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Ricardo Mayorga Suffers First MMA Defeat, Learns That Guillotine Chokes Are the Worst [VIDEO]
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Boxing/MMA crossover maniac Ricardo Mayorga returned from his sort of meaningless suspension on Saturday in Managua, Nicaragua, when he faced off against street-fighter Rene "Level" Martinez in the main event of World Series of Fighting: Central America*. And just like the last time a boxer and a well-known street-fighter threw down in a cage, Mayorga had no answer for the gilly.
Wisely, Martinez closed the distance and shot in as soon as the fight began, hauling Mayorga to the mat after a brief clinch against the fence. Mayorga temporarily controlled Martinez's head with a broke-ass guillotine attempt of his own, but Level pulled out of it and started working on Mayorga from the top. When 'El Matador' tried to escape to his feet, Martinez wrapped up a choke and finished it immediately, earning the submission victory at 1:45 of round 1. The win bumped Level's pro MMA record to 5-0-1, and sunk Mayorga's to 0-1-0 w/ one no-contest.
This is usually the part where I'd say something like, "MMA isn't for everybody, and Mayorga should go back to boxing before he embarrasses himself again." But actually…this is kind of fun. Keep it up, Ricky!
* Yes, WSOF now runs fights in Nicaragua. The promotion has quietly been buying up local MMA promotions around the world and re-branding them, which is how 'Omega MMA' became 'Word Series of Fighting Central America.' We hear that they're working on a more notable acquisition in Canada. Stay tuned.Read More DIGG THIS


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"If you could choose between 1,000 social media visitors and 1,000 search engine visitors for your blog or business, which would you choose?" This is a question asked at a "SEO vs SMO – Traffic Quality Put To The Test" post at the SEO Scoop website. The conclusion in short is that Social Media Optimization is far beyond traffic from the search engines. Most of my studies have concluded the same results, but not always as straight forward as shown the SEM Scoop article/research. My friend Matt Bailey is one of many industry experts to question the value of social media traffic and in a great article at his blog he writes about social media and it being under the microscope.
What I am finding is that agencies are using these buzz words to throw at their clients and because of the hype around it most are buying into it. The best (and the worst) thing about Internet marketing is that it is so measurable and it is possible in real time to see the impact of all online marketing efforts with nearly 100% accuracy.
My advice to companies that want to use social media optimization is to go through their web analytics see what and how their traffic is being driven, do A and B testing. What happens before and what happens after.
Look the models Matt and Lucio have made and see how they fit your company.

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Growing older often means getting tired faster and moving slower than before. But some older people become very weak, and everyday activities become hard to do. This may be a health problem called frailty.
Frailty is more than just "slowing down." An older adult may be "frail" if a combination of these two things is happening:
People who are frail may have trouble doing everyday tasks—going shopping, getting dressed, getting in or out of bed, or using the toilet. They may feel weak and off-balance and worry about falling.
Experts think frailty develops because of changes in how the body works. These body changes are more likely to happen when a person has certain other health problems, such as diabetes or dementia. These other health problems can cause frailty to get worse quickly.
People who are frail are more likely to have depression and to get infections. And it's much harder for them to recover when they get sick or injured.
Encourage your loved one to keep up as many healthy lifestyle habits as possible.
Food provides calories, which provide energy and can help stop weight loss. Encourage your loved one to:
Talk to the doctor about exercises to help build your loved one's strength and balance. Examples include:
If your loved one often feels tired, he or she may not feel like going out or seeing people. But it's important to connect with others and stay positive.
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People who are frail don't recover as well from injuries, so preventing falls is very important.
People who are frail often are taking medicine for other problems. It's important to review those medicines regularly with the doctor to make sure they're not causing side effects that can make frailty worse.
When a loved one is frail, everything takes longer because he or she is moving more slowly.
Plan ahead, knowing that you'll need extra time. For example, going to a restaurant or a doctor's appointment may take longer because it's harder for your loved one to get to and from the car.
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In Russia's east, survival can depend on the herd and hunt, old ways largely forgotten across the strait in Alaska
By Tom Haines, Globe Staff December 19, 2004
NORTH OF KANCHALAN, Russia -- The knife plunged, and the young bull reindeer, tugging lamely against the strength of one man, shuddered, then dropped to the crisp cover of snow.
A woman hustled from a nearby tent and poked her finger into the reindeer's eye. The reindeer blinked. The woman waited as its breathing faded, then poked again. The eye stayed open.
Three other women quickly set upon the reindeer, slicing and pulling fur from muscle, muscle from bone, working as an island of energy in the frozen, forgotten tundra of the Russian far north. Beyond the horizon obscured by a white cloak of snow and sky, coastal mountains rose, then sloped to the ice-locked shores of the Bering Strait, 300 miles east.
Until roughly 12,000 years ago, land bridged the strait, offering a passage for ancestors of some Native Americans to move from Asia into North America. After the ice age thaw, Chukchis, Inupiat, and other indigenous peoples crossed the strait freely in skin boats in summer. But in the 20th century, distant capitals, Moscow and Washington, split the Arctic into communist and capitalist lands, making a barrier of the border through the middle of the strait and changing forever how natives and newcomers on both sides live.
The Bering Strait is the last of four geographic and cultural divides the Globe is journeying across this fall, in a series that has circled the planet, from savanna in South America to desert in Africa, from Asian waterfalls to Arctic sea. The power of the strait as a divide comes not so much from its size or nature, but from what Russia and the United States have made of it.
Since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, and the loss of the massive government subsidies that supported modern Arctic life, many on the Russian side have had to fend for themselves, often relying on the land for survival. On the North American side, at the westernmost edge of the mainland United States, native villagers have shifted uneasily in the overwhelming embrace of their country's capitalist culture.
During a journey from the Russian tundra eastward to the coast, then across the Bering Strait to the tip of Alaska, encounters with people, and their personal struggles, revealed their evolving relationship with this demanding terrain.
In the tundra reindeer camp, less than an hour after first taking knives to the young bull, the women hauled its carcass into the yaranga, a portable, domed tent used by Chukchis roaming with their herds.
Nearby, two men, their skin boots soft against the snow, wandered among a sea of grazing reindeer and lassoed one to train it to wear a sled harness. Two other herders pinned a reindeer to the ground to pick horsefly larvae, a reindeer parasite and source of protein for the herders, from its fur.
Inside the yaranga, tree trunks cut a century earlier supported a weathered cover of reindeer skins. In the rear, loose skins hung to form the walls of two sleeping rooms. Smells of earth and bodies mingled in the shadowed space as the women prepared a feast.
One woman hunkered over the still-warm carcass and her hands, coarse from the cold, pressed blood from the sticky mass into a pool, then, with a knife, sliced ribs and steaks. Two teenagers carried scoops of snow to a cast-iron pot. A white-haired woman, stooped but sturdy, barreled into the tent, her body covered in a reindeer skin suit, her hands filled with kindling. After an hour, the men sat on skins on the dirt floor, their heads framed by drifts of wood smoke, and gulped boiled ribs and tongue, raw brains and hot tea.
Chukchis had followed these routines in isolated tribal communities for hundreds of years until, in the late 1920s, the Soviet government began forcing the nomadic herders to settle in villages and herding cooperatives. Soviet newcomers from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and other places nine time zones and thousands of miles away came to villages such as Kanchalan, 30 miles south of this camp, to run the cooperatives.
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Kanchalan's reindeer herd dropped from 30,000 to 5,000 in three years, as management fell into chaos and villagers slaughtered reindeer to survive. The village's human population also fell, as many newcomers fled the unemployment and poverty that remains for the 726 residents, mostly Chukchi.
Kanchalan's reindeer have since multiplied to some 15,000, divided among seven brigades of herders. But pay for the herders has stayed low. And helicopters, a staple in Soviet times, no longer shuttle herders from the village, or deliver newspapers and more basic supplies. Instead, a villager rides a suffering snowmobile from Kanchalan to deliver salt, oil, flour, and sugar to this camp. For sustenance, the herders count on the reindeer.
Before their midday meal ended, the oldest woman, Zinaida Kaantakay, 65, had crossed the low hill to a wide quilt of reindeer skins spread on open ground.
She crouched on the quilt, a long, three-sided needle in her hand. Behind her, three husky pups snoozed. Beside her lay a dead reindeer calf, stillborn that morning. Kaantakay, her warm eyes set in folds of soft skin, planned to sew a hat for a herder from the calf's hide. Until then, she needed to keep the body from freezing stiff.
Kaantakay also hoped, by day's end, to finish her bigger sewing project: a new yaranga, refuge from the other tent crowded with two young couples. As she worked through the afternoon, the soup-thick sky cleared. The air warmed toward freezing. The steady wind brought silence.
Kaantakay told the story of her husband, Alexei, who had been lauded by Soviet officials for his handling of a herd of 3,000. Then, on July 12, 1985, Alexei did not return from tending his reindeer on the tundra. Search parties canvassed the banks of swollen rivers and meadows thick with wildflowers. Helicopters circled.
Kaantakay set off on her own search, walking for one month, then two, from summer into autumn, long after Alexei had been given up for dead.
"I hoped for a long time," Kaantakay said, her fingers pushing the needle relentlessly.
Finally, after she fell through a thickening layer of ice and sank to her waist in frigid water, Soviet officials sent Kaantakay south to a spa to heal her stiff, sore legs. She later returned to the tundra with her son, who had become a chief herder.
At twilight, the two teenage girls helped hoist Kaantakay's just-completed quilt of skins onto the wooden structure of the new yaranga. She did not take time to build a fire that night. Instead, as the sky above an opening at the top of her yaranga turned from cobalt blue toward black, she parted the skins of her sleeping area and, still wearing her one-piece reindeer skin suit, climbed in. She began to settle, then thrust her arm back toward the dirt floor. She grabbed the stillborn calf by the fur and pulled it into the warmth of her bed.
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Dawn came at 3 a.m., when steel blue light broke the eastern horizon. The course of a frozen river trailed south from the reindeer camp. A grove of trees on the river's bank stood locked in ice. Slanted sunrays woke shadowed gullies. Nothing moved.
The April days were lengthening toward the midnight sun of summer, when brown bears, red fox, wolverines, and wolves roam lush meadows fed by rivers that are home to whitefish, pike, and Arctic char. Blueberries, salmonberries, cranberries, and red currants grow thick. But by mid-August, the land turns again toward winter and months of sub-zero temperatures.
On the river ice, deep tracks marked the route south, then east toward Anadyr, the capital of the province of Chukotka, which stretches across the Chukchi Peninsula to the Bering Strait. The widest tracks had been cut by the steel treads of "vezdekhods," tanks converted to carry passengers and cargo in a jerking frenzy of diesel fumes and grinding gears.
A second frozen river opened onto a desolate plain of ice, where bundled fishermen huddled below the surprise of a city on a hill.
At its edges, the city of Anadyr, home to nearly 12,000 people, appeared a worn Soviet relic. Hot-water pipes traversed littered lots en route to daunting apartment blocks. A mural on one building celebrated the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics. The mural rose several stories above the ground, higher than the statue of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin near the center of town.
Beyond Lenin, where the hill steepened and mink-clad matriarchs strolled slippery sidewalks, a second city emerged within the first. Facades of more apartment buildings burst with shades of egg-shell blue, soft red, yellow, and lime. At a modern supermarket, refrigerators brimmed with sausages, gourmet cheese, and fresh yogurt. Jars of olives and caviar lined shelves. Upstairs, children played in a plastic wonderland of steps and slides.
At the top of the hill sat a simple, squat villa, home to Roman Abramovich, the second-richest man in Russia and, at 38, the patron of the province.
When the Soviet Union dissolved, Chukotka quickly lost much of the government money that had financed the province's military, scientific, and cultural programs for decades. Soldiers, doctors, and teachers returned to warmer climes. Chukotka's population dropped from roughly 160,000 to 55,000. In those remote villages not completely abandoned, children went hungry.
A desperate decade ended in 2000, when Abramovich, who had made billions by seizing a controlling stake of Sibneft, a privatized oil company, sought the governorship of Chukotka. In the province, many reasoned, Abramovich found a friendly shelter for his investments and the potential for more oil riches with drilling in the south.
But Abramovich, originally from western Russia, also brought a hefty personal tax bill to pay into provincial coffers and an entrepreneurial attitude that has helped him buy a yacht in the Caribbean, an estate in the Mediterranean, and the Chelsea soccer club in London.
The arrival of Abramovich's Boeing Business Jet signaled to residents when the soft-bearded oligarch was in town. His money built more permanent reminders. On a bluff overlooking the sea, workers from Siberia hoisted beams for a modern Orthodox cathedral. The steel frame of a concert hall rose a few hundred yards away. At the end of main street, Turkish workers had built a luxury hotel that offered suites with French drapes. Another hotel, designed by Canadians, had sensibly-sized rooms.
Life in some villages also improved, with helicopters again delivering food to fill empty store shelves. Small, colorful homes rose amid the ruins of buildings collapsing onto Chukotka's permafrost, a layer of soil that never thaws.
But even Abramovich's promises of prosperity had limits. At the base of the hill on which Anadyr sits, a series of planks ran from a trash dump across an icy expanse to six more apartment blocks, remnants of an annexed village called Tavaivaam.
Up one dank flight of stairs, Mikhail Pleshkov, a 45-year-old carpenter, sat at a small kitchen table as his wife boiled water for tea and his 1-year-old granddaughter played with a doll at his feet.
Natives and newcomers in Tavaivaam had operated some of Soviet Chukotka's largest reindeer herds. After 1991, much of the herders' equipment was quickly sold off. The government monopoly on alcohol ended, and entrepreneurs peddled high-octane liquor to herders. The market for reindeer meat plummeted. Unemployment rose, and many in Tavaivaam, especially men, began to kill themselves.
"Every week we were burying somebody," Pleshkov said. "Every week."
Pleshkov donned a thick coat and descended the staircase to stroll broken sidewalks. Three children ran atop one of the above-ground water pipes. A man with thick shoulders and a toughened face carried a bucket of fresh-caught smelt. As Pleshkov walked across a lot spotted with frozen puddles, he talked of a 6-year-old boy who, the spring before, had fallen through thinning ice at the edge of the Gulf of Anadyr. Pleshkov had run to help, but arrived too late.
"Now the danger for the children is their parents," Pleshkov said. "And it's all due to alcoholism."
Pleshkov circled the lot, then ascended again to the warmth of his apartment. A few minutes later, two young women walked arm-in-arm across the planks leading from Anadyr into the village. One held up the other, so drunk her wobbling ankles bent almost to the ground.
The drunk woman stopped, her hips and shoulders swaying against Tavaivaam's bleak horizon. She growled in laughter, then hurtled across the last of the narrow wooden track.
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A Chukotka Airlines twin-prop shuddered into the sky for the 350-mile flight to Lavrentiya, an industrial town set on the Russian side of the Bering Strait. A new mother, her baby swaddled tightly, settled for the journey home from the Anadyr hospital. A few rows behind her, a young boy cuddled a kitten in his sweatshirt, which read, accidentally, "Micihigan."
In the Soviet years, the capital and the coast were connected by short-wave radio and telephone, helicopters and passenger planes, overcoming distances that had long enforced more isolated lives. Thirteen years after the Soviet system withered, telecommunications remained, but only two flights a month made the one-hour trip from Anadyr to Lavrentiya, a coastal hub.
From Lavrentiya's airstrip, a road, one of the few in Chukotka, climbed a low pass, then descended past soggy earth toward a low promontory and the village of Lorino, where buildings hovered above the Bering Strait in a trick of twilight.
After short sleep, two hunters strode at 3:30 a.m. past Lorino's scattered shacks and apartment blocks to a mud lot, home to hundreds of sleeping huskies. One of the men, moving quickly despite wearing layers of seal skins and a heavy parka, chained a dog onto the back of a long harness. The other huskies broke their slumber with yelps and leaps.
The hunters mushed their dog teams to the edge of a high bluff. A few hundred feet below, a shelf of ice stretched a quarter-mile into the strait, where still waters opened southward toward the Bering Sea.
The younger men, joined by two older hunters traveling by snowmobile, headed for the edge of the ice. The sled dogs kept a steady clip as the hunters scanned the silent sea for seals that follow schools of Arctic cod.
The hunters stopped and scouted, moved, then scouted again, bothered little by breath-breaking wind and air 5 degrees below zero.
Shortly before 6 a.m., the slick, sloping head of a seal broke the water's surface about 100 feet from the ice edge. One hunter dropped to his chest, aimed, and fired. The seal dove, surfaced again, and looked steadily toward the ice edge. Another hunter, Stanislav Vukvuk, 24, shot the seal in the head. Then he stepped onto a narrow shelf of new ice, which freezes and thaws in the course of days, and boarded a small skin boat to paddle out to the floating seal.
Later that afternoon, among the battered buildings on top of the bluff, a whale hunter working in an open shed leaned over a snowmobile in hopes of coaxing more from a weary engine. Children jumped with joy across wide gaps in the balcony of an abandoned building. A security guard pulled his young son on a sled through the village fox farm as he patrolled beneath the stilted steel cages that held 545 foxes, their silver coats thickened by the whip of winter wind.
Inside the kitchen of an apartment in one stout Soviet building, Galina Ottoy, wife of Alexei Ottoy, who had led the morning's hunt, stood above a 3-foot-long ringed seal. In the neighboring room, her two young daughters watched music videos, while her son, Igor, 20, who had joined the hunt that day, slept.
For an hour, Galina Ottoy stooped and sliced, butchering the seal for food, oil, and skins. She chatted with Alexei, a Chukchi born in the seaside village of Akkani, 15 miles north. Soviet officials in the 1960s ordered Akkani's indigenous residents to move to Lorino; Akkani has since been only a summer hunting camp.
"Before, [we] believed that the newcomers would help us," Alexei said. "Now we know that it is up to us to educate our local people."
Beneath Lorino, a half-mile-long tunnel serves as a makeshift freezer for whale, walrus, and seal meat, much of which is eaten by villagers. Whaling lagged in the 1990s, but last season Lorino hunters harvested 35 gray whales weighing roughly 20,000 pounds each. Leaders in Lorino have long been criticized by animal rights activists for using the whale meat to feed the foxes.
Women working for the municipal cooperative still sew skins from the fox farm and a coastal reindeer herd, but recently the cooperative has tried to diversify, opening a greenhouse and a hot spring spa.
"My dream," Alexei said, "is that one of my daughters starts her own business, a small enterprise."
The next morning, Ludmila Trifaneva, director of Lorino's cooperative, hung up her long, black mink coat and sat squarely behind a small desk with her two plump hands set before her. Trifaneva had come from "mainland" Russia 29 years before. Her children were born in Lorino and she did not want to leave.
"It is possible for us to be profitable, even self-sufficient," said Trifaneva.
A map on the wall showed the Bering coastline, with dots marking its few settlements. Trifaneva talked of the need for new markets for the village's products. But she knew Lorino would always be defined by its isolation, vulnerable to changes from afar, whether a communist uprising in 1917, or the breakdown of the Soviet state 74 years later.
"One time, revolution, the next time, perestroika," said Trifaneva. "You have to be ready for everything. At least the people in the village know how to survive."
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Inside the tired terminal of the Provideniya airport, a Russian customs officer, who the evening before had walked into a public sauna wearing only pink sandals and whipped himself with birch branches, stoically searched baggage.
Russian and American patrols continue to monitor closely the strait's boundary. The only legal crossing for most has remained an occasional charter flight from Provideniya, a two-day snowmobile ride south from Lorino, to Nome, Alaska.
An American twin-prop airplane lifted quickly to 8,000 feet and soon crossed the International Date Line, also the Russian-US border. Beneath a scatter of clouds, the strait was covered by a jigsaw puzzle of ice, dark cracks separating sweeps of snow.
In the summer of 1648, the Russian explorer Semyon Ivanovich Dezhnev made the first recorded passage by an outsider through the strait, which later became a route for Yankee whaling ships. Sea traffic was forced to one side or the other as the Cold War tightened a border drawn between two islands, Big Diomede on the Russian side, Little Diomede on the American.
Since 1991, indigenous groups on both sides have begun cultural exchanges, with some again making rare crossings in skin boats.
The strait also has become a destination for oddball adventurers from afar. One man tried unsuccessfully to pedal across the ice on a bicycle. A woman who attempted a summer crossing in a bathtub lashed to 2 x 4s with inner tubes at either end fared no better. Both had begun their trips at the edge of Alaska, on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula, on a point of land beneath a high ridge and the sweep of the Bering Strait, home to the 152 residents in the village of Wales.
There, late on a Friday afternoon, three men pushed and pulled an 18-foot aluminum boat toward the edge of a shelf of ice that ran a quarter-mile from the village into the Bering Strait. One hunter scanned the churning waters for bowhead whales that can measure 50 feet in length and, like the gray whale, weigh more than 20,000 pounds.
"It might be a slow day," said another hunter, Luther Komonaseak, a 50-year-old village leader and part-time whaling captain who had agreed, for a fee, to guide two visitors.
"It would be nice to get a seal . . . today," Komonaseak said. "Usually, you see them by now."
His nephew, Travis George, chugged a Mountain Dew, tossed it aside, then kicked his feet absently in the snow. Nearby, an empty Starbucks Frappucino bottle lay half-buried.
"Don't litter, Travis," Komonaseak said.
Behind the men, a bank of fog hid the village and a circle of whale jawbones that mark a centuries-old gravesite in a wide meadow. Above loomed a rocky ridge, the last of North America's Continental Divide.
During winter, when there is only a hint of daylight, temperatures can fall to 50 degrees below zero, and gusts, which reach 120 miles per hour, shake houses so hard that toilet bowl water swooshes back and forth.
But the hunt has little to do with life at this hard end of the continent, which has long since been redefined by products and ideas from easier climates. Six Alaskan air companies serve a simple airstrip at the north end of town, with at least one flight a day to Nome, an hour south.
The flights deliver Mountain Dew and frozen onion rings, ammunition and aspirin to stock four shops. They carry students and longtime residents to new homes in Nome, Anchorage, or beyond. And they bring representatives of the federal, state, and tribal agencies who monitor many of the projects in town, including the recent construction of a tribal center, built with a million-dollar state payment to the village for fisheries damaged in Norton Sound, south of Wales.
From the airport, a road weaved past small houses to a school built with state money a few years before. Inside, computer terminals with high-speed Internet access sat on tables of a well-stocked library. Teachers from the Lower 48 encouraged children, nearly all of whom were native Inupiat, to master subjects that would get them into colleges in Fairbanks, or Anchorage.
A few hours before heading out for the hunt, Komonaseak had lingered beside the wooden frames of two Russian skin boats that stood near the school. On top of one frame, forgotten seal skins hung in a crumpled mess, remains of an attempt by village elders to teach youngsters the old ways.
"People lost interest," Komonaseak said.
In 1918 and 1919, the influenza epidemic killed several hundred residents of Wales, and the town has since seen more than its share of suicide and depression.
Several students perform in a dance group that has revived a number of the village's traditional songs. But more students gather in the gym on Friday nights, where teenagers and adults, men and women, play hoops to the rap lyrics of Eminem.
Children joy-ride on Polaris snowmobiles. Adults ride all-terrain vehicles the few hundred yards from home to store.
One family manages a reindeer herd near town, but few choose to do what they consider hard, messy work. Most who earn a living in Wales work indoor jobs financed, ultimately, by government dollars. Hunting is largely a part-time affair: Only four bowhead have been killed in more than a decade, the last in 2001. On the day Komonaseak led the hunt, he knew of no whale, walrus, or seal meat in the village.
Out on the ice edge, Komonaseak's brother, visiting from Nome, cut a trail for the boat across a ledge of new ice. A seal appeared, perhaps 50 feet from shore. No one raised a gun.
"We weren't ready," Komonaseak said.
A few hours after arriving for the hunt, Komonaseak proposed a break.
"Supper will be soon enough," he said, suggesting that afterward "we might find some time to get out investigating."
The five hunters gathered around the boat, which still sat atop the ice, and munched Almond Joys and Nutrageous candy bars. George, the nephew, opened a vacuum-packed bag of smoked salmon, brought to Wales by airplane.
A second seal appeared, its eyes trained on the hunters. No one raised a gun.
"You've got to have priorities, and that's the whale," said Terry Komonaseak, Luther's brother.
The next day, the hunters would get out on the ice earlier. They would chase a bowhead 7 miles across the strait toward Russia, though they would not get close enough to try to kill it.
But on this evening, as a thicker fog settled over the Bering Strait, obscuring all but a few hundred yards of its dark, rippling waters, no whale surfaced within view. One hour passed. Then another.
The hunters stood, backs to the village, eyes to the sea, waiting.


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ASUS ROG Maximus VI Extreme Review
ASUS ROG Maximus VI Extreme Introduction:
ASUS has packed its Z87 ROG product stack full enough to hit just about every niche in the market from Mini ITX boards all the way up to the Maximus VI Extreme we are looking at today. Back in June we looked at the Maximus VI Hero right after the launch of Intel's Fourth Generation Core i7 4770K. What we saw with the Maximus VI Hero was a board that provided a gateway to the ROG universe without the sticker shock long associated with the top of the line models like the Maximus VI Extreme. At $229 it proved to be a hit. While easily capable of delivering awesome overclocks and impressive performance, the Maximus VI Extreme just takes all of the positives and ratchets up the feature set well past the bleeding edge.
ASUS sends the M6E out the door with its Extreme Engine Digi+III all digital voltage controller and components such as Black Wing Chokes, 10K Black Mettalic caps, and NexFET™ Power Block MOSFETs. Included is an mPCIe Combo II card equipped to support socket M2 (NGFF) SSDs along with a Dual Band WiFi Bluetooth module. Add in the Overclocking command Center OC Panel, Quad GPU support for NVIDIA and AMD, USB BIOS Flashback, and all the included software tools that make the ROG brand a standout with a devout following.
Priced currently at $400, the Maximus VI Extreme is at the top end of the Z87 price point. However, the feature set is unique to say the least and is targeted at a specific audience; the extreme gamer and overclocking enthusiast. Time to see if the additional cost for this halo board from ASUS is all you ever wished for in a motherboard.
ASUS ROG Maximus VI Extreme Closer Look:
When you see the big red box you know instantly that you are looking at a Republic of Gamers premium motherboard that comes with an unabashed feature set to take care of the gamer and extreme enthusiast. The front panel of the box is a bit understated with the ROG logo on the top left and the name of the board, in this case the Maximus VI Extreme, across the middle. Under the name of the board is an image of the most substantial part of the Maximus VI Extreme's accessory bundle: the multi function OC Panel. Along the bottom edge you can see that SLI and CrossfireX are supported features. The back panel lists the feature set of the Maximus VI Extreme highlighting the big ticket portions, including the OC Panel, ASUS Extreme Engine Dig+III VRM design, and that not only does the M6E support SLI and CrossfireX but supports it with up to four discrete GPUs from NVIDIA or AMD. Flipping open the front panel we get our first look at the board as well as an in depth look at the OC Panel's feature set, including Subzero Sense and VGA Hotwire. Again the benefits of the Extreme Engine Digi+III all digital VRM circuit are discussed along with another part of the extreme bundle: ASUS mPCIe Combo II riser card.
When you pick up the box, the board and accessory bundle have some weight to them. Inside the shell are a pair of boxes: one that houses the M6E and OC Panel, while the second holds the expansive accessory bundle that really is second to none in terms of the utility and functionality it brings to the motherboard.
How many ways can you say it, but ASUS really packs in the accessories with its halo boards. To start with you get the documentation that includes the well laid out manual, the driver disk, and a label kit for the SATA data cables. The hardware side of the bundle is where you get a ton of parts that include a total of 10 SATA 6Gbps cables (half with 90 degree ends); an ROG magnet; ROG Connect cable; Q-Connectors; Q-Shield; 2, 3, and 4-Way SLI Bridge connections; a single Crossfire Bridge connection; a 2T2R dual band WiFi moving antenna and mPCIe Combo II card that supports Dualband WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac plus Bluetooth v4.0/3.0+HS module; and last but not least the OC Panel kit including cable and drive bay mount.
The real star of the show when it comes to the bundle is the Overclocking Command Center, or OC Panel for short. If you have followed ASUS ROG enhancements and extreme overclocking tool set over the years you have seen them evolve as support grows for the overclocking community. We have seen Tweakit, ROG Connect, OC Station, OC Key, and now we get the next evolution in the OC Panel that allows real time overclocking. You get several modes, including Normal where the control is placed in a drive bay housing as more of a HUD with some funtionality than in the Extreme mode that lets you explore the entire feature set. When outside of the chassis the OC Panel has a leg that pulls out allowing the tool to stand up for ease of use or fold in to lay flat.
Across the front of the body are a multitude of buttons that work you through the functionality. When it's time to get serious the front panel comes off showing off all the hardcore tuning tools. A description will be shown below. The OC Panel gets its power and signalling from a SATA power cable and ROG EXT cable that plug in on the bottom of the OC Panel.
Rather than explain the functionality ASUS does it best on these slides.
Make no bones about it, the Maximus VI Extreme has all the features needed to deliver not only the ultimate in multi-GPU gaming but the tools with which to pull the highest clock speed out of your installed CPU and memory. Let's dig a little deeper into what ASUS has to offer with this halo board in its Z87 product stack.


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5 Non-Alcoholic Drinks for Fall
Whether you're hosting a dinner party or looking for something to sip while curling up with a good book, check out these autumn-appropriate non-alcoholic drinks. You'll find plenty of warm fall flavor here, from apple and pear to ginger and cinnamon.
• 1 Spiced Apple Cider – Hot apple cider in the fall. What could be better? Also try combining cider with tea.
• 2 Fennel Apple Spritzer – Saveur's recipe combines sweet seasonal apple juice with anise-flavored fennel.
• 3 Asian Pear Sparkler – Smooth and refreshing with an enticing undercurrent of warm autumn flavors.
• 4 Autumn Chiller – CHOW's family-friendly recipe includes orange juice, ginger beer, apple cider, and cranberries.
• 5 Cinnamon Water – Delicious alone or with dinner, this drink is both earthy and sophisticated.
Related: Got Apple Peels? Make Tea!
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CARSON, CA – Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2W-2L-2D) came out on the attack against perennial MLS Cup contenders Los Angeles Galaxy (2W-1L-1D) on Saturday, but ultimately fell 1-0 in the first of consecutive matches against their Western Conference competitors. The 'Caps host the Galaxy next Saturday in a rematch at BC Place.
It was evident from the outset that Whitecaps FC would not sit back against the favoured Galaxy. Head coach Carl Robinson deployed an attack-oriented lineup with Kekuta Manneh earning his first start of the season. He was joined by Sebastian Fernandez and Pedro Morales in the front three of a 4-2-3-1 formation.
In the first minute of the match, Darren Mattocks did well to earn a corner kick, a common theme in the first half. Galaxy goalkeeper Jaime Penedo punched out the subsequent corner from Morales comfortably.
On eight minutes LA had their first chance of the game. Keane played a quick one-two before striking a shot on target that was saved by David Ousted.
Ten minutes later it was Vancouver again on the front foot. A corner kick from Morales was cleared and sent back in by Andy O'Brien. Jordan Harvey then had a shot blocked before Morales struck one over the bar.
The speed of the Blue and White was clearly trouble for the Galaxy. Mattocks made a terrific run into the box on 20 minutes, slipped, but got back up with the ball at his feet and fired a shot on target, however Penedo was there to keep it out. Next was Manneh's turn to burn the defence, breaking through on 32 minutes before Penedo again made a good save.
The home fans were hoping to see Landon Donovan score and become the leading goalscorer in MLS history. That goal nearly came off of a cross from Dan Gargan in the 40th minute, but Donovan's header went wide of the 'Caps net.
After an even first half, the two sides went into the break level at 0-0. Though they hadn't scored, Whitecaps FC out-chanced the home team with three shots on target compared to only one from the Galaxy.
LA came out motivated early in the second half. Barely a minute in, attacking midfielder Stefan Ishizaki crossed into Keane who broke free and tapped it into the back of the net for a 1-0 lead.
Down a goal midway through the second half, Robinson sent in reinforcements as Erik Hurtado and Kenny Miller subbed on for Fernandez and Morales in the 70th minute. Hurtado looked to make his mark four minutes later as he chested down a ball into the box, found an inch of space and fired a shot, but it was quickly blocked by the Galaxy defence.
Pushing for a goal, Nicolas Mezquida came on to provide fresh legs on 76 minutes, replacing Manneh. The Uruguayan immediately stepped up to take a corner kick, which was met by the head of Kenny Miller and found the target, only to see Penedo keep it out.
With Vancouver pressing forward, the Galaxy found space for a breakaway the other way. Substitute Rob Friend got on the end of a flick from Keane, however his low finish went wide of the far post to keep Whitecaps FC in the match.
Despite a late surge, the Blue and White could not find the goal they needed as the final whistle blew on a 1-0 defeat.
There will be a quick chance at redemption for the 'Caps as they host the Galaxy at BC Place next Saturday, April 19. Tickets are available at whitecapsfc.com/tickets.
Stat of the game
Whitecaps FC had a season-high nine corner kicks, while the Galaxy had only two.
Tweet of the game
Definitely lots of positives tonight. Tough match and maybe the @whitecapsfc deserved better. Looking forward to next weekend already.
— From The Backline (@FromTheBackline) April 13, 2014
Match Details
Budweiser Man of the Match: Russell Teibert
Referee: Jair Marrufo
Attendance: 20,847
Scoring Summary
47' – LA – Robbie Keane (Stefan Ishizaki)
Match Stats
Shots: LA 13 – Vancouver 10
Shots on Goal: LA 3 – Vancouver 4
Saves: LA 4 – Vancouver 2
Fouls: LA 7 – Vancouver 7
Offsides: LA 0 – Vancouver 6
Corners: LA 2 – Vancouver 9
LA Galaxy
18.Jaime Penedo; 33.Dan Gargan, 4.Omar Gonzalez, 22.Leonardo, 20.A.J. DeLagarza; 19.Juninho, 8.Marcelo Sarvas (16.Rob Friend 79'), 6.Baggio Husidic, 24.Stefan Ishizaki (11.Gyasi Zardes 79'); 7.Robbie Keane,10.Landon Donovan
Substitutes not used
1.Brian Perk, 9.Samuel Rosa, 21.Tommy Meyer, 28.Kofi Opare, 34.Kenny Walker
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
1.David Ousted; 33.Steven Beitashour, 40.Andy O'Brien, 6.Jay DeMerit, 2.Jordan Harvey; 28.Gershon Koffie, 31.Russell Teibert; 7.Sebastián Fernández (19.Erik Hurtado 70'), 77.Pedro Morales (9.Kenny Miller 70'), 23.Kekuta Manneh (29.Nicolás Mezquida 77'); 11.Darren Mattocks
Substitutes not used
70.Paolo Tornaghi, 16.Johnny Leverón, 20.Nigel Reo-Coker, 27.Ethen Sampson


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Bad things can happen in a dark alley.
In low-crime Durango, the danger might not be so much muggers lurking in the dark of night, but the black ice that threatens in the light of day.
Midday on Jan. 9, Durango police officer Greg Dodd found a 37-year-old male tourist who had slipped and fallen in the alley by the Abbey Theatre.
You know how ice builds up and gets old? Its literally dark black. Thats what he slipped on. His feet just went straight out from under him. It turned his ankle over, Dodd said.
He was complaining of ankle pain. The (emergency medical technicians) cut his shoelaces to get his boot off. It didnt look pretty, I can tell you that, Dodd said.
Some complain the city has fallen into the dangerous rut of not maintaining alleys in the winter, but officials respond that they have tried everything and are open to suggestions. There is just no obvious solution to getting at ice and snow in the narrow and congested alleys.
Taylor Folmar, a server at Randys Prime Rib, Seafood and Steak, said he frequently sees people take a quick slip in the Abbey Theatre alley near College Drive and Main Avenue.
Its been an issue for years. I would say it gets ignored, Folmar said. Its tough for all these businesses taking out recycling and trash. Delivery drivers, I see, have problems (getting around) with the dollies.
Doug Boykin, owner of Incognito hair salon, located in the alley between Main and Second avenues, contends the city has not plowed his alley in four years. Officials, however, respond that alleys do get plowed but are not a priority on a heavy snow day.
Boykin thinks the city has only sanded it once when the ice ruts were 10 inches deep from (semitrailers). If it wasnt for one of the neighbors plowing the alley, there would be nothing but ice out there.
One of his clients, Daren Caldwell, owner of Access Wireless, 822 Main Ave., slipped and broke his ankle outside Incognito two years ago.
Caldwell said he was walking down the alley, hands in pockets, (when) I essentially slipped in a rut. I spun around, but my foot did not. I tore every ligament and tendon in my ankle and broke my ankle in two places.
It was bad, he said. I never felt anything like it. I was going into shock, too. I was pale white and nauseous. It was not pretty. I laid there for 10 minutes, I was in excruciating pain. I could not get up. It was that bad.
Caldwell, however, is not unsympathetic toward the city. He wonders where the city could plow an alleys snow without blocking business entrances in the process.
When a foot of snow falls into an alley that is 20 feet wide and 300 feet long, thats a lot of snow to remove, City Manager Ron LeBlanc said.
You almost have to put a loader in there and haul it out, which is almost impossible because you have gas meters, electric meters. You have parking, Dumpsters, recycling bins. Its narrow.
Theres no good option, he said.
Low-hanging utility lines make it impractical to drive a loading truck into the alley because it would not be able to scoop up snow without hitting the wires, LeBlanc said.
So the city typically plows the snow to one side of the alley, alternating the sides after every snowfall, LeBlanc said.
We get complaints from both sides, he said.
Because delivery trucks will make runs as early as 3 a.m., the snow will get packed down, and were just scraping off the top, he said.
LeBlanc said the city wants to work with people. It will haul away peoples snow, for example, if they coordinate ahead of time.
The city might be bringing the loader through at 3 a.m., LeBlanc said. If you can get (the snow) to (an accessible space), well take it away for you.
Otherwise, alleys are fourth on the citys priority list for plowing on a regular snow day, said Levi Lloyd, the citys director of streets.
We do try to get to alleys on storm days. Its just that accumulation is the determining factor, Lloyd said.
If there is snowfall for two or three days, sometimes the alleys and residential streets get dropped so we can concentrate on the collectors and arterials the streets that service the most people and are the designated routes for getting around town. (But) its pretty rare we drop residential streets.
Because the citys solid waste and recycling department must make pickups from alleys, it has its own plow, but its goal is just to make the alleys passable, LeBlanc said.
Even though pedestrians use the alleys, we think pedestrians have an alternative, which is the sidewalk, LeBlanc said.
Theres no other choice for the deliveries, he said. Many of the alleys are substandard or unpaved, so plowing is problematic.
Boykin said the city needs to find a solution.
We live in a mountain town, Boykin said. You need to move the snow.


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We have recently started a Philosophy Club that is very active in organizing philosophical evenings and discussion groups as well as trips to philosophy undergraduate conferences. At present our majors are excited about the department and the Philosophy Club. We hope you might add to the excitement if you choose to join the department.


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Geneva Car Show: Electrics Buzz but Gas-Guzzlers Still Shine
This year's Geneva auto show is crowded with new cars flaunting electric and autonomous technologies meant to help unclog city streets and fight global warming and air pollution.
Ford Says Some Rangers Should Be Parked Due to Air Bag Death
Ford is telling owners of about 2,900 Ranger small pickup trucks not to drive them after finding out that an exploding Takata air bag inflator killed a driver in West Virginia.
SUVs Are Main Attraction at L.A. Auto Show
The floor at this year's Los Angeles Auto Show will look a lot like America's roads: Full of SUVs.
Summertime Blues: July Sees Big Decline in U.S. Auto Sales
July saw the biggest year-over-year decline in U.S. vehicle sales so far this year, leaving automakers to hope that consumers are just waiting to pounce on Labor Day deals.
Edmunds: Last Year's Models Are This Summer's Bargains
Buying a new car, truck or SUV that is about to be replaced by a new, redesigned model might seem like a bad idea. Actually, it's one of the best times to negotiate a good deal.
Edmunds: For Father's Day, Take Dad Car-Shopping
Forget the cologne. For this Father's Day, help Dad get what he really wants: A new car.
Wheels to Watch: New Kia Sports Sedan; SUVS from GM, VW
From hot-selling SUVs of all sizes to the a redesign for the Toyota Camry, the top-selling car in the U.S., the 2017 North American International Auto Show has a diverse lineup of new vehicles.
2017 Infiniti Q60 is Re-Engineered for Power and Style
Infiniti has re-engineered its Q60 coupe for 2017, giving it more sculpted and sexy styling, three turbocharged engines and more features than ever, including various selectable steering modes.
U.S. Closes Probe of Jeep Automatic Braking; No Recall Sought
U.S. safety regulators have closed a yearlong investigation into the Jeep Grand Cherokee's automatic braking system without seeking a recall.
A Selection of Hot Cars Seen at the North American International Auto Show's Press Preview
The North American International Auto Show will have wrapped up by the time this issue is in your hands (or online, or on our app), but the world's largest auto manufacturers revealed their most innovative new models to the press in a grand preview.
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I have seen strange error with zgetrf_gpu (wrong answer or segfault with memory calls after the routine) on Cray XK (Fermi+). The error occurs when (1) M=N, (2) M is multiple of 32, and (3) LDA is mulitple of 32, but not equal to M. I thought this could be a bug in zinplace_tranpsose. So I changed the source to call magmablas_ztransepose2, then the problem is fixed. I think zinplace_transpose source might have some bugs, but I haven't figured it yet.
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I just can't resist his smile and they have some of the best songs from that era. One of my all-time favorite songs is "There's A Kind Of Hush." It hit the charts in the spring of 1967 which was when we also moved to Arizona.
In Kansas we had Junior High which was grades seven through nine. Here I was at the end of eighth grade looking forward to becoming a "bigwig" at school and my mother decides to move away. I had to leave one of the best friends I've ever had and was so heartbroken.
To add insult to injury we ended up with a one bedroom apartment so I had to share the room with my mother. And I had to go back to grade school for that last couple of months. So much angst. So much anger.
I still listen to Herman's Hermits in the car. I even got to see Peter Noone perform when I was in college, one good thing about moving to a bigger city, I guess. He's still performing, by-the-way. I love the music from that era and also listen to Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Beatles, Freddy and the Dreamers, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, Jay and the Americans and the list goes on-and-on.
I made a list of some of the songs from the albums above and gave everybody that list to use as a prompt in my writing group. It was a lot of fun. Some wrote about memories from those prompts, others made a story out of the song title and others wrote about how they didn't like that style music.
Here are some of the song titles:
Listen People
I'm Henry the VIII, I Am
There's a Kind of Hush
Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Wonderful World
The End of the World
What memories do Herman's Hermits or some of their songs bring to mind. What about a short story based on one of these titles.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — H&R Block Inc. shares surged in the extended session Thursday after the tax preparation firm said it agreed to sell its bank assets.
H&R Block HRB, +0.75% shares rose 7.3% to $30.50 on moderate volume after the firm said it agreed to sell certain bank assets and liabilities to BofI Federal Bank for an undisclosed price. The deal should dilute fiscal 2015 earnings by 7 cents to 9 cents a share, H&R Block said. Shares of BofI Holding Inc. US:BOFI rose 10% to $82 in light volume.
Gap Inc. GPS, -1.22% shares fell 2.5% to $38.30 on heavy volume after the apparel retailer reported a 6% decline in March same-store sales. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expected a 4.7% decline in March same-store sales.
Gap also reaffirmed its earnings guidance of $2.90 to $2.95 a share for the year. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expect earnings of $2.95 a share.
U.S. shares of NQ Mobile Inc. US:NQ fell 7.9% to $14.72 on moderate volume after the mobile Internet services company reported adjusted fourth-quarter earnings of 22 cents a share on revenue of $67.9 million. Two analysts who follow the company forecast an average of 23 cents a share on revenue of $62.8 million, according to FactSet. NQ expects $75 million to $76 million in revenue in the first quarter, while analysts had expected an average of $66.8 million.
Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, -1.61% shares rose 0.1% to $317.50 in moderate trading after the online retailer said it would buy digital comics company comiXology for an undisclosed sum.
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Re: Ingram, et al - "Hard Core Dharma" & claims of attainment
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Pardon my doubts, Clayton. I have a few.Clayton wrote:Hey this is Clayton, I was the third voice in that recording. I had quickly risen up to the state which we refer to as the 8th jhana... experiencing neither perception nor non perception. Coming out of it I mentioned it for the recording. We practice something called dynamic jhana which is not as absorbed as the jhana talked about in the suttras. Now I can get much more absorbed than we were, but we just wanted to give everyone a taste of the jhanas or strata of mind.
But as your practice doesn't impinge on my own, I suppose you are welcome to see what you want as you want. As for giving everyone a taste: I don't know that 'taste' comes by ear at all, let alone by ear alone. So pardon me in thinking that much of this is simply talk, or perhaps a redefining of what these attainments are.
But considering that you have volunteered a defense of the recording, I will ask you a question.
In what sense are we to understand the word 'dynamic'?
Thanks for your answer.


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This Kieninger Collection Grandfather clock is a classic timepiece. Built with a Walnut antique finish with burl overlays, a door with bevelled crystal glass, glass sides that allow a full view of the movement, a moon dial with applied Arabic numerals and second indication, and a 10.6" lyre pendulum, this quality German crafted clock is sure to add charm to any household. This grandfather clock evokes old world tradition while staying in sync with current technology with its automatic night time shut-off between the hours of 10 pm and 7 am. A 4/4 cable movement with a triple chime (Westminster, St. Michael and Whittington) on an 12-rod gong and an automatic beat adjustment allows this clock to maintain power and a long life. Experience this expertly designed and detailed masterpiece by Kieninger.
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Venue 11 Pro 7140 default setting for a WebEx session the capture device default is the "Rear Integrated Webcam" when using the tablet. See Figure 1.)
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In most cases, users will want the user facing (Front camera) selected so that the tablet screen can be viewed during the WebEx session. (See Figure 2.)
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Figure 3 - WebEx Settings Option
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GRAMMY Charity Black Friday Sale Continues Through Dec. 5
MusiCares and the GRAMMY Foundation will launch the third annual GRAMMY Charity Black Friday Sale — a post-Thanksgiving closeout including all-new bargains and slashed prices on celebrity autographed memorabilia and VIP experiences. The auction launches on Black Friday, Nov. 25, and will continue through Dec. 5 at www.ebay.com/grammy.
Featured items include:
Ultimate 54th GRAMMY Awards VIP Experience package for two including platinum-level seating to the awards on Feb. 12, 2012, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, passes to the GRAMMY Celebration after-party and GRAMMY rehearsal passes
A one-on-one guitar lesson with Diamond Rio's Jimmy Olander
Autographed guitars from Eric Church, Coldplay, Gavin DeGraw, Jane's Addiction, Maroon 5, Sugarland, and more
Autographed vinyl and Rolling Stone magazines from Adele, Mariah Carey, Mick Jagger, Miranda Lambert, Dolly Parton, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Paul Simon, Barbra Streisand, and more
Music memorabilia autographed by Arcade Fire, Josh Groban, Barry Manilow, Tim McGraw, NBA star Lamar Odom, LMFAO, Paramore, and more
Reduced prices on perfect stocking stuffer items, including celebrity-autographed GRAMMY T-shirts and program books, and limited-edition Christian Audigier shirts for $10 (retail price of $100)
Presented in partnership with Kompolt, all proceeds raised through the auction will benefit programs and services of the MusiCares and GRAMMY Foundations.
Tune in to "The GRAMMY Nominations Live!! — Countdown To Music's Biggest Night" on Nov. 30. The show will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network from 10–11 p.m. ET/PT.


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I would like to do the same thing without this software. Are there any possibility to I write directly in a .txt file?
more than one person will use this. If it needed to open more than one program it will dificult a person who dont have to many ability with this stuffs.


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HONG KONG, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Shares of Foxconn International Holdings Ltd (FIH) , the world's biggest contract maker of cellphones, rose by more than 10 percent on Friday, extending gains from the previous day on a brokerage report that said it might get iPhone orders soon.
Shares of FIH, which assembles handsets for the likes of Nokia Oyj , Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp , rose as much as 10.2 percent to a high of HK$3.35 in early trade, the strongest intraday level since June. That beat a 0.8 percent gain in the benchmark index .
On Thursday, the stock gained 17 percent, logging the biggest one-day gain since mid-2009.
The sharp rises were attributed to a brokerage report from Daiwa Capital Markets saying that FIH was likely to get iPhone orders soon, even though it does not currently assemble Apple products.
"Our industry research indicates that FIH is likely to start producing iPhones in late 2012 or early 2013," Daiwa said.
Foxconn International said it would issue a statement later today, although it declined to comment on the report for now.
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Falcons give Brian Banks a chance
Flowery Branch, GA – The Atlanta Falcons are giving linebacker Brian Banks a chance.
Banks, who served more than five years in prison after being wrongly accused and convicted of raping a female classmate at Poly Tech High School in Long Beach, California, signed with the Falcons on Wednesday.
He was later exonerated after the woman involved in the case recanted her claim.
"I want to thank the Atlanta Falcons. The entire organization for this opportunity. This is beyond me," said Banks on a conference call.
Prior to his arrest and conviction, Banks was a star high school football player who had a verbal commitment to USC.
Banks received tryouts with the Seattle Seahawks, San Diego Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs last season. He eventually took part in Seattle's minicamp last June.
The 6-foot-2, 250-pound Banks ended up spending the 2012 season with Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League, appearing in two games before the UFL suspended its season in October.
"We are pleased to have Brian join our team," said Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff. "We had a chance to work him out last year and have been monitoring his progress since then. He has worked extremely hard for this chance over the last year and he has shown us that he is prepared for this opportunity. We are happy that Brian will have a chance to live out his dream of playing in the NFL and we look forward to seeing him on the field."


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The sound you make when someone says a crappy joke or something stupid. You usually emphasize the last "wah" by dragging it out in a low monotone voice and looking at the person like an idiot.
Douche: Hey, do you know Chuck Norris' blood type?
Non-douche: No.
Douche: Trick question: he doesn't bleed.
Non-douche: Wah Wah.
Non-douche: No.
Douche: Trick question: he doesn't bleed.
Non-douche: Wah Wah.
by KanonDface October 10, 2008
A song written by George Harrison about the tension he experienced with The Beatles. Released on the album "All Things Must Pass."
by Chriszs August 07, 2006
A cool guiatar effect which makes your guitar make a wah sound when you hit the pedal down and up repeatedly,spices up your a song,used alot in the 80's
wah wah wah wah wah wah
by John Fru August 02, 2004
An electric guitar addon operated by a foot pedal. This device produces a wavering sound.
Eric Clapton & Jimi Hendrix both used the wah wah pedal.
by Anonymous July 28, 2003
A situation that is ironic and often comes paired with the Wah-wah sound effect.
America was formed when a bunch off assholes decided that they didn't want to give money to the country they were born in. The country that provided protection, transportation, and a wide variety of goods during colonization asking simply for a small tax in return. After killing a whole bunch of redcoats, Americans were finally free from having to pay taxes. Then they implemented taxes....Wah-wah.
by stprofparadoxIII December 14, 2010
a foot pedal you plug in between the guitar and the amp, as you move your foot it wavers from bass to treble smothly your guitar cry like a baby, with a bit of overdrive these things sound awesome, the dunlop cry baby was played by hendrix, the same as the one in the pic there. the holy grail of wah wah has always been the dunlop crybaby the same as in the picture up there. have a listen to jimmy hendrix voodoo chile. the wah wah is just one of many difrent kinds of effects.
wah wah wah, standin next to a mountain, shot her down with the palm of my hand, wah wah
by paul hinton May 04, 2006
The guitar/bass effect used in porn groove.
Bow wow wah chicka chicka wah wah chicka wowwwwww
Chicka bow chicka wow wow bow chicka wah chicka wowwwwww.
Chicka bow chicka wow wow bow chicka wah chicka wowwwwww.
by Hotdog Willie December 06, 2006
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Lawyer details Jackson's struggle with drugs
Michael Jackson's struggle against drug addiction was put on display Monday during opening statements at his mother's wrongful death case against concert giant AEG Live.world Updated: Apr 30, 2013 08:34 IST
Michael Jackson's struggle against drug addiction was put on display on Monday during opening statements at his mother's wrongful death case against concert giant AEG Live.
Competing portraits of Jackson emerged during the first hours of the trial, with Katherine Jackson's attorney acknowledging the pop star's drug problems while also trying to show he was a caring son and father.
AEG's attorney Marvin S Putnam, however, said the singer's guarded private life meant the company was unaware that he was using the powerful anesthetic propofol.
"The truth is, Michael Jackson fooled everyone," Putnam said. "He made sure that no one, nobody, knew his deepest darkest secrets."
A jury of six men and six women will determine whether AEG should pay Jackson's mother and three children after his 2009 death from an overdose of propofol. Millions and possibly billions of dollars in damages are at stake in the case that opened with private photos and video clips of Jackson dancing.
Katherine Jackson's attorney Brian Panish also played a song that Jackson wrote for his three children, and a note the singer had written for his mother that brought tears to her eyes as she sat in court.
Katherine Jackson sued AEG Live in September 2010, claiming it failed to properly investigate physician Conrad Murray before allowing him to serve as Jackson's doctor as he prepared for his "This Is It" shows. She is also suing on behalf of her son's three children - Prince, Paris and Blanket.
AEG denies it hired Murray, and its attorneys have said they could not have foreseen the circumstances that led to Jackson's death at age 50.
Panish told jurors that AEG executives ignored warning signs about Jackson's health and were motivated to push the singer and his doctor to improve their own financial fortunes.
"We're not looking for any sympathy," Panish said. "We're looking for truth and justice."
With Jackson's mother, brother Randy and sister Rebbie seated in the front row of the courtroom, jurors were shown numerous slides and several scribbled notes.
A couple of jurors nodded when the lawyer referenced Jackson's achievements, including successful concert tours and a Super Bowl performance.
Katherine Jackson dabbed her eyes after Panish read a note that her son wrote to her, detailing his feelings about her. "All my success has been based on the fact that I wanted to make my mother proud," the singer's note to his mother said, "to win her smile of approval."
The personal touches came after Panish spent the first half of his presentation detailing Jackson's struggles with prescription drug abuse throughout the last half of his life.
He also showed jurors numerous emails sent between AEG executives concerning Jackson's health and their concerns that he wouldn't be able to perform 50 planned concerts in London.
Putnam recounted the chaotic days following Jackson's death as investigators and the public tried to figure out how the singer died unexpectedly. He urged jurors to remember that propofol killed Jackson.
"One thing became very, very clear," Putnam said. "While the world may not have heard of propofol, Mr. Jackson certainly had. The evidence is going to show you that he had been using that drug for years and years."
Putnam told jurors that AEG executives were in the dark about Jackson's propofol use.
"How could they have known?" the lawyer asked.
Panish, however, said AEG saw the Jackson shows as a way to make a lot of money and better compete with Live Nation. AEG was so concerned with getting Jackson to perform, "They didn't care who got lost in the wash," Panish said.
He displayed a March 2009 email sent before a press conference featuring Jackson, in which AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips wrote to Tim Leiweke, the former CEO of AEG'S parent company, that Jackson was drunk and refusing to address fans.
"This is the scariest thing I have ever seen," Phillips wrote Leiweke. "He is an emotionally paralyzed mess riddled with self-loathing and doubt now that it's show time. He's scared to death."
Panish said Jackson's behavior was just one of several warning signs the company ignored before the death.
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A Sturbridge man was killed in a one-car crash on Interstate 395 Friday afternoon.
Officials at the state police barracks in Danielson said George T. Sladdin was driving northbound in the right lane near Exit 91 when his vehicle struck and went over a guardrail before traveling 221 feet and striking a large tree.
Police said Mr. Sladdin was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash remains under investigation.


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Less then 25 percent of the members of Congress have served in the military. But when it came to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," they've told combat soldiers, "Too bad."
The U. S. Senate has repealed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"—the ultimate victory of political correctness over the protection of human life.
Senator John McCain valiantly opposed the repeal. But he was a good soldier when he lost. Referring to the members of our armed services, McCain said "They will do what is asked of them." But then he paused and gave an ominous warning: "But don't think there won't be a great cost."
He's right. The Senate's action flies in the face of polls showing that Marine and Army combat units strongly oppose the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell'—these are filled with men, by the way, whose lives are in danger day in and day out.
And speaking of danger, I nominate for "Profiles in Courage" Marine Corps Commandant General Amos, who alone among the Pentagon brass publicly opposed the repeal. His career may be broken, but his integrity is intact.
Legal scholar Phillip Johnson said some years ago that the entire cultural war is being fought over the issue of sex, and he was right. Sexual liberty has become the ultimate virtue in American life.
But think of the implications of this. When I was in the Marines I felt perfectly secure taking a shower in the presence of other Marines. If there had been women in that shower area, there would have been chaos. And If I had thought for a moment that one of my fellow Marines was lusting after my body, I would have fled.
Where is our sense of modesty? Or of shame? What are we going to do with the military, provide private bathrooms out on the front lines? Or are we going to allow open homosexual conduct within a military combat unit?
The inevitable consequence of that is clear: People will die. Anybody who has served in an infantry platoon will tell you, as I know well, the vital importance of unit cohesion. You work together; you love one another as brothers because your lives are going to depend on it. There can be no favoritism—it's one for all and all for one. If a couple of men were to 'hook up' in that platoon, it would destroy that bond.
Well, if gender or so-called sexual preferences don't matter in the military (and please, don't give me that hogwash hatched in academia that we simply "choose" our gender), then it shouldn't matter anywhere else. If we're forcing our troops to live with no distinction, why should we back home continue to enjoy the nicety of separate toilet facilities for men and women? We're hypocrites.
Here is another tragic case in which ignoring the biblical worldview leads to irrational, unsustainable decisions. The biblical worldview is clear: God made man and woman. He joined them together in marriage. He tells us that fornication, whether it's between two men, two women, or a man and a woman, is wrong.
The military used to consider extramarital sex as conduct unbefitting an officer. Now we openly sanction it. We have placed lives at risk, all to appease perhaps 2 to 4 percent of the population.
And McCain is right. There will be a cost: ugly incidents, good men turning away from the military.
OK, sadly the U.S. Senate has repealed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," but let's keep the pressure on. Maybe another Congress will see the light and restore it. We've got to be relentless.
Yes, we respect the dignity of all human beings. But the homosexual agenda is about changing our moral order.
And as half a million signers of the Manhattan Declaration have declared, we will never compromise our convictions.
Senate Repeals Ban Against Openly Gay Military Personnel
Carl Hulse | The New York Times | December 18, 2010
One Battle Won, Gay Rights Activists Shift Sights
Cheryl Gay Stolberg | The New York Times | December 19, 2010


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Pediatric Clinical Research Unit
The Clinical Research Unit (CRU), a division of the Department of Pediatrics, offers children and their families within the Hampton Roads community, the opportunity to participate in national clinical trials for new and improved pharmaceuticals. The Unit also offers research support services to faculty within the Department of Pediatrics and other research faculty throughout Eastern Virginia Medical School.
Many CRU studies are carried out at Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, (CHKD)
Professional Inquiries
The Clinical Research Unit provides assistance to investigators of all research experience levels for all research support needs, whether the study is investigator-originated, part of a national protocol, or an industry-sponsored research project. Our research staff is expert in Good Clinical Practices, and has experience in conducting industry-sponsored Phase II, III, and IV clinical trials. Our 15-year history includes conducting trials evaluating vaccines and infant formulas as well as assisting with projects in pediatric sub-specialties including allergy, neurology, nephrology, otolaryngology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, genetics, infectious diseases, and sickle cell disease.
The Clinical Research Unit provides assistance to faculty, house staff, and other staff members from the inception of the research question through data collection, analysis, and manuscript submission.
Information for Potential Participants
Children receive attentive, expert care from outstanding medical practitioners when enrolled in clinical studies offered by the Clinical Research Unit of Eastern Virginia Medical School. Parents feel good about their participation because their support allows doctors to gain important information to better protect all children from disease. EVMS also offers adult studies, providing the same caring attention to subjects of any age.
Each clinical trial is different, but in all cases, the health of the patient is of the utmost importance. Clinical research experts carefully analyze information collected about study subjects. The results enable investigators and drug and medical equipment manufacturers to produce more effective medicine and treatments for childhood and adult illnesses. Some results help doctors actually prevent diseases.
Study subjects receive investigational treatments and medical care under close supervision by physicians and other research professionals. Industry-sponsored trials have been developed by respected pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and are reviewed by the US Food and Drug Administration.
When volunteers participate in a study, their health is carefully monitored throughout the trial. It is important that subjects and pediatric subjects' parents:
- follow all instructions from the study staff
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Subject's safety and privacy are our top priorities. Medical records always remain confidential and trial results provided to the pharmaceutical company NEVER include names of subjects or their families.
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After each study, information from all subjects is analyzed to determine if the investigational treatment is working. Results are also analyzed to verify that the treatment is safe and to note any side effects. The FDA closely reviews these results before approving any new drug for general public distribution. Even after approval, companies continue to study drugs and compare them to other treatments for effectiveness and safety. Involvement as a study volunteer is extremely important in bringing this knowledge to the medical community and the benefits to people worldwide.
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Staff and faculty from Eastern Virginia Medical School are closely involved in our research. So are pediatricians at Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters and from al over the region. Over seventy local pediatricians participate in our pediatric trials. These doctors appreciate the value of clinical studies and know how important the results are for all children. The Clinical Research Unit conducts 10 to 15 clinical trials at any time. Children of all ages can participate, and several adult studies are available. Whether you participate in one or several of our trials, we thank you for your involvement.
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An eight-run fourth inning carried visiting Van Horn to a 20-8 Crossroads Conference victory Tuesday at Sherwood.
Levi Kelsey hit two-run and three-run homers and Nathan Ingold a two-run homer to power the Falcons (3-5, 2-0).
"It was a hitter's day," Van Horn coach Jay Kolster said. "The fences were short and the wind was blowing out."
Michael Payne was the winning pitcher.
"He threw four strong innings, and we were very disciplined at the plate," Kolster said.
Van Horn fell 9-5 at Lexington Monday. Kelsey singled twice with three RBIs. He also was the losing pitcher.
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 9, GRAIN VALLEY 7: A tough season continued for Grain Valley (1-7, 0-2) with Tuesday's home Missouri River Valley Conference West loss.
The Eagles sliced into a 6-0 deficit with four runs in the bottom of the third, but the Tigers bounced back with two runs in the fourth.
Jake Deselle, Zach Ehlen and Zack Slaven slapped two hits apiece for Grain Valley. Slaven suffered the loss on the mound.
"Came up just a bit short," Eagles coach Mark Lyford said. "We did a good job battling back from down 6-0 but couldn't get over the hump. Good night for us offensively, but we need to eliminate some little mistakes that keep us from getting over the hump."
TRUMAN 25, RUSKIN 1: Truman easily nabbed its first Suburban Middle Six and overall victory of the season.
A 12-run second inning highlighted the rout for the Patriots (1-6, 1-1). Eli Whitmire led the attack with three doubles and five RBIs. Brayden Jensen had two singles and two doubles and three RBIs, and Van Oswald three singles and three RBIs.
"The guys played well in the wind," Truman coach John Eglich said.


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Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants - 7th edition interface
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|Suggested citation: California Native Plant Society (CNPS). 2018. Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v7-18mar). California Native Plant Society. Sacramento, CA. Accessed on Tue, Nov. 13, 2018 from http://www.cnps.org/inventory


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The act of leaving a used tampon in the toilet without flushing...leaving it to steep into a bloody tea.
I woke up this morning, went in to the bathroom to take a piss and almost puked when i saw the toilet tea my wife left in the pot.
by Goldstein14 February 25, 2013
"I spent all Saturday night drinking some fresh toilet tea, if you know what I mean and I think you do."
by gebbly February 26, 2007
when you have to flush tea leaves to get rid of them, thinking it's less noticable that dumping them in the trash can, and all they do is turn the water to tea, no matter how much you flush.
I wasn't supposed to be drinking tea because of the caffeine, but I did anyway, and tried to flush the leaves, only to find I'd made toilet tea.
by Radomazing December 01, 2009
buy the domain for your diy blog
The brown tendrils of coulor that seep out of an unflushed turd while sitting in the toilet bowl.
Wow, you really let that toilet tea steep for a while.
by The Glunk December 17, 2011


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It all started with slopestyle skiing silver medalist Gus Kenworthy, who discovered a mom and her four pups living under a security tent at the Olympic media center. He was not allowed to bring the dogs into the Athletes' Village, but visited them every day. Gus said that the animals were a welcome distraction leading up to his competition.
Gus knew that these dogs would have nowhere to go once the security tent came down and could not bear leave them behind. So Gus postponed his return home and got the necessary paperwork to take the pups back with him. Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, the man backing the pre-Olympic rescue effort, is helping Gus get the puppies on a plane this week. Oleg is also planning to unveil a new shelter on Friday that can accommodate 250 dogs.
Now multiple athletes are following suit and adopting Sochi strays they've met on the Olympic grounds. Snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis didn't medal at the Games, but is ecstatic to be taking home an adorable pup she named Sochi (judging from what other athletes are calling their pups, Lindsey's dog won't be the only Sochi coming back to the U.S.!).
Other adopters include U.S. hockey team members, Ryan Miller, David Backes, and Kevin Shattenkirk, skiier Brita Sigourney, and bobsled and skeleton press officer Amanda Bird. Amanda has said she'd like to adopt an older dog, since the puppies are more likely to find homes.
For David Backes and his wife Kelly, adopting a Sochi stray was second nature. They already do a lot of rescue work through their charity, Athletes for Animals.
I'm happy to see so many athletes taking back Sochi strays, but I'm equally happy with how much publicity this has created for adoption in general. I hope people watching the Games will be inspired by the Olympians and think about visiting the animal shelter to save a dog close to home.


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One of the things that drives me as a knitter is colour, so I am drawn to Mary Jane Mucklestone's work in general, but (this week) Luke's Diced Vest in particular. Three harmonious patterns of different scale compliment the proportions of the body, and turn a traditional garment into something modern and compelling. It's both masculine and beautiful, which is a rare fusion in a man's sweater.
Meanwhile, the potential for play in fair isle is impossible to fathom, and I would be paralyzed by the choices. I asked Mary Jane to share the swatches she made as she settled on her masterful final combination. How she ever managed to make the final decision is beyond me, because all of her color choices are so delicious, and the yarn from Sunday Knits impossible to put down (don't take just my word about Sunday Knits: read Clara's Parkes sensuous evaluation of the yarn used in Luke's Vest in Knitter's Review).
Colors used according to the pattern chart follow the swatches, with the brighter background colors listed in the left column, and the darker foreground colors in the right.
Luke A: this pattern is slightly larger than the final version
From the center bit above 2 rows of Espresso, the rows on the actual pattern chart would roughly be:
rnd 14: curry chestnut
rnd 13: curry chestnut
rnd 12: pumpkin raisin
rnd 11: pumpkin raisin
rnd 10: tomato espresso
rnd 9: tomato espresso
rnd 8: melon/berry iris/pickle ( either or!)
Luke B:
rnd 14: pumpkin earth
rnd 13: pumpkin earth
rnd 12: curry chestnut/sea
rnd 11: curry chestnut/sea
rnd 10: wheat raisin
rnd 9: wheat espresso
rnd 8: pickle/bone iris
Luke C:
rnd 8: sage espresso
rnd 7: twig raisin
rnd 6: twig raisin
rnd 5: stone chestnut
rnd 4: stone chestnut
rnd 3: bone earth
rnd 2: bone earth
rnd 1: cloud pumpkin/pickle
• there is a little more variation at the top of this one, which includes iris.
Luke D:
This swatch tries a little bit of everything used thus far, plus plum and fir.
Luke E: The launching point for Luke B veering towards the super standard at top which includes beet at the center
Luke F is closest to the final version. Tempted? Check out the lovely guy wearing Mary Jane's beautiful garment, and click on the shop page for more details.


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Seagate builds cloud on-ramp for ISVs
Data protection is a cirrus business
Seagate has added a smooth on-ramp to its i365 cloud by offering an API and connector service to ISVs like CA and C2C.
Typically, Seagate's own on-premises EVault product would suck up data from a customer's servers and storage and whiz it up to the i365 cloud storage vault-in-the-sky. Now Seagate has, in effect, extracted APIs and a service connector from i365/EVault and made it available to independent software vendors (ISVs) wanting to extend their data protection out and up into the cloud.
The ISVs bolt the so-called EVault Cloud-Connected Services Platform onto the backend of their existing applications and, hey presto, they enter into recurring customer service revenue nirvana and make i365 a deal of money too. That's the way EVault sees it anyway.
EVault cloud APIs enable an ISV to integrate its on-premises application with the i365 Cloud through a service connector. This resides on-premises - think SW appliance style - caching data and then sending it cloudwards using deduplication, compression, and bandwidth management techniques to reduce bandwidth usage and the cloud storage space used.
A set of Web services RESTful APIs enable account provisioning, metering and billing.
C2C is adding i365 cloud storage to its ArchiveOne product and CA is connecting ARCserve Backup to the i365 cloud as well. Seagate will be hoping that any and every non-cloud service-aligned backup and protection vendor will do the same thing and thus, through ISV channels, greatly expand its effective i365 cloud channel. We can imagine how ISVS like C2C and CA and others could share the recurring revenue from this with their channel members, giving them the incentive to sell it to their small and medium enterprise customers.
This is a pretty neat strategy and helps give Seagate a counter to the white box sales strategies of suppliers like Spare Backup, who are doing deals with IT retailers like Carphone Warehouse and Comet. It also gives Seagate i365 cloud sales channel bandwidth to counter the strong end-user brand image of suppliers such as EMC's Mozy and Symantec, which is offering its own cloud backup service. ®