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Identify the branches of the anterior division of the internal iliac artery. The obturator artery is accompanied by the obturator nerve. These structures cross the lateral wall of the pelvis and enter the obturator canal. The umbilical artery gives several branches, called the superior vesical arteries, to the apex and superior wall of the bladder. Distally, the lumen of the umbilical artery is obliterated. This portion of the umbilical artery represents the medial umbilical ligament in the adult. The uterine artery crosses in the parametrium, superior to the ureter (Figure 43.8). As the uterine artery reaches the isthmus of the uterus, it gives the vaginal artery, which supplies the superior part of the vagina.
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Noesis Technologies precisava de um novo design de logo e criou um concurso na 99designs.
Um vencedor foi selecionado entre 159 designs enviados por 26 designers freelancers.
We need a logo for our company that will be used for company identity everywhere: web, business cards, ads, mail, ...
The logo will be used together with company name, Noesis Technologies, as well as for their products, Noesis Engine, for example.
We have a motto "The 3D Technology Network" that should fit well with the logo.
We don't want concrete things as a logo (a single cube, teapot, balls, etc.). We prefer an abstract design, clean and minimal, but that makes it clear that we are related with 3D graphics and that emphasizes the nature of our technology: small pieces joined together to build quality software faster.
Feel free to play with colors (we don't have initially any preferred colors).
We appreciate all the work you are going to put into this, and we will provide frequent feedback as we receive submissions.
Ratings System:
0 stars - not yet reviewed.
1 or 2 star - not really what we are looking for.
3 star - getting closer but need revisions or a different take on your design.
4 star - design is being considered.
5 star - We really like the design and will make the final selections from these.
UPDATE1: Some clarification. Our motto "The 3D Technology Network" will only be used when together with Noesis Engine. But the idea expressed in the logo should be related with that motto.
UPDATE2: Because we are going to use the word "Noesis" in different contexts, the typography maybe should differ from the one defined for Technologies or Engine for example.
Noesis Technologies
Noesis is a new company that provides its team expertise in the field of real-time 3D graphics for software development. It owns a growing technology platform that makes easier the development of graphic applications and videogames. That platform follows the philosophy of using small blocks to construct software.
- Vector graphics logo.
- Abstract, clean and minimal logo.
- Feel free to play with colors.
- Black and white version will be a plus, but not necessary.
- Logo should work alone without the company name.
- Typography should fit with other uses, not only Noesis Technologies, for example, Noesis Engine.
- Obvious "N" symbol as logo.
- Don't like pink color.
- Too many colors.
- Too artistic.
- Too complicated.
- Concrete things as logo (single cube, balls, teapot, ...)
Saiba como um concurso de design funciona ou leia mais sobre nossos serviços de design de logo.

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I do not recommend and give advice to people reading this forum to engage and be part of this project. My role on this forum is to give my personal opinion on most of the topics against Onecoin based on my perception. I did go to Sofia to meet management as a user just to make sure there is someone there and to ask questions, so I kinda trust them. I can be wrong, of course, so please do not take my opinion here as advice.
Just make it an ingredient for your own opinion and decision.
In this topic, I will analyze the article that is number one source link on Wikipedia and is used by critiques as the most credible source for Onecoin negativity. You can read the whole article here: The Rise of Cryptocurrency Ponzi Schemes
Let's analyze what it says. I will start with the author. It is DAVID Z. MORRIS and if you click on him, you can see that he only wrote one article in March 2015 and this one about ICOs in May 2017. If we click on WRITERS LIST we can see that DAVID Z. MORRIS is not registered writer on this web site.
Although he might look shady, he is actually a Contribute writer for the Fortune magazine and here you can see his articles.
Ok so the point of his article is actually to address how there are many ponzi ICOs out there. We do know that there are so many ICOs lately that question is being raised if there are scams there too? We can see in this article that $1.2 Billion is Raised in 2017 alone.The article wrote:The Rise of Cryptocurrency Ponzi Schemes
Scammers are making big money off people who want in on the latest digital gold rush but don't understand how the technology works.
Ok, so he is mentioning Gnosis, a prediction market project that made its project based on the Ethereum blockchain. Gnosis ICO was conducted on April 24. 2017 and lasted only for that day. It raised $12.5 Million in Ethereum. Before ICO, there were not such articles about gnosis in such credible media. Why? Cause it is ICO, not worth mentioning. When the ICO finished, it was the news as a done deal.The article wrote:Last month, the technology developer Gnosis sold $12.5 million worth of "GNO," its in-house digital currency, in 12 minutes. The April 24 sale, intended to fund development of an advanced prediction market, got admiring coverage from Forbes and The Wall Street Journal
What did Forbes and The Wall Street Journal write about Onecoin? Did he write about it on The Forbes magazine?
Nothing, cause those are serious media, serious people who write only about certain things. They will write about Onecoin when it goes public
Also, we can see some Red flags for Gnosis token holders.
After his praise to Gnosis, he wrote on:
When we read this paragraph, we see 3 segments there.The article wrote:On the same day, in an exurb of Mumbai, a company called OneCoin was in the midst of a sales pitch for its own digital currency when financial enforcement officers raided the meeting, jailing 18 OneCoin representatives and ultimately seizing more than $2 million in investor funds. Multiple national authorities have now described OneCoin, as a Ponzi scheme; by the time of the Mumbai bust, it had already moved at least $350 million in allegedly scammed funds through a payment processor in Germany.
1) He mentions Indian arrests and we already know that those were only individual people using Onecoin to scam people, not the company itself, it was analyzed in this topic
2) He mentions how multiple authorities described Onecoin as a ponzi and this was a notorious lie. We already know that no authority described Onecoin as a ponzi, but we described why Onecoin is NOT a ponzi in this topic. There was just warnings for Onecoin, the same as there were warnings for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Whole analytics of warnings is here in this topic.
3) He mentions $350 Million being scam money where we know that was legit money from selling Education packages but issue was that the company who collected money (IMS International) did not have a license and that was not up to Onecoin to obtain it. Later, Germany recognized Onecoin as a future financial instrument so it needs to have a financia license. The whole Germany case is described here in this topic.
We can already see that this guy has no clue about Onecoin and he only "knows" what Bitcoin people and Onecoin haters told him.
Let's go on:
This is the key why there is so much buzz about Onecoin. ICOs are started by developers, where Onecoin is started by financial people who just hired developers to do the job. Ask your self. When making a currency, an instrument with financial value and usage, is it normal that financial experts make a project, and developers work or can developers without any financial knowledge make a proper financial product?The article wrote:OneCoin loudly trumpeted its use of blockchain technology, but holes in that claim were visible long before international law enforcement took notice. Whereas Gnosis had experienced engineers, endorsements from known experts, and an operational version of their software, OneCoin was led and promoted by known fraudsters waving fake credentials.
We see at the decentralized community that developers are making and starting projects, without any financial expertise, they receive their millions and then they let the open market decide its value but the open market is ruled by speculators and whales and small people just lose money there, this is the importance of financial expert making a project to make it stable and less vulnerable to speculations.
So here he even linked a behindMLM article that writes about Bjorn Bjerke allegedly being called by Onecoin to make a blockchain?The article wrote:According to a respected blockchain engineer who was offered a position as OneCoin's Chief Technology Officer, OneCoin's "blockchain" consisted of little more than a glorified Excel spreadsheet and a fugazi portal that displayed demonstrably fake transactions
First of all, we can see in this topic that Bjorn is a contradictory liar that was never called to work for Onecoin. But wait, do you see the Forbes or The Wall Street Journal allow to quote anonymous bloggers like behindMLM?
Of course not. That's why he published this here.
It is not actually easy to see a lie, there is no lie. Lie is just an assumption. If that was a proven lie, this company would not be here after almost 3 years. The company claims to have a blockchain but there is no white paper. All the ICOs (except those based on Ethereum blockchain) do not have operational blockchain during ICO and sometime after ICO. Onecoin is running the second generation cause they realized in some point of ICO that they need a better one. So critiques only say Onecoin has no blockchain cause they do not understand certain things that they can see in the blockchain viewer in the back office. I wrote about that here and here.The article wrote:While it's easy to see the lie in OneCoin's fictional blockchain, entirely sincere claims about such a nascent sector still can strain the limits of mere optimism. Many experts, for instance, believe that Gnosis's use of the blockchain to aggregate data could become a widespread backbone technology for managing complex systems from traffic to financial markets
And it is ok to them that other ICOs do not even have operational blockchain during ICO? Let's leave the company to go public and they will then open their blockchain so then we can talk about it.
DAVID Z. MORRIS, a man that is not listed as a writer for TheAtlantic but is a writer for The Fortune, chooses to write such slander article on TheAtlantic cause this kind of nonsense would not be approved on The Fortune. He praises Gnosis all over the article although it has many red flags, maybe he is token holder? He writes an article that actually has sense, there might be many scam ICOs out there, but he used Onecoin as the biggest example yet he showed his complete ignorance and he just parroted what Onecoin critiques are doing for the last 2 years or some sickos even more. His sources were self-pronounced experts in cryptocurrency and MLM bloggers who write about anything just to get clicks.
Those kinds of guys will be credible when they start writing about serious and proven information, not just some individual assumptions.
Probably that is why he would not be allowed to write such article on The Forbes magazine. Pretty clear.


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During the month of August 2011 the Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association of Chile (APKY) Competitive Fund convened the first "Solidarity Action for the Earthquake-affected areas." This was an open call for support of Kundalini Yoga teachers, healers, and organized groups who were providing services to communities that are still greatly affected by the earthquake and tsunami that occurred on February 27, 2010 in the central and southern regions of Chile. It is a privilege and a responsibility for APKY to make this call and to serve those who serve. We are currently collecting funds including contributions submitted by the 3HO Global Community community and KRI, and we join the network of support that arose spontaneously after the earthquake.
There were five very heartfelt projects submitted to us—some already underway and others just starting. A professional evaluation and assessment was carried out by a team of 7 people (all APKY teachers). Three projects were chosen:
- Langar Chile, located south of the earthquake zone (in camp Puertas Verdes, a small port, Pellines, Constitución, and Hualañé)
- Bio-reconstructing, located in the south of Chile (in the town of Carreras Cortas, Community of Chanco)
- Integral Therapies for personal development (in the town of Boyeruca Vichuquén)
These three initiatives will be developed between September and December 2010 and will benefit diverse groups of people. All of these programs integrate the technology of Kundalini Yoga in various ways (through classes, workshops, vegetarian diet, etc). In some cases, these tools are combined with other healing techniques, educational work, and other support appropriate to the context in which they are deployed.
We thank and congratulate all the candidates, and we encourage those projects that were not selected to continue their endeavors. Blessings to all the professional and volunteer work teams, and the people of the communities involved.
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Satya Amrit Singh: Remembered as a Selfless Servant
By Panch Nishan K. Khalsa, 3HO International Community Relations
Satya Amrit Singh of Chile passed away suddenly on October 26, 2010 at Miri Piri Academy in Amritsar, India. Satya Amrit was a bright, intelligent, and passionate young man who cared deeply for Mother Earth and all humanity. He worked in the NGO sector as an environmental educator and to improve the quality of people's lives. He spent some months in Guatemala helping improve the quality of water and described situations where the water ran black. He talked about the importance of providing a healthy environment for children to grow up in and the importance of pregnant woman having clean water. He had a missionary spirit to help improve people's lives where ever possible. As a young leader he represented an NGO during the international Climate Conference in Copenhagen in 2009. During this conference he had the opportunity to play music with Desmond Tutu.
During the recent earthquake in Chile, Satya Amrit played an important role in serving and bringing hope and healing to people in areas where everything was lost. He served as a community organizer as part of 3HO Chile. Satya Amrit brought enthusiasm, inspiration and exuberance to whatever he was doing. He will be remembered for his selfless service and longing to uplift humanity.


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If this is the way the Big South 3A Conference is going to be all season, fans are in for a treat.
GASTONIA � If this is the way the Big South 3A Conference is going to be all season, fans are in for a treat.
Crest won a pair of thrillers at Ashbrook�s Rhodes Gymnasium on Friday as the boys rallied in the final minute to claim a 56-53 win while the Crest girls held off the Green Wave 54-51 to win the Big South openers for both schools.
The Crest boys (3-2, 1-0 Big South) trailed by 10 late in the third quarter and still faced a 53-49 deficit with 1:27 left before storming back. A 3 by Tyreze Meeks cut it to one with 58 seconds left, a pair of free throws by Dominique Roseboro gave Crest a 54-53 lead at the 33-second mark and a steal and layup by Roseboro with five seconds remaining gave Crest its final margin.
�I just loved our effort,� first-year Crest coach George Hall said. �I�ve told our guys that�s the only way we�re going to win.�
Ashbrook called timeout and ran a play in the final 3.7 seconds, but Antonio Blalock�s running 3-pointer banked off the glass and glazed off the iron as time expired.
Jerrick Haynes scored 22 points, including seven in the fourth quarter, to lead Crest, which was predicted by the coaches to finish fourth in the Big South � two spots behind Ashbrook. Damarcus Smith added 10 points and Roseboro and Christian Creswell six points each for the Chargers.
Ashbrook (4-4, 0-1 Big South) hit eight 3-pointers, including four in the third quarter to start pulling away. But after handing Shelby its first loss a night earlier, the Green Wave couldn�t hold on against another Cleveland County foe.
�Their dribble penetration got us most of the night,� Ashbrook coach Chad Duncan said. �As much as we stopped it yesterday (in a win at Shelby), it was not there today.�
Delshon Leach had 19 points, seven rebounds and four steals for Ashbrook, which visits North Gaston on Tuesday. Trey Dellinger added 12 points.
Crest continues Big South action Tuesday when it hosts Forestview.
Girls: Crest 54, Ashbrook 51 � The preseason league favorites came dangerously close to dropping their first conference game.
But Crest, playing without starting center Se�Dasia Love, hit the shots it needed to pull out a 54-51 win at Ashbrook on Friday.
�We found a way to win without a major starter,� first-year Crest coach Shane Compton said. �And we did it on the road.�
Adiyah Ussery scored 21 points and Caleia Jones poured in 18 points as Crest (5-0, 1-0 Big South) remained perfect.
For a while, it looked as Crest could avoid the late-game drama as Crest led 19-9 early in the second quarter. But that�s when Ussery picked up her third foul, a development that Compton said changed the game as Ashbrook roared back and took a 20-19 lead into halftime.
The Chargers retook control in the third quarter for a 34-27 advantage heading into the final period.
Alexis Wallace�s putback and free throw tied the game at 44 with 2:28 but Crest answered immediately with a deep 3 by Chozie Hunt. Moments later, Logan Carter matched Hunt�s range with a 3 from the right wing to pull Ashbrook back within one at 48-47 with 1:42 left but the Green Wave climbed no closer as Crest hit six of nine free throws down the stretch to pull out the victory.
�We�re disappointed because of the mental effort,� Ashbrook coach Juan Smith said. �We made too many mental mistakes.�
Wallace finished with 20 points, eight rebounds and five assists for Ashbrook (6-2, 0-1). Carter scored 10 points to go with four steals.
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Keggs & Eggs Party!
Club 93.7's Keggs & Eggs is back at Firkin & Fox for the 3rd year! Thursday March 17th (St. Patty's Day) at 7am the party will get started. Check out some of the pics from years past, and get all the info on this years party here!
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Reply: Please help me link from an XML file?
Here's what I want to do:When a user starts to type in a document name into a text box, the autosuggest fills in the rest of the name of the document. This part already works no problem. Then, when the user clicks on the search button, I want the document to be loaded on the webpage. So far, I have been able to get a JavaScript popup to tell me which document I selected.
The JavaScript code that I have is:[code]<script type="text/javascript">function disp_alert(){var txt=document.getElementById("document").valuealert("You selected "+ txt);}</script>[/code]
The above code works, and is pulling from my xml file, but it's just telling me what I put into the text box. I really want it to link to the document or page it's supposed to link to.
The XML code that I have is:[code]<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><documents> <document id="1"> <name>Fax Form 1</name> </document> <document id="2"> <name>Fax Form 2</name> </document> <document id="3"> <name>Fax Form 3</name> </document> </documents> [/code]
Now, I know there should be code in my xml file to link to the forms, but I have been trying to figure that out but can't.
Can anyone please help me?
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Former AVC Vice-President Chansiri recognised in Thailand
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, September 12, 2013 – Mr Kraisorn Chansiri has received an award at a ceremony held prior to the start of the 17th Asian Senior Women's Volleyball Championship.
The award was presented by Mr Jizhong Wei (FIVB and AVC Life Honorary President and president of the Control Committee of the Championship) at the Sima Thani Hotel.
Mr Kraisorn,78, has devoted his life to the development of Thai sports and volleyball in particular. Chairman of the Thai Union of the world's second-largest tuna canner business, Mr Kraisorn was former Vice President of the AVC and the Thailand Volleyball Association.
The 17th Asian Senior Women's Volleyball Championship will take place from September 13 to 21 in Nakhon Ratchasima and will include 16 participating teams.


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Focus Area: Screening, Observation, Detection, and Protection
Description: Current remote video surveillance systems (e.g., "pole cameras") used by field personnel require electrical and communications infrastructure support in the immediate vicinity. Other existing stand-alone systems (i.e., not connected to electrical and communications infrastructure) operate for only a limited period of time, do not provide real-time information, and require recovery of the system to play back video recordings. Additionally, existing systems frequently preclude the ability to record and archive critical information in an easily searchable manner, such as searching for specific license plate numbers on vehicles captured in the images. Mobile "plate readers" are currently utilized by police departments in vehicle mounted applications to locate stolen vehicles but are not being utilized in fixed and clandestine surveillance applications. The Portable and Persistent Video Surveillance System is being developed to meet these needs in a single, stand-alone, small (less than 10 pounds) camouflage-able system that will integrate commercial-off-the shelf components such as long-range vehicle sensing (pyroelectric) and lowlight imaging optics, wireless communication hardware, and solar-energy-harvesting capabilities. Based on optimal integration of these components, the system offers covert all-weather persistent day/night surveillance with an off-angle long range license plate reading capability with remote control operator control user interface.
Project Cost: $1.106M
Project Duration: 24 months
Operational Impact: Provides a covert day/night stand-alone portable surveillance capability with a long range license plate reader for law enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, and military elements in areas with no infrastructure.
Deliverable: Three prototypes; awarded option for five more systems.
Performer: Physical Optics Corporation
End Users: Drug Enforcement Administration, Border Patrol Tactical Unit, 1st Special Forces Group, 7th Special Forces Group, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Customs and Border Patrol
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SEFS Professor Monika Moskal just returned from a week-long trip to China, which included giving a keynote address—"LiDAR for the Measurement and Monitoring of Forest Ecosystem Services"—at the 2013 SilviLaser conference in Beijing, October 9-11 (the "13th International Conference on LiDAR Applications for Assessing Forest Ecosystems").
During her trip, Professor Moskal had the opportunity to catch up with one of her former graduate students at SEFS, Guang Zheng, who is now an associate professor of remote sensing at Nanjing University. Guang's Ph.D. work, which resulted in five peer-reviewed publications, was funded by Moskal's grant through the National Science Foundation's Center for Advanced Forestry Systems. Guang is continuing his work with terrestrial LiDAR, and one of his students presented a paper—with Moskal as a collaborator—about classifying point cloud data into ground, leaf and trunk points. This is a breakthrough in LiDAR analysis, says Moskal, as the method is not sensor dependent and can be applied to any 3-D point cloud data (including aerial LiDAR).
Another presenter at the conference was Zhongya Zhang, who was a visiting student in Moskal's lab for two years. Zhongya presented their work in collaboration with another SEFS student, Alexandra Kazakova, on using hyperspectral imagery and LiDAR to classify forest tree species. This work was funded by McIntire-Stennis funds, as well as the Precision Forestry Cooperative.
Also, a day before the SilviLaser conference, Moskal was invited to address a group of students and faculty at the University of Geosciences in Beijing. She spoke about the hyper-resolution remote sensing research that is a big focus and specialty of her Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Laboratory at SEFS.
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Welsh author to speak at "Tea and Thomas" event
PLAINVIEW – Welsh writer David Rowe will be the featured speaker for the "High Tea with Dylan Thomas" event slated for Thursday, April 12 at Wayland Baptist University.
Sponsored by the Division of Languages and Literature, the event will be held from 4-5 p.m. in the McClung University Center, Room 211. Rowe will be sharing from insights from his 2003 book on Thomas' life and poetry, and tea and refreshments will be served. The public is welcome to attend.
Titled Dylan: Fern Hill to Milk Wood, the Bumpy Road to Glory, the book is a short biography of the Welsh poet, featuring photos and extracts from Thomas' work on each page. Rowe examines the many myths and misconceptions surrounding the poet's life and work, including the perceptions of him as a wild boy who roared through his brief life, that of the doomed poet who praised the fleeting beauty of youth and innocence and the sensitive artist who was misunderstood by the wider world.
Rowe studied at the University of Leeds, the University of Lyon and the University of Dijon, where he earned the doctorate in French literature. A full-time writer and director, he has led dramatic interpretations of his books A House of Leaves as well as Dylan. He is the founder of Gweithdy'r Gair, a bilingual nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing cultural activities to the public. Since 1993, he has served as advisor to the Arts Council of Bath, the governing body that funds arts in the United Kingdom. Aside from his literary expertise, Rowe is an authority on Celtic mythology, a subject with historical ties to A House of Leaves.
Rowe will also be speaking at the luncheon for Honors Program students on Friday.


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Historically, no one has known what the fuck to do with British outfit the Klaxons. Are they pioneers of new rave? Or is it acid-rave? How about sci-fi- punk-funk? Psychedelic progressive pop? How about shut up and dance....
Klaxons are testing the boundaries of the live music scene as they prepare for their upcoming tour. The English indie-rock band recently announced that the tour, supporting their newest album Love Frequency which will be released on June 16th, will be entirely generated by 3D printers....
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Poland Hosts Hilarious Wiener Dog Parade
Today marks the day Poland made our list of awesome countries. Why? They openly celebrate their love of weiner dogs! No, seriously. These folks have no shame, and they showed their affection by dressing up and parading around their Dachshunds like the grumpy bundles of cuteness they are.
Recently over 300 weiner dogs paraded Polish streets, for the 18th annual Dachshund Parade in Krakow -- a parade for the people of Poland to share with the world how much they love weiner dogs. These doggies look funny as it is, but when they're disguised as miniature astronauts and fairies, well… they just become the silliest pups around.
In fact, they're so cute you can almost forget about the burning shame and resentment towards their owners that they're probably feeling the entire time. D'awwwwww.


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In part three of our look at the new cars of previous years we're venturing in the ancient days of 1987, when Chucklevision was the hottest new thing on TV, Ford had just bought Aston Martin and a small Scandinavian furniture shop made its first venture into the UK.
Skoda Favorit
Readers of a certain age will remember all the old Skoda jokes and this – one of the cars responsible for those jokes. Built to replace the rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive Estelle, the Favorit moved the drivetrain to the front and introduced bodystyling by Bertone. Sadly, it was still pig ugly and came with just one choice of engine – a 1.2-litre petrol. Launched as a five-door hatch, an estate version and even a pick-up followed later in its life. It was replaced in 1994 by the Felicia which was to be the last car built on a Skoda platform after the firm's takeover by VW.
Ferrari F40
The last Ferrari to be signed off by Enzo himself, the F40 has gone down in history as one of the most spectacular supercars of all time. Even today the angular Pininfarina-designed body looks astonishing and the 478bhp from the twin-turbo V8 is a wholesome lump of power. Back in the 80s it must have been mind-blowing. With Kelvar and carbon fibre used in the construction and a cabin that lacked pretty much any creature comforts it was designed to be as light and quick as possible. And it was, with a 0-60 time of 3.8 seconds and a claimed top speed of 200mph. Debate rages about how good it is compared to rivals from Porsche and Lamborghini but the F40's place as an icon is guaranteed.
Peugeot 405
From fire-breathing Ferraris to humdrum French saloons. Not as exciting as the F40 but the 405 was a huge car for the manufacturer. The large family saloon won the 1998 European Car of the Year Award nearly 20 years after Peugeot had last won the title. It was praised at the time for its dynamic handling, comfortable ride and broad range of engines, which included the 160bhp 1.9-litre unit fitted to the Mi16 hot hatch. Astonishingly, the 405 is still being built under licence in Iran, 20 years after European production stopped. And no mention of the 405 can go without a nod to the legendary clip of Ari Vatanen weaving his way up Pikes Peak in a 405 T16.


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Civil liberties would disappear entirely but for everyday people like Steve Bierfeldt whose unconstitutional search and seizure experience helped bring to heel dubious "security" practices exercised by airport security.
The TSA is responsible for providing security for commercial air travel and is mandated by statute to screen passengers and property for weapons and explosives that may be carried aboard passenger aircraft operated by domestic or foreign carriers in the United States. That being said, Bierfeldt was detained in March for flying with too much cash.
While the TSA operates under the umbrella of the DHS, it has absolutely no authority under the Constitution either to conduct open-ended searches and seizures, or to practice detention and interrogation, both of which exceeds the TSAs statutory authority to protect civil aviation.
As a result of Mr. Bierfeldt's complaint, the TSA has since modified its search policy, however it took the threat of litigation for it to bring its practices under control for the moment. (Read the Bierfeldt v. Napolitano complaint.)
Upon the announcement of the new search policy, Mr. Bierfeldt dropped his complaint. While I applaud Bierfeldt's efforts, I'm not at all sure as to whether the change in policy will be permanent. Given that the TSA is part and parcel of security theater, it is questionable that this will be the last time we hear about it having exceeded its authority. The TSA can just as easily reverse policy at a future date since there won't be any case law on the books preventing it from doing so.
I encourage you to listen to Mr. Bierfeldt's recording of the manner in which he was treated by TSA employees. A single word comes to my mind: Thug.
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Brosnan & Keely @ Oceana Seachange summer party10th of Septsource ; www.seachangesummerparty.org Oceana announced that Keely and Pierce Brosnan along with Jeff Bridges will be special guests at the 3rd annual SeaChange Summer Party—the yearly Orange County fundraising event supporting the international ocean conservation group."We are delighted that the Brosnans and Mr. Bridges will join us at the 2010 SeaChange Summer party," said Valarie Whiting, Oceana Board Member and SeaChange Co-Chair along with Eve Kornyei. "Their support for Oceana's ocean conservation efforts makes them a natural fit for this event and will surely help generate significant funding for the preservation of marine ecosystems worldwide."Last year's event raised nearly $900,000 and was attended by 400 people, many of them Hollywood notables including Glenn Close, Morgan Freeman, Harrison Ford, Ted Danson, Jeff Goldblum, Anne Heche, and Diane Keaton.This year's event will take place on September 10th at Villa di Sogni, a private coastal home in Laguna Beach. To participate in Oceana's SeaChange Summer Party visit seachangesummerparty.org.
Brosnan says he lost his way as 00
source; www.express.co.ukThe Irish actor said it was not until he lost the part, later taken on and toughened up by Daniel Craig, that he felt he was able to act properly again.
And despite making no secret of the fact he'd like to play Bond again after 2002's Die Another Day, Pierce says he felt restricted by the role that catapulted him to the top of Hollywood's A-list.
"I felt very shackled by Bond and didn't want to rock the boat," he says.
"You get tangled up in your own ego of how you're perceived. You can lose your way."
Pierce, 57, says it took several years to find his feet again after Bond and credits the 2005 comedy drama The Matador with finally helping him to let go of his desire to play the leading man after he was replaced as 007.
"It was good to actually act," he remembers.
"I have said to my agents, 'I want to work. I want to play character roles.'
"You can be a leading man for so long and it's wonderful but there comes a time when you have to deal with life and move over on the stage.
"The Matador was a great confidence booster. I really felt like I got a transformation there of some sort."
Perhaps it is a good job Pierce is over his desire to portray dashing heroes – his recent outing in Roman Polanski-directed The Ghost saw him play Adam Lang, a British prime minister accused of war crimes, whose story features many uncanny parallels to the premiership of Tony Blair
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"It's getting so popular. It's an easy thing to do and easy to pick up," says Mike Sandusky, founder of Surf Ontario.
"You get the feeling you're walking on water."
Originating in Hawaii decades ago, stand-up paddleboarding was designed by surf instructors to help people who could not pick up the traditional style of surfing. The boards were made thicker and wider and would-be surfers were offered paddles while standing on the boards to help them balance along waves.
Soon however, stand-up paddleboarding emerged from its surfing subculture into the mainstream with celebrities like Pierce Brosnan, Cindy Crawford and Kate Hudson taking up the sport. Its popularity has exploded within Canada in the last four years, the boards becoming a regular sight in Muskoka and along the Toronto lakeshore
Disneynature "Oceans" on DVD & Bluray
DISNEYNATURE: OCEANS - In celebration of World Ocean´s Day, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment today announces the release of "Disneynature: Oceans" as a Disney Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray + DVD) and 1-Disc DVD, October 19, 2010 and the extension of the "See 'Oceans,' Save Oceans" efforts--an initiative developed between Disneynature and The Nature Conservancy to help establish new marine protected areas."Disneynature Oceans" is helping to conserve more than 35,000 acres of coral reef in The Bahamas on behalf of moviegoers who went to see the film during its theatrical opening week. In continued efforts, Disneynature has committed to carry on the "See 'Oceans,' Save Oceans" initiative by contributing a portion of sales to The Nature Conservancy through Disney´s Worldwide Conservation Fund for every "Disneynature: Oceans" Blu-ray Combo Pack or DVD purchased between October 19 and 25. As one of the world´s leading conservation organizations, The Nature Conservancy is widely recognized for its efforts to protect vital marine habitats. "Disneynature: Oceans" on Blu-ray Hi-Def will take viewers on a breathtaking and unprecedented high-definition journey to discover nature´s mysteries, showcasing creatures captured on film for the first time and state-of-the-art imagery of the colorful symphony that lives under the sea. With crystal clear picture, and theater-quality sound, "Oceans" puts audiences in the very heart of the action, racing along amid a school of traveling tuna, leaping with dolphins and swimming shoulder-to-fin with whales that will entertain kids and parents alike. Directed by Jacques Perrin (two-time Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary, Features for "Winged Migration" in 2003; Best Picture for "Z" in 1970) and Jacques Cluzaud ("Winged Migration," "Les Ailes de la Nature"), the two filmmakers venture in, on and around our seas to discover photogenic oddities and endangered wonders. "Oceans" dives deep into the very waters that sustain all of mankind—exploring the playful splendor and the harsh reality of the weird and wonderful creatures that live within. These two directors capture mesmerizing footage using the most technologically-advanced equipment that has allowed them to bring this to true high-definition powers."Oceans" is narrated by Pierce Brosnan ("The Ghost Writer," "Percy Jackson and the Olympians," and "Mamma Mia") who has long been affiliated with environmental causes and campaigns, including programs such as the International Fund for Animal Welfare's "Save the Whales Again!" campaign. About "See 'Oceans,' Save Oceans":By purchasing a Blu-ray Combo Pack or DVD of "Disneynature: Oceans" between October 19 and 25, viewers can help conserve our world´s oceans and the species that depend on them for survival. In honor of each Blu-ray and DVD purchased during that period, Disneynature, through the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, will help establish new marine protected areas in The Bahamas with The Nature Conservancy, one of the largest conservation organizations in the world. In The Bahamas, The Nature Conservancy and its local partners, including the Bahamian government, are establishing a new marine protected area along the west side of Andros Island. Currently, new marine protected area boundaries are being defined that will expand the part from 300,000 acres to over 1 million acres. These areas will contain miles of vital coral reefs that provide natural habitat, nurseries and feeding grounds for hundreds of marine species. For more details on Disney´s collaboration with The Nature Conservancy, please visit: www.disney.com/oceans
Next Chinese filmstar -> Brosnansource ; www.theshangaiist.comFollowing in Kevin Spacey, Pierce Brosnan is now set to act in a Sino-American collaboration called Double Lives.
According to Xinhua, the film's budget is over 100 million and, besides Brosnan, will also have True Blood's Brit Morgan and Billy Zane (which, as Xinhua notes, was in Titanic).
Double Lives will be "a story about a treasure hunt while police from China and America work together to track down an international criminal. The actor said the film had comedic elements similar to Jim Carrey's style."
The film's director will be Rob Cohen, most recently known for his work on another Sino-American partnership, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Sounds like a cinematic masterpiece in the making
Brosnan in Jane Goodall's documentary
Bavaria boards theatrical documentary about Jane Goodall, JANE'S JOURNEY featuring Angelina Jolie, Pierce BrosnanMunich/ Toronto, September 10th, 2009. Munich based sales company Bavaria Film International has taken on the documentary feature about iconic British primatologist turned environmentalist, humanist and UN peace ambassador, Jane Goodall. Captured over the course of almost an entire year, 'Jane's Journey' is an intimate portrait of one of the most prominent and possibly most influential women of our time that has influenced opinion leaders and decision makers all over the world, from UN general secretary Kofi Anan to public figures of environmental responsibility and sustainability such as Angelina Jolie or Pierce Brosnan who will be featured in the film. In the early 60's, Jane Goodall started out with groundbreaking behavioural studies on tribal warfare and the creation of tools amongst chimpanzee populations in "Gombe Stream National Park" in Tanzania, Africa. In the 80's, the awarded Dame of the British Empire" abandoned her career as a scientist to become a full-time activist, circling the globe 300 days a year, giving lectures and spreading her central message of hope. Directed by Lorenz Knauer and produced by Munich Based Neos Film, 'Jane's Journey' concentrates not only on the official image and public figure but also explores the contradictions, weaknesses and neglects of the private life behind it. Aside from coverage of her still central work in the national park in Africa, her public appearances and a look at her institutional accomplishments such as the 'roots & shoots movement' for children all over the world. Shooting took place from January until September and post-production has started, with an international premiere immanent in early summer 2010.Dr. Jane Goodall has been awarded Dame of the British Empire, UNESCO Gold Medal Award, French Legion of Honor, TIME Magazine European Heroes Award amongst others. In German cinemas from 2nd Sept. 2010
End commercial whalingStatement from Official Pierce Brosnan facebook pagePierce Brosnan I've just returned from a much-needed vacation and am happy to report that collectively we have achieved an enormous victory for whales worldwide. Concerned individuals, animal lovers, and environmental groups fought to maintain the 1982 global moratorium on commercial whaling. Against all odds, the controversial pro...posal that would have legalized whaling for Japan, Iceland and Norway was defeated. Many thanks! PB
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Brosnan to star in Chinese movie "Double Lives"
source ; www.irishcentral.comIrish actor Pierce Brosnan has signed up to star in the Chinese-American co-production of "Double Lives" estimated to have a budget of $100 million.
Brosnan will star alongside Billy Zane and Brit Morgan.
The director, Rob Cohen, collaborated with Jet Li in "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" in 2008 which was also a Chinese-American co-production.
Although Brosnan was absent from a press conference that took place in China last week, Zane, who played Rose's fiancé Caledon 'Cal' Hockley in the "Titanic" and Morgan, who plays Debbie Pelt in "True Blood", both attended.
Brosnan sent an email apologizing for his absence and promised to take part in the filming, which begins in September.
Cohen said he plans to use a strong Chinese element to this new movie including using a lot of Chinese actors.
Zane said the movie is a story about a treasure hunt while police from China and the U.S. work together to track down an international criminal. The actor said the film had comedic elements similar to Jim Carrey's style.
It is reported the cast crew will visit some outdoor lots in Beijing, Hangzhou and Hengdian, preparing for the film's shooting
By Caroline Graham
As James Bond he had a licence to thrill – now Pierce Brosnan has a licence to chill in this amazing £6.5 million 'eco palace'.
The newly-built mansion on the Malibu beachfront has so many solar panels that the actor will be able to heat the house, outdoor pool and guest cabana and still sell electricity back to the local grid.
All water will be recycled on site in a purpose-built plant, and there is also a waste disposal system, custom-built £250,000 energy-saving lighting and a solar-powered revolving compost heap.
A gated Mediterranean owned by actor Pierce Brosnan, who was the fifth James Bond in the long-running film series, has come on the market in Malibu at $3.9 million.
Designed as an artist's retreat, the two-story beach house includes a separate space that can be used as an office or media room. The living room has high wood-beam ceilings, walls of glass, a fireplace, plank oak floors, built-in cabinetry and two balconies with ocean and mountain views. Skylights and picture windows bring light into the kitchen. The master suite includes a sitting area, balconies and a bathroom fireplace. In total there are five fireplaces, three bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms and more than 3,400 square feet of living space, according to the Multiple Listing Service.
Before starring in "The Ghost Writer" (2010) and "Mamma Mia!" (2008), Brosnan, 57, played secret agent 007 in "Die Another Day" (2002), "The World Is Not Enough" (1999), "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997) and "GoldenEye" (1995). His title role on the television series "Remington Steele" ran from 1982 to 1987.
Although Brosnan did not respond to requests for comment on why he is selling, the Arizona Republic reported earlier this year that the longtime Malibu resident and his wife were in the process of building their "dream house" in the beach community here.
The actor purchased the property in 1996 for $600,000, public records show
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SSN - Fleet Submarines
The SSN (Ship Submersible Nuclear), or Fleet Submarines contribute to peace and security by providing a conventional deterrence to anyone or nation that may pose a threat to world stability. They combine qualities of stealth, endurance and flexibility. These characteristics afford the SSN an unparalleled freedom to operate world-wide, SSNs can act independently or in support of a surface ship task group and or land operations.
The SSNs of the Swiftsure and Trafalgar Class are extremely sophisticated, deep diving, high-speed submarines, capable of fulfilling a range of maritime military tasks undreamed of by the strategists of previous generations.
Co-ordinated high intensity strike
The Tomahawk Land Attack Cruise Missile (TLAM) is in service and was fired from HMS SPLENDID in the Kosovo conflict in 1999. This weapon allows the SSN to influence the land battle by posing a threat in the period prior to hostilities and, after hostilities commence, the use of highly accurate and lethal warhead against important targets which may otherwise be relatively invulnerable.
Anti Submarine and Surface Unit Warfare
Arguably the most important role of the submarine, the SSN has an unrivalled capability to seek out and destroy other submarines that may pose a threat to any friendly force. The SSN also has a well-proven capability to detect and attack surface forces. The spearfish torpedo can be used against other submarines or surface ships. This capabilities can be used when the SSN is acting independently or in support of a task force. The SSN is used to great effect when the submarine is deployed in advance of friendly forces in order to reduce the flexibility of an opposition force by denying the use of an area or region. This is known as regional sea denial.
The ability to approach close to oppositions forces and monitor their operations and movements whilst remaining undetected is a classic capability of the submarine. This surveillance can include underwater photography, sometimes of surface warships, who will almost certainly be unaware of the submarine's presence.
Inshore and Beach Reconnaissance
Using modern video technology or digital photography a submarine, able to approach a coastline in shallow water, can make a significant contribution to the intelligence collection effort prior to any subsequent maritime or land action.


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~ "From the moment I was six I felt sexy. And let me tell you it was hell, sheer hell, waiting to do something about it." ~
– Bette Davis
ARIES – The Ram
March 21 to April 20
As Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, those born under this sign are born leaders with a natural positive and enthusiastic energy that allows their aura's to shimmer in a dazzling ruby shine. Lovers of life in the fast lane, Ariens possess a high physical energy level, which they need to express without any bounds. However it's important for them to realize that there is a world of a difference between 'aggression' and 'assertion', the later being a more constructive way of releasing excessive energy. Their high ambitions and ideals often allow them to become pioneers in their respective fields, forever willing to take on every challenge head-on, for Aries knows no fear, and never shies away from achieving their biggest and wildest dreams.
- Motto: I am
- Element: Fire
- Modality: Cardinal (Leaders)
- Gender: Masculine/Yang
- Polarity: Positive
- Duality: Day
- Soul: Infant
- Ages: 0 – 7
- Nature: Bestial/Violent
- Season: Spring
- Direction: East
- Color: Red
- Metal: Iron
- Stone: Bloodstone
- Trees: Holly, Fir, All Thorn-Bearing Trees and Bushes
- Herbs: Arnica, Bayberry, Broom, Bryony, Furze, Honeysuckle, Hops, Geranium, Juniper, Leeks, Milk, Thistle, Mustard, Nettle, Onions, Peppermint, Rhubarb, Tobacco, Witch Hazel
- Foods: Beer, Leeks, Onion, Tomatoes, Most Strong Tasting Foods
- Countries: England, Germany, France, Sweden, Poland, Denmark, Japan, Syria
- Cities: Birmingham, Brunswick, Florence, Naples, Marseilles, Krakow, Leicester, Verona
- Affirmation: I am achievement. I have the power to translate my dreams into reality.
- Planetary Dignity:-
- Ruling: Mars
- Exalted: Sun
- Detriment: Venus
- Fall: Saturn (classical)/Uranus (Modern)
- Esoteric Ruler: Mercury
- Classical Decans:–
- First Decan: Mars
- Second Decan: Sun
- Third Decan: Venus
- Modern Decans:–
- First Decan: Mars
- Second Decan: Sun
- Third Decan: Jupiter
- House: First/Ascendant
- Tarot Correspondence:–
- Major Arcana: The Emperor
- Minor Arcana: 2 of Wands, 3 of Wands, 4 of Wands
- Court Card: Queen of Wands; King of Pentacles
- Qabalah:
- Hebrew Letter: He (Window)
- Path: 15 – Constituting Intelligence
- Sephiras: Chokmah (Wisdom) – Tiphareth (Beauty)
- Qliphotic Name: Da'Airiron (The Flock)
- Calendar: Ayar
- Magical Power: Consecrating Things
- Magical Weapon: Horns, Bruin, Energy
- Hierarchy: Xeophim
- Order of the Blessed Spirits: Seraphim
- 12 Degrees of Damned: False Gods
BODY, MIND, and SOUL
- Anatomy:–
- External: Head and Face
- Internal: Brain
- Structural: Cranium and Facial Bones
- Notable Features: Long Neck. Bony or Angular face. Broad Temples. Narrow Chin. Crisp or Wiry Hair. Generally a distinctive mark on the face (a scar or a mole or a birthmark).
- Mind:-
- Positive Traits: Innocence. Wonder. Faith. Enthusiasm. Raw Courage.
- Negative Traits: Selfishness. Egotistical. Thoughtlessness. Impulsive. Reckless.
- Soul:-
- Karmic Lessons: To find and to assert one's Self.
- Karmic Strengths: Tremendous courage and the ability to get things moving.
- Karmic Goal: Becoming aware of the Self and initiating and being spontaneous without ignoring the needs of others.
- Biblical Reference: The Crowned Ram (Revelations 5:6)
- Apostle: Matthias
- Prophet: Malachi
- Archangel: Malchidial
- Angel: Sharhiel
- Evangelist: Mark
- Tribe of Israel: Gad
- Deities:-
- African and Haitian: Oshun, Chango
- Celtic/Welsh: Macha, Llew
- China: Tien-Hou, Kuan Ti
- Egypt: Neith, Horus
- Greece: Athena, Ares
- India: Durga, Agni, Shiva
- Japan: Amaterasu, Bishamon
- Native and Latin America: Huitzilopochtli, Catequil
- Nordic/Germanic: Alaisiagae, Freyr
- Oceania: Pele, Oro
- Roman: Minerva, Mars
- Men: Adrien Brody, Alec Baldwin, Andy Garcia, Charlie Chaplin, Christopher Walken, Conan O'Brien, David Letterman, Dennis Quaid, Dudley Moore, Eddie Murphy, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Ewan McGregor, Casanova, Gregory Peck, Harry Houdini, Heath Ledger, Hugh Hefner, Jackie Chan, John Sebastian Bach, John Schneider, JP Morgan, Marlon Brando, Omar Sharif, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Downey Jr., Russell Crowe, Steve McQueen, Timothy Dalton, Warren Beatty
- Women: Amanda Bynes, Aretha Franklin, Ashley Judd, Bette Davis, Celine Dion, Debbie Reynolds, Diana Ross, Doris Day, Elizabeth Montgomery, Gloria Steinem, Jayne Mansfield, Jennifer Garner, Joan Crawford, Julia Stiles, Julie Christie, Kate Hudson, Keira Knightley, Lady Gaga, Linda Goodman, Lucy Lawless, Mandy Moore, Marcia Cross, Mariah Carey, Reese Witherspoon, Rosie O'Donnell, Sarah Jessica Parker, Selena, Shirley Jones, Simone Signoret, Virginia Grey


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Smokers may have another tool to use in the battle to stop puffing: resistance training.
A pilot study found that men and women who did several weeks of strength training had better quit rates than those who watched health and wellness videos.
Researchers tracked the progress of 25 male and female smokers, all of whom received nicotine patches and a counseling session on how to stop smoking. They were then randomly split into two groups -- one did three months of resistance training, and the other watched twice-weekly videos on health-related topics. The latter served as a control group.
The strength training group worked out twice a week for an hour, doing a full-body routine. Sets and weights increased as the participants got stronger.
After 12 weeks, 16 percent of people in the resistance training group had quit, compared with 8 percent in the control group. The exercise paid off in other ways -- those who worked out also lost a little over a pound on average, while the controls gained about the same amount of weight. The workout group also decreased body fat on average by 0.5 percent, while those in the control group increased their body fat by an average of 0.6 percent. The authors noted that these results show that a resistance training program could not only aid efforts to quit cigarettes, but also halt weight gain and help maintain muscle mass.
The results seemed to last. Three months after the study ended, 15 percent of participants in the resistance training group and 8 percent in the control group were still on the quit list.
Although the authors emphasized that this was a small study, lead author Joseph Ciccolo called the results "promising" in a news release. The authors also noted that other studies on the effect of exercise on smoking cessation have primarily focused on aerobic training and had mostly women as participants.
"While the large majority of smokers want to quit, less than 5 percent are able to do it without help," added Ciccolo, an exercise psychologist, researcher and physiologist with the Miriam Hospital's Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine in Providence, R.I. "We need any new tools that can help smokers successfully quit, and it appears resistance training could potentially be an effective strategy."
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Source Says Justin Bieber + Selena Gomez Are Off Again Following Huge Fight in Mexico
Well, for those hoping Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber would be in it for the long haul, sorry to crush your dreams.
The on-again, off-again twosome were spotted in Mexico in late Dec. 2012, as they planned on ringing in the New Year together. However, before the clock struck midnight, Gomez and Bieber allegedly had such a massive fight, they decided to break up for good!
Believe it or not, sources are saying the duo never even made it to New Year's Eve, as Gomez was seen flying out of the country on Dec. 30, with Bieber following suit a day later. The two have yet to see each other following their argument.
"They keep breaking up and getting back together," said an insider to The Daily News. "It's an on-again, off-again relationship. It's probably not correct to characterize this as a final breakup."
Another insider told the paper that the split has taken quite the toll on the Biebs and his career. "She's been giving him a really hard time," the insider told the Daily News' Confidenti@l column. "She's been partying without him, and it drives him crazy."
Could this be the official end for one of the hottest young couples in the biz?!
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If I remember rightly there are some integrals of real functions which are easier to compute by using complex analysis.
Is this because of properties of the particular function or because of a lack of a known real analysis technique?
Are there functions which would require hypercomplex analysis to integrate?


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Psst: Nobody Needs a Magazine About 'Social Media'
Here's the thing about the internet sites Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Google: you do not need to read a magazine about them. For one thing, if you want to learn about them, you can simply type their address into your internet browser, and there they are, updated constantly, by the second, rather than monthly, as would be a case with a magazine. Want to know more? Why not read one of the thousands and thousands of blogs and online news sites that talk about them each and every day?
Or, you know, fuck it. Start those magazines! Keith Kelly reports:
GSG CEO Larry Genkin had earlier tried a print publication, Blogger & Podcaster, in 2007 and 2008, but it never gained traction as a print vehicle and he shut it down.
Then he hit on the social media magazine idea.
"I had to pinch myself when I realized nobody else was doing this," he said.
Wait until GSG CEO Larry Genkin finds out that he could also be the first entrepreneur to charge people admission to his "Huge Flaming Bonfire o' Money!" The ideas that nobody else is doing just keep coming!
Meanwhile, real media companies are going all-digital. Go figure.


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Dec. 29, 2007
The Bisons shot 50 percent from the field Saturday afternoon to hold off the Thundering Herd from Marshall 72-62. 4,587 fans were in attendance in the Cam Henderson Center on the Campus of Marshall University. Lipscomb is now 6-8, and Marshall drops to 6-4.
This was the first home loss for the Thundering Herd and the third road win for the Bisons.
"That kind of win on the road here, is a big win for us," said Head Coach Scott Sanderson. "I just thought that was a really good team win. Everybody contributed a little bit more. If we are going to do the things we want to do and try to accomplish the goals we want to accomplish, then we need a little bit more from everybody. I'm proud of our guys and the way they battled."
The Bisons got a lot of production from many different players throughout the entire game. Four different players finished in double figures with senior Eddie Ard leading the way. He had 21 points to lead all scorers. One of his fellow seniors, LaKory Daniels, helped out with a season high 15 points. Adnan Hodzic also scored a season high with 12 points. Brandon Brown scored 10 points and pulled down 7 rebounds.
The first half went back and fourth between both teams. Lipscomb took a 38-36 lead into the locker room for halftime. The Bisons had a tremendous amount of help from the freshmen who played extremely well throughout the entire game. 19 of the 38 first half points were scored by freshman.
"I thought our freshman stepped up. I thought Josh (Slater) was terrific in the first half. I thought Adnan (Hodzic) was very good in the first half," said Sanderson.
Hodzic and Slater combined for 13 first half points and 20 points overall.
Lipscomb jumped out on Marshall in the second half and extended their lead to 9 with 15:52 left in the game. However, the Thundering Herd would not back down. They were able to cut the deficit to 3 points with 3:22 left in the game. From then on, it was all Bisons as they went on a 10-3 run to close the game and win 72-62.
Marshall had three players finish in double figures. Mark Dorris led Marshall with 15 points. Markel Humphrey had 13 points, and Tirrell Baines finished with 12 points.
The Bisons shot 24-48 from the field and 7-19 from beyond the three point line. Lipscomb out-rebounded Marshall 36-34. Lipscomb improves to 6-8 on the year. Marshall is now 6-4.
Lipscomb will travel to Buies Creek to take on Campbell on January 3. Tip off is set for 6:00 CT. Coverage of this game can be heard on 900 AM.


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MOSCOW — Having for months dismissed Western sanctions on Russia as toothless, business leaders here are now afraid that the downing of the Malaysian jetliner will bring about an international isolation that will cause serious and lasting economic damage.
Throughout the Ukrainian crisis, U.S. and European sanctions had mainly targeted a handful of individuals, sparing economic ties. Then last week the U.S. imposed penalties on some of Russia's largest corporations. And when the airliner was shot down just a day later in Ukraine, allegedly by separatists with Moscow's support, concern grew in Russia that the sanctions would only get worse as President Vladimir Putin shows little sign of cooperation.
Reinforcing those concerns, the European Union said Friday it is planning newer, tougher penalties on businesses.
"Over the past few months, there was a sense that Mr. Putin acted decisively, forcefully, and correctly, and that everybody else in the world would accommodate themselves to that reality and we'd get back to something like business as usual," said Bernard Sucher, a Moscow-based entrepreneur and board member of Aton, an independent investment bank. "Now we're talking about real fear."
It's not clear how quickly that fear and the country's overall economic pain might soften Putin's foreign policies. He keeps tight control over business leaders and still enjoys a high popularity rating. But some analysts note the fear of tougher sanctions may in fact already be having an impact, for example by keeping Russia from trying to annex eastern Ukraine the way it did with Crimea in March.
After that move, which triggered a deep freeze in relations with the West, stock markets in Russia dropped only to later rebound as investors understood the country's trade relations would remain largely unscathed. Europe, which is in frail economic health, dared not block energy imports from Russia or the trade in goods such as cars. Oil companies like BP and ExxonMobil continued their operations in Russia, with some even signing new deals.
The U.S. took a tougher stance, but until last week was also careful to limit sanctions to asset freezes on individuals who were perceived to have had a hand in destabilizing Ukraine.
On July 16, the night before the Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down, Russian markets appeared to have fully recovered, with the MICEX stock index adding 23 percent since March 1.
Then last week, the U.S. announced new sanctions that had investors in Russia fear a turn for the worse. The U.S. shut off its financial markets for a broad swath of defense companies as well as Russia's largest oil company, Rosneft, gas producer Novatek, which is half-owned by a close Putin ally, and a major bank, VEB. The move offered business executives a glimpse of what they had thought would never happen: serious international isolation.
According to Alexis Rodzianko, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia, those sanctions were the first to really pack a punch because they were "broader and more specific: they went beyond the symbolic."
Rodzianko said anecdotal evidence suggests some investment decisions were delayed, "particularly when people were just considering coming in to the market."
When the Malaysian airliner went down one day later, investors worried conditions would deteriorate further.
The stock market has fallen over 6 percent since Thursday last week. Investors keep pulling money out of the country. They withdrew $74.6 billion in the first six months of the year, a figure forecast to reach $100 billion for the whole of 2014 — almost twice the $60 billion in withdrawals seen last year.
Growth, meanwhile, is nose-diving. The International Monetary Fund this week slashed its forecast for 2014 from 1.3 percent to 0.2 percent. And the currency is unstable — Russia's central bank on Friday raised its key interest rate by half a point to 8 percent, saying the heightened geopolitical risks are putting pressure on the ruble.
Even the world of sports has been drawn in. FIFA, the governing body for world soccer, faced calls from German lawmakers to move the 2018 World Cup from Russia, but swiftly rejected the notion.
EU countries, meanwhile, are stepping up the pressure. On Friday they reached a preliminary agreement to follow the U.S. in sanctioning businesses. Officials said the deal, which has yet to be finalized, would limit trade in key sectors like defense and technology. It would also restrict access to European capital markets for Russian state-owned financial groups. Last year alone, 47 percent — or 7.5 billion euros ($10.2 billion) — of all the bonds issued by such institutions came from EU markets.
Despite all this, there is little public criticism in Russia — none at all from those with the most at stake, the oligarchs.
Russia's biggest companies denied comment for this story. One spokesman said he was not authorized even to say a "no comment" for an article about sanctions.
A person who had close ties to the government until last year told The Associated Press that it is "too risky to express concerns in public and even in closed-door meetings with Putin." The person, who spoke only on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, said tycoons usually express their concerns to government officials who in turn communicate them to the president.
That silence has been a hallmark of Putin's rule. In the early 2000s, he forged a deal with Russian businessmen in which the Kremlin offered its protection for the often murky deals that created the oligarchs' fortunes. In return, the tycoons promised to not meddle in government policy. The only man who broke this rule — Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man — was punished with two sets of charges and spent 10 years in prison before he was pardoned by Putin a month before the showcase Winter Olympics held in Russia.
In public, Putin appears unfazed by the sanctions. In a speech Tuesday, he suggested Russia should accept to sacrifice economic growth for the sake of foreign-policy objectives — a nightmare scenario for a business leader hoping to tap global markets.
But analysts note that for all his belligerent rhetoric, the Russian leader has softened on some fronts in Ukraine.
Though the first sanctions, which targeted Putin's billionaire friends, were perceived as a failure, they did work in the sense that Russia did not annex any other parts of Ukraine the way it did with Crimea, says Sergei Guriev, a prominent Russian economist now working at Sciences Po university in Paris. They also "forced the Russian government to recognize Ukrainian elections," he said.
It is unclear how long it would take for the latest sanctions' effects to trickle down and affect the wallets of ordinary Russians, who have basked in the prosperity that has characterized the Putin era and that is a key part of his high support.
Putin's support among the electorate has been as high as 80 percent this year, driven in part by a wave of chauvinism after Russia's annexation of Crimea. Serious economic contraction could pare down his approval rating, though it's likely to remain strong.
"The crisis within and over Ukraine will continue even as a vast majority of the Russian people will continue to support President Putin, and will see the United States as an adversary, even an enemy of Russia," Dmitry Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow center, wrote in a commentary this week.
Putin seems to be in a balancing act, seeing how far he can pursue his geopolitical interest in Ukraine without getting hit too hard by sanctions. But the U.S. and EU's level of tolerance seems to have dropped since the Malaysian plane's downing, increasing the risk of further damaging sanctions on Russia's economy.
Russia's former long-time finance minister Alexei Kudrin blames a part of the Kremlin's elite for seeking to isolate the country internationally.
"Business wants development, wants to invest, build new factories, trade," Kudrin said in a recent interview with the Itar-TASS news agency. "And businesses are really worried about what they hear on radio and television."
Jim Heintz in Moscow and John-Thor Dahlburg in Brussels contributed to this report.


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In 2008 100 artists were asked to create their version of the roundel - the London Undergound logo. Now, a book of the works have been published which show all the diverse and colourful versions alongside each other.
Above: Peter Blake - Untitled
THE ROUNDEL: 100 Artists Remake a London Icon is published by Art on the Underground and Art / Books, 2012. For more information see www.artbookspublishing.co.uk