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The thing to remember is that the only law is the copyright of the original creator, which grants them the right to say who can or cannot make a copy of the work ~ and under the Berne Convention agreement and WTO "Intellectual Property" rules, most countries around the world respect copyright gained in most other countries.
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The rest of it is by contract and, indeed, normally a chain of contracts. A creator can sign over all rights. That happens when work is done for hire, with the signing over of the rights included in the employment contract. That happens when a creator signs an exclusive worldwide distribution deal with some company. Given the nature of anime, most of it is work for hire, and the studio is the original copyright owner.
Or the creator can sign over specific rights. This is what happens more often in manga, where the mangaka retains all rights that have not yet been contracted out.
Now, in anime, the finance of the animation production is done by the formation of a production committee, with various members of the production committee putting money into the budget to produce the anime in return for specific rights. The television stations (normally more than one) will chip in money in return for broadcast rights. These are mostly single-city or single-region stations, what were called "Super-Stations" in the US back in the 80's and 90's, and the station that airs the anime first puts in more money for the privilege, so they are normally the "senior" station (though sometimes the senior station is broadcasting on the second and third day because of different scheduling issues). A toy/merchandise company may put in money for merchandise rights. An anime studio puts in money ~ in other words, does not request the others to cover 100% of the budget ~ for DVD distribution rights. If it was based on a manga, the manga publisher will put in money, both because the anime will publicize the manga and lead to more sales, and because they get the right to make drama CD's featuring the voice actors and actresses to use as cover disks to boost sales, and the mangaka will put in their rights to the original character designs and story. Etc.
Sometimes, for the late night airings that are being seen on DVR's as much by the out of work or underemployed that can stay up until 1:30 in the morning to watch anime, the TV stations do not actually put any money into the pot, and instead the other members of the production committee buy the advertising on the anime that put the anime on the air. Obviously in that situation, the television stations have far less power in the decisions of the production committee.
Now, someone in the mix has international distribution rights. One of the reasons for delays in announcing series has been that production committees, focusing on overseas DVD licensing, were not even deciding on which member of the production committee handles that, and how the proceeds are distributed, until after the first broadcast. Based on when overseas DVD's were normally licensed, "cross that bridge when we come to it" was normal. With more overseas simulcast streams, It seems in the last couple of seasons, production committees have been making that decision earlier.
And somewhere there will be a formal agreement that sets out the committee and the contributions and the rights, which is the next step in the chain of contracts. That's where the international licensor ("or", side giving) gets the rights that they are selling.
In some cases, Crunchyroll has a contract that gives it some form of open-ended streaming rights for some set of countries. Those would often be non-exclusive rights, so someone else could also get the right to stream. Normally every additional power in a rights contract costs something, so the open-ended right to renew the streaming license probably came with a larger up-front streaming license fee.
In at least one case, Crunchyroll had the full rights to a series. That seemed to have an option to renew, but it was not renewed, which probably means that it was not generating enough revenue in the back catalog to cover the cost of the renewal, and the license lapsed.
A contract to get the stream for a limited period ~ the most extreme is 30 days after the episode streams, which I really do not like, since it kills the chance for late-comers to catch up if word of mouth spreads mid-season ~ will be cheaper.
So the only general answer to why the terms of one series are one way is that the deal was on the table after negotiation, Crunchyroll evaluated the deal, decided that they thought the stream could fund itself under those terms, and signed the deal.
Generally, if there are restrictions, that is likely to be either (1) the best that was being made available or (2) the best that could be funded by the stream, according to Crunchyroll's analysis.
Kadokawa Pictures seems to have a clear tendency to prefer to have the full exclusive regional rights to offer, so it seems likely that those are just the deals they are offering.
Other rights, negotiated with other rights holders, may have more generous terms available, which may or may not look like they will pull their own weight, when Crunchyroll analyzes the commercial impact against the cost.
The fact that Crunchyroll is continuing to get some streams that are going into the back catalog shows that they are still trying to get it, but they just are not going to have that offered for every single one that is available for simulcasting.
So the decision on whether to "accept" those "season+30" streaming licenses comes down to more simulcasts in a season or fewer, and Crunchyroll has clearly decided on more.
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Get Featured: Floyd Takeuchi I am happy to be able to feature Floyd's work on this site again. Floyd has been on the site before with both his bags and his books (link). Now he shares a project with us. Check it out.


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Beam: 3,75 m
Draft: 2,5 m
Thsi boat is powered by the Volvo 29,6 Kw diesel engine
Fuel tank: 320 lit
Water tank: 130 lit
Boat has standard layout of 3 cabins with double beds. Salon is spacious with dinette transformable into double bed.
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Ann Coulter, former lawyer, and now professional far right wing, proud Neo-Con media pundit, is well known for her inflammatory statements about the left, liberals, Muslims, homosexuals, Obama, and once famously said about Canada's refusal to join the war in Iraq (we have been in Afghanistan since the beginning), that Canada should be grateful the the US allows it to exist. The following is a student compilation of Ann Coulter and fellow Fox News correspondents on Canada's right to exist:
Recently Ann Coulter has graced Canada with her presence on a sponsored tour of Canadian campuses and other institutions opining on free speech. She recently exercised her American right of free speech (different legally than in Canada where the threshold for hate speech is lower ie less tolerant of it) at the University of Western Ontario (London, Ontario, Canada) telling a 17-year-old Muslimah student that all terrorists are Muslim, all Muslims are terrorists, and hence Muslims shouldn't be allowed to fly, but rather should travel by flying carpet, or, failing that, by camel. At her next scheduled stop, the University of Ottawa (a bilingual university in the nation's capital) student protests, including by Muslim students, prevented her talk from being held as planned.
This being Ann Coulter, the media were all over it, and of course she issued statements that provoked more controversy. I have included below 4 newspaper articles, 2 from the centre left national CBC, and 2 from the right wing Sun News organization, which together provide some context and a sense of the reactions to them. The links are included in the titles for those who want to read them in situ. I would only note at this point, that the Ezra Levant quoted is a far right wing, pro-Israel pundit, often in trouble with Muslim associations in Canada, and who, as the editor of the now defunct Western Standard, was the only major news editor in Canada to publish the Danish Cartoons.
It is also important to be aware that Canada, while valuing free speech, has a lower tolerance for hate speech, and a higher tolerance for media bans, than the US does. Also, freedom of speech in North America is quite different than that in MENA countries, including Saudi Arabia. Certain blogs have addressed freedom of speech in Saudi directly: for example John Burgess of Crossroads Arabia recently did a post on "Expanding Saudi Media Freedom", and Eman of Saudiwoman's Weblog posted March 24 on "Censored in KSA"; or in the context of freedom of speech in the West seeming to mean freedom of Islamophobic (but not anti-semitic) speech. In other cases, the issue comes up in the comments, often between Western commentators and Saudis, or Muslims, who differ in their perception of what is legitimate expression of criticism or disagreement, and what is hateful and offensive.
Coolred of Coolred's Rant recently questioned the boundary between free speech and hate speech when she discovered her 2 highschoolers are regularly taunted and harassed as "terrorists" by virtue of being Arab and Muslim, "When is Freedom of Speech a Crime?". This is particularly painful as she went to considerable lengths to move her children from a negative social environment in Bahrain, where they were targeted because of their father's abuse, as she has documented on her blog, and which was mentioned in the post she agreed to here, "Ramadan Zakat, Sadaqa, Charity: When Mixed Marriages Go Awry, and Mixed Families Suffer" . The joy of their success in moving to the USA, and the positives of their stay there are not tarnished, but are put into broader context by schoolyard racism, also discussed here in the post, School Yards Plus ça change...: Forms of Discrimination.
Student bloggers, Asmaa of Chapter One, in Saudi, and Ellen, of Steadily Emerging with Grace, in Australia, have simultaneously, it seems, had problems with freedom of expression where usually it is most liberal--in a university setting.
Asmaa, whose photography work was featured here in the post, "Medical Cover: Labcoat/Abaya/Scrubs", has posted on her own blog, in "Don't You Dare Smile!", about a backlash from certain professors against the highly successful video she and other students put together as part of a GCC Medical Students Conference-- the highly altruistic and Islamic (though some disagree on that latter characterization), "Donate a Smile Campaign". The video featured staff, students, and professors at KAU hospital and medical school, photographed smiling, with famous quotations about the value of a smile, fading in and out, set to "Smile (though your heart is breaking)". The esthetic and public success of this video seems to have offended some; and pressure on professors and students resulted in the video being removed from Youtube and made private. *There has been a new resolution to the problem, and the video has been lightly edited and reposted:
Meanwhile, Ellen--whose marriage to M (a Saudi and Shia) has been featured here in a 2 part post, "Saudi/non-Saudi Students: Marriage and The Marriage Permission Process--Part I Ellen" and "Part II M" -- has been having difficulty with freedom of expression in a University of Sydney (Australia) course on Islam: "Duty to Speak Up?" . Let's just say that she and the professor disagree about the proper tone to take in discussing Islam and Muslims, and more recently and dramatically on the Sunni/ Shia split: "How to go about it?". Of greater concern to her was the way he handled her questions, and the remarks he made about Shiism. Now, she will be dropping the course, and looking for proper avenues to complain about his pedagogical practices.
Some questions now for discussion later:
Should Ann Coulter, or anyone, expect American style freedom of speech in a foreign country?
How free is academic freedom of speech? What pressures are brought to bear on students and professors?
Coulter's Ottawa speech cancelled
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Puerto Rico Swears In New Governor, Charts New Course
San Juan – In an ideological shift for the island, a new governor took office in Puerto Rico Wednesday.
Alejandro García Padilla was sworn in under a deep blue sky, on a stage overlooking the Atlantic Ocean outside the capitol building in San Juan. He narrowly defeated pro-statehood Gov. Luis Fortuño in November.
García Padilla, now the tenth governor of Puerto Rico, is a 41-year-old lawyer and former senator in the legislature of the U.S. island territory. He won thanks in part to support from labor unions angered when Fortuño laid off more than 20,000 government workers to help close a budget deficit.
García said one of his priorities is to create jobs on an island where unemployment hovers above 13 percent, higher than in any U.S. state.
"The problems are very, very serious. We cannot minimize them or hide them," he said.
García said Puerto Rico is facing a public debt higher than previously thought, as well as alarming crime statistics and a downgrading of the island's credit. He said the island needs to strengthen its industrial and commercial sectors, boost agricultural production and graduation rates and improve its education and justice system. The island of 4 million people reported a record 1,117 homicides in 2011, with just a small drop in 2012.
"Getting there will take time. Things are not going to solve themselves overnight," García said.
Many union members and laid-off workers cheered García at the inauguration, including 41-year-old Victor Omar Cotto, who was a supervisor at the Department of Transportation for 13 years until April 2010.
"I came to see the departure of the same person who laid me off," he said, adding that he was out of work for nine months, struggling to support his stay-at-home wife and two children.
The majority of García's supporters wore the red color of his Popular Democratic Party, which supports the island's current commonwealth status. Many clutched umbrellas to protect themselves from a fierce sun and danced to the music of an orchestra clad in all white ahead of the speech.
Hundreds of invited guests were seated around the stage, including Danilo Medina, the president of the Dominican Republic, and ministers from countries including Haiti, Costa Rica and Panama.
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Chad Everett, a ruggedly handsome actor who played young Dr. Joe Gannon on the TV drama "Medical Center," has died. He was 75.
Everett died Tuesday at his home in the Los Angeles area after battling lung cancer, his daughter Katherine Thorp told the Associated Press. Everett's wife of 45 years, actress Shelby Grant, died of an
Although Everett had a range of TV and movie roles over a career that began in the early 1960s, he made a lasting impression as Dr. Gannon on "Medical Center." The dramatic series aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976 and followed the personal and professional lives of the staff at a teaching hospital in Los Angeles.
"Understatement is apparently a highly salable commodity on TV," a Washington Post reporter wrote in a 1975 article on male stardom. "Chad Everett, a big city type, seldom stoops to histrionics as he lethargically makes his rounds on 'Medical Center.' "
Everett arrived in Hollywood from the Midwest. He was born Raymond Lee Cramton in South Bend, Ind., on June 11, 1937, and grew up in Dearborn, Mich., where his father was a race car driver and racing mechanic. He studied drama at Wayne State University in Detroit.
"I went into acting because I'm easily bored," Everett told The Times in 1966, several years after he had changed his name for professional reasons. "I had tried — in my own juvenile way — music, football, business with my father. All of them bored me. Acting seemed to give vent to a lot of different feelings."
He landed jobs on episodic TV shows beginning in 1961 and then won a featured role on the TV western "The Dakotas" in 1963.
He signed a contract with MGM in 1964 and appeared in "Made in Paris" with Ann-Margret and "The Singing Nun" with Debbie Reynolds in 1966.
Everett worked steadily in television before and after "Medical Center," appearing as a regular in "Hagen," "The Rousters," "McKenna," "Melrose Place," "
His movie roles included parts in "Airplane II: The Sequel" (1982), the 1998 remake of"Psycho"and "Mulholland Dr." (2001).
Everett was taken to court three times by actress Sheila Scott, who claimed he was the father of her son Dale, who was born in 1973. The long-running paternity dispute ended in 1981 when a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury ruled in favor of Everett, who steadfastly denied the claims.
In addition to Thorp, he is survived by his other daughter, Shannon Everett, and six grandchildren.
Chad Everett, a ruggedly handsome actor who played young Dr. Joe Gannon on the TV drama "Medical Center," has died. He was 75.


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You Might Be a Genealogist If… Saturday Night Fun…
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Randy Seaver over at Genea-Musings came up with another great FUN idea. Here is his challenge for today:
Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is based on Katie O's post You Might Be a Genealogist If … on the You Are Where You Came from blog:
Here are the directions:
1) Make up your own "You Might be a Genealogist if…" sayings. One or more. Lots. The more the merrier. You can use Katie's tax theme, or any other theme – you're completely free to make up anything you want!
Here is my attempt, but try to come up with some of your own!
You Might be a Genealogist if …
- You know who ESM is by the initials.
- You know who "Josh" or "Megan" is by first name only.
- You have a photography question and the first person you want to email is Maureen.
- You have a general genealogy question and you email Thomas MacEntee.
- You wish DearMYRTLE was your Aunt Myrtle.
- You scream with excitement at every posting of a FREE webinar that you can attend.
- Your idea of a great party is Friday night with Genea-Bloggers on BlogTalkRadio.
- Your family is wanting dinner and they just have to wait til you check out one more census.
- You know more about your Ancestors than your living relatives.
- When you hear "the drinking game", you wonder what words are being used.
- A genealogy cruise is your dream vacation.
- When asked your favorite TV show and you say RootsTelevision.
- When asked if you read any fun blogs lately, you immediately think of Randy Seaver and Sheri Fenley.
- You wonder how long it will be before the movie edition of WDYTYA will be made.
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-Here we have a second part of the String Crossing series and we are going to step things up and make these exercises even more challenging! In this lesson you are going to learn a new set of 12 exercises that will help you with rapid technique development.
-Exercises included in this lesson will primary focus on right hand string crossing. These exercises will also train your right hand alternating finger picking technique and left hand finger strength and dexterity.
-These exercises are for all levels of playing from beginner to advanced. Metronome speed on which you practice them will change their difficulty. You should practice these exercises daily and they will help you unlock your technique potential.
Equipment I used for getting this sound was: Am Fender Jazz Bass deluxe, equal mix of both pickups with added bass and middle on onboard preamp - then going to the nemesis (eden) amp with a 1x15" and flat eq there.
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Shocker: DVR Users Skip Ads
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alex writes in with a story noting that lots of DVR owners are fast forwarding through commercials. This, of course, won't surprise anyone. However, the numbers are pretty high -- much higher than previous studies, which suggests the practice of fast forwarding through commercials is only increasing. Still, other recent studies have shown that the problem isn't just commercials, but bad commercials and the fact that there are too many of them. As the Superbowl has clearly shown (along with some super popular ads) -- when the commercials are entertaining by themselves, people do want to watch them. It's just that too many advertisers are resting on their laurels and assuming that TV watchers are a captive audience, when that's not true at all any more. Of course, now that the bad commercials are killing off the usefulness of the 30 or 60 second spot, TV advertisers are going to have to look elsewhere to find areas where they can both promote something and entertain at the same time. No wonder some companies are turning to models playing strip poker as advertising.


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Jones Cup 2013 Recap
35th William Jones Cup
July 6-15, 2013
Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei, Taiwan
Iran was unbeaten in the 2013 Jones Cup and was Champion of the tournament. Philippines won the 2012 Jones Cup but was unable to participate this year because of the current tension in Taiwan.
Champion: Iran (7-0)
2nd Place: Chinese Taipei (5-2)
3rd Place: South Korea (5-2)
Best Player: Hamed Haddadi of Iran
Best Guard: Chih-Chieh Lin of Taiwan
Best Forward: Eric Hicks of USA
Best Center: Hamed Haddadi of Iran
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The C/D crew could see that he was an officer of the law; not a state cop, but one from the county, though they paid him no more than a sinking glance in verifying this. He had come rumbling out between the clapboard buildings up at the top of the hill and idled slowly down, slowly as only a cop can. They could feel him taking it all in: the quiet country road, the thick trees to one side, the Y-shaped intersection, and them down there along the tail of the Y, off to one side in the little churchyard. With the Ferrari, the Porsche, the Corvette, the Datsun Turbo, and the De Lorean.
The cop eased over onto the gravel shoulder at the lap of the Y and sat gazing out his side window at them. They, chattering madly, as birds faced with the neighborhood cat will do, set about polishing their five already shiny examples of circumstantial evidence.
Had someone put in a call, or was the cop just there because he had a sixth sense? He sat taking in the countryside and the group nearly polished right through the paint (except on the De Lorean, which was being properly spritzed with Windex and dried with paper towels). The chattering tailed off into silence. He'd be down at any moment for a few words, or worse!
As quietly as he'd appeared, he put the cruiser in gear and throttled off up the other wing of the Y. He was obviously devious. Probably going off to the Particular Stretch via some shortcut that would bring him back to it cross-lots. This caused the Designated Runner no end of worry, because it was his tail that would proceed directly to jail should the cop chance to see even a glimpse of what was going on.
A boy on a bicycle came by and said the cop had only been in the area because there'd been some vandalism lately. Pretty soon the Designated Runner breathed a little easier. He buckled himself into another one of the cars and headed off up the hill in a wary eastbound prerun. His road was a carefully selected bitch. The rest of the group stayed behind, passing the time of day in the quiet of the churchyard. In fourteen miles, the Designated Runner would turn around, trip the watches, and head for 140 mph.
We have now, finally, tested the new De Lorean. After years of anticipation and months upon months of negotiations, an actual stainless-steel sports car from Ireland has found its way to the suction cup that holds it fast to our fifth wheel, where it can't hide anymore. As a second line of defense against its escape, we have brought in four of the De Lorean's competitors and ringed them around stockade-style to keep the De Lorean right in the captive perspective.
The category being sports/GT cars, it was only proper to make them jump through the sports/GT hoop. So for our De Lorean and its four adversaries, we arranged a classic three-legged trial by fire: our usual proving-grounds performance testing, a face-off at the Waterford Hills road course, and a final, furious timed attack on an impossible, real-world stretch of Ohio asphalt.
It pleases us no end to announce that John Zachary De Lorean has no reason to mount a rescue attempt for this brainchild. De Lorean and his new factory have done quite a splendid job of producing his car from the ground up. The bugs it bears lie at the easy-to-eliminate end of the scale, and with 3000 De Loreans -- and counting -- built by late summer, it is obvious that the car is now ready to account for itself.
Growling around the De Lorean you will find the Ferrari 308GTSi, the Porsche 911SC, the Datsun 280-ZX Turbo, and the Chevrolet Corvette, each representing a very different answer to the same poser of a problem, that of how to get the most driving and viewing pleasure out of a given number of modern dollars. With prices ranging from $17,500 to $56,650, the De Lorean's $25,600 fits right in the middle.
Within these pricing latitudes lies a remarkable range of hardware. The De Lorean has an all-aluminum, overhead-cam, fuel-injected V-6 mounted in front of the rear wheels. The Porsche boasts an all-aluminum, overhead-cam, fuel-injected flat six mounted in the tail of the car. The Datsun antes up an iron-block-and-aluminum-head, overhead-cam, fuel-injected, turbocharged straight six mounted forward of the windshield. The Corvette clings to its heritage with a cast-iron, pushrod, carbureted V-8 mounted behind the hub line of the front wheels.
Looking past these disparities, all five cars have fully independent suspensions, four-wheel disc brakes, and, as tested, five-speed transmissions (except for the Corvette, with its four-speed). Each car also has glass, lights, weather sealing, rubber tires, and room for two conspicuous consumers. Beyond that, these machines celebrate a rainbow of variety, and we'll presume you're here because you want to know what to buy, what to make snide remarks about, and what to worship with glassy-eyed reverence.


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Our collective success is due to the fact that we know our people are our greatest asset. Our culture thrives because we value all opinions, we have a foundation of deep respect for each individual, and we keep it real. We promote an open and honest environment and encourage everyone to have fun, be social, and stay positive. We love what we do, and it shows in every part of our organization, from our executive leadership team, to our front-line employees at retail, to our support staff in our distribution center.
We are constantly looking for driven and passionate people to bring their own unique talents and skills to our team. In addition to a great working environment, we offer competitive pay, a comprehensive benefits package, and bonuses for eligible store and headquarters employees.
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S.mouse (born Shwayne Booth Jr.) is a U.S. rap artist who released the biggest selling hip-hop single of all time, "Slap My Elbow". Although the kid-friendly song was a huge success, S.mouse craves the recognition of his edgier peers. Trying to reinvent himself, he defies his record company by releasing the home-made song, 'Poo on You'. This song, and the corresponding music video of him pooping on a police car, creates a cult following ? but also leads to his placement under house arrest.


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To help consumers prepare, travel protection brand, Protect Your Bubble, shares a list of tips on how to avoid a ski accident.
ATLANTA, Ga. (PRWEB) January 16, 2013
Ski and snowboard season is in full swing and millions will be hitting the slopes this time of year. While winter sports like these are fun, they can be dangerous. It's important to know how to stay safe. To help consumers prepare, travel protection brand, Protect Your Bubble, shares a list of tips on how to avoid a ski accident.
1. Beginners should take lessons – It's always advised that folks take the time to get special instruction before skiing or snowboarding. It's important to know how to maneuver down the slopes, how to balance, how to slow down and how to avoid falling.
2. Take is slow – Speed demons, listen up: slow down! A lot of injuries and fatalities are because people simply gain too much speed and lose control. Be sure to maintain a speed that is comfortable and manageable.
3. Don't drink and ski – Though it may be tempting, try to avoid that cocktail or beer at lunchtime. Higher altitudes can alter the effects of alcohol. In addition, the alcohol itself can impair one's ability to maintain control, stay alert and think quickly; the very skills needed when on the slopes.
4. Get plenty of rest – Skiing and snowboarding can be exhausting. It's crucial to get plenty of rest, both mentally and physically. Studies show that the most likely time for someone to suffer a ski injury is at about 3p on the third day of skiing. This is because that's when muscle fatigue sets in. Be sure to stretch before and after each day of ski activity.
When planning your next ski trip, remember that vacation insurance is a great way to cover trip emergencies, cancelations and interruptions. Protect Your Bubble travel protection gives travelers peace of mind, starting at $14 per trip. Visit protectyourbubble.com for a quick quote.
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Brown favors Senate Farm Bill
With one in seven Ohio jobs and more than 16 million American jobs tied to farming, a U.S. lawmaker favors passage of the Senate's 2012 Farm Bill which calls for only $23 billion in cuts — not as drastic as two House proposals — and should help with job creation and economic relief.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown outlined provisions in the legislation — the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 — that would replace direct payments with a market-based system and would boost local food production for sale directly to consumers.
"We know how important farming is to our nation and that agriculture is Ohio's most important business," said Brown, who is the first Ohioan to sit on the Senate Agriculture Committee in approximately 40 years. "The 2012 Farm Bill is the most significant reform of farm policy in decades — it saves taxpayers money, it supports local farmers, it strengthened our bio-based manufacturers ability to create wealth by growing it, finding it and making it and Ohio leads in all three of those areas.
"Farmers in places like Greenville and Zanesville and livestock producers in Wooster and Wapakoneta are not the only Ohioans who will benefit as this deficit-reducing bill saves some $23 billion in taxpayer dollars," the first-term senator said during Wednesday's media teleconference. "It is a job creation bill, an economic relief bill, and a bill that affects every American every day. This farm bill is a reform bill that we can be proud of and that helps lay the groundwork for our nation's economic competitiveness for generations to come."
The centerpiece of the bill is based on the bipartisan Aggregate Risk and Revenue Management Act (AARM) aimed at replacing the direct payments with a market-based system relying on crop-year data, market prices and actual yields.
"With this bill, the era of direct payments — paying farmers for crops regardless of need or market conditions — is over," Brown told media from throughout Ohio. "The legislation would save more than $23 billion by ending direct payments, eliminating more than 100 duplicative programs and authorizations, and cracking down on fraud and abuse.
"By eliminating direct payments and two other farm subsidy programs — steps first suggested in ARRM — the legislation would save taxpayers money and provide a more responsible risk management approach," he said. "Under the bill, farmers receive support only when they suffer a substantial loss through events beyond their control—and only for crops they have actually planted."
Brown also pushed for the "Grow It Here, Make It Here" and his "Local Farms, Food and Jobs Act" initiative "by helping find new markets for farmers by making it easier to sell their product directly to consumers."
Brown outlined how his "Grow it Here, Make it Here" initiative would increase access to capital for bio-based manufacturers, improve marketing of bio-based products, and further the commercialization of new agricultural innovations to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil and create jobs.
He also discussed provisions of his Local Farms, Food and Jobs Act.
"This supports Ohio farmers and ranchers who want to sell more of their food locally," Brown said. "The act would help Ohio farmers and ranchers by addressing production, aggregation, marketing and distribution needs. It also prioritizes consumer access to help them get fresh foods, supports for technology and direct sales.
"Linking Ohio producers with Ohio consumers is common sense," he said. "By increasing access to fresh, local foods, we can expand markets for Ohio's agricultural producers while creating jobs and strengthening our economy."
The bill calls for cutting food assistance programs such as SNAP by $3 billion, less than the $33 billion proposed by Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan and far less than the $233 billion proposed by Kentucky Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul. All the proposals would make the cuts over 10 years.
He said the major roadblock in passing the bill would be regional disputes over programming and bipartisanship where Republicans would want the bill and President Barack Obama to fail.


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McKayla Maroney's feet skidded out from under her and a look of shock crossed her face.
The Olympic gold medal that everyone was certain was hers was gone.
The world champion's rare mistake opened the door for Sandra Izbasa and she took advantage of it Sunday, winning the title on vault. Maroney claimed the silver medal, and looked downright surly as she stood on the medals podium.
Russia's Maria Paseka won the bronze.
Earlier Sunday, Zou Kai won his fifth career gold medal, defending his title on floor exercise. He already had one gold from China's victory in the men's team competition last week, and has three more from the Beijing Games. He's got a chance to duplicate his Beijing three-peat on Tuesday, when he tries to defend his Olympic title on high bar.
Maroney was considered all but a lock for the gold medal, which would have given the U.S. women three in the first three gymnastics events. She won her world title last year by almost a half-point, and topped qualifying here by a similar margin. She was so impressive in Tuesday night's team final that U.S. coach John Geddert suggested they rename her vault "The Maroney."
"Man, that thing is beast!" all-around champion Gabby Douglas said earlier Sunday. "How she gets so high, I'm so amazed. When she does it at camp, the table literally shakes."
Her first vault was the Amanar — a roundoff onto the takeoff board, back handspring onto the table and 2.5 twisting somersaults before landing — and she did it better than the woman for whom it's named. She got such great height off the table the folks in the first few rows had to look up to see her, and her form was perfect in the air, legs pencil-straight, body tightly coiled.
She took a hop on her landing, and came down out of bounds. But even with that 0.3 deduction, she still scored 15.866, including a whopping 9.666 for execution.
Another vault like that, and the gold was hers.
But she appeared to land the second one on the back of her heels. Her feet slid forward and she dropped to the mat with a loud "plop!" The crowd gasped, and Maroney looked stunned. She's as consistent as a Swiss watch on vault, never making errors in training or in competition.
She scored just a 14.3, giving her an average of 15.083. Coach Arthur Akopyan tried to console her, but Maroney simply stared straight ahead, knowing her chance to add an individual gold to the one she won with the Fierce Five was gone.
Sunday's Artistic Gymnast Results:
Men's Floor Exercise, Final:
1. Zou Kai, China, 15.933.
2. Kohei Uchimura, Japan, 15.800.
3. Denis Ablyazin, Russia, 15.800.
4. Enrique Tomas Gonzalez Sepulveda, Chile, 15.366.
5. Jacob Dalton, Sparks, Nev., 15.333.
6. Alexander Shatilov, Israel, 15.333.
7. Flavius Koczi, Romania, 15.100.
8. Marcel Nguyen, Germany, 14.966.
Pommel Horse, Final:
1. Krisztian Berki, Hungary, 16.066.
2. Louis Smith, Britain, 16.066.
3. Max Whitlock, Britain, 15.600.
4. Alberto Busnari, Italy, 15.400.
5. Cyril Tommasone, France, 15.141.
6. Vitalii Nakonechnyi, Ukraine, 14.766.
7. David Belyavskiy, Russia, 14.733.
8. Vid Hidvegi, Hungary, 14.300.
Women Vault Final:
1. Sandra Raluca Izbasa, Romania (15.383, 15.000), 15.191.
2. Mc Kayla Maroney, Long Beach, Calif. (15.866, 14.300), 15.083.
3. Maria Paseka, Russia (15.400, 14.700), 15.050.
4. Janine Berger, Germany (15.133, 14.900), 15.016.
5. Oksana Chusovitina, Germany (15.100, 14.466), 14.783.
6. Yamilet Pena Abreu, Dominican Republic (14.566, 14.466), 14.516.
7. Brittany Rogers, Canada (14.766, 14.200), 14.483.
8. Elsabeth Black, Canada (0.000, 0.000), 0.000.


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October 29, 2012
The unmanned drones that have become a hallmark of the Obama administration's foreign policy wreak havoc across the world every day as part of the broadening war on terror, but you don't have to be an insurgent or soldier to have a front-row seat.
The US military relies on stealthy, remote controlled Reaper and Predator drones — unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVS — to take out insurgents and suspected terrorists overseas without ever putting boots on the ground. But while the transmissions sent from the empty cockpits to control centers around the globe broadcast each and every move of America's insanely expensive and extraordinary technology, that doesn't mean the data is streamed solely to Uncle Sam.
In 2008, the US discovered that Shi'ite militants in Iraq had accessed the video feed sent from those stealth drones using only a $26 piece of software, then sent the footage to laptops that eventually landed in the hands of American intelligence. Wired.com's Danger Room reports that the problem stemmed from something that warranted a relatively easy solution: retrofitting those aircraft with encryption devices that ensured only authorized eyes could see the stream. Four years down the road, however, a source involved in those upgrades tells the website that it's still easy to hijack transmissions with hardly any trouble.


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Almost 200 registered and 180 finished!!! The weather held out again. Erik Skaggs won for the second year in a row and lowered his own course record by 33 seconds to finish in 35:02. Jenn Shelton won the ladies race in 41:09 a new course record by six minutes and 39 seconds. In fact, five ladies broke last year's course record!!! Thanks to all of the wonderful volunteers that made the race a huge success. Thanks for all the participants in making the TNT another fine event. See you next year! Same time and place.
(l to r)Chuck Whitley, Krista Olsen, Carly Varner and Darcy Kleiman work as volunteers at this year's race...it was folks like them that made the event run smoothly!
The Start...runners and walkers head out for six miles of pure pleasure!
Joe Vale and Sarah Wilson run side by side on a portion of The Ditch Road.
Megan Heuberger and Anne Reid enjoy the course together.
Jamil Coury, from Arizona, sprints up Strawberry Hill.
Jessica and Duane Miller came up from California for the race.
Colin Anderson is happy to be a part of it all.
Jenn Shelton wins the ladies race in course record time.
Your top three finishers: (l to r)Bob Julian (third), Ryland Karlovich (second), Erik Skaggs (first)
Saturday, March 21, 2009
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Posted by Rogue Valley Runners at 5:37 PM
3 comments:
- Rennaker said...
Good work Erik! And everyone else who enjoyed the perfect running conditions.
Next year we'll get Max to race this and push you so you actually break a sweat, Erik.
- Monday, March 23, 2009 10:34:00 AM
- Jenn said...
rennaker thankyou for congratulating the men's winner. women should be considered lucky to volunteer.
- Tuesday, March 24, 2009 9:09:00 AM
- Rennaker said...
Jenn Shelton is an ass.
- Tuesday, March 31, 2009 10:11:00 AM
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What's a pugnacious political pundit faced with a teflon president to do? Well this week Bill O'Reilly sat down with Fox News' Bob Beckel, the conservative station's so-called token liberal host, to argue that NBC News has not been covering the controversy over President Obama's drones policy in the wake of the Justice Department recent memo obtained by the press.
'Heard anything on NBC about the drones?' O'Reilly asked Beckel Wednesday night. Beckel said he had not. O'Reilly continued, 'You haven't heard anything over there about this, neither have I, neither has my staff.'
According to the Huffington Post O'Reilly claimed that NBC News has not discussed the White House drone policy because the left leaning network is 'protecting the president.'
Apparently neither O'Reilly nor his staff noticed that it was NBC News' Michael Isikoff who obtained the copy of the memo discussing the legality of Obama's drones policy and then broke the story exclusively for the NBC network.
The memo was a major breaking news story for Isikoff and the network, but O'Reilly and his staff somehow failed to notice it has been a major topic of reporting and discussion on both NBC News and MSNBC every night this week.
The story led NBC News' website Monday night and on Tuesday. MSNBC's Rachel Maddow hosted Isikoff on her show Monday night to discuss his headline grabbing scoop in detail. Then NBC's Nightly News also reported on the drones memo on Tuesday night.
Hosts on MSNBC including Joe Scarborough, Rachel Maddow, Ed Schultz, Chris Matthews and the roundtable of The Cycle all devoted major portions of their own shows to the drones memo.
Fox News, O'Reilly's employer, has struggled to retain its credibility after its disastrous election season coverage consistently predicted a Mitt Romney landslide. Earlier this week the station fired Dick Morris, the polling guru who made himself a national laughingstock with his outrageously off the mark predictions.
Morris' departure follows Sarah Palin's and is being seen by some commentators as evidence that the network is increasingly concerned about its trustworthiness.
Meanwhile viewers will have to wonder if O'Reilly and his fair and balanced staff even turned on NBC News or MSNBC this week?


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(a) Expansion and coordination of research activities
The Director of the Institute, after consultation with the advisory council for the Institute, shall expand, intensify, and coordinate the activities of the Institute with respect to research on the disease known as fragile X.
(b) Research centers
(1) In general
The Director of the Institute shall make grants or enter into contracts for the development and operation of centers to conduct research for the purposes of improving the diagnosis and treatment of, and finding the cure for, fragile X.
(2) Number of centers
(A) In general
In carrying out paragraph (1), the Director of the Institute shall, to the extent that amounts are appropriated, and subject to subparagraph (B), provide for the establishment of at least three fragile X research centers.
(B) Peer review requirement
The Director of the Institute shall make a grant to, or enter into a contract with, an entity for purposes of establishing a center under paragraph (1) only if the grant or contract has been recommended after technical and scientific peer review required by regulations under section 289a of this title.
(3) Activities
The Director of the Institute, with the assistance of centers established under paragraph (1), shall conduct and support basic and biomedical research into the detection and treatment of fragile X.
(4) Coordination among centers
The Director of the Institute shall, as appropriate, provide for the coordination of the activities of the centers assisted under this section, including providing for the exchange of information among the centers.
(5) Certain administrative requirements
Each center assisted under paragraph (1) shall use the facilities of a single institution, or be formed from a consortium of cooperating institutions, meeting such requirements as may be prescribed by the Director of the Institute.
(6) Duration of support
Support may be provided to a center under paragraph (1) for a period not exceeding 5 years. Such period may be extended for one or more additional periods, each of which may not exceed 5 years, if the operations of such center have been reviewed by an appropriate technical and scientific peer review group established by the Director and if such group has recommended to the Director that such period be extended.
Source(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 452E, as added Pub. L. 106–310, div. A, title II, § 201,Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1109; amended Pub. L. 109–482, title I, § 103(b)(30),Jan. 15, 2007, 120 Stat. 3688.)
2007—Subsec. (b)(7). Pub. L. 109–482struck out heading and text of par. (7). Text read as follows: "For the purpose of carrying out this subsection, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005."
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Drewby H necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 20 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
Metrohiker is not an iPhone app and it's not a coupon book. It provides its customers with a 100% recycled card that can be presented at exclusively-local, environmentally friendly businesses that offer Metrohiker cardholders unique discounts. With the Metrohiker card in hand you can carpool in a taxi with your friends for the price of just one passenger, enjoy one of your favorite cafe's sandwiches and get a free smoothie, get 15% off customized organic t-shirts, or lay back and enjoy the show at the local cinema cafe for half price. Cardholders can redeem great discounts like these once a day for a full year, with more great businesses and local communities to be added soon. Metrohiker was created with people and the planet in mind. Our core values involve promoting healthy communities and environmental sustainability. We think we can help out by encouraging consumers to spend money in the right places - saving cash, and the planet. We want to make a big impact, not a big carbon footprint. The Metrohiker card is the key to bustling communities and a greener world - and it's all kinds of sustainable. It's something so simple, but it does so much. People enjoy their communities using environmentally friendly forms of transportation, and great local companies that work hard to operate sustainably get more business than ever.
Metrohikers are savvy, youthful, active consumers who value a healthy community, sustainable environmental practices, and their pocketbook.
Given the forward-thinking and often economically-limited university student populations, they will comprise a major part of the Metrohiker demographic. Full-time students are normally without a primary source of income. Far from making money, in fact, students find themselves accumulating large sums of debt and student loans. Needless to say, a dollar spent may mean much more to a college student than to a working professional. Also, the educational landscape of college campuses is rich with environmentally and community conscious individuals (aligning with Metrohiker.com's forward-thinking philosophies). Moreover, the typically youthful age range for college students also lends to them being very physically active (ready to explore the community). Recent graduates and other consumers who maintain a lifetime dedication to environmentally friendly, locally-based activity should also be considered part of the target audience as we hope to bring in active people of all ages. Travelers are also a big part of our target audience as we hope to partner with transportation businesses (airlines, trains, buses). Our customers are also very active in online social networking communities like Facebook.
I require the creation of a logo that includes an image that embodies the company's core philosophies of environmental (and economical) sustainability and healthy community building. Also included would be metrohiker.com's slogan: "explore your community".At the time of delivering the winning logo design, it would also be required that each individual component of the complete logo (including the text-image, "metrohiker", and the slogan: "explore your community") be submitted separately. furthermore, a logo image not including the slogan would also be desired (that is, just the logo image and the text: "metrohiker"). all in all, this would add up to be 5 separate image files. no text work is necessary. only the production of the mentioned, printable logos.Thoughts: My motivation for the design would be both the NYC "subway" text and the adventurous idea behind exploring your local community and travelling to other communities also. Key ideas to embody are: action, exploration, adventure, sustainability, community. Do not include: Photographs, money symbols, anything referring to college age students. Possible ideas: hiking boots in motion. We would like the "metrohiker" text to be bold (bubble?) and clear, preferably a red color text.FILES; we like gtrot's, one very simple, low quality metrohiker logo that is just a guide; NYC "subway" text and signs as motivation
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Sapphire HD 5770 FleX Review
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is the latest iteration of the venerable first-person shooter series, Call of Duty. Despite its long, successful pedigree, the game is not without substantial criticism and controversy, especially on the PC. Aside from the extremely short campaign and lack of innovation, the PC version's reception was also marred by its lack of support for user-run dedicated servers, which means no user-created maps, no mods, and no customized game modes. You're also limited to 18-player matches instead of the 64-player matches that were possible in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Despite all this, the game has been well received and the in-house IW 4.0 engine renders the maps in gorgeous detail, making it a perfect candidate for OCC benchmarking. You start off the single player missions playing as Private Allen and jump right into a serious firefight. This is the point where testing will begin. Testing will be done using actual game play with FPS measured by Fraps.
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Modern Warfare 2 has some solid frame rates for the Sapphire HD 5770, overclocking was good for an average of ~5 FPS gain.


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Dec. 7, 2005
Lipscomb softball coach Kristin Peck has announced the signing of pitcher Christy Grisham.
Grisham, from Robinson, Texas, has been a star for both her Robinson High School team and her Texas Hawks Gold travel team based in Houston. Texas.
In 2005 she was the District 17 3-A Offensive Most Valuable Player and a Super Centex honorable mention selection. In 2004 she was the Outstanding Pitcher in District 17 3-A and a Super Centex second team member. As a freshman in 2003 she was selected second team All-District 17 3-A.
As a junior at Robinson High School she batted .379 with a .484 slugging percentage and a .380 on-base percentage. She also slammed three home runs and drove in 23 runs.
Her pitching record was 12-5 with a 1.91 earned run average. She struck out 140 batters in 92 innings.
"Christy is one of the most savvy softball players I know," said Robinson High School softball coach Vicki Johnson. "Her experience and talent on the softball field overshadows that of her opponents. I have known Christy for 10 years. I admire her grit and determination to be the top player.
"I have had the privilege of coaching Christy from her sophomore year through her senior year. She is an easily coached player who enjoys a challenge and even more so enjoys a victory. Her competitive edge drives her to excel, but her respect for the game and teammates keeps her a team player."
As a player of the Texas Hawks Gold Fall ASA Travel Team she batted .285 with a .429 slugging percentage and a .355 on-base percentage. Her fielding percentage was .914.
On the mound she posted a 4-1 record with 21 strikeouts in 24 innings.
"From a coaching standpoint Christy is the epitome of the complete ballplayer," said Dick Haskel, coach of Texas Hawks Gold. "The tangibles are the visible aspects of her game _ the ability to pitch a softball with a velocity in the low to medium 60 miles per hour range, the ability to hit the ball with power to all fields, the ability to play several defensive positions and play them well, plus the effort exerted on each and every play.
"The intangibles to me are equally important and consist of her inner drive for excellence, her commitment to attaining the very top of her skill level, her competitive nature, her work ethic and her team attitude."
Grisham is known for her athletic versatility. She has played every position on the softball field. She is also talented enough to have been named First Team All-District 17 3-A as a freshman in volleyball. She was also a regional qualifier in the pole vault as a freshman.
Grisham plans to major in marketing and advertising at Lipscomb. She is the daughter of Jamie and Don Grisham.
"Lipscomb is a small school with good Christian values in a nice city," said Grisham. "The softball program is really on its way with a new and excited coach. I also liked the academics and the quality of their business school."


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From her time interviewing stars of the baseball and the entertainment world to her opportunity to shadow Commissioner Bud Selig for several hours, All-Star Week was a celebration Meggie Zahneis will never forget.
The Cardinals were represented by a perfect dozen on Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium. They posed for pregame photos, gathered for postgame handshakes and embraced the opportunity to soak in what this time they all knew would be their final night together.
As National League manager Tony La Russa went to reliever after reliever in the waning innings of Tuesday night's 8-0 victory over the American League in MLB's 83rd All-Star Game, Padres closer Huston Street remained planted on the bench in the Kauffman Stadium bullpen.
Shortstop Starlin Castro and first baseman/outfielder Bryan LaHair were part of a National League All-Star team that set a record for the NL's largest margin of victory in the 83-game history of the Midsummer Classic. The NL beat the American League, 8-0, at Kauffman Stadium.
Returning to the home of the Royals, who sent him to the Giants over the winter in exchange for southpaw Jonathan Sanchez, Melky Cabrera claimed the Most Valuable Player distinction in the 2012 All-Star Game for his role in Tuesday's 8-0 clubbing of the American League at Kauffman Stadium.
The National League, by virtue of this All-Star victory, will have the home-field advantage in the World Series for the third straight year. Maybe it means nothing, but it could also mean dancing in the streets this autumn in another National League City.
There was a bloop double here, an infield single there in the top of the first inning. American League starter Justin Verlander's fastball touched 101 mph, but the strike zone eluded him. Suddenly, the National League led, 5-0, before the AL had come to bat in the 83rd All-Star Game on Tuesday.
Rays left-hander David Price blitzed through a 1-2-3 third inning and closer Fernando Rodney tossed a clean ninth against a dangerous slate of National League hitters in Tuesday's All-Star Game.
None of the Rangers All-Stars really distinguished themselves Tuesday in the American League's third straight loss to the National League.
Pablo Sandoval highlighted a historic five-run first inning with a bases-loaded triple, and Melky Cabrera, the game's Most Valuable Player, went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer in the fourth inning to spark the National League's third consecutive victory, an 8-0 shellacking of the American League.


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You don't have to care about sewing or the clothing preferences of the wealthy—I certainly don't—to enjoy the valuable secrets and rampant gossip in "Farewell, My Queen," a juicy drama about royal tension in 1789 Versailles.
Yes, that means another big-screen take on Marie Antoinette (and the first since Sofia Coppola's 2006 film), starring Diane Kruger ("Inglourious Basterds" and Joshua Jackson's longtime girlfriend) as the legendary, eventually beheaded queen and Lea Seydoux ("Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol") as low-ranking reader Sidonie. She's infatuated with the beautiful blonde monarch but aware of where she stands; Sidonie refers to herself as a servant, then amends that to say she's the servant to the books in the queen's library.
"Farewell My Queen" centers around characters almost uniformly cognizant of their pay grade, and surprisingly rich anxiety comes from the quiet dissemination of information and the paranoia that results when people feel out of the loop. Director/co-writer Benoit Jacquot, adapting Chantal Thomas' novel, doesn't go into why the people have revolted, only that slowly spreading news of the uproar sends folks in power and their underlings into a tizzy of speculation and betrayal. Sidonie may seem reserved, but in Seydoux's performance she's never blank, merely an observer who embodies the envy and ambition that consumes some of the lower class.
In a few weeks, a fantastic documentary called "The Queen of Versailles" tells the recent story of a Florida couple who builds a mansion modeled after the palace in Versailles and then can't afford it anymore after the economic collapse. That film's a fascinating glimpse into the life of the wealthy and their interactions with those paid to assist. "Farewell, My Queen" may not have a story as entertaining or as untold, but notions of sexual politics (covered a bit mildly in "Farewell"), social ambition and ordinary folks transformed by attire and a title remains relevant in any era. At least, to anyone who still appreciates information that's leaked between people, and not just IP addresses.
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Anyone out there using Photoshop CC yet? Looks like CS6 is the end of the PS ownership line.
50mm f/1.8, Sigma 18-125, Sigma 24-70 f/2.8, Nikon 18-105 VR, Nikon 55-200 VR, Nikon 43-86 f/3.5 AiS, Vivitar 28-90 F/2.8-3.5 Macro, Vivitar 75-205 F/3.8-4.8, SB800.
Ha! See, I can change...
I have the Photographers bundle (Photoshop CC plus Lightroom plus some other stuff) for $10/ month. It's a bargain IMO.
Thanks. Guess I'll give it a shot. Looks like the $9.99 is an intro special as in the reviews it goes for $19.99.
It was supposed to be an intro price but Adobe keep extending the "intro" period. I believe that it is the actual price and if they try to increase it there will be the biggest anti Adobe campaign possible on the Internet from photographers. They are collecting $10 per month on a product that probably owes them cents per seat and while we all know Adobes greed this deal was forced on them by photographers largely boycotting CC mark 1 and demanding a more realistic deal.
There are plenty of non Adobe alternatives available now for post processing you can even process RAW files on line for free on Picassa. Adobe have a fight on their hands at long last and it's bringing them to realistic prices.
As far as the $19 side of things is concerned I think you are looking at the wrong deal. What you want is the Photographers Bundle that consists of Photoshop CC, Lightroom and Behance. AFAIK the $19 is the entry level deal for the creative suite.
Thanks for the detail Rich. I saw this as a lower cost opportunity to see if I really need PS and LR. I primarily use NX-2 because it is quick, and gives relatively good control for Nikon based images.
First I have to switch over to Win 7.
I assume that you know the Nikon have released a beta version on NX2s replacement and that it is going to be free.
I think it's called NXD or something. Check DPReview I saw it there.
While it's bad to knock a freebie I believe Nikon missed the boat in my opinion, after lots of problems trying to run a legal early version of NX2 on 64 bit I gave it over and embraced Lightroom, I couldn't go back now. Early on I had loved NX and wouldn't have changed if I hadn't had the problems.
D800, D300, D90, 24-70 f2.8, 70-200VR f2.8, 300 F4, 105 micro, 16-85VR, 50mm 1.8, Tammy 90 macro, 70-300VR, SB900, 2xSB600, MB-D10, 055XPROB 322RC2. New computers to run photoshop faster. C&C always appreciated. PhotoGallery
Pressing the shutter is the start of the process - Joe McNally ... Buying the body is the start of the process - Dread Pirate
nxd is problematic in many ways in my trials. i'll stick with nx2.
personally i don't use LR for NEF's cos it wont import my incam settings and i hate PP.
i have CC and its brilliant.
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I assume that you know the Nikon have released a beta version on NX2s replacement and that it is going to be free.
I think it's called NXD or something. Check DPReview I saw it there.
Yes I saw that as I was perusing Jeff's preview of the D4s. I'm starting to see a disturbing lack of innovation pattern in Nikon's newer products. i.e D610, D4s, NX-whatever. Hopefully this is just a lull.
In the early part of the 21st century for manufacturers it's innovate or die and there are two major players in the camera industry who are definitely not innovating.
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A Aloha: Since the arrival of English-speaking people to the Hawaiian islands, Aloha has morphed into a greeting of hello and goodbye, but in the Hawaiian language the salutation means affection, peace, compassion and mercy.
B Blue Hawaiian Helicopters: As beautiful as this island paradise is from the ground, it is even more so from the air, and this tour company has been providing birdseye views for more than a quarter century. (bluehawaiian.com)
C Costco: Visiting a big box grocer might be the last thing you want to do on a vacation, but it's worth stocking up at this one conveniently located near the airport. One-stop shopping too as wine, liquor and beer are also on the shelves.
D Dragon's Teeth: Located at Makalua-puna Point in Kapalua, these natural formations resembling massive teeth were formed during one of the last lava flows on Maui, and unlike the black lava typical of the island are lighter in colour and finer grained.
E Enchanting Floral Gardens: This 3.2-hectare botanical garden in the upcountry of Kula features 1,500 species of tropical and sub-tropical plants and flowers from around the world. Also a great rest stop on the drive up to the Haleakala Crater. (enchantingfloralgardens.com)
F Flowers: The island boasts the largest diversity of types of flowers of all the Hawaiian islands, mostly due to the fact Maui has 17 of the 20 known worldwide climate zones. And as beautiful as they are to behold, the fragrance they permeate the island air with is unforgettable.
G Green turtles: Despite being listed in 1978 under the Endangered Species, these majestic sea creatures, called 'Honu' in the native language, are nearly always swimming companions during snorkelling or diving expeditions. And you can often see them frolicking along the rocky shoreline of many areas of Maui.
H Haleakala National Park: Containing the island's predominant physical feature, the dormant Haleakala Volcano, the park is divided into two distinct areas: the coastal Kipahulu area and the summit area. One of the most popular drives on the island is the route along Highway 37 then up Highway 377 to the volcano summit. The latter part of the drive is up a winding road not for the faint of heart, but the views, particularly at sunrise, are worth it.
I Iao Valley State Monument: One of Maui's eight state parks, Iao Valley is rich in cultural history and is the site of the battle of Kepaniwai, where the forces of Kemehameha I conquered the Maui Army in 1790. (hawaiistateparks.org)
J Jump for it!: Black Rock at the north end of Ka'anapali Beach is a popular place for jumping into the ocean, and most nights there's a sunset torch lighting that ends with, you guessed it, a leap into the surf.
K Fairmont Kea Lani: The jewel in the crown of the Wailea resort, this all-suite, oceanside hotel has it all: that legendary Fairmont service and attention to detail; Ko Restaurant, recipient of the 2013 Restaurant of the Year Award for all of Maui; the all-new Willow Stream Spa; and the award-winning Hawaiian Cultural Program for guests. (Fairmont.com/kea-lani-maui)
L Lana'i: The sixth largest Hawaiian Island is known as Pineapple Island for its historical past as solely a pineapple plantation. Today, 98 per cent of the island is owned by Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and houses two resort hotels. Catch one of the three ferries from Lahaina on Maui and in less than an hour you'll be on the sparsely populated and historically rich island. And if you go between December and May, the ferry ride doubles as a whale watching tour as humpbacks are often spotted in the waters during winter months.
M Makena Beach: Located south of Wailea in Makena State Park, 'Big Beach' is a 2.4-kilometre-long stretch of sandy paradise, and a mecca for sunbathers, bodyboarders and snorkellers. 'Little Beach' is a five-minute hike north along a trail cut through a lava outcropping, and is one of the few Hawaiian beaches were authorities turn a blind eye to nude sunbathing.
N Nakalele Blowhole: Maui's own version of Yellowstone, this geyser can rise as high as 30 metres in the air. Located on the northernmost point of the western half of Maui at Nakalele Point.
O Outrigger canoes: Most of the resort hotels offer guided tours in this traditional mode of water transportation, offering a great way to mix a spirited workout with a history lesson.
P Pipiwai Trail: This 6.5-kilomet re hike in Haleakal a National Park takes you through a valley to a 120-metre waterfall, Wakmoku Falls. It is well marked and to make the trek easier has boardwalks and steps to aid in the 700 metres in elevation change. The old banyan tree a couple of kilometres in is a sight to behold.
Q Quad Touring: Kahoma Ranch is located above the historic town of Lahaina and offers a couple of great family oriented activities: waterslides and ATV tours. The latter features driving Polaris Rangers on private dirt roads and trails during a 90-minute guided tour. (kahomaranch.com) RRomance: Maui is a global destination for newlyweds, and the island is always teeming with honeymooners. One place you're guaranteed to find them is on Mount Haleakala's summit at sunrise, rated 'the most romantic activity on Maui' by Condé Nast.
S Submarine tour: If the idea of swimming with the fishes leaves you cold, the Atlantis Submarine tour is the perfect solution to staying dry while still experiencing the wonder and beauty of what lies below. The 48-passenger sub descends to a depth of 33 metres off the coast of Lahanai to reveal coral, fish of all sizes and even a sunken whaling ship slipping by. A truly one-of-a-kind adventure. (atlantisadventures.com/maui)
T Te Au Moana: No visit to Hawaii is complete with taking in a Luau, and this one at the Wailea Beach Marriott is considered Maui's best. Traditional dining, dancing and storytelling provide insight into the past and present of the Hawaiian people. (teaumoana.com)
U Ululani's Shave Ice: Shave ice was brought to Hawaii by migrant Japanese plantation workers who would use machetes to shave blocks of ice then pour juices or syrups on the shavings. Ululani's in Lahaina serves up some of the best, and has the lineups to prove it. (ululanisshaveice.com)
V Volunteer: OK, it might not sound like a vacation, but giving your time to one of the island's most important foundations will replenish your soul. The Pacific Whale Foundation offers a three hour program where you can restore native plants, remove invasive species and help protect cultural sites and beaches. No, you don't get a T-shirt when you're done, but you do get a canvas tote bag. (pacificwhale.org)
W Wailea Golf Club: Consistently at the top of most bestgolf-course-in-the-United-States' lists, this club boasts three 18-hole tracks, each with amazing ocean views, swaying palm trees and verdant fairways. Gannon's restaurant in the Gold course's clubhouse is a local favourite, as much for its prices as its ocean views and tropical breezes. (waileagolf.com)
X X marks the spot: Treasure hunting and tropical islands go hand in hand, so rent a metal detector and do some beachcombing of your own. Geocaching has also come to the island, and there are no shortage of geocaching co-ordinates taking you to hidden waterfalls and secret beaches. (kaanapalibeachrentals.com)
Y 'Yipeeeee!': Catch a ride on a zip line over forest canopies and deep green gulches. A number of companies offer excellent zip line tours, some including treetop bridges and ladders.
Z Zzzzzzz. Hammock strung between two palm trees? Check. Warm scented ocean breeze? Check. Sound of rolling surf? Check. Right, we'll wake you at cocktail hour.


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As is often the case, Brandon Marshall felt an urge to speak out.
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That's awesome Ruth!
That would be a great post for the Geek/Nerd group as well.
Maybe you'd like to share your discussion there too.
Five years seems like an eon to wait for results. Good luck to them.
I couldn't believe it until I came to the method they used, which was timing the frames with different pulses of light. Still, it's impressive and sounds like it will have some beneficial uses.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Fiat S.p.A. took a huge gamble when it agreed to help rescue Chrysler.
Skeptics gave it zero chance of succeeding. What good could possibly come from combining a broken car company on federally funded life support with an Italian car company that had abandoned the U.S. market three decades earlier?
But that was three years ago. Fiat's FIATY (F) crazy gamble has since paid off brilliantly — and probably far better than it dared dream.
Chrysler on Tuesday reported a 20% jump in June U.S. car sales, its best June in five years. Read the latest on U.S. car sales.
There are plenty of reasons for that, including a massive overhaul of the company and its product line under the herculean efforts of Fiat Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne.
Earlier in the day, Fiat announced that it will exercise an option to add another 3% to its Chrysler stake, bringing its overall ownership in the once-bankrupt car company to 61.8%. According to the deal signed three years ago, Fiat lined up options to incrementally raise its stake in Chrysler to 75% by June 2016. The way things are going, it will likely do just that.
One reason Fiat coveted the Detroit company was because Chrysler's dealerships reopened the door to the U.S. market, and Fiat had big plans to bring the namesake brand back to North America. Last year. it started shipping the diminutive Fiat 500 to the United States, a car that screams cute and affordable to a generation untainted by Fiat's earlier flops.
Fiat sold 3,849 Fiat 500s in the United States in June, more than three times as many as a year ago, with each one chalked up to Chrysler's sales tally. This has given Fiat confidence that Americans might be ready for more. According to Marchionne, a U.S. relaunch of the Alfa Romeo is on his to-do list, perhaps as early as next year.
But the Italian invasion is a sidebar to the big story. What really matters to Marchionne and Fiat shareholders is how Chrysler, a broken relic of old Detroit, is now pumping profits back into Fiat. That money is very welcome given the economic crisis in Europe and the steep toll it's taken on Fiat's home turf, where car sales overall are in a five-year slump.
There's no way Marchionne could have anticipated just how dire the situation in Europe would become. But holding a majority stake in the fastest-growing American car company is huge insurance for Fiat's future, and returns the favor it extended to Chrysler in 2009.
Sometimes those big, crazy bets pay off, and twist the term "turnaround" in unexpected ways.
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