to travel alone abroad again. Courage, mes amis (courage, my friends). The Rev. Tess Baumberger, PhD, is an Easton Journal contributor and minister at the Unity Church of North Easton, Mass. You can reach her at 508-238-6373 or email@example.com. For more information about Unity Church, please visit our website www.unity-church.com.


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- does not have too many features (i.e is easy to get into and write first program).
I have been programming in JavaScript for quite some time and have gotten quite fond of it. Are there any other languages that have similar design?
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I know a bit of c#.After doing some programming in node js I really started to appreciate javascript and ease of its use.However outside of web development javascript falls short.Sure there are libraries like app.js that allows desktop programming but that's about it.Which is why I was looking for a more general purpose sripting language that has the above mentioned features.I listed those features to make the question more in tune with stack exchange policies other wise it would probably have been closed.


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Up-and-comer Hunter Hayes celebrated his first No. 1 as a singer and songwriter Thursday (Jan. 17) at the BMI headquarters on Nashville's Music Row. The spotlighted song was "Wanted," which Hayes co-wrote with veteran composer Troy Verges.
Unlike most No. 1 parties, which take place in the late afternoon, this one was a lavish brunch affair, complete with mimosas and Bloody Marys and a caloric onslaught of eggs Benedict casserole, crème brulee French toast, lemony deviled eggs and yogurt parfaits.
The turnout of Hayes' friends, family and business associates nearly filled BMI's cavernous reception hall.
A few minutes into the feast, BMI's Jody Williams came to the stage to call the room to order. He reminded the crowd that Hayes is CMA's reigning new artist of the year and is currently in contention for three Grammy awards: best new artist, best country solo performance and best country album.
As is the custom for BMI writers earning their first No. 1, Williams presented Hayes a special-edition acoustic guitar.
Williams also pointed out that Hayes increased his fan exposure enormously by opening approximately 100 shows this past year for Carrie Underwood .
Of Verges, who is now riding high on the charts as co-writer of Kip Moore 's "Beer Money," Williams said, "His music appeals to artists no matter what genre."
John Esposito, head of Warner Music Nashville, Hayes' record label, saluted Hayes' parents, who stood near the stage, for raising an exemplary son.
"If all the artists worked as hard as this kid," said Esposito, "our life would be better." He added that he had recently returned from an international meeting of Warner branches, at which label representatives from Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom all expressed interest in promoting Hayes' music in their markets.
Esposito then presented Hayes a double-platinum plaque signifying that "Wanted," the single, has sold 2 million copies. He said sales are now approaching 3 million.
Verges took his turn at the microphone to praise his co-writer, proclaiming, "He is one of the most talented people to walk in this town in a long time."
Besides singing and writing songs, Hayes is a multi-instrumentalist and especially dazzling on the guitar.
Hayes wrapped up the celebration with a few remarks of gratitude. He first recalled the excitement he felt when, as a newly signed songwriter, he came to No. 1 parties for other artists.
"I've never known anything but music," he said. "It blows me away that my parents let me move to Nashville [from Louisiana] and moved with me. … The big thing to me was getting introduced to songwriters I respected. . . . One of the first things I learned from them was that there's no 'right way' to write a song. You just write it."View photos from the party.


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statik necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 397 diseños de 83 diseñadores freelance.
It's simple: We want to build a great online community for sharing, evaluating, and finding great coffees, coffee equipment, and the like. Our overall goal is to provide clear, concise knowledge to people new to coffee drinks as well as a place for aficionados to share information and participate (if desired) in online activities / contests.
Anyone that loves coffee, espresso, etc. and wants to learn more or contribute to a community. Let's call them: young-ish, hip, and caffeinated. Regarding the beans: Think small, independent, organic, local, fresh... not Dunkin Donuts.
The name/domain is espresso.cm so that should be used in the logo. If you don't want to put the domain (really it's .cm, not .com), then feel free to try a small tag line like "a community" or just "community". Otherwise, we're going for minimal, colorful but not loud (if possible in your style/concept) and hopefully related to coffee in some way.
Need more hints?
Here's a blog post with a bunch of great looking logos in our opinion:
Simple and meaningful. Questions welcome!
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Government selling country to foreigners: Shiv Sena
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Emphasising that foreign investment in retail will prove the death knell
for small traders, the Shiv Sena Thursday accused the government of
selling the country to foreigners.
"The government is selling the country to foreigners like Wal-Mart. If Sukhdev and Bhagat Singh were alive, they would have bombed the people who are sitting here and selling our country," said party's Sanjay Raut, while speaking in the debate in the Rajya Sabha on the decision allowing foreign equity in retail trade.
He said FDI in retail will force small traders to shut their shops and commit suicide.
Targeting Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati for supporting the government, Raut said: "Mayawati in the past stated that FDI in retail was only to benefit Rahul Gandhi's friends; today she has started to support them?"
"I want to know how many Italian traders will be allowed to come and set up their stores in India," he added.


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Rams running back Steven Jackson hadn't heard about teammate Randy McMichael's guarantee of a victory Sunday over Cleveland.
"He guaranteed a win?" Jackson said Wednesday in a conference call with media covering the Browns. "Well, I back it. I guarantee it with him. We don't shy away from one another.
"If a guy puts it on the line, we've got to go do it."
Rams running back Steven Jackson hadn't heard about teammate Randy McMichael's guarantee of a victory Sunday over Cleveland. "He guaranteed a win?" Jackson said Wednesday in a conference call with media covering the Browns. "Well, I back it. I guarantee it with him. We don't shy away from one another. "If a guy puts it on the line, we've got to go do it." McMichael, a 28-year-old tight end in his first year with the Rams, didn't use the word guarantee. His comment that made the rounds in the Browns' locker room: "We have nothing else to say. We are going to win the football game." Browns tight end Kellen Winslow responded with a coy smile. "I don't think you can guarantee a victory in this league," Winslow said. "It's hard." Winslow was a Miami Hurricane when he got to know McMichael, then a Miami Dolphin. "Randy's a cool guy," Winslow said. "It's just confidence in his team, and that's the way it should be. It makes the game fun." Browns center Hank Fraley has heard guarantees before. "It just shows the confidence they have," Fraley said. "Sometimes it can spark your own team. Sometimes it can spark the other team. "To me, it's just ... whatever." It's not as if the Rams (0-7) have much to lose if it backfires. Baxter Upbeat Gary Baxter says he could have played at game speed before the season is out, but the Browns felt they carried him on the active roster long enough. "I just ran out of time," said the cornerback, who is trying to come back from double patellar tendon surgery. "I'm not that far off. I don't want to feel like I'm holding up a roster spot when they could use it to better the team." The Browns placed Baxter on injured reserve and signed journeyman safety Nick Sorenson, who has played for the Rams and Jaguars. Baxter said the Browns have been "first-class" in the way they've helped him through his rehabilitation. Off to the Races Sunday's game will be the Browns' first in a dome this season and their second on artificial turf (New England). "My speed is gonna come out this week," Browns center Hank Fraley said. He was joking. Winslow was serious when he said: "It's gonna be fast out there." Winslow is fired up about playing in front of about 40 family members. "My family's from East St. Louis," he said. "My dad's side of the family lives there. It'll be fun." Earplugs Time Fraley, an eighth-year pro, said St. Louis has the noisiest stadium in the league. "There are some real loud outdoor places, like Denver and Arrowhead in Kansas City and our place," Fraley said. "In a dome, the noise bounces off the ceiling." Browns quarterback Derek Anderson he has been a backup in domes, but will be playing in one for the first time. "It'll be nice," he said. "Obviously, there are no elements to deal with. Obviously, it will be louder." Extra Points - Wideout Joe Jurevicius has responded well to a knee problem. He put in a full practice Wednesday. ... Running back Jamal Lewis was limited because of a foot injury, but Head Coach Romeo Crennel has said he expects Lewis to play at St. Louis. - Crennel continues to talk as if center LeCharles Bentley can play this season. The Browns have until Nov. 6 to decided whether to activate Bentley or place him on injured reserve. Canton Repository


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Join us Thursday, April 28th at 2pm CDT on Twitch for a live stream with myself (philip) and Ryan (manirelli), discussing how to go about picking parts for your next build.
It'll be a live Q&A session, as well as an opportunity to plan my build for the upcoming Dreamhack event in Austin. I'll be taking suggestions from the community on what to include in the build, and then we'll be building it on the stream next week (so that I can take it to the BYOC at Dreamhack the next day).
We'll be talking about how to go about planning your build, how to pick parts, and what things to take into consideration. Hope you can join us!
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MWC 15 Special
Sure, Windows Phone comes with its own cloud storage called SkyDrive which will also works great with Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 OS as well as with Office 2013. But maybe you are not sold to it because you got 50 GB free Box storage from HP or Sony before? Well, available before for Android, iOS and inbuilt into webOS, Box is now also officially available for Windows Phone! As announced yesterday on Box's own blog, Box offers a fully native experience for Windows Phone that has all the features users might expect from Box, but there's even more. Box for Windows Phone allows to collaborate from anywhere.
In addition to being able to access and view content, Box users can also invite colleagues to work with in folders, leave comments and share links to content right from the app.
The Mobile search allows to search the Box account right from the phone to find critical content in seconds. It's just as simple as tapping the search icon in the application bar. File management allows deleting, moving and naming folders or files is a breeze, and users can even do these actions in bulk! For sure, Box comes also with a minimum of security in mind and therefore has the team included an application-specific passcode lock as an extra layer of protection to keep prying eyes off sensitive Box content.
Further Windows Phone goodies include the design to really take advantage of Windows Phone's unique characteristics and capabilities. It allows to pivot between files, updates and collaborators, start slideshows for images just like in the Pictures Hub and even pin Live Tiles to the Start screen to see when someone has left updates on Box. In addition to all this, the app was translated into into Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
Box for Window Phone is now available free of charge from the Windows Phone Marketplace.
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Owner: Tony Nguyen
Location: Tucson, AZ
Vehicle: 1994 Toyota Supra Turbo
If you're anything like me, your jaw drops instantly from the sight of a MKIV Supra…especially a LHD one! Nguyen's car is no exception, with a bunch of stylistic mods standing out. The carbon accents on his Modellista Design Do-Luck type II front bumper and RMM spoiler pop out on his custom white paint.
BEHIND THE BUILD: Nguyen doesn't fool around; he is a man who knows what he likes. He has always had a Supra on his mind as an attainable super-car to own, and now his dreams have become reality. He keeps his ride so mint that when he is bored he replaces old worn out seals, bolts, and other parts with OEM Toyota parts…nothing but the best for his baby!
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Owner: Gary Oxley
Location: Spring Lake, NC
Vehicle: 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt SS
Oxley's Cobalt SS has over 300hp and 280lb-ft making it a car that doesn't just have the show car, go fast looks, it actually can deliver the speed too! The installed Devils Own meth kit, Smoothflow 2.7" pulley, 60lb injectors, Injen CAI, Vibrant header/downpipe, Megan Exhaust, ported and polished supercharger, and an HP Tune all help with the big jump in power on the SS.
Oxley has turned the wrench on every part of his SS himself. Being a true enthusiast that is born into a "car home" where his dad has worked on cars for nearly his whole life, the skills required to work on a car are in his blood. With a twin charge kit on the shopping list we can hardly wait to see what kind of numbers this domestic compact can pump out!
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Owner: Justin Whitted
Location: Poughkeepsie, NY
Vehicle: 2004 Mazda 6s
Whitted's '04 Mazda 6 is unlike any other in the area. With a custom twin turbo setup pushing out 305whp and 303lb-ft at a conservative 6.5 psi this beast has a lot of power potential. The car reaches max boost at 3000rpm thanks to the chosen Turbonetics T3 Super 60s A/R .36 turbos.
Believe it or not, with how intense this twin turbo Mazda 6 build is, Whitted was not always into cars. But, once he took a ride in a Dodge Viper, he was instantly hooked and addicted to speed. He plans to test his build on road courses and drag strips this season. As it turns out, Whitted is used to winning as an athlete growing up, so he is making his best effort and taking the proper steps necessary so he doesn't loose in anything he signs up for with the car!
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Owner: Frank Sonic Castaneda
Location: West New York, NJ
Vehicle: 2002 Chevy TrailBlazer
The first thing I think of whenever I take a look at Castaneda's TrailBlazer is that little blue hedgehog that everyone has grown to love from the Sega Genesis era that has past. Castaneda's middle name and nickname of "Sonic" has become a wicked theme on the SUV with all the video game air brushing.
Castaneda is the founder and president of TeamC4 Car Club. He prides himself in creating the club what it is today. The drop on his TrailBlazer is pretty insane at 6" especially since he still can use his 4x4 abilities if he really wanted to risk damaging his eagle alloy's! Castaneda uses his in your face dream car, incorporating so many different aspects he loves to lead the caravan of TeamC4 as they cruise to their next event.


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Airline fees making travel a costly proposition
Premium seat charges causing problems for families
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Flying used to be a relatively simple process, at least financially. Once upon a time, you would pay for your ticket and never have to open up your wallet again until you reached your destination. However, in recent years, airlines have begun charging fees for products and services associated with flying. It started with charging for checked bags, which was quickly followed by fees for things like snacks, drinks, pillows, and blankets.
According to IdeaWorks, a consultancy that tracks airline fees, the world's top fifty airlines collected more than $22.6 billion in ancillary revenue last year. Australian carrier Qantas, for example, collected more than $50 in fees per passenger in 2011.
"Air carriers were hit especially hard over the last few years as fuel prices soared, and they have tried to find ways to attract fliers with low advertised fares – but offset their costs with add-on fees," said attorney Martin Sweet of the legal information website THELAW.TV.
One of the ways airlines have chosen to make some extra money is by charging passengers for what they call "premium" seats. They will charge you $15 or $20 to sit in a particular seat with a good location or a bit more leg room. This can become costly for a family traveling together, and when the airplane is full – as more and more planes are -- due to the airlines' desire to fly smaller, fuller planes to get the biggest bang for their fuel cost buck, it can be a be a headache for families with small children.
Many families with children are being forced to pay as much as $80 in fees to sit together. When you book your flight online, most airlines will show you the plane's seating chart and allow you to choose your seats. Often, it's difficult to find seats together unless you're willing to pay for premium seating.
John and Amanda Parish booked their trip to Disney World in Orlando seven months in advance so they could sit with five-year-old Megan, but then in July, they were told that American Airlines changed the plane for their return trip and the family would have to be separated. Parish said he had no other recourse but to pay an additional $60 so his daughter wouldn't have to sit rows away and on the other side of the cabin.
"Separating children from their parents on an airplane can be a huge cause of anxiety, and create issues for passengers seated around any of the separated family members," says Sweet. "The add-on fee situation could be ripe for abuse, particularly if the airline is dishonest about the availability of particular seats."
Airline officials say these situations can be taken care of at the gate and that flight attendants will work with surrounding passengers to switch seats, allowing children to sit with their parents. But those other passengers are not always amenable to switching seats, especially if it involves switching to a middle seat.
In July, a Washington watchdog group asked federal regulators to step in and forbid U.S. airlines from separating children from their parents on airplanes. That same month, lawmakers introduced a bill called the "Families Flying Together Act of 2012" that would make it illegal for airlines to split families up. But even the author of that bill, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), admits it could bring up thorny issues such as to how exactly to define a family.
"I'm not sure there is a solution to this particular problem," says Sweet. "The airlines are trying to turn a profit and if they were to eliminate some of these fees they would probably significantly raise their airfares to compensate."
Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), recently called on U.S. carriers to voluntarily reconsider their pricing scheme, particularly for families traveling with children. Besides the cost implication for travelers, Schumer raised concerns with the U.S. Department of Transportation over the safety implications of children being forced to sit separately from their parents because of onerous fees. Schumer also questioned whether airlines would assume liability for the safety of a child who wasn't seated next to their parent.
The Parish family eventually got to sit together free of charge, only after American Airlines received numerous media inquiries about their story.
In this era of high fuel costs, it looks like airline fees are here to stay. If you can pack lightly enough to fit everything into a carry on, take some snacks with you on the plane and avoid flying with young children, you just might be able to afford your trip.
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3 killed in Bradenton clubhouse accident | News
BRADENTON, Florida (AP) - A police report says that a car accident that killed three pedestrians in Bradenton doesn't appear to be alcohol related.
The Florida Highway Patrol report says the driver of the car was 79-year-old Doreen Landstra of Palmetto, Fla.
The FHP says Landstra backed her car in a parking lot at the Sugar Creek Country Club, located inside a mobile home park where church services were taking place.
She struck a crowd of pedestrians. Margaret
Vanderlaan, Paul Wilhemina, and Johanna Dijkhoff were killed. Five others have been hospitalized. Their conditions were not immediately known.
The car came to a stop in a lake adjacent to the clubhouse. Landstra was not injured.
The report indicates that a decision hasn't been made whether Landstra will face charges, pending further investigation.
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It's official.
I need an intervention.
My love of rosemary and lemon have reached new levels of ridiculousness.
And here's how I know that.
As some of you may know, I write for the Calgary Herald's Real Life section on occasion. I like to pitch the topic in advance, just in case it's going to clash with any of the other upcoming articles the editor may have planned.
Me: Here's what I'm thinking: Lemon Rosemary Olive Oil Cake
Her: Lemon?
Me: (confused) …Yes…?
Her: Wasn't your last thing on lemon? And, um, the one before that?
Me: Okey-dokey. I'll figure something out. Maybe I should do a boozy recipe….
Her: Good idea.
It was only when I got back to my desk and looked up the drink recipe I had added to my to-do list that I realized I may have a problem: Vodka Rosemary Lemonade Fizz.
Damn you, lemon, why do I love you so? And, uh, rosemary too.
But, just because I couldn't write it for the Herald didn't mean this bad boy (and, at some point down the road, the vodka recipe too) wasn't going to get made. After all, one can only deny their love for lemon desserts for so long. And, let's face it, it was raining and snowing and sleeting out at the time, so what was a girl to do? Bake.
This is adapted slightly from Julie's recipe (over at Dinner with Julie). Her original recipe calls for a finely chopped or grated pear. I omitted it this time around, but will be tempted to throw one in next time.
Lemon Rosemary Olive Oil Cake
- 4 large eggs
- 3/4 cup sugar
- grated zest and juice of a lemon
- 1/2 cup regular or extra virgin olive oil or canola oil
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp. baking power
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 2 sprigs of rosemary, leaves stripped off and chopped
- a couple more sprigs of rosemary to decorate the top (optional)
Preheat oven to 350. In large bowl, beat eggs for about a minute until frothy. Add sugar and beat for a few minutes until mixture is thick and pale. Add lemon zest, juice and olive oil and beat again.
Combine flour, baking powder, rosemary and salt in another bowl, then add to egg mixture. Stir by hand until just combined.
Pour into prepared loaf pan (sprayed or lined with parchment). Lay decorative rosemary on top. Bake for 45 minutes, until golden. (Mine was done in a little less, so you may want to check earlier if your oven runs a bit hot.


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You may have heard the news: Peyton Manning, who missed the 2011 season with a neck injury that many thought could threaten his career, has signed a contract with the Denver Broncos to be the team's next starting quarterback. This is great news for Broncos fans everywhere because they haven't had a popular starting quarterback since the John Elway days, right? Wrong…
After taking over a struggling 1-4 team, quarterback Tim Tebow led the Broncos to victory after victory last season, struggling for the first three quarters before "Tebow Time" took over late in the game. With an offense that quickly transformed into an option attack, and a defense that kept every game close, the Broncos eventually won the AFC West title. Tebow was also a major reason the team won their first playoff game in electrifying fashion against the Pittsburgh Steelers in overtime.
The signing of Manning has caused some dissatisfaction in Denver and throughout Bronco Nation. The so-called "Tebowmaniacs" are demoralized at the loss of their savior and Tebow himself can't be too happy with his sudden departure from the team that he resurrected last season, although you would never know by speaking with him. Even after signing one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history, Elway (now an executive with the team) has left a fan base divided, and this isn't likely to change any time soon.
While Manning has the potential to lead the team back to the playoffs this season, one has to wonder how much of an injury risk he remains. Should something happen to the new face of the franchise, could we be looking at a potential PR nightmare in Denver?
And what about Tebow's new team. On paper, the New York Jets acquisition of the quarterback would appear to be a slam dunk for their fans. Already one of the most popular athletes in the world, Tebow brings his marketability and football skills to the center of the media universe. This situation has the potential to put him in LeBron James territory when it comes to his marketing value. But what does his acquisition do to the chemistry of the team? If he becomes the starting quarterback, will Tebow have the leeway to struggle as he originally did in Denver, while playing in the #1 television market in the country?
Right now, the Jets now have the equivalent of two starting quarterbacks in Tebow and Mark Sanchez. The team just signed Sanchez to a three-year contract extension last week, a move that was met with a mixed reaction from Jets fans that have waited since 1969 for a return trip to the Super Bowl. Sanchez is 27-20 as a starter in the regular season and has a 4-2 record in the playoffs. Like Tebow, he's led multiple game-winning drives and who can forget that he's defeated Tom Brady and the New England Patriots three times over the past three seasons (something no other quarterback in the league has done). Will diehard Jets (and Sanchez) fans revolt if the coaching staff hands the ball over to Tebow as the starting quarterback in 2012?
Whether its comments by Coach Rex Ryan, or issues involving players and/or fans, the Jets always seem to be in need of a PR makeover. Now, Tebowmania is about to sweep New York and one has to wonder what that means for the city. The team has always needed a "good guy" who can lead the team back to its glory days. Will the arrival of Tebow be the new incarnation of "Linsanity" that Jeremy Lin brought to the New York Knicks? Or are we looking at a quarterback controversy that will bring on a PR nightmare in New York?
From a public relations standpoint, both the Broncos and Jets will be interesting to watch this season. You have to wonder what happens to the Broncos if Manning gets hurt. How quickly will the backlash come from the fans? How soon will you hear the "I told you so's" from local sports writers? How will the Broncos be able to save face?
And what about the quarterback situation in New York? Will Tebow be the starting quarterback? What about Sanchez? If Sanchez starts the season as the team's quarterback, and struggles, will the coaching staff be forced to make an immediate change? What if he plays well? Will fans still demand increased playing time for Tebow?
Both camps are walking on thin ice right now with fans due to their recent moves. As with any trade, the sky's the limit for the potential. Who knows? The signing of Manning and trade of Tebow could end up being great for both franchises. But, if something goes wrong, you could easily be looking at a major PR nightmare in both cities.