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Join us here to talk about the game LIVE as it happens! The STEELERS are finishing out the 2010 regular season against the hated rivals, the CLOWNS!
For Cleveland, they've got nothing to play for, as usual, except the spoiler role. They'd love nothing more than to knock us down to the 5th or 6th seed in the postseason. For our Steelers, this game is EVERYTHING! We win this game and we wrap up the 2nd seed in the playoffs, a first round bye, and a home playoff game. This will enable players like Aaron Smith and Troy Polamalu to take advantage of the extra rest so both can be ready for the playoffs.
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A bizarre dispute has erupted in Zimbabwe after a man's three sons accused their father of brewing cursed beer which they believe is responsible for causing a number of tragic events to befall their family. The odd case reportedly centers around a man named Jonas Sibanda, who took issue with his offspring disposing of some "traditional beer" that he had brewed at home. After reporting their actions to authorities, the sons appeared in court and revealed their weird reasoning behind the move.
According to the men, each time that Sibanda has brewed his homemade beer, a family member has either died or "gone mad." Their suspicions that there was some kind of connection were seemingly solidified when they consulted with local witch doctors who confirmed that the beer was to blame. In turn, the men say, they received permission from the village chief to promptly pour out the sinister brew the next time that their father made it.
The already fantastic tale took an even stranger turn when something of a star witness emerged in the form of an alleged talking stone possessed by a witch doctor. Find out how the enchanted rock factored into the case at the Coast to Coast AM website.


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The International Cessna 170 Association (TIC170A) was formed in 1969. At last count (June, 2016) we had 1094 members that own a total of 929 Cessna 170s. Our members organize many fly-ins around the country. An annual convention is held in different locations each year and it attracts 170s from far and wide.
The 51st annual convention, commemorating the 50th birthday of TIC170A, will be in Newton, KS on June 6-12, 2019. The host airport will be Newton City County (KEWK). Click here for details (including hotels). Other info will appear there as it becomes available.
Here's a map showing where all our conventions have taken place, and where the next few will be. (Thanks to Miles Bowen!)
We now have many more choices for apparel and accessories - woven shirts, polos, knits, t-shirts, active wear, hats, accessories, fleece, and more. All come with our logo embroidered on (tees are screen printed). N-numbers and other personalization can be added!
We are very excited about these new choices and you will be too!
A $1,500 Scholarship is being offered to a deserving individual, who is pursuing a career in an aviation related field. The applicant must be accepted at an educational institution and enrolled in an aviation related program. The applicant does not have to be a member of The International Cessna 170 Association. The applicant can be a part time or full time student. Download, fill out and then send an application to:
The International Cessna 170 Association
22 Vista View Lane
Cody, WY 82414-9606
Application deadline: April 30th
The 170 NEWS (1st Quarter, 2020) is in the Members Only section. (click the images to enlarge).
ELECTRONIC FLYPAPER AVAILABLE! - We are offering members the option of receiving the Flypaper each month electronically instead of a paper copy by mail, or both. This option began with the October 2003 issue. The Flypaper will be e-mailed as an attachment in PDF format. This is a great way to help the club reduce printing and mailing expenses!
For further details and instructions, log into the Members Only section.
The Jan, 2020 e-FlyPaper is now available in the "Members Only" section.
You can send money electronically (and securely) to TIC170A using your free PayPal account. Just click the appropriate button to the left. It's not necessary to join PayPal to use the service. Most credit cards are accepted by PayPal. You can check out the PayPal system at http://www.paypal.com.
We accept MasterCard, VISA and Discover for memberships and merchandise! But, this is not yet a secure site. To make a credit card transaction, you can use PayPal (see above) or you need to mail (not email), phone or fax the card number, expiration date and the owners name to the headquarters. Note that PayPal IS a secure site and can be used for Discover card, American Express, Visa and Mastercard purchases.
For more information about TIC170A, contact us
The International Cessna 170 Association, Inc.
22 Vista View Lane
Cody, WY 82414-9606
(307)587-6397 (Phone)
(307)587-8296 (Fax)
The President of the Association can be contacted at:
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The badger is well-equipped to live up to its nickname of the "earth-mover." Its powerful forelegs and long claws allow it to easily dig ground squirrels and gophers out of their burrows. Badgers are very powerful animals, but are not aggressive unless provoked. In fact, rather than engaging in a fight, badgers often dig themselves into a hole for defense. Man and packs of dogs are the chief predators of badgers in Indiana, but coyotes may take a few young each spring.
This husky member of the weasel family is specialized for digging. Built close to the ground, they weigh up to 40 pounds and can reach 35 inches in length, including the tail. Their overall color is silver-gray, but they have a distinctive, narrow, white stripe running from the nose over the top of the head. Cheeks are white with a black patch in front of short, erect ears. The fur is short, coarse and not of much value. Badger hair bristles, once used in shaving brushes, have now been replaced by man-made fibers.
Badgers mate in the fall, but the young do not start developing within the mother's body until February. During winter, badgers spend long periods underground. In early spring, a litter of two to five young are born in a grass-lined burrow. The young are weaned when they are half-grown. At this time, they begin to venture outside the underground home on hunting trips. In the fall, after the young have learned to hunt for themselves, the family separates and the animals become rather solitary. Their life expectancy in the wild is unknown, but they have lived 13 years in captivity.
Because badgers are nocturnal, their presence is often evidenced by extensive diggings rather than actual sightings. The burrows are more flattened than groundhog dens and are shaped in half moons, which conforms with the general body shape of the badger. Generally, the tunnels are found in well-drained soils and may be 30 feet long and five feet deep.
Chipmunks and thirteen-lined ground squirrels are favorite foods and can be quickly dug out of their own burrows. Badgers also feed on skunks, reptiles, rabbits, snail, insects, eggs of ground-nesting birds and an occasional carcass. If the badger should kill a rabbit or skunk, its appetite will be satisfied long before the entire animal is consumed. In this event, the leftovers will be stored in a cache to be dug up later, or the badger may dig a subterranean banquet room and remain with the feast until it is entirely eaten.
Badgers prefer an open, prairie-type habitat. Indiana is at the eastern edge of their natural range. The range of the badger continues to expand as a result of land-use changes from forest to farmland and open pastureland. In the early 1900s, badgers were reported in only 12 counties in the northern quarter of Indiana. By 1985, they had extended their range southward to include 67 counties, primarily in northern and central Indiana. That same distribution continues today. Badgers are more commonly found in the northern half of the state. Reports are scattered throughout southern Indiana. Badgers have now been reported from nearly 80 counties.
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- Cool Swag, VIP Entry, and Editors Awards at the 2014 Car Craft Street Machine Nationals
Cool Swag, VIP Entry, and Editors Awards at the 2014 Car Craft Street Machine Nationals
Du Quoin State Fairgrounds; Friday, 10am-6pm; Saturday, 9am-7pm; Sunday, 9am-3:30pm
Are you planning on attending the Car Craft Street Machine Nationals this weekend? If you are, Comp Cams is inviting 15 vehicles that use Comp parts to get free admission to the event and park in a special VIP area. To enter, go to CPGWinners.com, fill out the form, and upload a photo of your car. For the selected cars, passes will be at the front gate for the entire weekend. The deadline is 6/25, 5 pm (EST) so hurry!
Comp Cams will also host the Engine Builder's Dual to see which two-person team can assemble a Chevy small-block in the shortest amount of time. To register, send an email to email@example.com or sign up at the show. There are still spots available for this event.
As always, the Editors of Car Craft Magazine will be on site to select the Top Ten and Best in Show winners. Last year, Stan Hutchison won Best of Show with his beautiful '70 Chevelle, got an 8 page story and the cover of Car Craft Magazine.
Don't forget, the guys from Chevrolet Performance will be there with the 2014 lineup of factory street machines and have knowledgeable guys ready to answer questions. Bring your car (and the family) and see what can happen.


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blueleafcom necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 297 diseños de 79 diseñadores freelance.
BlueLeaf and/or BlueLeaf.com
The logo is for BlueLeaf.com. Our Company offers a program to help investors manage their portfolios. Our first products are designed to help families view their savings and investment accounts in a single dashboard to simplify planning and management. Our primary goal is to convey trust and respect of our client's investments. We give families sophisticated, but easy to use tools to understand how each of their accounts are performing, pick and manage investment strategies and save on taxes, transaction costs and fees.
Our desired logo is best described as a blend of Barron's (http://online.barron) and Facebook. "BlueLeaf" and/or "Blueleaf.com" should be the name used. Any reference to a leaf should be subtle. It should be easily readable, work in Favicon and a banner application.
Our target market is families with multiple accounts for kid's college funds, parent's retirement, and other savings and brokerage etc. While they are busy professionals they want to be in charge of their financial decisions and need the information to make informed decisions and the tools to automate the process and save them time. They need a trusted source to help them without an agenda to encourage them to trade, buy products they don't need, or pressure to put all their assets with one firm.
We Like These Designs:
Our winning coporate logo can be found at http://www.99designs.com/contests/30726. Your design should be compatible with our corporate logo from a design perspective and should be able to be displayed in close proximity without clashing.
We are looking for a logo that will represent our brand identity to our target market. The identity is meant to be a cross between Barron's and Facebook. Not a copy of the look but what they stand for: Trusted financial information and advice in a web savvy social application. At this time, the logo will appear on business cards, letterhead and web site(s).
Our Design Must Have:
Colors are optional, but we are not enthusiastic about the color green as are direct copies of leaders in the space. We are an original and your design should reflect that. We would like to limit the colors to 2 or less, but are open to ideas. It must be web friendly and prefer Pantone colors and in vector format.
For Tag line: (not necessarily included in logo) "Simple Tools for Sophisticated Investors"
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akemsley necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 192 diseños de 42 diseñadores freelance.
The waterstream group (http://www.waterstream.co.uk) is a group of companies in the outdoor leisure industry. We are looking to expand into the swimming pool market with waterstream pools (http://www.waterstreampools.co.uk)
Please submit a maximum of 3 different internal pages. (as many designs as you like)
The project fee is based on psd's for all the internal pages listed in spec plus 3 additional pages tbc.
You will not be expected to submit these before you have been assigned the project.
Please also advise if you can code these pages in to strict xhtml with cross browser compatible css. You will not be expected to do this in the fee. Anyone who wants realtime feeback please feel free to skype message me on "hottubs2buy"
We target a very decerning audicence with incomes typically above $100k. Product sold from our website will range from accessories in the ecommerce section between $10-$200 with bespoke pools project ranging from $30K to $200. We should be considered the aston martin of swimming pools and this should be conveyed in your design.
It must have a 2.0 feel, utilizing transparent and/or frosted boxes. Glass and water effect are encouraged and must look cutting edge and premium. Please avoid typical swimming pool blue colours that are commonplace in the market. We would like you to utilize a large image background. Stunning, colourful and premium must jump to mind!
The website will be designed to do two functions.
1)sell swimming pool products, chemical, parts and accessories via an ecommerce portal
2)display a product portfolio to prospective swimming pool and sell our design and build services. In order to do this the site will have a theme (button styles, fonts, display boxes, input boxes & dropdowns, headers and footers) with the colours and images changing (background images, font colours, button colours, display box colours, tab colours) to differentiate the two sides of the business.It will have one main homepage and a home page for each area.
Content restricted to 900px (excluding background image) see example: http://www.waterstreampools.co.uk/i…_pool.html
All pages to have:
at top: login(show hide box), shopping cart(show hide), telephone number, search box, about us, contact us, t's and c's, live chat (show hide), current weather (images see whats in a bbc rss weather feed at http://www.hottubs2buy.co.uk)
at bottom: address, registered address and company number, twitter feed, facebook link, latest blog post, map of uk with location indicated.
•Homepage all
•Home page ecommerce (light in colour)
•Home page portfolio (dark in colour) (changed by css)
•content page (faq's etc)(available in both styles)
•category list (primary categories)
•product list (with hierarchy menu and icons)
•product overview breadcrumb trail, tabs for: description, customer questions, reviews, downloads/specification, compatible with(with area on right for related products (column)) and with product image gallery
•Members area (my details, my favourites, my orders, shopping cart)
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A new version of the not too long ago published ADF and SOA Fusion Order Demo is available for download, featuring many WebCenter capabilities.
The Fusion Order Demo for WebCenter incorporates the following WebCenter services:
- Document Library
- Discussions
- Announcements
- Links (integrated with the Document Library)
- Custom Links
- Tags (integrated with the Document Library)
- Custom Tags
- Search (Documents, Discussions, Announcements, Tags)
- Oracle Composer
- Runtime page editing
- Multiple resource catalogs (aka: business dictionaries)
- Resource catalog filters
- Composer extensions
- Skinning of customizable components
The demo also showcases the usage of several public WebCenter APIs, including Composer and Oracle Discussion APIs.
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Raymond James Financial (RJF) said sales for the quarter ending Sept. 30 grew 5% from last year and 1 % from the prior quarter to $1.12 billion, topping estimates.
Net income of $117.5 million, or $0.82 per share, topped last year's results by 41% and last quarter's by 40%.
"Results this quarter were lifted by a beneficial tax rate and better than expected results in Capital Markets and Raymond James Bank," said CEO Paul Reilly, in a press release.
The firm's Private Client Group revenues grew 7% from the prior year quarter to $742.5 million, but were down slightly from last quarter (when the unit had sales of $745 million.)
The unit's pretax income, though, grew 26% from last year and 10% from the preceding quarter to $64.6 million, "as profitability benefited from continued realization of operating efficiencies, particularly related to technology expenses," the company says.
PCG assets grew 4% from last quarter to $403 billion, while fee-based assets expanded 6% to $155 billion.
The firm has 6,197 advisors in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, down 4 from the prior quarter and 13 from last year.
"Retention levels remain very high for the legacy Morgan Keegan financial advisors offered retention packages," the company explained in a statement. Plus, advisor recruiting is at a "healthy" pace in both the employee and independent contractor channels.
"I am very proud of our team of associates and financial advisors for achieving record results this year, especially given the choppy economic environment and the intense work required to successfully execute the Morgan Keegan integration," Reilly said.
The company hosted its annual Raymond James Women's Symposium this week in St. Petersburg, which was attend by nearly 200 of its female reps and 19 prospective advisors.
Check out Not Enough Women in the Industry: Raymond James Execs on ThinkAdvisor.


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Balloons, snacks, cake, live music, an open wine bar and nearly 100 guests marked a Thu/6 celebration at the Women's Building in San Francisco's Mission district. You might never guess a party this fun would be held to celebrate the birthday of a city ordinance.
February marks the 10-year anniversary of San Francisco's minimum wage ordinance, passed by voters in 2003 with Proposition L. The landmark initiative not only raised the minimum wage in San Francisco to $8.50 per hour, but stipulated that the amount would rise every year to reflect inflation. Thanks to Prop. L, San Francisco now boasts the highest minimum wage in the nation, at $10.74.
But being the nation's highest still isn't enough.
"Who thinks living in San Francisco is really expensive?" asked one of the event organizers and staff member of the Chinese Progressive Association, Shaw San Liu. All hands in the room shot up before the Spanish and Mandarin translators even had a chance to repeat the question.
Raising the minimum wage in San Francisco has been a hot topic recently, and Mayor Ed Lee even endorsed a significant increase back in December. The number that keeps floating around is $15 per hour, but nothing has been set in stone.
In addition to celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the minimum wage ordinance, Thursday's event was also the official launch of the Campaign for a Fair Economy, a push to support the city's lowest-paid workers and close the ever-growing wealth gap.
Raising the minimum wage is only part of the campaign, and advocates are also fighting for accountability from large chain businesses, stricter enforcement of existing labor standards, and expanding access to jobs for disadvantaged workers.
"San Francisco has led the way for employment policies in the past," said Kung Feng, lead organizer for Jobs With Justice, a group that fights for workers' rights. "We need to continue that."
To say that San Francisco is leading the way is no understatement. In addition to having the highest minimum wage in the country, SF was also the first place in the U.S. to mandate paid sick leave, and the Health Care Security Ordinance works to guarantee medical benefits for all workers in the city.
Despite San Francisco's long legacy of championing workers' rights, there is still a tough battle ahead. Currently, minimum wage in the city automatically goes up every year to match inflation (on Jan. 1, 2014, it rose from $10.55 to $10.74). Any further increase requires voter approval.
While it seems a higher minimum wage does have strong support and has already been endorsed by major political figures, there's still a powerful lobby against it from some businesses and restaurant associations. Despite the upcoming battle, advocates seemed optimistic.
"Who in here can tell me the significance of the Year of the Horse?" Liu of CPA asked the audience, referring to the ongoing Lunar New Year. A small woman sitting in the front row excitedly responded, "Maa dou gung sing!"
"Success comes in the horse year," Liu explained. "And this will be a year of success and accomplishments for workers rights in San Francisco."


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Vikki comes home and tells Billy she told Victor she's back in the fight for Newman. Billy says he told Jack he'd work at Newman, adding that he's in bad shape. He mentions he stopped at Adam's place and Adam played it cool. They agree it will be tough to get Adam out of Newman. Billy wonders if she's okay with not telling Victor what they're really up to. Vikki asks if Billy thinks she's playing him. He thinks she'd pick Daddy over Jack. She counters, "How do I know you're not playing me?" They agree they're a team first and discuss ideas. Billy says, "Poker." He wants to demonstrate bluffing. She's reluctant, but they play. Billy fakes her out and compares cards to business. As they play, Vikki asks if he's all in. They end up kissing and making love. After, Vikki admits she didn't tell Victor that Billy was going back to Newman. He chuckles that she chickened out. Billy warns they have to trust only each other - nobody else.
Drunk Surfer.
Billy and Vikki strategize, Phyllis helps Jack, and Avery catches Nick snooping.
At home, Adam complains to Chelsea about Billy telling him there's a new sheriff in town. Chelsea says he needs someone to take his place at Newman. Adam didn't have a drunk surfer in mind. He goes on about the situation until Chelsea hollers, "Stop!" She asks what it will take for him to be free of these people. She says she and her mother were always running and she needs them to start a new life. Adam insists he's out the door. They debate moving to New York, Paris, or Milan and decide on Paris. Adam hugs her but looks at his phone. They end up playing strip French quiz. When she is down to bra and panties, he admits he 'may' have had French lessons in school. After making love, Adam books their plane tickets and a suite at a ritzy hotel in Paris. Later, Chelsea overhears Adam leave Sharon a message about the position at Newman.
Phyllis encourages Jack, who is going through terrible withdrawal symptoms at the cabin. He tries to leave and falls. Jack hallucinates that Phyllis is the hooker. "Don't play games with me Stephanie. You're dead!" Jack starts rambling about what happened. Phyllis tells him he's hallucinating. Jack realizes he's in the cabin and rants about how Phyllis got the key - Ashley and Billy turned on him! He then sneers at Phyllis and tells her emotionally how she tore his heart out. Phyllis calls the doctor in a panic - she needs help. Phyllis wakes Jack up from a bad dream. She mentions him rambling earlier about some woman named Stephanie that he killed. Jack jokes it off but gets tearful. Phyllis reassures him that he's strong and holds him while he shivers and sweats. Jack asks why they couldn't make their marriage work. She doesn't know - she hurts the ones she loves. As Jack worsens again, he urges Phyllis to go home. She cries along with him and tells him she's staying.
Nick deals with faulty wiring issues at The Underground. Avery brings cupcakes. Nick expresses second thoughts about opening the nightclub. Avery asks if he's afraid of failing and gives him a pep talk.
Nick and Avery come through her door making out. Later, Nick finds a note from Avery saying she's gone out. He takes out Dylan's dog tags and searches him online.
Avery goes into the nightclub with more cupcakes to leave as a surprise for Nick.
Avery returns to her apartment and confronts Nick about snooping. He says he came across the dog tags in the drawer and was curious - he looked Dylan up online and saw that he was killed in action in Afghanistan a few years ago. He asks if they ended because he died. Avery says it doesn't matter - she's moved on. Nick's embarrassed. Avery offers to answer any questions. They make out.
In Bethesda, Dylan McAvoy packs his bag and looks at his plane ticket to Genoa City.
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Sharon and Nick regard Noah. Nick asks, "Did Adriana call you?" Noah says he thinks he may be in way over his head.
Chloe tells Kevin they're officially criminals.
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The entire month of April is PGA Free Fitting & Trade-Up Month.
Here's how it works: During PGA Free Fitting & Trade-Up Month in April, PGA Professionals nationwide provide free, 15-minute equipment fitting sessions to help golfers, regardless of skill level, trade in used clubs for new equipment by determining their proper fit.
It's a great opportunity to find the clubs that properly fit your game.
All of this got us thinking -- we know you all love your golf equipment, but, if there were one piece of that equipment you could upgrade, what would it be?
That's the question we threw out to our PGA.com Facebook friends. We received well over 100 answers and, surprisingly, it wasn't even a piece of golf equipment that you gave us as the No. 1 answer. And, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Here are the top answers you submitted:
9. A new grip... for the ball retriever. This probably shouldn't be on a list of top-9 pieces of golf equipment that you need to upgrade, but it sure was creative. And, if you're wearing out the grip on your golf-ball retriever, why not go see your local PGA Professional for some lessons?
Facebook fan quote:
"Grip on my ball retriever." -- Travis Crow
8. A new set of irons. With all the new technology out there, if you haven't had a new set of irons in some time, maybe it's time to start looking. The newer models are longer and much more forgiving. Go get fit!
Facebook fan quote:
"Irons! I love my old TM 200 Series but it's time to upgrade to the R11s or maybe even RocketBallz!" -- Michael B. Moynahan
7. A new putter grip. OK, this makes a little more sense than a ball-retriever grip, so hopefully it means this person is wearing out the putter grip with all his short-game practice.
Facebook fan quote:
"Putter grip." -- Marc Stevens
6. A new set of wedges. There's nothing quite like a new set of wedges. And if you aren't ready for a new set, how about giving a nice, deep clean on your current set. You won't believe the difference around the greens.
Facebook fan quotes:
"I need a different sand-wedge." -- Brandon Berrett
"Wedges." -- Chuck Reichmuth
5. A new golf bag. There are so many options these days, it's crazy. Every color, every style (cart, walking, stand, etc.), tons of pockets, just a couple of pockets. Whatever it is you're looking for, surely you can find it somewhere.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Golf bag!" -- Keith Cline
"I actually need a new bag. A good carry bag. Double straps, more pockets." -- John Kim
4. New fairway woods or hybrids. Come to think of it, I may need to add these items to my "upgrade" list! So many Tour players today are using hybrids because they say they're easy to hit out of a variety of lies. If a hybrid makes the game easier for the world's best, don't you think it could help you too?
Facebook fan quotes:
"Three-wood, for sure. Just ordered a new 910F with a Stiff Diamana Ahina." -- Tyler Moore
"I need a 3 wood. I love my 5-wood but it doesn't go as far as I need it to." -- Dylan Friddle
"Three-wood and hybrid both are 5 years old! I'll take a G20 15* FW with Aldila RIP Beta S and an I20 19* Hybrid." -- Guy Crawford
3. A new driver. It doesn't matter who you're playing with. One person in your foursome is going to have the driver you want. Drivers are like hot new cars. Let a PGA Professional help you find a new driver that best suits your game.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Driver." -- Albert E Lee Jr
"Just bought a new Taylor-Made driver." -- Louie Dillon
"Driver, still swinging the R7." -- Phil Hathaway
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text: MLG recently announced that we had moved all of our domains (over 100 in total) off of GoDaddy.com in protest of their support of SOPA. To further our anti-SOPA stance, MLG will be participating in the blackout on January 18th from 8:00AM to 8:00PM ET. All the sites in our network will be down during that time, and in their place will be a short message with additional information about SOPA to help educate our community members about the bill and what it could mean for them.


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I'd like to report two bugs in the HALOT add-on module. I figured I'd post here before annoying the BW staff with a formal support request. If nothing happens, I may just do that.
First, when I click the folder icon and open up HALOT, there are many whole lines of text that are colored blue (I assume only the links are supposed to be blue). This is no big deal except that in each case, the blue text won't wrap properly, causing it to continue off the screen. In some cases, there's no way to make the window wide enough to see all of the text, and there is no horizontal scroll bar. This means I'm missing some critical information from almost every entry in HALOT. It is there, I just can't get to it without copying and pasting the text or looking it up in the Analysis window.
Second, I have been looking up many different words in HALOT all day today and BW has crashed on me nearly two dozen times. It always happens when the HALOT module is open, and when I search for a new word or begin to scroll through an entry. But, it doesn't happen every time I do those things. I can't figure out any rhyme or reason to it beyond that.
Has anyone else experienced either of these problems?
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A small fire house early Sunday afternoon was contained to the attic of the home, according to the Cortez Fire Protection District.
Assistant Fire Chief Charles Balke said an attic fire started at about 12:30 p.m. at the residence of 32271 Highway 160.
Balke said the crews, which included, eight firefighters, four apparatus from the fire department, deputies from the Montezuma County Sheriff's Office and an ambulance from Southwest Memorial Hospital, were able to contain the fire to the attic of the home before it spread.
Balke said the fire damage is estimated to be between $10,000 to $15,000 and is believed to have been accidental and caused by a stove top fireplace.
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I'm sitting here at the computer with a sleeping Julian on my chest, while two men from South Africa clean out the air ducts in my house. Ava and Grandma left for a few hours to go to the library and buy material to make clothes for her baby "Trajan" and to get away from all of the noise. I figured I'd use this time to catch up on some Group Talks on Maya's Mom and I came across some posts about Blogher, specifically the upcoming annual Blogher conference which is in July this year in Chicago.
I never gave any thought to attending the conference before, even though I've been blogging for over 2 years now, but after reading many women say what a great time they had in the past and how they are planning to return this year, I started wondering if it might be something I'd like to do someday.
My reading on Maya's Mom lead me to Elizabeth's blog Table for Five, specifically this post about her experience at Blogher '06 and some things she took away from the closing session.
She wrote:
"1. Find your voice.
2. Stop apologizing. Be proud of who you are and what you do.
3.Stop hesitating. Move yourself forward.
4. You ARE worthy."
Those things really hit home for me, especially the part about "Stop apologizing. Be proud of who you are and what you do." and "Stop hesitating. Move yourself forward."
There are sometimes things I want to write about, but don't for fear of offending someone, somewhere. Or if I do write about something controversial, like circumcision, I'm so careful to be as politically-correct as possible, that I feel like I'm walking on eggshells. But then I wonder, why is it my responsibility to protect people? It's my blog and I should be able to write or not write about whatever I want. If people chose to read it, that is their prerogative, and if it bothers or offends them, they have the option to stop reading it.
I admire the bloggers (and several come to mind) who lay it all out there and say whatever the hell is on their mind, without regard for who it might upset. They are proud of who they are what they do. They don't apologize for sharing THEIR thoughts on THEIR blog. I respect them for being true to themselves.
While I don't imagine I will make it to Blogher this year, maybe I will make it a goal to go next year. It sounds like a very empowering and fun conference to attend. Maybe I can talk a few of my friends turned bloggers to go with me. (Hint, hint – you know who you are – Nicole, Heather, Julie, Sonja…) And in the meantime, I'm going to try to be more true to myself in my blogging and speak my mind. I am proud of who I am, so why should I be so afraid to put myself "out there"?
And now for a "shout out." Thank you Caroline, for including my blog among the five blogs you recommend. I think it's awesome that you choose to read my blog even though it's far removed from the world you are familiar with. 🙂 Thanks for your open mindedness.


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Johnson Controls' Batteries Power Ford's Fusion Auto Start-Stop vehicle
DETROIT, Jan. 14, 2013 -- Johnson Controls, Inc., the world's leading supplier of automotive batteries, is providing its advanced Absorbent Glass Mat (AGM) battery technology to power Ford Motor Company's 2013 Fusion Auto Start-Stop vehicle.
AGM batteries are a proven advanced energy storage solution for Start-Stop vehicles in Europe, where Johnson Controls has manufactured more than 18 million since 2001 and now produces more than 4.5 million annually. According to recent consumer research commissioned by Johnson Controls, 90 percent of the Start-Stop vehicle owners in Europe say they are very satisfied with the technology and are likely to purchase such a vehicle again.
Johnson Controls is now supplying the same AGM technology here in the U.S. with batteries that are being manufactured out of its facilities in St. Joseph, Mo. and Toledo, Ohio.
"AGM technology is ideal for Start-Stop applications because it is better equipped than traditional batteries to support electrical loads while the engine is off, and power deep cycling associated with frequent starts and stops," said Ray Shemanski, vice president and general manager of the Original Equipment Group for Johnson Controls Power Solutions. "AGM batteries help our customers improve fuel efficiency and environmental performance while consumers see immediate economic benefits."
AGM batteries used in a Start-Stop system help reduce fuel consumption as the engine shuts off when the vehicle comes to a stop in traffic or at a red light. The battery restarts the engine when the driver's foot releases the brake pedal or engages the clutch.
According to the company's research, 97 percent of U.S. consumers say they are ready for Start-Stop vehicles, which are rapidly becoming an industry staple in Europe. Ford is one of the first automakers to offer it in this country.
Johnson Controls estimates the global Start-Stop market for new vehicles could reach 35 million annually by 2017. The company is investing $140 million to grow AGM manufacturing capacity to 6 million in the United States at its facilities in St. Joseph, Mo. and Toledo, Ohio.
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Johnson Controls is a global diversified technology and industrial leader serving customers in more than 150 countries. Our 170,000 employees create quality products, services and solutions to optimize energy and operational efficiencies of buildings; lead-acid automotive batteries and advanced batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles; and interior systems for automobiles. Our commitment to sustainability dates back to our roots in 1885, with the invention of the first electric room thermostat. Through our growth strategies and by increasing market share we are committed to delivering value to shareholders and making our customers successful. In 2011, Corporate Responsibility Magazine recognized Johnson Controls as the #1 company in its annual "100 Best Corporate Citizens" list. For additional information, please visit http://www.johnsoncontrols.com.
About Johnson Controls Power Solutions
Johnson Controls Power Solutions is the global leader in lead-acid automotive batteries and advanced batteries for Start-Stop, hybrid and electric vehicles.Ā Our 50 manufacturing, recycling and distribution centers supply more than one-third of the world's lead-acid batteries to major automakers and aftermarket retailers.Ā Through our innovations we are building the advanced battery industry for hybrid and electric vehicles.Ā We were the first company in the world to produce lithium-ion batteries for mass-production hybrid vehicles.Ā Our commitment to sustainability is evidenced by our world-class technology, manufacturing and recycling capabilities.


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Well, you could be! Maybe not, though, but you might as well try.
Radical Entertainment and GameStop are running a promotion with the grand prize of winning a trip for two to Vancouver and appearing in Prototype 2.
Customers who pre-order the game at GameStops in the U.S. or Canada between now and September can enter online. The winner will be selected at random. More details in the link below.
Prototype 2 [GameStop]
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Breaking Bad Open Thread: "Fifty-One"August 5th, 2012 by david brothers | Tags: breaking bad, rian johnson, sam catlin
Sunday Sunday Sunday! We're going to have a weekly chat about Vince Gilligan's Breaking Bad. I buy mine off Amazon, so I'm usually a day behind, but every Sunday around showtime I'll post an open thread. I'll probably start linking the Breaking Bad podcasts and trailers and whatnot
If you haven't seen Breaking Bad, you should. You can find Breaking Bad:
-On AMC, Sundays at 10 eastern
–Seasons 1-4 on Netflix
–on DVD
–on Amazon Instant Video (my preferred method)
-Don't be a dick
-No spoiler warnings, so don't come in unless you've seen the latest episode
-Feel free to hyperlink and youtube it up
-Liveblogging is cool, just be specific so we know why you're going "WHOA DUDE WHOA WHOA BRO"
This week is "Fifty-One," directed by Rian Johnson (Looper! Brick!) and written by Sam Catlin, who also wrote "Crawl Space," the episode last season that ended with Walt laughing and gave me waking sleep paralysis in the process.
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Within the framework of the Joint EU/CoE project JUSTROM3 "Roma Women's Access to Justice", the Council of Europe has launched a Call for Tenders (National Coordinators, Consultants with legal expertise and Facilitators) for the provision of consultancy services on Access to Justice for Roma Women in the four countries of implementation (Bulgaria, Greece, Italy and Romania).
You will find below the link per specific country to apply to the Call for Tenders for the provision of consultancy services.
· Bulgaria - Call for Tender and Act of Engagement
· Greece - Call for Tender and Act of Engagement
· Italy - Call for Tender and Act of Engagement
Please note that Tender files must be sent to the Council of Europe both electronically (only to the following address firstname.lastname@example.com and with the correct reference of the call in the subject line) and in paper hardcopy (please follow the exact specification in the call).
Deadline for the submission of tenders: 30 October 2019 (23:59 CET), as evidenced by the postmark, or by the receipt of delivery provided by the dispatching company.
Questions regarding this specific tendering procedure shall be sent at the latest by 23 October 2019, in English, and shall be exclusively sent to the following address: firstname.lastname@example.com Answers will be published online.


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Friday October 26, 2012
Lucene.Net 3.0.3 Released
Apache Lucene.Net 3.0.3 just passed a vote for release - our first official release since graduating from the incubator in August. A lot of work was put into porting and testing the code. We've brought back .Net 3.5 support and added an entirely new Spatial Contrib project.
Files can be downloaded from a number of places:
- SVN Source: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene.net/tags/Lucene.Net_3_0_3_RC2_final/
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Public areas of Leeds and Bradford are to get free access to WiFi through a network supplied by Virgin Media Business.
The network access provided is part of the government's "super connected city" initiative.
Virgin Media Business is working with partner Global Reach Technology to provide the WiFi access, which will be supported by Virgin's fibre network.
The first locations to benefit from the service are Briggate in Leeds and Bridge Street in Bradford, followed by Millennium Square in Leeds and City Park in Bradford early in 2013.
Councillor Keith Wakefield, leader of Leeds City Council, said: "Leeds is leading the way in ensuring that our infrastructure is in place to make the most of future digital developments and we are pleased that our neighbours Bradford are also supporting the regional push for super-fast broadband."
Councillor David Green, council leader of Bradford, said: "The super connected city initiative means a great deal for Bradford as we are a growing city with a big economy, and the initiative will give existing local companies a greater competitive edge in national and global markets."
O2 and Three mobile customers are missing out on free full WiFi on the London Underground. Virgin Media has signed a wholesale connectivity deal with Vodafone and EE to support their customers on its fibre network that supports the Tube WiFi network.


text: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 New in the Literature: Management Patterns in Acute Low Back Pain (Spine [Phila Pa 1976]. 2012;37(9):775-782.) Patients who received physical therapy early after an episode of acute low back pain had a lower risk of subsequent medical service usage than patients who received physical therapy at later times, say authors of an article published April 20 in Spine. Medical specialty variations exist regarding early use of physical therapy, with potential underutilization among generalist specialties, they add. For this retrospective cohort study, the authors analyzed a national sample of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' physician outpatient billing claims. Patients were selected who received treatment for low back pain between 2003 and 2004 (n = 439,195). To eliminate chronic low back conditions, patients were excluded if they had a prior visit for back pain, lumbosacral injection, or lumbar surgery within the previous year. Main outcome measures were rates of lumbar surgery, lumbosacral injections, and frequent physician office visits for low back pain during the following year. Based on logistic regression analysis, the adjusted odds ratio for undergoing surgery in the group of enrollees that received physical therapy in the acute phase (<4 weeks) compared with those receiving physical therapy in the chronic phase (>3 months) was 0.38, adjusting for age, sex, diagnosis, treating physician specialty, and comorbidity. The adjusted odds ratio for receiving a lumbosacral injection in the group receiving physical therapy in the acute phase was 0.46, and the adjusted odds ratio for frequent physician office usage in the group receiving physical therapy in the acute phase was 0.47. Comments Please explain how a patient who is an active participant in a hip mobility, core stabilization program is "receiving physical therapy". I can't believe our own professional magazine is "commoditizing" our profession. If my patient is "receiving physical therapy" then I don't need to undergo any clinical decision making or ask for feedback from them right? Posted by Paul Addison on 5/11/2012 8:42 PM


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Easy Family Money Management
I am a busy mom, recovering financial advisor and also a fashion jewelry designer. I'm looking for brand identity (and associated...see below) for a new membership site I'm launching for busy moms to teach money management in an easy, digestible, fun way.
Because I have both the left and right brain flowing - I want something that's both stylish and professional. (Think TwitterMoms?) This will be the first of many to come (others will include topics such as entertaining, cooking, stylish crafting, art, and who knows what else?).
This is my first time using 99designs - please feel free to ask questions or let me know if I missed anything.
Busy moms that have a great sense of style (or would like to), are smart, engaged and who know there's always more to learn - in motherhood, in life, and when it comes to their money. They may or may not be working out of the home, or they may just be stay at home moms.
Our packaging needs to have a simple, down-to-earth, yet upscale feel. I'm okay with a modern retro twist too, or something just modern, or even just upscale. Again, think TwitterMoms? But something bold and original.
I'd like something bold and memorable - see other descriptions above. Other than that, I'd like to see what you come up with!
Very specifically, I need:
--> a CD label and jewel case for my free CD offer, and a minisite with optin box, and another page without optin box. Here are some specifics:
CD label: 4.65in. square, 1394 px
note: for disc images use a square image rather than a circular, masked image
CD Jewel Case:
jewel case print dimensions
front cover width: 120.50 mm 4.74in., 1423 px
front cover height: 119.50mm 4.70 in.,1411 px
insert width: 120.50mm 4.74in.,1423 px
insert height: 119.50mm 4.70 1411 px
tray card (includes two spines) width: 150.02mm 5.91in., 1772 px
tray card (includes two spines) height: 117.25mm 4.62in., 1385 px
spine width: 6.25mm 0.25in., 74 px
Brand: Easy Family Money Management
Title: 7 Secrets to Easy Family Money Management
I need a header, footer & optin box
And the same thing, w/o the optin box
I will need space for a headline, video, text and add to cart button - don't know if I will be able to add these things myself? or if I will have you add them soon?
Would like the actual files in a vector format like that produced by Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator
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A man on a mission to drink a beer in every Connecticut town to raise money for cancer research and treatment is about halfway to his goal.
Todd Ruggere, of Grafton, Massachusetts, has visited 81 of the 169 towns in the state so far on his CT Pour Tour. He has raised $20,000 so far for Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven to help pediatric cancer patients.
After seeing many commercials on television promoting support of child cancer patients, Ruggere said he wanted to help.
"I wanted to find a cool way to raise money for cancer," Ruggere.
Last year, he said "it just hit me one day." Looking at a map of Massachusetts, he was surprised to see towns he never knew existed like Florida and Peru. The pour tour was also a way for him to explore parts of his home state he'd never visited. Ruggere stopped at 351 Massachusetts towns in 2013 to have a beer, raising $40,000 to help combat children's cancer.
WHDH, an NBC affiliate news station in Boston, aired the first interview with Ruggere about his mission and from there it went viral, he said.
Ruggere didn't want to stop there.
"I knew I wanted to do another state," Ruggere said.
Like Florida and Peru in Massachusetts, Ruggere has learned of some unique Connecticut town names, as well, including Bozrah and Scotland, which he hasn't been to yet. One of his favorite parts of the state was the Northwest corner.
He started the tour at Two Roads Brewing Co. in Stratford, a place he'd never been to before. Now Two Roads is his sponsor. And what's his favorite beer on the tour so far? Two Roads' new raspberry-flavored Road Jam beer.
At each town on the pour tour, he stops into a local brewery, bar or even another fundraiser to have a beer, inviting locals to join him and donate if they'd like. Many of the venues put his photo on the wall to advertise that he's coming in case people want to participate. Many bars and breweries are contacting him extending invitations to stop by on the Pour Tour.
People are responding well to the CT Pour Tour, he said. One person came to his stop in Ridgefield to donate $10,000 to the cause.
So far, Ruggere has visited the following towns on his pour tour – Salisbury, North Canaan, Colebrook, Cornwall, Goshen, Torrington, Warren, Litchfield, Washington, Morris, Bethlehem, Watertown, Woodbury, Middlebury, Oxford, Monroe, Woodbridge, Granby, East Granby, Canton, Avon, West Hartford, Burglington, Plymouth, Bristol, Plainville, Wolcott, Southington, Berlin, Cromwell, Windsor, East Windsor, South Windsor, East Hartford, Glastonbury, Bolton, Andover, Columbia, Windham, Union, Woodstock, Pomfret, Brooklyn, Killingly, Sterling, Voluntown, Ridgefield, Danbury, Bethel, Bridgeport, Woodbridge, West Haven, Prospect, Cheshire, Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown, Wallingford, North Haven, Branford, Deep River, Essex, Salem, Montville, Waterford, Norwich, Lisbon, Preston, Ledyard, Groton, North Stonington and Stonington.
He plans on visiting the southern tail of Connecticut in the Fairfield County region next.
What's next after CT Pour Tour?
Ruggere said that he hopes to take his fundraising tour nationwide. He is currently looking for sponsors to make a 50-state pour tour possible. The plan is to drink at least a beer in each state and raise money to donate to children's cancer hospitals located in each state.
Ruggere is looking for your tips on potential tour stops. You can text him at 781-974-9428 or email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Information on the CT Pour Tour and Ruggere's scheduled stops is available at CTpourtour.com. Donations can be made online or in person at a CT Pour Tour stop. You can also follow him @CTpourtour on Twitter and like his CT Pour Tour Facebook page.


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No matter how earnest your efforts to ride down debt and build savings, life has a way of bucking you off the saddle. Sometimes bad luck strikes as a medical
No matter how earnest your efforts to ride down debt and build savings, life has a way of bucking you off the saddle.
Sometimes bad luck strikes as a medical emergency or expensive car repair, or the hurt is self-inflicted through a budget-busting credit splurge or a bad bet on a risky investment.
Whatever the setback, here's how experts advise you to get your finances back on track.Understand what caused the fall
Before getting back on the horse, understand why you ended up on the ground. 'Did you fall? Were you thrown? Were you on a terrain that was too advanced for you?' asks Razi Hecht, a wealth advisor for Bronfman Rothschild, an independent registered investment advisor in Delafield, Wisconsin.
'Translated to personal finances: Is this just a hiccup along the way or are you utilizing a strategy that is not appropriate for you or beyond your ability to handle by yourself?'Talk to a professional
Even financial professionals seek outside help when money woes strike. Alison Norris, a certified financial planner at SoFi Wealth, recently coached a Minnesota man who lost his job in the finance department of an insurance company.
'From a literacy perspective, he understood a lot about finances and how to achieve his goals, but he felt absolutely deflated,' she says. 'So he was struggling not only with lack of a paycheck, but also with his perception of his own worth.'
That's a common malady during big financial setbacks. Talking to a third party, such as a professional fee-only financial advisor who won't try to upsell you on financial products, can help correct your finances and rebuild self-esteem.Beware of your emotions
Big changes like the loss of a job or marriage are emotional earthquakes followed by a potentially more devastating financial tsunami. One common problem in divorce settlements: To avoid having to move out of a beloved home, a partner takes property over a bigger slice of retirement savings. That can create a 'house rich, cash poor' scenario that spells trouble.
'Poor planning in splitting the assets in a divorce can create hardship for one party " and often it's the woman with the emotional attachment to the family home,' says Lorraine Ell, CEO of Better Money Decisions, LLC, an Albuquerque, New Mexico-based fee-only financial planner.
A 56-year-old Phoenix woman who kept her house in a divorce came to Ell's firm, overwhelmed by upkeep and mortgage costs. 'Fortunately, the home had $500,000 in equity, so the answer was obvious " sell the house, get a smaller place and invest the rest,' Ell says. 'She just needed help to get there.'Make a plan, celebrate wins
Often, the emotional impact of the financial loss 'is far greater than the actual loss of cash,' Ell says. Rebuilding morale with a new reality " and a new financial plan " is crucial.
'You have to know and accept what is happening, and understand there are more important things than money,' Ell says. 'Then construct a financial plan to get back to some semblance of normal. That's easier said than done because often that means working more, downsizing and reducing your lifestyle.'
The key is celebrating successes without splurging. 'At the end of the month, when the net impact of cutting back on expenses shows up, make sure to take notice,' suggests Paul A. Ruedi, a financial advisor with Ruedi Wealth Management in Texas and Illinois.
'Celebrating even the smallest financial successes during times that require sacrifice to resolve financial setbacks can be a great way to keep morale high and keep you moving towards financial health,' he says.
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King.com, the largest social games maker outside Zynga, has officially thrown their hat in the Android ring. Today sees them introducing their first two Android games, Bubble Witch Saga and Candy Crush Saga.
Like their Facebook counterparts, these two feature synchronized leaderboards, scores, progress, and virtual goods. Both titles are free to download and play and should hook players quite easily.
We expect each of these to do rather well for Android, considering their mechanics and easy-to-learn-hard-to-put-down design. Both saw tremendous success on Facebook with Bubble Witch Saga cracking the top 10.
Download links and press release after the break.
[download_link link="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.midasplayer.apps.bubblewitch&hl=en" variation="hotpink" target="blank"]Download Bubble Witch Saga (Google Play)[/download_link]
[download_link link="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.king.candycrushsaga&hl=en" variation="hotpink" target="blank"]Download Candy Crush Saga (Google Play)[/download_link]
King.com Brings Two Top 10 Facebook Games, Bubble Witch Saga and Candy Crush Saga, to Android
The company announces plans to nearly double its employee base in 2013
San Francisco, CA & London, UK – December 6, 2012 – King.com, the leading casual social games company, today announces the launch of Android apps for its two most popular Facebook games, Bubble Witch Saga and Candy Crush Saga, available on Google Play. The release comes shortly after the launch of Candy Crush Saga on iOS, where it reached the number one iPad and iPhone game chart position in all major markets. The game is currently the third most popular Facebook game with over 6 million daily active players (AppData).
"Making Bubble Witch Saga and Candy Crush Saga playable across Facebook, iOS and Android is quite a significant milestone for King.com. We're fulfilling a promise to our users who want to play their favorite King.com games whenever and wherever they want," said Riccardo Zacconi, CEO and co-founder of King.com. "King.com is also planning an expansion of its employee base so it can continue to deliver on this promise at a more significant degree. We expect to nearly double the team over the next year."
As with the games' iOS versions, the Android versions available on Google Play will allow players to have their leaderboards, scores, progress and virtual goods fully synchronized across Facebook, regardless of where they play. With nearly 4 million daily active users, Bubble Witch Saga is a top 10 game on Facebook (AppData). The game invites players to join a circle of witches who burst a collection of multi-colored bubbles in order to spawn spiders that keep their cauldron bubbling.
Candy Crush Saga is King.com's match-3 Facebook game that provides several modes for gamers to test their skills against time, limited moves, collecting objects and removing jellies. The new Android versions are fully synced with Facebook so players can continue their progress, unlock new levels and access virtual goods in both the Facebook and mobile versions.
Bubble Witch Saga and Candy Crush Saga for Android devices are free and available now on Google Play. To play, please visit:
About King.com:
King.com is a worldwide leader in casual social games with over 40 million monthly players and more than 3 billion games played per month globally. King.com offers over 150 exclusive games in 12 languages through its premier destination, King.com (www.king.com), mobile devices (iOS and Android via Google Play), Google+, and Facebook, where it is a top 10 Facebook developer. The company is the exclusive provider of online games for leading global portals, websites and media companies. King.com has offices in London, Stockholm, Barcelona, Bucharest, Hamburg, Malta, Malmo and San Francisco. For more information, visit http://about.king.com.
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iOS is a registered trademark of Cisco and used under license by Apple Inc.
Google Play is a registered trademark of Google Inc.


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I recently was asked to write a guest blog post for Blackboard Collaborate…
Amy Thornton worked in the instructional technology department of the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) for more than a decade where she administered numerous Blackboard technologies and spearheaded its upgrade from Wimba Classroom to Blackboard Collaborate web conferencing. Amy is now at Columbus State University (GA), but because numerous schools throughout the world are currently going through this same upgrade process, we want to share Amy's 4 questions to ask yourself when planning your upgrade.
1. How many Wimba users are there at your institution?
The answer to this question can affect how you will roll out your upgrade whether in cohorts, pilot or to everyone at once. You must also consider your resources in terms of availability for training, support, and documentation. You don't want your staff to be overwhelmed by the workload of supporting this transition along with any other duties they may have.
2. What is your school's upgrade strategy?
If you are like us, you have too much to get done and not enough people or time to do it. It's the world of higher ed! Unless you have more staff than you know what to do with it (if you do…can I borrow a few), it is important to take into consideration what is on their plate. I'm sure this is not the only thing they will be working on. You will need time to update documentation, construct the messaging of promoting the move, work with any 3rd parties to address any issues (e.g., helpdesk – internal or external), testing of the new technology inside and outside the LMS. Depending on your answer to the first question, does a phased approach make sense rather than rolling it out all at once? Doing a pilot first can give your staff some additional time to work on documentation, learn the new technology, get feedback from your pilot group, and work through any potential issues. When doing a pilot though, it also means you will be supporting two different products (technologies) at once, which can put added strain on your staff.
3. How will you communicate the upgrade to your school?
There are many ways to distribute information on a university campus. Each campus has a different culture, so you know what works on your campus. If distributing the information via e-mail, remember to start early and keep the information brief and relevant. Folks are most likely to skim their e-mails especially if they are long, so ensure that you only include must-know information and chunk the information. Chunking is not only useful for course design! Provide your faculty with the language they need to give to their students, so the same consistent message is getting out there, or at least you are doing everything you can to ensure this. Some editors are out of your control.
When making a move to a new platform, especially one that is quite a shift, it is important to keep the messaging positive. Promote the features your users will gain by making the move. Assure them that you (your staff) will be there every step of the way to provide support and even "hold their hand" if necessary. This is also a great time to promote the use of a virtual classroom to those who never used Wimba. One very important decision to make before beginning your promotion campaign, decide on what terminology will be used to describe the new platform (e.g., web conferencing, virtual classroom, Blackboard Collaborate, etc.). Consistent messaging is a must.
4. What resources are available to you?
When making the move, take advantage of any and all resources at your disposal. If you have a helpdesk whether internal or external, make sure and keep them in the loop so they can help field those 1st tier support calls as this might help in updating your documentation, knowledgebase, and/or messaging. Don't forget Blackboard Collaborate provides virtual workshops which can help get you over the hump when trying to train a large user base. It offers the flexibility to allow your faculty to login from anywhere.
The most important thing to remember is to stay calm. You don't have to have all the answers from the beginning. For those off the wall questions, that's when you turn to your Blackboard Collaborate folks and beg for help!
To learn more about upgrading, visit our upgrade page at: http://bbcollaborate.com/upgrade


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Today's Vendor Spotlight features Lillianka, with creator Lillian Harris at the helm. If you're interested in ordering Lillianka items you can visit her Etsy shop or view her wares at The Merchant Company on Congress St. downtown. But if you're patient we're sure she'll be bringing the cream of the crop to share at The Big Chill on Sunday, December 2nd!
While Lillian is a tinkerer in all things creative and crafty, she finds her place at home most easily sitting at the sewing machine stitching together functional, stylish art.
Looking for a sweet, special gift for the holidays? Our money's on the scented sachets you see above. Perched in the guest room, tossed in the sweater drawer or anywhere else the scented sachet adds that warm, spicy scent for the season.
The Big Chill holiday arts, crafts and vintage sale is on Sunday, December 2nd from 10am to 4pm. 10 Mayo Street, Mayo Street Arts, Portland, Maine!


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Mission Statement
The TextGrid Repository (TextGridRep) is a digital preservation archive for human sciences research data providing a variety of data for teaching and research purposes. It promotes open access to research data including open standards allowing an efficient reuse for research. The TextGridRep also provides researchers with a comprehensive and reliable service to store their data permanently, well described and with a stable reference for citation and reuse.
The TextGridRep is part of the TextGrid Virtual Research Environment (VRE), which offers besides digital preservation also open-source software for collaborative creation, analysis and publication of text and images. The TextGrid VRE is optimised for XML/TEI formats and editorial publication out of the TextGrid Laboratory (TextGridLab). An independent publication from the TextGridLab including other types of data and formats is equally possible by tools using the TextGridRep API such as TG-import.
The TextGrid Repository is a community orientated result of a national program to establish a Digital Humanities infrastructure in Germany and operates together with the DARIAH-DE Repository as part of the Humanities Data Center (HDC).
The mission of the TextGridRep is to serve national and international research, teaching and learning by providing long term preservation, further processing, openly sharing and dissemination of digital research data according to ethical and scientific standards of the international research community.
The repository's mission is in line with the Open Access strategy of the University of Göttingen and its research data policy. It provides all necessary resources to promote and support making the research results of its researchers as widely accessible and usable as possible. This commitment to open access is reflected in the organisational and technical infrastructure as well as in its archiving procedures of the repository to allow the use of publications and data without any access restriction in order "to support research and innovation in science […] and society in a direct and lasting way".
In terms of data management, publication and preservation workflows are based on the Open Archiving Information System, see TextGrid Repository – Digital Object Management.
The commitment is strongly supported by the two relevant institutions ensuring also the long-term sustainability of the repository and its data: The Göttingen State and University Library (SUB) and the Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung Göttingen mbH (GWDG).
Both institutions share a commitment to the sustainability of services and to FAIR principles in research and its infrastructures. For the SUB research data management is an important aspect of the strategic aims of Göttingen State and University Library. Not only for research data, but for all digital resources, Göttingen State and University Library follows a policy, which contains guiding principles in order to ensure the quality for access, metadata and IT architecture.
In the context of open access, the Göttingen State and University Library also participates in national and international projects, such as the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and OpenAIRE. In this perspective the TextGrid Repository is also in line with open access requirements of important funders of the German research system as the German Research Foundation (DFG) (see https://www.dfg.de/formulare/2_00/v/dfg_2_00_de_v1215.pdf, p. 44, section 12.2.1) and the European Union. Mandates of the European Commission and the European Research Council require as stated e.g. in the European Open Access Pilot on Open Data all funded projects to publish their results in Open Access (see the Horizon 2020 Online Manual). The Research Department at Göttingen University offers detailed information about the European Union Open Access Pilot also on its web pages.
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The TextGrid Repository offers an extensive searchable and adaptable corpus of XML/TEI encoded texts and images. Amongst the continuously growing corpus is the Digital Library of TextGrid, which consists of works of more than 600 authors of German fiction (prose, verse and drama), as well as nonfiction from the beginning of the printing press to the early 20th century. The files are saved in different output formats (XML, ePub, PDF), published and made searchable. Different tools e.g. viewing or quantitative text-analysis tools can be used for visualization or to further research the text.
You can search within the corpus by entering a search term; alternatively "Explore" will lead you to predefined categories (e.g. "author", "genre").
The search function supports the query language Lucene; in addition to the free text search it allows queries with the following pattern:
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Alexei German, a Russian film director best known for his works chronicling the Stalinist era in the Soviet Union, died in Moscow on Thursday. He was 74.
His son, Alexei German Jr., said in a blog post Thursday that the filmmaker died of heart failure at a hospital in St. Petersburg.
German came to prominence internationally for his 1983 production "My Friend Ivan Lapshin" about a police investigator battling a criminal gang. Authorities blocked the film's release for two years because of its realistic depiction of Soviet life in the wake of the Stalinist terror of the late 1930s.
"Khrustalyov, My Car," a grotesque narrative centered on Stalin's final days, had a troubled production and received a hostile reception at its Cannes premiere in 1998, but later attained cult status.


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Night cap
Medium: Embroidered silk net, silk ribbon, silk flowers
Date: c. 1915
Country: possibly USA
Credit: Gift of Armand R. Brun
"No dainty woman wishes to appear untidy or unlovely at any hour of the day," stated Vogue in 1912. The magazine suggested boudoir caps to keep women's hair in place while they slept, and to maintain a neat appearance in the morning. The caps also prevented the inconvenience and expense of additional trips to the hair salon.
Object Number: 96.109.1


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Hofmann Forest may be in for big changes if the sale of the property proceeds.
Hofmann Forest may be in for big changes if the sale of the property proceeds.
Opponents of the sale say new information has come to light that suggests as much as 50,000 acres of woodlands could be converted to farmland and nearly 10,000 acres made available for new homes and commercial development.
�This confirms our worst fears that the sale could lead to disastrous environmental impacts and the loss of Hofmann Forest,� Fred Cubbage, an N.C. State University forestry professor and one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed over the prospective sale of the property, told The Daily News on Thursday.
A Wake County Superior Court judge this week denied a temporary injunction to block the sale of the nearly 80,000 acres of woodlands in Onslow and Jones counties.
A group of foresters, professors, conservationists and others concerned about potential environmental impacts to a working forest they say has served as the largest university research forest in the world, filed the lawsuit in September and had hoped to halt the impending sale while their case continues in court.
N.C. State University announced Oct. 29 that the Board of Trustees for The Endowment Fund of N.C. State University has agreed to terms for the sale of Hofmann Forest to an Illinois-based agribusinessman.
An agreement to buy the property for $150 million was signed by Jerry Walker, who runs the family-owned, multi-state agribusiness, Walker Ag Group, as managing member of Hofmann Forest LLC.
While the injunction effort failed, opponents said their efforts gained momentum not long after the court hearing.
Wednesday night, a day after the court hearing, plaintiffs anonymously received a copy of a prospectus prepared for Hofmann Forest LLC, apparently for potential investors, which details possible plans for the property. Cubbage said the document contradicts claims that Hofmann would remain a working forest and that the sale would result in little environmental impact.
The prospectus identifies seven �highest and best uses� for the property. Timber, agriculture conversion, development and the selling of development rights are the four main uses; but it also notes uses such as mining and dirt harvesting.
Calls to Walker regarding plans for the property were referred to Tom Percival in North Carolina, a spokesman for Hofmann Forest LLC.
�The document in question was specifically put together for Hofmann Forest, LLC. It is a document that was originated for internal purposes in early 2013 for use by Jerry Walker, as a Managing Member, and other members of the LLC in the process of their initial consideration of purchasing the property,� Percival of Percival Land & Timber Consultants in Lumberton said via an emailed statement. �The purpose of this document was to show Mr. Walker and other members the many different and synergistic aspects that Hofmann Forest possesses and its potential for various types of uses that have been identified over the years. As an example, the development plans in the document are renderings that were done many years ago by North Carolina State University as a general study and were not prepared by or for Hofmann Forest, LLC. �
Those uses, according to the document, include the potential benefits for agriculture use on a large scale.
�With today�s global grain shortage, the type of virgin, organic soil found in the Hofmann Forest is as a premium,� it states. �After reserving roughly 9,000 acres for development, the forest would theoretically have 70,000 acres to convert to agricultural uses. Due to numerous mitigating factors, such as wetland areas, one could conceivably convert 50,000 to 60,000 acres to agricultural land.�
Cubbage said that would adversely change the nature of the property, tearing down woodlands that serve as animal habitat and damaging water quality from increased erosion and polluted runoff.
�The document provides clear evidence that there would be large adverse environmental effects on water and wildlife,� he said.
The prospectus also states that 10,000 acres could be used for both commercial and housing development.
�Since this document was created, the LLC, under the guidance of Jerry Walker, has recognized the value of the Hofmann as a forest and has no plans to develop the property into a large commercial and residential community,� Percival said via the statement.
In announcing the purchase agreement, the university said the buyer is working with the Department of Defense on an easement to protect training needs in the area.
The prospectus states that the Department of Defense has been in preliminary talks with Hofmann Forest LLC regarding securing an easement on about 70,000 acres of the property and potential use of the forest. It states the Department of Defense has four alternatives for possible use of the property, from doing nothing to using the existing Deppe airstrip, building a new airstrip in the northern part of the property and setting up five tactical landing zones and training sites.
Hofmann Forest was purchased by the North Carolina Forestry Foundation in 1934 (now named Natural Resources Foundation) and gifted in 1977 to the NCSU Endowment Fund for the benefit of the College of Natural Resources. It has primarily been used by the university as a research outpost and nature conservancy.
The proceeds from the sale would be placed in an endowment benefiting NCSU�s College of Natural Resources, keeping with the intent of the original deed, according to the university endowment fund officials.
Contact Daily News reporter Jannette Pippin at 910-382-2557 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Stockton, CA
Natalie Eugenia Lopez
Dec. 25, 1924 - Mar. 19, 2013
Natalie passed away peacefully on March 19, 2013. She was born third, into a strong Italian immigrant farming family in Stockton. Natalie was proud of her heritage and had many great stories regarding her childhood. She was one of 10
sisters and one brother all of whom still reside in the Stockton area.
She is survived by daughter Cathi Reid (Steve) and her three grandchildren Jenni Campbell (Casey) of Marina, CA, Matt Reid of Antioch, CA, Lisa Reid of Marina, CA, sisters: Anna Thomas of Stockton, Rosie Nunes of Manteca, Theresa Mariani (Mickey) of Stockton, Ida Gall of Stockton, June Milano (Gary) of Stockton and brother: Frank Passadore (Lisa) of Stockton. Also brother-in-law Pete Mariani. She was predeceased by her loving husband of over 50 years, Ernest Lopez, sisters: Marie Snyder (Lowell), Emily Prima
(Richard), Dorothy Mariani, May Cima (John).
Natalie loved sewing, crocheting & knitting. She loved gardening and had quite a green thumb. Most of all, she loved her family and especially her three grandchildren. She was a strong spirit and will be dearly missed.
Mass of Christian Burial will be on Wed. Mar. 27, 2013, 10 a.m. at Church of the Presentation, 1515 W. Benjamin Holt Dr., Stkn. Visitation: Tues. Mar. 26, 2013, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., at DeYoung Memorial Chapel, 601 N. California St., Stkn. Committal: Immediately following the Mass at San Joaquin Catholic Mausoleum, 719 E.
Harding Way, Stkn.
Donations may be given in her memory to St. Joseph's Regional Cancer Center, P.O. Box 213008, Stkn. 95213-9008. Online guest book at deyoungchapels.com


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I'm pretty sure there is a law somewhere mandating that every meal on Valentine's Day must include some chocolate. Yes, even breakfast.
Yet, breakfast should include something healthy. Hmm.
The Prefect Solution: Pomegranate and chocolate. In pancake form.
Lots of folks have made Red Velvet Pancakes. Check out the flap jacks from Deborah at Taste and Tell, the Queen of Red Velvet Innovations – she even has a Red Velvet Week every year! Her Red Velvet Pancakes inspired me. My contribution to this dish is that I used pomegranate juice – both for the color and for the tartness – which pairs well with the richness of the chocolate.
And for your syrup – use chocolate syrup. Hey! It's Valentine's Day!
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I've done it, I've changed my blog!
Now don't worry I'm not really going anywhere, I just wanted my own domain name and a new look. This change has been in the idea and planning stage for a few months but I needed a little help from my computer techy husband to get things ready. My new blog will still have lots of the same stuff you guys come here to see, but it's going to include a lot of new and exciting things as well.
I first started blogging to document design and my life but blogging has turned into more for me. It's a place I've met people and made friends and I've shared ideas and my life with my readers. I love that I have blog friends, people I have never met but we feel like we know each other from reading and keeping up through our blogs. I hope you all make this change with me and continue to read my blog.
So I bet you were wondering what the rainbow colored photos meant right? Well my new blog is:
Like the name implies it is about color but it's all still related to design and life and being inspired by the world around us. Click over and check it out, all my old posts from this site will be there and more great posts will be coming. My first welcome post will tell you all about the new blog and what new things you can expect!
I'm so excited and I hope you are too. See you over at Affair with Color.


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(STMW) — Three men were killed and at least 15 other people were injured in shootings across the city since Friday afternoon.
The most recent fatal shooting happened Saturday night when a man was shot in the head in the South Side Chatham neighborhood.
Leroy Griffin, 18, was in the 7900 block of South Lafayette Avenue about 7 p.m. when a dark-colored SUV pulled up and several suspects got out and opened fire, striking him in the head, authorities said.
Griffin, of the 7500 block of South Langley Avenue, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 7:20 p.m., according to the medical examiner's office.
Police said the shooting might be gang-related.
Another man died Saturday night after he was shot earlier in the day in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
Luciano Torres, 28, was sitting in a double-parked SUV in the 4800 block of West Deming Place about 4:30 a.m. when a red SUV pulled up and someone inside fired shots into the vehicle, authorities said. Police said the SUV fled the scene after the shooting.
Torres, of the 2300 block of North Newland Avenue, suffered gunshot wounds to the left side of his head and upper body, authorities said. He was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he died at 6:36 p.m., according to the medical examiner's office.
On Friday night, a man was shot to death outside his Northwest Side home.
Jeffrey Anderson, 29, was standing outside his home in the 2800 block of North Talman Street about 9:50 p.m. when two men approached on foot and fired at him, hitting him in the left shoulder, according to police and the medical examiner's office.
Anderson then went into his residence, where he collapsed and was found dead at the scene, authorities said.
At least 15 other people were shot across the city over the weekend.
About 10:50 a.m. Sunday, two men, ages 24 and 34, walked in to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County with gunshot wounds, police said.
The 34-year-old had gunshot wounds to his abdomen and was in serious condition, while the 24-year-old was in "stable" condition with a gunshot to his hand.
Both men were being "very uncooperative" and were not telling police where they were shot, police said.
A man was shot around 8 a.m. Sunday in the Southwest Side Ashburn neighborhood.
A 19-year-old man was in the 2900 block of West 80th Street when he was shot in the leg, police said. He was taken to Christ Medical Center, where he was in good condition.
About 7:20 a.m., a 15-year-old boy was shot in the Hermosa neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
The boy was in the 2000 block of North Kenneth Avenue when he was shot in the arm, police said. He was driven to Our Lady of Resurrection Medical Center by an unknown person and was in good condition.
About 7 p.m. Friday, a woman was seriously wounded in a shooting in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side.
The 19-year-old was walking with a male acquaintance when she was shot multiple times in the 8200 block of South Drexel Avenue, police said. She was taken to Christ Medical Center.
A boy was shot in the face about two hours earlier in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.
The 17-year-old boy was shot about 5:05 p.m. in the 1800 block of West 52nd Street, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious condition.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2013. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)


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Chicago Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson may get a huge helping hand this winter in preparing for the 2012 season by spending a few days training at Manchester United.
Fire goalkeeping coach Aron Hyde told MLSsoccer.com over the phone on Monday that the Fire are trying to work out a deal that would send the 22-year-old Johnson to train with the Red Devils sometime during the Premier League's busy Christmas period.
"It would be a really good experience for him if we can get it all set up properly," Hyde said. "Being around those guys and being involved will be good for him. It would boost his confidence."
Johnson made 28 starts in 2011, his first full season as Chicago's starter. The second-year 'keeper performed reasonably well, posting seven shutouts and making 76 saves.
Hyde said that he's working with his good friend, Manchester United goalkeeping coach Eric Steele, to try and arrange for Johnson to train at Old Trafford this winter. Hyde also said that he's trying to arrange for Johnson to train at a few other EPL teams during the offseason.
"We're trying to set it up where we're trying to get him somewhere else as well, another Premier League team," Hyde said. "It should be a nice environment because those guys are flying and they're in the middle of their season and getting ready for the Christmas period which is obviously the busiest period of the year in England. It'll be good experience for him."
Johnson should have a busy offseason regardless of whether or not he trains with the defending Premier League champions. He'll likely go on the Generation Adidas trip to Europe for a second straight year, and a second consecutive call-up to the January US national team camp is not out of the question, either.
"Hopefully it all works out," Hyde said.
Sam Stejskal covers the Chicago Fire for MLSsoccer.com. E-mail him at email@example.com


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