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Price: $179
Head Size: 100 sq. in.
Length: 27 in.
Weight (strung): 11.4 oz.
Balance: 5 pts. HL
Swingweight: 322
RA Rating: 65
Beam width: 23 mm / 24 mm / 23.5 mm
String pattern: 16x19
When it comes to tweener frames, the goal of manufacturers seems to be crisp and powerful. Make the racquet maneuverable enough to bolster swing speeds and spin potential, but not so light that stability becomes a liability. Stiffen it up for added power and a firm feel, but not so much that it becomes uncomfortable and brassy.
Two new sticks from Dunlop—the Biomimetic F4.0 Tour and M4.0—appear to fall into this category. Absent is the familiar box beam Dunlop design and feel, replaced by a wider profile and a lively response.
In a two-part review, tester Mitch Case, director of tennis at Woodridge Lake in Goshen, CT, offers his take on the two new frames. First up is the F4.0 Tour.
Mitch Case: The new F4.0 Tour and M4.0 replace the Biomimetic 400 Tour and Biomimetic 400 in the recently revamped and redesigned Dunlop line of racquets. Having demoed several Dunlop frames over the years, including the recently re-released Muscle Weave 200G and Hot Melt 300G, I had grown to appreciate the classic appeal of the Dunlop design. However, the engineering of these new frames moves Dunlop in a more "modern" direction. In an attempt to appeal to an increasing number of players in search of fast, powerful frames, Dunlop introduced both new frame geometry, as well as a new naming scheme: Frames sporting an "F" in their moniker are the lowest powered, requiring a full, fast swing; frames designated with an "M" are medium powered and are best suited for players with moderate swing speeds.
Upon starting my week-long play test with the F4.0 Tour, I immediately noticed the handle—specifically the very slight flare towards the butt of the frame. In comparison to many other racquets on the market, the flare is almost non-existent. I was sure that this would bother me. However, it did not, and I found the handle/grip to be just as comfortable as any other with which I've played. Players that prefer, or need, a larger circumference at the bottom of the handle will need to modify/customize on their own.
Based on Dunlop's naming scheme, I knew the 4.0 frames would be more powerful than the 3.0 and 2.0, which I have hit with in the past. I anticipated power on par with the Prince Warrior, the Babolat Pure Drive, or the Wilson Juice. This was not the case. Despite being strung with Dunlop multifilament, Silk, I experienced a crisp response and low launch angle at contact. Coming from a less powerful racquet (Prince EXO3 Rebel 95), the power level worked in my favor, as I was comfortable taking full cuts without fear of sailing the ball long. In terms of power, the F4.0 was much closer to that of the F3.0 than I expected.
Serving and returning with the F4.0 Tour was a pleasure. From the first warm-up swing, the movement of the frame blended perfectly with my service motion. I was able to crush flat first serves with accuracy, especially serves to the T on the deuce side, and out wide on the ad side (I'm a righty, so this really appealed to me). Sliders out wide on the deuce court and to the T on the ad court brilliantly pulled my opponent out of position. Kickers had solid movement, jumping up aggressively over my opponent's shoulder level.
I had just as much success with my returns. My usual hitting partner is a lefty, and constantly takes advantage of my one-handed backhand. With the F4.0 Tour, I was able to react quickly enough to consistently punch back deep returns. As I became more comfortable with the frame, I started taking my chances with bigger and bigger swings on the return, which managed to find the court more often than not. I felt invincible.
Of course, I still needed to play the remainder of the point whenever my serve or return came back over the net.
And in those rallies, there were a couple of things about the frame I didn't love. Though the overall response of the frame is consistent and not mushy or vague, the feel at contact is too tinny for me. Even with a full stringbed of multifilament, I still wanted a more plush feel. But this is more of a personal preference; the metallic feel of frame vibration has always been a turn-off for me regarding "modern" frames. Other players have come to prefer it.
From a performance standpoint, there were just a couple of stability issues. I found myself getting pushed around more than a frame in the weight class of the F4.0 Tour ought to be. And though the mass in the hoop seemed spread fairly evenly, there was still an occasional wobble at contact, and not as solid as I would have liked it. This showed up most often while hitting heavy topspin shots. If I were to switch to this frame, adding several grams of lead tape to the hoop would increase the plow though of the racquet and potentially solve many of these issues.
Check back in a few days for Part II of Mitch's review, in which he looks at the M4.0 and compares it the F4.0 Tour. See which stick might be the better fit for your game.


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Jose Mourinho arrived at Chelsea this summer, from Real Madrid, for his second spell as Blues boss.
He inherits a very young and talented squad, and although Roman Abramovich has been upset with the lack of progress made by the academy players in recent time, Chelsea have splashed out on their fair share of youngsters.
They have youngsters like Nathan Chalobah, Nathan Ake, Jamal Blackman and Lucas Piazon who look to have massive potential but they are unlikely to be finished products any time soon.
The likes of Oscar, Hazard and Azpilicueta look established, despite their relatively young age while Courtois is on loan, thus this article will identify the young players who Chelsea fans may look forward to next season.
Marco van Ginkel
The young defensive-midfielder has already been capped at national level by Louis van Gaal and was also involved the recent U21 Championship with Netherlands.
He looks relatively strong for his age and slim physique, but the most impressive part of his game is his game reading and intelligence.
Essien looks past his best and Oriol Romeu has gone on loan which may signify that the young Dutchman might get a few opportunities this season.
Andre Schurrle
The young German international was signed for £18 million this summer from Bayer Leverkusen. The winger has been capped 24 times for Germany despite his age, which may help refute the possibility of him ending up like fellow compatriot Marko Marin.
He can play either on the wings or as a striker, which allows Mourinho some versatility in choosing the player. With his devastating speed and impeccable shooting ability he may become a real asset in SW6.
Romelu Lukaku
The Belgian Striker spent last season on loan at West Brom, where he scored an impressive 17 goals in all competitions. Considering that was he first full season playing in England's top division after being largely ignored during his inaugural season, he is bound to improve.
With his large physique and aerial prowess, many have dubbed him the new Drogba. With Mourinho having a known preference for big strikers having brought the aforementioned player to Chelsea, Lukaku may be just the man that Mourinho needs.
With Chelsea's desire to sign a new striker despite having the young Belgian, Torres and Ba may be an indication that he may not have too many opportunities. However, should Mourinho decide to entrust his faith in this powerful player he may not end up being to disappointed.
Kevin De Bruyne
Another Belgian International who also spent last season on loan is keen to impress Mourinho this season. After an impressive campaign with German outfit Werder Bremen where he scored 10 goals and 10 assists whilst plying his trade on the wings.
With his versatility on playing across a number of offensive positions, he may prove very useful for this Chelsea side. With his speed, dribbling and remarkable off the ball movement, De Bruyne may prove to be a pure inspiration for Chelsea in the forthcoming season.
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Wow , I didn't know that ! I know there are regions that have their own customs and peculiarities - my experience is mostly with the Kanto Plain .OT - Amalthea , did you ever get your bunny problem solved ?
Amal and other Japan experts, there are two (sort of three) things I wonder about:In some countries, it's rude to make direct eye contact with someone. Is this the case in Japan?Is the polite amount of space you keep around yourself larger, smaller, or the same as in the U.S. (I'm guessing it's smaller, but I don't really know).And quite O/T, but for people who've lived in Japan I have a third question: how should a big person handle themselves? My female coworker is 5'9" and weighs about 160, and she said she always felt too big for furniture, etc., when she was there. What about really really fat people, like me, or super tall people? Is there any way to not disrupt others?
I'm curious, what is so bad about putting soy sauce on your rice? I believe you all, but haven't heard that one.<snip>
Soy sauce isn't usually a condiment for rice, the rice is meant to compliment whatever you're eating (tempura etc). Rice is to be enjoyed as a bland compliment to the stronger-flavored main dishes.
Is the polite amount of space you keep around yourself larger, smaller, or the same as in the U.S. (I'm guessing it's smaller, but I don't really know).
I didn't see this in other posts (didn't read deeply, sorry): It's considered impolite to "clean your plate." Always leave a little bit of food behind; to clean your plate is to imply that your hosts have not provided enough and that's an insult.
Wear good socks. Holes are frowned upon. Japan has the most awesome sock shopping in the world because you are forever looking at people's socks. They are not fans of bare feet. Or sleeveless shirts. Or shirts that expose your lower back when you're sitting down.
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VETERAN Michael Bridges will start his first game in almost a year as Newcastle Jets coach Gary van Egmond rolls out a new-look squad in Friday night's pivotal showdown with Melbourne Heart at Hunter Stadium.
Van Egmond has run out of patience with some of his under-performing players after last week's lacklustre 2-1 loss to Western Sydney Wanderers left Newcastle in seventh place and under mounting pressure in the tightrope walk to the finals.
On Wednesday he outlined at least four changes to his starting XI.
The most notable of those was the inclusion of Bridges, who has been a peripheral figure this season, used sparingly off the bench.
On Friday night, however, the 34-year-old striker will partner his former England under-19 teammate Emile Heskey from the outset.
It will be Bridges's first appearance in the starting line-up since March 25 last year, when he scored a goal in Newcastle's 3-2 loss to Sydney.
For the latest scores in the Ray Baartz Medal points tally, click here.
Joining Bridges and Heskey in the front third will be Socceroos representative Adam Taggart, while at the other end of the pitch, Taylor Regan and Dominik Ritter have been assured of starting positions, most likely at the expense of Josh Mitchell and Scott Neville.
''I think there's a need to change,'' van Egmond said.
''On form there's a couple of players who don't deserve to play. Hence we have to make changes.''
Mitchell's hopes of hanging onto his spot appear slim, but an injury to Connor Chapman, who could not train yesterday because of a torn ligament in his ankle, may offer a reprieve.
The elevation of Bridges, used as a substitute in eight games this season for a total of 126 minutes, will be popular with fans.
But van Egmond said he was picking a team to win games, not merely to win favour.
''Bridgey deserves it,'' he said.
''It's not done for the fact that people think that it should be happening. As I've said before, if I listened to the fans, there is a good chance I'll be sitting with the fans.
''He deserves his opportunity to get there because maybe other players haven't done as well as what we might have liked.''
Van Egmond said Newcastle were ''going with a relatively attacking line-up'' and was hopeful the combination of Heskey and Bridges would pay dividends.
The former Premier League stars have been on the pitch together only three times this season, in stints of eight, 13 and 32 minutes.
Taggart showed enough in his 28 minutes against the Wanderers to earn his first start since he scored twice for the Socceroos in December at the East Asian Cup qualifying tournament in Hong Kong.
''Taggs will definitely start,'' van Egmond said. ''We need more people in that front third who have better instincts in the box to score.''
He said he would again give his back four a makeover, starting with the reinstatement of Regan and Ritter.
Neville was ''down on confidence'' and would benefit from a break.
''He's in that boat and possibly Josh Mitchell as well,'' he said.
Van Egmond said back-to-back home games against the Heart and Brisbane Friday week would be crucial to Newcastle's finals hopes.
'''We want to ensure that we take maximum points this weekend, and once you do that, more pressure starts to build on other teams.''


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Imagine being homeless on Easter Sunday. That's what one Panama City man is faced with after his home burnt to the ground this past week.
Sixty-two-year-old James Rutlidge is now staying at the Econo Lodge off of U.S. 98, which the Red Cross is paying for up until Easter Sunday. After that James will be homeless because he has no family or friends to live with.
The Red Cross also gave him some new clothes and groceries, which might sustain James until he gets his Social Security check next month, but what good are clothes and food when you have no place to stay?
"If Sunday comes and I have to move all this out I don't know what I'll do. That's what has me worried. I don't have no place to go," says James Rutledge.
"We have a 62-year-old man who's on Social Security and can't hardly walk, and there's nothing for him. He's worked his entire life and had a place until Wednesday, and now he has nothing," says Stephanie Wilson.
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38 U.S. Code § 108 - Seven-year absence presumption of death
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Seven-year absence presumption of death
If evidence satisfactory to the Secretary is submitted establishing the continued and unexplained absence of any individual from that individual's home and family for seven or more years, and establishing that after diligent search no evidence of that individual's existence after the date of disappearance has been found or received, the death of such individual as of the date of the expiration of such period shall be considered as sufficiently proved.
Except in a suit brought pursuant to section 1984 of this title, the finding of death made by the Secretary shall be final and conclusive.
(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1112; Pub. L. 99–576, title VII, § 701(7), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3291; Pub. L. 102–83, §§ 4(a)(1), (b)(1), (2)(E), 5(c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 403–406.)
1991—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(1), substituted "administered by the Secretary" for "administered by the Veterans' Administration".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator".
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1), substituted "1984" for "784".
Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator".
1986—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–576 substituted "that individual's" for "his" in two places.
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JavaOne 2007 Day 1: Brewin Talks: This morning we were extremely excited to learn about Sun Microsystems' JavaFX technology, which can extend the realm of possibilities for rich Internet applications. The JavaFX family also consists of JavaFX Mobile for portable devices and cellular telephones along with JavaFX Script, which can simplify the development of rich Internet applications. This afternoon Sun's Bob Brewin (Software CTO for Sun) took the stage to talk more about JavaFX along with the future of Java. From Brewin's talk there are a few interesting points worth noting.
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I'm using the URL slug headline for this one (check the link).
This map showing the locations of 280 million individual posts on Twitter shows a depressing divide in America: Tweets coming from Manhattan tend to come from iPhones. Tweets coming from Newark, N.J., tend to come from Android phones.
If you live in the New York metro area, you don't need to be told that Manhattan is where the region's rich people live, and the poor live in Newark. Manhattan's median income is $67,000 a year. Newark's is $17,000, according to U.S. Census data.
This fascinates me, as it seems to be a very American thing. In The Netherlands, Android has an 80% market share, and we have far lower poverty rates than the US (that Newark median income is crazy low by Dutch standards). I'm pretty sure the situation is similar for many other West-European nations.
This raises an interesting question: is it 'Android is for poor people' - or is it 'Android is for poor people in America'?
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You must not be from the US because that is a load of crap. Lets start with if you are over 30 and poor, you probably work 2 jobs to survive. When are you going to do all this learning? Not to mention that while much of what is online might be decent, without a degree from a college or experience, you are not going to get a better job. There are people lining up to get mail room jobs that have a MBA. Having a HS diploma won't get you anywhere.
Most of the poor in the US don't work two jobs. Maybe some do, like the ones that have multiple kids. Which goes back to my original point... unless you were raped or the birth control failed, totally your fault. In all honesty, I haven't met a single poor person in this country who didn't get to where they are by a long list of very bad decisions. Of course, I know some people had bad upbringings and what not, but that doesn't amount to anything in the marketplace, so if you're in this position, you better start taking some responsibility, because the market doesn't give a shit where you came from. This might sound like a curse, but it's actually a blessing. It means you're not screwed for the rest of your life because you grew up on the wrong side of the tracks.
Horseshit. I live in the US. I was working a McJob in my 20's; I got there because I was too busy playing video games and chasing pussy to do anything productive with my life. Then I got a couple of computer certs (like A+/MCP) just by reading books. That got me into a low-level CSR position, where I could at least move into an apartment that wasn't infested with roaches and stop eating Ramen. Then I got better books and an internet connection. (We didn't have tablets back then.) I eventually worked my way up to engineering. I have no college degree. I'm not making fat stacks, but I live comfortably in a 2bdr apartment.
Of course, when I tell my story, I constantly hear that I got lucky and/or the only reason I got to where I am is because of white privilege. (Usually, the person on the other end has no idea whether I'm white or not, but whatever ) If you're in the same position I was, you can go on strike and hope for a higher minimum wage while waiting for the government to fix your shitty situation, but there's a VERY good chance you're going to die penniless and miserable that way. Fortunately, I chose a different path so that, barring some sort of worldwide economic collapse (in which case we're all screwed anyway), I won't have to suck off the government's teet for the rest of my life.


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Non-blocking user input in loop without ncurses.The title sounds a bit awkward, let my briefly explain what is it all about.
In my program, I want to wait for user input, but at the same time, I want my other operations keep continue processing. That I define it as non-blocking user input. I want my program to wait for user input in the loop, if receives user input process it and continue wait for next user input, else continue processing other circular operations.
Usually, people will think about using ncurses library. By using ncurses, you can easily perform non-blocking user input using timeout(0) and getch(). Refers to the ncurses matrix for references.
What if I don't want to uses ncurses? Its there any alternatives? Sometimes I just wanna add a function which need non-blocking in a large program, I don't want to use ncurses because it makes my print line acts differently, or some other reason.
I have figure out a way, thanks to programmers at ##email@example.com. It might look messy and complected, but it works the way I wanted. I uses functions of termios and select, lets look at the functions one by one.
int kbhit() { struct timeval tv; fd_set fds; tv.tv_sec = 0; tv.tv_usec = 0; FD_ZERO(&fds); FD_SET(STDIN_FILENO, &fds); //STDIN_FILENO is 0 select(STDIN_FILENO+1, &fds, NULL, NULL, &tv); return FD_ISSET(STDIN_FILENO, &fds);
}This function perform non-blocking checking on the standard input (stdin) without timeout 0, tv.tv_sec and tv.tv_usec both set to zero. select usually uses in the case where there have multiple I/O need to process, or check at the same time. But in this case, I only interested in standard input, therefore only one FD_SET(STDIN_FILENO, &fds) is trigger. For select parameters details, please check out the manual. Seems we are only interested in input, so we place out fd set at second parameter of select(), the 3rd is for output and 4th is for exception.
Important part, after select if user input is trigger, FD_ISSET will return non zero value, else return 0. So, we now can use it like this
while(!kbhit()) { //do certain operation.. } //user hits enter.
Due to the canonical mode of your terminal, you need to hit enter to confirm your user input. Canonical mode means it always wait for enter to confirms the user input. If that is not your case, bellow is another function to cater that.
void nonblock(int state) { struct termios ttystate; //get the terminal state tcgetattr(STDIN_FILENO, &ttystate); if (state==NB_ENABLE) { //turn off canonical mode ttystate.c_lflag &= ~ICANON; //minimum of number input read. ttystate.c_cc[VMIN] = 1; } else if (state==NB_DISABLE) { //turn on canonical mode ttystate.c_lflag |= ICANON; } //set the terminal attributes. tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &ttystate); }The function name might be misleading, what the function actually does is turn off the canonical mode for stdin. First, get the states of stdin of term. Next turn off the canonical by set 0 to the bits. The line of ttystate.c_cc[VMIN] is set the minimum number of user input to accept. If you set it as 2, the select will wait until 2 character is given, then it will capture as input. At last set the term state. The function actually does allow you to turn on and off the canonical mode.
Okay, Let see how it apply to work
int main() { char c; int i=0; nonblock(NB_ENABLE); while(!i) { usleep(1); i=kbhit(); if (i!=0) { c=fgetc(stdin); if (c=='q') i=1; else i=0; } fprintf(stderr,"%d ",i); } printf("\n you hit %c. \n",c); nonblock(NB_DISABLE); return 0; }
Press 'q' will lead the program to quit, else you will see the print of '0′ overwhelming the screen. Observed that I am using usleep(1) inside the loop, without putting usleep, the programs is more responsive, but it uses high CPU resources. On the other hand, putting usleep(1) reduces the CPU resources and also decreases responsiveness of the program. Depend on your needs, you may choose to put it in or not.
I have make the comparison between this application and a simple ncurses program, this program seems to use lesser memory. Couldn't measure for CPU resources, as both ps and top shows 0.0 %.
Curses sample shows as bellow:
#include<stdio.h> #include<curses.h> #include<unistd.h> int main () { int i=0; initscr(); //in ncurses timeout(0); while(!i) { usleep(1); i=getch(); printw("%d ",i); if(i>0) i=1; else i=0; } endwin(); printf("\nhitkb end\n"); return 0; }


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ESTHERVILLE - Funeral services for Oliver Wendel Aasby, 94, a former longtime Estherville resident, will be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 30, 2013, at Henry-Olson Funeral Chapel in Estherville with Pastor Travis Rosinger officiating. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Wednesday at Henry-Olson Funeral Chapel in Estherville. Interment will be at Union State Line Cemetery in rural Petersburg, Minn. with military rites by VFW Post 3388 and American Legion 91 of Estherville.
He peacefully passed through Heaven's gates on May 19, 2013, at the Hospice Home of Hope in Fond du Lac, Wis. He was surrounded by loving family members and friends.
Oliver, son of Albert and Marie (Guge) Aasby, was born on Sept. 8, 1918, in Jackson County, Minn., near Petersburg, Minn. He lived on the Aasby family homestead until he was 2 when his father passed away. Following his father's passing, he along with his mother and sister lived on the Guge family farm until they moved to Petersburg. They resided in Petersburg for a number of years where he attended the Petersburg School until moving to Estherville as a young teenager with his mother and sister.
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Oliver Wendel Aasby
On Feb. 15, 1942, Oliver was united in marriage with Vivian Mary Bunkofske in Swea City. They made their home in Estherville where they raised their four children. They lived in Estherville until they moved to Fond du Lac, Wis., in December of 2003, to be closer to children and grandchildren.
He served his country during World War II as an Army medic from 1943 to 1945.
He was employed as parts manager of the Chevrolet/Buick dealership in Estherville up until his retirement.
He was a charter member of the Calvary Gospel Assembly Church in Estherville where he faithfully served for many years as a church deacon, elder and Sunday school teacher. He played trombone in the church orchestra and often played his auto harp when he would sing with his wife, Vivian, his mother and sister. He loved gospel music but especially had a great affection for Southern gospel. He also ministered from the word and in song at local nursing homes for many years. His love for God was very evident by his involvement with his church and his love for people. God and his family are what brought great joy into his life.
Aside from his love of family, he loved his garden. He and his wife, Vivian, spent many years working side by side in their garden raising fruits and vegetables that they would can and share with family and friends. He also loved fishing with his children and his grandchildren and was always up to a challenging game of horseshoes.
Left to cherish his memory are his wife of 71 years, Vivian, of Fond du Lac, Wis.; his children, Muriel Liebelt and her husband, David, of Fond du Lac, Wendell Aasby and his wife, Joette, of Fond du Lac, Lorene Liebelt and her husband, Roger, of Arlington, Texas and Loren Aasby and his wife, Barb, of Tulsa, Okla.; eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Oliver was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Myrtle Farrand. Online condolences may be sent to www.henryolsonfuneral.com


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Frieda Pinto has Found the Warmest Place in Your Apartment
Really, Don't: Gentlemen of America, do not wear eye shadow to your wedding. We're not sure why we're even talking about this. [Good Men Project]
It Builds Character: Stephen Toblowsky on the existential victory of the character actor. [NYTimes]
Perhaps I've Said Too Much: A guide to never giving too much information. A related skill: holding your liquor. [Mien Magazine]
Fela Returns: The new set of Fela Kuti reissues looks pretty awesome, if you're into awesome things. [Boing Boing]


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Arts in Context: Fusebox Festival 2012 from KLRU-TV on Vimeo.
Thursday, September 27, Arts in Context explores some of Austin's best contemporary and performance art featured in this year's Fusebox Festival. Featured is Austin's own Les RAV and composer Travis Weller, both showcasing unique local talent. Also featured is Jennifer Sherburn, a dancer and composer whose innovative style brings to the stage a non-traditional form of Austin art. Fusebox Festival features not only Austin's best artists, but also showcases some of the most interesting national and international artists, like Singer/Songwriter Holcombe Waller (Portland), the electronic folk duo, Lulacruza (Colombia and Argentina), and choreographer David Zambrano's (Venezuela).
Fusebox Festival is a space where artists and audiences can take risks, ask questions and explore ideas together, break rules and blur boundaries. The 2012 festival features a great mix of local and international talent performing theater, dance, and music.
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French mother admits killing eight of her babies
Le Parisien leads with the infanticide case this morning and Dominique Cottrez's admission to having killed eight of her new-born babies. Libération leads with the police questioning of Labour Minister Eric Woerth in the ongoing Bettencourt-Woerth scandal. Elsewhere, it's holiday time and France Soir's front page looks ahead to a weekend of traffic jams with many French people heading south for the month of August. FRIDAY, 30th JULY 2010


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It's money time.
The Dolphins are one quarter from their first victory of 2011. That's good. But can't say it's been scintilating.
The teams traded field goals in the third quarter. The Dolphins lead 13-10.
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Textbook-Integrated Guide to Educational Resources
Organic Chemistry: A Guided Inquiry by Straumanis
Part A: Bromonium Ion
All Journal Articles
Journal Articles: 8 results
A Sequence of Linked Experiments, Suitable for Practical Courses of Inorganic, Organic, Computational Chemistry, and NMR Spectroscopy
Grigoriy A. Sereda
A sequence of investigations associated with the iodochlorination of styrene and 1-hexene is described. The sequence is flexible enough to be used in inorganic, organic, computational, and instrumental courses.
Sereda, Grigoriy A.
J. Chem. Educ.
Alkenes |
Computational Chemistry |
Constitutional Isomers |
MO Theory |
NMR Spectroscopy |
"You're Repulsive!"Teaching VSEPR in a Not-So-Elegant Way
Robert S. H. Liu
Valence shell electron pair repulsive (VSEPR) interaction is an important concept particularly in discussing structural properties of molecules. In this article we showed five organic examples not commonly associated with VSEPR but yet all involving repulsive interactions of valence electrons, which provides ready explanations for altered chemical reactivity and spectroscopic properties of organic compounds. The ready catchy phrase Youre Repulsive! is the common thread used throughout these five examples.
Liu, Robert S. H.
J. Chem. Educ.
Mechanisms of Reactions |
UV-Vis Spectroscopy |
Reactions |
Addition Reactions |
Electrophilic Substitution
The Evolution of a Green Chemistry Laboratory Experiment: Greener Brominations of Stilbene
Lallie C. McKenzie, Lauren M. Huffman, and James E. Hutchison
We describe two new greener alkene bromination reactions that offer enhanced laboratory safety and convey important green chemistry concepts, in addition to illustrating the chemistry of alkenes. The two alternative reactions, one involving pyridinium tribromide and a second using hydrogen peroxide and hydrobromic acid, are compared to the traditional bromination of stilbene through the application of green metrics, including atom economy, percent experimental atom economy, E factor, and effective mass yield.
McKenzie, Lallie C.; Huffman, Lauren M.; Hutchison, James E.
J. Chem. Educ.
Synthesis |
Green Chemistry |
Aromatic Compounds |
Addition Reactions |
A Substitute for "Bromine in Carbon Tetrachloride"
Joshua M. Daley and Robert G. Landolt
Benzotrifluoride (BTF) is a suitable solvent substitute for carbon tetrachloride in experiments requiring application of bromine (Br2) in free radical or addition reactions with organic substrates. A 1 M solution of Br2 in BTF may be used to distinguish hydrocarbons based on the ease of abstraction of hydrogen atoms in thermally or light-induced free radical substitutions. Efficacy of minimization of solvent use, by aliquot addition to neat samples, has been established.
Daley, Joshua M.; Landolt, Robert G.
J. Chem. Educ.
Alkenes |
Free Radicals |
Green Chemistry |
Qualitative Analysis |
Organic lecture demonstrations
Silversmith, Ernest F.
Organic chemistry may not be known for its spectacular, attention getting chemical reactions. Nevertheless, this author describes a few organic chemistry reactions that put points across and generate interest. This article provides a convenient sources of demonstrations and urges others to add to the collection. Demonstrations concerning: carbohydrates, spectroscopy, proteins, amines, carbohydrates, carboxylic acids, and much more.
Silversmith, Ernest F.
J. Chem. Educ.
Molecular Properties / Structure |
Nucleophilic Substitution |
Acids / Bases |
Physical Properties |
Alkenes |
Stereochemistry |
Enantiomers |
Chirality / Optical Activity |
Aldehydes / Ketones |
Classification of the electrophilic addition reactions of olefins and acetylenes
Wilson, Michael A.
Summarizes a wide variety of electrophiles and substrates and the mechanisms by which they react.
Wilson, Michael A.
J. Chem. Educ.
Addition Reactions |
Reactions |
Mechanisms of Reactions
Bromination of alkanes: Experiment illustrating relative reactivities and synthetic utility
Warkentin, J.
The radical halogenation of alkanes lend themselves well to the teaching of basic material such as bond dissociation energies, potential energy profiles, enthalpy of reaction, activation energy, and reaction rate.
Warkentin, J.
J. Chem. Educ.
Electrochemistry |
Alkanes / Cycloalkanes |
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Kinetics |
Synthesis |
Alkenes |
Mechanisms of Reactions |
Free Radicals
The Chemistry of Alkenes (Patai, Saul, ed.)
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2009 Conference USA Outdoor Champion- 100 Meter
2009 NCAA Qualifier - Long Jump
2009 NCAA Qualifier - 100 Meter
2009 Conference USA Indoor Champion - Long Jump
2008 NCAA Regional Qualifier - Long Jump, 4X100
2008 Conference USA Indoor Freshman of the Year
2008 Conference USA Indoor Champion - Long Jump
Indoor: Finished seventh in the 60m (7.15) and in the long jump at the Texas A&M Early Opener ... Notched a third-place finish in the long jump ... Competed in the 60m and long jump at the New Balance Invitational ... Ran a season-best 6.90 in the prelims at the C-USA Championships and went on to finish in seventh place ... Earned a provisional mark in the long jump at the championships, becoming the champion with a mark of 7.56m (24-09.75) ... Also earned a provisional mark at the LSU NCAA Qualifier in the long jump with a length of 7.58m (24-10.5) to finish in second place. Outdoor: Placed third in the long jump at the LSU Alumni Gold meet with a mark of 7.18m (23-06.75) ... Ran a 21.32 200m dash at the C-USA Championships ... At the championships, qualified for the NCAA Midwest Regional in the 100m dash and the long jump ... Won the 100m at the championships, setting a personal record of 10.40 ... Finished third at the championships in the long jump with a mark of 7.46m (24-05.75) ... Clocked 10.68 in the 100m at the NCAA Regional.
Indoor: Posted a mark of 7.36m (24-01.75) in the long jump at the Houston Indoor Opener ... Ran a time of 7.01 in the 60m ... Finished eighth in the long jump at the Razorback Invitational with a leap of 7.41m (24-03.75) ... Finished second in the 60m with a time of 6.92 at the Houston Indoor Invitational ... Took gold in the long jump with a mark of 7.62m (25-00) at the C-USA Indoor Championships ... Posted a season-best time of 6.85 in the 60m to finish sixth at the conference championships ... Named C-USA Freshman of the Year following the championships. Outdoor: Finished eighth in the long jump with a mark of 7.20m (23-07.50) at the LSU Tiger Relays ... Also ran a time of 11.34 in the 100m ... Member of the 4X200 relay team that finished fourth at the Texas Relays with a time of 1:24.36 ... Took first in the long jump at the UTEP Invitational and the Tellez Invitational ... Ran a season best time of 10.78 in the 100m at the UTEP Invitational ... Finished second in the long jump with a mark of 7.25m (23-09.50) at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational ... Set a regional mark of 7.53m (24-08.50) to win the long jump competition at the Houston Invitational ... Helped lead the 4X100 relay team to a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 40.08.
Long jump regional qualifier ... Ranked No. 3 in the nation in the long jump ... Named First-Team All District as a running back in 2005 and all purpose in 2006 ... Academic All-District team member in 2005 ... Holds a personal best of 25-01 in the long jump ... Jumped at least 24 feet in the long jump all throughout high school.
Born May 12, 1989 in Houston, Texas ... Son of Latonya Page and Edward Turner Sr. ... Chose Houston for its track history and the ability to train with the best ... Also recruited by TCU, Texas, Texas Tech, Kansas State, Kentucky, Arkansas, Iowa State and Texas A&M ... Hobbies include playing video games and shopping.


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- Frankie Dettori and Colour Vision win Royal Ascot's Gold Cup race
- Dettori had decided to switch rides from Opinion Poll, which came second
- Pre-race favorite Fame And Glory finishes down the field
- The Queen's filly Momentary finishes third-last in Ribbesdale Stakes
Royal Ascot's most successful jockey Frankie Dettori won a thrilling Gold Cup on Colour Vision in Thursday's feature race.
The 42-year-old sealed his first victory of this year's meeting by leading home a Godolphin one-two, with stablemate Opinion Poll second under Mikael Barzalona.
Dettori had decided to switch rides from Opinion Poll, a decision that paid off when his Saeed Bin Suroor-trained gray won by half a length to earn the Italian's fifth victory in the prestigious race and his first since 2004.
He is still some way behind the leading 11 victories by the legendary Lester Piggott, but nevertheless has more wins at Royal Ascot than any other jockey.
Bin Suroor became only the eighth trainer to claim five Gold Cup victories and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Godolphin matched Sue Magnier's benchmark five for owners.
Magnier's part-owned Fame And Glory, the pre-race favorite and the winner last year, finished down the field under Jamie Spencer.
Meanwhile, there was more disappointment for England's Queen Elizabeth as her filly Momentary was well beaten in the Ribbesdale Stakes, finishing well back in the field.
The race was won in convincing style by Princess Highway, who powered home to win by five lengths.
The Queen, wearing mint green on the third day of Royal Ascot -- Ladies' Day -- had earlier taken her customary trip to the parade ring to inspect her filly ahead of the race and exchange a few words with her jockey, Hayley Turner.
But Momentary never presented a serious threat and finished third-last in the field of 14 starters. It follows a gallant second place by the Queen's horse Carlton House on Wednesday.
The Andrew Lloyd Weber-owned The Fugue -- who was an unlucky third behind Was and Shirocco Star in the Oaks -- finished second, with Shirocco Star this time coming third.
The Ribbesdale Stakes for three-year-old fillies featured many of the same fillies who contested the Oaks at Epsom earlier this month.


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F-type 138 VS Isonic133
I own a F-type 138 2005 for the moment.
Sail it most of the time with 8.5 and 9.5. with the 52 Stock fin.
I am 67kg and 180cm.
It is very early planing board ,very simple to ride upwind+++
But when I want to go downwind it is like there is a break on the board when I reach the 48Km/h.
I own also a Isonic 105 and sailed it also with the 8.5 but it is hard to get it upwind.
Would a Isonic133 be faster than the FT138?
What about fast planning and upwind?
The Isonic145 is the almost the same as the Ftype138 I think?
I like to replace my FT138 but I have my doubts.
|27th October 2006, 11:50 PM
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RE: F-type 138 VS Isonic133
Hi Danny L,
Where do you have your mast foot positioned on the FT138?
48 Km/h is 26 knots, and that's not really very fast for off the wind on the FT 138.If you get the mast foot back until the board is almost "tailwaking" I think your speeds (on all points of sail) will improve significantly.
At 80 cm wide, the Isonic 133 would be faster for sure, but again, you must tune the board for the best speed and this usually means having the mast foot a little further back than the middle of the track for a light weight sailor such as yourself.
As far as getting upwind on the Isonic 105, again mast foot tuning, fin size (are you using the smaller or the larger fin?) and technique are all factors.
I'm now sailing the Isonic 101 and find it goes upwind very well "on the fin", but I'm not trying to sail it with anything as big as an 8.5 m2 rig. That's a little "too big" in my opinion. I've sailed it with a 7.5 m2 Retro and 6.6 m2/5.6 m2/and 4.8m2 Huckers, and with these sails it's a little rocket ship, getting upwind (once you get the board up to a speed where the fin starts to work) is no problem at all.
When you are planing fast, on the Isonic 105, check to see where the spray is coming out from under the board.
Most of the white spray should be coming out from under the upwind front footstrap or behind. You should see not appreciable "spray" to leeward and the lee rail should be in pretty much "green" water.
If you don't get the Isonic 105 "up on the fin" it won't be very fast, and you won't get the good lift (upwind) from your fin.
At your weight, if going fast is what you like to do, and giving up a little bit of early planing isn't a problem, upgrading your FT-138 to the Isonic 133 would seem a step in the right direction.
Hope this helps,
|28th October 2006, 02:12 AM
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RE: F-type 138 VS Isonic133
Thanks Roger for the advice,
I read a lots of exlanations from you and I am in the right direction.
I have expearenced with the mast foot position on the FT and the Is
I surfed the Isonic only with a 8.5 and yes it fiels a little big,it works but not ideal ,this is not my intention for the board,but when you get a new board you want to sail it,most of the time it was 12 to max 15 knots and I bought it for +15 knots.
It is just the downwind speed on my FT,when I push it the same way than the Isonics suddenly it is wanting to fly, it just comes out of the water,loosing control,when I try to run it flat (Mast position middle)there is a break that comes on,I was thinking that the fin was to big.
But my board is 2 years know and is ready to be sold.
Is there a big difference between the Ftype138 and the Is133 ?
Do I loose much in planning treshold?
Would I win in Max speed?
The surfing style on the Isonic133 ,can it compare to same turbo foot on the FT138?
For me it is the Is133 or the 145.
Can the Is133 handle Severne C2 9.5 without problems or do I need a bigger fin?
thanks alot,
Ps:Starboard support is the best.
|28th October 2006, 06:03 AM
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RE: F-type 138 VS Isonic133
Hi Danny,
I don't havean Isonic 133 in my demo fleet, so I can't answer your question on the 9.5 m2 rig, but it would seem like it would be alot better than the 8.5 m2 on the Isonic 105.
Yes, I think you will loose a little on the early planing end if you move from 88 cm wide to 80 cm wide, but you are fairly light so unless you sail on freshwater all the time, I think you could probably overcome this with technique.
But I'm puzzled.
Maybe you rig quite differently than I do, but a 7.5 works pretty well for me in a sloid 12 knots, and I weigh about 10 kg.more than you do.
Do you have another sail in the 7.0-8.0 m2 range that you could try on the Isonic 105? Maybe rig it pretty "fat" and use an adjustable outhaul to "slim it out" once you get planing.
In a solid 15 knots, I'm normally on the 6.6 m2 Hucker on the Isonic 101 or the Isonic 115 I had last year.
As far as getting more top speed from the FT-138, yes, I've used fins down in the 50 cm range (Deboichet Concept 50) with a 6.5 m2 rig and the board simply flew. It does sound like you are tailwalking on too much fin here. Also, when I got max. speed on the FT-138 I had the mast foot all the way back and the 50 cm fin on very flat water in around 18-20 knots on a 6.6 m2 race sail.
Yes, the Isonic 133 should be definitely faster than the FT-138.
Hope this helps,
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Caroline R. (Card) Beckwith, 86, passed away on November 22, 2013 at Avalon Nursing Home. She was the wife of the late Harold A. Beckwith.
Born in Warwick, she was a daughter of the late Joseph L. Card, Sr. and Mary (Rollinson) Card. Mrs. Beckwith was an administrative office worker for the Warwick School Department until her retirement. She was an avid card player.
She was the beloved sister of Ann Taber Gomes of Tiverton and the late Joseph L. Card, Jr., Charles F. Card, William Carpenter and Ellen Davies. Loving aunt of Joseph L. Card, III and Carol Fitzpatrick.
Relatives and friends are invited to her Funeral Service on Saturday, November 30, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. in The Urquhart-Murphy Funeral Home, 800 Greenwich Avenue, Route 5, Warwick (Exit 12A on I-95). Burial will follow in R.I. Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Exeter. www.murphyfuneralhomes.org


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ZANOTTO, Abel. Notes on a social representation of adolescence in the editorials of La Nación daily newspaper. Subj. procesos cogn. [online]. 2012, vol.16, n.1, pp.245-264. ISSN 1852-7310.
The concept of social representation, despite issues yet to solve, expresses a perspective that overcomes classic dichotomies in social psychology: individual/society, nature/ culture and knowledge acquisition as personal production or social imposition. The present contribution addresses the social construction of the representation of urban teens of the beginning of the century in complex intertwinement of youth-impulsivityalcoholism, in editorials of a newspaper in Buenos Aires. These secondary sources are appropriate to track these and other representations, as mass media dissemination and outreach are undisputed as well as their ability to set a public agenda that gathers concerns of a particular community and that emphasizes them through constant feedback.
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by John Calvin (compiled by John H. Kromminga)
Bible Text:
By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to he called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. —Hebrews 11: 24–26
You have already felt, as I think, that the sharpest and most difficult assault is that of those who under color of friendship, with insinuating arts, seek to make you swerve from the right way. Those persons are never unprovided with plausible pretexts and allurements; so much the more then you have need to put in practice the doctrine of the apostle, to take good heed and to steel yourself against flatteries as well as fears.
It was the resolution of Moses, who, having it in his power to be great at the court of Egypt, preferred the reproach of Christ to all the pomps and perishing delights which would have cost him too dear, had he allowed himself to be detained. Now the apostle shows whence he derived this courage; it was in hardening himself by looking upon God.
Thus, Monseigneur, elevating your thoughts, learn to stop your ears against all the blasts of Satan, which strive only to overthrow your salvation, by shaking the constancy of your faith. Learn to shut your eyes to all distractions that would tend to turn you aside, aware that they are but so many deceits of our mortal enemy. And by whatever wiles they engage you to purchase your own safety in breaking the faith pledged to the Son of God, let this saying be deeply stamped on your memory, that he will be confessed by you on pain of your being disavowed and renounced by him.
Many, indeed, nowadays, think they have but to wipe their mouth, after it has denied the truth; but for all that the confession thereof is too precious to God to be so lightly esteemed. And though it seems lost pains to bear witness to the gospel among those who are rebels to it, or even that such witnessing gives rise but to derision and reproach; yet, since it is a sacrifice well pleasing to God, let us content ourselves with being approved by him. One thing is certain; he will cause our simplicity to bring forth more fruits than we imagine, provided only we observe what he commands. —Correspondence
John Calvin was the premier theologian of the Reformation, but also a pious and godly Christian pastor who endeavored throughout his life to point men and women to Christ. We are grateful to Reformation Heritage Books for permission to use John Calvin's Thine Is My Heart as our daily devotional for 2013 on the OPC Web site. You can currently obtain a printed copy of that book from Reformation Heritage Books.
Dr. Joel Beeke, who is editorial director of Reformation Heritage Books, has this to say:
"Calvin shows us the piety of a Reformed theologian who speaks from the heart. Having tasted the goodness and grace of God in Jesus Christ, he pursued piety by seeking to know and do God's will every day. He communed with Christ, practicing repentance, self-denial, and cross-bearing. Moreover, his theology worked itself out in heart-felt, Christ-honoring piety. The selections of this devotional bear this out, and hopefully will be used by God to direct pious hearts in our own day."
These devotional readings from John Calvin were compiled by John H. Kromminga. Be sure to read his "Introduction" to John Calvin's Thine Is My Heart.


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97' Impreza Won't Start
Posted 31 December 2012 - 08:38 PM
Had this happen about 6 weeks ago (DOA when I went to start) and it started fine with the help of a jump. Just figured I left something on or a door open. Didn't think much of it. Car ran fine up until today. Not sure where to begin, any help is appreciated.
Posted 31 December 2012 - 08:40 PM
If starter is original it may be due.
Posted 31 December 2012 - 09:02 PM
If its a manual make sure the clutch is pressed all the way down.
Posted 31 December 2012 - 11:57 PM
Guess my battery and alternator are good. Can't figure out what I did since the Neg connection on the battery is good, no acid build up at all. Positive terminal is good and tight as well, little build-up on that connection.
Think I should replace both of the cables just to be safe?
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Posted 01 January 2013 - 01:39 PM
cables almost never fail on Subaru's, i wouldn't throw parts at it just yet.
get a battery post and cable end/terminal cleaner and clean them both and reinstall.
gotta start digging into electrical stuff if that's not it.
testing for voltage at the starter
jumping it via the battery
jumping via the starter - give 12 volts right to the starter
Edited by grossgary, 01 January 2013 - 01:50 PM.
Posted 01 January 2013 - 01:51 PM
yes! very common. if it's an auto, move the shifter forward/back a few times and they crank right up.
Sometimes moving the shifter around in the slot will clear the trouble for a bit.
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What part is the culprit?
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Coming together again for Church in the Park
PUNXSUTAWNEY — A special service that's been enjoyed by Christians and non-Christians alike, Church In The Park will be held this weekend in Barclay Square.
Jim Pond, pastor at the First United Methodist Church of Punxsy, said this year's theme is "Come Together" to share God's love, word, and make disciples.
Pond said those thoughts will all be pulled together during Sunday's service at 10:30 a.m. in Barclay Square.
The Punxsutawney Ministerium, a group of local pastors and lay people, has been holding weekly meetings to prepare for the weekend's events, Pond said. Even though some churches do things differently than others, all of the churches seek to accomplish the same purpose: Helping people come to salvation.
Pond said the planning committee has actually had less time to plan the weekend's activities since Greg Tibbs, the former pastor at the First Church of God in Punxsy, who was called to pastor a church in Marion, Ill., planned many of the activities for the weekend each year.
Festivities begin at 8:30 p.m. Friday with "Movie In The Park," featuring the film "Rio." Families are invited to an evening of fun and fellowship including free refreshments, hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy and pop.
Everyone attending is asked to bring chairs or a blanket to view the movie that will begin around 8:45 p.m.
Saturday, there are two service projects scheduled: A ramp-building service project at the rear of the Salvation Army, coordinated through the First United Methodist Church and a clean-up of the Mahoning Shadow Trail, coordinated through the Punxsutawney Area Alliance Church.
At 1 p.m. Saturday, "Dance Your Shoes Off" will take place in Barclay Square, during which community members will participate in a dance routine. Pond said those who don't dance are invited to bring a new pair of shoes to be donated to those who are less fortunate.
The speaker for this year's service is Wayne Anderson, interim pastor of the First Church Of God in Punxsutawney. He was chosen because of his many years as a speaker at his own church, special events and camp meetings.
Anderson said his first impressions of Church in the Park are great, with many denominations coming together as one for a single service.
"I think it's fantastic. I think it's what Jesus Christ had in mind for His church," he said. "In fact, He very clearly says, 'The church should be one, and is one.' I think when a group of churches come together like this, God is honored and people are served."
Bill Young Jr., the new pastor for United Methodist churches in Hamilton, Frostburg and Valier, said the three churches have chosen to join as a charge to take part in Church in the Park.
"It's our first time to join as one in an official capacity," said Young, who started July 1 as the pastor of the Valier United Methodist Charge which encompasses all three churches. "I'm thrilled that we get to come in force as a charge, and I'm proud of our people."
Young, who has served as the music and youth minister at First United Methodist, said what he's doing now is different than what his duties entailed at the Punxsy church.
"I get to preach a little bit more and pastor people a little bit more, it's a good thing," Young said.
Al Kimmel, pastor of Cross Town Ministries (Grace and Woodland Avenue United Methodist Churches), said Church In The Park already feels like a long tradition, even though it has only been in existence for several years.
"This is exciting; there are some things that are happening which are different," he said. "There are some things that we've let go of from the past. I just feel good about this year's program and the way the plans have come together."
Kimmel said he is in charge of a portion of Sunday's worship service, and plans to pray the prayer that Jesus did in the garden before his crucifixion, as recorded in the Gospel of John.
The prayer was not for Jesus himself, but for His disciples and the ones who will come to believe through them, he said.
"What we've created for the worship service is that God is praying for Church In The Park," Kimmel said.
Mary Lewis, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Punxsy, said the involvement of her congregation has continued to grow over the years.
Lewis said with Tibbs' departure, a lay person came to her and said the ministerium can't allow the Church In The Park tradition to die.
"Greg (Tibbs) was one of the leaders that first began the program, which meant we would have to pick up the slack," Lewis said, adding that she's excited about this year's service than some of the others.
"I'm really excited that we're having communion together," she said. "That's really the symbol of people coming together."
Pond said this year's offering will be given to Nothing But Nets, a global, grassroots campaign to save lives by preventing malaria, a leading killer of children in Africa. Bed nets work by creating a protective barrier against deadly malaria-carrying mosquitoes that bite at night.
Worship will be led by Mark Kephart, interim worship leader at First Church of God.
Lunch will follow Sunday's service. To order a lunch ahead of time, call Peggy McQuown at First Church of God at 938-6670.


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New Delhi: Shahid Kapoor faced the camera while having a haircut - just for his fans!
The actor agreed to do it for his celebrity hairstylist Aalim Hakim`s show 'Style Inc. with Aalim Hakim'. The episode featuring Shahid will go on air on TLC Friday.
Shahid and Hakim have been good friends for long. They take a nostalgic trip down memory lane, wherein Shahid speaks about his struggling days and how Hakim supported him all through.
The actor will also be given a couple of different looks on the show.
Hakim`s show offers viewers access to new trends while he gives actors a whole new look - both on-screen and off it.


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SALT LAKE CITY – James Harden scored 25 points and the Houston Rockets rolled by the Jazz 125-80 on Monday night, handing Utah its worst home loss in franchise history.
The Jazz had won six straight at home but simply couldn't keep pace in transition. They were outscored 26-2 on the break and shot just 39.5 percent. Their previous worst was by 33 points to Milwaukee on Nov. 18, 1980.
Carlos Delfino and Marcus Morris each hit four 3-pointers for Houston, which made 16 of 34 from beyond the arc. Omer Asik had 19 rebounds as the Rockets (25-22) won their third straight.
Houston led by 21 points in the second, by 35 in the third and kept pouring it on fourth.
Randy Foye led Utah with 12 points.
The Jazz hardly looked like the team that had won nine of their previous 12. They fell behind by nine early but rallied to tie it at 22 late in the first.
After that it was all Houston, prompting fans to boo and head for the exits early in the third quarter.
At one point, Houston hit three straight 3-pointers, two by Morris and another by Harden, who took a seat on the bench with the rest of the Rockets starters the entire fourth.
Morris opened the fourth with another 3 just to put an exclamation point on the night.
The Rockets led by as many as 21 points in the second, thanks to aggressive moves to the rim by Harden and the 3-point shooting of Delfino.
Harden had 18 points by halftime and Delfino 14 in just 12 minutes off the bench as he hit his first four 3-pointers.
The Jazz scored 39 points in the first half.
Paul Millsap and Al Jefferson were a combined 0 for 7 to start and 5 of 18 at halftime.
By then it was over.
Nuggets 102, Pacers 101: At Denver, Andre Iguodala made a free throw with 0.4 seconds remaining after forcing a turnover to deny a last-second shot by Indiana, and Denver beat the Pacers.
Iguodala finished with 13 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, and had the defensive play of the game when he stole the ball from Paul George as the Pacers' guard maneuvered for a last-second shot.
Iguoadala signaled for time out with 0.5 seconds remaining. On the inbounds, Andre Miller lobbed a pass toward the basket that Iguodala and George both went after with George making contact and getting called for the foul.
Iguoadala, who had missed four consecutive free throws earlier in the fourth quarter, cooly sank the tiebreaker and missed the second on purpose and the buzzer sounded as the ball rattled off the backboard.
Warriors 114, Raptors 102: At Toronto, David Lee had 21 points and 12 rebounds, Stephen Curry scored 17 points before leaving with an injury, and Golden State beat Toronto.
Curry twisted his injured right ankle in the third quarter when he tripped and fell while driving.
He did not return.
Aaron Gray had a career-high 22 points and 10 rebounds for the Raptors, who have lost seven of nine.
Grizzlies 103, 76ers 100: At Philadelphia, Marc Gasol scored a season-high 27 points, and Rudy Gay had 26 to lead Memphis over Philadelphia.
Jerryd Bayless scored a season-high 21 points to help the Grizzlies win without point guard Mike Conley. Conley sat out with a sprained left ankle suffered in Sunday's loss to New Orleans.
Nets 97, Magic 77: At New York Deron Williams had 20 points and nine assists, and Brooklyn beat Orlando for its eighth straight home victory.
The Nets rebounded from their first two-game losing streak under P.J. Carlesimo, finishing off a four-game sweep of the Magic, who dropped their sixth straight.
Kings 96, Wizards 94: At Washington, Isaiah Thomas made a floater with a second to play, capping a seesaw finish as Sacramento broke a four-game losing streak with a win over Washington.
Emeka Okafor scored a season-high 23 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, and John Wall had 19 points and six assists for the Wizards, whose home winning streak ended at five games.


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Google has penalized one of my website.
The site has a PR6 and has good content. On an average user stays 4 minutes on my website.
For the past 2 years google has been penalized me many times and usually My site will be restored to normal after 2 or 3 months.
But this time 4 months has passed and I am still not recovering. I am seeing lots of SEO services where they charge to analyze and correct and reverse the Google penalty. Can I use any1 of them.
To be more precise. My site is penalized and not banned. I still receive visitors from google but they have fallen to 80%.
Every time I file a reconsideration request I get a reply that "No Manual Spam actions found" from google. I am confused.
One time my site was penalized and I try to query google with a seo software for checking PR of Thousands of url. After penalty I wrote to them saying I will not send any automated queries after that. My rankings was restored in a day.
I am losing nearly 2000USD per month because of this.
Kindly guide me in this regard.
What did you do to get in trouble many times over?
Out of interest, how do you know this is happening? What are the signs?
My rankings dissapear and I get very less no of visitors from Google search.
I really don't know what is causing the trouble. As I used to get replies that "No Manual SPam actions found". I do not violate google's webmaster guidelines and strictly do only white hat SEO.
Are you sure it isn't just a case that other sites are now ranking higher than yours in the SERPs because Google has determined that they're better/more relevant? These things are never static.
No. My website is very strong in content and also links. It is not the case of other websites ranking ahead of me but my website going down abrubtly in rankins for once in 3 months.
That has happened to one of my sites in the past. Say twice a year or so Google would kill the traffic for a period of 4 - 17 weeks then it would recover to about where it was before. That does not indicate a penalty. After Google kills the traffic, I get an email within a couple weeks trying to get me to pay for advertising. See a connection?
In Sept. Google killed the traffic on every site I have an interest in. A site that once ranked #1 in Google for its niche back in 2008 and got around 2,000 visitors per day from Google got 92 visitors from that search engine in the past month. And that's a big improvement! In January 2012 it was doing 600 visitors a month (compared to about 9,000 from Yahoo/Bing). Then it went down, down, down, down. At it's lowest point from the end of Sept. through the end of Oct. (I think) it got 22 visitors in a 30-day period. In 2008 when it ranked #1, I watched its rank drop in Google from #1 to sub-600 in a matter of a few hours. It never recovered. Webmaster Tools says it ranks sub-300 for the most competitive keyword currently. I almost never use Google, so I'm not going to waste my time looking for it.
No changes were ever made to the site to make it rank #1 or to cause it to drop. Google just did it. That's the way Google works. Some say that's the way a search engine should work. I disagree. I also find it highly suspicious that Google kills my traffic then tries to get me to pay for advertising. :mad:
remove unnatural links or nofollow links
Why would you recommend removing nofollow links? Used correctly, the nofollow attribute is likely to be beneficial for you, not a reason for any kind of penalty.
Here is the solution for this, I hope you have Webmaster access to your website. Just click in to Traffic and Links to my Site Option and click more. Then Download latest links in top of the table menu and Analyze the links where you have got so far. It sure helps you identify the spammy links.
No follow links shouldn't be removed, only spammy links. And add good content to your website.
Just out of curiosity...do you have ads on your site? From which company?
Is there any chance someone could be targeting your site with bad links? A rival website or company could be doing this in order to "tone down" the competition.
Remove bad link from your website, you can remove bad link or unnatural link with the help of Link Disavow Tool.
Several people have chimed in with the suggestion to remove bad links... let's try and limit further posts to new ideas or tools for tracking down the issue at hand.
If you're doing everything right, publishing original content and not doing any black hat SEO, everything else is up to Google really. You can't make them to do anything. An option is to just bite the bullet and buy some Adwords...
If that is the case, why have you been penalised so many times?With PR6, I'd hazard a guess you have an enormous amount of links, few of which were organically grown. The previously high influence of links has been decimated, which may explain why your serp ranking has plummeted.
Hi benbob, What do you mean with:
Organically grown links?
Exactly that: links that appear without your involvement, including third parties working on your behalf. Conversely: artificial links i.e. anything have endeavored to create or buy.
The previously high influence of links has been decimated, which may explain why your serp ranking has plummeted.
Again, exactly what I said: the weighting of links has been vastly reduced in favor of content and relevance of it. In other words: where it was possible a couple of years ago to set up a crappy website, buy/create 10,000 links and it would show up on page 1 on Google, that is now virtually impossible.


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Daily Links, March 23: Papal road trip, departed Catholics, and mistaken religious identity
If you have tuned in to just about any news outlet today you've surely heard that Pope Benedict XVI is on the road, having embarked on a visit to Mexico and Cuba. On the way he spoke about his concern over drug violence in Mexico and Marxism in Cuba. Anthony Stevens-Arroyo puts those comments in context by looking at the political situation Pope Benedict will find on his trip. CNN takes a look at how Benedict will be received in Mexico, where Catholics are still devoted to John Paul II.
There's still a lot of talk about Rep. Paul Ryan's tax plan, which he argues would be a fair solution to the nation's budget troubles. The New York Times takes a closer look.
The Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey is interested in why former Catholics have left the church. So the diocese, with the help of Villanova University, conducted a study to find out exactly why people had left.
As the Philadelphia sex abuse trial draws closer, one accused priest has accepted a plea deal. That sparked a request for a new jury from Msgr. William Lynn, who faces criminal charges for failing to remove priests who sexually abused minors from ministry.
Here's that latest "religious freedom" argument: secular colleges and universities should be closed for religious holidays out of respect for people's beliefs. That sounds great, but as one of our commenters on Facebook pointed out, some schools have tried this approach and found "there would be very few days left to hold class if the schedule accomodated the religious holidays of all their students."
And here's a story you don't see every day. A Catholic priest discovered something surprising about his past--he is actually Jewish. He was born into a Jewish family but his parents were killed in the Holocaust, and it wasn't until 12 years after his ordination as a Catholic priest that he learned this fact. After all the recent talk over whether you can be both Buddhist and Catholic, now we've found a priest who is both Jewish and Catholic.


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FT. WAYNE, Ind. — HoopGrind Michigan lost its final two games of the GRBA Nationals, falling 66-62 to the Indiana Fire Friday night and MBA Elite 71-62 Saturday morning in the quarterfinals.
Tjay Johnson poured in 21 points for HoopGrind in the quarterfinal loss, while Jaleel Hogan added 13 points. Brad Schaub scored 10.


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The student papers of Daniel J. Fink, M.D. are unique among the archival collections of the Miner Library. Although there is abundant material on the curriculum and curricular changes in several of our faculty manuscript collections, there is nothing on undergraduate medical education at Rochester from the student perspective – apart from the Fink papers.
Boxes 1-3 contain material pertaining to Dr. Fink's pre-clinical years, i.e., 1970/71-1971/72. These files are arranged by course, i.e., Biochemistry, Histology, Physiology, etc., and are remarkable in the scope and condition of the material retained. The course files typically include lecture, laboratory and conference schedules; classroom handouts; corrected quizzes and examinations; handwritten notes taken during lectures or notes from his reading, etc. It would be difficult to imagine a collection of material providing a more complete representation of pre-clinical training than what is retained in the Fink papers.
Box 4 contains second year course material; files pertaining to Dr. Fink's clerkship and electives in 1972/73 and 1973/74; and four folders of correspondence pertaining to his admission to medical school and subsequent medical training. Box 5 contains miscellaneous files from his student years, including participation in the Student Curriculum Committee and Student-Faculty Committee. There are also several folders in this box from Dr. Fink's residency in Cincinnati. Box 6 contains carefully maintained appointment calendars for the years 1970-1974; and Boxes 7-8 Dr. Fink's medicine bag and the microscope he used as a student. The Student Papers of Daniel J. Fink, M.D. were received in March 2011 and were processed in April of that year. The Fink papers are contained in eight boxes and occupy four linear feet.
The Education Wing had just been completed when Daniel Fink entered the School of Medicine in 1970
Daniel Fink was born and raised in Newark, N.J. in 1949. After graduating from Weequahic High School, alma mater of novelist Philip Roth, he majored in biology at Yale University. He was a member of Yale's last all-male class when he graduated in 1970. Dr. Fink then entered the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, receiving his M.D. in 1974. He did his internal medicine residency at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center (1974-77) and was then a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, receiving the M.B.A. from the Wharton School in 1979.
After finishing his training in Philadelphia, Dr. Fink moved to Los Angeles, where he now resides. His career encompassed a number of clinical, administrative, and academic positions until he moved to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in 1995, where he is currently a member of the teaching faculty in internal medicine. Dr. Fink is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
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We'll start using encrypted apps instead of SMS
I really am not interested in training my drug dealer how to use encryption.
"I really am not interested in training my drug dealer how to use encryption."
Just text him: I have a fever and the only prescription is more cowbells.
He'll know what you mean.
Cops if they are doing their job, they would like to have more information. However I hope congress is working for the Americans and realize our justice system was designed to favor the innocent, Law enforcement cannot be an easy or an efficient job, even though they will be able to catch more bad guys and probably save a lot of lives. American Liberty is the greater good over safety.
They are commuting stock/bank fraud.
They are commuting stock/bank fraud.
To a lesser sentence while driving to work? Judges are getting really lazy these days.
Damn! I "commuted" a brain fart.
Because easy trumps secure any day of the week? How many times have we seen "Laptop with tons of unencrypted sensitive information lost"? It doesn't matter if its crooks or credit card companies, easy will ALWAYS come before secure, all it takes is one lazy guy in the org and you're boned.
I mean you think that it'd be obvious when for the fiftieth time you'd see those corporate emails where you'd have some PHB talking about shit that really really REALLY shouldn't have been written down, much less put int
i use PGP with gmail, i write my emails on thunderbird sign encrypt, thunderbird has via pop access to gmail so i'm good.
If it was that easy the police wouldn't have been able to wiretap anything once skype came out (until the MS takeover and it is presumably now wire-tappable).
The phone system isn't secure, from the government or hackers, but people still use it for all sorts of business. People who know full well their technology can be tapped and tracked still use it for criminal purposes, because most people, criminals included, are stupid.
Yes but every single phone isn't tapped and recorded for 2 years.
This is slightly different.
These messages shouldn't be archived. If the police need to see the communications, they should be required to get a warrent, and only be able to intercept communications as their happening - as would happen with a wiretap.
Law enforcement should not be able to go back through prior communications that occurred before they got a warrant.
The police normally only investigate crimes after they have already happened so they need to get evidence from the time period that the crime happened in.
I agree with you that they should need to get a warrant, much like they have to to get your phone records, but I think that they should be allowed to get text messages that are less than one month old, but beyond one month they should only get a notice that a text happened, but not the actual message.
Do you think they should be able to get the audio of any phone conversation up to a month old? Why should one kind of data be retained, for no other reason than its easy and cheap to retain, but not another?
Why should text recieve, in any way, less protection than audio, other than due to a side effect of the technical details of how it is implemented?
Do you think they should be able to get the audio of any phone conversation up to a month old?
If that was information that was normally stored in the course of business, then yes, but there should be no special provisions asking the phone companies to start storing that information.
The problem isn't granting them access with a warrant. The problem is that they are trying to induce storage for no other reason than to maintain a POTENTIAL evidence database.
Why should there be a requirement to maintain these messages? Should there be a requirement to make a copy of every letter that passes through the post office and maintain it for x months? Of course not, because such a copy isn't necessary to transmit the letter.
I hate that people treat the default for all Rights these days in the manner of: None, unless proven otherwise.
I agree they should be able to get the information if they have a warrant, but that the companies should not be forced to store the information.
Basically I'm not looking to put stupid barriers in the way of a criminal investigation, but not looking for this to become a police state.
Does the USPS need to scan all letters? Do cell conversations need to be recorded and stored? Do emails need to be retained by the host?
Is this April 1st?
This is in violation of the US Constitution and they can be considered showing intent to violate it. They should lose their jobs as clearly they are not acting in accord to the public they are supposed to serve, Neither are the politicians who will likely pass it.
They may obtain said text messages with a warrant obtained legally.
This is how we do things in America. We are not a police-state. We are not a military-state.
Deal with it.
And yet, you are totally missing the point. Its not a question of whether they should be able to obtain the messages, legally, with a warrant (which, incidentally, they currently don't actually need as far as I know). Thats totally off topic, if its there, of course they can get at it with cause.
The question is, why should it be retained. Why should the phone company be REQUIRED to store data, from everyone, all the time, based on their assertion that they might need to request it later?
My phone calls are not recorded, why should they not also be required to retain the audio of the calls? Why, other than current details of old laws, should the two types of personal data, be in in any way, treated differently?
Ah... The good old days.
At the border: Papers Please!
Walking down the road: Papers Please!
http://papersplease.org/hiibel/case.html [papersplease.org]
They may obtain said text messages with a warrant obtained legally.
Irrelevant to the problem.
This is how we do things in America. We are not a police-state. We are not a military-state.
To the extent that true (and it's less true every year), it's because we citizens stand up against efforts like this one.
Gives me extra comfort in switching to t-mobile like I am currently planning to do.
By the way, anybody in the Phoenix area (east valley especially) care to comment on the quality of service t-mobile offers here? I like how cheap their plans are, and Sprint has very well pissed me off lately so I'm in the process of ditching them.
I like how cheap their plans are, and Sprint has very well pissed me off lately so I'm in the process of ditching them.
A girl sent me a 950KB picture yesterday that took my phone 18 minutes to download. The Sprint network in Phoenix blows. I'm not sure how to find the article now, but I seem to remember a survey from a couple years ago which claimed that Verizon had the best network in Phoenix. That may have changed though. All I know is that Sprint can't be bothered to put 4G service here, even though I have a 4G Sprint phone that's 2 and a half years old.
I like how cheap their plans are, and Sprint has very well pissed me off lately so I'm in the process of ditching them.
A girl sent me a 950KB picture yesterday that took my phone 18 minutes to download. The Sprint network in Phoenix blows. I'm not sure how to find the article now, but I seem to remember a survey from a couple years ago which claimed that Verizon had the best network in Phoenix. That may have changed though. All I know is that Sprint can't be bothered to put 4G service here, even though I have a 4G Sprint phone that's 2 and a half years old.
Of course, the question on all our minds:
How'd her boobs look?
Yes, because communication companies can always be trusted to secure their user's data. Ignore those black-suit guys with the sunglasses and the CIA/FBI/NSA badges working in the Farraday cage room with biometric security, they are NOT streaming your text messages to Langley/DC/Fort Meade for analysis. There are not Exabytes of storage capabilities at said facilities in order to "protect national security".
Nothing to see here folks.
How about complete audio recordings of all phone calls, and copies of every piece of mail delivered?
Or did you try that before [wikipedia.org], and ran into some trouble with the Supreme Court, the Fourth Ammendment, and a planet full of Ewoks [wikipedia.org] over forty years ago?
Why not require cops to put video/audio recorders in all their cars and require them to keep the tapes for 2 years. Make any missing tape a felony so that the incentive to "lose" them disappears. That would do more to make our country a better place than keeping SMS messages.
And suddenly, 50% of the nation's police force is behind bars for assault, bribery, extortion, racketeering, corruption, domestic violence, solicitation..... you get the idea.
The hell they do.
Texts need to be treated the same as verbal communications. Law enforcement needs to acquire permission to wire tap a persons phone ahead of time. Then, and only then should the texts be logged or stored. Or should the phone companies be expected to keep a recording of all conversations over their networks for two years also?
So, basically they are saying something like this:
"But you want us to stop those dirty, nasty people that want to sell your little angel a bag of crack, and who want nothing more than to destroy our way of life, right? Well, in order to do that any better than we alread are, because those people are adapting to the changing flow of technology, we will have to have access to those mediums!"
We should reply in kind:
"Text messages should be intercepted live, and not recorded in advance. Your convenience is not
Of course, that isn't how this will pan out. My cynical nature screams at me that the police will kick their feet, balk, whine, and throw a PR hissyfit with the press about those mean, dirty people with their dirty secrets wanting to hurt innocent people and children in order to protect themselves from justice, by supressing the motion.
You're less cynical than I am. I think that the conversation will go something like this:
Police: We think we should trap all text messages.
Congress: Can we use this to spy on Occupy protesters, right-wing protesters, and anyone else we find politically inconvenient?
Police: Sure, no problemo.
Congress: Ok, passed unanimously with no debate.
I would help the cops more if the microphone was always on a complete recording of everything in ear shot of the phone was kept in storage for when it was needed. Seems silly, just wait for bandwidth and storage costs to drop a little more.
Whose phone is it? Who is paying for the service? Why does my phone have to serve the usage of the police? Why can't it do what I want, send and receive messages with no record?
Why is there the assumption that because it can be done it must be done? ((... "for the sake of the children"...))
Why can't we have devices that serve the user?
I have no problem with the carriers having 1 year retention of SMS messages if law enforcement have no problem with getting a court ordered warrant before they can access them. The warrant needs to be narrowed to a particular phone number and for a specific date/time range and not a blanket "everything in this zip code during the month of July".
More than 1 year retention required by Law enforcement and they aren't doing their jobs properly. And sorry Columbo, no peeking without probable cause.
All it would take is one android/ios app to read/send encrypted SMS messages and this would be defeated. Of course the cops would then try to extract your keys but that couldn't happen near as easy.
I like the fact that my library (and most others) destroy records of checkouts after you return a book so that the information can't be used in an investigation or trial.
Just because I read some Karl Marx, doesn't make me a commie. Likewise, just because I texted a quote from the Koran doesn't make me a terrorist.
And, no, a 'security letter request' or whatever else they are calling it these days it not acceptable. If you think you have need of text logs for an investigation, go through the proper channels.
If you are interested in seeing what is currently being done:
http://www.aclu.org/cell-phone-location-tracking-request-response-cell-phone-company-data-retention-chart [aclu.org]
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/09/cellular-customer-data/ [wired.com]
I understand what the cops are getting at, creating a standard they can use. However they tried something like this on ISP up here and Canada, and there was a bit of row to say the least. Cops it seems in general will constantaly ask for more and more powers in order to basicall
Machines that have broken down will work perfectly when the repairman arrives.


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Teamlist Tuesday is here with #NRL Teamlists and officials for Round 12 confirmed.
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Bradford Bulls today confirmed the signing of England International Prop Forward Nick Scruton from Leeds Rhinos on a three year contract from the start of next season.
Scruton, who is 23 years old, has made 96 appearances for the Rhinos, including 25 this season and Bulls Coach Steve McNamara is delighted to have Scruton on board for the next three years.
"Nick has been playing in a very strong Leeds side for the last three or four years and he has gone very well. I'm really pleased to able to bring him to the Bulls and also by the fact that he wanted to come here to Bradford as well. Nick's young, English and has got a great deal of ambition whilst he still has plenty of improvement in him. He is tough and fit and a very vocal player who he will add a lot to our pack next year and I'm looking forward to working with him.
He's someone who bases his game on his sheer love and enthusiasm for the sport and he is a great addition to our squad."


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Big 12 M5: 03.04.14 EditionPosted by Nate Kotisso on March 4th, 2014
- Senior Night did not disappoint the Oklahoma State faithful on Monday. The Cowboys added another RPI top-50 win, defeating Kansas State 77-61 in Stillwater. Markel Brown had a stat-sheet stuffer kind of night with 15 points, five rebounds, five assists, three steals and two blocks. Fellow "senior" Marcus Smart scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half. This comes roughly 48 hours after Smart poured in 20 in the final 20 minutes of Saturday's win against Kansas. Despite Gallagher-Iba Arena's full capacity being 13,611, the estimated attendance for last night's game was just 9,500. And that was with the help of OSU students getting in free with student IDs. Come on, y'all could have done better than that.
- Smart's big second half against the Jayhawks propelled the Pokes to a huge win Saturday and now his third Big 12 POTW award of the season. We also can't argue with Smart's performance versus TCU last Monday, nailing five threes on his way to 17 points. With the year Iowa State's DeAndre Kane is also having, it feels like he's taking some kind of hardware every week. Kane averaged 20.5 points, 9.5 rebounds and 4.5 rebounds per game to win Big 12 NOTW while recording his sixth double-double of the season in a win over West Virginia. This marks the sixth week in which Kane has won player or newcomer of the week honors this season. I hope we can see both these guys play professionally.
- We have an update in our continuing coverage of Backgate 2014: Kansas coach Bill Self announced that center Joel Embiid will not play in the last two regular season games as he rests a back injury he re-aggravated in Saturday's loss to Oklahoma State. Self said an MRI was done on Embiid's lower back and the staff came to the conclusion that "rest is the best remedy." They plan on evaluating Embiid again before the Big 12 Tournament, and are open to sitting him longer if he's still feeling tightness, but Self doesn't see it getting to that point. Now we'll likely get a look at senior Tarik Black, whose starting spot was taken by Embiid earlier in the season. Let's see if he's got any more Mozgov dunks left in him.
- It's been a nice comeback season for Rick Barnes and Texas basketball but since a 9-3 start in Big 12 play, the Horns have dropped three of their last four games. Granted, all of those were roadies against likely NCAA Tournament teams but it's not exactly encouraging if you weren't competitive in two of those games. "I thought our guards were too tentative," Barnes said. Even with the emergence of sophomore Cameron Ridley as a consistent contributor, Barnes expected more from his guards. "I told those guys [the guards], you should be out there playing H-O-R-S-E, because everyone is guarding him." Barnes knows that this is just one of the many speed bumps you reach when you're coaching an inexperienced yet hungry basketball team. Mistakes will be made but so will the corrections.
- It seemed like the bubble talk around West Virginia has cooled in the last 10 days or so but the West Virginia Gazette is still holding out hope for an at-large bid. The reality is the Big 12 likely has six teams that make good cases for at-larges and may have seven if Baylor takes care of business this week. Despite an 8-8 conference record, WVU lacks quality road wins in Big 12 play; have a mix of missed opportunities in non-conference play (vs. Gonzaga, Wisconsin, at Missouri); bad losses (at Virginia Tech, vs. Purdue) and not-so-hot computer numbers (RPI: #89, SOS: #55). An eighth bid from West Virginia probably won't come unless the Mountaineers were to win out this week and make it to the final of the Big 12 championship game. But hey, stranger things have happened…


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Neil Young was in a jovial mood during an appearance on The Daily Show. Appearing on the program to promote his memoir, Waging Heavy Peace, the veteran rocker lightheartedly refuted his reputation as a curmudgeon. "Your image is not necessarily as warm as this book," host Jon Stewart joked.
"Behind the scenes, I'm really nice," smiled Young. The veteran rocker went on playfully cite his disdain for mp3s. "People don't have mp3 listening parties," he said, adding that the format robbed music of its soul. "You lose the feeling, you lose what makes you feel good, what makes music live. If you were Picasso, and you made a Picasso, and then it came out and everybody saw it and it was a Xerox of Picasso? That's what it feels like." Later Young talked about the special chemistry he has with Crazy Horse. "I don't know how it happens, but when I'm singing and playing with Crazy Horse, I'm a different guy," he explained. "I write a different thing, I see things differently, I see deeper pictures, I'm able to write and express myself much deeper …."