text: After the calendar has turned over so many years, you get to thinking about what time you have left. You're more conscious of it and become increasingly aware of its passing and its value. You know, it's like a kid getting paid for a summer job. One hundred dollars -- wow! This will buy everything he ever wanted! But after he gets down to a few crumpled dollar bills and a few coins it dawns on him that it's not going to last forever.I had the privilege of visiting a home for a little while the other afternoon. It was spotless and nicely decorated with antiques that had been handed down in the family for over a hundred years. There was a ticking pendulum clock that appeared to be really old. I got to thinking about our clock like that. It was bought one hundred and two years ago this month when my daddy was born. All this took me back to when I was little and Daddy's Uncle Walter (born in 1880) and his Aunt Mant (Samantha) lived up on the hill a half mile or so and one the other side of the road from us. I would walk up there of go with Mama, and later on I'd go on my bicycle or horseback.Uncle Walter was typical of Daddy's maternal kinfolks. He was five feet five inches tall, weighed a hundred and five pounds and wore khakis, lace up high-top shoes and one of those layered-looking straw hats. He carried a yellow-handled Case knife that was sharp enough to shave with, but he used it mostly to cut Tinsley Chewing Tobacco. Aunt Mant cooked a lot and probably could not be beaten when it came to fried pies, custard pies, and chicken and dumplings. She set the table with plates and napkins and goblets of tea. In the middle of the table was a sugar bowl, salt and pepper shakers and an empty peach can holding forks, spoons and knives so you could get whatever you needed.Aunt Mant and Uncle Walter had lived their lives farming, but by that time they were down to a big garden and orchard, a milk cow and some chickens. Their son lived in another house on the place and farmed it, with Uncle Walter helping him some. I was nine years old, they were seventy, and I though that was so old. And in reality, a farming couple in that time really was older than they would be now. They went to town every second Saturday where they spent a lot of time in the grocery store and Woolworth, then stopped by the feed store. Every couple of months they'd fill up their '40 model Ford with gas. With just a twenty-four mile round trip every two weeks, a full tank of nine-cent gas would last them awhile.Aunt Mant and Uncle Walter had a simple, uncluttered home. It was pretty much standard at that time to have a Seth Thomas pendulum mantel clock, and I can remember hearing the one they had ticking, winding up to strike and then striking on the hour and later the quarter, half, and quarter hour again. It was quiet in their house without a radio, children or telephone. There was a butane heater with a can of water on top to keep humidity in the air. And there was always the sound of rocking chairs creaking. At home in the winter I remember Aunt Mant reading the Bible, Uncle Walter reading the Progressive Farmer, both reading the Readers Digest and both rocking and hearing every second tick by, every quarter hour, half hour and every hour strike the time. They had time to discuss whatever was worthy of discussion. I don't recall them ever rushing around making a bunch of mistakes, some of which couldn't be corrected.They absolutely wouldn't be able to believe things now. The speed, the hurrying, the desperation to keep up, keep it done, push, push, always pushing. What if they could have fast-forwarded until now? They could witness us sending e-mail while taking on the phone scheduling heart surgery, pausing to answer a cell phone to hear one of our children hysterically saying, "My car is broken down!" and not being able to understand where. Then looking at a note on the desk that says, "This has to be mailed today to avoid a penalty", and a clock that says 5:25 p.m. Then remembering that the appointment nurse is still on hold.I really and truly do not think we have evolved to the point of handling all of this at once. Maybe we need a mantel clock so we can hear every second tick, every quarter hour strike, and every hour count off strikes.P.S. More things that nearly make sense: I told Frances we might not know how much it rained at the farm because the gauge would only hold six inches and then start running over. "Maybe I should've put up two gauges," I said.(c) Stan Johnson 2007Stan Johnson lives and works in Nolan County. Comments about this column can be emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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What honestly makes you think that as soon as you have a JD you can hold your own against anybody? The fact that you think what you learn in law school is the RAP kind of shows how inadequate your education is. How much preclusion did you learn? Choice of law? pre-emption?
but come on, you don't think that the people who you work with/for matter at any point? Not who your professors are, not who your bosses are, not who your co-workers are?
Dude what the f**ck is the matter with you Peaches?
QuoteDude what the f**ck is the matter with you Peaches? Yeah, knocking him is sort of low-hanging fruit. Sorry that bad things happened to him this year; that sucks. Sorry if I come off as a huge ass. He still doesn't know what the hell he's talking about though.And, Hugh Jass, we spent about 10 minutes going over RAP and res ipsa. The curriculum, philosophy, and style of teaching are completely different at the T14. We all learn a few basic things and take some similar courses in the first year, but after that it's a different ballgame.
I just went on to JDUNDERGROUND.COM (another law school discussion website, similar to this site). I read a few posts, and had enough. There were so many posts, particularly, trashing T3 and T4 law schools (i.e., for the New York area, majority of the posts were "Touro is *&^%," "Hofstra is *&^%," etc.). What possesses people to post such things? I see posts such like that on this board as well (i.e., "Cooley's the worst school," etc.)Is the only reason to go to law school to work at a big, fancy law firm? Does no one take into account that a person might go to a T3 or T4 because he or she received a scholarship? Or that a person doesn't want to work at a big firm (and not be miserable)? Or a person wants to work for themselves? What if someone wants to work in the public sector?I apologize for this little rant, but I had to address the issue. I know it's the internet, and people naturally express beliefs that they would not otherwise express in person, but still. Too many pathetic elitists! And to think that these people, either pre-law or law students, will one day represent the interests of future clients, corporations, or a state, is very disturbing.Oh well.
I would say that considering that most of the top schools offer much better public interest placements and loan forgiveness programs, you probably would be a lot better off there without the scholarship.

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AppleInsider reports that Apple has approved Manomio's Commodore 64 emulator, having rejected it in June because of its inclusion of a BASIC interpreter. Apple explicitly forbade apps from launching their own any executable code in the licensing for the version 2.0 SDK.
The ability of apps in 3.0 to enable in-app purchasing allowed Manomio to work around the limitation. Perhaps better characterized as a simulator rather than a true emulator, the Manomio app cannot run arbitrary C64 code, but only disk images licensed by the company.
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Britton Deerfield rolls past Dundee
The Blissfield High School girls basketball team used strong pressure defense to generate easy baskets and defeat non-conference opponent Clinton 64-19 on Thursday night.
Blissfield (2-0) recorded 27 steals and limited Clinton (0-2) to two points in the second half.
The Royals jumped out to a 24-11 lead after one and brought a 37-17 advantage into halftime. Blissfield outscored the Redskins 25-2 in the second half.
Claire Denecker and Kelsie Abbott each scored nine points for Blissfield. Sara Goetz had six points, seven assists and seven steals. Emma Essen compiled six points, seven rebounds and five steals. Kelsey Wyman added five points, five assists and five steals.
Hayley Turk, Melissa Dowell and Elizabeth Barkel each scored four points for Clinton.
Blissfield will travel to take on non-league foe Summerfield today. Clinton will open Tri-County Conference play against Sand Creek on Tuesday.
Britton Deerfield 53, Dundee 18: At Britton, balanced scoring and impressive defense in the second half propelled the Patriots to Thursday's lopsided non-conference win.
BD (2-0) started slow and led 11-6 after one quarter, but outscored Dundee 16-7 in the second quarter to pull away.
The Patriots were even better in the third quarter, holding the Vikings scoreless while tallying 14 points to lead 41-13 after three. Dundee managed five points in the fourth.
Three players scoring in double figures for BD. Abbey Meinert led the way with 18 points. Morgan Tanis totaled 12 points and seven rebounds, while Cambria Handy recorded a double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds. Janessa Handy added four assists.
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The event recognized Bernie Ente with a posthumous award for his contributions to the alliance. A member of the organization who passed away one year prior, Ente was remembered for his works as a photographer, historian, community leader and strong advocate of the creek.
He was also involved with the Working Harbor Committee, an organization that helps educate individuals regarding the need to secure safe harbors.
"Bernie laid the foundation for creating a visual record of Newtown Creek," said Kate Zidar, executive director of the group. "And we're honoring him with this award."
Looking at the past 10 years, Zidar discussed the NCA's accomplishments, including battling with ExxonMobil over taking responsibility for a 17-million underground oil spill in Greenpoint.
In 2010, Newtown Creek was designated as a Federal Superfund Site, meaning the Environmental Protection Agency would oversee a cleanup of the waterway. Sites on and around Newtown Creek were also designated as a Brownfield Opportunity Area.
Zidar emphasized that while a primary focus of the first 10 years was gaining press for the creek and educating people about the area, upcoming years would focus on maintaining and improving Newtown Creek and the surrounding area.
Zidar said that with the Superfund designation, the organization would have the opportunity to do some long-term planning for the health of the creek and its upland businesses and residential communities.
"We have opened a new chapter of progressive planning for the creek - bulkhead restoration and wetlands investment, building new habitat and mitigating sewer overflows," she said.


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With his background in marketing and organizational behavior, can Fr. Max Oliva '61 teach business ethics to the Vegas Strip? This article first appeared on Nov. 12, 2012, in the Las Vegas Review-Journal under a different title.
"People are fascinated with a priest who works with businesspeople on ethics," Max Oliva says.
Through short talks to business groups, full-length seminars, or individual sessions, he works with businesspeople—Catholics and non-Catholics—to try to sort through quandaries they encounter in the office. How should a business person deal with a larcenous partner, lay off people to satisfy cash-flow necessities yet not crush the spirit of the former employees, or handle a contract dispute with a client?
"My experience is there's not a lot of people you can talk to about this stuff," Oliva says. "You don't want to talk to your boss. You can't talk to a pastor because he is overwhelmed with other things. You don't want to take it home and make it a big problem. In walks Father Max Oliva, a Jesuit with a background in business."
Beatitudes for the workplace
Where do you put your time or energy or love? In answering that question, Max Oliva, S.J., says, "You want to put it in a company or organization that you believe in."
Oliva, who grew up in San Francisco, graduated from Santa Clara University with a B.A. in marketiing and business in 1961. He went on to train with the Jesuits for nine years and also earned an MBA in organizational behavior and industrial relations from U.C. Berkeley in 1971. He was ordained in 1972.
In the years since, Oliva has spent 12 years with the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, acted as assistant to the Jesuit provincial for social ministries in San Francisco, and ministered in Tijuana, a native reservation in Alberta, and Calgary. He returned briefly to Santa Clara to teach ethics in 2008 before moving to Las Vegas in 2011.
In the early 1960s, after graduating from college, he had offers to join three family-owned businesses: his father's food brokerage, his grandfather's print shop, and his great-uncle's construction firm.
Instead, he diplomatically said no to all three and entered training for priesthood in 1963, but kept a hand in commerce through such projects as lining up job interviews for black men in San Francisco's Fillmore district during the civil rights era.
"Even though I wasn't yet ordained, I wore the collar for protection," Oliva recalls. "White people really weren't welcome in the community at the time."
Much of his succeeding work involved social issues, but in 2001, while in Calgary, he felt the "market was saturated" for conventional missions. After reading a Fortune magazine article on religion in the workplace and talking with businesspeople in the area, he returned to his roots by starting Spirituality at Work in 2002. As a complement, he later wrote the book Beatitudes for the Workplace.
Answering a call to help out with a shortage of priests in the Las Vegas area, he came first on a part-time basis in 2008 and moved to the area last year.
"When you go into a parish with something different like I do, you really need the support of the bishop," Oliva says. "Here, I have the support of Bishop [Joseph] Pepe."
With the help of a local nine-person advisory group, he renamed the ministry Ethics in the Marketplace.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal had the chance to ask Fr. Oliva some questions.
Business ethics makes for an unconventional ministry for a priest. What brought you to it?
God works on nature. If your nature is that you have entrepreneurial gifts, that your background is in business, that you have contacts with a lot of people in business, that you grew up in that atmosphere and you have an MBA, it all kind of fits. I'm not a high school teacher, I'm more comfortable with adults in terms of ministry. I'm not a parish priest. My provincial [regional leader] says I'm our missionary in Nevada.
Where have businesspeople gone off the track?
When I was developing this ministry in Canada, one of the first guys I asked about it was a venture capitalist in Calgary [Alberta]. He said, "Father Max, we need you, it's a moral desert out there." People are cutting corners and focusing too much on the short term. There are major scandals, like the HOA [homeowners association] things and medical issues. People come to me and like to see me one-to-one. They have a lot more stress because of the economy, and morale is down. If you're in a job that you don't like but you don't want to leave because there is nothing else to do, you are going to be unhappy there.
I hear stories from people about things that have happened at their workplace that are painful, or from some who are out of work, and how they're working on dealing with those issues.There are some wonderful people here who are really inspirational to me.
What is the practical value of ethics for a company?
The key is reputation. What kind of reputation do you have? How do you treat your employees? Zappos often shows up in surveys as a company people want to work for because of the work climate. Tom Morris, who wrote the book If Aristotle Ran General Motors, basically said ethics creates a climate of goodness. If you have a climate of goodness in a company, people want to work there, they want to produce, they want to be effective, and they want the company to succeed. People don't want to work for a company that kills the human spirit.
Do you get people who say, "Ethics are fine but they just don't apply in a tough economy"?
You could say that about any period—ethics doesn't work when you have too much money or it doesn't work when there isn't enough. Ethics is about being consistent, regardless of what shape the economy is in.
Ethics is also important in terms of your spirit and mental health, and it can even affect your physical health.
I remember one guy whose business partner absconded with the money and really hurt the company. So he talked with me about how to handle this. I said, probably the only thing you can do is pray for the grace to forgive him. You have to come to some sort of peace about this. If you are angry about it, or resentful, who gets hurt? It's not the guy who's left with the money, it's you because it's eating you up inside.
Is that a tough message to get across, because the first instinct is usually to hire lawyers?
Sometimes your only recourse is to sue. In fact, there was a situation here where someone asked me if he should sue. After laying out all the steps he had taken, I realized the guy who took advantage of him would do that to somebody else if he wasn't stopped. And the only way to stop people like that is to sue them. Normally, I believe in trying to solve problems before getting to court.
Ethics would seem to be a tough sell when the economic heart of the area is the Strip.
In the three years I have been involved here, I have had very little contact with the Strip. I know very few executives who work on the Strip. One of first people I met before I moved here was Terry Lanni [the late chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International]. I met him through a Jesuit brother. I laid out for him what I was doing and he said, "The economy is in bad shape right now, so it would be better if you waited on this. But I am interested in what you are doing and I could introduce you to some people." But then he left [MGM].
When I first came here, I reached out by sending letters to Strip executives, but I never heard back from anybody.
What does that say about Las Vegas?
I would rather not go there.
Do you ever hit the casinos?
My ancestral background is mainly Italian—Genovese. Genovese are money people, which means we"re tight with money. I don't gamble because I don't want to lose money. What is the sense in that? It's stupid.
Have you come up with any concrete goals?
That's a very hard question for a priest to answer. I want to know what God wants and I want to do it. And people tell me, "Yeah, we know that. But what do you want to accomplish?" I hope my being here will draw people closer to God and encourage them to be better in the workplace. I hope that what I have to offer helps people deal with serious issues both personal and work-related.


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Pressure-based Runs Get Packers Past VCHS Girls
The way Valley City High School girls basketball coach Jim McDaniel looked at it, his team had two issues in Tuesday night's 67-46 loss to No. 2 West Fargo.
"Two tough runs," he said, referring to both an 18-0 first half run and a 16-2 run early in the second half. "Against good teams, we can't allow them to have runs like that."
Both runs had a few commonalities. One, they broke open the score to keep Valley City from getting too close. Two, they both started when West Fargo went into a full-court press.
The first run started just over three minutes into the game. Valley City had a layup from Dierra Diegel that gave the Hi-Liners a 5-3 lead with 14:53 to go in the half. West Fargo responded with three straight 3-pointers, a long jumper and a few layups to go up 21-6 with 10 minutes left to play.
Valley City eventually got the lead as low as seven, but trailed 32-20 at halftime.
Out of the half, the Hi-Liners scored eight straight points behind Jessica Denholm, Claire Olson and Dierra Diegel, who hit two free throws also put back her own missed layup to narrow West Fargo's lead to 32-28 with 15:41 left to play.
But then West Fargo went back into the press, going on a run that started as 16-2 but later got up to 23-6 before VCHS got some traction, but at that point, VCHS trailed 55-34.
McDaniel acknowledged the difficulties with the press, but said his concerns had more to do with how little shot clock remained by the time his team ran its offense.
"We didn't have a ton of turnovers with the press, but it brought our shot clock to where we're having 20 seconds to get a good look," he said.
When the Hi-Liners weren't having the press, they were led in their scoring runs by Deholm and Diegel, who had the team's highs of 15 and 13 points. Olson and Mariah Olstad also had key points in runs that narrowed the Packers' lead.
West Fargo was led by future Valley City State player Lexi Lennon, who had three twos, three 3-pointers, and went 3-3 at the free-throw line. Shooters Christina Baltezore and Cass Thorson, and post player Shelby Gustafon all finished with 12 points.


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I hope Issei manages to at least put up a fight without using his BB form.
It'd be a major letdown if the author used this opportunity to depower him and reboot his 'powersets' similar to the fullbring arc in Bleach.
I seriously don't see how Issei can gain anything from doing that.
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Very interesting news! I'm even more eager to read this volume. Chichigami-sama seems to have written a very exciting story for this volume.
If Isse managed to fight even without BB that means he has accumulated a lot of ability and experience of battle, it is a sign that he is stronger than ever and not that his powers were reduced.
Then we have a lot of improvements in the powers of the Group Gremory and friends, it was time, it was bad leaving powers increases only to Isse and Kiba.
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As some remainded me, in the volume 13 short story, which occured, after volume 12, Ise used BB.
I think the most simple explenation on why Ise isin't going to use BB, in volume 14, is becuase, if that happens... the author couldn't have shown how much Ise's basic stats have improved, after he was revieved by Ophis and Great Red...
Not to mention, I belive that the author also mentioned, in the afterword of volume 12, that the girls will have a much higher combat particpance level in the next volume (arc), so it might be also possible that Ise's role in combat is going to be slightly reduced...
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its been a long time since i show up in DxD tread,and group.
this interesting so fafnir is dragon that can friendly with azazel because his true pervert nature that explaint everything why he a dragon king allowing him self get sealed inside azazel SG.
so wityh this azazel truly will never show up on battlefield ever again remembering his SG already doesn't have anything in the inside anymore.
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Fafnir and Asia really do match however in color, Asia's Golden Hair to Fafnir's Golden Scales. Asia now has a real guardian to protect her when she is firing arrows of healing. Fafnir well he is a pervert.................. so he got his wish more or less.
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For more information here is a link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apep
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Not really surprised if Akeno and Rias do get a dragon style power up they've been sucking out power from Ise for what 6 months now, that power has to go somewhere unless they have a way to purge it from themselves. The power will probably be dependent on getting power from Ise though so not a true power up.
Ise is now probably a full blown dragon himself he just doesn't know it yet, I wouldn't be surprised if next time he's really pushed in a fight he transforms into somesort of dragon.
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I was thinking, after reading issei won't go BB, maybe the author plans that issei will start to do partial transformations like only his left arm or his legs or maybe only his new body will be shown and instead of BB he will transform into an real dragon (humanoid form). All I hope is that he learns to fly by himself-
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There is bound to be a lot of myths switch around or changed in some funny ways.
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Damn I didn't think ise would get a familiar this ln(what's his familiar btw) but lmao for Asia getting fafnir and the evil dragons are cool specially yamata meaning we might be able to see susano or something similar to the Kusanagi sword like in campione also liking Beowulf's legend being introduced and didn't expect grafias bro to be the bad guy also how did akenos magic become dragon attributed and yay for the ravel centered novel and the names for the vamps remind me of the crips and bloods for some reason alsO whose kiryuu forgot haven't been reading in a while
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text: ok so ive been reading alot of ppl that have traded in their storms for replacement. i know its a pain but if u have met this requirement of 3 phones with issues that arent your fault ie (memory leaks, os issues, etc) within 90 days ur entitles to a muiltifru policy. what they tell you is of equal or lesser value when they use their price comparison matrix. what they dont tell you is that you can get any phone on multifru policy with paying the price difference. csr's are like robots at points. they dont think, they just do as they are told. if you tell them that about the multifru policy and paying the differnce to the 2 yr contract price they will let u do it. i did that when i went from my lg dare to my lg versa. all i had to do was i had the phone replaced 3 times in the 90 days and had to pay the price difference. that was it. so give that a try to ur next call to 611.


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"More Than Human†Book and Exhibition by Renowned Photographer Tim Flach | Pixel 77
I am very proud to present to you today an exclusive sneak preview of Tim Flach's upcoming book and photography exhibition called More Than Human that will be held at Osborne Samuel Gallery in London. I stumbled upon Tim's work one day and was absolutely blown away by his one-of-a-kind, heartwarming animal portraits. Let's take a look at Flach's discourse on photography, his aim as an artist and a short yet enticing biography.
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Q: I can not see any of the photos everything is blank except for the front page. Anyone know why?
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Even for those people who'd otherwise use video there's a few big obstacles, one being the extra costs of it and the second being ease of use. The latter one is a big one. It's a nuisance to have to open this or that, get a SIP-number and so on to call someone when we can just pick up the phone, no matter where we are, and call someone with 2 button presses.
If one could receive and place video calls on one's phone but then have the audio and video redirected wirelessly to another nearby device with equally few presses then it actually might catch up a little. Very few people want a location-bound phone service these days, mobile phones are so popular exactly because they aren't location bound. So, your phone still being the central device but just being able to redirect audio and video to a nearby device, no matter where you are, would work much better.
Just imagine it: you get a call and would like to have it in video you press "Answer on other device" and point the phone to your TV: voila, full-screen video. Or if you're not at home but f.ex. at friend's place and you have your laptop: you do the same but point at the laptop instead. People would only need that one single number to catch you from, you wouldn't need any extra clients or services, and it'd always go wherever you go.


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NHL checks EA exclusivity offer
Publisher's deal with prohockey Player's Association reportedly nixed by the league, which wants competing games.
Publisher's deal with prohockey Player's Association reportedly nixed by the league, which wants competing games.
From Vlad to Jeter, McNabb to Sharapova, we hand out our year-end grades for 2005's cover athletes.
The Devils put on the offensive pressure.
Colorado takes the lead with a goal.
Nashville and Minnesota trade shots.
Learn about the NHL's new shootout rule, courtesy of EA Sports.
The NHL offensive zone is growing. Find out by how much in this clip.
Curious about the NHL's new two-line pass rule? Then watch this video.
Find out how goalies are now restricted in the NHL with this video.
Icing has become stricter in the NHL.
Learn how the new tag up offsides rule works in this video, courtesy of EA Sports.
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Low Cost Spay/Neuter and Vaccination Clinic in Texarkana on Tuesday
There is a low cost spay, neuter and vaccination clinic on Tuesday in Texarkana. Schedule your appointment today. This will be the last clinic held in Texarkana this year so take full advantage of the opportunity to have your pet fixed before the neighbor's dog digs under your fence and things happen.
The Tuesday clinics are operated by the Animal Protection League from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Tractor Supply parking lot behind Taco Bell, Burger King and Hooters on Stateline Avenue.
The low cost spay and neuter clinic is by appointment only. You should make your appointments at least one week in advance. Dogs over 30 pounds are scheduled further out so please call soon to schedule your appointment: 903-440-4911.
Low cost vaccinations, heartworm and flea medications, micro-chips, nail trimming and other services will be available at the clinic on a walk-in basis.
Pricing for Services
The Low-Cost Pet Vaccination Clinic is operated by the Animal Protection League which is based out of Sulphur Springs, Texas.
Vaccinations are available on a walk-in basis as are products for heartworm and flea prevention.
Appointments must be made in advance for spay and neuter services. Dogs over 80 pounds need to visit one of the stationary clinics for spay or neuter.
To make an appointment to have your pet spayed or neutered, visit APLspayneuter.org or call 903-440-4911.
This clinic is not set up as competition for our vets in Texarkana. It is as a low cost alternative for pet owners who cannot otherwise afford the services.
This is a great opportunity to get your pets updated on vaccinations. Protecting your pets from diseases is very important as well as preventing them from reproducing over and over. Our local shelters are full from dogs and cats in our neighborhoods that have not been fixed.
If you need heartworm prevention, you will need to provide proof that your pet has tested negative within the past year or pay a reduced fee of $20 to have your pet tested.
Animal Protection League is a non-profit organization that was formed in 1984 in the State of Texas as an animal rescue and adoption agency. In May of 1996, they reorganized and began operating a low cost spay/neuter and vaccination program which is located in Sulpher Springs, Texas. In January of this year, the league was able to purchase a 20' surgical trailer to allow the clinic to hit the road and visit surrounding communities.


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Fayetteville High School's Lady Tigers took a tough loss in their first game following the New Year.
The ladies went down to Forrest, 41-33.
With six girls dressed as Kerry Brown remains sidelined with injury, the depth of the Lady Tigers continues to become a key factor late in the game. The Lady Rockets had 15 in uniform.
Fayetteville trailed 15-14 at the break.
With 4:43 in the third, Tamia Baker nailed a 3-pointer, putting the ladies up 21-18. But, in their next possession, Forrest hit a three and knotted it again at 21. Baker added another from the arch with 1:23 in the period, but the ladies trailed 27-24 at the end of the quarter.
At the 1:43 mark in the fourth, it was a three-point ball game with Fayetteville trailing 36-33.
But, the Lady Rockets made the shots from the line down the stretch to finish with the win.
Trevah Thompson led for the ladies with 12 points. Tamia Baker had 9; Paeshence Thompson, 5; Jasmine Parks, 4; and Lexie Horton scored 3.
Fayetteville hit four from the arch with Baker nailing three and Horton one.
From the line, the ladies were 7 of 16. The Lady Rockets were 8 of 11.
For their next action, Fayetteville will travel to Huntland on Tuesday before hosting Eagleville on Friday. Game times are at 6 p.m.


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Transfer news: Robert Lewandowski will not leave Dortmund this summer, club say
Borussia Dortmund's general manager Hans-Joachim Watzke now insists Robert Lewandowski will not leave this summer.
Last Updated: 17/06/13 11:10am
The coveted Pole has already made his feelings clear that he expects to move to Bayern Munich next season, but Watzke has denied having given the striker his word that he can move.
With a switch within the Bundesliga ruled out until his contract expires in 2014, speculation had mounted that he would instead be tempted by a move abroad.
Spain and England had both been rumoured as destinations, with Real Madrid, Chelsea and Manchester City most strongly linked with the 24-year-old.
But Watzke says they too would be wasting their time trying to lure him away from Westphalia.
"Robert will definitely be playing for Borussia Dortmund next season," he told Germany's Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. "We need this security to be able to plan (for the season)."
Lewandowski has scored 54 goals in 98 Bundesliga appearances for Dortmund and became the first player to score four goals in a semi-final of the Champions League when he single-handedly dismantled Real Madrid.


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What about the 700 joint business plans that HP has completed with partners?
At the Global Partner Conference I said that we really wanted to have a joint business plan with every partner. We are going to start with those that were at the Global Partner Conference. What this is is classic business planning. 'Mr. Partner, what are your objectives? What are you trying to accomplish? Where are you trying to grow?' Where is our innovation? Where do we think we can give you a differentiated offering that will change your position in the marketplace? And then let's build a plan together. And let's build a multiyear plan.
That is why we have embarked on a very deliberate business planning process. I think it may be the most deliberate in HP's history. Anyway, we got away from it for a while. So now we are back at it.


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RPM has hired Treena C. Johnson as a senior financial analyst. She will report to RPM's vice president and controller, Barry Slifstein, and succeeds Melissa Schoger, who transferred to RPM's European headquarters.
RPM has also elected Frank C. Sullivan to the position of chairman and chief executive officer. He succeeds chairman Thomas C. Sullivan, who retired after 37 years in that post, but will remain on the company's board of directors as chairman emeritus.


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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota coach Pam Borton thought she had a team worthy of making a postseason tournament run.
She still does, even if all the Golden Gophers can do now is hope and wait.
Maggie Lucas scored 24 points Friday and led No. 9 Penn State back from a 13-point first half deficit to beat eighth-seeded Minnesota 78-74 in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals, leaving Minnesota in limbo.
"I think there's still a chance to get into postseason, depending on how many teams get into the NCAA tournament," coach Pam Borton said. "We truly believe that seven teams in the Big Ten should get in, hands down. So we're holding out hope we can be that team that's in the NIT."
It could happen.
If the Big Ten gets seven NCAA bids, Minnesota (15-17) could sneak into the WNIT because it would be the next best team in the league.
The question, of course, is whether the Golden Gophers (15-17) have done enough to make it. They went 2-9 against ranked teams this season, lost all three games to Penn State, the Big Ten regular-season champs, and failed to reach the conference tournament semifinals for the first time since 2005.
But they do have freshman Rachel Banham, who had 25 points Friday, and victories over then No. 9 Ohio State and then No. 15 Nebraska, who will meet in Saturday's first semifinal game. Plus, they outplayed Penn State for much of Friday's game.
"We certainly talked about responding to their physical play and that we had to play a little bit tougher in the second half than we did in the first half, and I thought we were able to do that," Penn State coach Coquese Washington said.
Kiara Buford had 19 points, while Brianna Mastey and Jackie Voigt each finished with 10 for Minnesota.
Backup guard Leah Cotton didn't play in the second half after a scary head-first collision with the side of the scorer's table with 3.6 seconds left in the first half. Cotton was surrounded by coaches, trainers and her parents, and a stretcher was briefly sent onto the floor.
After several minutes, Cotton got up, wiped her nose and walked past her teammates into the locker room.
It was just one more hurdle for the Gophers to overcome after building the big, early lead.
Penn State, the regular-season league champs, will face the winner of the game between fourth-seeded Purdue and fifth-seeded Michigan State.
The relieved Nittany Lions (24-5) will take it. They've now won eight straight overall. Penn State is trying to dethrone three-time defending tourney champion Ohio State, a title the Nittany Lions haven't won since 1996.
Few games have caused Washington, or Lucas, as much as consternation as this one.
Lucas drew her second foul less than five minutes into the game, sending her to bench and Penn State into a tailspin.
When Lucas left, the Nittany Lions trailed 11-8. When she returned, they were down 20-11, and with Lucas playing cautiously to avoid another foul, the Golden Gophers took advantage by repeatedly going to the basket and building a 31-18 lead with 7:55 to go.
It was then that Lucas reverted to her usual form and changed the game.
"I just have a lot of faith and confidence in Maggie," Washington said. "I told her, 'You've got two fouls, you've got to be smart. You just can't gamble, maybe you don't get in there and take a charge. Maybe in some areas, you're not as aggressive or assertive.' And then, we talked about offensively, you have to be smart and take the pull-up instead of putting yourself in position to get a charge call."
Lucas finished with three 3-pointers, made all nine of her free throws, grabbed seven rebounds and had two assists.
But the numbers only told part of the story.
She avoided picking up her third foul over the final 11 minutes of the first half, continued to score after landing hard on her left, non-shooting, elbow midway through the second half and made the final two free throws to seal the game with 4 seconds left.
Lucas' presence also helped free up her teammates.
Zhaque Gray made 4 of 6 from 3-point range and finished with 19 points. Center Nikki Greene had 11 points and eight rebounds, and all-league guard Alex Bentley had 12, a combination that proved too much for the underdog Gophers.
Lucas spurred an 11-3 run to get the Gophers within 36-29 at halftime, and knocked down a 3 to open the second half. Two possessions later, Penn State was within 36-35 and when Greene completed a three-point play with 15:21 to play, the Nittany Lions finally had the lead, 40-38.
Minnesota rallied from a 58-45 deficit, getting within 60-56 and as close as 76-74 on Banham's 3 with 5 seconds to go.
But Lucas made the free throws to seal it.
"I was very proud of the way we played," Borton said. "Obviously, it's very disappointing how we lost."
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Got rid of my Pickup.... ...replaced with a 4Runner
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with those tyres, do you get much spring rubbing on the front? My brother had to limit his lock with his 35x12.5 MTZ's, not by much but they still rub the springs.
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So I picked up a replacement hood last week, and it needed paint. I could have just painted it red to match, but i thought I would do something alittle fancier.
At first I was going to sketch a skull or something crazy and paint it, but skulls are overdone. So I did something alittle different..
First was to blow up the insignia to make a masking. Check out the Rastorbator if you ever want to blow up an image across multiple sheets of paper. Here we have the insignia covering 15 sheets... i think it will fit perfectly:
Next we have to put a base coat. Im going to do a red insignia, so I laid a few coats of red down, then masked:
Then i taped the insignia in place, and carefully traced it with a razorblade.. cutting through the sheet, and the masking tape underneath.
After removing the left over stencil & masking, this is what we got
You can probably see some of the red paint was lifted with the tape. Kind of pissed me off, i guess my prep-work wasnt as great as it should have been. Oh well, it will all be covered with black.
A few coats of gloss black
And after a few more coats, I removed the left over masking, and viola!!
I'll let it sit in the garage overnight and continue to dry, then install it on the truck.
Extra Credit for anybody who can tell me what this insignia is from
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You may notice there is a strap that runs behind my grill. That is holding my hood shut. I think I am going to have to invest in a set of hoodpins soon.
Soon I will be forced to do something for front & rear bumpers.
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I love smoked oysters but am not too keen on eating those imported from China. Are you aware of anyone who is smoking them locally? T. King
''Another smoked oyster vol-au-vent?'' Those were the fateful last words many 1970s party-goers remember before waking up the next morning with nausea and lingering head pain. Of course, it was the smoked oysters' fault and nothing to do with the gallons of Blue Nun and Ben Ean (white wines popular in Australia at the time) they guzzled. You can buy Aussie smoked oysters direct from Harris Smokehouse in the Adelaide Hills (harrissmokehouse.com.au) from February to July. If you can't wait until then, you can smoke your own. Place opened oysters in the half shell in a bamboo steaming basket. Place several tablespoons of oolong tea leaves in the base of a wok over medium heat. When the leaves are smoking, place the basket over the tea leaves and cover with a wok lid, leaving for three to four minutes. They will be smoky but still raw. Eat immediately. Alternatively, place freshly shucked oyster in the half shell over smoking hardwood chips in the barbecue and cook, lid down, for about 30 minutes, until the oyster is cooked. Eat when the oyster shell is cool enough to handle. They will be salty, smoky and delicious.
Why do mangoes change flavour throughout the season? D. Wilkie
Chris Nathanael, who grows more than 200 different varieties of tropical fruit in his orchard at Bees Creek, near Darwin, says there are a number of reasons. Early in the season, mangoes are harvested before they are tree-ripe, or completely sweet, to be shipped south. If you want the mangoes to sweeten, keep them somewhere warm for a few days, he advises. If mangoes are stored near bananas, the bananas' naturally occurring ethylene will deepen their colour. As soon as the tropical wet season hits the Northern Territory in the next few weeks, their mango season finishes and the production moves to Queensland, where the cycle starts again. Over the Australian mango season, which lasts until March or April, about 10 different varieties come and go, each with different characteristics. Nathanael says ''it has been a bastard of year'' in the NT but he has still managed to produce a decent crop of outstanding mangoes. You can buy a box of 16 to 20 mangoes of different varieties for $68, delivered to your door. Email firstname.lastname@example.com. Supplies are limited.
Can I make mayonnaise using the juice from a jar of pickled cucumbers? J. Reynolds
Brilliant question. I love anyone who uses every resource they have in front of them when they are cooking. You need to add acid to the egg yolk before you slowly dribble the oil in to make egg-yolk mayonnaise. I once saw a cook in Spain take the lid off some guindillas - Basque peppers pickled in vinegar plus a nice little dose of E621, known to you and me as MSG - and use some of the liquid. The resulting mayonnaise, doubly delicious with egg, Arbequina olive oil and MSG, was spooned over deep-fried squid and placed in a bread roll for a truly memorable snack. I have made mayonnaise using lemon juice, mustard, tinned beetroot juice, sherry vinegar, blood orange juice, Nanking vinegar and most other comestible acids. I can recommend making a mayonnaise from the juice of pickled ginger finished with some quality sesame-seed oil. Mayonnaise made with raw eggs needs to be refrigerated and used within a few days.
What is the difference between taste and flavour? C. Davies
Some interior designers would argue that everyone is born with flavour but not everyone is born with taste. That, however, is another definition. We taste with our tongues. We taste salty, sweet, sour, bitter and savoury substances with our tongues. With our noses, we smell aromas. Sniffing, we detect smoke, perfumes and the scents of foods. This is called orthonasal smell. When we chew food or swish around wine, we perceive the aromas. This is called retronasal smell. It is only when we combine taste and smell that the two experiences are combined in the brain to create the experience of flavour. So, tongue=taste, nose=smell. Taste+smell in the brain = flavour. To learn more about flavour, consider attending The Science of Taste, a symposium at William Angliss on November 26. See angliss.edu.au/scienceoftaste.
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ENERGY: USA Today finds that while both candidates have energy proposals that are favored by the public, Obama's proposals score a little bit higher than McCain's.
VIDEO: Last month, John McCain made a big-time reversal in announcing his support for off-shore oil drilling and since then energy executives and employees donated $1.1 million to his campaign. Guest host Mike Barnicle discusses in the Hardball Big Number.
"John McCain has found at least one issue where he enjoys something of an advantage over Barack Obama: offshore drilling for oil," the Detroit Free Press adds. "With gas prices way up this summer, polls in battleground states, including Michigan, have consistently found strong support for offshore drilling."
IRAQ: Guess what? The two are starting to agree on this one -- sort of. "But even as the two presumptive presidential nominees continue to squabble about the past, their debate over the future of U.S. troops in Iraq seems to have entered a broad new middle ground, in which the question is not whether to withdraw but rather the speed and circumstances of departure. In recent days, McCain has said he could support withdrawal over 16 months -- the timetable proposed by Obama -- provided 'conditions' were right. Obama has said that he would 'adapt' his withdrawal timeline should 'things drastically worsen as we're drawing down.' Both advocate leaving a residual U.S. force in Iraq, although neither has specified the size of such a force or where it would be based."
UNIONS: Wow, the Wal-Mart story in the Wall Street Journal today is going to get the unions all fired up. Wow... this should be one LONG press release day for those who have labor union press shops regularly sending them releases. "Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is mobilizing its store managers and department supervisors around the country to warn that if Democrats win power in November, they'll likely change federal law to make it easier for workers to unionize companies -- including Wal-Mart."
"In recent weeks, thousands of Wal-Mart store managers and department heads have been summoned to mandatory meetings at which the retailer stresses the downside for workers if stores were to be unionized. According to about a dozen Wal-Mart employees who attended such meetings in seven states, Wal-Mart executives claim that employees at unionized stores would have to pay hefty union dues while getting nothing in return, and may have to go on strike without compensation. Also, unionization could mean fewer jobs as labor costs rise."
How much of a battleground state IS Minnesota? The TV buy numbers suggest it might not be as contentious a swing state as some would have you believe. "While more than $50 million -- a record -- has been spent on presidential campaign ads nationwide during the past two months, John McCain and Barack Obama have spent just $645,000, combined, in Minnesota, according to the University of Wisconsin Advertising Project… That's the least, by far, spent by the campaigns in 14 battleground states, according to the project, which tracks political advertising."


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– There is talk of using both Brock Lesnar and The Rock at this year's SummerSlam pay-per-view. WWE really wants the Hollywood community to be part of SummerSlam's festivities and both stars would help make it seem like a bigger event.
– The reason why Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns vs. Sheamus, Ryback and John Cena at WWE Elimination Chamber won't be happening inside the Chamber is because it would be an elimination match and WWE doesn't want to have to eliminate five of their hottest Superstars right now.
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Don't you wish that was a book on your shelf?! I do!!!
My house is a complete mess and I tell you, working (hours of sessions, editing, orders, ect.) are not helping me one bit! My list is huge: cleaning, decluttering, things to make.
In just a couple of days, there will only be 50 days left before the big day. I'm going to do somethign aout it!


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Thursday, September 01, 2011
Ohio State Still Doesn't Get It
When we last left our friends in C-bus, they were throwing disgraced former coach Jim Tressel under the bus to the NCAA, saying he - and he alone - was responsible for the violations Ohio State* now finds itself faced with.
Gee, how things change in two weeks.
In the last week, a tribute to The Dirty Vest was added to the main hallway of the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. According to the Dispatch article linked above, "included are such statistics as his career record at Youngstown State and Ohio State, national championships, Big Ten championships, record against Michigan, All-Americans and Academic All-Americans. Below that are photos from various seasons."
Here's a pic:
I'm still trying to decide if this is Tosu* being utterly clueless, arrogant beyond words, or a giant heaping mixture of both.
I thought the official word out of C-bus was that Sweaterboy was solely to blame and Tosu* utterly ashamed of the current mess. If that's the case, how the hell does a school do this mere days after the man in the shrine went before the NCAA to admit that he was a cheater? Or school officials simply that stupid as to how this appears? (it is OSU*, after all). I guess when Gene "See no evil" Smith and Gordon "I hope the coach doesn't fire me" Gee are in charge, any combination of the above shouldn't come as a surprise.
Your move, NCAA. I can only hope that you "enshrine" The Dirty Vest's "accomplishments" by giving Tosu fans some sanctions with teeth to remember him by.
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- GoBlueBob said...
Where is the display with Sweatervest & Pryor and Woody & Bauman? Some tribute... the two winningest coaches at tosu both forced to resign under strange circumstances. Next, they will retire numbers 2 and 58. Go figure.
- September 01, 2011 12:38 PM
- phil said...
What is it about "it was a federal investigation and required secrecy" that you guys at MZONE don't understand????
p.s.(when are we going to start a search party for whetstonebuck?)
- September 01, 2011 2:11 PM
- Mikoyan said...
What about srudoff? Haven't seen him here in a while either. Or does he live near Cincinatti and has an affinity for vinyl?
- September 01, 2011 3:00 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
oh, they'll be back.
yeah, the whole scandal thing is a problem now, but mark my words, when tosu wins 8+ games this season, and beats us again?
yeah, they'll be back as if none of this ever happened. no matter what the ncaa does, whether they go to a bowl or not, if they beat us? none of this will even dent them.
if the last decade should have taught michigan fans anything, it's that to tosu fans, a "W" is this only thing that matters.
- September 01, 2011 3:06 PM
- Rigby said...
Very poor judgement by tOSU with the timing. I don't have a problem with the mural...he accomplished a lot during his time. But unveiling it now, with all of the ongoing NCAA investigations is irresponsible and arrogant.
- September 01, 2011 4:23 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
so, 3 more tosu players taking "stuff" this summer.
can't wait to see how they blame Sweaterboy for this instead of taking responsiblity for a non existent compliance department
- September 01, 2011 8:30 PM
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- September 01, 2011 10:03 PM
- TitleIX said...
So, here's the thing.
I can't even wrap my mind around the idiocy involved here.
Or the brilliance...
Ponder me this:
You are the PR guy for tUOS. The reputation and image of your employer is in the crapper. What on earth do you do????
Do you cave? Circle the wagons? Eat humble pie??
Or, you do what brainiac
Dan Wallenberg, director of athletics communications
215 St. John Arena
410 Woody Hayes Dr.
Columbus, OH 43210-1166
does....go balls out, common sense, and propriety be damned and canonize the criminal behavior.
Double speak at it's pinnacle.
Nice job, Dan Wallenberg, media guru guy.
Getting paid the big bucks to be the biggest douche in town.....
- September 01, 2011 10:05 PM
- Mikoyan said...
As Harrison Ford said in "Clear and PResent Danger", "No sense in diffusing a bomb after its gone off..."
- September 01, 2011 10:07 PM


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Taylor Martinez threw for 308 yards and two touchdowns to lead No. 16 Nebraska to a 38-14 drubbing of Minnesota on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
Kenny Bell caught nine passes for 136 yards and two touchdowns and Ameer Abdullah rushed for 79 yards on 18 carries for the Cornhuskers (9-2, 6-1 Big Ten), who can win the Big Ten Legends division with either a win next week or a Michigan loss.
"Happy to get the win. I thought it was pretty good effort by our team in all regards, pretty complete effort," Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini said. "Obviously some things to clean up; now the challenge is going to be to come back in a short week and be ready to go on the road and put ourselves in position to finish off the second half of the year the way we want to."
Nebraska will travel to Iowa to take on the Hawkeyes next week, while Michigan will take on undefeated Ohio State.
The Cornhuskers are currently tied with Michigan for the top spot in the Legends Division, but own the tie-breaker by virtue of their 23-9 victory over the Wolverines earlier this season.
Philip Nelson completed just 8-of-23 passes for 59 yards and two interceptions and Rodrick Williams rushed for 26 yards on seven carries for the Golden Gophers (6-5, 2-5), who will host Michigan State next week to conclude the regular season.
"I don't think it has a lot to do with the quarterback, we got beat at the line of scrimmage, period," Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill said."We were dominated, at the line of scrimmage. There is more than one individual that had tough day, we got dominated at the line of scrimmage."
MarQuies Gray ran for a pair of touchdowns in the setback.
Nebraska scored on its first touch when Brett Maher split the uprights from 39 yards out. Earlier in the drive, Martinez connected with Jamal Turner for a 16-yard completion, and the Cornhuskers got an extra 15 yards after the Gophers were flagged for an unnecessary roughness penalty to put the ball on the Minnesota 30.
The Gophers went three-and-out on the ensuing possession, and Nebraska marched 85 yards in eight plays to take a 10-0 lead. Martinez hooked up with Turner for a 22-yard completion to put the ball on the Nebraska 35 and six plays later Martinez found Bell for a 36-yard touchdown pass.
After forcing yet another Minnesota three-and-out, Martinez found Bell for a 29-yard completion to set up Imani Cross' 3-yard touchdown rush to put Nebraska up 17-0.
Cross' 1-yard plunge gave Nebraska a 24-0 spread at halftime.
Following a 23-yard Abdullah run early in the second half, Martinez connected with Bell once again for a 30-yard touchdown and Stanley Jean-Baptiste returned an interception 48 yards to put the Cornhuskers up 38-0.
Gray added a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns runs to account for the final margin.
Game Notes
Nebraska outgained Minnesota 444-177 ... The Cornhuskers have won 43 conference championships, its last coming in 1999 (Big 12) ... Minnesota owns a 29-22-2 lead in the all-time series, but has dropped the last 16 meetings.


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Ofcom: Now's your chance to make Local TV for Local People
Getcher applications in for White Space telly channels
Posted in Policy, 14th May 2012 08:00 GMT
Ofcom has received 87 expressions of interest from groups interested in running Local TV channels, and three companies interested in broadcasting them, so has launched the beauty contest to see who gets to be the next Alan Partridge.
Local TV should be up and running within the next two years, in the 21 locations selected for the first roll out, but those interested in running a channel need to get their application in by August 13 to be considered in a process which will let the regulator decide who will provide the best, and most sustainable, local content.
The channels will be broadcast at low power in White Space spectrum not being used locally for one of the proper channels. Each of the 21 areas selected has space for three standard-definition channels, but only one will get the special treatment, and BBC cash, which is going to be necessary if Local TV is going to make enough money to keep operational.
Local stations won't be held to limits on advertising minutage, and the BBC is committed to spending £5m a year buying content from the new channels: but even allowing for the peppercorn licencing fee (£5,000) and using students as well as university resources (as several of the bidders have suggested) it won't be easy to raise enough revenue to keep a TV channel on the air.
The channels will have to negotiate their own rates with the to-be-created MuxCo company, but reference numbers from Arqiva put the annual transmission cost for, say, Norwich at £57K. Bargain-basement Sheffield will only cost £17K a year while transmitting local news to Leeds will set you back more than £75K thanks to the number of transmitters needed.
That follows the up front costs ranging from Sheffield's £147k to just over a million quid (Leeds again). Arqiva estimates total up front costs are just shy of £10m, with running costs around £1.1m a year, but license-fee money comes to the rescue again as the BBC will be chipping in £25m to cover the cost of setting up the new transmission body, MuxCo, which will then almost certainly end up paying Arqiva for the carriage.
That cash has apparently attracted three interested parties, who'll be competing in their own beauty contest to see who'd be best at running MuxCo. MuxCo won't be allowed to make a profit, but will be expected to provide services to the first wave of 21 channels as well those who follow the leaders.
Both MuxCo and the local channels will get 12-year licences, as originally proposed, but channels beyond the initial 21 will get shorter ones. All will wind up at the same time - around 2025 - but the peppercorn fee won't last: around 2014 Ofcom plans to up that to something reflecting the commercial value of the spectrum, which could be considerable if other White Space applications take off.
Ofcom, and the Ministry of Fun which is behind the scheme, is depending on advantageous positioning in the Electronic Program Guide to attract viewers to Local TV. In England Local TV should drop into Freeview channel 8, while Sky has promised to link it to the Yellow shortcut button (assuming the local channels decide to pay to be carried on Sky's satellite system), while Virgin reckons its TiVO app is the right place for Local TV.
Whether that will be enough to sell Local TV in the UK is very debatable, but during the consultation Ofcom received 87 "distinct expressions of interest" so there are people who think it can be done and are prepared to stump up cash to find out. If nothing else it's going to be a very interesting experiment. ®


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Finally had the balls to bench Swisher. Thank god. Even if Gardner goes 0-5, I'm still happy.
As far as Nunez at SS, eh. I'm not thrilled about it but I like his bat in there a lot.
Yanks FO trying to assassinate A-Rod. Or he is hurt. He looks hurt. His bat speed is awful.
I don't like Chavez for this game. He has been really bad so far this postseason and he was on a terrible slide ending the season. Arod had a well hit ball caught and a hit in game 2 and has a decent history against Verlander. I have more faith in his bat than in Chavez. It reeks of overmanaging.
Taking swish out is a good move and you need grandersons glove. So I get that. Don't like Gardy leading off with how little live pitching he's seen.
Wtf Cano.
I know this is paranoia....but are these guys shutting down on purpose?
Wtf happened?
Jeez. That was a short leash.
Austin Jackson and Curtis Granderson are exhibit A of why Cashman has to go. Jackson is a gap hitter with speed who you can manufacture runs with and as a bonus he actually hits in the playoffs. Grandy is a very good powerhitter but he's the same thing as Swisher he just feasts on mediocre pitching in the regular season and then goes 0-40 in the playoffs.
Take away the short porch in rightfield in Yankee stadium and Granderson loses about 15 hrs in the regular season.
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What happened to guys like Paul O'Neill and Tino Martinez? Not superstars but they always played hard and put it on the line in the playoffs. Swisher, Arod, Grandy - these are all stat guys.
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Oh look. Nunez provides the only run.
The only thing worse than this uninspiring performance is hearing Springsteen's miserable, unintelligible whining during the commercial breaks.


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AMD in June unveiled the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition, a version of its Radeon HD 7970 GPU that runs at 1 GHz and boosts memory bandwidth to 288 GBps (from 264 GBps) for high-end gamers and performance enthusiasts. Both boards include 3 GB of GDDR5 memory that are built around AMD's 28-nm GPU.
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Digging Deeper into Mac OS X04/06/2001
By now you have installed your fresh copy of Mac OS X on the shiny new hardware you bought in anticipation of its release. Exploration of Apple's revolutionary new operating system has begun in earnest. You spend hours poking and prodding -- searching to discover all Mac OS X has to offer. Your significant other is dead tired of seeing that damned genie effect for the 100th time. You sit smug knowing that you possess the legendary power of Unix fused with the elegance of a Mac.
But now you're probably yearning to understand Mac OS X on a more fundamental level, closer to the nuts and bolts. You want to get your hands dirty and program on it, make it do the things you want it to do. Fortunately, Apple has thoughtfully included a copy of its developer's tools CD with every copy of Mac OS X. That's right, the same tools used to create Mac OS X and its applications are now in your hands. Apple has empowered users of Mac OS X to go a bit further with their exploration, to go a bit further and create their own applications. It's a good time to own a Mac.
In this article I want to convince you that even if you've had no prior application development experience (note: some programming experience is assumed) that you too can learn how to create full-fledged, functional, Mac OS X applications.
This is the beginning of a journey. Every couple of weeks, I will publish a column that shows you how to master object-oriented programming as it relates to the Cocoa API. Sound daunting? It's really not. Bear with me. First I'll tell you about my own experiences learning Cocoa. I'll help you get a feel for the journey ahead. Then, I'll explain how Cocoa fits into the overall Mac OS X picture. After that, in two weeks we roll up our sleeves and get to work.
Learning Cocoa
But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me tell you a little bit about my journey before you begin your own.
How it all got started
Last fall, when Mac OS X Public Beta was released, I had this crazy notion of learning how to program in Cocoa. Maybe I was kidding myself at first; I had never done any programming more advanced than C. I didn't know what object-oriented programming was, what it was about, or how it makes modern software possible. Thinking about how people programmed real applications with GUIs and windows and preferences and all that jazz made mush of my mind. How was I going to learn how to do this?
Yet, I had this persistent feeling that it would be possible. The curiosity of what lies beneath Mac OS X's shiny interface drew me in, and I wanted to figure out how it all worked. From what I had heard, Cocoa was the first, best place to start.
Cocoa is Mac OS X, and Cocoa makes truly native Mac OS X applications. I downloaded the developer's tools CD and it wasn't long before I was overwhelmed by everything in there. I saw glimpses of Cocoa's Interface Builder and the �ber-cool drag-and-drop way of creating interfaces. I saw relics and ghosts of the mysterious NeXT computer lurking on my machine. It was all so cool, yet it was so hard to wrap my brain around it.
In the beginning, learning Cocoa was a series of failing spurts and sputters. It was like trying to start a tired old lawn mower. Documentation on Cocoa and Objective-C was in a sorry state. Apple had been focusing all of its energies on Carbon, and rightly so, trying to get as many developers as possible to write for OS X.
I found web pages here and there telling me how to do "Hello World" in Cocoa and stuff like that. It was a start, but there was nothing linking all the bits and pieces together into a coherent understanding. Soon though, things started falling in place, and the chaos of information in my head crystallized into something intelligible. I had gotten a leg up, and with the world of Cocoa open for me now, I saw amazing possibilities and an astonishing technology.
Soon, I was actually making things that worked with Cocoa! The first thing I found out was that there is no reason why Cocoa should be as hard to learn as it was for me. My hope is that I can help you can see the amazing things Apple has in store with Cocoa without the struggle of learning it like I had. Anyone with any level of programming experience can learn how to program with Cocoa. Cocoa is an advanced and powerful programming environment just waiting to be tapped by the masses of Mac users.
Through this column I hope to show you everything Cocoa has to offer, and how to leverage it for your own needs. In the tradition of O'Reilly, the majority of it will be tutorial; you will get your hands dirty. With Mac OS X and Cocoa we are returning to a time when it was possible to hack around on your system like the way people tinker with cars. This is the spirit and the culture that exists in the open-source community, and Apple is embracing that culture (as much as they can anyway). It's the Unix culture and mentality on a Mac. Learn from it. Use it. Savor it. Everything is changing.
Mac OS X
Mac OS X has a layered system architecture in which increasingly complex sets of services and subsystems depend on and are built upon more fundamental systems. The most fundamental layer in Mac OS X is the Mach kernel environment, where basic control and access to hardware is provided for the operating system.
At the top are the five application environments of Mac OS X: BSD, Classic, Java, Carbon, and Cocoa. Each of these application environments provide a unique set of frameworks, libraries, and services essential for the runtime execution of applications and programs developed with their respective APIs. Each of these application environments provides a unique solution for a unique problem. Classic lets you run your old apps; BSD gives us Unix; Java is Java; Carbon is Carbon; and Cocoa is what we'll learn about in this column.
Frameworks and APIs
Cocoa consists of two object-oriented frameworks called the Foundation and Application Kit. These frameworks are a collection of classes, functions, custom data types, and other useful odds-and-ends that allow the developer to fully direct the advanced functionality of Mac OS X. The bulk of Cocoa is contained in these frameworks, and this column will focus on how to use the Foundation Framework and Application Kit to program in Mac OS X; to speak of these frameworks is to speak of Cocoa.
Frameworks also have APIs for accessing the classes and functions. Cocoa has two: Java and Objective-C. That is, you can write Cocoa programs using either the Java language, or the Objective-C programming language. Objective-C is the native tongue of Cocoa, and as such I will focus on that as our language of choice. Don't worry; Objective-C is easy to learn. In fact, Objective-C is a superset of standard ANSI C, so if you know C, you know 90 percent of Objective-C. Objective-C simply adds to C a set of language extensions that allow you to implement object-oriented programming concepts and techniques. These will be covered in due course.
However, Objective-C lacks functionality beyond the primitive control structures and data types of C. What Objective-C lacks in basic functionality required to build modern software, Cocoa's Foundation Framework fills in. The Foundation Framework is a set of utility classes that provide basic functionality for things like string, text, number, and array handling. It also contains classes that provide access to operating system services such as file system I/O and process management. The Foundation Framework has support for many of the features required by modern software such as Unicode strings and distributed objects. Much of our future discussion will center on the advanced classes of the Foundation Framework.
The layered architecture of Mac OS X is present in all levels of the system, including within Cocoa itself. As such, Cocoa's other framework, Application Kit, is built on the Foundation Framework. The Application Kit fills in the last major void of Cocoa: interface and application management and control.
Application Kit provides a set of classes that define the most common user interface components such as buttons, windows, and scrollbars. However, Application Kit is much more than a simple collection of interface components. It also provides mechanisms for application and document management; there are classes that encapsulate fonts, colors, graphics, and printing tasks; and it also supports OpenGL. Additionally Application Kit has built-in facilities for spellchecking, dragging, and copy-and-paste procedures. All of this is available to your Cocoa application for free, just for trying out Cocoa! Apple has spent a lot of time and effort developing these tools to make the development process that much quicker and easier for you. This is one of the great advantages of Cocoa.
Next time
In the next two columns, I will go into object-oriented programming and Objective-C, respectively. We'll be exercising our minds with the concepts of object-oriented programming and getting our hands greasy with the how-to details of Objective-C. After that, we'll get into writing complete -- albeit simple -- Cocoa applications to show you just how easy it is to get started. As we progress, I will go into individual classes of the Foundation and Application Kit frameworks, progressing to more advanced and more complex concepts. It is my hope that with each column you will be left with enough to keep you going on your own until the next one arrives. This is going to be great! Come back for more!
Michael Beam is a software engineer in the energy industry specializing in seismic application development on Linux with C++ and Qt. He lives in Houston, Texas with his wife and son.
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Many of the Toronto's best attractions are free of charge.
The quaint East End area of Toronto known as the Distillery District has been turned into an enclave of art galleries, restaurants and boutiques offering one-of-a-kind fare housed in restored heritage Victorian buildings. (Nov. 14, 2012)
Toronto's Kensington Market in Toronto holds Pedestrian Sundays, when the streets are filled with bands, buskers, Brazilian drummers and more. (Nov. 14, 2012)
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Toronto's Harbourfront Centre, which covers 10 lakeside acres, hosts more than 4,000 events, a large majority of which are gratis. (Nov. 14, 2012)
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Olympic gymnast Gabrielle Douglas recently revealed that she was once bullied by other children. She believes that some of it was because she is African-American. For more on this story and how parents can talk to their children about race, host Michel Martin is joined by regular moms contributors Leslie Morgan Steiner, Jolene Ivey and Dani Tucker.


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I have my own ideas, but I'm curious what others think: What combination of distro and UI would you recommend for an old, basic-level user who is accustomed to the XP interface and adverse to change?" My Grandmother seems happy running KDE on Debian.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 22nd Feb 2012 21:59 UTC, submitted by tupp
Lukas Mathis touts many webOS features that he wants other vendors to steal. All this stuff just makes me more sad I never got to try webOS on anything because nobody gives a rat's bum about The Netherlands. WebOS never came to market here. Especially its multitasking with cards looks so much more elegant than the horrible "multi"tasking implementations on Android and iOS. Hopeful note: Matias Duarte now heads the UX team for Android.
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Intel stopped working with Nokia on Maemo.
So Intel and Samsung are now working together on Tizen on the Linux International flag.
Samsung seems to be working on a eventual replacement for Bada.
Samsung wasn't happy with the performance of GTK and QT, they've already employed "Rasterman" of Enlightenment years ago.
So EFL is the base for the UI for Tizen. Certain code will come from Maemo.
The native applications are thus build around EFL, others will be HTML5-based.
Samsung will make it easy to make the Bada apps availabe on Tizen.


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Win or Lose, Gilbert Melendez Will Finally Prove He Is an Elite LightweightApril 18, 2013
Right now, UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson stands as the consensus No. 1 lightweight in the world of mixed martial arts. He came into the UFC on the heels of the arguable 2010 Fight of The Year with Anthony Pettis and went on to rack up five unanimous-decision wins in six UFC appearances, including two close wins over former 155-pound champion Frankie Edgar and a recent UFC on Fox 5 win over Nate Diaz.
Now Henderson faces arguably his toughest challenger in consensus No. 2 lightweight and former Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez, against whom he will make the third defense of his title at UFC on Fox 7 this weekend.
Plenty of questions surround both fighters, but they especially surround Melendez, who gets the rare opportunity to debut against the champion and potentially unseat the world's top lightweight.
Obviously, nothing cements Melendez's claim as the world's best lightweight better than defeating Henderson. but with would-be contenders dropping like flies in 2013 and divisions transforming into dead pools, questions do arise if Melendez will finally prove that he is every bit as elite as everyone has claimed for the past few years.
Let the records show that not only can he prove it, but win or lose, Melendez will prove it.
Melendez blends his speed, aggression, boxing and wrestling together well. As a result, he entertains the masses while outworking and out-classing his opponents. While admitting some difficulty in finding motivation for his recent rubber match with Josh Thomson, he will not experience the same problem against the world's top lightweight.
Melendez plans on making this fight personal, but then again, Melendez fights like that so as to not take his foes lightly. That mentality helped forge his argument towards his elite status, and he honestly needs nothing more than to implement his game plan with the same in order to cement that status.
Right now, that goal matters just a bit more than beating the man on top. He will stand as the world's best lightweight in time, but in this sport, top fighters can earn plenty of momentum outside of the world's top MMA promotion, only to receive various doubts and accusations with so little as one off-night inside of the UFC.
Melendez may not avoid the various accusations, especially from his most persistent detractors, but if he brings his A-game to Henderson on Saturday, even the sting of defeat won't hurt his claim as one of the top lightweights in the world, no matter who anyone talks to in order to get a second opinion..


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Now that your focus on table manners around the Thanksgiving dinner table has passed, it's time to switch to theater manners during this season of nutcrackers and scrooges.
A few weeks ago during a terrific production of "Guys and Dolls" at the North Shore Music Theatre, a large man sitting next to me used his ticket stub to floss his teeth and later used his hands to pat his tummy (did he think the orchestra's percussion section needed help?). I said nothing because "Please floss at home and stop banging your drum" didn't feel right, so I just complained to my sympathetic date.
Recently, at Boston Ballet's "The Nutcracker," a young couple a few rows in front of me kept their eyes on a cell phone screen for most of the show, distracting my own eyes and attention. At the same performance, however, it was easy to ignore, and even enjoy, the adorable comments coming from a mesmerized toddler in the row behind me. He kept asking when the bear was coming back and whispered occasional oohs and ahs. That distraction was easy to handle.
As someone who regularly attends live performances, I've collected what I think are a few helpful strategies to help you, your children, and those seated around you, enjoy your cultural outings.
* If a perpetrator of bad behavior is close to you, put your finger to your lips or whisper a gentle request during the show or during intermission.
* Talk to an usher at intermission.
* If it's possible, simply change seats with a member of your party who can cope better than you.
* Carefully weigh whether your child is too young (or old). Err on the side of caution, so you don't have a crying and scared, or a bored and fidgety child you have to hustle out.
* Tell the kids about the event beforehand and if it's "The Nutcracker" or another classic, read the story before you go.
* Talk about what they will wear and make sure they can take a layer off if they're hot or add a layer if they're chilly.
* Ask whether the theater has booster seats.
* Explain that they should enjoy the show quietly and save their questions and comments for intermission or after the show, unless the activitiy is participatory. And an occasional whisper is no big deal.
* And it always helps to tell kids why you expect them to behave or dress in a certain way. Let them know that if they talk it might distract other people. If they wear their magician's hat someone behind them might not be able to see.
* Repeat to yourself these lines from "The Great Gatsby" that my daughter reminded me of: "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."
I also asked a few pros to chime in. Here's what Boston Symphony Orchestra Director of Public Relations Bernadette Horgan said:
"Before each concert we ask audience members through a pre-concert audio message to turn off their cell phones to avoid potential noise disturbances that can interrupt the concert for others in attendance. Though cell phone usage is a rare occurrence during a BSO performance, if it occurs, patrons are encouraged to ask an usher to intervene in resolving any misunderstanding about the orchestra's policy on the matter. If an usher isn't nearby, patrons are free to directly ask the cell phone user to abide by the policy. We have found that once patrons who talk during concerts are made aware of the effects of their behavior, they are usually very cooperative in responding in a favorable manner. We realize it's an issue that can try people's patience so we always ask folks to remain as calm and respectful as possible in the situation, as this seems to be key in resolving the situation."
And here's two cents from Robin Abrahams (aka "Miss Conduct"), the Globe Magazine's social advice columnist:
"Ever since an audience member at the BSO punched out another audience member who asked him to be quiet, I'm terrified to suggest that one reprimand theater offenders. A mild shoulder tap or finger to the lips is enough to silence those well-meaning folks who simply don't realize how loud they are being. Observing (and eavesdropping on!) others, however, is part of the entertainment that a night at the theater provides. Sometimes the best show isn't the one onstage."Email June Wulff at email@example.com


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No past Virtua Fighter titles have featured online play--including the version of Virtua Fighter 5 released earlier this year on the PlayStation 3.
The Xbox 360 release will include all the features of arcade version C, whereas the PlayStation 3 release was based on arcade version B. Differences in the two arcade versions are minor, being mostly tweaks and balances.
"Bringing Virtua Fighter 5 to the Xbox 360 will not only capture an entirely new audience, but will allow gamers to show their Virtua Fighter skills online against friends and foes," said marketing director Gary Knight of SEGA Europe.
Other differences from the PS3 version of the game include vibration support, an improved Quest mode with more options for character customization, and an updated DOJO mode with leaderboards and more training move settings. Players will also be able to use their custom characters on Xbox Live.
The game was originally slated for a summer release, but has been pushed to an undecided date this fall. Sega released these shots last month.


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Bart scott had no idea what he was doing there.
Give 'em credit boys. It takes a lot to have every unit, offense, defense and special teams screw up in the first 17 minutes of a game...
Bart scott had no idea what he was doing there.
This team's so bad on offense and special teams. It's like watching a Columbia football game.
The Pats are looking at their Thanksgiving Turkey...
And Its the Jets...
Another missed tackle for Scott, DL getting blown off the ball. I just don't know anymore.
this is where the defense will crap their pants and let a td be scored easily
I'm not even tuning in to the onslaught on Thursday.
Not letting these f*cking mooks ruin my Thanksgiving.
Jet D will be exhausted by half time
At least the Jets D seems to be doing it's thing here.
Thanks woody we needed an offensive lineman for our medicore qb and you instead got us a mediocre backup.
brooks bollinger is looking pretty good right about now, no?
Start Tebow against Pts ... Just so. Have something to watch ...we will still suck.
Cro, lol, nice stick.
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Electrafrique's Monthly Gig feat. DJ Cortega + Electrique DJ's, Mar. 22 2014 @ Carnivore Restaurant
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Electrafrique is once again hosting another party at Carnivore's Simba Saloon this March. On Saturday the 22nd, lovers of authentic Afro-Electronic Music fused with quality Electronic Dance Music (EDM), experience an all-night long party dedicated to nothing but music and dance.
Electrafrique will also be joined on stage by talented Beat Parade Band. Together, Electrafrique and the band will fuse live music mixes and the live band, concurrently between sets. The Beat Parade Band plays traditional instruments like drums and percussion, making raw African music. Don't miss to see the fascinating blend of music being made.
For the past two months, Electrafrique has been hosting a party at the Carnivore, every other third Saturday of the month. In February, they hosted The Villagers Band. In past Electrafrique events, have hosted among acts: Black Motion (South Africa), Boddhi Satva(CAR), Carlos Mena (US) and Renato Xtrova (Angola).
Electrafrique continues to host monthly parties at Carnivore's Simba Saloon till end of 2014.
Tickets will be available at at the gate on Saturday: KES 500
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