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In the age of digital immediacy and open-ended communication on the web, the trend seems to be shifting from monotonous sketches to a need for surveillance video and high definition photographs to aid police in their investigations.
The 112th Precinct Community Council just unveiled its new Facebook page to begin open communication with their precinct.
If we plan to find out assailants based on a penciled drawing from the fogged memory of a recently attacked cab driver or child, it has been proven time and time again that cases like these get thrown to the wayside.
In cases like the Boston Marathon bombings, a national case with military and FBI involvement, it was open and shut in just days because of the transparency of the available information and utilization of social media outlets.
Police should begin to work more openly and closely with their communities on sites like Facebook and Twitter and turn these social media outlets into the milk carton, once a forum to aid in finding missing children.
In addition to posting photos of suspects, it is important to attempt to actually capture the individuals using social media.
If an individual in a community such as South Ozone Park, where many people know one another by either name or face, social media will help to crack the case faster than ever before. Posting a surveillance photo or video of a suspect allows those who either know, or know of, the individual a clear picture to spread viral across twitter and civic pages.
For instance, it was only when the surveillance photos of the Boston Marathon bomber made it to national television that his roommates went to discard any evidence of terrorist activities.
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Not so long ago, Mexico's Caribbean coast was considered to be one of the most savage coastlines in Central America. The caste wars of the Yucatan brought many fierce Mayan warriors to this remote locale and they did not immediately recognize Mexican law and the right of those of European descent to govern. Even after a truce was declared in 1935, few non-Mayans visited the area and many travellers considered it unsafe well into the 1960s.
It is somewhat ironic that the area that was once too dangerous for anyone of non-Mayan descent to visit has become one of the most popular international vacation destinations for Canadian families. In addition to beautiful beaches and an abundant number of family-friendly resort options, the destination has a number of excellent attractions and activities that make great day trips for families.
Of all the ruined cities that remain to tell the tale of the Mayan civilization, Tulum is one of the most fascinating. It is the only Mayan site that overlooks the Caribbean Sea, the only walled city in the Mayan Empire, and one of the few Mayan cities known to be inhabited when conquistadors arrived in 1518.
You can visit these ruins on a tour or on your own using bus transportation. Admission is about $5 US and about $25 more if you want to hire a private guide.
It will take about two hours to see the ruins. Be sure to bring water, snacks, swimwear and towels (there is a very nice beach at the base of the ruins).
Pronounced "ish-car-et," this one-square-kilometre ecological theme park has a variety of attractions including a river raft tour, a butterfly farm, an aquarium, underwater caverns and a replica Mayan village. Traditional music and dance ceremonies take place throughout the day, but the highlight is the Spectacular Mexico Night Show, a production designed to tell the history of Mexico through song and dance.
Plan to spend a full day exploring this park. Admission will cost about $99 US for adults, $49 for children for an Xcaret Plus ticket that includes a buffet lunch and snorkel equipment. Save money by purchasing tickets online or by purchasing a multipark pass to Xcaret, Xplor and Xelha parks. Passes that include transportation are also available. Be sure to bring a towel and swimsuit. Website: xcaret.com.
The newest family adventure park in the Mayan Riviera, Xplor has 13 ziplines, amphibious vehicles, cenotes (sink holes) to swim or kayak through, and a great buffet restaurant - all included in admission.
Plan to spend a full day. Admission will cost about $99 US for adults and $49.50 for kids. Transportation is an additional cost. Some zip line circuits include water landings, so you may want to wear a bathing suit. Board shorts will be more comfortable. Water shoes are also a good idea. Website: xplortravel.com.
If you have always wanted to swim with dolphins, this attraction in Puerto Aventuras can help you live the dream. Dolphin Discovery is the only company in Latin America certified with the Alliance of Marine Mammals Parks and Aquariums and the International Marine Mammals Trainers Association. Their animal care practices and training go well beyond Mexican government standards.
Dolphin experiences start at $79 US per person for an encounter and go up to $179 for a Trainer for Life experience. Manatee and seal encounters are also available. Transportation costs extra. Website: dolphindiscovery.com.
The most rustic of the Mayan theme parks includes a ride over extremely bumpy roads on a jungle buggy, zip-lining, a sky cycle, a rappel into a cenote, and a guided swim or snorkel in a cenote.
Admission is $80 US adults and $40 children and includes transportation from certain resort areas. If you buy your ticket online, lunch is included in the price. Wear comfortable swimwear, water shoes and bring a towel. Website: hiddenworlds.com
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1. Cut spending, boost saving.
2. Avoid stocks if you need cash within five years.
3. Stay the course with retirement savings.
4. Still too nervous? Invest an IRA in CDs.
5. Younger? Be more aggressive.
Now what?
With the economy in a recession and most experts predicting that the worst lies ahead, deciding what to do with your money seems overwhelming.
Many market strategists are urging investors to remain cautious with investments, yet there are brave souls suggesting that it is time to start buying stocks in preparation for the inevitable recovery. Historically, the stock market tends to show improvement while the economy remains in a recession because investors start to anticipate better times even while unemployment is growing.
Optimists are betting on government-financed infrastructure projects to put people to work and improve the economy in 2010. Skeptics continue to worry about sickness in the financial system and aren't eager to take risks in the stock market.
Consequently, financial advisers agree on one strategy: Prepare for bad times by cutting spending and saving more. After that, the decisions get more interesting. Hold steady on all longer-term investments? Tinker a bit? A lot?
The answers depend. People often look for the one stock, bond or mutual fund that will help them make the most money or avoid losing money.
Financial advisers look at investing differently. They focus on when you will need your money. Then they have you select a mixture of funds so you aren't injured too badly in a down market but are prepared to make money when stocks start to climb. They know that trying to predict when the ups and downs will come is a fool's game.
A retired person who has enough cash and bonds to cover spending needs for years shouldn't worry if a stock or stock mutual fund has been losing money during the recession, said Lewis Altfest, a New York financial planner.
And a family that needs to be paying for college next year can afford to lose some money in their retirement fund but not in the college savings fund.
The rule of thumb is to keep money out of the stock market if you will need it within five years. But if you're invested, be patient. Typically, when the stock market falls 20 percent or more, in what's called a bear market, investors recover within 21/2 years. But in awful bear markets—like the present one—it often takes longer: 71/2 years after the 1973-74 downturn and 13 years after the Depression-era decline.
If you are saving for retirement:
Financial planners are trying to get people to stay the course with retirement savings—stashing money away with every paycheck. But that means staying with a reasoned mixture of funds—maybe 50 percent in stock mutual funds and 40 percent in bond mutual funds and 10 percent in a money market fund if you are close to retirement.
If you are in your 40s, Mark Wilson, a Newport Beach, Calif., financial planner, suggests keeping 60 percent in stocks and 40 percent in bonds. For younger people, he favors 70 percent in stocks to take advantage of their higher threshold for risk.
Although Wilson's not sure the stock market has fallen as low as it will go, he thinks young investors should be positioned in stocks now to make money when the upturn comes. Despite a troubling year ahead, Wilson said young people must be saving diligently for retirement because they are likely to live 30 years past 65. On average, Americans receive about $13,000 a year from Social Security.
Investing in a 401(k) plan or individual retirement account is the best way to accumulate the most money. In a 401(k), an employer often provides free money, called matching money.
Also invest in a 401(k) and traditional IRA because Uncle Sam doesn't tax the money until it's withdrawn. That allows your savings to grow faster than they would in a savings account or mutual fund that could be taxed.
If you are afraid of investing now:
You don't have to buy stocks and bonds if the economy is making you too nervous.
You can open an IRA at a bank and invest it all in certificates of deposit, which are insured for at least $100,000 by the FDIC. CDs maturing in five years pay as much as 4.25 percent in interest.
If you have a 401(k), you can leave money that's invested in the mutual funds you have already selected. With new money from each paycheck, you could select a money market fund or stable value fund if you can't bear a loss, a bond fund if you can stomach a little more risk or a balanced fund for additional risk.
A balanced fund typically invests about 60 percent in stocks and 40 percent in bonds. Last year, such funds lost around 29 percent, while the benchmark U.S. stock index lost nearly 40 percent.
Another alternative in a 401(k) plan: a mutual fund with a date in its name. These funds hold stocks and bonds and are geared to get you ready for retirement. So a fund with 2020 in the name would be designed for someone retiring in 2020. The closer to retirement you are, the less risky the fund. If you plan to retire in 2020, but are nervous about the stock market, you could select a 2015 fund and be exposed to fewer stocks.
If you want a modest approach to entering the market:
Let's say you have a mixture of stock and bond funds, but now you want to start preparing for a recovery by investing more in stocks.
You could go with a mutual fund or pick large, solid companies that pay dividends. Those dividends are like interest payments, although they aren't guaranteed.
Chicago financial planner Cicily Maton said she prefers exchange-traded funds in the current environment instead of mutual funds. An ETF is like a mutual fund but you can bail out in the middle of the day if the market is crashing and you are afraid you are losing too much money. With a typical mutual fund, you must wait until the end of the day, and can lose a lot of money in the meantime.


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Exhilaratingly brimming social scene, Fashion's Night Out was a drastic cut above simultaneous shows and evening events surpassing in stunning guests in stylized sophistication, guests spilled out into the parking lot for light conversation over exquisite hors d'oeuvres by Nobu Matsuhisa and complimentary evening drinks.
Upscale attendance consisted of "the in-crowd", entertainment industry professionals, and noteworthy fashionistas eager to partake in the social intercourse of the evening at scene illuminative Beverly Hills Porsche. Donning the red carpet itself was a dominating black Porsche sidelining VIP and celebrity interviews capturing sponsoring LA Fashion Magazine, California Apparel News, Runway Magazine and American Gentleman attention, along with LA Splash Magazine celebrity editor and journalist red walk participation.
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Inclusive of male's patronage to fashion at FNO 2012, Anthony Franco continued the evening with exquisite men's suits in a carefully broad yet selective palette; rich, textured fabrics combined with uniquely innovative patterns freshly presented on a handful of LA's handsome male models.
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The Hellbender salamander is North America's largest salamander. It is fully aquatic, living its entire life in rivers and streams throughout the midwest and southeast. Hellbenders require cool, clean rivers and streams with rocky substrates to thrive and reproduce. Unfortunately, over the past several decades the species has declined or disappeared from many of these areas. In Indiana, the species can only be found in the Blue River in south-central Indiana where there remains only a very small, geriatric population incapable of sustaining itself. In order to save the species in the state, Purdue University and its many partners have joined together to reverse the decline.
On November 1st and 2nd of this year, Purdue FNR's Williams lab released 80, 4-year old Hellbenders into a site chosen as the best Hellbender habitat in the Blue River. Members from Purdue University, Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden, Columbian Park Zoo, Fort Wayne Children's Zoo, Indianapolis Zoo, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Duke Energy, and more all helped in the task of releasing the individuals into their new homes.
The chosen Hellbenders had been raised in captivity at Purdue University. Unfortunately, captive-raised animals are often times not equipped with the necessary set of skills to survive life outside of an aquarium. However, these were not all aquarium-raised individuals more akin to pets than wild animals. Forty of the individuals were raised in specially designed tanks called raceways that incorporated water flow to mimic that found in a natural river setting. The remaining forty individuals were raised in standard, low-flow conditions. The idea behind raising the animals in these differing conditions is to compare whether or not the individuals raised in conditions that are more natural (i.e., higher flow rates) will be better able to survive the varying water levels they will encounter in the wild than those that are raised without flow.
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That is what you call sizzle with no real substance. I wonder if he really believes his own propaganda as much as he wants so badly others to believe it.
The only impressive thing about the video is the way they did his hair so it would not move while he trained. They either hired Justin Bieber's hair stylist or combed it with buttered toast ha ha
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Heart attack symptoms in women can be atypical. Chest discomfort is most frequent, however other less recognized symptoms include back pain, fatigue, breathlessness and arm or joint pain. Women do not always present with the classic feeling of the "elephant on your chest," which is more common in men. Misdiagnosing these symptoms as being caused by stress or a hectic schedule can be deadly.
I've heard several women say, "I never thought I'd have a heart attack." No one thinks it's going to happen to them. Unfortunately, that's not true. More than 200,000 women in our country die each year from heart attacks.
Women should have an annual physical with a blood pressure check and lipid panel. Symptoms and cardiovascular risk factors should also be reviewed.
Your blood pressure should be less than 140/90, with lower targets for certain conditions such as diagnosed coronary disease.
A lipid panel is the measurement of different components of cholesterol in your blood. Cholesterol is a fat-like substance in your bloodstream. There are two types: LDL is known as "bad" cholesterol because it contributes to plaque formation in arterial walls. This plaque can narrow your arteries or rupture, causing a heart attack. HDL is called "good" cholesterol because it carries cholesterol to your liver, where it's removed from your body.
There are different target levels of LDL cholesterol, depending on risk factors and existing conditions such as diabetes or known coronary artery disease. In low risk patients, LDL should be less than 160 mg/dL. HDL should be greater than 40 mg/dL, and triglycerides should be less than 150 mg/dL. Exercising and limiting saturated fats in your diet helps to lower your cholesterol.
Don't ignore symptoms; talk to your doctor. Exercise regularly, don't smoke, and eat nutritious foods. Be a positive example to others. Heart disease risk factors including diabetes and obesity rates are climbing in our community, in adults and in children. Let's work on keeping our hearts healthy.
Dr. Brearley will give a free lecture called "When Seconds Count – Signs and Symptoms of a Heart Attack" on Tuesday February 4. 2014 at Sumter Cardiology at 540 Physicians Lane in Sumter. The lecture is the first in a new patient education series in Sumter. It's free, open to the public and attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions. We hope you can join us in Sumter on February 4. For information about future patient education series events, visit Sumter Cardiology's website.


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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) No. 8 Arizona rolled through the opening part of its schedule before facing a bit of adversity this week against Southern Miss.
Now the schedule is about to get tougher: A road game against Clemson on Saturday and No. 6 Florida a week later at the McKale Center.
This bump in competition couldn't have come at a better time for Wildcats coach Sean Miller.
With a team that relies on freshmen at key positions, Miller likes the idea of building up their confidence before throwing them into the ring against heavyweights.
``I think we'll learn a lot about our team in the next two games,'' Miller said. ``I don't think it's the defining moment of our season, but I do think we'll have a team that will be ready for both.''
The Wildcats have been ready for whatever opponents throw at them so far this season.
Living up to the hype of a team that has a talented group of veterans and another stellar recruiting class by Miller, Arizona (6-0) raced through the first five games of its schedule, scoring 85 points per game while winning by an average of 25 points.
The Wildcats faced their first test against Southern Miss on Tuesday night at McKale Center.
Struggling against the Golden Eagles' shifting zone, Arizona sped up on offense and spent most of the night throwing passes that were easily picked off or sailed out of bounds.
The Wildcats finished with 27 turnovers, doubling their season average, but pulled out a 63-55 win behind their defense, which prevented Southern Miss from making any of its eight 3-point attempts while forcing 17 turnovers in the second half.
It was ugly, but it was a win that could be a lesson Arizona's young players can look back on when things get tough later in the season.
``This allows us to have a little more confidence if we're in a game situation like this in the future,'' freshman center Kaleb Tarczewski. ``It just puts that under our belt.''
The game against Southern Miss also was an example of why the Wildcats are so dangerous.
Miller's latest recruiting class included three of the best incoming big men in the country: Tarczewski, a 7-foot center, 6-10 forward Grant Jarrett and 6-8 forward Brandon Ashley.
They've played well at times early in the season and should get better as the season progresses.
But the key to Arizona's success lies in its veteran leadership.
When the Wildcats had a hard time shaking Charleston Southern in their season opener, Miller stuck almost exclusively with his veteran players down the stretch.
Same thing against Southern Miss.
With the ball flying all over the court and the game a little too close for comfort, Miller turned to his older guys down the stretch to pull Arizona through.
Guard Nick Johnson, a confident and heady sophomore, led the defensive charge at the top of Arizona's defense and finished with 23 points in 37 minutes.
Senior Kevin Parrom came off the bench in the first half, but started the second and played 30 minutes. He scored 13 of his 14 points in the second half and used his passing ability to give the Wildcats a much-needed release valve at the center of Southern Miss' zone.
Senior Solomon Hill hit the biggest shot of the game, a 3-pointer in front of Arizona's bench with just under 2 minutes left, and again filled up the stat sheet.
The talented freshmen have a chance to be something special, but Miller can always count on his veteran players, three of whom - with junior point guard Jordin Mayes - reached the regional final of the NCAA tournament two years ago.
``As you guys have asked about this year's team, the gift isn't just our size or our youth and talent, it's also that a lot of different players have been through a lot,'' Miller said.
And there's plenty more for the Wildcats to go through, starting on Saturday at Clemson.
The Tigers are young but athletic and should be the toughest defensive team Arizona has faced so far. After that, the Wildcats face a marquee matchup in the desert the following Saturday against Florida, which beat them in overtime a year ago in Gainesville.
The two-game stretch will be a tough test, but the Wildcats should be ready after backing up all those easy early-season wins with the gut-check victory over Southern Miss.
``To be 6-0 matters to our team,'' Miller said. ``You may say, `Of course it matters,' but you would be surprised how sometimes when things don't go well for you, it's not about the 6-0, it's about you. I like that collective thinking with our team.''
It's worked so far. Now it's time for the Wildcats to see if they can keep it going against stiffer competition.


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Pittsburgh police say bronze doors that were stolen from a 100-year-old mausoleum were cut up and sold for cash to buy heroin.
The doors, worth more than $8,000, were taken Jan. 3 from the granite mausoleum at Union Dale Cemetery along the 2200 block of Brighton Road in Pittsburgh's Marshall-Shadeland area, police said.
On Monday, police announced the arrests of Michael Lawrence, 33, and Travis Haun, 30. They face charges of theft by unlawful taking, institutional vandalism, receiving stolen property and desecration of venerated objects.
Police said they took the doors to a home on Colfax Street, where they cut them up into smaller pieces that were sold at a scrap yard. The money was then used to buy heroin, police said.
The theft was first reported by the superintendent of the property, who told investigators he doesn't believe the family name was engraved on the doors, police said.
Police said the mausoleum was built in 1904 with a family name engraved on it, but since no relative maintains it, the cemetery has ownership of the property.
Police said two sets of footprints were found in the snow coming from the rear of the mausoleum.
Union Dale is the resting place of people including "Queen of the North Side Underworld" Nettie Gordon, post-Civil War Congressman Thomas McKee Bayne and David Navarro, a 700-pound man known as P.T. Barnum's Illinois Giant Boy.


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HOUSTON (AP) Texas Tech quarterback Seth Doege has seen this before.
The Red Raiders head into Friday's Meineke Car Care Bowl against Minnesota after some serious upheaval with coach Tommy Tuberville abruptly leaving the team for the job in Cincinnati. Doege, a senior, remembers how the team came together for a win in the Alamo Bowl under an interim coach just days after coach Mike Leach was fired in the 2009 season.
The Red Raiders have hired Kliff Kingsbury to replace Tuberville, but interim coach Chris Thomsen will lead Texas Tech against the Golden Gophers.
``It's settled now, and the young guys are excited. I remember ... when I was younger how close we became as a football team,'' Doege said. ``Because with all the uncertainty, all the distractions, that's what gets you through it.''
Thomsen, who coached the offensive line before becoming the interim head coach, said he believes his team has dealt with the changes and is ready to move forward.
``It's really just business as usual for us,'' Thomsen said. ``The great thing about this team, the staple of this team, has been leadership all year, and we define leadership as guys who come out every single day focused and do it. If you can do that, you can lead as a freshman, sophomore, senior; it doesn't matter. And that's really the way they've approached it.''
Minnesota coach Jerry Kill doesn't expect any drop off for the Red Raiders with Tuberville's departure.
``I don't think a whole lot is going to change with them,'' Kill said. ``Their system, offensively all the way back to coach Leach, has stayed the same, pretty much ... they've got good football players, a good system, and I know they'll be prepared to play.''
Texas Tech returns to a bowl game after seeing an 18-year bowl streak snapped with last season's disappointing 5-7 finish. This is their fourth straight bowl game in Texas and their eighth since 2000. They've won their last two bowl games.
The Gophers are in a bowl for the first time since 2009 and looking for their first bowl win since 2004. They won six games this season, which is the same number of games they won in the previous two seasons combined.
``We're in the building blocks of a program right now,'' Kill said. ``There's no question that getting a bowl victory gives you great momentum going into the offseason. We won our last game of the year last year, and I feel like it took some momentum into the offseason. I think getting a bowl win would be certainly special for this group of kids, and certainly our seniors that have been through so much.''
A win on Friday would give Minnesota a winning record for the first time since going 7-6 in 2008.
To do that they'll have to figure out how to slow down Texas Tech's passing attack. Doege is fourth in the nation in yards passing with 3,934 and his 38 touchdown passes are second in the country. He needs just 66 yards to join Graham Harrell as the only players in school history to throw for 4,000 yards in consecutive seasons.
He'll face a Minnesota defense that is 11th in the nation against the pass, allowing 178.5 yards a game. The Gophers have allowed just one 300-yard passer this season. Doege has nine games with more than 300 yards passing this season, and two for more than 400, including a season-high of 499 against West Virginia.
``I don't think we have to do anything a lot different, and they're not going to do anything different,'' Kill said. ``And I think that the style gives us an opportunity to try to keep their offense off the field, but we have to stay on the field. We didn't do a real good job of that over the last two ball games.''
Texas Tech tight end Jace Amaro, who was injured Oct. 13 and hasn't played since because of internal bleeding, returned to practice this week and expects to play Friday. He said he wants to help the seniors go out with a victory.
``We have a lot of personal emotion going into this game,'' he said. ``Even though a lot of people think we're distracted, I think this just made us a lot more focused on this game for these seniors.''


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Celine Dion is denying rumors about possible pregnancy complications that surfaced in the French press, reports People.
A rep for the Canadian pop star, who is now seven months pregnant with twins, said that any reports about difficulties were "completely fabricated."
"She's never been in the hospital - her pregnancy continues to be healthy and she feels fantastic," the rep said.
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Dion, 42, has reportedly gained 33 pounds and continues to use acupuncture treatments, which she claims have helped her through her pregnancy. She had a miscarriage in November 2009.
The singer, who plans to return to Las Vagas next year for a new show at Caesars Palace, has been resting, per doctor's orders, as she enters her last two months.
She recently appeared on the cover of Canadian magazine 7 Jours, with her husband, 9-year-old son, Rene Charles, and dog Charlie. She had a very visible, and large, baby bump.
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Things were definitely not grim for Grimm in its Tuesday debut.
The supernatural drama drew 6 million viewers and a 2.0 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, up 54 percent from Friday's episode and a full point from Ready for Love's rating last week. Lead-in The Voice (11.6 million, 3.7) dropped 10 percent.
Get the scoop on 39 must-watch finalesOn CBS, NCIS (17.7 million, 3.0) improved two-tenths, while NCIS: Los Angeles (12.9 million, 2.2) hit a series low and Golden Boy (7.7 million, 1.3) dipped.ABC's Splash (4.3 million, 0.9) and Dancing with the Stars (10.6 million, 1.5) both dropped as well, with the latter falling 25 percent to hit an all-time low. Diane Sawyer's Amanda Knox special averaged 8.5 million and a 1.7.Fox was down across the board.8 p.m.
CBS: NCIS 17.7 million viewers (3.0 demo rating)ABC: Splash 4.3 million (0.9)Fox: Hell's Kitchen 4.7 million (1.9)NBC: The Voice 11.6 million (3.7) [8-10 p.m.]CW: Hart of Dixie 1.2 million (0.5) 9 p.m.
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Dancing With The Stars Cheryl Burke To Release New imPRESS by Broadway Nail Line
Dancing With The Stars pro Cheryl Burke is the new ambassador for imPRESS by Broadway Nails press-on signature series which is set to debut at Walgreens this Spring. Here's some information from In Style. If you go to the link, you can read more and also see her modeling the new line.
"I am so excited to represent the brand," Burke exclusively told InStyle.com. "Having colorful fingers is a must, and since these are so easy to apply, I can put them on myself in minutes!" Available starting in early April 2013, The Cheryl Burke Signature Series will introduce six new playful hues and patterns to the collection. "The line really shows off my personality," Burke told us. "The colors and patterns are fun, bright and vibrant."


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If you've been following this, we've got two of Yamato-takeru's songs under our belts: song 23 and song 25. We've come this far, so let's keep barreling along.
What follows is perhaps my favorite exchange in all of Japanese literature. But before we get to that, let's walk a mile in Yamato-takeru's shoes. Picture this: you are Yamato-takeru, a strong and brave warrior (pretend) who finds a fetching "bride," lets call her Princess Miyazu. But before you manage to "marry" her, you have to go off and pacify some unruly deities and barbarians. So off you go, but promise to return and tie the nuptial knot, so to speak. You're away for a long time, but finally make your triumphant homecoming. You hurry off to keep your promise to the nubile lady who waited for you all this time. She brings you wine, things are looking good. But there's one problem. There's something on her dress…
Moving along now on our short trip through Kojiki. In the previous post we saw really a mean-spirited little song from Yamato-takeru. A little smug of him. The story preceding the following song is very brief, essentially Yamato-takeru is travelling. Continue reading for the full analysis:
As promised in the earlier "Agenda" post, I will be working on classical Japanese poetry this semester. So, I'm kicking it off with a song from the Kojiki. This song is attributed to Yamato-takeru. Continue reading for the full analysis.


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Jeff Cameron
Assistant Professor of Graphic Design
Facilities Manager, Department of Art and Design
Contact Information
Phone: 503-554-2615
Email: email@example.com
What do you do at Fox?
I teach Drawing I, Graphic Design I: Foundations, and Introduction to Video Production for Cinema and Media Communications. Additionally, I am cultivating student internships with local companies and overseeing the design agency, Designe´, where student designers will work on real-world design projects.
When did you start working at Fox?
My experience with Fox goes back to spring term of 2001 when I started as an adjunct instructing Graphic Design, Drawing I and Illustration. In 2013, I was hired full time to teach in the Department of Art & Design and for Cinema & Media Communications.
Judson Baptist College, 1980, Associate of Science
Oregon State University, 1982, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design
What is something you'd like to do in the future?
I enjoy cartooning and whimsical illustration. I have written several children's stories and have begun illustrating for them. It is my goal to complete these and move them through the publishing process.
I would like to learn and become proficient in serigraphy. I have always appreciated the bold colors and vibrant designs of various artists' work and poster designs of the 1960's and 70's.
I like films. I enjoy writing short stories that could be scripted for film. I have several in the works and would embrace the challenge to see them through production.
I have always had a strong interest in automobile design and would enjoy restoring another automobile at some point when time and space become available. My interest in automobiles range from early Fords to 1960's pony cars.
What is something you're grateful for, appreciate, encouraged by, or excited about?
I am grateful for good health. I have been blessed with a life without, so far, any real physical setbacks. I also am grateful for the good health of my immediate family. Additionally, I am very grateful for my job as a teacher at George Fox University. What a wonderful opportunity this is to share my skills and experiences with students who have like interests!
I am excited for the amazing opportunities that are ahead for students, faculty and staff within the Department of Art & Design at Fox. We have the opportunity to be the very best Christian university in the western United States for art and design. That excites me!
Personal Notes:
I have been married since 1988 to Susan, my best friend. We have two children, John and Heather.
What kind of art do you do?
As a designer I design a variety of things, including: logos, corporate identity, print materials for marketing, posters, cartooning and character design, television and corporate video. I have experience in woodworking, including cabinet making and custom home building.


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It is no wonder Sara Ray's artwork is steeped in coolness. Having grown up as a member of one of the most famous surfing families in the world in Hermosa Beach, Calif., with a mother who was a "vintage maniac," her early years were filled hot rods, big waves, antique collecting, painting and wrenching in the garage to the sounds of Elvis and Black Flag.
With a 1954 Chevy sitting in her driveway, Barris customs in the family garage and famous hot rodders as family friends, it is no wonder the four-wheeled beauties became a regular subject of her artistic focus.
"As I became a better and more skilled artist I started drawing cars, I would render the chrome in pencil and draw and redraw it until it became almost abstract over time," Ray said.
Her work leapt from the page and onto moving canvasses when she painted her first motorcycle in high school — in trade for a new leather jacket — setting the tone for what would be a career as a renowned, respected and well-loved artist within the kustom culture, hot rod and motorcycle communities.
"I love painting bikes," Ray said. "They don't go over a couch never to be seen again, they ride out into the world, on view for all."
Her love of cars and bikes isn't one she satiates with her paintbrush, though, as over the years, she has owned some real great classic American rides, including a 1972 Chevy Impala and an old Shoebox Ford.
These days, she tools around Southern California in her 1953 Buick full-custom or her 1939 Cadillac LaSalle. She also just picked up a 1973 Honda 350 she said, "Will eventually be cut up into a small 'n fast little rocker." If she had her pick, though, she would love to have a 1940s hearse, or her dream car, a 1938 Delahaye 135 MS Torpedo Roadster — in black, "of course."
The rides in her work often are inspired by those in her real life, and some pieces are inspired by real events. "Driven By Demons" was inspired by a dangerous trip in a Ford along the highway as a wildfire burned around them.
Ray describes other motivations for the elements of her work, "I dream about them at night — riding in them or in the background like an old noir flick, as well as the war planes which have followed me from my past life, I assume. I think at this point in my life they are part of my soul."
Her next projects include an art book of her work that is in development, sketching onto a few custom Fender guitars and focusing on tattooing again, in addition to the regular motorcycle tanks and full-size art pieces she consistently is creating.
"I see my city as a native does and want to speak its language onto a canvas — I hope that every piece I create shows a little bit of understanding and makes it a little more beautiful through the smog and traffic and seemingly endless asphalt here."


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Film study: A detailed look at the Texans' potential No. 1 picks
Defensive coordinators share firsthand knowledge on 3 QBs
There is no consensus about whom the Texans will take with the No. 1 overall pick of the 2014 NFL draft, if they even select a player at all.
But this is certain: If the Texans use their potential franchise-changing pick on a quarterback, Louisville's Teddy Bridgewater, Central Florida's Blake Bortles or Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel will greet NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on May 8 in New York.
Two local college defensive coordinators - who have more than 50 combined years of coaching, including stints in the NFL, Southeastern and Big 12 conferences - recently opened their film rooms to the Chronicle, providing a detailed look at how they countered, attacked and mostly tried to survive Bridgewater, Bortles and Manziel.
The University of Houston faced Central Florida and Louisville in back-to-back November road games. The Cougars fell in both, but David Gibbs' defense contained Bridgewater and Bortles, while holding the latter to his only game of the season in which he threw more interceptions (one) than touchdowns (zero).
"I see two safe picks. … I don't see the bust," said UH defensive coordinator Gibbs, who served as the Texans' defensive backs coach from 2009-10.
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Grading the top QB prospects
How defensive coordinators David Gibbs of the University of Houston and Chris Thurmond of Rice rate the strengths of the top three quarterbacks available in the 2014 draft.
Gibbs: "The guy throws a helluva ball. We've got decent coverage, not great coverage. He puts it right where he's got to put it."
Gibbs: "He does have a bigger windup than Teddy. But it is a freakin' great throw."
Gibbs: "Teddy can make all the throws. He gets rid of the ball quick. He is well-coached. … Very polished and impressive."
Thurmond: "(Manziel) may have better short-area quickness, because (he makes) you miss. … Cam (Newton) runs through things; (Manziel) runs away from things and runs out of things."
Thurmond: "He's like a point guard in basketball that can create and he's playing quarterback."
Breaking down the film
If the Texans select a quarterback with the No. 1 overall pick of the 2014 NFL draft, it will be either Louisville's Teddy Bridgewater, Central Florida's Blake Bortles or Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel. University of Houston defensive coordinator David Gibbs and Rice defensive coordinator Chris Thurmond collectively faced the trio last season. The coaches used game tape to break down the performances for the Chronicle:.
Teddy Bridgewater
Nov. 16: Louisville 20, Houston 13
C-Att. Yds. TD INT Rat.
19-29 203 0 0 124.3
Gibbs' take: "If I'm an offensive coach, if I'm a quarterback guy, this is exactly the kind of guy I want. He'll do exactly what you tell him to do."Blake Bortles
Nov. 9: Central Florida 19, Houston 14
C-Att. Yds. TD INT Rat.
17-24 210 0 1136.0
Gibbs' take: "I don't know that anybody can just knock this guy and say there's something that he can't do. But is he the athlete that Teddy is? Is he as accurate as Teddy is? Probably not."Johnny Manziel
Aug. 31: Texas A&M 52, Rice 31*
C-Att. Yds. TD INT Rat.
6-8 94 3 0297.5
Thurmond's take: "I've done this for a long, long time - I've done this for over 30 years. This guy is the biggest difference-maker of anybody that we've ever watched on film. … He has so many intangibles. When you're playing with him, he has so much confidence and he makes so many plays that everybody around him, he makes them play better."
*-Played only second half because of school/NCAA suspension.
Rice opened its 2013 season in College Station. Manziel played only the second half because of a suspension. But he was more efficient than he was all year, completing 6-of-8 passes for 94 yards, three touchdowns and a 297.5 passer rating.
"He's like carrying nitroglycerin around," Owls defensive coordinator Chris Thurmond said. "If you put it in the trunk of your car, you might get where you're going. But, boy, you're always afraid it's going to blow up."
Gibbs and Thurmond were careful in their assessments about the prospects, who will showcase their skills a final time at upcoming pro days. Bridgewater's will be Monday, Bortles' on Wednesday and Manziel's on March 27.
The coordinators declined to be overly critical, respecting the unwritten rules of their profession. The duo also acknowledged everything from the offensive systems the quarterbacks' schools employed to the fact Houston and Rice weren't seen as must-win opponents limited the scope of their evaluations.
But the game tapes ultimately backed the general evaluations on Bridgewater, Bortles and Manziel. Bridgewater is highly polished and pro-ready, yet at times lacks buzz and a knockout punch. Bortles' frame, arm and long-term potential shine, as do his rawness and the reality he's the least prepared for Week 1. Manziel's in another world. He's electric and dynamic, often operating off pure instinct. He's also unconventional, unpredictable and falls somewhere between Robert Griffin III, Cam Newton and Tim Tebow after two thrilling but volatile years as the Aggies' QB.
"Sometimes in coaching, we want to make this a creative, robotic game," Thurmond said. "This is not a robotic game. This is a creative, reaction game, and he proves it."
Teddy Bridgewater
Gibbs got Bortles and Bridgewater at the perfect time. The late-season road matchups weren't ideal for the Cougars, but Gibbs had more than two months' worth of game film as he prepared for the duo, and the UH defense didn't break in either matchup, giving up only 39 combined points and never allowing Bortles to fully lock in.
Based off the Cougars' video, Bridgewater clearly edged Bortles in several key categories. The 6-2, 214-pound Louisville junior commanded a more pristine pro-style system, expertly adhered to the Cardinals' game plan and displayed everything from better execution to sharper accuracy and greater athleticism.
"Teddy can make all the throws. He gets rid of the ball quick. He is well-coached," Gibbs said. "Very polished and impressive."
During a season in which Bridgewater completed 71 percent of his passes for 3,970 yards, 31 touchdowns and just four interceptions, he was 19-of-29 for 203 yards against the Cougars. Like Bortles, though, Bridgewater didn't record a touchdown versus Gibbs' defense and Louisville's QB stuck to the script: play smart and efficient, only attack when there's a clear opening, let the running game and defense kill the clock.
Utilizing a high, quick release, smooth footwork and keen vision, Bridgewater blended short slants and midfield crossing patterns with bootlegs, handoffs, bubble screens and an occasional deep route - set up by deceptive play-action - to wear down the Cougars. He stuck to called plays and quickly dissected the defense at the line of scrimmage, often employed fake audibles, regularly opted for the safe pass and rarely strayed from the norm.
"If I'm an offensive coach, if I'm a quarterback guy, this is exactly the kind of guy I want," Gibbs said. "He'll do exactly what you tell him to do."
When the Cougars utilized a nickel-based blitz, Bridgewater altered his approach and "took what was there." When the Cardinals faced a short-yardage third-down situation - which saw the Cougars playing three defenders deep and keeping a single safety high - Bridgewater turned Gibbs' defense upside down, throwing downfield and near the sideline.
Gibbs noticed facets of Bridgewater's game that require pro touchups. He at times checked down too often - likely staying within Louisville's prescribed system - didn't use a three-step drop from behind center and had a tendency to immediately bring the ball toward his ear when catching a snap from shotgun - a red blinking light that screams "pass" in the pros.
The rough edges were offset by Bridgewater's overall precision and rarely seen but intriguing traits, including his ability to smoothly escape the pocket and sharply throw while scrambling.
By the time the room lights were flicked back on and Bortles' game tape was being cued up, Gibbs had translated four quarters of Bridgewater vs. the Cougars into four words.
"He's the whole package," Gibbs said.
Blake Bortles
Gibbs turned to Penn State - former home of new Texans coach Bill O'Brien - in an attempt to decipher Bortles.
On Sept. 14, UCF pulled off a surprising 34-31 road win over O'Brien's Nittany Lions. Five games later, Bortles' Knights hosted the Cougars. Gibbs borrowed a Penn State blitz to attack Bortles, and the UH defensive coordinator entered a Nov. 9 matchup believing his gutsy defense could also surprise.
"I thought we could pick the ball off from Bortles a couple times," Gibbs said.
The Cougars did once and they sacked the 6-5, 232-pound Bortles twice, holding the junior to 17-of-24 passing for 210 yards, with six rushes for -10 yards.
"I don't know that anybody can just knock this guy and say there's something that he can't do," Gibbs said. "But is he the athlete that Teddy is? Is he as accurate as Teddy is? Probably not."
When Bortles was on target, he was stronger than Bridgewater. And the primary pro evaluation that was missing from the Cougars' game tapes - the prospects' NFL ceilings - temporarily became evident when the larger, thicker Bortles reared back and unleashed a crossfield, downfield arrow that was perfectly placed and perfectly thrown.
Like Bridgewater, Bortles ran a pro-style system featuring under-center calls, a quick three-step dropback, play-action passes and bootlegs. Yet Bortles did not check off or down as often, at times failed to recognize blitz packages and fell prey to Gibbs' third-down multiple-look defense, killing a potential first-quarter scoring drive that abruptly ended at the Cougars' 9-yard line.
On third-and-4, Gibbs employed a scheme that appeared to be a soft zone. Bortles thought he knew what the Cougars were running and threw a quick in route as a response. At the same time his receiver pulled up, UH defensive back Trevon Stewart sliced in, picking off the potential No. 1 pick and silencing the threat.
"Clearly, there's no question he knows the coverage, right? Why did he throw it right to us?" Gibbs said. "He has shown that he will do this every now and then. (Bridgewater), you never saw him do this."
But there were also Bortles' arm, size and stability, which increasingly stood out as the quarters wound down.
After rewatching video replays of two intriguing but still developing QBs the Texans have been evaluating for months, Gibbs jokingly re-emphasized the one thing he knew going into the film breakdowns: The former Texans assistant is glad he's not making a decision that could alter the franchise's direction for the next decade.
"There's really nothing glaring about either one of the guys, which makes it that much harder for the Texans to make their pick," Gibbs said.
Johnny Manziel
Thurmond has devoted more than 30 years of his life to college football. Rice's defensive coordinator has never seen anyone - on the field or on film - like Manziel.
Thurmond rolled two tapes to prove it.
The first, Thurmond turned to when he prepared for the Owls' 2013 season opener: Texas A&M's 29-24 victory at Alabama on Nov. 10, 2012. The game that solidified the Cult of Manziel and helped make him the first freshman Heisman Trophy winner in history.
The second was Manziel's post-autograph controversy debut, via the Aggies' 52-31 home win over Rice on Aug. 31 at Kyle Field.
Both videos displayed an incredibly talented, highly unorthodox contemporary quarterback whose confidence, charisma and bravado continue to excite and confound NFL personnel. Like Bridgewater, Manziel quickly read defenses and was willing to check down to secondary receivers. Like Bortles, Manziel had the arm to nail crossing routes and didn't hesitate to throw a deep bomb. But there is no one like Manziel in the college or pro ranks, and his gunslinger style can make instant believers out of conventional coaches who grew up on single-wing tailbacks and true pocket passers.
"What this guy does is, this guy never proofreads his work. He turns his paper in right now," said Thurmond. "He's not second guessing his reads. … He plays with amazing, amazing confidence."
He also ran a lot - more than any NFL quarterback would ever consider. Bridgewater regularly saw holes in the UH line, yet consistently fired the ball to his nearest receiver, rather than tuck and sprint. Bortles ran 87 times apiece in 2012 and 2013, but is not regarded as a dangerous scrambler. Manziel rushed 19 times in a game at Mississippi and recorded six attempts in one half against Rice.
"He's like a point guard in basketball that can create and he's playing quarterback," Thurmond said. "That's probably his greatest asset - his ability to create plays."
Manziel made Bridgewater and Bortles look mundane. Against Alabama, the 5-11, 207-pound QB turned a near-sack into a bobbled ball that was recaptured, sprinted toward his left, squared his shoulders and fired a crossfield bullet that became a video game-like 10-yard touchdown and his signature Heisman moment.
"This kid's physical - he's an unbelievable fighter," Thurmond said. "He has that boxer's mentality about, 'Hey, you might knock me down. But I'm going to get up and I'm going to punch you again.' "
Thurmond sees pieces of Newton in Manziel, but Newton's size (6-5, 245) creates separation. The most direct comparison is Griffin, who blew out Thurmond's Owls in 2011, when RGIII was at Baylor.
Still, Manziel is his own monster. A fascinating but unpredictable quarterback who intrigues the Texans, hailed as everything from a consensus No. 1 pick to no better than a fourth-rounder.
On film, Bridgewater and Bortles appeared promising, but both reinforced the belief the 2014 draft doesn't feature an instant franchise-changer at quarterback. Manziel altered college football's culture at College Station. But a long-asked question still shadows him less than two months before selection day: How will Manziel's act translate in the pros?
"With this guy, I don't know that in any time in college anybody mastered that blueprint," Thurmond said. "Now, if you play him over a long period of time, who knows?"


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While plaintiff was away from the office for a serious brain injury she suffered in a work-related auto accident, some of her co-workers accessed and posted, allegedly without authorization, from her Twitter and Facebook accounts. (There was some dispute as to whether those accounts were personal to plaintiff or whether they were intended to promote the company.) Plaintiff sued, alleging several theories, including violations of the Lanham Act and the Stored Communications Act. Defendants moved for summary judgment. The court dismissed the Lanham Act claim but did not dismiss the Stored Communications Act claim.
Plaintiff had asserted a Lanham Act "false endorsement" claim, which occurs when a person's identity is connected with a product or service in such a way that consumers are likely to be misled about that person's sponsorship or approval of the product or service. The court found that although plaintiff had a protectable interest in her "personal brand," she had not properly put evidence before the court that she suffered the economic harm necessary for a Lanham Act violation. The record showed that plaintiff's alleged damages related to her mental suffering, something not recoverable under the Lanham Act.
As for the Stored Communications Act claim, the court found that the question of whether defendants were authorized to access and post using plaintiff's social media accounts should be left up to the jury (and not determined on summary judgment). Defendants had also argued that plaintiff's Stored Communications Act claim should be thrown out because she had not shown any actual damages. But the court held plaintiff could be entitled to the $1,000 minimum statutory damages under the act even without a showing of actual harm.
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I am attempting to make this as simple as possible considering it is. One of my friends asked me at work if I could create a Dual boot system for him. I said no promblem. So I decided to write a tutorial on how I did this step by step. I am going to be using a new PC with no Operating System installed it. For this demostration I will be using Windows 2000 Professional and Red Hat Linux 9.0. This is a two part set.
First thing you want do is boot the PC into the BIOS. You can do this by hitting F1, F2, DEL key. Once your in side the BIOS, Change the First Boot Device to CDROM. You can usually find this under the BOOT option at the 'top'. This tells the system to boot from the CD drive before trying to boot from the Floppy, hard drive etc... heres how it was setup:
[list=1][*] First Boot Device: CDROM[*]Second Boot Device: Floppy[*]Third Boot Device: HDD-1[*]Fourth Boot Decice: Removable Devices[*]Boot Other Device: Enabled [/list=1]
Once the changes have been made make sure to save the changes and exit. Now insert the Windows 2000 Professional CD and reboot the computer. Since we made changes to the BIOS you will see this message 'Press any key to boot from CD,' when you see this message hit "any" key. The system will now load off the CD. You will see Setup is Loading Files (all these files) then You will see a Non GUI (Graphical User Interface) Welcome to Setup screen. Follow the prompts until you get to the partition part. Now here you tell Windows 2000 how you want configure the disk you have 3 different options:
[list=1][*]Start Windows 2000 Professional by pressing enter.[*]Repair Windows 2000 by pressing R.[*]To quit installing Windows 2000 Professional press F3 to quit. [/list=1]
Press the enter Key to start Windows 2000. Next screen you will see the EULA (End User License Agreement) press F8 to agree to it. Now you will see where you are going to put Windows 2000 on. Select "unpartitioned" then press enter. Now it will prompt you to Format the following partition either by using FAT file system or NTFS File System. choose NTFS File System. Why you ask? Cause its a lot more secure than FAT File System. After you choose NTFS, press enter. Windows will now start the Format Process after the format process comes copying files process. Depending on the size of your hard drive this can be time consuming. from this point its ok to leave the computer for 20 - 30 miutes. Unless you want to watch the format process. When its done the system will reboot itself and here it will finish installing Windows 2000 devices like keyboards, mouse, applications etc... Finally it will load into the GUI screen, 'Regional and Language,' options just hit next at the bottom. Now you will see a form field prompt to create a name and organization fill out the fields and click next. Next you will see the 5 boxes to enter your 25 digit product key code enter your 25 digit key code
press next when done, here it will finish creating the name you made but you also must rename the computer yourself or have Windows suggest a computer name for your system. Then at the bottom you must type an an Administrator password when you need full access to your system. Click next when done. Here it will "display time and settings," adjust the proper settings depending on your time zone. Click next when done. Now it will start installing Network componets, when it done it begins "Performing the final task," after 20 - 30 minutes of the final process you must create a username(s) of who will use the system. The computer will reboot and Windows is now completely installed from scratch.
Part 2 Installing Linux Red Hat 9.0
Since we already have Windows 2000 installed now we need to setup a second partition for Linux Red Hat 9.0 to use. If your at the desktop insert the Linux Red Hat Installation cd 1 in the CDROM drive then restart your computer you will see the message 'Press any key to boot from CD,' once you do this it will run the CD. When done you will see three choices install Linux:
[list=1][*] GUI [*] Linux text [*] Linux rescue [/list=1]
at the console type: linux text press enter. When Linux is done loading it will take you to a "Welcome to Red Hat Linux," screen here you cannot use your mouse you have to switch between the elements using your "alt" and "tab" key. Hit OK button. Next you will select language, keyboard, mouse after you do this click OK. After you hit OK RedHat Linux will search for previous installation versions on your hard drive when done it will ask "What type of system would you like to install?" Four options, Desktop, servers, workstation, custom I choose desktop for my friend since thats what he wanted. But you choose your personal setting you wish. Hit OK when done. Now youwill see Dish Partitioning Setup you will see three different options: Autopartiton, disk druid, and back Select disk druid then hit OK. Now you will see The Auto Partition Table. Choose free space from the table, then hit edit button at the bottom. A box will be prompted that says "add new partition" Under mount point type / or /dev/hda2 Choose file system ext3 hit OK. Now it should prompt for "turn on swap space immediately," hit OK. Now it will prompt you for a boot loader you can either choose GRUB or LILO or no boot loader at all. Choose LILO. Next is "Boot Loader Configuration" if you have to pass options to the kernel now is the time to this. Hit OK when done. Now you will see:
boot label: dos device: /dev/hda1
boot label:Linux device:/dev/hda2
Choose Linux as default. Pressing F2 will make it default. Hit OK. Now you have to select which
one gets the boot loader /dev/hda Master Boot record. (MBR)/dev/hda1 First sector of boot partition.
Choose Master Boot record. The MBR is a special area on your hard drive that is automatically loaded by your computers BIOS, and is the earliest point at which the boot loader can take control of the boot process.
After you Choose Master Boot record. If your on Broadband like me ETH0 should come up to be configured (if you don't have an ethernet card don't worry about it) cause you wont see it. Make your settings if you need to then hit OK when done. Here it will ask for "firewall configuration," choose one out of the 3 settings for security level:
high, medium, no firewall I choose mine in medium then I hit OK. Next you will see "Language Settings," select your country hit OK. Here is where you select your "Time Zone" hit OK when done. Next it will display the Root Password prompt you need a root password for full access to your Linux box. Type it in and hit OK. Linux will start the installation of packages where this allows you to customize the selected applications, or you can choose default installation packages which is all applications. I choosed all applications then I hit OK. Next you will see a screen that says "installation to begin" you can check out a full detail report of the installation at /root/install.log hit OK. Next you will see the format file system will format when done applications will be installed. After complete installation you will be prompted at the main screen asking to enter root password to enter desktop or you can reboot the PC. If you choose to reboot PC BIOS will load then you will see select an option "Linux Red Hat or DOS" select your option and boot into that operating system you want to run. This concludes make tutorial on how to create a dual boot system from scratch. Heres a pic to prove this works Hope this helps, Computernerd22


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Just days after calling it quits with Jessica Biel, singer and actor Justin TImberlake has reportedly been seen out and about with "Tron: Legacy" star Olivia Wilde.
People magazine claims the two were having a night at the Roxbury in Hollywood this weekend, and that they were "cozy" in the VIP room.
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Wilde, 27, recently divorced her husband of eight years, Italian Prince Tao Ruspoli. Timberlake and Biel were a couple for four years. It was Timberlake's alleged dalliance with another Olivia - "Perfect Couples" star Munn - that some claim led to his break with Biel.
Timberlake's next venture is the comedy "Bad Teacher" alongside another ex, Cameron Diaz, while Wilde is starring in the Jon Favreau-directed summer blockbuster "Cowboys and Aliens."
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Do not install ANY ad blocking add-in. It isn't necessary. IE has a facility called Tracking Protection Lists that will do the job. You just need the right setting…
From IE9, visit Privacy Choice, who maintain block lists. Click either giant button, and Internet Explorer will offer to install it. That's all you need to do. Most ads will now be blocked.
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The Beverly Hilton? Chateau Marmont? Spago? Sorry, but once the Golden Globes are handed out, Hollywood is heading to the only after-party that matters. And it happens to be in Utah.
Yes, Utah. Park City, to be specific. It's a tiny ski village about a half hour's drive from Salt Lake City that, for ten days in January, becomes the epicenter of cinema. Make no mistake, the Sundance Film Festival is a star-maker.
A pair of unknowns named Joel and Ethan Coen took the top prize at the first-annual Sundance with their debut feature, "Blood Simple," a darkly comic Hitchcock-ian thriller about a love triangle turned deadly. Over the next few years, it was Sundance who helped launch to fame a number of directors. Movie theaters in 2010 featured films from past Sundance winners Robert Rodriguez ("El Mariachi" in 1993), Kevin Smith ("Clerks" in 1994), Todd Solondz ("Welcome to the Doll House"), John Cameron Mitchell ("Hedwig and the Angry Inch" ) and a guy named Chris Nolan ("Memento" in 2001). Some of the more recent offerings were better ("Inception") than others ("Cop Out"), but there's no denying that the festival has become an integral hunting ground for talent. This year's fest will feature more than 200 filmmakers from around the world, and nearly as many parties, events and gift bags.
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But like so many great things, Sundance slowly became a victim of its own success, and more and more already established filmmakers elbowed their way in. Eventually Sundance became widely criticized for being too commercial, but Redford is to be given credit for heeding the complaints. In 2009 he hired John Cooper to become the festival's new director, with a mandate to get Sundance back to its indie roots, an effort that continues this year. Park City's Main Street is still teeming with paparazzi - but you almost can't blame them when a a single block can contain a fame spectrum ranging from Michael Cera all the way down to Linda Hogan.
Eric Mendelsohn, who won Best Director for his film "3 Backyards," offered a stern rebuke to the haters during his 2010 acceptance speech.
"You go make your own festival and then bring it here," said Mendelsohn. "Robert Redford is singlehandedly doing work other governments do for filmmakers."
Even at its most commercial, Sundance has remained fertile ground to find emerging talent, and 2011 should be no different. In the U.S. Dramatic field are first time feature film directors Mike Cahill with, "Another Earth," about a tragedy that strikes on the eve of a discovery that our planet has a twin; veteran actress Vera Farmiga is bringing "Higher Ground," in which she stars as woman who begins to chafe against the tenets of her fundamentalist community; and Sean Durkin is unveiling "Martha Marcy May Marlene," featuring the debut of Elizabeth (younger sister of Mary-Kate and Ashley) as a young girl trying to get back to life of normalcy after being rescued from the cult that had brainwashed her.
And of course, Sundance is always a great place to catch the best documentaries, with this year's promising line-up including "Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest," "BEING ELMO: A Puppeteer's Journey" and "Page One: A Year Inside The New York Times."
But making it as far as Sundance, even winning major awards, is no guarantee of success. "Winter's Bone" took home the 2010 Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Film and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, but earned a mere $6 million at the box office. The only other feature to make a serious dent in the firmament is "Blue Valentine," which didn't win any awards, but has the baked-in appeal of two of Hollywood's best young actors, Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling.
Even if a future Oscar winner isn't discovered over the next 10 days, the 2011 Sundance Film Festival will be the best place to be for hardcore movie fans, star watchers and party hoppers.


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Jul 18th, 2011
SIT-A-LONG with Taigu: Okesa 2
In Kesa Kudoku Dogen writes the following:
This being so, we should make [the kaṣāya] properly, according to the method for making the kaṣāyathat has been authentically transmitted by the Buddhist patriarchs. This alone is the authentic tradition, and so it has long been expe- rienced and recognized by all common and sacred beings, human beings and gods, and dragons and spirits. Having been born to meet the spread of this Dharma, if we cover our body with the kaṣāyaonly once, receiving it and retaining it for just a kṣāṇaor a muhūrta,31that [experience] will surely serve as a talisman to protect us32in the realization of the supreme state of bodhi. When we dye the body and mind with a single phrase or a single verse, it becomes a seed of everlasting brightness which finally leads us to the supreme state of bodhi.When we dye the body and mind with one real dharma or one good deed, it may be also like this. Mental images arise and vanish instanta- neously; they are without an abode. The physical body also arises and van- ishes instantaneously; it too is without an abode. Nevertheless, the merit that we practice always has its time of ripening and shedding. The kaṣāya,simi- larly, is beyond elaboration and beyond non-elaboration, it is beyond having an abode and beyond having no abode: it is that which "buddhas alone, together with buddhas, perfectly realize."(Nishijima Cross)
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Archive for November 2011
Shadows of Reality
"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." (Anais Nin)
Masks are arrested expressions and admirable echoes of feeling, at once faithful, discreet, and superlative. Living things in contact with the air must acquire a cuticle, and it is not urged against cuticles that they are not hearts; yet some philosophers seem to be angry with images for not being things, and with words for not being feelings. Words and images are like shells, no less integral parts of nature than are the substances they cover, but better addressed to the eye and more open to observation. I would not say that substance exists for the sake of appearance, or faces for the sake of masks, or the passions for the sake of poetry and virtue. Nothing arises in nature for the sake of anything else; all these phases and products are involved equally in the round of existence, and it would be sheer willfulness to praise the germinal phase on the grounds that it is vital, and to denounce the explicit phase on the grounds that it is dead and sterile (George Santayana – From the beginning of Erving Goffman's book "The presentation of self in everyday life", 1959, p. 7).
I've always been fascinated by Greek mythology and especially by the Myth of the Cave, an allegory used by the Greek philosopher Plato, in his work "The Republic". In the fictional dialogue, between his master Socrates and Glaucon, Plato's brother, it is described as a group of human beings who live chained to the wall of a cave, for their entire life, facing the wall. Behind those people, there is a fire that projects shadows on the wall by things passing in front, and the only things they can see, on the blank wall surface, are forms of these projections and not things in themselves. According to what Socrates says in the dialogue, these shadows are as close as the prisoners get to view reality. He also compares the philosopher to the freed prisoner: both of them come to comprehend that the shadows on the wall do not make up reality at all, as he can perceive the true form of reality rather than the mere shadows seen by the prisoners. The Myth of the Cave is related to Plato's Theory of Forms: these "forms", also called "ideas", are the highest and most fundamental kind of reality. Only knowledge of the forms constitutes real knowledge. In addition, this allegory is an attempt to explain the philosopher's role in society: his duty is to enlighten the "prisoners" and provide them an understanding of reality.
I used this allegory as an inspiration for my final project. With this work I wanted to investigate the role of mask and identity in the human being, as well as the role of the photographer as an observer and witness of the reality that surround us. I believe that the duty of the photographer in society, as in Plato's allegory, could be compared to the role of the philosopher: he needs to find a way to represent the forms that surround us, capturing the reality of their essence to make people more aware of reality. My objective was to put myself, as a photographer, like the observer who tries to capture different aspects of reality, in a position to enlighten people's perception of reality. As human beings, we tend to individualize reality and, accordingly, different people's perception of reality can be quite diverse. Photographers have the opportunity to display these differences and manifest their perception onto others.
In order to do this, I choose three examples of different groups of people, which I believe accurately demonstrate my assumption of forms as a means of knowledge for reality: halloweeners, cosplayers, and live action role-players. I find these groups of people particularly interesting for how they present themselves to others and how they experiment with their actions and appearance to those external to their group. All three of these groups use masks and dress up in order to express themselves. A passive observer would say that the mask is merely a technique to cover the real identity. I've always believed that it is just the opposite: a way to explore the inwardness, more or less consciously, in order to communicate to the rest of the world. Different masks do create different identities, and the interesting thing is that they coexist in the same world, giving an example of different perceptions of reality.
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The Universe Law is impartial. It will give you anything you believe. It will throw you garbage or roses depending on the energy you put in. You are the one in charge, and you must accept that and stand alone. If you think God is coming down to fix things for you, forget it. GodRead More
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Here's the latest post from Erica Kyere of Kuapa Kokoo Ltd:
"The way to a man's heart is through his stomach". This is what every mother tells her daughter right from when she can help out in the kitchen.
Cooking is traditionally done by women in Ghana and although it is not written anywhere, every woman takes control of the cooking in the home. It's one way to attract a good man to marry and that is why mothers hand down their unwritten recipes to their female children right from a very tender age.
Cooking is done in the kitchen – which is often outdoors. Food in the forest belt of Ghana where cocoa is grown is made from Cassava, plantain, Yam, Rice, Maize, Garden eggs, Kontonmire (our spinach), okro, Fish, beef, mutton and Chicken.
Most farmers cook twice a day – Porridges , Ampesi(Yam and Plantain) with Abomu (Kontonmire and or garden eggs with pepper and onion)and rice with stew are prepared in the mornings or mid mornings whilst Fufu (pounded cassava and plantain) and banku (fermented corn dough and cassava dough) with soup are prepared in the evenings.
On special occasions like Christmas and Easter, Rice and Chicken Stew, rice balls or fufu with chicken soup is prepared.
You can see much more about the foods and recipes of cocoa farmers at PaPaPaaLive – where children of Great Fammis School take you on a journey of discovery of all the foods and ingredients they use in everyday cooking – see the taster here. This is just one of a great series of webcasts that schools can subscribe to as a great basis for classroom discussion.


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Dana Wilson holds a doctorate from the Eastman School of Music, and is currently Charles A. Dana Professor of Music in the School of Music at Ithaca College. He is co-author of Contemporary Choral Arranging, published by Prentice Hall/Simon and Schuster, and has written articles on diverse musical subjects. He has been a Yaddo Fellow (at Yaddo, the artists' retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York), a Wye Fellow at the Aspen Institute, a Charles A. Dana Fellow, and a Fellow at the Society for Humanities, Cornell University.
The works of Dana Wilson have been commissioned and performed by such diverse ensembles as the Chicago Chamber Musicians, Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, Buffalo Philharmonic, Memphis Symphony, Washington military bands, Netherlands Wind Ensemble, Syracuse Symphony, and Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra. Solo works have been written for such renowned artists as hornist Gail Williams, clarinetist Larry Combs, trumpeters James Thompson and Rex Richardson, and oboist David Weiss.
He has received grants from, among others, the National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, New England Foundation for the Arts, New York State Council for the Arts, Arts Midwest, and Meet the Composer. His compositions have been performed throughout the United States, Europe, and East Asia. They have received several prizes, including the Sudler International Composition Prize and the Ostwald Composition Prize, as well as awards from the International Trumpet Guild and the International Horn Society; are published by Boosey and Hawkes, Alfred Music Publishers, the American Composers Forum, and Ludwig Music Publishers; and can be heard on Klavier, Albany, Summit, Centaur, Innova, Meister Music, Elf, Open Loop, Mark, Redwood, Musical Heritage Society, and Kosei Recordings.
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Lindblom thriving in new role as starter
ARLINGTON -- After a disappointing spring as a reliever, the Rangers' Josh Lindblom has been working to reinvent himself as a starter at Triple-A Round Rock. He has been successful enough there to earn the opportunity to start Monday's game against Oakland.
Lindblom, 25, has thrown 100 2/3 innings in 101 games in the Major Leagues, including 23 1/3 innings in 26 games for Philadelphia last season, compiling a career 3.31 ERA. But he has never started a game in the Majors. He will be filling in for Alexi Ogando, who is on the disabled list.
The Rangers decided to make him a starter after he failed to make the club in the bullpen. The results: a 2.08 ERA and 4-0 record over seven starts in Triple-A. Lindblom said he appreciates the new chance as a starter.
"This is an organization that really wants to get the most out of every player they have and I'm thankful for that opportunity," Lindblom said. "It really is a testament to the development staff here. They believe in their players and they want to get the most out of their careers."
Lindblom said he has lost 10-15 pounds in an effort to increase his endurance. He's also working with four pitches now as a starter.
"Out of the bullpen, you really just kind of bring in a two-pitch mix, a fastball and an out pitch," Lindblom said. "I'm able to use the changeup, slider, curveball, use all of them and keep hitters off balance. I'm able to mix my pitches and use all my pitches and just kind of work my whole repertoire and not be limited as a pitcher."


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