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Motorstorm was never the most restrained or sober-minded racer. After all, the series made its name with a pile-it-all-on banquet of mud-splattered carnage, pitting trucks, bikes, ATVs and buggies against each other on courses hacked out of the rocks and muddy riverbeds of Monument valley. So when we say that Motorstorm Apocalypse is what happens when Motorstorm is really let loose, then that gives you some idea of how big and totally berserk the third game in the series is. You might have played a hundred racers but, trust us, you've never played anything like this.
It's a game made with one - rather unfortunately timed - idea: what would it be like to race through a city (clearly a reworked San Francisco) in the midst of a monster earthquake. The answer, in this fantasy world, is thrilling. As you race through ravaged city streets and along shattered highways, the earth rumbles, bridges buckle, the tarmac cracks and rises, and buildings come tumbling to the ground. Scripted events ensure that at each stage of the race something is exploding, collapsing, twisting and breaking or flying across the screen. It's incredibly spectacular, and with so many things to swerve past or speed under at any time, Motorstorm Apocalypse is a game that grabs you, gives you a damn good shake and demands your attention with the manners of a bad-tempered drunk in a dodgy pub. The big difference is that you'll be happy about the experience.
The familiar Motorstorm elements remain. You'll find yourself racing a mix of vehicles during the game, including superbikes, quad-bikes, monster trucks, racing trucks, muscle cars, off-road trucks, buggies and big rigs, and in many cases you'll find more than one vehicle contesting the track at any time. The speed boost mechanic also returns. You can use it at any time, but over-use it and your car blows up. Racing through water lowers the temperature, allowing you to speed a little more, while fire has the opposite effect. Using speed boost is the key to fast cornering and to victory, because it gives you an edge against your opponents, while also allowing you to break out of a spin or maintain a tricky racing line just by whacking the X button at the right time.
And Motorstorm's handling is as brilliant as ever. It's not exactly realistic, but it's believable. There's a tangible feel for each vehicle's weight, speed and balance, and a sense of how the wheels and suspension are interacting with the bumps, jumps and mud beneath the tyres. It helps make each course challenging, without forcing you to do anything tedious like slow down or brake long before each corner. It's all about the adrenaline.
Clearly the constant deformation of the track and scenery is Apocalypse's big USP, and like Split/Second: Velocity's similar car-wrecking "powerplays", it transforms the game into something that's more like an interactive car chase from a mega-budget action movie. However, it's not the only big idea that Apocalypse has up its sleeve. In a way, Motorstorm's structure has always been its downfall, being little more than a series of events you run through, many reusing the same tracks, albeit with different vehicles (which, in Motorstorm, does make a massive difference). Apocalypse does things differently, with a new story-based Festival mode that has the Motorstorm racers travelling to the city in crisis on an aircraft carrier and staging an illegal 2-day racing fest. It's told through three participants - a newbie, a pro and a seasoned vet - with each racer getting a different series of events at three different levels of difficulty.
Ingeniously, this means that while Apocalypse has, on the surface, a fairly limited number of tracks, you'll play them at different times, in different states and different weather conditions, and in different vehicles. Different routes will emerge for (and during) each event, and roads and structures may have been destroyed or have deteriorated since you last encountered them. In some tracks, freak weather effects will ravage the track as you drive through. The lack of any realism helps here, with courses that run across the roofs and through the floors of skyscrapers, or speed through dockyards or financial districts in the middle of a riot, with cars scattering Molotov-chucking protestors in their wake. It's doubtful that your mother would like Motorstorm. It's a game that will do anything for a cheap thrill.
And when you've worked your way through all three chapters - which won't be easy - you still have the old-fashioned "Wreckreation" mode to play through, with more "hardcore" challenges, time trials and races you can play through, either on your own with AI racers or with mates, either online or through a generous four-player split-screen mode. Online, there's also a nifty system of perks, unlocking new vehicles and custom options.
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The original Motorstorm was arguably the PS3's most exciting showcase at launch, and Apocalypse is still pushing the hardware now. There's a hint of comic-book stylisation to the visuals to match the "motion comics" used to play the Festival mode cutscenes, but it works really well, and the sheer amount of clutter, wreckage and detail being lavished on the screen at any time is pretty-much gobsmacking. It's hard to say whether Apocalypse or Split/Second: Velocity does better spectacle, but either way this is a hugely impressive effort. Plus, those of you lucky enough to own a 3D TV can play this one with the additional dimension, and from the chance we've had to sample it, it's really worth it, adding to the sense of immersion as chunks of twisted metal fly towards you and buildings start to tumble only metres from your bonnet.
In short, this is a massively exciting game, and one of the most inventive and imaginative racers we've had the chance to play in the last few years. All the same, we have to be a bit miserly about the score for the simple fact that success in Motorstorm Apocalypse relies a bit, frustratingly, on luck. There's always so much going on at any one time that, unless you have the reflexes of a tiger, it is less a case of if you'll crash, than when. You'll regularly find yourself rammed from behind by other racers and spinning out of control, and moving between first, third and twelfth within the space of a single lap. Skill and persistence will win through, but in the latter half of the Festival mode we often found that winning really came down to where we happened to be as we crossed the line rather than having run a particularly good or bad race. The game is so much fun that this really isn't a disaster, but it can annoy from time to time.
With the tragic events in Japan and New Zealand and the hype over Killzone 3 and Crysis 2, it is no surprise that Motorstorm Apocalypse isn't getting the attention it deserves. Let's put that right. Like last year's Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit and Split/Second: Velocity, it's a great example of an arcade racer, offering old-school, high-speed thrills with all the razzle-dazzle and online features of a 2011 action game. If you're happy to swap realism for raw thrills and production cars for carnage, then racing games don't get much better than this.


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I'm new to Linux in general so please bare with me here; I have been reading and attempting solutions for most of the afternoon also until I've finally decided to ask for help, so I hope you can assist. The issue is most likely simple, but I'm having a real issue getting my WD NAS to mount with a symbolic link, mainly for Plex to discover and add as a library.
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The result is an error reading "Mount: uknown filesystem type 'smbfs'", even with cifs. After this I tried installing the cifs package again through the terminal with the '# apt-get install cifs-utils' command, same issue, and I also tried getting Samba with' # apt-get install smbfs' - which displays an error saying the package is no longer available.
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ISTANBUL — Fighters from the Nusra Front, al-Qaida's official affiliate in Syria, on Tuesday seized three strategic towns on the border with Turkey in a major blow to U.S.-backed moderate rebels.
Nusra's seizure of Izmarin, Salkin and Harem in Syria's Idlib province came only four days after the group seized Darkoush, another border town, from the Syrian Revolutionary Front, a moderate group that is part of the Western-backed Free Syrian Army.
The move appears to be part of an effort by Nusra to add new area to what it has called its emirate in northern Syria — a designation the Qaida-affiliate made in response to the declaration last month of an Islamic caliphate in Iraq and Syria by its arch-rival, the Islamic State. Since the Islamic State's designation of its caliphate, Nusra has lost territory to the Islamic State. Many of Nusra's best known commanders also have defected to the Islamic State.
Rami Abdurrahman, the head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said he believed the capture of the four towns was Nusra's effort to build a geographically contiguous area that would be declared its Islamic state.
"It's clear from the clashes in the area, there is a project," Abdurrahman told the Associated Press. "They are seizing towns and areas to be connected geographically.''
Anti-government activists in the towns said FSA fighters surrendered without a fight, with some abandoning their weapons and fleeing into Turkey. In Harem, Nusra forces captured 20 FSA fighters, but let them return to their homes after confiscating their weapons.
The Syrian Revolutionary Front acknowledged Nusra's capture of the town in a statement in which accused the Qaida group of killing people and looting property. The statement also accused Nusra of withdrawing from key positions in Aleppo, where rebels are facing a determined offensive by Syrian government forces.
The statement accused Nusra of undertaking "a war for the sake of splitting Syria into caliphates, emirates and states hostile to one another" but did not promise an immediate effort to retake the towns.
"Our patience is not out of weakness," the statement said.
Earlier, Nusra said revolutionary front fighters had "erected checkpoints on public roads and took taxes from people and abused them." It said its capture of the towns was part of a campaign to end "sins" that were taking hold in the area, "such as drinking alcohol" and it warned against groups serving American interests.
Mahmud Al Akal, one of the leaders in the revolutionary front, reached by phone, told McClatchy that the group's leaders had ordered its units to withdraw because they were not equipped to fight the heavily armed Nusra Front.
"Nusra wants to come to border areas to establish its emirate in a haven away from the reach of the regime," he said.
Akal said he expected Nusra to try to capture other border areas, cutting moderate FSA rebels from their supply lines to Turkey, and opening the way for an Islamist takeover of Syria's north.
The battle with Nusra comes at a particularly difficult time for the FSA, which is also facing a push from forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad in the area surrounding Aleppo, the former Syrian commercial center where government and rebel forces have battled now for two years. Government forces are pressing to relieve Wadi al Daif, the largest military base in northern Syria, which currently is under siege by rebel forces.
The Nusra advance also is a reminder of the complexity of the Syrian battlefield, where moderate rebel forces are battling Nusra and the Islamic State as well as the government, Nusra and the Islamic State are fighting one another, and government forces are fighting some of the bloodiest battles in the three-year-old conflict against the Islamic State, which last week seized key natural gas fields in Homs province and now controls about 35 percent of Syrian territory.
Nusra leader Abu Muhammad al Jolani declared an Islamic emirate in rebel-held portions of Aleppo on July 11. The declaration came two weeks after the June 29 declaration of the establishment of an Islamic caliphate by the Islamic State, which named its leader, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, the caliph, or leader, of all Muslims. The two groups' rivalry, both of which were once mainstays of the anti-Assad rebel movement, has since eclipsed efforts to push Assad from power.
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A lawyer for one of two jailed college friends of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect say they had nothing to do with the deadly attack and had seen no hints he harbored any violent or terrorist sympathies.
Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev are from Kazakhstan. They were classmates of bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. They appeared alongside him in a recent photograph of a group of young men visiting New York City's Times Square.
Authorities say they were detained for immigration violations on April 20 after being questioned in connection with the attack, which occurred a few days earlier.
Kadyrbayev's lawyer, Robert Stahl, says the students are shocked by the allegations against Tsarnaev and just want to go home.
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With large numbers of Baby Boomers now retiring, many may want to give back to their community and stay active by serving as a volunteer board member of a local charity. They may not realize, however, that their commendable behavior exposes them to the risk of being sued. Board members can be held personally liable for the actions or inactions of the charitable organization, even if the board member is unpaid. In an ACE survey of households with at least $5 million in investable assets, 44% of those who were serving or had served as a volunteer board member did not have proper coverage in place.
Considering the increased need to protect assets when entering retirement, wealth advisors have an opportunity to strengthen their client relationships and broaden their range of advice by discussing this liability risk with their clients and then suggesting a quick review of their coverage by an insurance agent.
Just what can clients be sued for? Most often, lawsuits arise out of wrongful employment practices, such as sexual harassment, discrimination and wrongful termination. Although a board member may not have been the one who carried out these actions, individuals on the board can still be held accountable for not having the proper training programs in place to prevent such actions, or for not having a complaint process to address a problem in its earliest stages.
Due to the explosion of social media, lawsuits claiming libel, slander, invasion of privacy, plagiarism and copyright or trademark infringement present a rapidly escalating threat. Successful charities often thrive on networking and getting the good word out about their efforts, and social media has greatly increased the ease, reach and speed of disseminating news. But under the pressure to constantly produce content, internal review procedures often suffer just as the temptation to copy-and-paste or offer a hastily conceived opinion grows. In one case, $11.3 million was awarded to a consultant against an individual for posting defamatory comments on an Internet bullet board. Had that individual been working for a charity and offered comments in connection with his or her employment, the board members could have been targeted as well.
Nearly half of volunteer board members leave themselves exposed to these risks because they think the charitable organization will provide insurance protection for them, according to the ACE survey. Most organizations do. But charities typically operate on tight budgets and may not purchase enough insurance to guard against worst-case scenarios. They may have only $1 million in director's & officer's liability insurance to cover the entire board. With some suits far exceeding that amount, plaintiff lawyers will then try to recover damages from additional sources, including the personal assets of the board members.
According to the ACE survey, another 20% of volunteer board members recognize they may have some liability exposure, but they do nothing about it because they aren't aware that a solution exists. It does, and it's called charitable director's and officer's liability coverage. Insurance companies such as ACE that specialize in serving high-net-worth families typically offer this coverage as an option within or in conjunction with an umbrella liability policy. The cost can be surprisingly affordable—perhaps $500 for $1 million in coverage. It provides an additional level of protection for claims made during the policy period. After leaving the board, the client may want to continue the coverage for a few years in case a claim is brought against the organization for an incident that occurred on his or her watch.
Volunteer board members also should make sure their basic umbrella liability coverage is adequate. Charitable director's & officer's coverage protects against employment practices lawsuits, but bodily injury lawsuits would typically be covered under the client's homeowners policy and then, if damages exceed $300,000 to $500,000, the umbrella policy.
How costly could a bodily injury lawsuit be? Imagine that the organization runs a day care facility for disadvantaged kids and a child allergic to peanuts ingests a food that causes a serious reaction. The child stops breathing and suffers permanent brain damage before he can be revived. Damages for negligent supervision could reach into the tens of millions of dollars.
With these risks in mind, our agents often recommend purchasing enough umbrella liability coverage to match personal net worth as well as the present value of a future income stream. Like charitable director's & officer's coverage, the cost is often very affordable. It's usually only a few hundred dollars per million dollars in coverage, and the cost-per-million declines as the amount of coverage increases.
While there are many risks to consider when volunteering as a board member, the insurance solution need not be complicated or costly. Once you know that a client serves on the board of a charity, the most practical step is to encourage the client to ask an expert agent or broker to review both the client's and organization's insurance plans. The agent can then advise where additional coverage may be required.


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There are 19 item(s) tagged with the keyword "Families".
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- 1. With kids stuck at home, ER doctors see more severe cases of child abuse
Drastic government-forced mandates are placing children and jobless parents cooped up together and into unnatural states of fear and anxiety. No play dates. No sporting events. No going to the park. No job. No income. No outside professionals reporting signs of abuse, before it's too late. No end in sight.Click here to read more
- 2. Payson Community Educational Presentation: Human Trafficking
"Every 30 seconds, someone is trafficked"
Human trafficking: "People don't think it happens here" Andrea Kadar, Verde Valley Coalition Against Human Trafficking
Please attend this important event on Wednesday, September 20, to hear the facts about human trafficking, including in northern Arizona.
Guest speakers will include Andrea Kadar of the Verde Valley Coalition Against Human Trafficking, Payson Chief of Police Don Engler, and Marlene Hetrick, Local Pastor and Secretary of the Payson TEA Party
Please note: No one under the age of 13 will be admitted due to graphic content.
The presentation will begin at 6:00 pm in the Payson High School Auditorium, 301 S. McLane, Payson, Arizona.Click here to read more
- 3. The First Time I Had Sex, by Tina Marie Griffin
Tina Marie Griffin writes, "I talk a lot about the first time I had sex—for a VERY important reason. The first time I had sex was on my wedding night when I was 29 years and 51 weeks old…"
This is the kind of very important article that you don't read much anymore. That's because Ms. Griffin's message is about being God-Centered, not Self-Centered. It's about respecting her body and cherishing her virginity and giving it as a gift to only one person – her husband.Click here to read more
- 4. Wait for Me - Rebecca St. James
For young women (older women, too!) who want to separate the men from the boys....
God will bring the right person in His perfect timing. God wants you to trust Him and focus on serving Him now, so you'll meet your best friend while you're serving the Lord. How cool is that? And if you've already been sexually active, God forgives, forgets and that is NOT who you are as a person. Your past is not your identity. You can make better choices starting at this very moment." Tina Marie Griffin
Click here to read more
- 5. TEEN VOGUE Normalizes Sodomy for Young Girls and Shows Them How to do it
Teen Vogue is an online magazine that targets teenage girls. It used to feature fashion, celebrities, and shopping. Since 2015, it began including politics (aka "Trump hatred") and current affairs (transgenderism, deviant sex, anti-Christian, anti-God). The print version reached over 1 million young people. The online version, especially now that it has sensationalized the most depraved human activites, is snagging even more teenagers, even children as young as 11. See Teen Vogue - Wikipedia.
I normally would ignore a publication like this, not wanting to give it a shred of publicity. However, parents need to know and understand the kind of information being peddled to their children via their tablets, iPads, Notebooks, Smartphones, etc.Click here to read more
- 6. Not in Our Schools: Stop the Planned Parenthood Invasion
Ms. Peggy McClain has been investigating and reporting on the hyper-sexualization of Arizona's school children for several years. She has worked very hard to open the eyes of parents who find it hard to believe that their child's school could possibly be a physically and emotionally dangerous place. Some parents sense that something is wrong, but their common sense is overridden by the assurances of the "experts," especially because they are so nice about it. Until, that is, the parent continues to express their concerns. Ms. McClain helps parents refuse to be manipulated and take charge of their children's education. See Delphi Technique - Anyone Who Wants to be Involved in Their Child's Education Should Understand This.
Ultimately, young women who have had an abortion know that they have ended the life of their own child. It is an agonizing fact they must live with for the rest of their lives, no matter how much Planned Parenthood and other abortionists try to dehumanize that child, even to the point of outright lying. See Abortion Facility Misleads Women, Showing Them Deceiving Depictions of Fetal Development .
Today's young people need to know that one-third of their generation has been wiped out by abortion.
Even the schools in Arizona are trying to "normalize" promiscuity, sexual experimentation, and abortion. If your common sense tells you that this is wrong, you are right. No matter which school your child is attending, I urge you to review Ms. McClain's blog, Not In Our Schools, which is updated frequently. You can also sign up to receive newsletters, and follow the blog on Twitter. Recent articles include:Click here to read more
- 8. Charity Donation Ideas - 2016
As 2016 draws to a close, you have likely received many requests for donations. There are many worthy charities and organizations, including your local church! Gilbert Watch has some favorites for your consideration.Click here to read more
- 9. The Reality of Dishonesty
by Ms. Julie Smith, a member of the Gilbert Public Schools Governing Board elected in November of 2012. Artwork by Miss Natalie Smith, an eighth grade student at Gilbert Classical Academy, a Gilbert Public School.Click here to read more
- 10. Please Reelect Jared Taylor for Gilbert Town Council
(Gilbert Watch welcomes this guest letter by Jared Taylor, who is currently serving as the Vice Mayor in Gilbert. He has lived in Gilbert since 1996 with his wife and three daughters.)
Over the last few years, Gilbert has been showered in recognitions. I'm running for re-election to build on our strengths, address our challenges, and keep Gilbert the best place to grow a family and build a business.
Here are a few of the recognitions our wonderful residents and Town have earned: 22nd Best Place to Live (Money Magazine, 2014); 2nd Safest City in the US (Law Street Media, 2016); Best City for Raising a Family (Move.org, 2016); 7th Happiest City in America (Zippia, 2016), and Top 5 Safest Cities to Build Your Startup (Tech.Co, 2016).
We couldn't live in a better place at a better time. Who would have thought that Gilbert would have grown from "The Hay Capitol of the World" to one of the most successful cities or towns in the US?
My appreciation goes to the many wonderful residents and Town leaders who have made Gilbert so great.
While we have had tremendous success, we continue to need strong leadership to address the challenges we face.
Over the last few decades, a large part of Gilbert's budget has come from construction sales taxes.Click here to read more
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I Want To Be A Whitehead! If you want to be "one of the good guys" and follow the rules by which spam is sorted out from other mail servers, you should follow some of these guidelines:
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- You shouldn't try to send email directly from dynamic IP address ranges (such as dialup pools). You will exprience problems with various ISP's blocking port 25, and RBL's listing you from the start.
- If you want to send mail from a dialup account, authorize to an external mail server and relay through it. Common ways to do this are to use TLS, SMTP after POP, or Authenticated SMTP. Very modern ways involve server certificates.
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- You should configure Administration → General → Fully qualified domain name to lets say "mail.yournode.org"
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- Make sure that your host is one of the listed MX records for your domain. For example, "mail.yournode.org" should be listed if you run a command like host -t mx yournode.org
- Of course, you should also make sure your forward DNS lookup works properly, with a command like host mail.yournode.org, it should be 22.214.171.124


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K-1 Kickboxing is coming to Los Angeles as K-1 Rising 2012 will be taking place at the Los Angeles Sports Arena on Saturday, September 8th.
K-1 Kickboxing has teamed up with Splash Magazines Worldwide to give you the chance to win one of ten pair regular seating tickets and one grand prize of a four pack of ringside tickets.
This exciting night of K-1 Rising kickboxing action that features the 2012 U.S. Grand Prix Championship will kick off with doors opening at 4 p.m. The undercard begins at 5 p.m. and the main event gets going at 6 p.m.
Don't miss the most exciting event of the summer as K-1 Kickboxing comes to the LA Sports Arena Saturday, September 8th. Tickets are still available for you to witness the action, the speed and the knockouts of
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Retweet: #K1 kickboxing giveaway with @SplashMagWW tix for event Sept8 LASportsArena #GrandPrize 4 ringside seat http://lasplash.com/publish/Entertainment/cat_index_la_events/k-1-kickboxing.php
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Miranda Lambert Brings Pink Pistol Store to Nashville
Miranda Lambert's Pink Pistol store found a new home in Nashville during the 2014 CMA Fest, and for the next two months.
The singer's lifestyle boutique, which sells clothing, jewelry, purses, and so much more, already has a home in Lindale, Texas and Tishomingo, Okla. but the singer wanted fans at the CMA Fest to experience her store as well. So, she brought it to Nashville.
It's a pop-up store, set up on 3rd Avenue North, in the heart of all things CMA. Lambert's mom, Beverly, helped set it up before the festival started, and she explains the wide array of merchandise that Pink Pistol offers. "We generally say the Pink Pistol is a lifestyle boutique that has an eclectic shopping experience that is referencing Miranda's life, things she would want, things she would buy, things she would wear, perfume she likes to smell, that kind of thing," she tells the Tennessean.
Lambert's first store opened in November 2012, and it saw so much success that she opened another storefront less than a year later.
In addition to her pop up shop, the 'Automatic' singer has kept busy in the past weeks. Her album streeted, she performed at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, the CMT Music Awards, and CMA Fest at LP Field. Lambert is just a [pink] pistol of energy, and we don't see her slowing down anytime soon!
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Wordless (nearly) Wednesday - Kinnick photo
This is a curious 1941 photo I just came across that I had seen in years. My Dad and Mom with me in the middle in full "Sunday Church" outfits, along with me in my coat. It is obviously chilly fall. Mom's dad, grandpat Paul Kinnick on the right, also in coat, vest and tie (and hat) is very interesting.
On the left, is Delbert Ford, holding Dennis, with Roberta. His wife, Lillian, my aunt, and sister to Paul, is obviously taking the photo. Really neat. It is just so distinctive for the period.
Families are Forever! ;-)


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When customers at Kay and John Pirolli's Summerfield Market in Petersburg, Michigan, wanted to pay for their grocery purchases by check, the Pirollis gladly obliged them. The Pirollis routinely accepted payroll checks and checks for more than the purchase amount. "We knew three-fourths of the people in town, so we weren't that strict," Kay says. As a result, the Pirollis got stuck with more than two dozen bad checks every year. "People would buy a soft drink and a candy bar, and write a check for $25 or $50," explains Kay. "They used us like a bank, and sometimes their checks weren't any good."
In 1994, after a decade in business, the Pirollis established a strict check-acceptance policy. They take checks only for the purchase amount, cash payroll checks only from customers they know, and never accept two-party checks. In addition, employees are required to sign their initials on checks they accept. "No one wants to have their initials on a check that might bounce," Kay explains, "so this way, our employees are careful about cashing large checks from people they don't know well."
With their tougher policies in place, the Pirollis received only five rubber checks in 1995 and even fewer last year. Equally important, the Pirollis have their customers' support. "We put a sign at each register explaining our check-cashing policy, and our customers have been very understanding. We haven't lost any customers," Kay notes. As the Pirollis learned, a sound check-acceptance policy is the best way to keep bad checks out of your cash register. Here are seven steps you can take to establish your own check-acceptance policy:
1. Start with good basics. When accepting a check, always ask to see the customer's driver's license or similar identification card, preferably one with a photograph. Check the customer's physical characteristics against his identification. If you have reason to question his identity, ask the customer to write his signature on a separate piece of paper. Many people who pass bad checks have numerous false identifications and may forget which one they are using. Another good tip: Ask for the customer's home and work telephone numbers, so you can contact him in case the check bounces.
2. Be observant. Desktop-publishing software, laser printers, and scanners make it easier these days for people to alter, forge or duplicate checks. To avoid accepting a forged or counterfeit check, evaluate the document carefully. Smudge marks on the check could indicate the check was rubbed with moist fingers when it was illegally made. Smooth edges on checks are another sign of a possibly counterfeit document; authentic checks are perforated either on the top or left side of the check. Smudged handwriting or signs that the handwriting has been erased are other warning signs that you might be dealing with an illegal check.
3. Be cautious with new checks. A large majority of bad checks are written on new accounts. When a customer writes a check on a brand-new account which doesn't show his printed name or has a low check number (say, below 300), protect yourself. Ask to see two forms of identification and ask for the customer's home and business phone numbers.
4. Establish a waiting period for refunds. Merchants can easily be stiffed when a customer makes a purchase by check and returns the merchandise the next day for a cash refund. When the check bounces, the merchant is out the cash paid for the refund. To avoid this scenario, many entrepreneurs require a five- to seven-business-day grace period to allow checks to clear the bank before cash refunds are paid.
5. Keep your cool. Phil Hall, president of Open City Communications, a New York City-based public-relations firm for small businesses, makes it a practice not to lose his composure when he receives a bum check from a client. "There's nothing gained by being angry or hostile about the situation," says Hall. "I tend to be optimistic in terms of how people operate, and don't think most people go out of their way to bounce a check." When they do, Hall calls the client to explain the situation, and requests immediate payment plus reimbursement for any bank charges he has incurred. "Keep a positive outlook and don't get riled up. More often than not, the situation is completely accidental."
6. When dealing with it on your own, take legal action. If you don't get satisfaction, you can prosecute. Your local law enforcement, however, might be too busy to help you out, especially if the checks are written for small amounts. "We first had to send a bad-check notice to a customer by certified mail," Kay Pirolli explains. "The customer had five days to respond. Once they signed for the letter, we could call the sheriff's department and they would send someone out and collect on the check. Or you could prosecute and the person could be sent to jail." But, Kay admits, the process is time-consuming, and there are no guarantees. "You have to be able to identify the person as the individual who wrote the check. Otherwise, the person can simply claim his checks were stolen." And now, most local law-enforcement agencies are too busy to put bounced checks high on their priority list.
7. Consider electronic help. If you process a large volume of checks, consider the services of a check-verification company. By paying a monthly fee, ranging from $25 to $100 (depending on your company's size and volume of checks), you can tap into a company's database of individuals who write bad, stolen or forged checks. This is done by passing a customer's check through an electronic "check reader" at your check-out stand. If the check matches a name in the company's database, the check is refused.
Using a "check reader" is quick and efficient, notes Jalinna Jones of TeleCheck, a check-verification and -guarantee company based in Houston. "We can approve a check within ten seconds," she claims, "which is generally as fast or faster as a merchant getting acceptance for a credit-card purchase."
Check-verification companies also offer a check-guarantee service. "If a check is approved by our company," Jones explains, "and it later turns out to be a bad check, we will reimburse the merchant for the value of the check. Our guarantee service reduces the risk of accepting bad checks."
Getting a handle on the bad checks that might pass through your business certainly has its benefits. "For small merchants," notes Jones, "one bad check can wipe out an entire day's profits."
Put a stop to bad checks today. Consult these helpful resources:
Check Fraud Prevention Manual provides information on how to detect fraudulent checks, how to adopt procedures to reduce your business's exposure to bad checks, and where to turn for help. Cost is $99 for members and $150 for nonmembers. Contact the American Bankers Association, 1120 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20036, or order through the association's customer-service department at (800) 338-0626.
"Common Sense Guide to Check Acceptance" offers guidelines to follow when cashing or accepting checks. This free brochure is available by sending a SASE to Check Technologies, P.O. Box 659595, San Antonio, TX 78265.
The American Collectors Association can provide a list of collection agencies, including electronic check-verification and check-guarantee services. Contact the association at P.O. Box 39106, Minneapolis, MN 55439-0106, or call (612) 926-6547.
Contact Sources
Mrs. Kay Pirolli
Summerfield Market3986 Sylvania-Petersburg Rd.Petersburg, MI 49270(313) 279-1615Mr. Phil HallOpen City Communications292 Fifth Ave., #200New York, NY 10001(212) 714-3575Ms. Jalinna JonesTelecheck5251 WestheimerHouston, TX 77056(713) 599-7359


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Morningstar Academy
This is the site for my Raleigh Tabletop RPGs Meetup Saturday's Buffy Game formerly known as "The Boys of Bicford".
The show has spun off and the students have moved to a new location, Morningstar Academy located in Newton, Massachusetts just outside of Boston.
Future Morningstar Academy Games
"Cell Block Blues"
This Show is Sponsered by Wolfram & Hart – Boston, Massachusetts Branch
News & Highlights from Past Games
Small Wonders
May 12th @ Noon
End to Addiction
March 31st @ Noon
Put a End to Your Addiction…that is your "Magic, the Addiction"!
Breakfast @ Lenny's in the Undead of the Night.
SAT 02/25 @ Noon
Sorority Wars
SAT 01/14 @ Noon Kiki in the clutches of Billy the Hutt
Midnight Harvest
Halloween Fest at Five Lanterns, Rhode Island
SAT 11/12 @ Noon Part 1: (And some book shopping…)
SAT 12/3 @ Noon Part 2: Fire, Fire, Fire… (Maybe it is a book burning?)
SAT 01/07 @ Noon Part 3 Hopefully…Yes, It's – The Finale!
Aftermath of "Attempted break-in and shots fired"…
SAT 11/05 @ Noon Haven House
Visit the Past Games wiki page for details on older games.
The Boys of Bicford have been transfered to MorningStar Academy, located outside of Boston, Massachusetts.
Thank you,
Wolfram & Hart – Boston, Massachusetts Branch
Yahoo Group for for our Sister RPGs – RTR Women's SIG Buffy game, St Ps Girls and its companion playing group for RTR "Boys" Buffy game, The Boys of Bicford: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/StPsPrivateGirlsSchool
Obsidian Portal Site for for our Sister RPG – RTR Women's SIG Buffy game, St Ps Girls and its companion playing group for RTR "Boys" Buffy game, The Boys of Bicford: http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/st-ps-and-bic-prep


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Brown Mountain lies in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Parkway with an elevation of only 2,600 feet. The Brown Mountain Lights of Burke County, near Morganton NC, have intrigued residents and visitors for hundreds of years. The lights are mentioned in local Native American mythology, and by Geraud de Brahm, a German engineer and the first white man to explore the region, in 1771. The lights have been described in many ways from being a glowing ball of fire, to being a bursting skyrocket, or a pale almost white light. The fact that they never seem the same is as fantastic as the lights themselves. At times they seem to drift slowly, fading and brightening and at other times they seem to whirl like pinwheels, then dart rapidly away.
One of the legends explaining the Brown Mountain Lights was of a planter from the low country who traveled to the mountains to hunt, and became lost. One of his slaves came to look for him and was seen searching through the hills with a lantern, night after night. Now, according to the legend, the old slave is gone, but his spirit remains and the old lantern still casts it's light.
Another such legend is of a woman who disappeared about 1850, the general suspicion was that her husband had killed her. Almost everyone in the community joined the search for her and one dark night while the search was on the strange lights appeared on Brown Mountain. Some of the searchers thought that this was the dead woman's spirit come back to haunt her murderer and warn the searchers to stop looking for her body. The search ended without a trace of her body, but long years afterwards a pile of bones was found under a cliff and were identified as the skeleton of the missing woman.
The Cherokee Indians were familiar with these lights as far back as the year 1200. According to Indian legend, a great battle was fought that year between the Cherokee and Catawba Indians near Brown Mountain. The Cherokees believed that the lights were the spirits of Indian maidens who went on searching through the centuries for their husbands and sweethearts who had died in the battle. Early frontiersman believed that the lights were the spirits of Cherokee and Catawba warriors slain in an ancient battle on the mountainside. Some say the lights are just a troop of candle-bearing ghosts destined to walk back and forth across the mountain forever.
Of the many scientific theories made to explain the Brown Mountain Lights, none have been proven. Some suggest that the lights are caused by a combination of several minerals and gases in the area. One geologist suggested that possibly deposits of radioactive uranium ore in the area may be responsible for producing the lights. Another suggests phosphorus, but this element oxidizes quickly and is not found here. Pitchblende Ore, from which radium is derived, has been mentioned, but the rays from radium are invisible.
Some scientists have advanced the theory that the lights are a mirage. Through some peculiar atmospheric condition they believe the glowing balls are reflections from Hickory, Lenoir, and other towns in the area. The only drawback to this theory is that the lights were clearly seen before the War between the States, long before electricity was used to produce light.
A U.S. Geological Survey decided in 1913 that the lights were locomotive headlights from the Catawba Valley south of Brown Mountain. However, three years later in 1916 a great flood that swept through the Catawba Valley knocked out the railroad bridges. It was weeks before the right-of-way could be repaired and the locomotives could once again enter the valley. Roads were also washed out and power lines were down. But the lights continued to appear as usual. It became apparent that the lights could not be reflections from locomotive or automobile headlights.
A second U.S. Geological Survey report disposes of the cause of the Brown Mountain Lights by saying they are due to the spontaneous combustion of marsh gases. But there are no marshy places on or about Brown Mountain.
The lights can be seen from as far away as Blowing Rock or the old Yonahlosse Trail over Grandfather Mountain some fifteen miles from Brown Mountain. At some points closer to Brown Mountain the lights seem large, resembling balls of fire from a Roman candle. Sometimes they may rise to various heights and fade slowly. Others expand as they rise, then burst high in the air like an explosion without sound.
Brown Mountain is located in the Pisgah National Forest, in the Blue Ridge mountains of Western North Carolina. There are several places where the lights can be seen, here are a few of the more popular places.
- Brown Mountain Overlook Located 20 miles north of Morganton, on NC highway 181, 1 mile south of the Barkhouse Picnic Area.
- Wiseman's View Overlook Located 5 miles south of the village of Linville Falls on Kistler Memorial Highway a.k.a Old NC 105 or State Road 1238.
- Lost Cove Cliffs Overlook Located on the Blue Ridge Parkway, at mile-post 310, 2 miles north of the NC highway 181 junction.
The Brown Mountain Lights are a somewhat rare occurrence, and are not always visible. To see the lights you need good visibility between your viewpoint and Brown Mountain. Clear weather conditions with little or no moonlight are the most favorable for viewing the lights, but the lights have been seen during hazy conditions and light rain. The lights have been reported to be seen at all hours of the night between sundown and sunrise, but the best noted times are at 10:00 PM and 2:00 AM. The locals also say they are much more prominent in the months of September and October.
One thing is certain, the lights do exist. They have been seen from earliest times. They appear at irregular intervals over the top of Brown Mountain. They move erratically up and down, are visible at a distance, but vanish as one climbs the mountain. From the Wiseman's View on Linville Mountain the lights can be seen well. They at first appear to be about twice the size of a star as they come over Brown Mountain. Sometimes they have a reddish or blue cast. On dark nights they pop up so thick and fast it's impossible to count them.
Who knows what causes the Brown Mountain Lights, but if you view them, as I have, you can say you have viewed a natural phenomenon that scientists have yet to explain.


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The newest member of minor league baseball team the Albuquerque Isotopes has never hit a ball, but he loves to run the bases — even though he can't see them.
Stevie Wonder, a 6-month-old German shepherd mix, was adopted by Isotopes pitcher John Ely, who met the pup when the team volunteered at Watermelon Mountain Ranch, an animal shelter in Rio Rancho, N.M. The players were instantly taken with the dog and decided to give him a home at Isotopes Park.
"He won everyone over, so we all agreed to pitch in," said Ely, Stevie's primary guardian, in an interview with KOB4 TV. "Everyone loves him. The players, the coaches, clubhouse guys, everyone. Stevie's way more popular around here than I am."
Shelter workers said Stevie was a victim of abuse and was found wandering the streets. One of his eyes was so badly hurt that it had to be removed immediately, and his other eye was so infected that it had already gone blind, so veterinarians removed it as well.
"When Stevie came he was missing one of his eyes already. He just had his eye socket. Since he was in pain we did surgery and removed it," said Victoria Apodaca, a vet tech at Watermelon Mountain Ranch.
"On his other eye he had a cyst and it was glossed over. The doctor left it up to us to keep his eye, and as a team we decided to remove it because if he kept it, the cyst would erupt and cause infection and lots of pain," she said.
But being blind hasn't kept Stevie from being a puppy. He's friendly and playful and loves to run around the baseball field.
Isotopes outfielder Brian Cavazos-Galvez told KOB4 that the pup has already learned his way around the locker room, and although Stevie gets cautious when he walks onto carpet, he "goes crazy" when he feels grass under his feet.
Stevie does occasionally trip or walk into a wall, but for the most part, he's doing well and making progress every day, according to Ely.
"He's got a great sense of smell and great hearing. So he kind of sniffs his way around and now it seems like he walks around without any issues at all. He's got no eyes, but he's about as happy as they get," he says.
Ely says that Stevie will eventually move to Chicago with him, but for now Stevie will make his home at the ballpark and enjoy his fame as the Isotope's official mascot.


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Yesterday was rain-pocolypse here in the Valley.
Just in time for everyone to head home, rain just poured from the sky, making it almost impossible to avoid getting soaked when you ventured outside.
We've had quite a few thunderstorms lately, but I have to tell you, I sitll haven't gotten sick of them.
I like the rain and the thunderstorms, as long as I don't have to actually go outside.
And of course, as it began to pour, here at the Daily Item, since we are all essentially perpetual 13-year-olds, we were fascinated by looking out our window at the storm.
Here's what we found:


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Bacon Corn Chowder
Total TimePrep: 10 min. Cook: 25 min.
Makes4 servings
- 6 bacon strips, diced
- 3/4 cup diced celery
- 1 small onion, diced
- 1 cup diced uncooked potato
- 1 cup water
- 1 can (14-3/4 ounces) cream-style corn
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- In a saucepan, cook bacon, celery and onion over medium heat for 10-15 minutes or until bacon is cooked; drain. Add potato and water. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until potato is tender. Stir in remaining ingredients; heat through (do not boil). Refrigerate or freeze leftovers.
Nutrition Facts1 cup: 342 calories, 22g fat (9g saturated fat), 31mg cholesterol, 1083mg sodium, 31g carbohydrate (8g sugars, 3g fiber), 8g protein.
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Sep 17, 2017
I usually have really good luck with taste of home recipes but this was really disappointing. The only thing we could taste was celery. I even added chicken broth, extra bacon, extra garlic and frozen corn. We will not be trying this again. Wish I'd read the comments before making it.
Nov 5, 2013
Sorry, I didn't like this recipe that much. The remarks from the recipe contributor state that it's 2 servings with some leftover; Taste of Home says it's 4 servings. No way is this 4 servings. I thought it was too much bacon and too few potatoes. I thought it would be better with carrots and without the creamed corn. I thought it called for too much milk.
Mar 22, 2012
I thought this was delicious, but I did make a few changes. I cooked the diced bacon on its own until crisp, then removed it from the pan and cooked the celery and onions in the rendered bacon grease. The potatoes I cooked in a cup of chicken stock in a separate pan while the onions and celery cooked down, then added the cooked potatoes to the main pot and continued as directed. I also added an extra cup of frozen sweet corn, for more corn flavor, and served with a sprinkling of the bacon. This way the bacon stays crisp and packs more of a flavor punch.
May 17, 2011
I feel sorry for the husband who said it was the best meal he had had in a long time., Bless his heart, he needs to definitely get out more often because this receipe and all of the receipes for the creamy potatoes are so lame it is pitiful. I ahve been cooking since I was 100 and I could do better than that by the time I was 12. Feel sorry for those of you who think this is so wonderful.What would you do if you ever had something really good to eat??????
Feb 11, 2011
Pretty weak and bland for Bacon Corn Chowder. But it can be fixed with a few tweaks:Replace 1 cup of water with I cup of chicken stock.Replace garlic powder with 2 cloves of minced garlicAdd 1 cup of frozen sweet corn kernels.Add 1/2 teaspoon of dried time.Add 1 Tablespoon of lemon juiceGarnish with fresh chopped chives.
Oct 2, 2009
I have never ate corn chowder, but my husband loves it, so i tried this recipe. my husband raved about the flavor and said it was the best meal he had in a long time,thanks!
Dec 14, 2007
Saved and will definitely make this one! Sounds just like the kind of fare we need in northern Canada winter. Thank you.


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It is a small world, isn't it? You are on holiday in the Pyrenees. You write a postcard to a friend at home and set off to post it. Then who should you meet but that same friend coming up the street. This not only saves you the cost of a stamp but it also provides a great holiday story – enough to make you think that something spooky is going on.
Similar coincidences happen all the time to someone, somewhere, making the plot-driving inventions of Charles Dickens seem almost plausible. Normally we statisticians deal with the dark underbelly of risk – accidents, deaths, disasters, general gloom and doom – but coincidences show the bright, fun side of the way chance plays out in our lives.
We should perhaps begin by exploring what exactly is a coincidence. It has been defined as a "surprising concurrence of events, perceived as meaningfully related, with no apparent causal connection". Earlier this year, I invited people to submit examples of surprising concurrences to my website, and looking at over 3,000 of these extraordinary stories, it seems that they tend to fall into certain categories.
A chance event may be two things that happen at exactly the same time, for example, a parent and child whose letters to each other crossed after 37 years without contact. Or it could be meeting a familiar figure in some unexpected place, or finding some unexpected extra connection, such as the engaged couple who found they had been born in the same bed. Or it could feature objects: such as buying a second-hand picture frame in Zurich, and finding in its lining a 30-year-old newspaper cutting containing your own photograph as a child, or being on holiday in Portugal and finding a coat-hanger that belonged to your brother 40 years previously.
Forces at work
Why do these extraordinary events happen? Various strange forces have been put forward. Austrian biologist Paul Kammerer proposed that coincidences arise from a basic physical force, called "seriality", though he dismissed as superstition any supernatural ideas that could, for example, link dreams to future events. In contrast, psychoanalyst Carl Jung revelled in paranormal ideas such as telepathy, collective unconscious and extra sensory perception, and coined the term "synchronicity" as a kind of mystical "acausal connecting principle" that not only explains physical coincidences but also` premonitions.
More mundane explanations are possible, though. First, some kind of hidden cause or common factor could be present – maybe you and a friend have both heard that the Pyrenees is a good place to go on holiday? Psychological studies have identified our unconscious capacity for heightened perception to a recently heard word or phrase, so that we notice when something on our mind immediately comes up in a song on the radio. And of course we only hear about the matches that do occur, not all the people you have spoken to with whom you had nothing in common, and indeed were pleased to get away from.
Simple chance can be a strange and unintuitive thing that throws up surprising concurrences more often than we might think, since truly random events tend to cluster – if you throw a bucket of balls on the floor they do not arrange themselves in a nice regular pattern. This produces some fairly brain-mangling results. For example, it only takes 23 people in a room to make it more likely than not that two have the same birthday.
Calculating coincidences
Don't believe me? There is some nice, fairly simple maths that allows you to work out how many people you need to have a good chance of a match for any characteristic. Suppose that any two people have a 1 in C chance of matching – for example, for an exact birthday match, C = 365. Then to have a 50% chance of a match in a group of N people, it turns out that N needs to be around 1.2 √C. For a birthday match, this means that we need around 1.2 √365 = 23 people.
For a better chance of a match, say 95%, we need to approximately double this number to 2.5 √C. So if we have N = 2.5 √365 = 48 people in a room, it is very likely indeed that two will have the same birthday.
This makes it easy to make money from people. Suppose you have 30 people together. Bet the group that two of them have a birthday within one day of each other. What are the chances you will win?
First consider the chance that any two people (say me and you) match in this way: if my birthday is August 16th (which it is), then a match would happen if you were born on the 15th, 16th, or 17th, which is 3 out of 365 days, or a 1 in 122 chance. So C = 122 in this case. This means that for a 50% chance of a match we only need 1.2 √122 = 13 people, and for a 95% chance we need 2.5 √122 = 28 people. In other words, with 30 people in a room you are almost certain to win.
Regardless of the number of people gathered together, you can make money off them provided they are a bit gullible, preferably drunk, and not good at probability. Suppose there are N = 50 people: and say we reverse the 95% chance equation N = 2.5 √C to give C = (N/2.5)2. This means that when N = 50, then C = 20 x 20 = 400.
So, get these 50 people to choose a number at random between 1 and 400, and bet them that they will not all choose different numbers. Even if they choose completely at random, there is a 95% chance there will be a match. And people tend to choose particular numbers anyway – avoiding those ending in a zero, preferring odd numbers and so on – increasing the chance of match. However, although you may make money, you may also lose friends.
Rare events
The final explanation for coincidences is what is called the law of truly large numbers, which says that anything remotely possible will eventually happen, if we wait long enough. Or to put it another way, even genuinely rare events will occur, given enough possibilities.
For any three people, say children in a family, there is a 1/365 x 1/365 = 1 in 135,000 chance of them all sharing the same birthday, and even more if there is some planning going on. This is clearly a rare event. But there are one million families in the UK with three children under 18, and so we should expect around eight families to have children with matching birthdays, and that new cases crop up around once a year. Which they do: new examples in the UK occurred on 29 January 2008, 5 February 2010 and 7 October 2010.
So given all this, it would be really strange if memorable coincidences did not happen to you. But this may be difficult to keep in mind when you are walking past a phone box, it rings, you decide to answer it, and you find the call is for you. When this happens to someone, they remember it for years.
But just think of all the people you have ever known. Then think of all the people that you have had some connection with, such as attending the same school, being friends of friends and so on. It will be tens of thousands. If you are the sort of person who talks to strangers, you will keep on finding connections. If you are not, then think: you might have sat on a train next to a long-lost family member, and never realized it.
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Dressed in his trademark hoodie and jeans, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg took the stage today at the company's headquarters to unveil the social networking giant's new News Feed, which has been overhauled to reflect the new ways in which people are using the site.
During an hour-long presentation in Menlo Park, Calif., featuring Zuckerberg and three of his top people, Facebook announced a number of new changes that will be progressively rolling out, including bigger pictures, a choice of feeds and a consistent mobile experience.
The changes will appear to Facebook's tablet and mobile sites in the coming weeks. On the web, a small number of people will be migrated to the new site at first, so the company can collect feedback and put a final shine on the new experience.
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"Our mission is to make the world more open and connected," Zuckerberg said in his opening remarks. "What we're trying to do is give everyone in the world the best personalized newspaper... it should have socially and locally relevant updates... let you drill into any topic you discuss, that you want to go over."
One of the reasons for the change, he said, was the change in which people were using the site. Since News Feed launched, the percentage of posts that are photos has nearly doubled, to just less than half of all posts.
The company is focusing on the News Feed because that's what people care about, Director of Design Julie Zhou said. Everyone they talked to told them, "This is what matters to me, these are things that my friends are saying and seeing and doing," Zine said.
Changes to the news feed will include:
Links posted by multiple friends will show more prominently.
- Bigger photos and more prominent galleries. In galleries, one photo will be featured, and thumbnails of others will appear below. Profile photos of friends of friends will be bigger, too.
- Check-ins will include a map and a description of the location. Third-party apps will get better treatment, with bigger photos.
- Videos will play inline, with photos of the posters running alongside. And you can read their comments by putting your mouse over their profile photo.
- Upcoming Events will appear in your News Feed, selected from things your friends are doing, as well as based on place where you've checked in in the past.
"We've really spent a lot of time over the last year...trying to understand what we could do to make their experience with the product better," said Chris Struhar, Facebook's tech lead. "And we really heard from people that they wanted more choice and more control over the stories they were seeing on their homepage."
To do that, Facebook is giving the user a choice of feeds to display, using a the "switcher" at the top-right of the page to toggle between them. The choices include All Friends, Most Recent, Close Friends, Music, Photos, Games and Following.
The Music Feed will show photos, concert and album info, stories and posts related to your favorite artist. The Photos Feed will show you all the different pictures you're friends are posting. The Following feed will show you what's happening with the people, places and periodicals you follow.
"The story we're trying to adhere to here is really about getting Facebook out of the way as much as possible," said Chris Cox, Facebook's VP of product. "On the web that really meant pushing the content to the front of the experience and trying to pull back the 'chrome' around it as much as possible."
The team focused on the mobile app, Cox said, because that's where content dominated the Facebook experience. The tablet and smartphone navigation will look mostly the same, while the PC will begin to match their look.
"We're gonna start rolling this out on the web today," announced Cox. "And you're gonna see these design show up on your phone and tablet over the next few weeks. Because this is a big change on the web, we're going to be very, very careful and slow about how we roll it out.
"What we're likely to see over the next period of time is a small amount of people moving into the experience, us getting a lot of feedback, and as soon as we've got it to a super polished and good place, we'll be rolling it more broadly."


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Image: Aaron Garfield - Magician
I originally posted a video on November 22, 2004, as part of my early testing of my RSS 2.0 feed with a video enclosure.
Here's the description:
My father was a magician.Recently, one of the little kids from one of the parties contacted the family to say that they had a video from the party of my dad doing a magic trick.
I found a bag of his tricks today and that brought back memories of the shows he performed. He started out doing a magic show for one of my birthday parties, then he did shows for friends, and ended up doing shows at local hospitals. Some of the tricks I found are pretty old.
I also found some index cards that listed which trick would go into which of his pockets.
He was organized, as am I.
We never had a video camera when I was little, so this is the only video I have of my dad, and he's doing a magic trick.
This is so cool. Since it's a silent movie, I couldn't resist adding some sound. Video purists can mute the audio,. ;-)
Here are some photos of the things I found:
Image: Dad doing magic at the Children's Hospital
Images: Aaron doing a magic show for kids and nuns
Image: Chinese Laundry Tickets Torn & Restored
Image: Cup and Balls
Image: Magic performance list


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LOAWorks brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 69 Designs von 30 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Need striking, attention-getting logo for new site designed to be "the next step†for people who have been intrigued by "the Secret†but still have far more questions than answers.
LawofAttractionExposé / LOAExposé.com
dictionary definition (see brief)
Desired Color Scheme:
open to dramatic effect
Desired Style:
Modern, fresh, contemporary, realistic (not cartoony)
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Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
Need striking, attention-getting logo for new site designed to be "the next step†for people who have been intrigued by "the Secret†but still have far more questions than answers.
About the new site: I've been working in-depth for the last 8 years with people who want to master the law of attraction. There are over 22,000 people playing the online "Prosperity Game†that I developed (registration is free at http://www.choosingprosperity.com/game ) and, in addition to one-on-one personal coaching, I have mentored 973 students in a group telecoaching program focused on harnessing Universal Laws that has been in existence since October of 2000.
With all the current interest in "The Secretâ€, more people are interested in this type of work than ever before. However, people who purport to teach the law of attraction are everywhere and I need to step out into the spotlight by creating a significant "buzz†around my speciality – helping real people derive practical benefits from putting the "law of attraction†into action.  This new web site will feature "exposés†on the law of attraction. Each month we will delve into another real-life case study to:Â
~ reveal the inner workings of the law of attraction
~ derive crucial distinctions
~ illuminate blind spots and blockages that few people are aware of
The initial awareness of the site will come via email teasers or from an intriguing youtube video.  People will follow to a free opt-in site where they can uncover more of the individual's story and learn more about how the law of attraction reveals itself in real world case studies.Â
Tagline: (include as much of the definition as you can – make it work. ;-)Â
- A formal, public recital or exposition of facts
- Exposure, or revelation, of something previously hidden. Need 1 basic image in 4 separate formats:Â
1. LawofAttractionExposé with dictionary definition (see below) as tagline
2. LawofAttractionExposé without tagline
3. LOAExposé.com with dictionary definition (see below) as tagline
4. LOAExposé.com without tagline
1.        We are very open to all ideas and have every intention of finding the ideal logo through this contest. (To be practical we must say that if we are unable to find something that matches our intentions - despite providing adequate feedback - we do reserve the right to not pick a winner...but we are confident that we will find exactly what we are wanting through this process.)
2.                  No reference to "The Secret†(no similar colors, style, etc.)Â
3.        Logo must contain something that is unique, eye-catching and brandable for the site. ~ We want people to see the logo and have a desire to follow the image to see where it takes them.~ The case studies will be presented in story fashion – like soap operas – to keep people interested.Â
4. Note to designers:Â
~ The image should be: striking, magnetic, attention-getting, with sizzle and spark
~ Use your gifts to: create a mood (intrigue, curiosity, beginning of an adventure)Â
4. You must provide all of the following formats for the image: the original file you used to create the image, a version in eps and then a version in jpg or png. Â
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EvenHeat necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 60 diseños de 31 diseñadores freelance.
EvenHeat & Cooling aka http://evenheatandcooling.com
EvenHeat & Cooling is here for 3 reasons: Comfort, Efficiency, and Savings. Hundreds of thousands of households in the Northeast (and across America) burn pellets, wood, or propane via a fireplace or stand-alone insert. (instead of oil, nat. gas, or electric heat) It's cheaper and greener BUT these units do NOT evenly distribute the heat throughout the entire home. So, you get the living area 'zone' nice and toasty warm (often too warm) and your other floors, or bedrooms remain really cold where the homeowner has to supplement the heat and then you are literally losing ALL of your savings! Boooooo!
Our engineer friend, a co-founder, devised a super efficient system that re-distributes the excess heat into the rooms that sorely need it. It's whisper quiet, super efficient, and leaves your entire home with a nice "Even Heat".
We are bringing this solution to market at 1/5th to 1/7th the price of a typical 'central' solution and it's way more efficient to boot.
The kicker is, I turned my system on at the beginning of summer, and it helps keep the entire home much, much cooler in the summer time as well because it's moving air, and keeps the home far less humid and way more comfortable. So, it's primarily a winter heating solution, yet it has great benefit in the summer time as well!
For more copy, this is our transitional website - http://evenheat.wordpress.com
We are a Connecticut (New England, US) based company. Our target is pretty exact. Homeowners in the CT region who already own pellet stoves, wood burning stoves, or propane stove inserts and use them as their main source of heating.
Demographically speaking - both men and women, middle class (as an upper class consumer would most likely already own a 'central' heating and cooling system), age range from the mid 20's into upper 60's.
Anyone who loves value and simple solutions that do the job and cost thousands and thousands less than what is already out there! That's our target!
We only have a few 'ideas' we'd like to see tried:
We know we want the 'EvenHeat' part to be much more prevalent when compared to the "& cooling" part as this is primarily a winter heating solution that happens to have summer cooling benefits as well.
We would like to see a play on the 'EH' being the much bigger letters as well in the logo, perhaps the monogram style (initials) would work well.
We'd like to convey the feeling of comfort, warmth and equilibrium through color and design - you are the pros so dazzle us!
This is a 'home' solution, but don't feel as if you HAVE to put yourself in the box of using a home image of any kind, it is not a requirement.
Please see the attached file for the 'Calgary Flames' symbol... We love the color scheme but we think the flames are too 'wild' and uncontrolled. If you are to use flames, something cleaner and more modern would do better. Also, feel free to try other color schemes as well, only a suggestion and we come to you for the answers!
You guys and gals are awesome and your participation is TRULY appreciated. We will give each entry the time it deserves, thank you!
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Jean-Michel Folon's three watches for Swatch, Le Temps (GZ108), Voir (GZ109) and Perspective (GZ106) possess the graphic, bold simplicity of his popular designs. Their blue plastic straps lead the eye to the dials, printed with scenes that walk a fine line between abstract and figurative forms, shaded with coloured-pencil blues, greens, yellows and occasional reds. Absent all numerals, the dials feature slender hour and minute hands in strong red, yellow and blue. Masterfully balanced in terms of formal composition, these three works are an open invitation to explore the artist's illustrated, animated and creative perspective on contemporary urban life.
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chadcarden brauchte ein neues Print oder Verpackung Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 41 Designs von 13 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
The Chad Carden Group http://www.chadcarden.com
The Chad Carden Group is a success company. We help organizations, small to medium size businesses, as well as individuals set themselves up for success. The next book "P.E.P.P. : Preparation, Execution, Persistence, & Patience" subtitle: " A Rulebook To Achieving Success In Any Area Of Your Life" is a book that helps people understand a step by step process to reaching success, however they define the word. Success is different for everyone, and the first thing we do is help people define their own definition of success. Then we guide them from start to finish. We will also have a "P.E.P.P. Journal" with the book that will help them keep track of their successes along their journey. You can find out more at http://www.chadcarden.com in the "books" tab.
The Target Audience is two-fold. First audience is inside large organizations. Some of our clients include, ATT, UBS, Farmers Insurance, and many other companies, most of them have already expressed interest in buying large quantities of the book for their employees (leadership, sales, customer service, etc...). The second would be through our database which includes individuals that have been exposed to The Chad Carden Group. We are growing our database to reach more and more individuals to help grow our brand. People that buy this book are motivated to make a positive change in some area of their life.
I am looking to each designer to give me a starting point. This is not my expertise and that is why I am posting this project. I am still locking down endorsements and will probably have 3-4 on the back cover so I need the ability to add those later. Attached is our logo, that doesn't necessarily need to be incorporated into the design, but would like it on the back cover along with a small blurb "About The Chad Carden Group". I am excited to see all the designs and ending with one that truly says success! I am also attaching the blurb about The Chad Carden Group, along with a BIO. If you need anything or have any questions please let me know! Thanks!
This book will be about the same size as our last book "Winning The Money Game" below are specs.
Format Paperback
Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
Weight 3.5 ounces