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8K Miles Media Group, Inc., is an umbrella Media Holding aiming to consolidate highly fragmented South Asian media market announced the official launch of 8K Radio -- one-of-a-kind, 24/7 live, digital radio for Tamil-speaking Community in the U.S. 8K Radio is aiming to bridge the 8000 miles between Tamilnadu and the U.S. 8K Radio can be conveniently downloaded as an App for Android and iOS, as well as accessed via web in three time zones: Eastern, Central and Pacific. With the best of Tamil music, infotainment and entertainment - 8K Radio is exclusively created for Tamil-Americans.
Originated from a newly built, state-of-the-art production studios and seamlessly delivered from a broadcast facilities in Chennai, India and East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA - the 8K Radio offers not just the best and the latest of Tamil hits, news and entertainment, but also invites the listeners to participate in the 8K Radio polls and contests, to interact with the 8K Radio RJ's, to openly debate and discuss topics that important to them, to get the latest gossip on Tamil celebrities -- and so much more!
The official launch has been celebrated on July 3rd and July 4th during the largest and the most prominent annual event in Tamil-American community – FeTNA 2015 (http://www.fetna2015.org).
Suresh Venkatachari, Founder and Chairman of 8K Miles Media Group said, "8K Radio has been long awaited and breached the gap for Tamil-Americans that were missing news, information and entertainment in native language up until today. At the same time, 8K Radio is the first 100% original media property created and successfully launched by our Company".
Michael E. Lakshin, CEO of 8K Miles Media Group continued, "8K Radio Tamil together with NE Media and other potential acquisition targets -- is our way to consolidated highly fragmented South Asian media by providing high quality syndicated content both, local & "from home", through vastly diversified media services from broadcast to satellite to cable to digital, to the South Asian diaspora in the U.S., Canada Worldwide in the key-spoken languages, such as: Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Urdu, Guajarati, Punjabi and Bengali."
"I am very excited in welcoming our listeners to be an essential part of the 8K Radio greater future", added RJ Dheena, original creator of 8K Radio who is leading the young team of multi-talented RJ's from Chennai working behind microphones to produce the most unique and exciting content in Tamil language.
The official launched of 8K Radio was crowned by the 2-hours celebrity show hosted by RJ Dheena together with two other famous Tamil stars: "Tamilian Eddie Murphy" - comedian Gopi, and one of the oldest Tamilian RJ's, B.H. Abdul Hameed, who is the household voice for several generations of Tamilians and Tamil-Americans.
The 8K Radio Launch Tour will continue throughout July 2015 in the following cities in the U.S.:
You may also upload all events from the 8K Radio Tamil Events page: http://tamil.8kradio.com/#/events
8K Miles Media Group launches The Bruce Lee Project in South Asia and Middle East.


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Game 1 notes. UPDATED with Snyder quotes.
When it was determined that Tim Wakefield wouldn't be able to pitch in the World Series it created an opening for a player who wasn't on Boston's roster in the American League Championship Series. Red Sox manager Terry Francona made the rather surprising announcement yesterday that Kyle Snyder would be added to the club's active roster. It has been speculated that Julian Tavarez would be the likely pitcher to replace Wakefield. Francona said he also considered adding Bryan Corey to the roster. "We examined every scenario possible before we made our decision, including the possibility of someone getting hurt, what the weather might be and other factors," said Francona. "A lot of thought went into our decision, and we ended up doing what we thought would be best for our ballclub." Snyder would likely be used in long relief if one of Boston's starters ran into early problems. That was the role Jon Lester had in the ALCS, but he's been moved into the starting rotation. The Red Sox still haven't officially announced who their starting pitcher will be in the fourth game Sunday night in Denver, but it's slated to be Lester. "Unless something totally unexpected happens, Lester will start the fourth game," said Francona. Wakefield would have pitched tonight's second game, but the Red Sox never considered giving that start to Lester. Curt Schilling will pitch tonight and Daisuke Matsuzaka will be Boston's starter in Saturday night's third game at Coors Field.
"The reason why we were going to start Wakefield in Games 2 and 6 is because we didn't want him to pitch in Denver," admitted Francona. "Why would we start (Lester) in the second game? We want (Josh) Beckett and Schilling to each pitch two games."
"I was extremely excited," said Snyder. "I didn't see it coming. I was under the assumption that I was going to come in and root the team on from start to finish. I would have been just as happy to be part of that club as I am in that bullpen. Under the circumstances, I'd have to say I'm a little bit more excited to be part of the team now that I'm on the active roster with the potential to help this team out."
Snyder said he left the ballpark around 3 on Tuesday afternoon and turned his phone off. A call came for him around 4, but he didn't check his messages until 4:30. He saw there was a message from pitching coach John Farrell and he immediately returned the call.
"He put Tito on the phone and he told me I was on the World Series roster. That was as exciting a phone call as I've ever received in this game. It was like the first time I've ever gotten called to the big leagues."

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Ryan Gosling announces, 'I need a break from myself'
Ryan Gosling is feeling overexposed.
This spring brings two new films from the hottie — The Place Beyond the Pines, opening March 29 and co-starring his real-life girlfriend, Eva Mendes, and Only God Forgives in May.
"I've been doing it too much," he says, talking acting in an interview with AP writer Jake Coyle. "I've lost perspective on what I'm doing. I think it's good for me to take a break and reassess why I'm doing it and how I'm doing it. And I think this is probably a good way to learn about that. I need a break from myself as much as I imagine the audience does."
But before he takes that break, check out his tattoos in The Place Beyond the Pines. He plays a motorbike rider in a traveling circus who turns to bank robbing to support his child.
"One thing that kind of handed me the key to the character was that I totally overdid it with the tattoos," says Gosling, 32.
"I said to (director) Derek (Cianfrance), 'I've got to lose this face tattoo. It's the worst. It's so distracting and it's going to ruin everything.' And he said, 'Well, I'm sure that's how people with face tattoos feel. So now you have to pay the consequences of your actions.' So I had to do the whole film with it and now see it on posters. It gave me a sense of shame that I feel was inherent to the character."


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I'm going to put my faith in the final Collection 2 501st figure using the SA body, and not the Gunner body. I went looking back at the SDCC Q&A shots, and the same images that are being circulated now were used in their ppt slides -- here's the C2 slide with the 501st:It's the same studio shot, Gunner body. That means those shots were done some time before July, and at the time of the show, according to Hasbro, none of the post-56 had started their runs. So, I'd wager that what was shown on the floor was closer to final than what was used in the studio shots weeks prior. At least that's my hope.
EDIT: Jeff beats me to the punch.
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Themba Hadebe / AP
Mourners at a memorial service at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, Aug. 23, crowd onto the "Hill of Horror," near the site where 34 protesting mine workers were killed last week when police opened fire.
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Mourners at the memorial service at the Maikana platinum mine.
See today's earlier PhotoBlog on the memorial service for the miners:
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Miners during a memorial service for miners killed during clashes last week.
Reuters reports: South Africans held a memorial service on Thursday at a mine where police shot dead 34 strikers, bloodshed that revived memories of apartheid-era violence and laid bare workers' anger over enduring inequalities since the end of white rule.
Some 500 people crammed into a marquee pitched at the platinum mine, near what has been dubbed the "Hill of Horror" where police opened fire on striking miners in the deadliest security incident since apartheid ended in 1994.
Crowds spilled out into the scorched, dusty fields outside, listening to hymns and prayers. Full story
Photographer's blog: Witness to the deadly shooting


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I jumped on the bandwagon. I couldn't help it. I was going to make something else (I'll make it later this week) for Valentine's day, but I couldn't. The pull was too strong. Mine aren't bright red like they maybe should be, because I don't love food coloring, and didn't feel comfortable using up a whole bottle to make some cookies. These are gooooooood.
Red Velvet Whoopie Pies
This is the recipe that's been floating around the internet, made gluten-free.
2 c flour mix
1/2 t xanthan gum
2 T cocoa powder
1 t baking soda
1/4 t salt
1 stick butter, softened
1 c packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 t vanilla
1/2 c buttermilk (I soured a cup of milk with a teaspoon of lemon juice)
1/2 - 1 bottle of red food coloring
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix together the flour mix, xanthan gum, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Cream the butter and the sugar until light and fluffy, then beat in the egg and vanilla. Add the flour mix alternately with the buttermilk, starting and ending with the flour mix. Stir in the food coloring. Drop by teaspoonfuls on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, and bake 5-8 minutes. Cool on racks.
Marshmallow Cream
From Gourmet Jan 2003
1/2 stick butter, softened
2/3 c powdered sugar
1 1/4 c marshmallow cream, like Fluff
1 t vanilla
Beat everything together, about 3 minutes, until smooth and creamy. Spread on one side of cooled cookies, then smoosh another one on top.


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Facebook Expansion Limits
Although it approaches 700 million users worldwide, the site's growth has slowed for the second month in a row. The number of people using Facebook during May fell in the US, UK, Canada, Norway and Russia, according to new data.
While the UK, Norway and Russia all saw falls of more than 100,000 users, in the US the site lost about 6 million users since the begining of May, now totalling 149.4 million users. Also in Canada, Facebook lost in the same period 1.52 million users, now totalling 16.6 million users.
Although some countries are starting to loose users, in May Facebook added in total another 11.8 million users, but the numbers are going down as for the past year, 20 million users were typically added each month. In total the number of "monthly active" users (who log in at least once per month) has reached 687 million.
Eric Eldon of Inside Facebook noted that "by the time Facebook reaches around 50% of the total population in a given country (plus or minus, depending on internet access rates in that country), growth generally slows to a halt … So far, Facebook has been able to make up stalls and losses with big gains in heavily populated developing countries like Mexico, Brazil, India and Indonesia."
He notes that if it is allowed into China, that growth could take off again towards 1 billion users – although he adds that getting inside the country "could both give it access to hundreds of millions of users and compromise its reputation in the US and many other countries around the world".
Despite the fall, the US still saw a 23% overall growth in users between May 2010 and May 2011 to 155.2 million users, while the UK grew by 10% to 29.9 million in the same period. The US is the largest country in terms of users overall, with Indonesia second with 36.4m, followed by the UK and Turkey.
The slowing growth in user numbers may indicate that Facebook has hit the limits of expansion in the countries where it was first successful – and perhaps even that some early adopters from those countries have stopped using it.


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New Season - Shorts
Shop our complete collection of Sunglasses and ensure that you look the part when the seasons change for the better. From aviators to wayfarers and round to foldable, our selection of Sunnies ensure that you will not only be protected from the sun but that you also look great. With brands such as Ray-Ban, Glassy, Thrasher and Vans, we have something to offer for all, and you won't need deep pockets.


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Hi all,
I am working on an application that is non-MFC. I need to use variable types that can be accepted by LPCWSTR. Is there a non-MFC alternative to using CString? I searched around the net and this is what I think is the best alternative I found:
(1) Use wstring
(2) Convert wstring to LPCWSTR
Something like this code:
std::wstring s2ws(const std::string& s)
int len;
int slength = (int)s.length() + 1;
len = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, s.c_str(), slength, 0, 0);
wchar_t* buf = new wchar_t[len];
MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, s.c_str(), slength, buf, len);
std::wstring r(buf);
delete[] buf;
return r;
std::wstring stemp = s2ws(myString);
LPCWSTR result = stemp.c_str();
Or are there any better alternatives besides this?
Also, if you know any good tutorial about the different kinds of strings in C++, please tell me also so that I know more about them.
Thank you!


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The long and short of it is that U.S. parents don't choose long and short baby names as often as they choose mid-length baby names. The most popular lengths for baby names in 2016? 6 letters, followed by 5 letters, followed by 7 letters…yet again.
Here's a chart showing the length breakdown for girl names:
The most-used girl names per length (from 2 to 10 letters) last year were…
- 2 letters: An, Jo, Eh, Vy, Bo
- 3 letters: Ava, Mia, Zoe, Eva, Ivy
- 4 letters: Emma, Ella, Aria, Lily, Zoey
- 5 letters: Emily, Sofia, Avery, Grace, Chloe
- 6 letters: Olivia, Sophia, Harper, Amelia, Evelyn
- 7 letters: Abigail, Madison, Lillian, Addison, Natalie
- 8 letters: Isabella, Scarlett, Victoria, Penelope, Brooklyn
- 9 letters: Charlotte, Elizabeth, Gabriella, Mackenzie, Katherine
- 10 letters: Alexandria, Evangeline, Jacqueline, Alessandra, Clementine
And here's the breakdown for boy names:
The most-used boy names per length (from 2 to 10 letters) were…
- 2 letters: Ty, Bo, Om, Aj, Cy
- 3 letters: Eli, Leo, Ian, Max, Kai
- 4 letters: Noah, Liam, Owen, John, Luke
- 5 letters: Mason, James, Jacob, Ethan, Lucas
- 6 letters: Elijah, Oliver, Daniel, Joseph, Samuel
- 7 letters: William, Michael, Matthew, Jackson, Gabriel
- 8 letters: Benjamin, Jonathan, Jeremiah, Nicholas, Theodore
- 9 letters: Alexander, Sebastian, Christian, Nathaniel, Alejandro
- 10 letters: Maximilian, Alessandro, Kristopher, Alexzander, Cristopher
Finally, here are both genders on the same chart:
Here's last year's post on the top name lengths of 2015, if you'd like to compare.


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THL Toolbox > Preparing Your Computer For THL Use
Preparing Your Computer
Most aspects of THL can be viewed with any standard Web browser. However, some special uses of multimedia within the library require free and widespread "plugins", i.e. modular programs that can give enhanced features to one's Web browser. In addition, specialized fonts are necessary to see special diacritic marks used to represent foreign languages in Roman script and to see non-Roman scripts such as Tibetan, Chinese, Devanagari and so forth. Once installed, all these will work automatically.
This site can also be used to prepare electronic classrooms or computer labs. An electronic classroom involves a built in computer system that can be projected on the wall for teacher use, or a more elaborate set up with a computer work station for each student. "Labs" are also frequent in schools - rooms with computers are available for general use by students whether as generic "computer labs", or more specialized "language labs" dedicated to language learning. The computers present in electronic classrooms or labs usually have specific "builds" in terms of their operating systems, Web browsers, plug-ins, software, fonts and the like. Often the administrators of these areas will require advance notice of at least several weeks if not months if alterations in this build are required. Of course if you have a notebook computer and it can be connected directly to a classroom's projection system, then you can simply prepare your own computer – which can often be much easier. Thus if you plan to use THL in your classroom, its necessary to plan ahead!
Contact your classroom or lab adminstrators to find out what "builds" their computers have, and how to request specific modifications. To fully utilize THL, it will almost surely be necessary for certain modifications to be made to these builds. Please review the specific items below to determine what functions you will be need from THL, and locate the corresponding installation procedure. You may want to simply direct your administrative or technical staff to this Web site and specify which items you need.
Warning: if anything doesn't work, first try uninstalling the item completely and reinstalling (for Windows - start:control panel:add or remove programs). Nine times out of 10 this will solve the problem.
For all downloads, try creating a folder in your "My Documents" called "My Downloads", and download everything there for easy retrieval. To open up zipped files, just double click and "extract" using Winzip. If you don't have Winzip, try an evaluation copy from Winzip.
Web browsers
Obviously to use any Web resource, you need a browser to view the Web; however, THL, like many sites, will not work perfectly on all browsers. The following are the main browsers and versions that we try to support:
- Chrome: Mac - current version; Windows - current version,
- Firefox: Mac - 2, 3; Window - 2, 3.
- Internet Explorer: Windows - 6, 7.
- Safari: Mac - 3, 4; Windows - 4.
We welcome comments and suggestions on new browsers to support, as well any problems you have encountered with using supported browsers.
Several THL software tools require Java support, i.e. Java Runtime Environment and Java Web Start. If you are running Mac OS X 10.1 or above, these come pre-installed, and you don't need to do anything. (Our Java software does not support earlier Mac operating systems.) If you are running Windows, however, you will need to visit Sun's website to install Java. We recommend installing the latest version (1.4 or above), which installs both Java Runtime Environment and Java Web Start. To do so, visit the website given below and simply click on the "Free Download" and it should download what you need. NOTE! If you ever need to uninstall and reinstall Java from your computer, you will also have uninstall Quicktime and Java Media Framework, and then reinstall them AFTER installing Java. Download Java at:
If you are using a Windows machine (95, 98, ME, 2000, XP), and want to use our QuillDriver/Savant software for viewing audio-video in conjunction with time-coded transcripts, you will need to do the following steps in order. If you run into problems, uninstall all previous versions of Java, Quicktime and JMF, and then reinstall them in the order given.
- Install Java painlessly (really!): see above download.
- Install Quicktime for Java: During installation of Quicktime (see above) select 'Custom Install' and then mark the 'Select All' box.
- (Optional) Install Java Media Framework (JMF): see item 10 below.
QuickTime 7 (or greater)
This plugin is necessary to view videos within our video collection, and the embedded videos within our Environmental and Cultural Geography collection. Installation is simple and detailed on Apple's download page. Note that on Windows machines the operating system does a poor job of making sure videos are played by the right video player. Note also that QuickTime comes pre-installed with Mac OS X. More background and troubleshooting information on the playback of audio-video within THL is also available in the Audio-video Help For End Users. WARNING! If you install QuickTime before installing Java Runtime, you must uninstall and reinstall QuickTime. Download at:
Adobe Reader Acrobat
Adobe Reader Acrobat: this free plug-in allows one to read PDF files. PDF files are essentially pictures of texts, and are widely used to preserve formatting and fonts. The free version allows you to view, but not create, such texts. THL uses PDF format in some instances for textual documentation. Download at:
This plugin is necessary to view interactive maps and slide shows within our Environmental and Cultural Geography collection. Installation is simple and detailed on Macromedia's download page. The only potential pitfall is that some items may use the most current version of Flash, so that if you have an older version installed it may not be sufficient. This is easy to rectify by going to Macromedia and installing the most current version. Download at:
This plugin is necessary to view three dimensional constructions, such as our reconstruction of Meru Monastery in Lhasa. Here are the two options:
- Cortona: Installation is simple and detailed on ParellelGraphics download page. The only potential pitfall is that sometimes the automated download does not work, in which case the same page offers a manual download for installation. Download the ParallelGraphics Cortona plugin for Internet Explorer at:
- Cosmo: Though it is not technically supported on newer platforms, many users prefer the Cosmo Player. It seems to work fine on Windows 2000 and XP as well as Mac OS9. Download it and view some interesting VRML resources and links at:
Unicode Diacritic Fonts
These fonts are necessary to view the pages of the library that use special diacritics - like a dot under a "t" or ṭ, a bar over an "a" or ā, and so forth in transliterated Asian names or words. Instead of using idiosyncratic fonts, we use the world's emerging character encoding standard - Unicode - in representing these necessary marks. The problem is that high quality and freely available fonts with the necessary coverage have been slow to emerge. As they do, THL will continue to update its recommended diacritic font. Please refer to the THL Diacritics page on the subject of input methods and instructions for how to adjust your browser in order to view these fonts on THL and other Web sites.
- THL Diacritics page including Unicode keyboard.
- THL-Recommended Diacritic Font
- Chart of Diacritics Used in Asian Studies
Tibetan fonts
THL is primarily using Unicode Tibetan fonts, which is the permanent solution to global computing with Tibetan script since it uses an internationally agreed upon standard encoding (the numerical representations laying beneath the actual glyphs displaying on the screen). In order to fully use Unicode Tibetan, you need a proper font, operating system support, software support, and a keyboard for input.
- Unicode Tibetan Font: Download THL's Tibetan Machine Uni, a free Unicode Tibetan font. This is no differnet from installing any other font.
- Operating System Support: At present we can only offer instructions for Windows platforms. In future months we will provide documentation of the situation with Macintosh and Linux operating systems. Click here for abbreviated instructions for using Tibetan Unicode with Windows.
- Software Support: Tibetan Unicode should work reasonably well with IE and Firefox browsers, Microsoft Office, and Open Office; other software need to be asssesed. However, they will only work if the system is properly configured. (See link under Operating System Support above.)
- Keyboard: We offer provisional keyboards using Keyman for THL Extended Wylie input, as well as other input schemes. Click here to download Tibetan Unicode Keyboards. For instructions on installing the keyboards, click here.
Other Asian fonts
For the representation of most Asian scripts in the library, THL is committed to using Unicode-based fonts, such as for Chinese and Devanagari. If you see question marks (??) instead of text in fields that would appear to be expecting Chinese, for example in the THL Gazetteer, most likely you don't have the necessary fonts or your browser preferences need to be adjusted. For further details on Chinese, see:
For further details on Devanagari for use with Nepali, see:
GIS Software
Unlike the other items on this page, this is neither necessarily free nor something with which the ordinary user will want to be concerned. GIS software allows you to create and manipulate databases keyed to latitutude and longitude, and is used in THL to create the base of its Environmental and Cultural Geography collection. Within THL, we provide such materials using Flash, ARCIMS and the gazetteer; however, if a user wants to do specialized work with such files and access their full functionality, it is necessary to use specialized software such as ArcView 8.2 from ESRI. Download at:
Java Media Framework (JMF)
If you are running Windows and you do not have Quicktime, then you must install JMF to run QuillDriver and Savant. To do so, visit the website below. Click on "Java, Solaris and Windows Versions" under "Download", and then select "Windows Performance Pack" to download JMF for Windows. WARNING! If you install JMF before installing Java Runtime, you must uninstall and reinstall JMF. Download at:


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Robert Pattinson Admits It's Hard To Make Friends In LA
Rob was in a self revelatory mood at his awesome 'Great Gatsby' themed party, and a party goer tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY about a surprising secret Rob told him!
Robert Pattinson hosted an extravagant Great Gatbsy themed party at his Los Feliz, Calif. house, where he opened up about the trials and tribulations of living in LA. Speaking EXCLUSIVELY to HollywoodLife.com, a party guest revealed that he and Rob had a long conversation, and he gave us a lot of insight to Rob's state of mind post breakup with Kristen Stewart.
Robert Pattinson Finds It Hard To Make Friends
Rob threw the party to celebrate Arbitrage director, Nick Jarecki's 34th birthday, and singer/songwriter Todd Michael Schultz attended with his author boyfriend Bret Easton Ellis. While there, he and Rob had a pretty interesting conversation about how hard it is to maintain friendships in LA.
He tells us:
I just met Rob once. He's a cool guy. We were talking about Canyons [Bret's movie]. I brought it up and we were talking about a certain vibe of LA. Like in LA no one wants to hang out because its a 20-minute drive. Its that kind of vibe. It's hard to connect really deeply because there's a lack of community. What's the moral consequence of that? I was talking about that and Rob was mostly like, 'Yeah.'
It sounds like Todd's favorite book by Bret is Less Than Zero!
Poor Rob. HollywoodLife.com previously reported that since Rob and Kristen broke up, he has been leaning on good friend Katy Perry because all of his friends are English and live in London.
Rob may find to hard to make friends, but he faces no struggles when trying to throw an awesome party!
Robert Pattinson's 'Great Gatsby' Themed Party
Rob hosted the glamourous birthday soiree at his home, and quite a few famous people attended! Entertainment attorney Vladimir Radovanov, documentary filmmaker Ondi Timoner, Dianne Warren, E.L. James, Lisa Zane and Warren Beatty were just some of the guests in attendance.
Todd told HollywoodLife.com all the juicy details:
It was a really good party. It was in Rob's backyard — he had catered tacos. Dianne Warren, the songwriter, was there. Warren Beatty was there chilling. Lisa Zane sang a few songs. It was all smart people — trust me, the best people, from beginning to end.I got home at 3 or 4 a.m. The party was just dwindling when I left.
What do you think, HollywoodLifers? Are you shocked that Rob finds it hard to make friends?
Kristen Stewart Misses Robert Pattinson's Bash
— Eleanore Hutch, Reporting by Andrew Gruttadaro
More Robert Pattinson News:
- Robert Pattinson Looks Totally Hot In New Pic From Dior Photo Shoot
- Robert Pattinson: Truth Behind His Night Out At Kristen Stewart Spot
- Kristen Stewart Won't Rebound Date After Robert Pattinson Split


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We strive to keep spam out of our users' search results. This includes both improving our webspam algorithms as well as taking manual action for violations of our quality guidelines. Many webmasters want to see if their sites are affected by a manual webspam action, so today we're introducing a new feature that should help. The manual action viewer in Webmaster Tools shows information about actions taken by the manual webspam team that directly affect that site's ranking in Google's web search results. To try it out, go to Webmaster Tools and click on the "Manual Actions" link under "Search Traffic."
You'll probably see a message that says, "No manual webspam actions found." A recent analysis of our index showed that well under 2% of domains we've seen are manually removed for webspam. If you see this message, then your site doesn't have a manual removal or direct demotion for webspam reasons.
If your site is in the very small fraction that do have a manual spam action, chances are we've already notified you in Webmaster Tools. We'll keep sending those notifications, but now you can also do a live check against our internal webspam systems. Here's what it would look like if Google had taken manual action on a specific section of a site for "User-generated spam":
In this hypothetical example, there isn't a site-wide match, but there is a "partial match." A partial match means the action applies only to a specific section of a site. In this case, the webmaster has a problem with other people leaving spam on mattcutts.com/forum/. By fixing this common issue, the webmaster can not only help restore his forum's rankings on Google, but also improve the experience for his users. Clicking the "Learn more" link will offer new resources for troubleshooting.
Once you've corrected any violations of Google's quality guidelines, the next step is to request reconsideration. With this new feature, you'll find a simpler and more streamlined reconsideration request process. Now, when you visit the reconsideration request page, you'll be able to check your site for manual actions, and then request reconsideration only if there's a manual action applied to your site. If you do have a webspam issue to address, you can do so directly from the Manual Actions page by clicking "Request a review."
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A classic tonic, Galangal is a Ginger-like plant which grows about a metre tall. Its reddish-brown rhizomes have typically been used as a cooking spice for their amazingly fruity warmth.
Galangal is native to south east China, but widely cultivated and used as a digestive across China, Indonesia, Thailand and Japan. In India, dried Galangal is used as a spice in curries, and its steam-distilled oil and extracted oleoresins in perfumery.
We travelled the world to find galangal as an essential part of the Three Ginger trio (ginger and turmeric being the others).


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Any recommendations for caches we definitely want to hit or some we might want to skip. Where's a good place to eat supper in Jacksonville or Cabot.
Thanks, Clark


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Just saying.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Friendly Creative Reminder
17 comments:
- Jay's Shadow said...
Oh no.... not again!? Some one trying to take credit for something original???
- February 16, 2011 at 9:46 AM
- Rot said...
They look pretty cool too.
Not being preachy...just reminding is all.
- February 16, 2011 at 9:47 AM
- Terrormaster said...
Rot you know how I stand on this kinda stuff and I'm right there with ya. But preachy? Nah, nothing preachy about asking for a little common courtesy from others in the community.
They are pretty cool looking (rubs hands).
- February 16, 2011 at 10:10 AM
- Jay's Shadow said...
Yes, they are cool looking, but credit is needed where credit is due. When I did my own version of the Witch Jars I made sure I put in the title "Pumpkinrot inspired".
Well at least we true Pumpkinrot followers now where it originated from.
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- February 16, 2011 at 10:22 AM
- ShellHawk said...
Sometimes plagiarism is not the best compliment.
At least I freely admit when I rip someone's idea-unless I have a senior moment and forget!
- February 16, 2011 at 10:46 AM
- Rot said...
Worth mentioning that even the music/dialogue is based on the music in my 2008 Hollowmen video by Jon Glassett.
- February 16, 2011 at 1:22 PM
- JHMDF said...
I could not even count how many props I have seen people do that are just copies of your work.
- February 16, 2011 at 3:30 PM
- The Gill-Man said...
Yeah...they look exceptionally...familiar! Seriously, is it really that hard to say "this piece was inspired by..."? Nothing wrong with adapting other's ideas, especially with yard haunting, but just let people know where the idea came from. It's a fine line between homage and rip-off, and the easiest way to make the distinction is giving credit where it is due.
- February 16, 2011 at 3:43 PM
- Jack Oh' Lantern said...
These are very cool...
- February 16, 2011 at 4:31 PM
- Drop Gallow said...
While I have no doubt that these are direct rip-offs of something you made, I would like to play devil's advocate a moment and say, the pumpkin-headed scarecrow is not a new idea. When I first saw your Pumpkinrot scarecrow, for example, I thought it was a cool combo of the Sleepy Hollow 'crow and the fugly cemetery pumpkins from Pumpkinhead. Your zombies (for me anyway), always remind me of the muddy corpses at the end of Poltergeist (that's a huge compliment, by the way). You probably didn't even know you were making these homages. This stuff just creeps quietly into your mind and seeps into everything you make.
The primary inspiration for my pumpkin-headed Halloween props is the artwork that Denslow did for Baum's Marvelous Land of Oz in 1904. It's a childhood nostalgia thing for me. My secondary inspiration is my lifelong obsession with dead trees. Add to that every Halloween-twinged TV Show, cartoon and movie I've ever seen. Add to that list every single scarecrow I've ever seen since I was born. Add to that list every person that ever carved or mached a pumpkin and posted it on the internet, including you (in a big way), of course. It's just too big a list to even attempt.
I don't know the guy that made those props or the props they're copied from (sorry, I'm unable to get here as often as I'd like), and I'm sure you're right about deserving credit, I'm just saying (mostly because I enjoy being contrary for absolutely no reason at all), that inspiration comes from many places.
Many, many places.
- February 16, 2011 at 5:27 PM
- Marrow said...
Come on! Even the title?! Sigh.
I saw an old post of yours about a near identical etsy shop. A complete rip-off. Awful. But what happened to that? I could never find it! Did they shut it down?
- February 16, 2011 at 6:45 PM
- Rot said...
The guy changed his etsy shop around after that and developed his own style. Which was cool.
I called this guy out because there's really no disputing where his idea came from. Even the name. Had they been groundbreakers or a pumpkin-headed scarecrow, I would just have featured them like I do all other cool props.
In the end, it's really up to the haunter. He knows where the idea came from. It's really that simple.
- February 16, 2011 at 6:57 PM
- Drop Gallow said...
Oh, I believe you, Rot. I've seen many people try to make direct copies of your props.
I think I just wanted to blah-blah because I can't sleep today.
I'll wander off now...
- February 16, 2011 at 7:01 PM
- Mantan Calaveras said...
Off the bandwagon here, but they are done in a refreshingly different style than yours.
It's as if the guy who made the original ground-breaker went around claiming that everyone who made ground-breakers was ripping him off. Sometimes you establish a meme, you should be so lucky (talented! (skilled!))!!
- February 16, 2011 at 8:37 PM
- Anonymous said...
Jeremy said: I usually try not to get involved, but this is pretty lame. How hard is it to say "inspired by pumpkinrot". It is obvious that these props are copys. The style is pure rot. Immitation is a form of flattery, but only if the original creator is acknowledged. I am glad you call these people out. Its all about manners.
- February 16, 2011 at 9:57 PM
- Rot said...
Like I said before. It's all about what's going on in that creative process. Would the finished work have existed had the artist/haunter/painter/musician/sculptor not seen it elsewhere?
That's the easiest question to answer.
- February 17, 2011 at 6:12 AM
- dubbax3 said...
Hey Rot. I couldn't agree more about giving credit where it's due (your a huge inspiration to me and I've borrowed your style as well). After seeing this I went over to the Hauntforum and he did mention you and Stolloween as his inspiration. However still think showin' a little love in the video should've been addressed.
Take care,
Tim (dubbax3)
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Years ago, my family adopted a dog known as a Sato. Sparky (also known as "Poochie") was a skinny little thing. She had never lived in a house, but seemed to adjust to our love and table scraps pretty quickly.
What she couldn't handle were the fireworks – and I can't say that I blame her. Most dogs don't "ooh" and "aah" over bright lights and loud noises. Unfortunately, I live in a town where there seems to be a fireworks season that lasts for a good nine months out of the year. In other words, it's not uncommon to have random fireworks in the middle of November.
Like most dogs, my Sparky would hear those pops and start panting. On a few occasions, she bolted right through our screen door.
Flash forward 11 years, and we still have Sparky. She's not as adventurous as she used to be. However, she still hates the fireworks, which got me interested in the Tagg Pet Tracker.
The Tagg is a GPS device for your pet. It's designed to track where your pet goes and when, as well as how often via activity tracking features. It's a really cool concept, but it's not easy or cheap.
Well, parts of it are easy. The setup process is lengthy, but couldn't be simpler. The entire Tagg system includes a tracking device, a docking station, collar clips and instructions. The docking station hooks to your computer's USB port, to power up the tracker. While Tagg claims that the device can keep its charge for about 30 days, your mileage will vary. I never really got more than 5 days out of it, so it's a good idea to keep the device docked anytime your pet is inside. That way, you'll always have a full charge.
To start, I powered up the tracker overnight and created an online account. That involves a name, email address, password, a phone number, and three (!) security questions. Oh, and you're also going to need a credit card number.
Yes, a credit card is necessary, because the Tagg has a recurring $7.95 monthly fee after the first three months. That initial period is free. I get that people love their pets; really, I do. I've had my dog Sparky for a long time, and there's a lot of money, rugs, and snuggles invested in her. At this point, however, she doesn't get out enough that would warrant a monthly fee. Some people won't ever understand this type of "pet insurance." GeekDad's recent article about Raising a Deaf Puppy made me understand that there truly is a target audience for this type of device. However you want to justify the price is fine. For the money, though, the Tagg should just work a lot better.
I'm getting ahead of myself, though. To use the Tagg, you'll need to attach one of the included 1.5-by-1.5-inch plastic clips to your pet's collar. From there, the tracker snaps and unsnaps easily onto that clip. At about 4 inches, the tracker is small, but it should also be noted that it probably won't work with every type of collar. It certainly didn't fit on a thin harness we have. It's just oddly shaped and sort of bulky. That said, Sparky never tried to pull it off, which really says something. Overall, your pet should barely notice it, since it only weighs a mere 1.6 ounces. However, Tagg recommends the system for pets over 10 pounds.
Once the Tagg is up and running, the tracker will keep tabs on that pet once it leaves the "home zone," which is adjustable between 75 and 1,000 yards. After all, you probably don't need to know every time your pet is sniffing around the edge of your property.
That's pretty much how the Tagg works. Attach it to the dog's collar and it will send a text and/or email whenever your pet leaves the home zone. It also allows you to click to locate your pet's whereabouts any time you're feeling suspicious. Cool, right?
There's no doubt that the concept is a good one. I like the idea of knowing where Sparky is when she's outside. She's old and I live on a busy street where people don't always adhere to the speed limit. I also like some of the Tagg's perks. I appreciate that the service sends me a message when the tracker's battery is getting low, when it's fully charged, and when it's offline. I also appreciate that the Tagg can keep tabs on my pet's daily activity level and even replay a pet's trail, so you can see exactly where it's been – and hopefully where it's headed.
That said, it has a lot of issues. First, there's the pricing structure. The $99.95 fee for the hardware is spot-on. However, the $7.95 monthly fee seems a little outrageous. Without the monthly fee, the Tagg is basically some bling for your pet's collar. It just seems that for that kind of money, I could build a pretty killer fence. But ok, I love technology and if I can extend that geekiness to my pet's life, I'm all for it, if it works well.
But my experience with the Tagg was far from perfect. My main problem with the device is the lag time – and there's a lot of that. Typically, it would take the system a good 10 to 15 minutes to realize that my pet was out of the acceptable Home Zone. Most pets move pretty fast, even the lazy ones. So it was a little disappointing to see that it would take such a long time to get that first alert that my pet was off and running.
Because of where I live, I wouldn't let the dog go on her own. However, she does a lot of daily walks, which is how I tested out this product. For good measure, though, it went out with every member of my family. I'm happy to report that it was able to go the distance, literally. It went to hockey practice, to school and to work, which are all located up 7 miles away.
As long as the tracker is on the move, the Tagg system will send location updates every 3 minutes for the first 30 minutes. After that, you'll have to restart the tracking services or click to locate the pet through the web interface or one of Tagg's free iOS and Android apps. Just know that's not an exact science, either. You won't get messages telling you that Fido is at 555 Main Street, sniffing half-chewed gum on the sidewalk. Instead, the Tagg system was always telling me that Sparky was within 16 feet of something or 30 feet of another. Another time it told me that my pet (aka my husband, in this case) had gone over town lines, without any address info.
Another thing you should know about the Tagg is that the company expects you to be in this for the long haul. I'd expect that with a pet, but not a pet GPS. However, once you activate the tracker, there's no leaving the service without a penalty. If you decide to stop the Tagg service for any reason, the tracker will become nothing more than the aforementioned bling. It can't be reactivated, so you'll have to fork over another $99 for new hardware. [Update 8/2013: Don't throw away that old Tagg! The company has informed me that customers can now activate previously owned trackers. There's no reactivation fees or anything. Just reactivate your account and the monthly fee will kick back in.]
The Tagg isn't for everyone. It's certainly an interesting idea, though. It's also an expensive one. Of course, no one can put a price on the love of a pet. That said, the price would certainly be a lot easier to swallow if the product worked a little better.
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NEWPORT CENTER — A missing Newport Center man's body was found Monday afternoon by State Police divers in Lake Memphremagog. Vermont State Police Lieutenant Kirk Cooper said he was 53-year-old Jacques LeBlanc.
According to the State Police, Mr. LeBlanc broke through the ice at approximately 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 2. Mr. LeBlanc was in the process of moving an ice shanty while using a tractor when he broke through. While the exact cause of the accident has not yet been determined the presence of a nearly one-third of a mile long pressure crack appears to have been a contributing factor.
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