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All around the NFL, this figures to be a landmark week for the men who carry clipboards and draw up Xs and O's.
Joe Vitt has returned to the New Orleans Saints as interim coach, his six-game suspension behind him.
Carolina's Ron Rivera is facing Chicago, his former team as a player and eventual defensive coordinator.
Todd Bowles makes his debut as defensive coordinator in Philadelphia.
A couple of high-profile offensive coordinators will scheme against their old teams — New England's Josh McDaniels against St. Louis and the New York Jets' Tony Sparano against Miami.
And two head coaches who need to make a case to keep their jobs — San Diego's Norv Turner and Cleveland's Pat Shurmur — stand across the field from each other, each hoping to expunge the bitter memory of their most recent loss.


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• • The 'cult of capitalism' and U.S. moral decline
Paul B. Farrell, MarketWatch Capitalism | We now see what John Bogle call a "mutant" capitalism that no longer resembles Adam Smith's inspiring economic principles enshrined in our Declaration of Independence and Constitution. This type of capitalism has turned into an out-of-control virus destroying America's moral values from within. Missing is an sense of honor and love of democracy that made me proud as a U.S. Marine sergeant. Missing is a balance of conservative free-market principles with liberal compassion. All that has vanished in the blind ideologies of today's Ayn Rand clones demanding a return to a world that mimics the Wild West.

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CUBAN NOW A PENNEY'S INVESTOR: Billionaire investor and entrepreneur Mark Cuban, who is also the owner of the NBA team the Dallas Mavericks and an investor on the television show "Shark Tank," said in an interview on CNBC Friday that he has acquired 1 million shares of J.C. Penney Co. Inc.
Shares of Penney's closed up 0.4 percent to $14.27 in trading on the Big Board Friday. The stock has steadily risen in the last few days, following investments by institutional investors Glenview Capital Management, Hayman Capital Management and Perry Corp.
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We're told there were four guns in Arenas' locker that were turned over to police, including a gold-plated Desert Eagle -- a gigantic handgun.
Arenas could be charged for "CPWL"-- carrying a pistol without a license.
As we previously reported, Arenas could also face assault charges stemming from the alleged gun-toting standoff with a teammate on Xmas Eve.
D.C. cops plan to bring in Washington Wizards coach Flip Saunders today for questioning. GM Ernie Grunfeld will be brought in later this week.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 83 diseños de 24 diseñadores freelance.
Wazapon! (http://www/wazap.jp)
Our company Eastbeam Co., Ltd. operates Wazap! (http://jp.wazap.com), the largest gaming information portal in Japan.
We will be starting a new e-commerce/coupon site intended to sell special time-limited offers of TV games, online games and entertainment products (e.g. DVD, CD).
For the launch, we need a logo for this website.
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"Despite a strong influx of applications, EAA announced today that the $60,000 Electric Flight Prize has been postponed until EAA AirVenture 2012 to allow viable candidates to complete Phase I flight certification according to Federal Aviation Administration regulations.
Aircraft designers and innovators submitted nearly a dozen entries into the $60,000 Electric Flight Prize, which is designed to elevate the accomplishments and viability of flight powered exclusively by electricity through three flight competitions and an innovation evaluation.
The Electric Flight Prize, sponsored by AeroLEDs, Aircraft Spruce & Specialty, Dynon Avionics, and Wicks Aircraft Supply, was scheduled to be held during EAA AirVenture 2011, July 25-31 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh.
Phase I is the normal, designated period in which the pilot completes 40 hours of flight testing, certifying that the aircraft is controllable throughout its normal range of speeds and throughout all maneuvers to be executed. Additionally, the pilot certifies that the aircraft has no hazardous operating characteristics or design features, and is safe for operation. Completing this test period and properly documenting its success is a normal process for every new amateur-built aircraft.
"As with any new, emerging technology, time is an essential element to ensure advancements are made effectively," said Tom Poberezny, EAA and AirVenture chairman. "After discussions with the prize candidates, it was evident most would not be able to meet the FAA requirement by AirVenture 2011. Let's be clear that the era of electric flight is drawing closer every day, and it will be showcased at Oshkosh."


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Quel architecte du futur tu fais.
beauty..love the loose quality
Beautiful work! I love the composition and color choices.
Beautiful painting Nicolas! I love the long sweeping lines. You definitely have an eye for creating such interesting shapes, compositions, and designs. Thanks for the inspiration!
Nice piece...love the rhythmic interplay between positive and negative. Lots of nice movement here.
Is really making me want to read the Foundation books again...brilliant.
I love the shapes in this one.it seems like an artistic design but still functional.
Your arts is my preferite on web!
Is my friend Massy Calamai said...!
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Amazing work!! do you have any more paintings inspired by Asimov´s books?
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Embedded Linux--Rising or Falling in Consumer Devices?
Taking the Question to the Vendors
Is the use of embedded Linux rising upward or dwindling downward? Some recent research tends to point in one direction, and some in the other. So to shed just a little more light on this question, why not try a different litmus test, by taking a look at some new or recently launched consumer devices slated for display at an upcoming trade show?
In an informal poll along these same lines, results indicated enthusiasm for a variety of embedded OS among vendors with products on tap for this fall's Digital Life show in New York City.
Although admittedly rather limited in industry breadth, the anecdotal evidence culled from this approach also suggests that vendors choose their embedded OS for a number of different reasons: price, performance, and the expectations of partners or customers, for instance.
Interviewed by LinuxPlanet earlier this month at a press preview for Digital Life, the consumer OEMs said they're using OS that include embedded Linux and other open source environments as well as Windows Mobile and older niche proprietary OS..
For example, one of the OEMs now gearing up for Digital Life, Pepper Computer, intends to move to Linux kernel 2.6 with Insyde Bios in the next iteration of its Pepper Pad Web player. The 2.6 kernel is "optimized" for x86-compatible devices, maintained Len Kawell, CEO, in one of the interviews with LinuxPlanet at the New York City press event.
Weighing under 2 lbs. and less than 0.9-inch thick, the tablet-shaped Pepper Pad comes with built-in infrared and UPnP capabilities for wireless remote control of PC, TV, stereo and set top boxes. Consumers can also use the PepperPad's WiFi capabilities to access the Internet and to download music, videos and photos.
In Pepper Pad 3, the company has replaced the ARM processor of Pepper Pad 2 with an X86-compatible AMD Geode processor.
Pepper Pad 3 will carry a lower pricetag than its immediate predecessor, while also bringing better video display and three times faster Web browsing performance, according to Kawell.
Other software loaded on to the device--including a Mozilla Firefox 1.5 browser and Java and XML-based application packages--is similarly non-Microsoft in flavor.
Also new in PepperPad 3 is a built-in camera. The Linux-enabled device is slated for release to consumer electronics and department stores later this summer.
Another new offering demo'd at the event, Tzero's Technologies' broadband video over wireless chipset, runs a different open source embedded operating system--known as ECOS--under its covers.
Tzero uses an embedded MIPS core in its chipset, and its reference designs supports several different external processors, including AMD and Intel. Red Hat Linux 2.6 is one of the OS supported on the external processor side.
According to Rajeev Krishamoorthy, CEO and company founder, the Tzero TZ110/TZ210 chipset is the only wireless system to meet the link reliability and packet error rate requirements designed by consumer device makers Panasonic, Philips, Sharp and Sony.
"We do not have plans to switch from ECOS, although if there is a compelling reason we could," Krishnamoorthy told LinuxPlanet "Our requirements for the OS that we run on our SOC are that it be free, (an) RTOS, and (of) a reasonable (MIPS and memory) footprint."
On the other hand, vendors in the Windows Mobile camp included Pharos, a producer of GPS-enabled PDAs, and Novint Technologies, maker of a high fidelity interactive 3D touch controller for PC gamers. . "A lot of mobile professionals are using Windows products. Companies might make different decisions (about PDA purchases) if we used another OS," according to a woman at the Pharos booth.
The Pharos Traveler GPS 525 incorporates a SC32442X 300 MHz processor; 128 MB SD ROM; 64 MB SD RAM; Bluetooth version 1.2; 802.11b wireless with 64-128-bit WEP standard encryption; an SiR-starIII GPS receiver; and an SDIO expansion slot.
Features include a 512 MB SD card with preloaded maps; voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions; phone calls over VoIP; and wireless access to e-mail and the Internet.
But some of the other OEMs with plans in mind for Digital Life aren't using either embedded Linux or Windows Mobile, at this point. Parrot, for example, produces a number of Bluetooth-enabled consumer devices, including a sound system, driver headset, and photo viewer.
The viewer takes digital photos sent from a Bluetooth-enabled phone, camera, or computer and displays them inside a wood or leather frame in a rainbow of different colors. The embedded processor in use is an ARM 9 + 64 MB SDRAM.
The photo viewer, however, needs to be able to interoperate with multivendor mobile phones, said a company representative in the Parrot booth. And at this juncture, that means supporting and connecting to a variety of different proprietary embedded OS, according to the rep
But meanwhile, the mobile phone industry does appear to be heading in a Linux direction. In related news, a group of mobile phone makers--including Motorola, Vodafone, DoCoMo, Samsung NEC, and Panasonic--recently unveiled intentions to collaboratively build an open, Linux-based operating system for mobile devices.
Moreover, also this month, Motorola announced that it has joined the Eclipse Foundation, with plans to put together a multivendor "Tools for mobile Linux" (TmL) project within Eclipse.org.


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Washington Huskies blogger Q points out the 2011 Valero Alamo Bowl was one for the highlight reels. The Huskies and Bears went back and forth in one of the most entertaining football games ever. Now because of it Steve Sarkisian and the UW Huskies have fired EX defensive coordinator Nick Holt. He's been replaced with two Tennessee coaches. Justin Wilcox and Peter Sirmon.
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By Eric Gilmore, CONTRA COSTA TIMES
OAKLAND - It was December 1987, and Chris Mullin's preparation to become Warriors executive vice president of basketball operations was under way.
Of course, Mullin didn't realize that at the time.
How could he? He was a 24-year-old kid, going through alcohol rehabilitation at a Los Angeles clinic, his off-court struggles fodder for the tabloids and his Warriors playing career careening out of control.
The New York Post published a picture of Mullin's face over a Heineken bottle, mocking the Brooklyn native and former St. John's star.
Mullin didn't fully appreciate the long-term benefits of his oh-so-public ordeal at the time. But now he understands.
After going through rehab, Mullin said then-Warriors general manager Don Nelson probably saved his life by forcing him into the program. Nelson undoubtedly saved Mullin's NBA career -- he went on to become a five-time All-Star.
Mullin emerged from that nightmare a changed man. He was disciplined. He was focused. He was a workout warrior. He was resilient, with skin as thick as redwood bark. Some 17 years later, Mullin still relies on those qualities in his rookie season as the Warriors' new front-office basketball boss.
"Sometimes if you go through hard times, while you're going through them you feel like the earth is caving in on you when in reality it's going to be the best thing you can go back on. Know what I mean?" Mullin said.
"So Nellie played an integral part in helping to get my life straightened out and really just being honest with me. A lot of times when that happens, your initial reaction is denial, blaming someone else. You have to get through all of that."
Mullin's thick skin served him well when the Warriors stumbled out of the gate this season and critics skewered him for many of his decisions. For firing coach Eric Musselman and hiring Mike Montgomery. For handing Jason Richardson and Troy Murphy lucrative contract extensions. For giving Adonal Foyle and Derek Fisher big-money deals.
What's a little criticism after what Mullin endured during his third season with the Warriors?
"I've been through that side of it," Mullin said. "Everything was public knowledge. I think to a degree it helped me lift a lot from myself. There were no secrets.
"People's questions, I'm kind of used to that. It's probably easier now, compared to that. I was in a different situation. I wasn't asked about missing a shot or missing a free throw. There was a lot more at stake than that.
"That experience, which I thought way back then was a brutal experience, is really valuable to me now. Being able to focus in and being able to not get off-center about what people say."
What are a few barbs to Mullin? One time during a rehab session in a rough section of Inglewood, he had to dive for cover when gunfire erupted in a drive-by shooting.
"I was like, 'They tell me I'm going to save my life here. I might get shot,'" Mullin said, laughing. "Another life experience, though, people shooting at you. A few words ain't going to hurt."
Mullin heard and read plenty of harsh words when the Warriors started this season 0-6. They were 12-32 through January and 16-38 through Feb. 23.
The next day, Mullin pulled off the biggest trade of his young VP career, landing point guard Baron Davis from the New Orleans Hornets. All it cost the Warriors was Speedy Claxton and Dale Davis.
Since Davis arrived, the Warriors have gone 15-9. Their list of victims in that span includes the Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets and Sacramento Kings.
"That's a big-time deal," said Indianapolis Pacers CEO and president Donnie Walsh, a mentor of sorts to Mullin. "Baron Davis talent-wise is probably the most talented package for a point guard I've seen. He's a legit star.
"I was pleased to see that Chris has made the big decisions, smart decisions every one of them. He's made those decisions. To me, that's a gigantic step to be able to do that."
Mullin, indeed, has proved he's not afraid to make a tough call and to take the heat. Hiring Montgomery away from Stanford was controversial in light of the historical struggles college coaches have had in the NBA.
Shelling out millions of dollars for Richardson, Murphy, Fisher and Foyle raised eyebrows, too. Even trading for Davis came with some risks because of his history of injuries and his feud with Hornets coach Byron Scott.
Warriors general manager Rod Higgins said Mullin has a "gunslinger mentality" when it comes to making decisions.
"As a player, if you are down two on the road and have a 3-pointer, you shoot the 3-pointer if you're open," said Higgins, Mullin's former Warriors teammate. "You're going for the win.
"Being in this sport, you almost have to have that mentality, to take and make the tough shot, make the tough call. You don't go back and say, 'What if.' If it doesn't work, you do another one. You make another decision. You attempt another shot."
As a player, Mullin spent countless hours in the gym, honing his shot and conditioning his body. Preparation was the key to his success.
As an NBA executive, Mullin does countless hours of homework before making decisions.
"He's methodical in his thought process, probably more methodical than most people," Warriors president Robert Rowell said. "Once he's weighed all the options, he's not afraid to take a position on an issue and, more importantly, when it deals with players and talent.
"He's not afraid to put his stamp on something, which is important in this business. We have 100 percent confidence in his ability."
Mullin, a sharpshooter in his playing days, began firing away soon after he started his new job. He's made some shots and missed some others.
"I feel OK," Mullin said about his rookie season. "Again, I'd probably do some things differently. I know from Feb. 24th to now I feel a lot better than I did before.
"I feel pretty good now. ... We've got to make sure the trades we've made and the somewhat good feeling we've got turns into a winning team, legitimately. ... We have some young talent. We've got a leader now. I think it's starting to become a little more obvious, not just to us but in general, which is important for people to start seeing that."
Mullin played for the Warriors' last playoff team, a squad that went 50-32 in 1994.
In 1991, Mullin, Tim Hardaway and Mitch Richmond -- aka Run TMC -- all averaged over 22 points per game, running and gunning their way into the playoffs. The Warriors went 44-38, playing a breakneck style that their fans loved.
"His vision is to bring excitement back to the Bay Area," said Richmond, now a Warriors special assistant, of Mullin. "We want a high-power team. ... He remembers how that was."
During Mullin's playing days, the Warriors made the playoffs five times but never advanced farther than the second round.
"When we were playing, it was pretty good," Mullin said. "And it was exciting and all that. We want that, but in the back of my head, I want more than that, too."
As his NBA playing career wound down, Mullin considered becoming a coach. Once he retired in 2001 after returning to the Warriors for a final, injury-plagued season, he switched gears and decided working in an NBA front office would be a better fit for him.
Mullin said he wanted the "cerebral" challenge of building and running a team rather than the "emotional" roller-coaster of coaching. As a husband and father of four kids, ages 4 to 12, Mullin also wanted the flexibility to spend more time with his family in Danville.
"I always kind of figured he'd go back and try to run the front office or he would coach," said Walsh, who had Mullin on his Pacers teams for three seasons after acquiring him from the Warriors in an August 1997 trade. "I think he made a good choice in running the front office. He certainly knows the game. He knows what you have to do to put a team out there that can win.
"He puts a face to the franchise. There's a face there that everybody knows. That's helpful, especially when you're trying to rebuild a team, not just to the public, but to other people in the league. Free agents will sit down and talk to him because they know who he is."
Mullin spent two years in the Warriors front office as a special assistant before landing the top job on April 22 last year.
And, yes, he feels like a rookie. When he talks trade with veteran general managers, he keeps his "guard up" just in case they're trying to con the newcomer.
"I don't really take it personal because really it's going to come down to a yes or a no," Mullin said.
Mullin said he took the job knowing he didn't know it all, despite having played 16 seasons in the league.
"There's a lot more you have to acquire, be willing to learn," Mullin said.
Mullin's rookie season running the team has coincided with Montgomery's rookie season as an NBA coach.
Montgomery said he and Mullin have talked about the adjustments they've had to make and lessons they've had to learn in their first seasons in new NBA jobs.
"He's not so arrogant that he thinks he has all the answers," Montgomery said. "He knows that this has been an adjustment for all of us. ... He's watched and listened, and he's seen me make some mistakes.
"I think the thing that's been impressive with him is he's been real steady. He's just kind of held the course. He's not panicked."
Mullin was always ice cold on the court as a player. Guys from Brooklyn who learned the game of basketball on the playgrounds and in the neighborhood gyms of New York aren't prone to panic.
"He came out of a tough Catholic high school league," said Lou Carnesecca, Mullin's coach at St. John's. "It was tough. It was blood and guts. You have to survive.
"He was probably playing the club games up at Harlem. He played all over. ... When I think of him, I think of him in the gym bouncing a ball and shooting. His whole life is basketball."
Mullin's basketball life nearly crumbled in 1987 because of alcohol. He was overweight and missing practices. Then Nelson stepped in.
"I think there were some mitigating circumstances, being away from home. He was always a homebody," Carnesecca said. "You take him away from home, who does he turn to? Those things happen.
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The Israeli drama "Footnote" was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at this year's Oscars. Not only did it not deserve to win (the brilliant Iranian film "A Separation" took the prize) but it should have inspired, and won, a new category for Most Imposing Score.
Rarely have I heard music more oppressively pokey, playful and dramatic that so poorly matches with the images on screen. And not just because the subject appears so insular and dry. For decades, professor Eliezer Shkolnik (Shlomo Bar-Aba) has dreamt of receiving the prestigious Israel Prize for his Talmudic research. Instead, he's passed over year after year, while his son Uriel (Lior Ashkenazi) earns other academic accolades Eliezer never has. To say the guy's bitter is an understatement; throughout "Footnote," Eliezer's facial expressions consist of "constipated" and "slightly less constipated."
A complication emerges after Eliezer finally wins the big one, but writer-director Joseph Cedar ultimately skirts the biggest item of moral tension waiting to be resolved. A minor line of dialogue claims Eliezer is autistic, but the movie does nothing with this at all. Is that meant to for some reason alleviate the annoyance felt toward a main character whose life's work seems to have been only in pursuit of awards, rather than the satisfaction of contributing to his faith? And that "Footnote" fails to identify what his findings have even done for anyone? If the movie's just poking fun at these humorless, lonely pursuits, I seem to have missed the joke.
There's plenty of merit in scholastic competition, and the Coen brothers' extraordinary "A Serious Man" certainly showed how compelling and entertaining the inner-workings of Jewish study can be. Full of pity and devoid of impact (especially in a subplot about possible infidelity), "Footnote" chronicles a bitter, non-supportive pouter and a son who wants to do right by him anyway. Delete.
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Chelsea have moved swiftly to deny reports in the morning media that £50 million forward Fernando Torres will be allowed to leave for less than half that figure in January.
A Chelsea spokesman told The Telegraph today: "The story is nonsense. Fernando Torres remains part of our long term plans."
The former Liverpool man's struggles have been well documented since his move to west London, but Chelsea cutting their losses now would be a move that makes little sense for club or player.
With Nicolas Anelka joining Shanghai Shenhua in January, Didier Drogba and Saloman Kalou leaving for the African Nations Cup in the same month and Daniel Sturridge excelling in a wide role, Chelsea will need Torres to lead the line post-Christmas.
If he were to be sold the club would be left solely with the talented but raw Belgian international Romelu Lukaku, which would be unwise for a side now firmly back in the title race after their 2-1 victory over Manchester City on Monday.
It would also be a waste of a year for Torres to leave the club now. He has spent 12 months building relationships with his teammates, and looked close to recapturing his best form earlier in the season where his link-up play and all-round displays were much improved.
A mixed game at Old Trafford, where he both scored and missed a golden opportunity, was followed up by another goal against Swansea in a game where he was sent off for a two-footed lunge on Mark Gower.
Since the red card ,Torres has stuttered again, but he will surely come good sooner rather than later for the Blues.
Chelsea struck deals in the summer that looked as if they were made with getting the best from El Nino firmly in mind. Raul Meireles joined from Liverpool on the last day of the summer transfer window, so they would have known each other's games well.
Juan Mata also arrived from Valencia and his style as a skillful provider for forwards was thought to be just what Torres needed. They had also played together on the international stage.
It is also crucial to keep in mind just how devastating Fernando Torres was during his two-and-a-half-year spell at Anfield.
He quite simply took the Barclays Premier League by storm scoring 65 goals in 102 appearances with his speed and ability to score all sorts of goals worried defenders across the country.
Chelsea surely cannot give up on him recovering that type of form and risk seeing him doing it for another rival domestically or in the Champions League, the competition that Roman Abramovich wants more than any other.
The figures reported were also fanciful and would not make any sense for Chelsea economically. To buy a player for £50 million and sell him for £20 million just a year later is simply not a viable option - no matter how many Roubles you owner has in the bank.
A move for Torres in January would not benefit either him or his club and Chelsea must persevere with the Spaniard. If they do he will surely repay them with goals.


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portentint needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 7 designs submitted by 2 freelance designers.
I've been blogging at Conversation Marketing for about 8 years now. The blog is thriving, a great source of leads for my company and even earns a little ad revenue. But it looks dated, doesn't integrate ads very well and is hard to navigate.
I write about internet marketing. I'm sarcastic, funny, grumpy and prize simplicity above all.
Marketers of all kinds, as well as business owners and folks looking to learn internet marketing.
Site categories should be:
Other Stuff
Design should include tag navigation, but please, not a normal, hideous tag cloud.
Design should integrate links to Portentinteractive.com - that's my company - especially to the 10Things service which you can see in the banner on the blog now.
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Chinese PCs running on bootleg versions of the Windows operating system (OS) are prone to security issues, says Microsoft, as it launched a new anti-piracy campaign to highlight the security risks inherent to running pirated software.
As part of a recent investigation, Microsoft purchased 169 PCs from shops in China; all of the PCs were running counterfeit copies of Windows, and 91% of the machines came with malware or deliberate security vulnerabilities. PCs installed with the pirated copies of Windows include well-known brands Acer, Dell, HP, and Lenovo, among other Chinese computer makers. It is understood that the pirated OSs are likely installed by a third party who preloads Windows over the non-Windows OS that are originally on these machines when they leave the factory. The Computerworld article that reported this story also noted a study by the Business Software Alliance that pegged China's illegal software market is valued at $9 billion (compared to the legal market at $2.7 billion).
Though it wasn't mentioned in the Computerworld article, it is likely that malware were inadvertently loaded through cloning of an infected copy. Cracked copies of Windows could also see Windows Update disabled to prevent Microsoft from detecting them. The latter is an especially serious problem given that such machines will get progressively more vulnerable as security updates and patches are released on Patch Tuesdays each month.
Software piracy in the region can be a tricky problem to solve on a number of levels. One of the primary problems pertains to cost — that few hundred dollars for a legitimate copy of a software application could stack up to a full month's wages for a professional in China. To its credit, Microsoft China has long attempted to address this by pricing Windows substantially lower in the country.
The other issue has to do with a culture of piracy in China, as well as some other countries in the Asia region. In some locales, it is possible to find shops that sell only pirated software. This widespread availability of counterfeit software puts intense pressure on local businesses determined to use only licensed applications, due to the higher operational cost that they incur over their competitors. On the other hand, businesses that succumb to the pressure reinforce the culture of piracy.
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Paul Mah is a writer and blogger who lives in Singapore, where he has worked for a number of years in various capacities within the IT industry. Paul enjoys tinkering with tech gadgets, smartphones, and networking devices.


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Italian league matches were suspended today across the country after the horrifying news that Piermario Morosini, a midfielder for Livorno on loan from Udinese, had collapsed on the pitch with a heart attack and was pronounced dead at a hospital. He was 25.
According to Italy's Gazzetta, Morosini collapsed in the 31st minute of Livorno's Serie B match at Pescara.
The tragedy comes just four weeks to the day after Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba collapsed midgame under similar circumstances, only to later be revived.


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Bad news from the Surfing World-
Andy Irons has died due to complications of extreme fever.
Andy was a 3X ASP World Champion Surfer for those how may not have heard of him, he was just 32 years old. This comes just a few days after Andy dropped out of an event in P.R. and has left the Surfing Community sad and stunned-


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A few thoughts to jump start your Friday morning.
Now that National Signing Day is over, here is a look at the Florida roster position-by-position. Assuming that the entire signing class qualifies and there are no more transfers, the Gators will have 83 on scholarship — 44 on offense, 36 on defense and three on special teams.
OFFENSE (44 on scholarship)
QUARTERBACKS (4): Jeff Driskel (RJR); Skyler Mornhinweg (RSO); Will Grier (FR); Treon Harris (FR)
Driskel has never made it through a complete season without going down with an injury. Grier is already in school so he will get the full package in the spring. Harris is a dynamic athlete who arrives in the summer. Mornhinweg is an emergency guy.
RUNNING BACKS (6): Mack Brown (RSR); Valdez Showers (RJR); Matt Jones (JR); Kelvin Taylor (SO); Adam Lane (RFR); Brandon Powell (FR)
Taylor and Brown will be 1-2 in the spring. Jones just had a second surgery on his knee so his status won't be known until August. Lane is a squatty body who is at his best between the tackles. Showers could be a flex guy who plays a lot in the slot. Powell is a speed guy.
FULLBACKS (2): Hunter Joyer (SR); Gideon Ajagbe (RSR)
Coordinator Kurt Roper uses a lot of one-back sets but he uses fullbacks in the passing game. Ajagbe has good hands while Joyer is a crushing blocker.
WIDE RECEIVERS (11): Andre Debose (RSR); Quinton Dunbar (RSR); Raphael Andrades (JR); Latroy Pittman (JR); Demarcus Robinson (SO); Ahmad Fulwood (SO); Chris Thompson (SO); Alvin Bailey (RFR); Marqui Hawkins (RFR); Ryan Sousa (FR); C.J. Worton (FR)
If Debose is healthy he has stretch the field speed. Dunbar could catch as many passes this season as he has in his career (82). Fulwood, Robinson and Thompson should thrive in this offense. Sousa and Worton will be slot guys. Showers could also move to slot from running back.
TIGHT ENDS (6): Clay Burton (SR); Tevin Westbrook (SR); Colin Thompson (RSO); DeAndre Goolsby (FR); C'yontai Lewis (FR); Moral Stephens (FR)
Burton and Westbrook have never been offensive threats. Thompson has never been healthy. Goolsby can catch and so can Lewis. Stephens needs to gain weight.
TACKLES (7): Chaz Green (RJR); Trenton Brown (SR); D.J. Humphries (JR); Drew Sarvary (JR); David Sharpe (FR); Kavaris Harkless (FR); Andrew Mike (FR)
The question of the spring: can new O-line coach Mike Summers convince the tackles that there is no rule against impeding pass rushers off the edge? Green missed all of last season, Humphries a good portion of it and Brown was never in shape. Sarvary is a juco transfer who could challenge for a spot this spring. Sharpe is already 318 and he has great feet. Don't expect him to redshirt. Harkless is already enrolled but needs to gain strength and weight. Mike arrives in the summer.
GUARDS (6): Trip Thurman (RJR); Tyler Moore (RJR); Octavius Jackson (RFR); Roderick Johnson (RFR); Nolan Kelleher (FR); Travaris Dorsey (FR)
Pencil Johnson in as a starter. If he's healthy, Moore probably moves from tackle to guard where he's much better suited. Thurman played in all 12 games last year mostly on special teams. Kelleher is already in school and will get a lot of work in the spring. Dorsey is a grinder with size who arrives in the summer.
CENTERS (2): Max Garcia (RJR); Cameron Dillard (RFR)
Garcia played both guard and tackle last year. He moves to the middle this year. Dillard will be the backup after a redshirt year last year.
DEFENSE (36 on scholarship)
ENDS (8): Dante Fowler Jr. (JR); Jonathan Bullard (JR); Bryan Cox Jr. (RSO); Alex McCalister (RSO); Joey Ivie (SO); Jordan Sherit (RFR); Taven Bryan (FR); Justus Reed (FR)
Fowler is the BUCK while Bullard plays outside on a 3-4, inside on a 4-3. McCalister needs some weight but he is an athletic freak with great speed. Ivie has a chance to move on up the chart in the spring. Sherit is coming off a redshirt year. Bryan is already in school and impressing Muschamp. Reed needs to redshirt and gain about 30 pounds.
TACKLES (8): Leon Orr (RSR); Darious Cummings (SR); Jay-Nard Bostwick (RFR); Caleb Brantley (RFR); Antonio Riles (RFR); Gerald Willis III (FR); Thomas Holley (FR); Khairi Clark (FR)
Orr and Cummings have experience but they will be pushed in the spring by Bostwick and Brantley. The three freshmen are going to be very good and all three will play early. Clark and Brantley can be two-gap nose tackles. Holley and Willis are very explosive.
LINEBACKERS (8): Neiron Ball (RSR); Michael Taylor (RSR); Antonio Morrison (JR); Jeremi Powell (RSO); Jarrad Davis (SO); Daniel McMillian (SO); Alex Anzalone (SO); Matt Rolin (RFR)
Anzalone will miss the spring so this is a position that can't afford any injuries. Taylor missed the last game with an injury, Morrison missed the last three and Rolin took a redshirt to rehab a knee. Jarrad Davis came on strong at the end of the year and probably starts the spring in the middle. McMillian and Rolin need to have big springs.
CORNERBACKS (7): Brian Poole (JR); Vernon Hargreaves III (SO); Nick Washington (RFR); Jalen Tabor (FR); J.C. Jackson (FR); Duke Dawson (FR); Dieondre Porter (FR)
There isn't a senior in the bunch but they're all very talented. Hargreaves will be on everybody's preseason All-America team and Tabor probably starts from day one. Poole plays nickel but will double at corner. J.C. Jackson could move to safety but probably starts at corner. Duke Dawson is a tough guy who will get on the field in a hurry. Porter probably needs a redshirt year.
SAFETIES (5): Jabari Gorman (SR); Keanu Neal (SO); Marcus Maye (SO); (RFR); Marcell Harris (RFR); Quincy Wilson (FR)
Gorman is experienced and solid. Neal and Maye were up and down as freshmen so they need to take the next step upward. Harris was injured and took a redshirt but is healthy and should be a contributor. Wilson and J.C. Jackson could flip flop between corner and safety.
SPECIAL TEAMS (3 on scholarship)
PUNTERS (2): Kyle Christy (SR); Johnny Townsend (SO)
Christy's production went south as a junior. If he punts like he did as a sophomore he's the best in the country. If he can't, then it's Townsend's job.
KICKERS (1): Austin Hardin (RSO)
Hardin was once the top placekicking prospect in the country. If he can't get it together this year one of the walk-ons will take his job and he'll be relegated to a kickoff specialist.
Baseball Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner died at age 91. He played 10 years in the majors, hit 369 home runs and led the National League in homers seven straight years. He became the play-by-play guy for the New York Mets where he became the Bill Peterson of baseball broadcasting. Here are a few of his "Kiner-isms."
"All of his saves have come in relief appearances."
"All of the Mets road wins against the Dodgers this year occurred at Dodger Stadium."
"If Casey Stengel were alive today, he'd be spinning in his grave."
"I think one of the most difficult things for anyone who's played baseball is to accept the fact that maybe the players today are playing just as well as ever."
"Don Sutton lost 13 games in a row without winning a ball game."
"The Mets have gotten their leadoff batter on only once this inning."
"The Hall of Fame ceremonies are on the 31st and 32nd of July."
"There is a lot of heredity in that family."
"The reasons the Mets have played so well at Shea this year is they have the best home record in baseball."
"And my favorite: "Solo homers usually come with no one on base."
"In My Life" was a very cool song off The Beatles' "Rubber Soul" album that was released in 1965. The album featured "Norwegian Wood." Being 14 at the time, I was particularly aroused by that line "We talked until two and then she said, 'It's time for bed.'" There were radio stations all over the country – not just in the south – that wouldn't play the song because the lyrics were too racy. But I digress. "In My Life" doesn't have such arousing lyrics as "Norwegian Wood" – okay they were arousing way back when – but it's a great song. I heard it driving down to Tampa Thursday and it was in my head all day.


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If you've been considering buying a brand new 3TB or 4TB external hard drive to plug into your TV's USB port for media playback, you might want to reconsider. New drives that use such large capacities usually also rely on a partitioning format called GPT (GUID Partiton table), which allows the entire capacity of the drive to be usable on a computer system.
However, that same partitioning format may not be recognised by your TV — we recently found this out when we plugged in a 3TB WD Elements hard drive into a 32in Samsung LA32C450E1D LCD TV. If you plug a GPT-based drive into a TV, it might show up as being recognised by the TV, but it will not be able to display any of the information that you may have previously put onto it.
The solution is a harsh one: you'll have to re-partition the drive so that it uses an MBR (Master Boot Record) partition instead. This is not an ideal solution because it means that only up to 2TB of space will be usable on a 3TB or 4TB hard drive. This space will be wasted, but at least now there will be a chance that your new drive will be detected and read by your TV.
All data on the disk will be erased if you attempt to change the drive's partition type from GPT to MBR, so you should make sure that you have a copy of all your data on another drive prior to changing it. To change the partition type under Windows 7, you will have to launch the disk manager (go there by right-clicking Computer from the Start menu, selecting Manage and then Disk Management), right-click on the drive's label and convert it to MBR. You can then create a partiton and format it using the NTFS file format.
If your TV does not support the NTFS file format, but prefers the Fat32 format instead, then you will have to download a third party utility to convert your NTFS drive to Fat32 — Windows 7 can not do this (not successfully in our experience anyway). The utility that has worked well for us is Fat32format. It's a relatively straightforward utility to use: select the correct drive that you wish to format (double-check to make sure that you have the right one), leave the file allocation unit size of 32768 bytes (as you'll be storing large media files on it rather than tiny files), and click the start button. It will only take a few seconds to format.
This isn't an ideal solution for a 3TB or 4TB drive, but it's a necessary one for the moment if you have bought one of these drives for the primary purpose of using them as a media repository for a TV. If you are currently shopping for a hard drive that can be used to play media through your TV's USB port, stick to drives that are less than 2TB in size, otherwise space will be wasted if you need to convert the drive's format.
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e're often told by gurus of church-growth and guardians of postmodern values in the evangelical community that we mustn't erect "boundaries."
I gather from the way such comments are often bandied about that the word boundaries is supposed to have totally negative connotations. Honestly: I don't see why. I can understand how worldly people whose minds are enslaved to earthbound, man-centered, self-indulgent thoughts might wish for a world without any lines or borders. But candidly, it's an attitude that's hard to reconcile with the whole tenor of the New Testament.
Contemporary evangelicals' resistance to boundaries is especially hard to reconcile with the fact that pastors (the word means shepherds) are expressly charged with guarding the flock and keeping predators out of the fold. And there simply is no realistic way to keep sheep in the sheepfold and wolves out if you refuse to observe any boundaries. In John 10:7, Jesus famously said: "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep." I cannot envision any useful purpose for having a "door [for] the sheep" if there is no sheep-pen or enclosure of some kind with well-defined, secure barricades, sturdy fences, or a protected perimeter of some kind.
But mainstream evangelicals have been indoctrinated along with the rest of postmodern society to think walls and borders are inherently sinister. We're conditioned to favor a whole different set of more stylish and more politically-correct values: tolerance, openness, diversity, mystery, indecision, broad-mindedness, and liberality. It's considered humble and generous to entertain perpetual qualms about what we believe. We're not supposed to think any single perspective can righteously claim to be true to the exclusion of all others.
So today's evangelicals bend over backward not to sound the least bit dogmatic. Because certainty is perceived throughout our culture as a kind of cruel arrogance. Clarity, authority, careful definitions, and firmness are likewise looked upon with deep suspicion. Stating your beliefs with settled conviction is a sure way to start trouble these days.
Want proof? Just page through our blog and read any random comment thread where 30 or more people have replied. You'll see, I think, that the most common complaint we get from angry commenters is that we sound too sure of our position—or some variation on that theme. (We're too rigid; too reluctant to change our minds; too emphatic in the way we make our case; or whatever.) We're expected to qualify and over-qualify everything we say in a way that practically nullifies every critique and ultimately countermands every concern. We are told we always ought to look for things to commend if ever it is absolutely necessary to criticize something, and above all, we must be brotherly to everyone who comes in Jesus' name.
See: the concept of "unity" commonly touted today has nothing whatsoever to do with "being in full accord and of one mind" (Philippians 2:2). Instead, it is a broad, visible, ecumenical homogeneity without boundaries.
And that is nothing like the biblical concept of unity.


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"A shaved head is just so easy," he tells "Details"
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Justin Timberlake hasn't always been the stylish man he is today — and he's the first to admit it. "There were many moments in my teenage years where I succumbed to, um, the weirdness of the group I was in," the singer tells Details in reference to his *NSYNC days. "And in trying to conform — we're marionettes! — I ended up looking like a moron."
Although the Friends With Benefits star favored a curly blond mop during that TRL era, currently, his favorite hairstyle is the total opposite: "A shaved head," he says. "It's scary the first time you do it, because you don't know what's under there — you could have some weird knot — but a shaved head is just so easy."
Not so easy? Timberlake's tooth care routine. "I broke out my Sonicare two years ago, and my dentist is way more complimentary now," he says. "And some Crest Glide floss, with the Scope mint. You gotta clean your gums, man. Talking about it makes me want to floss right now."
His facial hair upkeep is a bit less involved, however. "The one trick that works for me is to keep the mustache above the lip trimmed neater," he explains, "so I really don't have to worry about the rest of it. That changes everything."
Find more of Timberlake's grooming tips on Details.com. Guys, tell us: What's your morning routine like?
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–Jennifer Cress


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Sunday, December 11, 2005
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Wherein SMQ chronicles eligibility-crippling issues, legal, academic, institutional and otherwise...
First, it should be a crime that SMQ is toiling away with stat sheets and nerdy will to provide hard-hitting analysis while EDSBS gains plaudits by linking to top flight football-related cheesecake. *shaking obsessive-compulsive fists in the direction of Florida*
Now on to actual crimes and misdemeanors...
Athletes send nasty e-mail! More trouble at CU, this time, incredibly, not involving Gary Barnett. Instead, one of Barnett's players, tackle Clint O'Neal, along with his cross country-running girlfriend, Jackie Zeigle, has been suspended from the CU sports program for sending a racist, "typo-filled" letter to a Hispanic cross country runner who was "obsessed" with Zeigle:The e-mail included a reference to dragging the man behind a car, recalling a case in 1998 in Jasper, Texas, when a black man was dragged to his death. The two athletes were cited for harassment and ethnic intimidation.Would the e-mail be justified if Castro did harass Zeigle? Maybe there really is something in the water in Boulder...
A news release from athletic department director Mike Bohn on Sunday announced the suspension of offensive tackle Clint O'Neal and Jackie Zeigle's decision to leave the cross-country and track teams, but did not mention the e-mail.
A police report said O'Neal and Zeigle, who are both white, sent the typo-filled message to Greg Castro. It called Castro a "river rat" and "border hopper." The message suggested O'Neal would drag Castro behind his car.
O'Neal, a 6-foot-6, 305-pound senior from Weatherford, Texas, was suspended for violation of team and athletic department rules. Bohn did not say how long the suspension would last. Colorado plays Clemson in the Champ Bowl on Dec. 27.
He said Zeigle, a junior from South Jordan, Utah, had told the university she was quitting the program for personal reasons.
Bohn said privacy rules prevented the disclosure of any other information in the case other than to say the decision on O'Neal was made after several meetings over the past few days.
Police said O'Neal told them he was upset after his team lost the Big 12 Championship game 70-3 to Texas. He told Zeigle to use his account and write the message. Zeigle told police she was retaliating against her teammate because he is obsessed with her and harasses her.
Police said Castro told them he felt threatened by the message and slept at a friend's house. He told the Daily Camera he doesn't harass Zeigle.
Next we have more intra-sport trouble out West, this time involving UCLA kicker Justin Medlock, who was arrested early Sunday on "investigation" of drunken driving (huh? only on "investigation"?) and felony hit-and-run after he left the scene of an accident that left the women's golf team member riding with him with "major" spinal cord injuries:The 22-year-old junior was suspended indefinitely from the team and will not play Dec. 30 in the Sun Bowl, coach Karl Dorrell said Sunday in a statement.Parents of SMQ are proven right again: nothing good happens after midnight, kids. This is what happens when you hang around the bar too long instead of just heading back to the dorm to get your ultra-competitive freak on already.
Medlock was driving a 1998 Toyota pickup on the San Diego Freeway about 3 a.m. Saturday with 20-year-old UCLA golfer Hannah Jun in the passenger seat when he hit a call box and the truck flipped over, said Officer Tariq Johnson, a spokesman for the California Highway Patrol.
CHP officers found the truck with only Jun inside, and later found Medlock walking on an Inglewood street about a mile and a half from the scene, Johnson said.
Medlock was arrested Saturday for investigation of driving under the influence resulting in injuries, having a blood alcohol level above 0.8, and felony hit-and-run.
He was released after posting a $10,000 bond.
The CHP said Jun was left with "major" spinal cord injuries, but the UCLA statement said she did not require surgery and was expected to make a full recovery.
Medlock was the Bruins' No. 1 kicker and second-leading scorer with 89 points.
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Fashionista Sarah Jessica Parker does high fashion take on Minnie Mouse
With quirky fashionista Carrie Bradshaw for an alter ego, she's never one to do things by halves where her sense of style is concerned.
And Sarah Jessica Parker did not disappoint on Wednesday, lighting up Barneys in New York by wearing a pair of lace designer Mickey Mouse ears complete with netting. The cute creation had been custom designed for the Sex and the City star by fashion designer L'Wren Scott.
She teamed them with one of her black, long sleeved shift dresses that accentuated her petite frame as she attended the launch of Walt Disney's Electric Holiday window display at the department store in midtown Manhattan.
And the 47-year-old, who has three children, was certainly enjoying herself at the event, taking to the stage to dance with a dressed up Minnie Mouse.
The actress also stars in a short Disney film, Electric Holiday, which will be shown at Barneys' Madison Avenue store in New York. Other celebrities including Naomi Campbell and Lady Gaga wiil also appear in the movie.
The ears headband is a brave look not for the faint hearted. But it's a trend that regularly rears its head in the showbiz world.
Paris Hilton sparked the celebrity craze back in 2006, when she stepped out in a pair of black bunny ears. And Khloe Kardashian soon caught on, stepping out for a premiere in a pink and white version.
True to her quirky style, Katy Perry opted for a feline pair to launch her fragrane 'Purr' more recently, and Poppy Delevingne looked stunning in a black pair earlier this year.
It was fitting that Sarah chose L'Wren Scott to design her version – the pair are good friends and the actress often models her designs on the red carpet.
They even attended the 29th Annual Night of Stars together last month.
Dressed in one of L'Wren Scott's colourful creations, it was clear that Sarah has a lot of respect for the renowned fashion designer – in fact you could even say she looks up to her.
Wearing a rainbow coloured dress, complete with matching coat and bag, Sarah was on hand to present the coveted Lord and Taylor Oracle award to L'Wren, who has been dating rock legend Mick Jagger since 2001. When the pair posed for photos, they made light of their height difference – Sarah stands at 5ft 3in to L'Wren's statuesque 6ft 5in.


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Carl Antrim
To the editor:
When will Washington tell the whole truth?
A story going around is: "You can tell if the president or a politician is lying if his mouth moves." I guess this could be called Washington doublespeak, half-truths or smoke and mirrors.
The U.S. citizens now have Obamacare, the Iran nuclear agreement, the Afghanistan security agreement and probably others. Do the people know all U.S. commitments in these agreements?
I was not aware of all U.S. responsibilities contained in the Afghanistan security agreement, such as paying for Afghanistan's security force. The U.S. wants this agreement signed immediately. The U.S. can better spend this money at home.
When will our president and members of Congress tell the U.S. citizens the total truth?


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Stars and strikes: Jay, pals bowl for good cause
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Cardinals outfielder Jon Jay would walk down the block from his childhood home to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade location on 32nd Avenue and U.S. Highway 1.
As an 8-year-old, a few of his teammates included Padres first baseman Yonder Alonso, Rays infielder Sean Rodriguez and former Orioles infielder Robert Andino.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Cardinals outfielder Jon Jay would walk down the block from his childhood home to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade location on 32nd Avenue and U.S. Highway 1.
As an 8-year-old, a few of his teammates included Padres first baseman Yonder Alonso, Rays infielder Sean Rodriguez and former Orioles infielder Robert Andino.
"It's really where I started off," Jay said. "People see me now in the Major Leagues, and I was fortunate. That's where the long journey started. That's where I fell in love with the game of baseball."
Jay, who will enter his fifth big league season in 2014, hosted the Jon Jay FMSbonds Celebrity Bowling Challenge Friday night at Lucky Strike Miami Beach.
The event raised more than $50,000 during its first two years, and Jay hoped he could eclipse that total with the help of some famous friends.
Orioles third baseman Manny Machado, Cardinals right-hander Jason Motte, Dodgers left-hander Paco Rodriguez, Phillies outfielder John Mayberry Jr. and Pirates first baseman Gaby Sanchez were some of those in attendance.
Nationals left-hander Gio Gonzalez, whose group won the bowling challenge in 2012 and finished second in 2013, could not make it in order to take part in Saturday's NatsFest.
Alonso, one of Jay's former childhood and University of Miami teammates, has come every year.
"It's a nice touch by Jon Jay and the family obviously getting everything together," Alonso said. "It's something that's becoming a routine for us. It's fun and enjoyable, and it's obviously for a good cause."
All 14 bowling lanes sold out. This year, they even sold tickets to people who just wanted to hang out by the billiards tables or watch the bowling action. Others danced to top-40 music played by a disc jockey. There was also an auction of memorabilia.
Proceeds will benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade to support its programs, which range from after-school education to sports programs for 10,000 area youth.
"He never forgot about where he came from," said Alex Rodriguez-Roig, executive director of Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade. "He's so well-liked that everybody wants to go out and support him and be part of this great event."
It's already made an impact on 14-year-old Santino Lizarazo. He and 15 other kids from the South Beach club took up a lane, trading spares and strikes.
"That's pretty cool because you're at the same level as him when he was younger, so you could be like him," said Lizarazo, who has been with the club for four years. "For him to give back to the community -- we watch his games -- is really cool."
Jay, who came up with the bowling idea, thought it would be a nice change from the usual charity golf tournaments.
Bowling encourages everyone, particularly families, to be social. And while helping a good cause.
"It's the goal for everyone to see we're role models," Jay said. "We want to keep it growing and moving and something that's a long term. It's not just for when I'm playing. It's something I want to do for the rest of my life."
Christina De Nicola is a contributor to MLB.com.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Lipscomb men's and women's tennis teams are set for home matches tomorrow with against the University of North Florida.
The Lady Bisons will look to close out the regular season strong, while the men's team will honor the squad's seniors.
Seniors Tanner Brown, Colby Shaw and Oliver Strecker will be honored during the match.
Lipscomb coach Andrew Harris commended the seniors on the men's team for their efforts during their time as Bisons.
"These guys have been here from the beginning," Harris said. "They really have established a new standard. When they came in, the program had only won one league match.
"And, they've gone from eleventh to fourth in the league, which just says a lot about their character and what they're about and buying into the whole picture of the program," Harris said. "I think that them raising the new standard only sets a new standard for the next guys that come in."
Harris said the teams plan to play strong, hoping to honor the seniors with a good win.
"We'll be looking forward to a lot of energy tomorrow for the UNF match – a lot of excitement," Harris said. "It will be a good match, it will be a good crowd and we'll look forward to bring in our best for them for sure tomorrow."
The women's team tips off at 10 a.m., and the men's team tips off at 2 p.m.


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Twilight Circus Dub From The Secret Vaults
Ryan Moore reads aloud from his musical journal about a decade-long adventure across the sounds of the universe. Big Youth's legendary voice sent him off and, some tape delay later, he stopped by On-U's African Head Charge, where he mixed vintage sound system and Burru drumming, but not before he dined with the Arawak Indians, who taught him the sitar. He had one last night before the spacey "Lift Off," so the Bar Kays brought him "East Of Memphis," where they recalled reggae's early reliance on soul with a heavy Hammond. All these people and places appear, and yet Moore was all alone, producing this ethnomusicologocial epic from the confines of his "secret dub lab."


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Michigan, LSU & Alabama boast the most engaged college football fans online and offline
AUSTIN, Texas (July 23, 2013) TicketCity, the fan's choice for college football tickets and championship events for 23 years, today announced the first annual ranking of the most engaged fan bases in college football. The ranking, based on an algorithm that evaluates fan activity in terms of game attendance, percent stadium capacity filled, average ticket price, and social media following provides a unique perspective as to which college football fans are the most engaged with their team both online and offline.
The Michigan Wolverines hold the number one spot on the list with an especially active fan base. While their fans might not be as loud and boisterous as other fan bases, Michigan has led the country in college football attendance for 15 consecutive seasons. And although it has been 16 years since the University of Michigan won a national championship in college football, the Wolverines are the kings when it comes to social media. They boast more than one million Facebook likes, nearly twice as many as the next largest following, Penn State. They know how to tweet too; Michigan also ranks at the top of the list for the most Twitter followers, with nearly 150 thousand fans now tracking their handle.
Although the Big 10 conference owns the top spot on the list, the SEC dominates the ranking with five schools represented in the top ten, including Louisiana State University, the University of Alabama, Texas A&M, the University of Georgia and the University of Florida. The individual rankings of these top schools reveal strengths unique to each team. LSU leads the SEC pack with a robust online fan community that is highly engaged, while Alabama fans are some of the most dedicated in the conference in terms of fans actually attending games, both at home and away. And after their grand entrance into the SEC last year, A&M ranks above kingpin teams like Georgia and Florida.
"While they still fall behind in terms of average attendance at both home and away compared to other teams at the top of the list, they're filling their stadium better than some more established programs," said Meredith Owen, Communications Director at TicketCity. "It will be interesting to see if stadium renovations, which will make Kyle Field the biggest stadium in the SEC in 2015, will encourage even more fans to attend Aggie games."
With the start of the 2013 college football season almost a month away, there will be plenty of opportunities for fans to show their support at the games. The game ticket with the highest demand leading into the season is Alabama at Texas A&M in September, when the nation's two teams will face off for a leading shot at the national championship. Other notable match-ups will be the tone-setting Georgia at Clemson game and the must-see Red River Rivalry. There's lots of time for any team to make a run in 2013, but there's no doubt that fan support will play a role in who makes it to the national championship in January.
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