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A group of motherboard enthusiasts working for GIGABYTE, sharing their insider knowledge and general ramblings of the motherboard business, the tech industry, latest technologies and trends, and other random odds and ends.
Here are a couple of shots from the gallery!
You can see the rest at this website.
TeamAU had a get together a week ago in Adelaide to put the new GIGABYTE X58A-OC motherboard through its paces and hopefully break some records while having fun. Records tumbled, LN2 vaporised and fun was definitely had by all.
You can read the full report here!
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Three months ago Sandy Bridge launched and overclockers went out and bought hardware to compete on world's biggest overclocking league, www.hwbot.org. We had a glance at the results today under Core i7 2600K CPU and found that GIGABYTE tops every single 2D category which obviously tests system performance.
The most popular board that tops the record charts is the P67A-UD7 and the new UD7-B3. P67A-UD4-B3 also holds the PCMARK05 record. SuicidePhoenix, Mad222, dumo and SteveRo are pushing the boards the hardest. Congratulations men, keep overclocking it!
I wanted to point out to some nice changes which overclockers will appreciate on the latest B3 chipset board from GIGABYTE. B3 chipset change was obviously the major change however the team also used the opportunity to implement a lot of feedback from the community to improve certain parts of the performance and generally better end user experience. One of such nice changes is related to LLC.
LLC refers to LoadLine Calibration or otherwise a bios option that control the voltage droop when different loads are introduced. For some of you still scratching your head what this means if you have an overclocked system, for example, and have set 1.6vcore voltage in bios you would expect LLC enabled option to control that vcore to be very close to what you have set in bios whether you are browsing internet or doing video encoding on your PC. What Marko (Bullet92) found is that 1.6v in bios with the P67A-UD4-B3 is 1.611v in idle and 1.609v under load (measured with a digital multimeter) which is incredibly tight voltage regulation from Max Power VRM GIGABYTE uses on their P67 Sandy Bridge boards.
UD4 range is usually a very popular bang for buck OC board so when we finally see coldbug-less CPUs in Sandy Bridge this may become a very important subzero OC aid as well.
B3 series of motherboards from GIGABYTE have been fine tuned some more and certain models have had a spec increase as well but how do they overclock. Mad222 took his old chip and improved his results with his golden 2600K running at 5.86GHz. Memory is running near 1.1GHz 7-7-6-20-1T timings as well.
Taipei, Taiwan, March 24, 2011 - GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards and computing hardware solutions today officially announced the availability of the 3TB+ Unlock Utility that allows GIGABYTE motherboards without Hybrid EFI Technology to recognize and use unallocated space on new 3TB and larger hard disc drives (HDDs). The utility is freely available from the utilities page of the official GIGABYTE website: http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/Utility.aspx.
Following up on their 'first look' video a few weeks ago, the guys over on Futurelooks.com have now had plenty of time to get more intimate with our G1. Assassin gaming motherboard, giving it a 9/10 rating and high praise for its gaming prowess and attractive weaponized theming.
The GIGABYTE G1.Assassin is an impressive culmination of planning and creativity designed to accommodate the most serious of hardcore gamers. And unlike other brands, there is no confusion about whether this is for a gamer or an overclocker, even though we've proven it can.
Read the full and detailed review here.
For all you smart shoppers in North America, Newegg is currently running a promotional bundle deal with Intel® Core™ i7 CPUs and GIGABYTE G1-Killer motherboards. Pick any G1-Killer motherboard including the G1.Assassin, G1.Sniper and G1.Guerrilla and pair it with an Intel Core i7-950, Core i7-960, or Core i7-970 and save up to $65 dollars. The promotion is running from March 16 – March 31.
For more information on the bundle deal, please visit HERE.
Clare build a new gaming rig recently and went with the G1 Sniper board and a bunch of really nice parts. Check out the full writeup here.
Overclockingstation recently put the G1.Assassin motherboard through it's paces and it's nice to see that they get the idea that this board was designed for gamers.
The G1.Killer Assassin isn't a overclocking motherboard and didn't try to be. It was developed for gamers and offers special components for them. We have to ask for the costs. Actually the price is 426 Euro (price comparison). If you have a look on each single component like sound and network card the price is fair. Overclockingstation was impressed by this motherboard and awarded it with Gold-Award.
To read the full review (in German), please visit Overclockingstation
Dinos22 chimed in on TeamAU blog to give a heads up to an overclocking event TeamAU is putting together on the weekend. Deanzo, youngpro, bob(nz), Uncle Fester, T_M and dinos22 are flying in around the country and Asia to meet up in Adelaide for this special occasion.
It will be on livestream throughout the weekend at THIS ADDRESS.
Adelaide V8 Supercars race is on at the same time, who knows there might be a report from the track with the grid girls too hehehe
One other special guest making an appearance will be the new X58A-OC motherboard from GIGABYTE heheh.
Dinos22 and youngpro have done some preliminary testing with the board and got some mighty scores in 2D and 3D in practice runs. Plenty more to see during the event itself but here are a couple of notable scores to wet your appetite…
Chime in and say hello on the livestream
With the G1.Sniper gaming motherboards starting to hit the store shelves, Linus gives a first hand account of what buyers can expect when taking out their Killer for the first time. We really need to put a warning on the cover, "Use extreme caution when removing inner box, as box flatulence may occur." lol
We recently reported on an overclocker from Germany approaching the magic 6Ghz mark on Intel's new Sandy Bridge i7 2600K and P67A-UD7. Jan wasn't wasting any time and is on a mission to enter into world's top10 overclockers on HWBOT.ORG. He is currently sitting in 11th spot and put some crazy overclocks. I really love this 3DMARK01 result, just wow!
Sin0822 (Steven B) just posted his performance review of the GIGABYTE G1 Killer Assassin motherboard including some overclocking with a 990X on air. You can read the full writeup here.
GIGABYTE Australia announces E-Sports Championships 2011 for CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS with finals to be played at RESPAWN in Melbourne. The prize pool will feature over $4500 in cash and prizes which will create a high level of competition. LAN Qualifiers will be held in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and New Zealand. Registration opens Sunday the 13th of March!
Competition website: http://gigabyte-esc.com/
This competition is brought to you by G1 KILLER ASSASSIN motherboards.
Massman from HWBOT.ORG gives his personal analysis about X58A-OC and what it means to the overclocking community.
I'll provide a couple of excerpts but most definite CLICK TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE
Before I get started with this editorial and presenting you my personal reasons for buying this mainboard, let me get one thing very clear: I am not getting paid to write this article. In fact, this editorial is nothing more than my personal view on the launch of this mainboard and how it could affect the manufacturer of this product or any other manufacturer of hypothetical future products. At the end of this article, I will also try to give a couple of arguments that should make clear the sole purpose of this text is to explain how I believe this board can change the overclocker's future.
As always, feel free to comment on any of the paragraphs of this editorial if you think I'm wrong, right, incomplete or just mental. Okay, let's get started.
Just for fun, open your instant messenger and ask any of your overclocking friends (or enemies) how they got into overclocking. Chances are high most of them will reply that they used to play games and wanted more gaming performance for the same amount of money. More bang for the buck, as trained hardware reviewers would say
The question was simple: how do we integrate features that overclockers want into our current product line-up? As the overclocking community is, historically speaking, a subgroup of the gaming industry, it seems like a very logical step to add the overclocking features to the product line-up designed for and targeted at the gaming community.
I wonder, though … are we, overclockers, really similar to hardcore (video-) gamers?
The answer to this question is, in my humble opinion, definitely no.
Much like the hardware enthusiasts, the people who are buying server hardware know exactly what they want; the gaming and normal consumers don't.
That is exactly the reason why I'm going to buy this board, in retail, with my own money.
Continue reading here…
Guys at Tweaktown ran a fundraiser to help the recent Queensland flood relief and raised over $6,000. One of those luck donors was drawn out randomly as the winner of a Dream System assembled from parts donated by various manufacturers. GIGABYTE Australia donated the flagship P67A-UD7 motherboard towards this good cause. The lucky winner is Andrew van Slageren. Congratulations Andrew and thanks to everyone that donated!
We had the pleasure of meeting Zaccubus from Team Dignitas at CES where he explained the importance of having solid networking while playing online games. Well, he now has a GIGABYTE G1.Assassin motherboard with the best possible onboard networking solution, the Killer e2100, and provides his impressions of the board and the other contents of it's package in this short unboxing video.
Note: For a complete list of 12 available XL-ATX cases, please visit the GA-G1.Assassin web page and select the Chassis Support List button.
A user on XtremeSystems forum called Callsign_Vega recently showed off his new PC. His goal as he says is to run a tripple 30" LCD setup with X58A-UD9 and 3WAY GTX580 SLI at least 60fps at monster resolution. The bloke is running a 990X at 5.5Ghz with a single stage phase cooler, crazy watercooling setup and just way too much geekness to name. I'll be frank with you, I'm getting rather envious here! You can read and see more HERE. I will leave you with a couple of pics!
Peter Kapas from Bjorn3D reviewed the G1.Assassin gaming motherboard and had some good things to say about the world's most technically advanced online gaming platform:
"I believe the GIGABYTE G1.Assassin motherboard is a fantastic choice for hardcore gamers looking to get the most out of their system by using 3 or 4 video cards. The Killer E2100 NIC should shine over other network cards and onboard network platforms especially at large LAN parties, and the Creative audio implementation with high-quality components will give the gamer an advantage over the competition by hearing everything clearly and precisely.
This motherboard might not be for some. With a price tag of $530, it is definitely not for everyone. For those not planning on running 4 PCI-Express cards in their system, I would suggest the G1.Sniper motherboard (about $450), which comes with extremely similar specifications as the G1.Assassin however, it is an ATX form factor motherboard with up to 3-way CrossFireX and 3-Way SLI support."
He liked it so much that he awarded it the coveted Golden Bear award!
Steponz from USA just cranked out a quick pretest run at 6.76GHz with triple channel memory running as well. That's a hell of a warmup run. Looking forward to more, stay tuned!
Since the G1-Killer MB announcement at CES 2011, GIGABYTE marketing people around the world have been putting on regional launches as the boards start to become available in their markets. I'm noticing on online forums, facebook and the events that I attend, that there is some confusion as to why we chose the X58 platform instead of the newer P67. The answer is simply that it is a matter of product positioning!
PC gaming components tend to be the top of the range because of the stresses placed on them by high definition games, so gamers and power users usually prefer higher end hardware. If we look at available high-end desktop PC platforms, the Intel X58 chipset + Core i7 Extreme processor combination maintains its position at the top of the food chain when it comes to compatible CPU performance (a brute of a CPU with 6 cores and 12 threads) and features such as 32 PCIe lanes for graphics, despite the launch of the Sandy Bridge platform. This is even more convincing after the launch of Intel's new flagship desktop CPU, the Core i7 990x, just 2 weeks ago. Clearly there is still demand for LGA1366 motherboards when better processors, that are able to demolish performance records as the 990x is currently doing, are still being released .
By comparison, Intel's 6 Series chipset + Sandy Bridge processor delivers excellent performance in general with special focus on media transcoding, but it is not the power house that the LGA1366 is from both CPU performance and No. of PCIe lanes for multi graphics perspectives (the P67 chipset offers only 16 PCIe lanes for VGA cards that can be split into 2x8 lanes for CrossfireX/SLI). One of the defining features of the G1-Killer MBs is 3-way CrossfireX and SLI (the G1.Assassin even supports 4-way CrossfireX), so the X58 chipset is the logical choice. This would only be possible on a P67 platform if we added a bridge chip like the NF200, like we did with the P67A-UD7, and of course, this would increase the cost of the motherboard for the end user.
Over time it is possible that the G1-Killer series of gaming MBs could extend to other platforms, but for now I hope that this explanation sheds some light on the rationale behind our choice of the X58 chipset for the initial launch.
The only way i can describe what I've seen last night on HWBOT is an all out blitzkrieg on Sandy Bridge overclocking by a German OCer SuicidePhoenix, just wow. He posted a CPUz validation at 5961MHz using a GIGABYTE P67A-UD7 and 2600K CPU.
I found it particularly impressive that he did not hold back when it came to RAM either, running 1096MHz 7-7-7-21. It's obviously telling how comfortable he is with such huge RAM clocks he is getting from GIGABYTE's flagship board.
Oh but fun does not stop there! Have a look at his benchmark frequencies! 5941MHz CPU, 1112MHz RAM at 7-7-6-20-1T taking the new 2600K record and placing 3rd globally against Gulftown CPUs running close to 7GHz. New platform from Intel is astonishingly efficient!
Jan set the bar really high in 1M SuperPi as well now with the new category world record at 6.219s running 5.94GHz with ram at 1093MHz 7-7-6-20-1T. I am telling you this is nothing short of blitzkrieg hehe.
It's very nice to see such a monster CPU landing in the hands of a competent overclocker. He has the speed and knows how to use it. I cant wait to see what else he's about to attack (Poland maybe? heheh juuuuust kidding).
Congratulations Jan, well done!


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"Bierstube" is a German word that means a large hall or barroom featuring beer and (usually) entertainment; it can even mean "lecture hall" or "pool hall."
It is also the name of a gastropub that opened in June of this year at 206 Market St., where a sushi house called Asian Bistro previously held sway. It looks like a thousand other bars in the area that serve food — dark woods, dim lighting, loud music, TV sets over the bar turned to baseball and football games — and that have brew-niversal appeal, you might say. I counted 10 beers in cans, 12 on draft and 173 in bottles, mostly German. They claim to have the city's largest selection of German beers, even more than the much more highly publicized Frankford Hall and Brauhaus Schmitz.
Owner Mike Naessens, 40, is quite a human interest story in his own right. Mike is a Certified Public Accountant with an undergraduate degree from Villanova and an MBA from Drexel. (His father had a CPA firm, and as a child Mike helped his dad with inventory counts.) He has been an adjunct professor at Drexel and Community College of Philadelphia as well as a produce manager at Acme Markets, an accountant for Price Waterhouse Coopers and then senior finance director for Campbell's Soup Company.
In the latter position, Mike had the opportunity to travel all over Western Europe in the 1990s, but his own Belgian family heritage impelled him to learn a great deal about Belgian food and beer. His sister, who had a background in restaurants, encouraged him to follow his new-found dream of turning his Belgium-philia into a career.
Whereas accounting is about as secure a career as owning a gold mine, opening a restaurant is about as insecure as bungee-jumping. Nevertheless, Mike took the plunge in 2003 with Eulogy Belgian Tavern at 136 Chestnut St., followed by Beneluxx, another beer hall, two blocks away at 33 S. 3rd St. The converted rowhouse housing Eulogy is a historic property; it is where the iconic jeweler Bailey, Banks and Biddle was founded in 1832.
Eulogy claims to have Philadelphia's largest beer selection with more than 300 international and domestic craft-brewed bottled beers and 21 draft beers served every day. It is ranked as the fifth best beer restaurant in the U.S. by the website ratebeer.com.
Bierstube, the third entrant in Mike's burgeoning mug-oriented empire, has a pretty downscale appearance, even by gastropub standards. (One terrific touch, though, is a table made out of a canoe that still has oars in it.) The blue and white vinyl covering on our table in the bare-bones dining room was not clean and had holes in it. There were no napkins or silverware on any of the tables, although they were brought out after the food was served.
But Bierstube is one of those places where you have an appetizer of low expectations and are pleasantly surprised when really good food comes out. And the food at Bierstube, while not inexpensive, is outstanding. For example, the bite-size warm pretzels that come with three dipping sauces had some serious mojo ($6.99). The sriracha/plum sauce was just OK, but the whole grain mustard dip and beer cheese dip were dip-alicious. If you can take the heat, the Tsingtau Buffalo wings ($7.99) were another winner with its blue cheese dip (not enough of it) and chili hot sauce.
Now, since my favorite non-denominational saint is Saint Brew-no and my favorite type of music is Malt-ernative Rock and my favorite movie is "The Empire Strikes Bock" and my favorite TV sitcom character is Punky Brewster, I usually decide which beer to drink on a case-by-case basis. And I decided on the Fat Jack pumpkin beer ($5.99), which was nirvana with the hot stuff.
It is not exactly health food, but taste-wise, you can't go wrong with the bratwurst entree — three hefty sausages of chicken, pork and venison, with a small amount of apple bacon sauerkraut ($19.99). We thought the first two were were yummy but that the venison was too dry. Side dishes of spaetzle and warm German potato salad ($4.99 each) were the best, not the wurst.
A song writer once said that the sweetest kiss is the one never tasted, but the sweetest dessert is really Bierstube's homemade dark chocolate brownies with salted caramel sauce ($6.99). Rich and gooey and dreamy.
Our server, Malik Hassan, was extremely personable. I should add, as you are probably aware, that finding a legal parking space near 2nd and Market Streets is about as easy as finding a Rolex watch on the sidewalk. We drove around the area for about 15 to 20 minutes before finding a space on 5th Street, between Market and Chestnut. (Bring lots of quarters if you are lucky enough to find a kiosk.)
I just hope that Bierstube doesn't start serving beer to young people who are "barley legal." For more information, call 215-922-2958 mybierstube.com


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AgustaWestland North America has handed over an AW139 to the Egyptian Air Force. The agreement is part of a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract with the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command's contracting center. AgustaWestland built the AW139 at its U.S. manufacturing facility in Philadelphia. In addition, German designer Karl Lagerfeld has partnered with AgustaWestland to develop VIP helicopter interiors and exteriors. The agreement initially covers the AW139 and could expand to include other AgustaWestland commercial variants.


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Study: Large, older trees keep growing at a faster rate
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Contrary to long-held misconceptions, trees never stop growing during their lifespans, a new study has found.
In fact, as they age, their growth accelerates, even after they've reached massive sizes. This means that older trees play a substantial and disproportionate role in the Earth's carbon cycle -- one of the cycles that makes Earth capable of sustaining life.
The groundbreaking findings are in a new study co-authored by University of Nebraska-Lincoln biologist Sabrina Russo and published today in Nature.
Researchers analyzed the compiled biomass growth measurements of 673,046 trees belonging to 403 species from various temperate and tropical regions across six continents.
They concluded that for most tree species, mass growth rate continues to increase with their size, with some species' largest trees growing by a mass equivalent to a mid-sized tree in a single year.
"Looking at data from whole forests -- that is, all trees in a forest considered together as a unit -- it is often found that forest productivity declines with the age of the forest, but that does not mean that the growth of the oldest trees declines," said Russo, a forest ecologist in UNL's School of Biological Sciences. "What turns out to be key to understanding tree growth is to examine the growth pattern of each individual, not just the forest stand as a whole."
In addition to discovering this property of tree growth, the conclusions also contribute to understanding the global carbon cycle because trees, like all plants, take up carbon dioxide from the air and sequester it in their biomass.
"About 50 percent of a tree's wood is carbon, so a rapidly growing, large, old tree can remove huge amounts of carbon from the atmosphere, through an enormous photosynthetic flux -- far more than a younger, smaller tree can," Russo said.
"While they are alive, these giant elders of the forest play a disproportionately important role in a forest's carbon dynamics."
While 38 researchers from 29 institutions collaborated on the study, Russo was instrumental in the research. She contributed to development of the data analysis methods, as well as the analysis and interpretation of the results.
Russo's principal research site in Lambir Hills National Park in Malaysia on the island of Borneo also lent data to the study for 76 Southeast Asian tree species.
The study, "Rate of tree carbon accumulation increases continuously with tree size," can be found at http://www.nature.com. In addition to Russo, the paper was authored by Nathan Stephenson and Adrian Das of the U.S. Geological Survey and Richard Condit of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, along with 34 other researchers.
Writer: Deann Gayman, University Communications
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I've been on somewhat of a beauty cleanse lately. I always thought that I was meticulous about the ingredients in my beauty products as I am about the fabric of my clothing. Clearly I've been mistaken. Products (of any sort) today areappalling. And if boys think they are exempt, they have another thing coming. They use soap, wash their hair, use moisturizer, etc. just like we do. And guess what? None of it is good for you. All these products are full of synthetics, petrochemicals, and carcinogens (synthetics have unknown long-term effects let alone the current short-term issues; petrochemicals are by-products of gasoline; and carcinogens directly cause cancer) among other things, but that's the gist of it. That may sound like a whole lot of gibberish to many people, but trust me, those aren't things you want as they absorb into your body through your skin. So better to address this now before I, along with everyone else, become set in my ways and use products that essentially are poisoning me.
No More Dirty Looks (by the lovely Siobhan O'Connor & Alexandra Spunt) has really opened my eyes to just how dirty the beauty industry actually is. [Read their blog as well] I really shouldn't be surprised considering it is a multi-billion dollar industry that operates under its own set of rules, its own product review panel, and its own testing process. And to be blunt: FDA does jack shit. It does not have the power (or budget) to regulate anything; not to mention, many of these companies will release these products at will. They will go through cursory testing for rashes and whatnot, but could honestly care less if there is–say formaldehyde (nothing like a little embalming fluid to make one really feel good right?)–in it as long as it, I don't know, goes on smoothly. And most of the time, these products don't even work. They are so pumped of fillers to mask the heaviness of the toxins embedded in the product that the active ingredient does not work. And about that ingredient list… can you believe that "fragrance" could mean absolutely anything? For all you know, it could (and probably does) contain hundreds of chemicals in that one little word. But worse, companies are not required to reveal the full ingredient list for the sake of trade secrets. Bull shit. Complete and utter bull shit. Consumers have a right to know what they are putting on/in their bodies, and moreover, companies need to be held accountable.
[This is how I feel sometimes with the constant changing trends and advice]
I am a chemical engineer in the making that wants to work in the beauty industry. This has distorted my entire world view. I still want to work in the beauty industry, but more importantly, I want to change it. I am extremely angry about the status quo when it comes to consumer products, particularly health and beauty products. There is nothing remotely healthy about this. I believe others should be angry as well. These companies are deliberating taking advantage by catering to our vanity, and we're buying into it for the sake of instant gratification. We should ask for better. We should know to ask for better. This culture of instant gratification will lead to nowhere, but the deterioration of quality and safety standards. I want to make better, more effective products. But something needs to change. People need to be made aware of the lack of regulation for everyday products we use and what happens because of it.
Now, I'm not a stereotypical crunchy eco-obsessed hippy who doesn't wash her hair or shave her legs–because for one, I freely admit that I could care less about finding renewable energy and two, because I most certainly do those things–but I do not find it unreasonable to expect more of an industry I love. To expect more of the FDA. As in it actually does what it's meant to. And to expect products that aren't willingly contaminated with poisonous chemicals. To ask for products that are effective, relatively inexpensive, and moreover, safe for human consumption. Is that really so hard to ask for?
But all is not lost. There are some brands out there that are conscious of the mark they leave on consumers and on the earth. REN, for one, is absolutely amazing. It is a UK based company invented started by Robert Calcraft and Antony Buck ever since Antony's wife had adverse reactions to practically every single skincare product while pregnant. They operate under 5 principles: Right Ingredients, Right Science, Right Product Experience, Right Environmental Impact, and Right Attitude.
Right Ingredients: To make Clean Products that don't contain skin-unfriendly ingredients such a synthetic fragrance, petrochemicals, sulfate detergents, synthetic colours, animal ingredients, and parabens et al.
Right Science: To pioneer new ways of applying the latest discoveries in bio active technology to product skincare formulations that boost the skin's natural processes of protection, repair, and renewal.
Right Product Experience: REN believes gorgeous products can make the world a slightly nicer place to be and make us feel just a little nicer being here.
Right Environmental Impact: They try to minimize their use of the world's limited natural resources and donates a minimum of 2.5% of their profits to campaigns that promote better environment and a better life for those less fortunate
Right Attitude [This one I'm typing verbatim cuz it's good]: We believe a principle is a principle even if it costs money. We believe we reap what we sow. We prefer goodwill to suspicion, humor to gravitas, informality to formality. We welcome difference.
Moreover, their products work. Beauty magazines have tested their wares for their annual best of "[year]" lists, and consumers have spoken immensely about them. REN products keep appearing time and time again. I personally use REN products; I will attest that they are the real deal. They feel fantastic and keep my skin clear and well-balanced. I will always endorse REN because of its transparency on what's actually in the products, its premise of the creation effective clean gorgeous products that make a person feel good, its sophisticated cutting edge science, and its willingness to ask for more of itself as company.
Other approved brands include NUDE Skincare, Josie Maran, Dr. Hauschka, and John Masters (which you can find in your drugstore!). My last advice is to always look at the ingredient list, be patient, and do take the time to fully explore your options and what you want for your lifestyle. It can be intimidating to be hit with extensive ingredients lists and product choices, but hopefully I've shed some light on the topic. And No More Dirty Looks should help as well. Just remember to read up on company premises. Knowing what they do and what ingredients are commonly used will go a long way in convincing you to trust them.
*All beauty images courtesy of Allure*


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U.S. Department of Defense Secret Clearance – January 2006 - InactiveTelecommunications Network Engineer II with over 14 years of diverse experience.Successful career installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting data and VoIP networks in a corporate and military environment.Former Army Sergeant with experience in personnel management and system accountability.Routers/Hubs/Switches: Cisco 2600, 2800, 3700, 3800 Series Routers, Cisco 2900, 3500, 4500 Series Switches, Nexus 5596, FEX 2248, WLAN Routers (Cisco, Lynksys, DLink, and Ubiquiti), Motorola 300 and 400 series LOS PTP Wireless Bridge systems.Network:LAN / WAN / WLAN / NLAN / MPLS, VoIP ( Cisco and Shoretel), T1, PRI, DMZ.Security: General Dynamics TACLAN Data Encryption Hardware, Cisco ASA, IPSEC and SSL VPN, Symantec Endpoint Protection Software, Mcafee Antivirus Suites.Operating Systems: Windows 95, ME, 2000 Professional, NT, 2003, XP, Vista, and 7.Applications: Good for Enterprise for IOS and Android, Visio, MS Office 2003/2007/2010, Outlook, Ghost, Acrobat, Tumbleweed.Server Applications: Windows Server 2003/2008, Remote Installation Services, TCP/IP, DHCP, Telnet, SSH, FTP/SFTP, RDP, Active Directory, Solarwinds (NPM, NTA, SAM), Blackberry Enterprise Server 4.5 / 5.0 / 10, Good Mobile Messaging, Good Mobile Controller, and Call Manager Express, ASDM.Specialties:Network Administration / Installation / TroubleshootingFirewall Administration / Installation / TroubleshootingVPN Administration / Installation / TroubleshootingT1/PRI Configuration / Installation / TroubleshootingVoIP Administration / Installation / TroubleshootingSystem Administration / TroubleshootingMobile CommunicationInventory / License Management
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Telecommunications Network Engineer IIStart Date: 2010-04-01
Design / Plan / Install new network equipment and VLAN environments for new infrastructure.Troubleshoot any issues with network regarding unknown devices detected, slow response times, bottlenecks, unable to connect, etc….Maintain network systems consisting of Cisco routers, switches and voice over IP at the home and remote offices.Maintain all internal data and voice connections within home office and remote officesAll office opening, moves, and closing pertaining to telecom - order lines, order PBX, routers, switches, VPN, etc. Coordinate with vendors on install dates/times. Research and provide cost analysis of changes Handle all adds/moves/changes with phones and voicemailTroubleshoot all issues with PBX/VOIP systems, MPLS WAN, T1/PRI/BRI/POTS circuits. Open trouble tickets with carriers and work on it until resolvedOrder all phone (office and cellular) equipment (speaker phones, headsets, wireless headsets, etc…) Evaluate, compare, and test new cell phones to recommend to users Maintain call accounting server and pull extension call reports for managers per requestResponsible for all telecom billing, maintain and update telecom billing database for budgeting and reportingProvide training to users with new equipment: headsets, cell phones, blackberries, phones, etc.Set up and maintain VOIP networks.
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Sail the friendly skies.
On a clear day, I like to stare up and take in the natural beauty of the sky.
The powder blue, the peaceful clouds…and when that gets boring, there's always
the 'find the hidden pictures' game. Marshmallows, alligators, the Spanish Inquisition
– there are all sorts of things to see while staring into the heavens. [Been
watching too much Bob
Ross, Johnny? – Ed.]
But while gamers are confined to terra firma, video games are not. Skies
of Arcadia Legends lets you realize the romantic dream of stratospheric
exploration in a world of open sky, airships, political intrigue and pirates.
Skies originally came out in 2000 on the
Dreamcast. While there are a handful of new additions to this Gamecube version,
it's a little hard to get excited over a port of a 2 year old game. The new
features include improved load times, 'wanted' bounties, a 'Moonfish' item-hunt
and a new character to duel against. These extras are duly appreciated, but
the sound and graphics have sadly not gotten the same amount of attention.
a "Blue Rogue" air pirate, often stares at the sky, longing for the day when
he can set out on his own to explore the far reaches of the uncharted atmosphere.
His close friend and accomplice, Aika, shares that dream, except she plans to
snarf up some extra treasure on the side. One day, a mysterious girl named Rina
falls into the hands of the Blue Rogues. Their lives would never be the same.
The story is fun, charming and easy to get into, albeit all too familiar. The plucky young hero, surrounded by his saucy and equally plucky wenches, must face the unabashedly evil forces of villainy through fight after fight of random encounters.
The Gamecube port does promise some reduced fight encounters in certain areas
in response to complaints on the Dreamcast. It's hard to exactly measure this
change. It feels relatively similar, but the better load times means it's faster
to run away from a battle.
The traditional turn-based system of combat gets an added kick of strategy through the Spirit meter. This SP meter is like one big meter pool that all the characters dip out of. S. Moves, an assortment of offensive and defensive moves you gain over the game, require a certain amount of SP points to execute. A character can spend his turn "focusing" to boost the SP meter.
Magic spells can only be executed when there are enough SP points available, but casting a spell will also expend one Magic Point. Red is obviously fire, but for some reason purple is ice. What kind of ice cubes do they use in Arcadia?
Each weapon is capable of equipping one of the six crystals; while equipped, your character will steadily gain magic spells from the respective color branch. The weapon is also imbued with the properties of its respective color – a red sword will be stronger against an enemy with purple properties.
In addition to the standard battles, there are Airship battles in which you
plot out a series of attacks and then watch the ensuing exchange take place.
These skirmishes keep things exciting and add to the atmosphere of a world filled
with flying boats.
The Airships are really shown off through the impressive Overworld. The sense
of exploring the unknown really comes through while piloting the ships. The
controls utilize the C-stick, which feels just fine.
are not always marked, so you have to pay attention to what the locals are saying
to find the next dungeon or town. Newly discovered landmarks can be reported
back to the Sailor's Guild for some welcome coinage.
At one point in the game, Vyse is urged to search out all the Moonfish he can find. Moon fishing is a tricky sport, requiring the first-person perspective camera. Vyse has to stand in a specific location in order to snag one of these fish. A beeping tone will tell you how hot or cold you are, though at least once, the beeping just seemed to be completely confused. Still, this mini-game does add some extra value.
Visually, it's immediately obvious that the game wasn't made with the Gamecube
in mind. Right from the get-go, the graphics are dated. Sometimes the edges
lack crispness and the scrolling cloudscapes just look awkward. In counterpoint,
a few lighting effects and the character models still hold their own.
The quality is decent, but the most disappointing loss is the lack of a progressive scan feature, which I'd love to take advantage of… once I get a HDTV. The lack of progressive scan won't affect people who currently don't have an HDTV, but it just feels better to know that it's there, especially since the DC had VGA compatibility.
Instead of full vocals, the port of Skies opts for a lackluster sound
byte approach. Each character has several vocal snippets that chime in at set
times. These are as generic as they come and do little to nothing to add to
the character's personality or the overall drama. The music, on the other hand,
fits the drama excellently.
Considering it's a port, I would have been much happier if more attention
was given to the audio and video. If you've played through the Dreamcast original,
there really isn't enough incentive to get it a second time. But Skies of
Arcadia Legends is still a rousing, swashbuckling adventure and for those
of you who missed it the first time, it's great to have another RPG on the Cube.


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Atlas Copco AB v. Atlascopcoiran.com, No. 07-1208, 2008 WL 149128 (E.D. Va. January 8, 2008)
Unable to hail the overseas registrants of domain names, including atlascaspian.com and atlascopcoiran.com into a U.S. court, plaintiff Atlas Copco AB sought in rem relief against the domain names under 15 U.S.C. §1125(d)(2)(a). After the defendants failed to answer the complaint, Atlas Copco moved for summary judgment, relying on the allegations of its verified complaint.
The court granted the motion and ordered the domain names transferred.
In finding that the defendants had engaged in cyberpiracy, the court looked at the "dominant or salient portions of the marks" at issue – the plaintiff's mark and the marks comprising the offending domain names.
For you trademark experts out there, query whether you might characterize the following analysis as a bit of a stretch:
The dominant portion of each of the Defendant Domain Names is "ATLAS COPCO" or "ATLAS." These "dominant" terms are paired with the generic terms "CASPIAN" and "IRAN," which are generic geographic terms that do not distinguish the Defendant Domain Names from the ATLAS COPCO trademark. An internet user might reasonably assume that the geographic term "CASPIAN" and "IRAN" were added to the ATLAS COPCO trademark by the Plaintiffs to identify its geographic location.
It looks like another motivation for the court's finding was some of the subterfuge on the sites at the offending domain names. Turns out some of them pointed to "copycat" websites bearing "Atlas Caspian" logos confusingly similar to the plaintiff's trademark, and linked to phishing sites bearing the actual Atlas Copco mark.


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Looking for a job? Facebook is hiring but you might have to be willing to move to the East Coast.
The Palo Alto-based social-networking site is expanding its East Coast operations based in New York City.
Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said Facebook will be adding thousands of new jobs in the next year.
Currently Facebook has abuot 3,000 employees spread out across its Palo Alto and Menlo Park locations. It employs about another 100 people in New York City.
But Sandberg said the company plans to expand its Madison Avenue campus dramatically by putting together its first East Coast engineering office.
And Facebook is already accepting applications for the openings.
It is expected to be a big year for Facebook. It is widely anticipated that Mark Zuckerberg will take the company public in 2012 with an IPO valued at over $100 billion.


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|Chapter 8 started at the farthest corner of Europe, in a city that is at home in two continents: Istanbul. We happened to be there while the demonstrations around Taksim square took place, which turned this city into an intense start of our journey. Via Belgrade, Sofia, Budapest, Prague and Berlin we travelled the way we always do: hitchhiking with our cameras and a briefcase filled with drawing materials. This year we even added a laptop and scanner so we could archive every sold drawing.
Just like last year we aimed to organise one last-minute exhibition in every city we visited. This basically means: wandering around the streets without a map in search of one small shop that we could use as an exhibition space. This one-day experiment was a continous search for the perfect collaboration, while some exhibitions turned into small parties, others looked more like a six hour solo-performance of two guys drawing behind a table.
With our eighth chapter behind us it feels like we're working towards the end of our project. Only two more chapters to go before we reach the final frontier of our hitchhikers galaxy.


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- Home
- City Hall
- Departments & Divisions
- Finance
- Business License Division
Business License Division
Department Overview
The Business License Division administers business/occupation taxes; regulatory fees; franchise fees from telephone, electric power, cable television, fiber-optic cable and natural gas providers; alcoholic beverage excise taxes; hotel/motel occupancy taxes; rental motor vehicle excise taxes; and insurance premium taxes. Every business operating within the city limits of Marietta must have a current City of Marietta business license. Applications are received and processed at our Business License Office located on the first floor of City Hall, 205 Lawrence Street, Marietta, GA 30060.
How to Apply for a Business License
1. You must verify that your business location is within the city limits of Marietta.
2. Complete the appropriate Applications and Forms for your type of business.
3. Mail applications, forms, identification and payment to:
City of Marietta
Business License Division
PO Box 609
Marietta, GA 30061-0609
4. You may also bring your documents in person to our office located at:
City Hall, First Floor
Business License Division
205 Lawrence Street
Marietta, GA 30060
Other Jurisdictions
If your business is not located within the city limits of Marietta, you may need to contact one of the following to obtain a business license:
Applications & FormsLink to page
Apply for a Business License
Steps and information about how to apply for a business license.Link to page
New Business Listings
Recent business license applicants. Select a month and year to search for more listings. Select a business name to view more information.Link to page
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently asked questions about Business Licenses.Link to page
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Comcast Customer Service complaint form.Link to page


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In their three-plus years in Durham, Head Coach David Cutcliffe and Offensive Line Coach Matt Luke have built the Duke offensive line into a position of strength. The past two recruiting classes have brought in a very good group of offensive linemen, and the Blue Devils hope to continue that trend with the class of 2012. Josh Hess is a 6'7" 285 pound offensive lineman from Richlands, Virginia. As a junior, Josh played on both the offensive and defensive line, helping Richlands to the state championship game, and was named to the All-State, All-Region, and All-District teams. Highlights from Josh's junior season can be viewed here.
BDN: Can you start off by describing your strengths for fans who haven't had a chance to see you play?
Personally, I think I'm hard-nosed, I like driving people off the ball, that's what I do. I'm a pretty good pass blocker, in my opinion, and I do whatever it takes to win.
BDN: What are some of the things you have been working on this offseason?
I dropped a couple pounds. I'm down to about 285 right now, and I've just been working on my lateral quickness, and just speed in general.
BDN: What are some of your goals for your senior year?
I want to go back to Lynchburg and play for another state championship, and come out winning next one. I'd like to make all-state again, all-region, all-district.
BDN: As you look at your college decision, what are the most important factors you are looking for in a school?
Education would have to be the first one. I'm big on academics, and so is my family. And then just the school itself. I like football tradition, and how the football program's going. I'd like to go in and help a program out if they're down, and if they're a program that's winning, to go in and keep it going.
BDN: Is there a specific academic field you are interested in?
Kinesiology, so the study of – it's like athletic training, stuff like that, and how the muscles and stuff work.
BDN: Which schools have you heard from the most? Who were the first to contact you?
Duke, UNC, Maryland, Virginia Tech, UVA, Florida, Boston College. There's a lot of SEC and ACC schools.
BDN: Are you primarily interested in ACC and SEC schools?
Well, it'd be nice to, but – I mean, as it comes down to it, I'll go anywhere that's within the United States.
BDN: Have you been able to talk with any schools about scholarship offers yet?
Really haven't talked about offers yet, but most of them are trying to get me down on campus, looking at stuff like that, invite me to a bunch of junior days and stuff, but not really talked about offers yet.
BDN: Have you had a chance to visit any schools so far?
I've only visited Duke, I went down there for junior day, but the end of the football season I went all over the place, I went to like Kentucky, Boston College, Duke, Virginia Tech, UVA, Alabama, I was all up and down the coast, pretty much.
BDN: Have any schools stood out to you at this point in the process?
Not really, I like them all the same. All of them had different things that I like about them.
BDN: Do you have any other visits planned for this spring or summer?
I'm going down to UVA for Junior Day, and I'll be at UNC after that. And then I'm not sure about camps yet, I know I'm gonna go and visit a bunch more, I'm gonna go – Florida wants me to come down and watch spring practice and get out there and get on campus and talk to the coaches, so I'll probably end up doing that.
BDN: Do you have an idea for when you would like to make your college decision?
I might wait until the right school comes to me, but I mean, if the right school does come, it might be before football season. But then again, I might just wait it out, wait until signing day or after the football season.
BDN: Is there anything else you think is important for college football fans to know about you?
I'm a good student in the classroom, I'm a hard worker, my motto when I leave the weight room everyday is leaving thinking that nobody outworked me that day. That's about it.
BDN: Thanks a lot, Josh, and best of luck to you.
Sounds good, I appreciate it. You too.


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1. Ask some of your contacts who share the same surname
2. Do a Google search
3. Check on Facebook to see if there is a group with your surname.
4. Contact a local Historical Society or Library in the area of your ancestor to see if they know about upcoming reunions, and if they don't know, ask if they will give you the name of their favorite most helpful genealogist's name.
5. See if the name appears in the Directory of Family Associations, as shown below. I noticed it is sold at Amazon, but you might be able to get it at your local library, like I did. The second photo is an example of a page. If you are interested, it's worth checking this book out.
And, if you do go to a reunion, don't forget to bring your business cards, they could be handmade or professionally printed, using your own photos. See mine HERE.


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Meryl Davis And Maksim Chmerkovksiy Talk Of How They Are Staying Healthy Doing Dancing With The Stars
Meryl Davis and Maksim Chmerkovksiy talked with OK! Magazine after Dancing With The Stars Monday night. One of the questions they asked is how they were staying healthy at this point in the competition. Below is how they replied.
"One of the things Maks has been telling me is to be honest with each other," Meryl told OK! backstage Monday night. "Coming into rehearsal one day saying I'm really tired today, this is kind of hurting, let's take it easy doing this—I think that's the primary thing."
Maks may be an extremely hard worker, but he knows the value of taking it easy, too.
"I can alter things," he explains. "I don't get married to a routine. Val is different. Val goes and rehearses with a pro until four in the morning and the next day he comes and he shows the routine and then he teaches it to Danica. I'm different. I see her and I go, 'Okay, let's slowly start building.' If she doesn't tell me if something's hurting, I'm not going to know it. I'm going to push something and it's going to make it worse. We just need to stay honest and if I'm tired I tell her, if she's tired we cut it short. It's not worth the consequences."
More at OK! Magazine.


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Add Scottie Pippen to the list of NBA Hall of Famers who are riding the Heat Hater bandwagon in retirement.
He also might be leading the "Chris Bosh is not a star" campaign.
Pippen railed on the Miami Heat in a recent article in Slam magazine, calling the Heat's Big Three the "Big Two and a Half" after being asked about how the team has gelled so far this season.
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"I don't think Chris Bosh is half the player of LeBron James," Pippen said.
So if the Heat are the NBA version of Two and a Half Men, then does that make LeBron James Charlie Sheen?
My goodness we hope not!
Pippen went on in the interview to lambast the Heat as a fraudulent contender to break the NBA single-season best record of 72-10 he set with the Michael Jordan led Chicago Bulls of 1997-1998.
For the record, no one on the Heat ever mentioned going after the record when the team was assembled this offseason.
The prototype Robin said the currently assembled Heat would be hard pressed to go down as the best in franchise history. Forget NBA history.
The Heat are 38-14 and have a good shot at besting the team record of 61-21.
"There's no way those guys are gonna break any type of record," Pippen said. "I don't think they can break the franchise record in Miami, or the state of Florida, I should say."
True, Pippen is an all-time great, but stomping on the Heat with two feet seems a bit, Cleveland Cavalier-ish.
You'd think he'd have more to deal with like worrying about his wife putting the family business out in the streets on The Real Housewives of Miami.
For good measure, Pippen took a small jab at James, saying that the King probably grew up wanting to be like him, not Mike.
"I was probably the player that he mostly patterned his game after," Pippen said.
Looks like Scottie has been hitting the Haterade hard in retirement. Somebody get him the number for rehab.


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Anyone who thought the turning point to the Illinois basketball season would come against No. 8 Michigan State has the kind of positive attitude coach Bruce Weber wants in his locker room.
Anyone who thought the turning point to the Illinois basketball season would come against No. 8 Michigan State has the kind of positive attitude coach Bruce Weber wants in his locker room. Despite a 15-0 run late in the first half that pushed Illinois to a 20-14 lead, the Illini limped through the second half Wednesday with few answers on offense as Michigan State rallied for a 51-41 victory in a Big Ten Conference game at the Breslin Center. The defeat left the Illini in search of a significant victory that could send the season in the opposite direction as the Illini followed a recent trend -- tough in the first half, weak in the second half. Leading 32-31 with 12 minutes 47 seconds left, Illinois scored only nine points the rest of the way. The Illini were 2-for-10 from the free-throw line in the final 3 minutes. "Obviously, we're not an offensive juggernaut,'' Illinois coach Bruce Weber said. "Our defense kept us in there. If I could have written the script ahead of time, I wish it wasn't the same story. It's been like that all year for us. "You talk at halftime about playing loose and free, talk about having confidence and composure. The same habits and the same mistakes keep coming up in the second half. I wish I had some kind of cure to change it.'' The Illini lost 11 turnovers and shot 27.3 percent in the second half. While Illinois held Michigan State 24 points under its season average, the Illini still couldn't keep pace. Illinois (10-12 overall, 2-7 in the Big Ten) hosts Purdue on Saturday (2:30 p.m., Big Ten Network) before Indiana and guard Eric Gordon comes to town on Feb. 7. "Hopefully, we'll find a way to get some nice wins and momentum down the stretch,'' Weber said. After halftime, the Illini couldn't find a reliable scorer on offense. The shot clock turned into as much of an opponent as the Spartans. "In that run in the first half, we did a good job of moving and screening, and we hit some shots,'' said Illini guard Trent Meacham. "We couldn't find enough options to score. "It happens too much. We have to attack earlier. We have to make cuts to score and make screens to get someone open, not just to move because that's what we're supposed to do. Cut to score. If we're going to drive, drive to score or find someone open.'' Reserves Mike Tisdale and Calvin Brock led the Illini with seven points apiece. The starting five accounted for 21 points. The Spartans (19-2, 7-1) won their fifth straight game, gave coach Tom Izzo a 53rd birthday present and set a school record for most wins in the first 21 games. "You have to be excited by a win, but I was disappointed by the we played played,'' Izzo said. "Illinois deserves from credit for it. I thought they took it to us, and I didn't like the way we responded at all in the first half. "When we got knocked in the mouth, we didn't respond very well. It was a win. It wasn't a really pretty one.'' Spartans senior guard Drew Neitzel, the Big Ten's preseason player of the year, scored nine points in an 11-2 run that gave Michigan State an early 31-26 lead in the second half. He finished with a game-high 15 points, although he was 4-for-12 from the line. "He's going to make some plays,'' said Illini guard Chester Frazier, who guarded Neitzel most of the night. "I tried my best to shut him down.'' Staggering from the gate with 1-for-12 shooting, the Illini fell behind 14-5 before a 15-0 run helped them grab a 24-20 halftime lead. The Illini were 8-for-14 during the surprising first-half surge. Freshman guard Demetri McCamey hit two 3-pointers. Illinois juggled the lineup, starting Frazier to guard Neitzel and returning senior center Shaun Pruitt to the starting lineup. Forward Brian Randle will likely be hampered by a hyper-extended right thumb, an injury suffered in practice Tuesday. The thumb was wrapped in the first half. Frazier's defense slowed Neitzel in the first half, when the Michigan State star was 1-for-6. But the Spartans had other answers. Michigan State forward Goran Suton had 10 points and 10 rebounds while forward Raymar Morgan finished with 10 points and eight rebounds. NOTES: Illinois' game against Michigan State in Assembly Hall has been set for March 6 at 8 p.m. The game will be broadcast by ESPN or ESPN2. The Illini's game at Michigan is set for a 3 p.m. tipoff on Feb. 23 with television coverage provided by the Big Ten Network. ... The last time Illinois scored fewer points was in 1947. John Supinie can be reached at email@example.com. For more coverage, read Illini Talk blog at www.sj-r.com and www.pjstar.com. Illinois report card Front court F Brian Randle and Shaun Pruitt failed to provide the Illini with scoring options against the Spartans. Meanwhile, the Illini also lost the battle of the boards. Back court C At least Chester Frazier hounded Michigan State star Drew Neitzel into some poor shooting in the first half. But there was little offense from the guards. Bench C Center Mike Tisdale and guard Calvin Brock led the Illini in scoring. But you're not going to get far with your leading scorer finishing with seven points. Overall C While the Illini couldn't put enough offense together in the second half, they did push the nation's No. 8-ranked team. While Illinois didn't get that big win that would offer up some hope for this season, there was some entertainment value in the first half. Games against Purdue and Indiana are up next, likely the last chance for Illinois to build some momentum.


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Waldrapp Ibis
Geronticus eremita
Habitat: open dry areas, coastlines, cliff ledges
Range: Southern Morocco, Syria, North Africa
Natural Diet: Insects, small reptiles, worms
Status In The Wild: Endangered
Animal Facts
The Waldrapp or Northern Bald Ibis is considered sacred in Egypt. Their image appears in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and tomb art. The long, thin beak is used to probe mud for small prey. Depending on its sense of touch while, the ibis can use its eyesight to watch for predators. Population decline is due to loss of habitat, uncontrolled hunting (their meat is considered a delicacy by some), pesticides and climate change. These birds are highly social and will mingle in large flocks. Both sexes incubate eggs.
To learn more about field efforts to conserve wild waldrapp ibises, click here
Learn more about conserving wildlife through conservation breeding
To find out more about the two waldrapp ibis chicks that hatched at the zoo in April 2015, CLICK HERE!
For more information on Micke Grove Zoo's efforts to conserve waldrapp ibis, CLICK HERE


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my name is Marie Jacobs, a former design director at marketing agencies in New York, Paris and Berlin.
While I had the chance to work with unique designers and direct great campaigns, it was a shame to see how often amazing designs got lost in drawers. With inspir.ly I fulfilled my dream of sharing my designs with everyone! Thanks to our online image editor, you can personalize any of my designs and even create your own artworks!
Are you an image designer yourself? I would love to see your work. Feel free to post and share your images on inspir.ly.


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In re Does, — S.W.3d —, 2011 WL 1447544 (Texas, April 15, 2011)
The issue of anonymity is a hot topic in internet law. The question of whether an internet user known only by an IP address or username or website name should be identified arises fairly often in the early stages of internet defamation and certain copyright infringement cases. For example, the issue is a big one in the numerous copyright cases that have been brought recently against BitTorrent users who get subpoenas after being accused of trading copyrighted works online.
The supreme court of Texas has issued an opinion that protects the anonymity of a couple of bloggers who were accused of defamation, copyright infringement and invasion of privacy by another blogger. The court ordered that a subpoena served on Google (who hosted the Blogger accounts in question) be quashed.
Texas rules of procedure (Rule 202) allow a petitioner to take depositions before a lawsuit is filed in order to investigate a potential claim. The petitioner in this case filed such an action, and Google agreed to turn over the information about the anonymous Blogger users.
But the anonymous bloggers objected, and moved to quash the deposition subpoena, arguing that the findings required for the discovery to be taken had not been made.
The trial court was required to find that:
(1) allowing the petitioner to take the requested depositions may prevent a failure or delay of justice in an anticipated suit; or
(2) the likely benefit of allowing the petitioner to take the requested deposition to investigate a potential claim outweighs the burden or expense of the procedure.
Neither of these findings were made. Petitioner had tried to argue that the findings were not necessary because he had gotten the agreement of Google to turn over the information.
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A revolutionary drilling system leads to the retrieval of additional ice for evidence of abrupt climate change from the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Deep within ice sheets in the Polar Regions is an archive of evidence about the climate of the past. Ice cores drilled in the past have yielded amazing scientific discoveries, for example that climate can change abruptly in less than ten years, and that the CO2 in the atmosphere now is higher than evidence from the last 800,000 years. At the WAIS Divide site, a cold area of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet where the abundant snowfall rarely melts, the ice contains many tens of thousands of years of annual information about past climate. At specific depths in the ice sheet, including from times of abrupt climate change in the past, scientists are investigating past greenhouse gas records and other evidence from the ice that will help to understand why and how abrupt changes occur.
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Looks like Drake isn't satisfied with just being nominated for an award on the biggest night in music. Universal Music just confirmed that the Young Money emcee will release the first single off his highly anticipated third album on the evening of the 55th Annual Grammy Awards. The show will air on CBS on February 10.
No word yet on the name of the song, but sources say it might be "Started From the Bottom" or "The Start From the Bottom." Either iteration is an apt description of the rapper's career; Drake burst onto the scene as an unknown with his 2009 mixtape So Far Gone and quickly rose to the top of the game, where his music has dominated the charts.
At this year's show, Drizzy's Grammy Award nominations are for Best Rap Performance for "HYFR (Hell Ya F---ing Right)," Best Rap Song for "The Motto" and Best Album for his sophomore project, Take Care. The album debuted at the number one spot on the Billboard 200 chart, and has sold 1.9 million copies to date, according to Nielsen Soundscan.
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john tiong chunghoo
john tiong chunghoo Poems
|02. Love, Love, Love
|04. Beautiful Women
|Nature Is What You Dont See
|01and The Moon And The Stars And The World
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Sílvia Oliveira
john, I simply loved this poem of yours! congratulations on all of them, but when it comes to be a poem that includes the full moon...it´s the most inspiring thing to me, ever!
Molaire Jules
''Keep On! ! ''
Stewart Mckenzie
Not rubbish - modern physics, see for example 'The Elegant Universe' by Brian Greene. The time of a traveler moving at the speed of light relative to you is stopped according to your watch, just as your time is to the traveler. This is Einstein's special theory of relativity. Photons are sub-atomic "entities" that convey light. They have the extraordinary property of always traveling at the same speed no matter where they are coming from, from where they are observed, or how fast, or in what direction the observer is traveling. Since light travels at the speed of light relative to anything, everything, there is no time in the realm of light (also it is by no means clear that light is bound by the laws of space, see the new work on entangled photons that appear to communicate instantaneously no matter how far apart) . Strange but true. The eight odd seconds that light takes to reach you from the sun is your time, not light's. As a poet I recommend that you read the new cosmology, it is very strange but very beautiful.
Stewart Mckenzie
A Buddhist monk was once asked if art could be a path to enlightenment. He answered that it was a good way to start but the danger was that one became attached to one's creations.
I send you to renderings of D. T. Suzuki's translations of Kaku-an's poems for the first and eighth oxherding pictures.
Searching For The Ox (first oxherding picture)
Kaku-an Shi-en
Sung Dynasty China ca.1300 AD
Alone in the wild
Lost in the forest
The boy searches searches
The flooding streams
The distant mountains
The endless path
In despair
Nowhere to go
At dusk he hears only cicadas
Buzzing in the maple woods
From a translation by D. T. Suzuki
Ox and Man Vanish (eighth oxherding picture)
Kaku-an Shi-en
Sung Dynasty China ca.1300 AD
Nothing there
No whip - no rope - no man - no ox
Who can tell the size of the sky?
No snowflakes fall above the fire
When all this is so
The ancient Mind appears
From a translation by D. T. Suzuki
Kareem Abdulrahim
I like the Haiku's. I thought they were supposed to be 5 syllables,7 syllables, and the 5 again....?
01and The Moon And The Stars And The World
long walk at night
the breeze freezes my spirit
the moon warms it up
pulling at my poetic soul
the crickets sing their poems to the night
a million other insects contribute their share
to loosen up the night
for lovers, husbands and wives
while a tide of words too
creeps in all directions in my mental sphere
saturates the poetic bar of the intellect
waiting to be strummed into verses
the rhythm swims along with them
as i write out verse by verse
the moon my friend shares its light
the night wind inspires
lovelorn stars wave all the way
a ...
Warm And Soft As Breath
butterfly, are your
stripes and shades
a map to paradise?
if that is so, i am
already in one
so serene, so quiet
your gentle adventure
enchanting colours


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Hailee Steinfeld Takes New York Fashion Week By Storm With Teen Vogue's Andrew Bevan
Growing up as the baby of my family, I always daydreamed of having a little sibling. Luckily for me, my tenure at Teen Vogue has enabled me to play sartorial big brother to a bevy of budding beauties over the years. Although I'm not one to pick favorites, I can't help but feel an extra kinship with actress Hailee Steinfeld, whom I first met in 2011. Fresh off her Academy Award–nominated performance in True Grit, she was my date to The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala honoring Alexander McQueen. Meeting at a real-life ball really raises the bar for a friendship, so this past fall, when Hailee asked if she could tag along with me for her first New York Fashion Week and contribute to our website (check out her posts on teenvogue.com), of course I was excited to oblige.
Fashion week often loses its luster to the inevitable exhaustion it induces—especially after you've been doing it for twelve seasons (ahem). Fortunately, this time I had an energetic sidekick to live vicariously through.
As Hailee oohed and aahed at the spring collections of Marc Jacobs, Rag & Bone, Peter Som, Chris Benz, Erin Fetherston, and Tommy Hilfiger, it was hard not to let her genuine, not-too-cool-for-school excitement rub off on me. "They're all graciously welcoming me to their world," says the fifteen-year-old California native, adding, "It's crazy how much time and energy go into a ten-minute show."
One designer holds an extra-special place in her heart. "Being front row and backstage at Prabal Gurung's runway show is such a thrill!" exclaims Hailee, who's seated by her current fashion girl crush, my friend Kate Bosworth. "It was such an amazing moment when I wore his dress to the 2011 Golden Globes, since we were both breaking out."
She cites hanging with yours truly as one of her week's highlights, but not even I could compete with the starlet's coveted seat at Diane von Furstenberg's dinner party: surrounded by the legendary designer herself, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (talk about taking Manhattan), and Google founder Sergey Brin. "It's a surreal moment—something I'll tell my grandkids about, for sure!" Hailee later reminisces.
With her upcoming premieres for Romeo and Juliet, costarring Douglas Booth, the sci-fi thriller Ender's Game with Harrison Ford, and Can a Song Save Your Life? with Keira Knightley, Hailee, who has a glowing red-carpet track record, has her wardrobe work cut out for her in 2013. "Actors plays different characters in every project they do. Though it has nothing to do with my craft, the red carpet gives me the opportunity to show who I really am and be myself," says Hailee, who loves Miu Miu, Louis Vuitton, and Opening Ceremony but relies on Topshop, H&M, and Tory Burch for her everyday duds.
So how does this busy lady find a daily balance? "My mom taught me to live by the three ps: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared. It can be tough at times; I guess I work better under pressure [another p!]," she explains. "School is most important, though, and always comes first. I get it all done somehow." Style and smarts—Hailee gets an A+ in my book!


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Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad, in U.S. history, loosely organized system for helping fugitive slaves escape to Canada or to areas of safety in free states. It was run by local groups of Northern abolitionists, both white and free blacks. The metaphor first appeared in print in the early 1840s, and other railroad terminology was soon added. The escaping slaves were called passengers; the homes where they were sheltered, stations; and those who guided them, conductors. This nomenclature, along with the numerous, somewhat glorified, personal reminiscences written by conductors in the postwar period, created the impression that the Underground Railroad was a highly systematized, national, secret organization that accomplished prodigious feats in stealing slaves away from the South. In fact, most of the help given to fugitive slaves on their varied routes north was spontaneously offered and came not only from abolitionists or self-styled members of the Underground Railroad, but from anyone moved to sympathy by the plight of the runaway slave before his eyes. The major part played by free blacks, of both North and South, and by slaves on plantations along the way in helping fugitives escape to freedom was underestimated in nearly all early accounts of the railroad. Moreover, the resourcefulness and daring of the fleeing slaves themselves, who were usually helped only after the most dangerous part of their journey (i.e., the Southern part) was over, were probably more important factors in the success of their escape than many conductors readily admitted.
In some localities, like Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Wilmington, Del., and Newport, Ind. (site of the activities of Levi Coffin), energetic organizers did manage to loosely systematize the work; Quakers were particularly prominent as conductors, and among the free blacks the exploits of Harriet Tubman stand out. In all cases, however, it is extremely difficult to separate fact from legend, especially since relatively few enslaved blacks, probably no more than between 1,000 and 5,000 a year between 1830 and 1860, escaped successfully. Far from being kept secret, details of escapes on the Underground Railroad were highly publicized and exaggerated in both the North and the South, although for different reasons. The abolitionists used the Underground Railroad as a propaganda device to dramatize the evils of slavery; Southern slaveholders publicized it to illustrate Northern infidelity to the fugitive slave laws. The effect of this publicity, with its repeated tellings and exaggerations of slave escapes, was to create an Underground Railroad legend that represented a humanitarian ideal of the pre–Civil War period but strayed far from reality.
W. Still's The Underground Railroad (1872) contains the narratives of slaves who escaped the South through Philadelphia. See also W. H. Siebert's pioneering though somewhat misleading The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom (1898, repr. 1968); for extensively revised accounts, see L. Gara, The Liberty Line (1961), D. Blight, ed., Passages to Freedom (2004), F. Bordewich, Bound for Canaan (2005), and E. Foner, Gateway to Freedom (2015).


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Dad encourages children's heart health after son's death
Maxwell King died last December
A basketball tournament was held Sunday to benefit the foundation of a boy who died last December.
Maxwell King, 14, was a student at the Fairfield Freshman School when he died playing basketball.
The Fairfield Township Youth League put together Sunday's three-on-three tournament. Dozens of Maxwell's friends came to play.
"Everybody is playing the game he loved," Kyle Gray said.
Maxwell's father, Darryl, was on hand for the tournament.
"(It seems) like just yesterday he was bouncing the ball and playing in this gym. (It's) bittersweet. We love all of his friends who came out but our hearts continue to hurt for our dear Maxwell," Darryl said.
Maxwell was playing basketball in December when he collapsed and later died at the hospital.
"He had an abnormality of his aorta to his heart and while it's rare it's not uncommon," Darryl said.
Organizers said they raised about $1,000 for Maxwell's foundation. Darryl hopes the foundation will have a big impact in the lives of other children in the Fairfield area.
"I really want to incorporate heart health into a sports physical. Need to get families to have the heart checked out," Darryl said.
Event organizers hope to make Sunday's tournament an annual event held over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend.


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Abstract:Limit cycle oscillations have been observed in flight operations of modern aircraft, wind tunnel experiments and mathematical models. Both fluid and structural nonlinearities are thought to contribute to these phenomena. With recent advances in reduced order aerodynamic modeling, it is now feasible to analyze limit cycle oscillations that may occur in transonic flow including the effects of structural and fluid nonlinearities. In this paper an airfoil with control surface freeplay (a common structural nonlinearity) is used to investigate transonic flutter and limit cycle oscillations. The reduced order aerodynamic model used in this paper assumes the shock motion is small and in proportion to the structural motions.
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Twigs branches out (or 'The dangers of internet shopping')
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Well done on your new website Shelly. Your going about it in a good way, letting rellies in first and feeling your way through the software. I'm very happy with TNG and i'm sure you'll be as well.ReplyDelete
My site has always been open to the public and without doing that there is no way i could of gathered up as many internet friends/'family'/contacts/documents/photos etc. Be sure to throw open your site when your ready.
Thanks for the mention in your blog.
I had looked into this platform briefly at one point, but it didn't quite fit what I had in mind for the pattenproject.com/family site. However, it's getting to a point where I'd like to upload a large amount of my data, and despite joomla having add-ons that will allow gedcom files to be imported, I think the solution you've gone with is probably better.ReplyDelete
You won't regret taking the plunge. I just find it so easy transferring files from The Master Genealogist to TNG.ReplyDelete
I look forward to having a look around after your public launch.


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By the end of this week, java brewed by the Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie will be sold on the Washington State Ferry run serving Vashon's north end.
The small, independent roaster just received news that its hand-crafted blends will be sold on the so-called triangle route, serving Vashon, Southworth and Fauntleroy. It replaces Tully's Coffee, which will continue to be sold on the state ferry system's other routes.
"This is an exciting development for our company," said Mary Kay Rauma, director of sales and marketing for the roasterie. "I've been working on this deal for over two years with the company that has the food service contract, CDX Corporation."
The roasterie also announced that Full Circle, one of the largest organic companies in the region, will begin distributing the roasterie's beans as part of its popular farm-to-table service.
"We look for high-quality local artisan producers to partner with in all the markets we serve," Alexis Allen, vice president for products and services at Full Circle, said in a news release. "Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie hits all of our criteria."
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Is homosexuality wrong? I don't mean wrong in a silly Judeo-Christian-Islamic religious moral sense but whether it wrong in some other objective way?
If we accept J.S.Mill's "Harm Principle" for example, can we say that homosexual activity between consenting adults could harm others? Could it impinge on the freedom of others to the extent that it should be crinminalised (as it still is in many countries)?
In terms of the "Harm Principle", I have heard it argued (for example) that homosexuality is wrong because it is 'unatural' and people are offended by what is not natural and that they should not have to suffer offense. It has also been argued that, because 2 people of the same sex cannot 'love ' (whatever that may mean) in the same way as two people of the opposite sex can love each other it is therefore wrong. I have also heard it proposed that homosexual activity is wrong because it is pointless in that it goes against the evolutionary imperative of passing on ones genes. (well, it's certainly true that two fags or two bull dykes ain't gonna make a baby.)
As an atheirst who has been same-sex attracted since birth I would like to get others opinion as to the ethicality of acting on ones sexual preferences. Is having it off with another guy or gal ethically questionable?
I would love to hear your opinions.
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