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rudysf needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 52 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
We are a new media company based in San Francisco. We are launching an advertising network in the Hunting, Military, Firearms, Shooting Sports, Outdoor Sports verticals.
We are introducing online media advertising to a typically conservative and older group of media buyers who are just beginning to learn about online advertising.
Our clients have a passion for the outdoors, their second amendment rights, guns, hunting, fishing and love their country. We are targeting marketing decision makers for hunting, firearms, fishing and outdoors retailers, distributors, manufacturers and online publishers.
Examples of clients we work with:
- Adults
- Male
- English Speaking
- Ex Military
We are looking for a simple design consisting of the words "Tactical Republic." We aren't looking for anything too fancy and prefer a sleek and minimalistic logo. Ideally this logo will look good on both a dark and light background but not required.
We will be using this logo for our website, emails and business cards.
1. Text: Options Include using "TR" in addition to Tactical Republic. The use of "Ad Network" or "Media Network" is also acceptable.
2. Please use any of the following colors and combinations: Black, Red, White, Silver, Blue, White
3. Please used a clean looking font.
4. Final Deliverables
- We need versions with a White Background
- We need versions with a Dark Background
- Versions with a Transparent Background
- Versions with Inverted Colors
- Black and white version of the logo
- Logo must contain a "mark", an image that can be used as a standalone without the Tactical Republic words.
Attached is some inspiration.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.

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Microsoft has issued its monthly response to the latest NPD sales results.
*Slowly backs out of the room*. http://youtu.be/_AOeSrLCD-U...
@Dark360.Seems you only pop out of your hiding place when these articles come up?Oh that's right..
I enjoyed the spin in the press release boasting that the 360 held 6 of the top 10 games making it sound like they were 360 exclusives.
PS3 has 8 entries!
Edit: I should probably say before I start an argument that I'm not saying PS3 is better than 360 I'm just saying it was good spinning.
360 is still doing well despite being on last legs
well it is down 26%, but since they have left out all other hardware numbers we don't know how that stacks up against the others.
Where are the other hardware numbers? It seems odd that they left them out.
PS3 almost matched 360 this month in the US, look at the released chart from NPD. PS3 sold almost 212k this month in the US, add to that PS3 lead in EU and JP. PS3 is leading WW like crazy these days
Seriously all Sony fan boys got something to say even in Xbox 360 article I'm sure they haven't got no game to play on ps3 and they going on Internet to say something in Xbox 360 and new Xbox articles they do make me laugh
Legs? That things been a double amputee since they lost Bioshock or since like 2008 after Gears 2 came out. Xbox 360: Stump In.
After alan wake in 2010 no new AAA original Ip's.
And alan wake is better on pc.
!!!Congratulations Microsoft!!!
You know they're still in last place ww this month, right?
good numbers, for sure.... now bring on the 720, please.
I don't know why, years and years of people saying 720 has annoyed the absolute F%^&% out of me haha. Just call it the Nextbox or the Next Xbox.
Can't wait till it releases and everyone can stop saying 720, it's soo old!!
Don't mean to call you out, I just mean in general I am sick of people saying it!
That one too. Meanwhile hardly anyone referred to the PS4 as Orbis lol
I meant before. Hardly anyone called it Orbis. Everyone calls the next Xbox, Durango or 720.
Congrats MS - well deserved and proud to be an American.
Cannot wait for the 720!!!!!!!!!!!
Edit: @ Tento - Just ignore it, for some reason people just like to hate Americans for no reason.
MS and Apple have done great as American companies and have done wonderful things for America.
im also a proud true blue american. psn id flamesofhell 44 add me proud american ;] xbla id: KFCman( add me here too.)
wtf do people hate us americans were getting disagrees left and right
Maybe because being American and proud has nothing to do with the Xbox? You know...considering they're manufactured in China.
I'm also an American and you're getting disagrees because you're making it a big deal that you are an American :)
It's cool you are patriotic like we all are, but this is an international videogame website.
There are just as much members on here that likes the Xbox that are not Americans as well, thus I can see why you're getting the disagrees. That and the fact that maybe you are slightly off topic.
OT: Congrats to the 360 for still selling strong, despite the impending announcement of the Next Xbox within the next month or so.
@ Sarhelyam
Dude MS is an American company and the Xbox is their product despite where it happens to be manufactured.
In fact SONY is a Japanese company and the PS3 is also manufactured in China YET the Playstation is still a product of Japan.
Get a grip bro I am from New Zealand not America and yet I dont feel the need to go all Anti American who really cares if he, she or they want to get all Patriotic it isn't like it is going to hurt you or I.
I wish sony was american so that u guys can get a chance to play the awesome games ps3 offers.
@sarsjelyam yeah but it's designed by Americans from an American company.
Stop embarrassing us, you just make others dislike us even more
save the politics bring on more good games/game systems from anywhere
Im just curious what you or Microsoft being American has to do with anything?
I think this is the thing the X360 has done amazing figures in the US and has been a little more mediocre elsewhere with a few exceptions.
The trouble is that even though people say this and that about SONY with a year later release managing to sell more units overall. What people forget to take into account is that if you factor in Gold Subscriptions, and profits from digital content whether it be arcade, indie, games on demand, movie rentals etc.......MS have not really needed to sell quite as many offshore to stay competitive. For a company still to show growth at this late stage in a consoles life cycle well all I can say is I tip my hat to you Microssoft awesome stuff.
Now before anyone starts the flame war that is usual with any Xbox blog/news as of late.......I think people need to stop and think for a moment. MS didn't force anyone to buy their console, no one forced anyone to pay for a subscriptions, no one forced anyone to buy DLC for stuff that sometimes already was on the disk, no one forced anyone to constantly buy annualised franchises such as Call of Duty, Assassins Creed etc, No one tied you down and beat the shyte out of you until you brought a Season Pass etc.......So please think before you jump in here blaming MS for the state of gaming or anything else along the same kind of rant. If anyone is to blame for anything it is us the consumer......so if you seriously don't like something then it is ok to have an opinion but at the end of the day rather than jumping on some forum and having a hissy fit just vote with your wallet, since that is the only way that any kind of change will come about.
I think Xbox makes most of its money from Xbox live. And those numbers are impressive considering that new consoles are lumming and with that I'm sure a price cut to the 360
Again, this is a prime reason we haven't had an official next Xbox reveal, Microsoft knows consoles start to slow down when the next version is announced, they'll also probably be forced to announce a price cut on the current 360's which means less money for them on each unit sold.
Looking forward to see what the next Xbox has to offer, congrats Microsoft on a generation played...well played indeed.
261,000 Units + $402 million, Holy Crap bill gates is better than Iron man
bill gates doesn't even want that money he's so rich he's been giving money away i really wish he would come and get rid if this steve balmer joke ...
Thats why i dont fuk with it.
@kevnb. It is all how you spin it. Vaccines can reduce the world population by allowing parents in affected areas of having less children, but each with a greater chance of survival. Instead of having a bunch a kids just to increase the chances of at least one surviving and carrying on the family lineage, parents can confidently have less. THUS reducing the worlds population.
@Kevnb Insult the man personally all you like but do NOT insult how much he has givin the world you ignorant POS! He has given more away a day than you will ever make in a lifetime. He does this to help the world. What have you done with your shithole of a life?
We should all be so kind and lucky as him.
@kev hey guess what we are all full of shit inside
@mw kind and lucky lol, tell that to all the homeless and beggers I see daily at street lights..lol picture bill gate telling the limo driver hey stop give the homeless guys a dollar
Great numbers no doubt but what I find funny is microsoft is always quick to answer any npd sales but take their sweet time to debunk rumours that are hurting them. Besides that good job on them in america.
Bud they have nothing to debunk as all the negative rants all over the internet etc are ALL based on rumors and speculation NOT FACTS!!!! and to say that it is actually hurting them I think is a little overdramatic......
In some ways all this publicity could have a positive spin. Given that most of what is pure gossip with no substance, you know we have heard it all by now....Credible Source, Industry Insider, Industry Analyst states this and states that but has nothing concrete to give their claims any real sence of credibility.
So MS dont have much to do but be even slightly better than what has been all over the internet and most consumers will be ohhhhhhh that aint so bad yip I guess I might get the next xbox after all
Well it has been hurting them. People I know who own a 360 arent really considering buying the next one not because of these rumours but the lack of new ip's & support from microsoft. I myself couldn't care how many consoles these corporations sell aslong as they give me games that I love playing thats all that really matters.
Shinra Tensei
akatsukipain....what LACK OF IP'S...they havent announced anything yet...an all sony did was announce sequals to IP's they already have...just like people are sick of halo an gears..people are sick of KZ aswell...lets just wait an SEE what MS announce before you claim no games or support...an ALL MY FRIENDS are super excited because THEY KNOW a new xbox is coming..
"Americaa! [email protected] yeah!! Here to save the mother [email protected] day!!" Lol these comments remind me of Team America movie. Congrats to MS, not bad for a console with no bluray, emotion engine cell chip, or free on line just a fun console to have.
Meanwhile in Japan...
I kid, i kid. :D


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Brown Lifts Vikings To Split With Minnesota State
SIOUX FALLS, SD -- Augustana split a doubleheader with Minnesota State on a cold Saturday afternoon. The Vikings were edged 4-3 in game one but Jenny Brown's two-run double gave the Vikings a 9-8 win in the night cap. Augustana now holds a record of 26-9, 13-5 in the NSIC while Minnesota State sits at 27-9, 12-4 in the NSIC.
Lindsay Erickson's two-run home run in the fifth inning gave Minnesota a 4-0 lead and Emily Heinz's three-run blast in the next inning wasn't enough for the Vikings to overcome the deficit and lost 4-3.
Jenelle Trautmann surrendered just on earned run in her six innings of work, but was handed the loss. Theresa McMahon tallied two hits to lead the Vikings as they amassed eight as a team.
Minnesota State jumped out to a quick lead in the first inning when the Mavericks plated the leadoff runner. Augustana threatened in the second inning but couldn't answer the hot MSU start.
The next three innings proved fruitless for both teams and Minnesota State was the first light up the scoreboard again. The Vikings allowed a runner to reach on a throwing error with two outs and the Mavericks capitalized on their second chance.
One run scored on a single and Erickson blasted a home run to right center to give MSU a 4-0 lead.
Augustana answered with a double by McMahon and Brown with a single, but McMahon was called out for not advancing while the pitcher had the ball in the circle. Trautmann walked and Heinz followed with a blast to left centerfield pulling the Vikings within one run at 4-3, but couldn't muster another run in the top of the seventh.
Jenny Brown's two run double in the top of the seventh gave the Vikings a one-run lead and Carley Pickett shut down the Mavericks in the bottom half to give Augustana a series split with a 9-8 win.
Once again, Minnesota State played the aggressor with a three-run first inning, but Augustana answered in the second with a big inning. The Vikings tallied six runs on six hits to take a 6-3 lead just two innings into the game.
Jenelle Trautmann highlighted the inning with a three-run double down the right-field line. Five different Vikings tallied singles before Trautmann cleared the bases and eventually was thrown out at third base.
The lead wouldn't hold as Samantha Holien and Kelly Wood each hit a home run for the Mavericks and tied the game at 6-6. Augustana retook the lead in the top of the fourth when Brown drove in Carly Peterson with a single up the middle.
MSU scored two runs to answer in the bottom half of the fourth with a pair of runs on a Wood single. The Vikings were then held scoreless their next two at-bats, but rose to the occasion at the last chance.
Pickett walked to start the inning and Peterson followed with a single. Theresa McMahon was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Brown. The senior second baseman found a gap in left centerfield and smashed a ball to the fence scoring Pickett and Peterson to put Augustana up 9-8.
Pickett then slammed the door on the MSU comeback chances with a 1-2-3 inning to secure her fourth win of the year.
The Vikings are set to face Concordia-St. Paul Sunday at noon.
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Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia rallied past sixth-seeded Marcos Baghdatis 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 Thursday at the Zagreb Indoors to reach the quarterfinals for the third time in his career.
Baghdatis, the 2007 champion from Cyprus, served for the match at 5-4, but lost serve and Kavcic won the tiebreaker. Baghdatis pulled out of doubles because of a foot injury.
"I did not want to take any risks," he said. "I have to give credit to Kavcic. He played well."
Fourth-seeded Jurgen Melzer of Austria defeated Somdev Devvarman of India 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2. Devvarman led 5-3 in the tiebreaker, then lost four points in a row.
Robin Haase from the Netherlands defeated fifth-seeded Slovak Martin Klizan 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
Also, Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic ousted Italy's Flavio Cipolla 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, and Philipp Petzchner of Germany beat Croatian wild card Dino Marcan 6-3, 6-4. Marcan entered the tournament as a replacement for second-seeded Andreas Seppi, who withdrew because he was ill.


text: I'll admit it: I love what IKEA's been up to lately. They're making high-tech however affordable desks. They're reissuing simple but sophisticated midcentury modern designs. And now, they're bringing a whole slew of drop dead gorgeous furniture to the United States, much of which is made of solid wood. I love it.


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Meridian Police say two men approached a man in Acme Plaza on Tuesday evening and without even saying a word to him, beat him up, robbed him, and then shot him.
Investigators are quick to point out that this is not the typical pattern of an armed robbery.
"They never said, give me your money, give me what you got," Captain Dean Harper recounts. "They immediately attacked him and that's a different type of robbery than we've seen in the past."
Newscenter 11 spoke with a shopping center employee off-camera, who says the victim in this robbery and shooting is the owner of the Young Fashion Beauty Supplies in Acme Plaza. Police say they cannot confirm or deny this.
"Because we don't want to bring attention to the individual business there," Harper explains.
Captain Harper says at last check, the victim is in stable condition at a local hospital. However, Harper tells Newscenter 11 that the bullet did cause some damage upon entering the lower back. Investigators say they don't believe this was a random crime.
"We believe he was specifically targeted because of the nature of the crime and also the condition surrounding him," Harper says.
Authorities say it is important for business owners to vary their habits when closing up every night. Of course, Captain Harper says officers will escort business owners to their cars. This as the investigation continues.
"We are going over the evidence that we did collect there at the scene," Harper says. "And also some additional evidence that has come to light and hopefully, we will be able to make some arrest as quickly as we did for the armed robberies from last week."
If you have any information about the robbery and shooting at Acme Plaza on Tuesday night, you are asked to call Crimestoppers at 601-485-1860.


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Jardine offers 150 recipes for a wealth of scrumptiousness in this well-illustrated cookbook and they run the gamut from breakfast ideas (Spicy Green Smoothie, Crab and Artichoke Frittata) to the bread basket (Maple Raisin Scones, Amaranth Sesame Breadsticks). I have really enjoying thumbing through this tempting cookbook and appreciate that the recipes are a mix of simple, comfort food standbys and more unusual menu ideas.The author provides plenty of instruction in her recipes and I found that each time I made a new dish from this book it worked out beautifully. And deliciously! Each recipe also thoughtfully has a header that indicates if it is suitable for people with other dietary restrictions (egg, soy, nut, sugar, oil).
I made several recipes from this handy cookbook and each has produced a wonderful result. First out of the stove was a batch of moist and tender Lemon Poppyseed Muffins (and I have been advised to produce another batch very soon!). They were perfect tea time treats; not too sweet, with a perfect crumb.
Next, Dan flipped through Jardine's cookbook and requested that I make Cheesy Mac 'n' Nut Cheese, a dairyless version of the classic Macaroni and Cheese casserole. This recipe uses a sauce of pre-soaked cashew nuts, pureed with spices and nutritional yeast to slather over the pasta. It's a rich, satisfying dish.
Another of Jardine's pasta dishes also caught my fancy and it was another fantastic supper dish: White Bean Fettuccine. The pasta is topped with a wonderful sauce of mushrooms, red pepper, garlic, tomatoes, white wine and broccolini.
Finally, I made a batch of silky Broccoli Soup, which was delicious and creamy. I am delighted to be able to share the recipe with you so that you can test drive this great cookbook for yourself with this dish:
|Photo by Erin Kunkel, used by permission from Ten Speed Press
"Reprinted with permission from The Dairy-Free & Gluten-Free Kitchen: 150 Delicious Dishes for Every Meal, Every Day. Copyright © 2012 by Denise Jardine. Published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, Berkeley, CA. Photo copyright © 2012 by Erin Kunkel."
Remove the soup from the heat and discard the bay leaves. Ladle half of the soup into a blender along with 1/2 cup of the milk, cover, and puree until smooth. Empty the blender into a large bowl and repeat with the remaining soup and 1/4 cup of milk. Transfer the pureed soup back to the saucepan. Thin the soup if necessary by adding a little more milk, 1/4 cup at a time, until the desired consistency is achieved. Taste and correct the seasonings. Reheat over low heat, stirring occasionally, until heated through, taking care not to boil the soup. Ladle into bowls and garnish with Herb Toast and lemon zest.
This valuable cookbook is available for sale from your favorite book store or directly from Ten Speed Press and retails for $19.99. I am delighted to be able to offer a giveaway of one copy of this cookbook to one of my Crispy Cook readers (limited to the United States). To enter the giveaway, please leave a comment below. You can also receive an additional entry by liking the Crispy Cook on Facebook and leaving an additional comment below. The deadline for this giveaway is Sunday, April 22, 2012, midnight, Eastern Standard Time. Good luck!
I am sharing this post with Souper Sundays, a weekly roundup of soup, sandwich and salad ideas by Kahakai Kitchen .
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this cookbook and the offer to have another copy as a giveaway from the publisher but I was not obligated to post a review of the book. As always, my comments are entirely my own.


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Departmental Website
The study of language and literature deepens self-understanding, opens up the broad diversity of human viewpoints and cultures, hones writing and thinking skills, and intensifies the appreciation of the arts of literature and writing. It disciplines the mind as it teaches skills in critical thinking, research, and communication valued in a wide variety of careers.
The Department of English, under the College of Arts and Humanities at Eastern Illinois University, offers majors in English and English with teacher certification; minors in English, English with teacher certification, professional writing, and creative writing; and the master of arts degree in English.
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2009: Started all 51 games during her freshman year, the only 2009 rookie to do so...Was third on the team, batting .291 on the season...Was third on the squad with 46 hits and 28 RBI and was second with 10 doubles...Her four home runs were tied for second on the team...Posted 21 runs...Tied for seventh in the Big West in doubles (10) and first in sac flies (3)...In conference play, she was tied seventh in hits (21) among league leaders...During the second game of the season against Wichita State, she went 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI...Had 12 multiple-hit performances during the season...Had a season-high three hits against Texas Tech (Mar. 6)...In addition to her three RBI against Wichita State, she also batted in a trio of runners against Cal State Bakersfield (Feb. 28) and UC Davis (May 3)...Longest hitting streak lasted seven games (Feb. 22 thru Mar. 7) and she also recorded nine RBI during that span.
Played for Westview High School under head coach Kelly Warner ...Was a four-year varsity player that posted a .376 overall batting average and hit .484 during Palomar League play...Named the 2007 and 2008 Westview High School Female Athlete of the Year...In 2006 she earned Westview's Super-Wolverine Awards for combined academic and athletic achievement...Was a four-time All-Palomar League selection...As a senior, she helped lead the Wolverines to a third-place league finish and the CIF Division II semifinals...In 2008, she earned All-CIF, All-San Diego North County and Coaches Award honors...Twice earned Union Tribune All-Academic Team honors...Also earned Union Tribune and North County Times Player of the Week honors during her prep career...Was named Best Defensive Player as a junior...Also a standout athlete in field hockey and soccer earning All-Palomar League, All-CIF, All-San Diego Section and All-San Diego North County honors in both sports...Was a four-year member of the honor roll and earned Union Tribune All-Academic Team honors for softball, soccer and field hockey...Also earned a Girl Scout Silver Award.
Played travel ball for five seasons with San Diego Renegades...Helped the 18U Gold team to a ninth-place finish at the 2007 ASA Gold Nationals and a 17th place finish in 2006...Placed ninth at the ASA Nationals at both the 14U and 16U levels...Also competed with So Cal Lightning and PQ Lightning All-Stars, with which she won back-to-back Southern California State championships as a 12U and the ASA Western National championship as a 10U.
Amanda Lorraine Ziegler was born on Mar. 3, 1990 in Newport Beach, Calif....Parents are Tina and John Ziegler, both UCSB graduates...Older sister Jessica also plays softball for UCSB...Has a brother named Zachary...Is majoring in communication at UCSB with a minor in studio art...Would like to someday pursue a career in the fashion industry, hopefully as a designer...If she wasn't playing softball, she would play soccer or field hockey...Roots for the San Diego Chargers and Padres and the USC football team...Her most memorable sports moment was winning CIF for the fourth and last time as a senior in soccer...Obviously a Will Ferrell fan as she lists "Stepbrothers", "Blades of Glory" and "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" as some of her favorite movies...Enjoys reading the "Twilight" series as well as "The Notebook" and "The Great Gatsby"...Loves to paint and sketch...Says that her favorite aspect of Santa Barbara is the overall friendly, low-key beach life atmosphere...Superstitions include wearing pink bows and spandex.
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Snow and Ice Overview
A tenth of Earth's land surface is permanently occupied by ice sheets or glaciers, but the domain of the cryosphere – that part of the world where snow and ice can form – extends three times further still.
The cryosphere is an important regulator of global climate, its bright albedo reflecting sunlight back to space and its presence influencing regional weather and global ocean currents. Some 77% of the globes freshwater are bound up within the ice – but the cryosphere appears disproportionately sensitive to the effects of global warming.
Imaging radar systems like those of ERS and Envisat pierce through clouds or seasonal darkness to chart ice extent, possessing sensitivity to different ice types – from kilometers - thick ice sheets to new-born floating 'pancake' ice – supplemented by optical observations.
Radar altimeters gather data on changing ice height and mass: in 2009 ESA launched CryoSat-2 as the first altimetry mission specifically designed to accurately measure the thickness of sea ice and land ice margins.
Snow and Ice News
It was five years ago this month that ESA's GOCE gravity-mapping satellite finally gave way to gravity, but its results are still yielding buried treasure – giving a new view of the remnants of lost continents hidden deep under the ice sheet of Antarctica.
The Copernicus Marine Service has released a new ocean information product. The Ocean Monitoring Indicators (OMIs) are free downloadable datasets which cover the past 25 years of key variables used in monitoring oceanic trends in line with climate change, including ocean warming, sea level rise and melting of sea ice. This free and open ocean information allows users to track the vital health signs of the ocean over the past quarter of a century.
Specific Topics on Snow and Ice
Frozen Ground
The enormous permafrost areas of the world show seasonal change which has impact on not only vegetation and hydrological cycles, but also on the planning and safety of huge gas and oil pipelines which traverse these areas.
Sea Ice
Sea ice is formed from ocean water that freezes, whether along coasts or to the sea floor (fast ice) or floating on the surface (drift ice) or packed together (pack ice). The most important areas of pack ice are the polar ice packs. Because of vast amounts of water added to or removed from the oceans and atmosphere, the behavior of polar ice packs have a significant impact of the global changes in climate.
Snow & Ice
The study of snow and ice is aimed at monitoring the environmental conditions of some of the most inaccessible parts of the world. This includes the study of animal migration, ice mass balance, snowpack conditions, and monitoring of iceberg movement for ship routing.
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - Danek and David
Mykola Petruskov is Russian. He seemed to be enjoying himself immensely in this casting, with a ready smile. A slim guy, Mykola looks quite good. He didn't quite make wood, but I am sure he can manage it on most occasions. I like him quite a lot.
Tomas Silhan is from Brandys nad Labem.He is a fine looking guy, though his tattoo is rather invasive to the eyes. Tomas has a lovely dick that makes good wood. He also has a nice ass and I just love that he has a proper tan line.
Jan Pazour live in Teplice. He is a very handsome guy, with some very neat chin hair, and a good body. Jan makes very good wood in this casting, and he also has a lovely hairy ass. He shows a lot of promise.
Petr Ovesny is from Bustehrad. He has a very nice face and a monster dick. Maybe he doesn't have the best of bodies, but with a dick like his it is easy to overlook that. We signed Petr up for a Broke Czech Boys soft duo immediately, with Igor Mukovsky. It went online recently and I think is was great shoot. So if you haven't already seen it be sure to check it out.


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Low-Carb Almond and Parmesan Baked Fish
The almond meal and finely grated Parmesan makes a crispy coating on the fish that's also gluten-free and South Beach Diet friendly, and I'm betting this recipe will be a hit with just about anyone who tries it.
(Low-Carb Almond and Parmesan Baked Fish was updated with better photos in 2011 and featured as a Phase One Recipe in 2013.)
Almond and Parmesan Baked Fish
(makes 3-4 servings, recipe created by Kalyn)
3-4 Tilapia or other white fish filets, thawed if frozen (This recipe will work best with pieces that are at least 1/2 inch thick.)
1/4 cup melted butter or margarine, your choice
1/3 cup almond meal (I use Bob's Red Mill Almond Meal
2 T finely grated Parmesan or Asiago cheese
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1/4 tsp. pepper (or slightly more lemon pepper)
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Catfish Recap: Sweet Little Lies
So here we are at the much-hyped season finale of Catfish. The ads keep telling us that we've been surprised all season, but to get ready for the most shocking episode of all. What could possibly top vampire freaks, transgender fakers paying online boyfriends, and gay felons with bus fetishes...?
Nev welcomes us tonight by telling us that, as always, the emails are POURING in. Let's see which high-quality individuals we'll be tracking down this evening. How about Mike? He's from New Jersey and has recently moved back in with his parents because he lost his job. Also, his girlfriend of five years dumped him to pursue women. Get in line, ladies! Things were looking pretty bad for Mike until he met Felicia on the interwebs. She's everything he's looking for, even though they've never met. They talk on the phone every day, but Mike is too big of an idiot to figure out how to use a webcam, so they've never skyped. Felicia also lives in New Jersey, in a town not too far from Mike's, so he drove over to see her one night and called her when he got there, but she was nowhere to be found. She finally called him back around midnight, telling him she'd been in a car accident and her phone had been shut off. But she was okay. And now Felicia has moved to Orlando, Florida to open her own business (or something). Mike needs Nev to pin this girl down and find out if she's for real.
So far I'm in. Felicia isn't claiming to be a model and she actually looks like a regular person. The car accident thing was weird, but it's only been a few months that these two have been chatting, so there's still the possibility of normalcy. Max doesn't think so. Nev actually sniffs his finger and says something smells spoiled. That was so revolting and unnecessary, Nev. Especially with all the foot-picking you do. They call Mike and Mike adds another element to the car accident story, which is that when he arrived at Felicia's building, he asked the doorman for her and the doorman said no one named Felicia lived in that building. That's sketchy. But Mike would still really like to meet her, so Nev is going to be the hero who makes that happen.
When they arrive at Mike's house, Nev asks who painted the beautiful artwork on the mailbox, to which Mike responds his mother did. Careful, Mike. Nev is inexplicably drawn to older, married, artistic women. Keep your mom out of his sight. Mike invites them in and shows them some of his own artwork, which is of a man-robot.
Oh DEAR. I fear that Mike is perpetually 14 years old. He's hanging out at his parents' house drawing robot men. Maybe Felicia had the right idea when she dodged their meeting. The guys look at Felicia's profile pictures and she's obviously very well endowed in the chest region. Nev describes her as full-bodied. Mike plays the guys a voicemail from Felicia and says he's really hoping to be in love with the real Felicia. Nev and Max leave to launch their investigation.
The first thing they do is pull up Felicia's Facebook page - something Mike never bothered to do. Her page seems legitimate - she has hundreds of friends and the pictures are of the same person Mike showed them. They conclude that they need to get in touch with one of her friends to confirm a few things about Felicia, so they send a message to a girl named Charmaine. They also wonder why there are no pictures on Felicia's Facebook page of this business she owns, which is a hair salon. They google the hair salon in Orlando and find a website. But the website says that the salon was established in 2007, at which time Felicia would have been a senior in high school. They try to call the salon, but the phone number is no longer in service. They call Mike to find out the date of the alleged car accident so that they can look at Felicia's Facebook pictures for signs of injury. Mike tells them that she sprained her pinky, but there are no pinky splints in any pictures or anything resembling any type of injury. The guys conclude that Felicia IS the girl in the pictures, but they can't know for sure where she lives or whether or not she owns a hair salon. Or if she was ever in a car accident.
The next morning Facebook friend Charmaine calls to tell Nev everything she knows about Felicia - and why not? She knows that Felicia has been talking to Mike online, and she knows that Felicia has been living in Orlando since she was 17. She also knows that Felicia is an online liar and has misled guys in the past about her looks and whereabouts. So much so, that her friends and family staged an intervention to get her to stop with all the fake online living. She also says that Mike should be aware that it's likely that Felicia is talking to other people online, and not just him. Nev wonders if Mike is interested in being in a relationship with a liar, and Max wonders if Felicia is actually even interested in being with Mike, or if she's just playing with him to stroke her own ego. Let's go see what Mike thinks.
Turns out, Mike DOES think it's odd that Felicia would lie about where she lives. But he still wants to meet her and see what's up. So Nev calls Felicia and Felicia is weird about them coming to see her. Now's not a good time, I have stuff I have to do tomorrow, blah, blah, blah, as usual. And as usual, Nev guilts her into agreeing to meet, and the guys head to the airport the very next day. As the plane lands, Mike and Felicia are texting each other, saying how excited they are to meet each other. And later, the guys all drive to Felicia's house, which looks totally normal. And Felicia comes right out the main door when Mike knocks! Although, this kind of looks like the side of the house, but at least she's not emerging from a fort made of old mattresses in the backyard.
They hug and Mike says he was hoping that Felicia could show them around Orlando today and show them her salon. She stammers that she's lied about some things and she needs to come clean. First of all, she hasn't lived in New Jersey for quite a while now and she's here in Orlando going to school. Also, there's no salon. Felicia says she invented the salon because Mike kept asking her to hang out, so she needed a big story to tell him so he'd quit trying to hang out with her. Oh okay, so the story became that she was "moving to Orlando" to "open a salon." She says she's sorry and she didn't purposely lie to him - one of my favorite lines on this show. Um, yes, you DID purposely lie to him. That's exactly what you did. She says she was afraid if she told Mike she didn't live near him then he wouldn't see any point in getting to know her. That's... a new one. I mean, he's meeting people on the internet, right? Would location really be a deal breaker? I don't know what to believe. Anyway, Mike says he has a hard time dealing with people who lie to him.
Nev steps in and says that since both Mike and Felicia are who they've said they are, why would Felicia lie about her location and her business? Felicia says that it's basically out of habit. She's lied to people on the internet for years now and Mike was the first guy she's even been THIS honest with. Every catfish says some version of THAT speech as well. Felicia says she would never lie again. HA! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Nev announces that it's time for Mike to take a break and think about everything.
In the car on the way back to the hotel Nev kind of wonders what the problem is. I mean, this is actually the girl from the pictures, so doesn't Mike want to start ring shopping? Mike points out that they've spent a lot of time talking about things that weren't true, so he's feeling very cautious. Geez, finally someone who cares about honesty. No one else on this show has ever cared that anyone has lied about something other than their appearance. And in some cases, even lying about appearance didn't matter! They head somewhere to talk. A coffee shop or living room or something.
Nev keeps at it, saying that if Mike were really into Felicia, he wouldn't care that she lied about some small details of her life that didn't define her. Aren't we kind of missing the point, Nev? She LIED about stuff that shouldn't have mattered. She's a liar. THAT defines her. Am I the only one agreeing with Mike on this? Mike is worried that they've started off with lying. Exactly. If she'll lie about nonsense, why would he trust her about anything? Mike eventually agrees to meet up with Felicia that night and see if they can continue to be friends on a truthful basis.
Next stop for Nev is a park with Felicia, who has changed her outfit. Oh, so has Nev. Nev asks Felicia what started all the lying in the first place. Felicia says that she wanted attention and she's always been told she was fat and ugly, so with online dating she could pretend to be someone else and get the attention she craved. Wow, that's pretty insightful - especially for this show.
She adds that if her father had raised her, she wouldn't have done any of those things. Hmm, that's quite a jump. She never felt love from her mother, etc. But she's realized what she was doing wrong and doesn't want to do anything that will cause her to relapse. She's really happy to have met Mike, who seems to like her as she is, and she feels terrible that she hurt him. Aw, now I'm starting to come around to route for Felicia. Just quit lying, lady!
Later, Mike and Felicia meet up at a restaurant and Felicia is back to her doorstep outfit. Whatever. They sit down to chat and Mike admits that he's a bit angry about the lying. Felicia says she understands, but she doesn't want to start investing her emotions just to find out Mike doesn't feel the same way. She asks him straight out if he likes her, if he likes what he sees, and if he thinks there's a chance for them to become "something more." She thinks they should be monogamous and give it a shot. Mike says he's not sure he agrees.
Felicia says she just wants to know if he likes her. Mike says well yes, she's nice and they've had good conversations, but that's it for now. But he'd like to keep talking. Felicia says fine, but she's clearly exasperated and says she needs to leave. Outside, Mike tries to explain himself some more, saying that he just needs time to build a friendship with her, and if she needed time he would give it to her. When he makes it clear that he would like things to progress, Felicia calms down and says she feels better. Well good.
Two months later! Mike is still living with his parents, but has found a new job and hopes to move out soon. Is he still drawing robot men? Felicia is still going to school in Orlando and she and Mike are still talking. She promises she's being totally honest with Mike and everyone else too. That's stellar. Then we get a screen shot that tells us Felicia is planning to move back to New Jersey in six months because when she went to visit Mike they officially became a couple. Aaaawwwwwwwwwwww.
Well goodness, that certainly wasn't the shocking season finale that was advertised. There weren't really any big surprises and this wasn't the first Catfish couple to stay together. If anything, this was a super mild episode. Was that the shock? The mildness? The lack of gender-based and/or legal scandal? The lack of the all-powerful Google Image Search?? It's lovely that these two appreciate each other and I wish them all the best, but this definitely wasn't a groundbreaking episode by any stretch of the imagination. Happiest ending, I guess?
What do you guys think?
Thanks for reading!
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June 09, 2008: Audacity in PC World 100 Best Products of 2008
The editors of PC World have chosen Audacity as one of the PC World 100 Best Products of 2008 .
The article is available now on PCWorld.com, and will also be featured in the July 2008 issue of PC World, which hits newsstands June 17.
The respected 100 Best Products Awards honor products that meld practical features with innovation and reflect the rapidly changing technology marketplace. To select the winners, PC World's editors examined hundreds of products, including those that have appeared in the magazine over the past 12 months. The 100 winning products and services were selected for their exemplary design and usability, features, performance, and innovation.
"These awards go to the best technology products we've seen in the last 12 months," stated Edward N. Albro, editor of PC World. "Our editors looked at hundreds of hardware, software and Web products to compile this list of outstanding performers. Congratulations to Audacity."
Also, in February, Audacity was selected for PC Magazine's "Hall of Fame" of Best Free Software.


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Manager Stale Solbakken has confirmed Wolves have opened contract negotiations with Christophe Berra.
The Norwegian boss is keen to secure the services of the central defender, who sees his current deal expire at the end of the season.
Berra has only missed one league game for the Molineux club this term, and Solbakken believes he has seen real improvements in his performances.
The Wolves boss told the Shropshire Star: "We're in talks with him, so we will see where it ends.
"Berra has been outstanding. He's gradually getting better and better.
"He's not Franz Beckenbauer, but he's improved tremendously. I think he had a tendency to make excuses for everything, but he's grown mentally.
"I think he had to sort out his head in terms of being tougher with himself."


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Pictured: Frank Herrmann, left, is having plenty of fun and
success as a professional baseball player. He was called up to the
Cleveland Indians on June 4, 2010.
Contributions from Justin B. Hill, MLB.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Former Harvard pitcher Frank Herrmann has been called up to the Major League and will be pitching for the Cleveland Indians this weekend. The Chicago White Sox will host Cleveland on Friday, Saturday and Sunday before the Tribe returns home for a seven-game homestand with the first four coming against the Boston Red Sox.
Before getting the call, Herrmann was having a masterful season at AAA Columbus as a relief pitcher for the Clippers. Going into Wednesday night's game, RHP Frank Herrmann had pitched 27 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings. For the season, Herrmann is 3-0 with two saves and a microscopic 0.31 ERA in 28 2/3 innings. He has allowed just 15 hits and eight walks while striking out 22.
His latest stint came in a 4-3 win against Louisville on Memorial Day when he struck out the side in a scoreless ninth inning en route to a victory. Herrmann is clearly on the radar screen for the Cleveland Indian's top minor league affiliate.
Back in the summer of 2005, Herrmann's connections at Harvard brought him to Hawaii, where the big right-hander figured would be a good place to spend the summer playing baseball.
"I said, 'Wow, living in Hawaii for six weeks for free, what an opportunity,'" he recalled thinking.
Playing baseball in Hawaii wasn't nearly the opportunity that opened up for him after his summer there ended. For Herrmann impressed an Indians scout, who took Herrmann's name to higher-ups in the organization. They decided the right-handed prospect was worth the investment.
They talked dollars with Herrmann, and when the Indians agreed to let Herrmann, an economics major, return to Harvard in time for fall classes, the two sides settled on a deal with a bit more than pocket money as his signing bonus.
"It was an amazing whirlwind of events how it all happened," Herrmann said. "If one thing went wrong, if the Indians had said, 'No, you can't go back to school your next fall,'" Herrmann, 23, wouldn't be working his way toward the big leagues.
Yet Herrmann will be quick to say his road to a professional baseball career was more circuitous than it might seem. As an Ivy Leaguer, he played ball for Harvard, and his sights were on investment banking.
He had a soft spot for baseball. He still loved it - his summer in Hawaii proved that. But the reality of what Harvard was preparing him to do should outweigh his love of the game, family and friends told Herrmann. The smart move, they said, was to take his Harvard degree and then chase the money on Wall Street.
Herrmann didn't listen to them.
"For me, it was a no-brainer," he said. "You get an opportunity to have, arguably, the best job in the world -- that's making it to the Major Leagues."
The thought doesn't seem so farfetched these days. His dreams of a life in the bigs are growing clearer and clearer as he moves through the Minors.
"He's strong -- he's extremely durable, and he's got good fastball ability," said Ross Atkins, Indians farm director. "He's a guy who put his fastball on the plate, has durability and a lot of athleticism -- a big, strong kid."
"Overall, I'd take this over any job," Herrmann said. "I play baseball for a living. Not many people can say that."


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LEWISBURG, Pa.
ALMOST six months ago, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson proposed an ambitious consolidation of the regulatory agencies that police the nation's financial system. Unfortunately, since then the Bush administration and the Federal Reserve have been so busy reacting to crises — just this week, taking over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and trying to broker a sale of Lehman Brothers — that these long-term, systemic remedies have been punted to the next president.
The idea of a financial supercop should be embraced by a McCain or Obama administration. The place to start should be with a re-examination of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, which removed the 66-year-old separation between commercial banks (the kind that accept deposits and make loans) and investment banks (the kind that underwrite securities).
The separation began with the Banking Act of 1933, also known as the Glass-Steagall Act because it was written in the aftermath of the stock market crash of 1929 by Senator Carter Glass of Virginia and Representative Henry Steagall of Alabama. The idea behind it was twofold: first, diffuse what was thought to be an excessive concentration of financial power in a limited number of large institutions, and second, prevent unsophisticated investors from being sold risky investments when they thought they were placing their savings in what we now call money-market accounts.
By 1999, however, the idea that risky investments and public deposits should never be offered by the same institution had become an anachronism of the New Deal. Foreign banks like UBS and Deutsche Bank engaged in both underwriting and in lending and deposit-taking, which put American banks at a competitive disadvantage in the global marketplace.
But when lawmakers permitted commercial banks and investment banks to merge into new behemoths like Citigroup, they did not follow through on the logical implication of their idea — fusing the industry's regulatory overseers into a similar colossus. Instead, Congress allowed the government's financial regulatory structure to remain stuck in the 1930s, split among an array of agencies.Continue reading the main story
This piecemeal alteration of the law is continuing today. Earlier this year, for the first time since Glass-Steagall was enacted, the Federal Reserve allowed investment banks direct access to cheap, short-term loans from the Fed's discount window — a privilege that by law had been limited to commercial banks. It was a necessary government response to a crisis. But the issue of oversight, of increased responsibility in exchange for increased privileges, remains unaddressed. The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 (another one of Carter Glass's creations) needs to be amended to permit the Fed to oversee both investment banks and commercial banks in a financially integrated world.
We must avoid simply merging regulators and hoping for synergies. We need a system that focuses on the prevention of crimes and crises (similar to the British Financial Services Authority) instead of aiming only for after-the-fact discovery and punishment. Right now, the Securities and Exchange Commission conducts backward-looking audits, searching for past transgressions. Instead, federal regulators should focus on guiding companies, helping them to adhere to sound principles of risk management and to avoid imprudent business practices.
It is also time, though, to build a new wall of separation. Today, complex financial instruments like structured investment vehicles and auction-rate securities are marketed to unsophisticated buyers ranging from retail investors to corporate and government treasurers. In 1933, Glass-Steagall addressed the imbalance of power between the investors and the providers of financial services by separating the providers into commercial banks and investment banks. Seventy-five years later, instead of trying to limit what products innovative financial firms can offer, it would be more prudent to limit the markets to which they can sell their wares.
In other words, the customers, not the companies, should be divided. This could be accomplished by extending the current system of government classification of "qualified investors," used to limit who can invest in things like hedge funds. By demonstrating expert knowledge or the ability to absorb loss (because of high net worth), qualified investors could be given a pass into the caveat emptor world of modern Wall Street. Those without the inclination, the sophistication or the deep pockets to qualify would be limited to the more closely regulated menu of stocks, bonds and mutual funds.
The lesson from the financial crises of the 20th century is that responsible politicians are not socialist demons trying to destroy capitalism. Carter Glass saved American capitalism through prudent regulation that prevented past excesses without stifling new innovation. The next administration will need to accomplish that feat again.Continue reading the main story


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The story of leggerezza begins … well, I don't really know where it begins, exactly. All I know is that it ends in a tattoo on my upper arm, about t-shirt sleeve length and width, inked on my the weekend of my 35th birthday in Amsterdam by easily the world's best tattoo artist EVER (Marco Serio I heart you, yes I do!) and designed by the world's best friend and best artist EVER (Ele my dear you are the one for me!).
Folks, what can I say? In June I will mark eleven years since I first came to Rome. That's a lot of time in my world.
Ten years with the man I met on the first day in the city, a fairly smooth divorce—if that's not too much of an oxymoron—and a now on-really-good-terms parenting relationship, as we are in fact parents to three, yep count 'em!, three, kids. A four year old and TWIN two year olds. Many of you who know me already know all that.
But wait!!
As in all compelling informercials, as well as in life: there's more!
An almost-completed MSW back in the States, a string of really interesting jobs including youngest director ever of one my former organization's study abroad centers (the one here in Rome), stints in kundalini yoga, Buddhist zen meditation, and courses in astrology, Spanish, and "natural" childbirth.
A love for Yogi Tea, not enough time to continue zazen (but to be continued…), a fairly good grasp of what it means to have Sun in Taurus conjunct Mercury in the 11th house forming a T-square with Saturn and Uranus (in short, it's not easy), the ability to politely say "oiga!" in Spain to get someone's attention, and two C-sections resulting in three children. So, as with all great expectations, some turn out, some don't. I figure I'm par for the course.
Successfully starting, managing, and then closing my own business due to a move back to the States, and having to start all over again, for the nth time, at just 30 years old.
Enjoying a rooftop garden house for years in the heart of old Trastevere, living in a
shoebox shared student apartment without enough water pressure to even rinse my hair, a hellish hospital stay post-birth here in Rome, getting a second driver's license at 26 and learning how to drive in a way that purposely ignores most of the rules of the road.
Learning to loosen up, accept life as it comes, and above all, realizing that very little of that which makes up this life is actually under my direct control. And that being, all things considered, not such a bad thing. And that life, all things considered, shouldn't be taken quite as seriously as I often take it.
Someone who played a very pivotal role in my life here in Rome was once telling me about all of his woes. Since I tend to be silly and sarcastic with the people I enjoy, I started making light of it. He looked kind of upset. I said, "Hey, lighten up. I'm just trying to bring a bit of leggerezza into your life."
He said that leggerezza is one of the most beautiful words in Italian, both for its meaning ("lightness" — it always makes me think about taking things lightly and less seriously, the epitome of our "lighten up" phrase in English) as for the fact that physically, when you pronounce it, since it has a double "Z" you are practically forced to smile when you say it.
I found all of that quite poetic, and even if it was contrived, I didn't care. I knew that was going to be my new key word for the forseeable future. Leggerezza. Yes, I like that.
And so, there you have it. My word, my artists, and lest we forget, my beloved swallow:
In addition to indicating that a sailor had sailed 5000 miles, swallows are also associated with the idea of return. This "return" symbolism is rooted in two ideas. The first was the swallow's famous migration pattern, always returning home to San Juan Capistrano. Second, it was believed that if a sailor dies at sea, birds carry his soul home to heaven.
(Thank you Sailor Jerry!)
So, to mark my return trip, my logging of 5000 miles and then some, and my overall journey in general, I got inked. In Italian, in Amsterdam, by a New Yorker, who also is Portuguese, and did a stint in a tattoo shop just around the bend from the illustrious correctional facilty at Rikers Island. It's like six degrees of tattoo geography. And all without one shred of regret.
And no, it did not hurt. (You try raising three kids ages 4, 2, and 2, and then come back and tell me if you think a tattoo hurts. No? I didn't think so.)
Me before it all began. Don't I look nervously happy? Yes, indeedy!
That's what a stencil looks like, folks. Just so you know. You can still run away screaming at this point, without any permanent markings.
Yes, needles were involved. Three for the outline and eight simultaneously for the coloring-in. Delirious fun and laughter was had by all.
No, that's not blood, you silly! It's red ink!
Don't let tattoo-haters try to talk you out of your first tattoo by being all "OHMYGAWD it's going to be so painful and so red and irritated and blah blah frickin blah blah." Um, hi. I have like the world's most sensitive skin and this was about as gory as it got. This is literally like moments after it was finished. Yeah, there's like a couple drops of blood. Deal.
Just another satisfied customer. All in a day's work! xoxo Marco!


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Lana Del Rey's 'SNL' Performance Panned on Twitter
Internet sensation Lana Del Rey caused another Internet sensation of her own this weekend following her 'Saturday Night Live' debut. The Twitterverse was in a frenzy over her performance, with famous detractors and fan defenders alike throwing in their two cents about the sleepy-eyed songstress.
Actress and singer Juliette Lewis was wholly unimpressed with Del Rey, tweeting, "Wow watching this 'singer' on SNL is like watching a 12 yearold [sic] in their bedroom when theyre pretending to sing and perform #signofourtimes." (The post has since been taken down.) Actress Eliza Dushku agreed, writing, ""Who…..is…..this wack-a-doodle chick performing on #SNL..? Whaaaa?"
They weren't alone — much of the viewing public was let down and thought that Del Rey didn't live up to her hype. The Hollywood Reporter compiled some of the most telling tweets, including one from @karen_g, who wrote, "Watching Seth Meyers walk up to Lana Del Rey, shaking his head and saying, 'It wasn't bad!' says just about everything, doesn't it? Ouch."
However, not everyone was so hard on Del Rey, who may be a target for extra vitriol because she's one of very few artists who appeared on 'SNL' before their albums dropped. Fans and media alike pointed out that she was visibly nervous (who wouldn't be?!), and even Lewis stuck up for the 'Video Games' chanteuse — and we think she speaks for the masses with her message.
"I woke up singing a @LanaDelRey song! Such great haunting melodies!" Lewis tweeted. "Regardless of my own taste LIVE she's a #FreshandYummy songwriter.Period."


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Marion County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Summerfield man Saturday and confiscated 1.6 pounds of marijuana from his home.
Marion County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Summerfield man Saturday and confiscated 1.6 pounds of marijuana from his home.
The incident began when deputies responded to reports of a fight near the 10000 block of Southeast 149 Lane and found Everett Salisbury sitting on his front porch tending to a swollen eye, according sheriff's report.
Salisbury told the deputies that three men, one with a gun and brass knuckles, had beaten him just minutes before.
One of the men was John Knowles, 29, he said, and he directed deputies to Knowles' home at 10177 SE 149th Place.
Several deputies went to the house and ordered those inside to come out. When Knowles came out, he was arrested. Knowles then gave deputies permission to search the house to see if anyone else was inside.
During the search, deputies saw a small, black backpack on a table and one of the deputies said he could smell an "overwhelming odor of marijuana" from the backpack, according to the report. He also reported he could see a small plastic bag of marijuana through an opening in the bag. Also next to the backpack were several digital scales.
The backpack contained 1.6 pounds of marijuana, several empty plastic bags, and bags containing $61.54 in coins. In his wallet, Knowles had $2,291, which he told deputies he earned selling marijuana, according to the report.
Deputies arrested Knowles on charges of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, a felony, and possession of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor.
He was taken to Marion County Jail and was released later that night after paying $5,500 in bail.


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2300 Blog Posts and 11 Million Pageviews Later
John Lynn is the Founder of the HealthcareScene.com blog network which currently consists of 10 blogs containing over 8000 articles with John having written over 4000 of the articles himself. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 16 million times. John also manages Healthcare IT Central and Healthcare IT Today, the leading career Health IT job board and blog. John is co-founder of InfluentialNetworks.com and Physia.com. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can also be found on Twitter: @techguy and @ehrandhit and LinkedIn.
For those that don't know the history of EMR and HIPAA, I wrote the first post on EMR and HIPAA back on December 11, 2005. It's fun to read that first post. Short and sweet. I hit some high level points which amazingly still represent my desires 10 years later. "I will try to incorporate any aspects of EMR and HIPAA because I think best practices across the industry are important to know." – I still try to incorporate any aspect of healthcare IT. Lately I've been writing even more about the business of medicine, but I still try and find best practices.
In my original post I invited people to participate in the conversation. I still desire this greatly, but I've found that much of the conversation has moved to social media versus the blog comment section. Plus, as I've refined my blogging skill, it avoids many comment threads. In the beginning I wasn't as skilled and so there was a lot of opportunity to correct me which made for great comment threads.
The last line of that original post really expressed my understanding of EHR at the time: "This is my best knowledge from my research and is not guaranteed in anyway." Pretty funny that I thought to put in a disclaimer from the start. When I started I knew so little. It's amazing how much you can learn over 10 years. Yet, I'm still learning.
5 months into my EMR and HIPAA blogging journey I celebrated reaching 30,000 visitors to my blog. I was amazed by my achievement. Little did I know that less than 10 years later I'd be celebrating 2300 blog posts and 11 million pageviews. For some perspective, we celebrated 3 million pageviews in August 2010 and then last Valentine's day we celebrated 9 million pageviews. I was nostalgic for those posts and still am today.
I'm really not sure how to process 2300 blog posts and 11 million pageviews for one of my Healthcare Scene blogs. I mostly feel to say: Thank you!
I never thought I'd be a full time blogger when I grew up, but I feel lucky to do so. Over the past 5 years as a full time blogger, it's been amazing to see the blogging business model change. When I started blogging people were happy to buy links from my site (We stay far away from that now). We always have done some pay per click and display advertising and those both still do quite well for us. However, as we've matured, we've been able to offer a variety of email marketing and sponsored content options which really take healthcare IT marketing to the next level.
With that in mind, I want to take a second to thank those companies who are currently supporting the work we do here at EMR and HIPAA. Without their support, none of this would be possible.
EMR and HIPAA Email Sponsors
EMR and HIPAA Sponsored Content Series
The Breakaway Group
EMR and HIPAA Display Advertising
HIPAA Secure Now
Colocation America
What I love about each of these companies is that they are looking to promote their company, but they're also interested in supporting the work we do here at EMR and HIPAA. Almost all of them are not only sponsors of the site, but also readers of the site as well.
If your company would like to support the work we do here at EMR and HIPAA, we've created a new landing page which outlines all of the various healthcare IT marketing and advertising options we offer across the Healthcare Scene network. We'd love to work with you on sharing your message. Just drop us a note on our contact us page.
We've got a lot of ideas on how to continue to make what we do here at EMR and HIPAA better. However, what won't change is our efforts to provide valuable content that helps make our readers' lives easier.


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1951 Bowman #305 Willie Mays Rookie - PSA NM-MT 8
Starting Bid - $2,500, Sold For - $11,750
Graded NM-MT 8 by PSA. Extraordinary super high-grade example of one of card collecting's greatest classics, and Willie Mays' first and true rookie card. The 1951 Bowman of Willie Mays has long been firmly established as one of the most famous and desirable of all baseball cards. In addition to being one of the two key cards of the 1951 Bowman set, Mays is also part of the scarce high-number series of the set (#253-324). This is a magnificent card in all respects! The offered example is perfectly crisp and clean, with four sharp corners, exceptional printing registration, and with virtually perfect centering. This reverse is perfectly crisp and clean, without even the slightest trace of the gum or wax staining which so frequently affects 1951 Bowmans. No 1951 Bowman Mays has ever been graded GEM MINT 10 by PSA, and only eight examples have ever graded MINT 9. SMR for MINT 9 is $65,000 and SMR for NM-MT 8 is $10,500, an unusually wide margin between the two grades in terms of percentage for any card in SMR. This ultra high-grade example of Willie Mays' rookie card is one of the finest we have ever offered or seen, and would be a worthy and welcome addition to the highest caliber world-class collection of classic cards. Reserve $2,500. Estimate $5,000++. SOLD FOR $11,750
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Phillips earns conference honor
University of South Carolina Beaufort senior Mark Phillips has been named the Sun Conference Men's Golfer of the Week for matches played March 12-18.
Phillips continued his solid spring with his first collegiate victory, shooting 4-over-par 214 over 54 holes at Chechessee Creek Club to win the Sand Shark Classic by three shots and lead USCB to the team title in its home tournament.
Phillips has placed in the top two in both of USCB's tournaments this spring; he finished second at the Coastal Georgia Invitational at Sea Island Golf Club.
Softball team draws
national notice
The impressive start to USCB's inaugural softball season has not gone unnoticed. The Sand Sharks received one vote in the first NAIA Top 25 Coaches Poll of the season, which was released Tuesday.
USCB won its first eight games of the season and entered Wednesday's doubleheader at 18-4 overall and 4-2 in Sun Conference play.
Sand Sharks alerts available
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Alerts will include schedule changes, postponements, breaking news, final scores, etc.
There is no charge for this service, but text messaging rates from your mobile provider will apply.
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Ejiofor: I'm thrilled for Elba
Chiwetel Ejiofor has revealed that he has no rivalry with Idris Elba, despite the two British stars vying for top acting awards this year.
The two London actors are up against each other for the best actor gong at the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards - Chiwetel for his portrayal of Solomon Northup in 12 Years A Slave and his TV role in BBC drama Dancing On The Edge, and Idris for his portrayal of Nelson Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom and his small-screen role in crime drama Luther.
"It's really terrific, it's really exciting. I'm thrilled for Idris as well. He's gone through a remarkable few days with everything that's happened so I'm really thrilled for him," he said.
"We've been friends for a long time now - it's been 20 years - so it's really exciting to have two projects out there. We spoke the other day actually, how exciting it is to talk about these two very different guys (Mandela and Solomon) going through these two different set of circumstances but they found them very embracing and found an audience in both of them."
Chiwetel said he has been impressed with the feedback he's had about Steve McQueen's unflinching slavery drama.
"It has been amazing, the reception and how it's been received by people. It's been remarkable," he said.
"This was something I thought was just extraordinary and an amazing story. The opportunity to talk about Solomon Northup, his life and his experiences were so amazing to me."
:: 12 Years A Slave, which also stars Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt and Benedict Cumberbatch, opens in cinemas on January 10.


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Back by popular demand. Local artist Dina Baron is back to teach a Byzantine Chain Maille Bracelet class. Saturday January 21 at 1:00pm Students will be using aluminum wire in silver and a choice of color. (Those students wanting sterling can pay an additional fee, please let us know one week prior to class). This is a great get aquainted with chain maille class and will lead to dreams more maille! Sign up early as this class always fills! Check out more of Dina's award winning work at www.hooksandtoggles.com all supplie are included.
Join us Saturday, April 14th for a special 3 hour workshop featuring the work of New York artist Sherri Welser. A tio of uses for the latest beads trending now! First you will make the "Bluetopia" bracelet made with magatama beads and crystals, then the "Avalon" ring using the new Tila beads, then as a fun beachy extra you will make a Seaglass ring with real seaglass and wire. Sherri is currently featured in this month's Bead TRends magazine and has more articles being published nationally in May and June. She teaches throughout the country and we look forward to her fresh outlook on creating and beading materials Class starts at 10:30 and goes until 1:30. Cost is $65 and INCLUDES ALL MATERIALS!! Call 843-881-5690 to register. Space is limited so register early!
Jion us March 3-6, 2010 as we welcome back for our 4th year Luigi Cattelan and Nicole Anderson from Murano, Italy. Luigi will have thousands of Venetian beads for sale. Luigi's extensive selection includes one of a kind, vintage, anitique and production work from his factory in Murano Italy. He will only be here three days and when he is gone you will have to go to Italy to get more so stop by and see all the fabulous beads he has.


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1880s/1890s Webless Crescent Glove
Starting Bid - $500, Sold For - $2,644
This extremely rare webless crescent-style glove represents one of the earliest of all baseball gloves. Produced in the 1880s and 1890s, this style glove is predated only by the fingerless models of the 1870s. All gloves dating from before the turn of the century are rare. Balls and even bats dating from before 1900 have survived with some frequency, but high-quality gloves from the nineteenth century are far rarer, in part because they were a relatively expensive accessory that not everyone could afford. Ideally, this glove is accompanied by documented provenance in the form of a letter (dated January 5, 2007) from the grandson of the original owner. He writes in part: "This crescent baseball glove was purchased by my great-grandfather, Charles Fiske Slocumb, from a Boston sporting goods in the fall of 1893 and given to his son (my grandfather), Charles William Wallace Slocumb as a Christmas present that year. My grandfather was born in 1881 in Malden, Massachusetts. He used the glove in sand lot play in the Malden area throughout his teen-age years (1893-1899)...In 1954, when I was fifteen and playing high school ball, my grandfather gave me this glove. Needless to say, I never used the glove, but I went on to play four years of baseball at Williams College where I was captain of the team in 1961....I have had the glove in my possession for the past 52 years....As you can imagine, it is with mixed feelings that I offer the glove in this auction. " The white buckskin glove features a single-button wrist strap and is heavily soiled from use. Despite the wear, the slightly flattened crescent in the palm is still easily discernible and the leather remains soft and supple. No manufacturer's stampings or labels are visible, but the glove is obviously constructed of top-quality materials and there are no tears or splits along the seams. In Very Good to Excellent condition. This glove was introduced to the collecting community as Lot 846 in Robert Edward Auctions' April 2007 sale, where it realized a final sales price of $2,643.75. It has been consigned to this auction directly from the original purchaser in 2007. Reserve $500. Estimate $2,000+. SOLD FOR $2,644
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Check out the Azealia Banks cover that's been banned in 7 countries! That bad?
August 16, 2012 | Azealia Banks, Celebrity News, Magazines | 2 Comments|
British fashion magazine Dazed & Confused just released it's controversial Azealia Banks cover.
Last week the mag tweeted that the September issue, which the rapper covers, had already been banned in 7 countries. Why?
Well, see for yourself! The magazine features Banks smoking what looks to be a giant pink condom, with the headline "Azealia Banks Blows Up".
So here's the question…. is it really that bad?
What do you think?
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Job Length: 5-10 hrs per week on an ongoing basis.
Job requirements: English as 1st language and a USA resident. Must be familiar with how instagram works. AGAIN, please only apply if you can easily look at the Instagram Feeds of 13-30 year olds and easily tell style and who would match well with us. We do not have the time to train you to find the right ones.
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Compu-Mail, a direct marketing and printing service, has been recognized in the 2013 Premier Print Awards for outstanding achievement in the production of variable data digital printing. Compu-Mail's 2013 desk calendar, featuring variable data and images, and highly personalized campaign mailing earned two certificates of merit for the company.
The Premier Print Awards is the graphic arts industry's largest and most prestigious worldwide printing competition, hosted by Printing Industries of America, which recognizes those responsible for the creation and production of outstanding print communications. After examining thousands of entries from printing and graphic arts firms around the world, the judges bestowed upon Compu-Mail these merits to honor technical excellence in digital printing.
Less than 33 percent of the total entries in this year's competition won an award.
"It's an honor to be recognized by the industry as a company that produces top-quality, award-winning materials," noted Michael Vitch, president of Compu-Mail. "Our employees work very hard to give each project the same attention and care, and winning these awards is gratifying for all of us here."
Compu-Mail (www.compu-mail.com) provides end-to-end direct marketing and business printing services to companies across the U.S. and Canada. Headquartered in Grand Island with offices in Rochester, Compu-Mail services include direct mail, email marketing, data-driven marketing with database management, statement rendering, and variable imaging. Compu-Mail can be reached at 1-800-255-0670 or [email protected].


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Managing shared or team calendars has always been a problem in Microsoft Office Outlook. You either had to use a mailbox that was accessible by everyone, or you used a public folder that didn't work with your Outlook calendar. Using Outlook 2007 combined with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, you can now link a SharePoint calendar to Outlook, and you can even add, modify, or delete appointments when you're offline. Let's see how you and your team can benefit from using shared calendars.
In previous columns, I explained how you enable synchronization by selecting the desired SharePoint list or document library and clicking "Connect to Outlook" on the Actions menu ("SharePoint Integration with Outlook 2007, Part 3," June 29, 2007). Syncing the calendar with Outlook adds the SharePoint calendar to Outlook's Navigation pane under Other Calendars and sets it to active. When a calendar is active (checkbox selected), you'll receive reminders set on appointments in the shared calendar—a pop-up window appears to alert you about your group appointments, such as department meetings. You don't need to add these appointments to your local calendar to get a notification. However, if you want to add shared appointments to your calendar—for example, to synchronize them with other devices, such as your PDA—you just need to open the appointment and use the "Copy to My Calendar" button.
Another great feature of Outlook 2007 makes it possible to view multiple calendars at the same time: Overlay mode. When you open multiple calendars in Outlook 2007, by default it shows them next to each other with the calendar view called Side-by-Side mode. To switch, choose View in Overlay Mode from the View menu. On the tab of the calendar pane, you'll find an arrow that you can also use to enable or disable Overlay mode. In Overlay mode, all your calendar items appear together. You can tell which calendar appointments come from because each calendar appears in a different color. However, in Overlay mode you can't drag and drop appointments between the different calendars. You must either switch to Side-by-Side mode, use cut and paste, or drag the items to the Navigation pane.
All attributes of Outlook appointments are supported on the SharePoint site: I haven't had any problems adding priorities, color categories, or attachments to appointments. The only limitation I've found is that the SharePoint calendar doesn't support meeting requests; it only supports appointments. If you create a meeting request when the SharePoint calendar is active in Outlook, the request will fail. As a workaround, you can create meeting requests when your default calendar is active and copy them to the SharePoint calendar later.
Shared calendars are very useful, as I've seen in my own department. For example, we use a shared calendar for vacation information. People add an All Day Event for days they'll be out. Whenever I open my calendar, I immediately see who's on vacation. Also, we use a shared calendar for team events such as departmental workshops or any appointment that's of interest for the whole department. This makes tracking your schedule easy, and it's especially useful if you're part of multiple projects that previously filled up your calendar. Now appointments are kept in separate calendars, and you can add them on demand to your Outlook profile.
Go ahead, start using shared calendars. You'll be amazed at how they can help you and your team work smoothly together.
Outlook Internet Site of the Month
This month's site offers a couple of interesting free Outlook macros. Try the following blog: http://niveauverleih.blogspot.com/search/label/Outlook%20VBA%20Macros. In this section dedicated to Outlook, you'll find a macro for creating yearly calendar views in Outlook and several other useful tips. Check it out—you might find some nuggets here to help you!
As always, if you find a link for an interesting new freeware tool or add-on for Outlook, let me know! Send me a message at [email protected].


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GREENVILLE, Ill. – GC baseball scored 30 runs in Wednesday night's double-dip dismantling of Eureka College, using scores of 11-3, 20-4 to deliver the sweep and secure a slot in the 2012 SLIAC Tournament.
With the pair of convincing victories, Greenville Baseball advances to 14-16 (12-5 SLIAC) and are winners of nine of their last eleven contests. As a result of their mid-season tear the Panthers have locked up at least the 3rd seed in upcoming SLIAC tournament.
The Black & Orange will return to the diamond on Friday, April 27 as the club hits the road for perennial SLIAC powerhouse Spalding University (12-6 SLIAC) in Kentucky. GC will battle the Golden Eagles at 5:00 pm on Friday, and will wrap up the three-game set with a double-header on Saturday that will start at 11:00 am.


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Inside Running Game
What's shocking to me is our inside running game is non-existent. I'm not sure what it is but for a coaching staff which preaches MANBALL, we are far away from it. I didn't see any production from Fitz or any of the other RBs against stout defenses.
Our playcalling has been dismal. This makes me wish for 3 yards and a cloud of dust all over again. It wasn't pretty but it worked.
Also, what will it take to not throw interceptions and lose fumbles. This game reminded me of the dark days.
With a fresh corp of OL next season, I'm very skeptical of where we will be at. No more Lewan who'll be drafted 1st round.


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Is the Dollar Too Fragile?
The dollar's status as the international reserve currency since World War II has been a key pillar of the States' leading role in the world. But is it now too fragile? Francesco Guerrera discuses on the News Hub. Photo: Bloomberg.
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