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One show only Wednesday 9/26 at 7 pm
This special screening will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with local refugees from Burma and staff and volunteers from the Albany Field Office of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants.
This is filmmaker Robert H. Lieberman's impressionistic journey, culled from over 200 hours of striking footage, that explores the depth and vastness of Burma, from its vibrant indigenous culture to its revolving door of pre- and post-colonial dictatorships. During Lieberman's time in Burma, working first for the U.S. embassy and then an NGO, he shot footage continually, though it was strictly forbidden – and dangerous. Now his footage forms an unexpected and expressive portrait of a place they call Myanmar, a nation that is a mystery to much of the world. The film traces the history of Burma (the colonial name of the country, used today by Aung Sun Suu Kyi and other dissidents of the current military junta) from its beginnings in the ancient city of Bagan, through colonial times, through recent uprisings and the devastating Cyclone Nargis that killed 150,000 people. The film continues through the present day with Aung San Suu Kyi's long-delayed in-person acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway in June of this year. As the story unfolds, we see the unique and powerful role Burmese Buddhism plays in the culture and politics of the nation. On the heels of Aung San Suu Kyi's release from nearly two decades of house arrest and her historic trip to Norway to finally accept her Nobel Peace Prize, the debut of this remarkable film could not be more timely. Lieberman is a best-selling novelist, award winning filmmaker and a long time member of the Physics faculty at Cornell University. "They Call It Myanmar is a thing of beauty, a documentary with all the virtues of a great feature film; its cinematography, music and contemplative words make it a hymn to a land that has grown out of the oldest cultures in Asia. The film has taken on an unexpected buzz." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times. 84 min.


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HP Follows IBM's Lead With Enterprise Applications for Workday
Jun 18, 2014 6:59 AM PT
HP on Tuesday announced HP Enterprise Applications Services for Workday -- essentially consulting services for customers of Workday's Software as a Service.
Workday is a human capital management package that unifies human resources, talent management, payroll and financial management.
It is cloud-based and fully enabled for mobile use. All customers work with just one version of the application, so everyone gets the same update.
HP has executed "the industry's largest deployment of Workday to date" to its more than 300,000 employees worldwide, taking only 14 months to do so instead of the three years an implementation of this size normally would take.
HP can upgrade existing legacy HCM solutions; develop an overall enterprise cloud strategy; integrate with other enterprise applications and databases; work with mobile computing, Big Data, social and enterprise security strategies; implement an effective model for ongoing application management; and develop an agile solution to meet changing business requirements.
HP has been flailing as its management seeks to turn it around, and "It's absolutely critical HP pulls this off right, because it's what's going to pull them through," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times.
An HP spokesperson was not immediately available to provide further details.
The Workday Backstory
Workday was founded by David Duffield, founder and former CEO of PeopleSoft, and Aneel Bhusri, former PeopleSoft chief strategist, after Oracle completed a hostile takeover of the ERP giant back in 2005.
Its services target customers of Oracle and SAP, and it claims to offer them at lower cost.
Oracle is feeling the pinch of Workday's attack, to the extent that it set up a Web page comparing its HR services to those offered by Workday.
It's not clear that SAP -- which led the ERP market in 2013 with US$6.1 billion in sales compared to second-runner Oracle's $3.11 billion, according to Gartner -- is threatened much by Workday.
Crowded Workday Consulting Field
IBM has offered Workday consulting for years. Other players include Appirio, Aon Hewitt, Accenture and DayNine Consulting.
Coming late to the market won't be a problem for HP, Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC, told the E-Commerce Times.
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," she pointed out. "If you're HP, you're imitating IBM, and that isn't a bad company to imitate and emulate."
IBM has for the past few years focused strongly on services and consulting, and that has paid off. Its Q4 2013 report showed software, services and global financing each grew, adjusting for currency, while revenue from its systems and technology divisions was down 25 percent, adjusting for currency.
"Now HP is going to try its hand at consulting, because that's where the big margins are," DiDio said.
HP is late to the game because "for years, it has been flip-flopping among different strategies and has been paying a bunch of different CEOs to go away," DiDio suggested.
Why Workday?
Human resources operations are moving to the cloud, and they're being outsourced, NGA HR pointed out.
NGA expects the SaaS paradigm to gain strength.
Doesn't SaaS Give You Wings?
The whole premise of SaaS -- which Salesforce.com has exploited very well -- is that for a small fee, enterprises can get rid of physical servers and software, along with the need to carry out maintenance and other administrative tasks, and instead do their work on software that runs on the SaaS provider's servers at its data center.
Doesn't the apparent need for consulting services for Workday customers contradict this?
Not at all, contended DiDio.
"Our surveys show that people have to be dragged kicking and screaming to use the applications and figure out their ins and outs," she explained. "HP has realized there's a lot of money to be made, and they've got a captive audience -- their own installed base."

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) Syracuse is headed back to the Pinstripe Bowl for the second time in three years and will face former Big East foe West Virginia Dec. 29 at Yankee Stadium.
Syracuse (7-5) won five of its last six games to capture a share of the Big East championship with a 5-2 league mark. The Mountaineers (7-5, 4-5 Big 12) completed the regular season with a 59-10 win over Kansas.
This is the 11th straight bowl trip for West Virginia, which started the season with five straight wins and was ranked as high as fifth before five straight losses.
``We finished the season strong with two straight wins, and I am glad our players get the reward of playing in a bowl game,'' West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen said. ``Playing in New York City will provide a national stage and Yankee Stadium will be a great venue for our seniors to finish their careers.''
It will be Syracuse's 24th bowl appearance overall. The Orange is 13-9-1 all-time and 4-2 against the Big 12 in the postseason. Before its 36-34 victory two years ago over Kansas State in the inaugural Pinstripe Bowl, Syracuse had not played in a bowl game since losing 51-14 to Georgia Tech in the 2004 Champs Sports Bowl.
``It means a great deal to us to play a bowl game in Yankee Stadium where many of our alumni and fans will have the opportunity to share it with us,'' said Syracuse coach Doug Marrone, a native of the Bronx. ``New York state is the foundation of our program. It is great for our team, and particularly our seniors, to have the chance to play one more game. This senior class has given so much to our program on and off the field.''
The Orange is leaving the Big East to join the Atlantic Coast Conference next season; the Mountaineers bolted the Big East for the Big 12 prior to the 2012 season.
Syracuse leads the all-time series with West Virginia 32-27, winning the last two meetings after eight straight Mountaineers wins. Before 2012, the two teams had met annually since 1955.
Syracuse has a rich football history in New York City and the metropolitan area. The Orange is 6-1 all-time at Yankee Stadium, including a 3-0 victory against Pittsburgh in 1923 in the first college football game ever played in the original ballpark.
The inaugural Pinstripe two years ago also featured the Big East against the Big 12 in the first bowl in New York since the Gotham Bowl matched Nebraska and Miami at Yankee Stadium in 1962. Rutgers beat Iowa State 27-13 in last year's Pinstripe.
Prior to its first appearance in the Pinstripe, Syracuse suspended defensive tackle Andrew Lewis and linebacker Brice Hawkes for violating team rules. This time, starting linebacker Marquis Spruill and running back Steve Rene are facing an uncertain future.
The two juniors were charged after an alleged drunken altercation near campus involving Syracuse police early Sunday. Rene, a performer mostly on special teams, was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Spruill, who has started every game in his college career and ranks fourth on the team in tackles, was charged with disorderly conduct and second-degree harassment.
Police said both men appeared drunk.
Marrone said he was ``aware of the situation and will handle it in the appropriate fashion.''
AP Sports Writer John Raby in West Virginia contributed to this report.


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Bad Schandau is an old-established spa resort in Saxon Switzerland. Its spa facilities adhere to the naturopathic principles developed by Sebastian Kneipp, the father of hydrotherapy, and were built during his lifetime.
If you're looking for a first-class holiday to boost your health, you'll find a selection of superb clinics on the banks of the Elbe in Bad Schandau, which treat a range of complaints and complement the local spa facilities.
Unique surroundings
The spa gardens have a charming atmosphere and contain some of the original trees dating back to 1873. As well as beautiful and therapeutic natural scenery, Bad Schandau can boast a parade of mini architectural gems. In 1903, the hotelier Rudolf Sendig had these magnificent, country-house-style wooden villas built upon a picturesque plateau together with scenic promenades. The houses in this 'villa district' were built using the most modern methods of the day and equipped with electricity and running water. They are still much admired for their elegance.
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About this blog
FLEFF Intern Voices
The Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival from the interns' point of view
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Blog posting by Kayla Reopelle, Documentary Studies and Production '14, FLEFF Blogger, Roy, WA
During FLEFF week, I was absorbed by the festival. While speaking with other students about the event, I discovered five flagrant misconceptions about FLEFF.
Here are five ideas to leave at the door.
1. I can't do anything with FLEFF until the festival starts
FLEFF hosts events year-round, but most of them occur during the week of the festival.
To prepare for the festival, try learning more about the films which will be featured before going to see them. Read blogs, comment on them, look up trailers -- the more you know about the program, the more dynamic your experience will be.
2. Lectures and concerts don't fit into a film festival
Film festivals are about conversations and ideas. Since FLEFF is a theme-based festival, anything connected to those conversations and ideas is relevant.
Also, the concert's connection to cinema is quite deep. The relationship between the music and the film constructed by Insights International remains crucial to the theme.
3. This is an environmental film festival. Why don't you have more green-tree-nature related films?
The environment is so much more than "pretty flowers," Leila Christine Nadir said in the EcoArtTech workshop. The environment is space, where you live, the industrial and the wild. The environment is mood, the space to think, the feeling in the air.
FLEFF expands the definition of environment and sustainability to encourage audiences to think about the world differently.
4. This film sounds boring, I think I'll go see (insert commercial film) instead.
One of the biggest things I learned during FLEFF was that I couldn't predict which films would engage me. Big White Whale Films (commercial, large budget, white-dominant films) are valuable and entertaining, but challenge yourself to see at least one project each day that you wouldn't be able to see anywhere else.
I didn't think I would enjoy the Cornell Lab of Ornithology shorts. I almost saw The Hungry Heart, a documentary I knew I would enjoy, instead. I'm very grateful that I pushed myself to see something I thought might be boring. The Lab of O shorts ended up being my favorite films from the entire festival.
5. I have nothing interesting to say to a guest, so no one will want to talk to me
One of FLEFF's distinguishing characteristics is its connection to a college. Many guests keep coming back to FLEFF because it offers professionals to re-immerse in an idea-driven environment.
Standing in a group with other students can be intimidating to guests because they don't know anyone here. They want to talk to students, and your ideas are interesting.
Grab a friend and ask them something simple, such as "What films did you see today?"


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Bellevue is being ravaged by a horrible outbreak of the Playgue. We need to send your team into the hot zone to save as many souls as possible!
When to Play
No reservations are needed, the game can be launched once you get your team gathered at the starting line for this course. In our opinion, weekday afternoons are the best time to play our Bellevue game.
This is a safe part of town but we always recommend finishing the game before it gets dark.
The Starting Line
You are playing on our MetroDemic course in downtown Bellevue. The course starts and finishes at the corner of NE 6th Street and 110 Ave NE, right next to the Bellevue Transit Station. Meet on the red brick sidewalk on the northwest corner of this intersection.
View this location in Google Maps.
Launching the Game
Be sure to bring the activation code that you received when you purchased the game. If you can't find, you can retrieve your activation codes here.
Enter that activation code on http://play.metrodemic.com once you are at the starting line with your entire team.
Course Boundaries
All of the outbreaks for this course are located within walking distance of each other in downtown Bellevue. The approximate street boundaries of this course are :
NE 8th Street / 110th Ave NE / NE 2nd Street / 106th Ave NE
Length of Time
Allow 2 hours to play the game. There is a 90-minute game clock, but you'll have the opportunity to pause the game twice if you need a break, want to explore an interesting site, or experience a family meltdown.
What to Bring
- Cell phone with the battery charged
- Hazmat suit
- Comfy shoes
Be Safe!
Please be safe out there in accordance with the KurioCity Games participation waiver. Use your common sense and don't take any unnecessary risks.
What to Expect in the Game
Once you arrive at the starting line and use your activation code on one team member's phone, the game begins.
You'll see a map on your phone that shows locations of outbreaks and the number of lives you can potentially save.
Choose an outbreak on the map and hustle on foot to that location. Upon arriving, click "We're There" on the phone screen to start up the challenges. Challenges are a blend of scavenger hunt questions to prove you're there, pub-style trivia, and brain puzzles.
Every answer that you get right saves lives. People on your team are welcome to use their phones to help research the answers to questions.
Your team can pause the game up to two times for sightseeing, bio breaks, eating, or our personal favorite…. loud public arguments!
You will find answers to some of our most frequently asked questions below, but you are also welcome to email us at firstname.lastname@example.com with any direct questions you have.
Where is the Login Button?
On a mobile device, the login will nest itself in the menu. Tap on the three white lines below the MetroDemic logo and you should see the menu open up. You can login from there.
Alternatively, you can simply navigate to play.metrodemic.com.
Do I need to enable the Location/GPS on my phone in order to play?
No, the game does not incorporate the Location/GPS feature on your phone. We recommend turning the Location settings to "off" during the game to extend your battery life.
Can we pause the game?
Yes, use the pause button in the upper right corner of the game to pause the clock for family fights, hail storms, dirty diapers, and whatever else life throws your way!
What happens if my phone battery dies in the middle of the game?
Log in using the same activation code on another team member's phone. The game will pick up right where you left off.
The game seems to be frozen. What should I do?
First, make sure you have an internet connection. If you aren't online, you can't play.
If you definitely have an internet connection, our recommendations is that you simply log in using another teammate's phone. The game will pick up exactly where you left off.
If nobody else on your team has a phone, follow these three steps:
- Log out of the game from the game's home screen.
- Clear the cache on your browser
- Log back in at play.metrodemic.com
Can my teammates use their cell phones?
Your teammates are encouraged to use their phones to help you research the answers on all of our challenges. However, only one phone on the team can be used to submit answers and view the map.
What do we do if we can't find something?
If you come across a location clue that is missing, blocked, stolen, closed, or inaccessible for any other reason, please let us know! Every time you open an outbreak you'll see a link that allows you to "Report a Problem at this Location." We check those reports and make updates daily.
If you aren't on that page anymore, just email the details to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Can I challenge a question?
Of course! Building MetroDemic is more of a science than an art, so we welcome any discrepancies you find.
On every answer page, you'll see a link to "Report a Concern With This Question". That will send a message back to our labs with our concern, your location, and the question in, uh, question.
If you aren't on that page anymore, just email the details to email@example.com.
Where can I find my score?
Your score is measured in "souls" and is always visible at the top of the screen. Your score will be added to our leaderboard once your team finishes the game.


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Rated: G
Release Date: April 18, 2014
From Disneynature, the studio that brought you Earth and Chimpanzee, comes Bears — an epic story on a breathtaking scale. Showcasing a year in the life of a bear family — mother Sky teaches her two impressionable cubs, Amber and Scout, about life's most important lessons. Set against a majestic Alaskan backdrop, their journey begins as winter ends. Emerging from hibernation, the three face the bitter cold and an exciting but very risky outside world. Astonishing footage captures the fast-moving action and suspense of an endearing family learning to live life to its fullest in one of the planet's last great wildernesses.
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Life is an adventure for Maya, the clever and resourceful blonde-bobbed monkey in "Monkey Kingdom," Disneynature's new feature film set among ancient ruins in the storied jungles of South Asia. Maya's world is forever changed when she welcomes her son, Kip, into her complicated extended family. Like all families, Maya's has more than its share of colorful personalities—and she's determined to give her son a leg up in the world. When their longtime home at Castle Rock is taken over by powerful neighboring monkeys, Maya's whole family retreats, and she uses her street smarts and ingenuity to uncover untapped resources amidst strange new creatures and unsettling surroundings. Ultimately, they will all have to work together to reclaim Castle Rock, where Maya can hopefully realize her dreams for her son's future. Featuring a rich variety of characters, including a mischievous mongoose, simple-minded langur monkeys, predatory leopards and monitor lizards, "Monkey Kingdom" is narrated by Tina Fey ("30 Rock"), directed by Mark Linfield ("Chimpanzee," "Earth") and co-directed by Alastair Fothergill ("Chimpanzee," "Bears"). With music from award-winning composer Harry Gregson-Williams ("The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," "Shrek" movies), Disneynature's eighth True Life Adventure—the follow-up to 2014's "Bears"—swings into theaters April 17, 2015. For more information about the film and the conservation program, go to www.disney.com/monkeykingdom.
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Roland Emmerich, who directed "The Day After Tomorrow", "2012" and "Independence Day", has bought the rights to "Emergence", a new heart warming coming of age story about a young boy's struggle to reconnect with his father. I'm kidding, it's an alien invasion flick that I'm sure will have all kind of crap blowing up and whatnot. Good old Roland doesn't care about kids! He doesn't care about love. He cares about people getting their faces blow up by giant ships and crap. I don't know where I'm going with this.
Well good for them! "The Purge", which was released this past weekend went ahead and earned back its budget this past Thursday night thanks to late night and midnight showings. The film was made for about $3 million and pulled in close to $3.4 million Thursday night, eventually bringing in over $36 million over the weekend. I can't do the math on what kind of profit that is but I'm pretty sure it's a lot.
No real surprise here folks, "Halloween" will get a special 35th Anniversary release later this year from the good folks at Anchor Bay. What is a surprise though is that director John Carpenter and star Jamie Lee Curtis will reunite for a new commentary track to be included with the release. A special special edition will also be made available with signed yogurt that helps ladies go BM regularly. I made that last part up.
Christina Ricci has been hand selected by the folks at Lifetime to play Lizzie Borden in an upcoming made for TV movie about the famous ax wielding daughter. I assume this means Ricci is only a couple years away from battling giant snakes with fish heads or something on Syfy so that really should be the news here. I'm pretty excited.
A few moons ago there was a rumor on the tubes that the fine people at universal Pictures were planning a sequel to the 2010 remake of "The Wolfman". Since that movie was horrible it sounded like a terrible idea. Now it looks like they're just scrapping the entire thing and doing a full on reboot that will go straight to DVD sometime next year. There's no way this can end well but I guess it can't do worse than shirtless Anthony Hopkins.
If you love things that are good, and if you don't I suggest you stop reading my news because you're going to hate it, than you're going to be tickled pink by the news that "Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil" has been picked up for distribution by the folks at Magnolia Pictures. Looks like the buddy horror romp will hit VOD on on August 26th and see a limited theatrical release on September 30th. So that's awesome news if you haven't already downloaded it from some virus filled site.
Get ready to get excited, kids! The first shots of season 2 of "The Walking Dead" are hitting the nets and they're chock full of zombie goodness. Namely some bloodshot eyed zombie women that I find strangely attractive. These are all such strange new feelings for me. While I try to figure this all out you can sit there and diddle yourself over the fact that season 2 will hit AMC this October.
"Do you have Asteroids?", "No but my dad does". Name the movie! Anyway it looks like Roland Emmerich, the guy who directed "Universal Soldier" and "Independence Day" might be locking himself in to do a big screen adaptation of the beloved 80's video game. I'm so confused by what I just wrote I don't even know how to be sarcastic about it.
"Glee" fans rejoice; show star Cory Monteith has joined the cast of Jamie Babbit's "Breaking the Girl", a story of manipulative college girls suckering others into killing for them.
John Carpenter is working on his latest film "The Ward", and is now releasing pre-production diaries on his official site.
Kevin Williamson talks "Scream" reboots. As of now, the only real word is "It's going great!", with a few minor details.
In the 'do they really think people will buy that' department, details have been released for the Blu-ray edition of Roland Emmerich's "Godzilla" remake.


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Grizzlies sign Willie Reed, Donte Greene
Two signings for the Grizzlies
The Memphis Grizzlies signed free agent forward Donte Greene as well as forward/center Willie Reed of the NBA Development League's Springfield Armor to multi-year contracts, the team announced today.
Greene (6-11, 226) comes to Memphis with NBA career averages of 6.1 points, 2.4 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 16.8 minutes in 253 games (82 starts) over four seasons (2008-12) with the Sacramento Kings.
The 25-year-old has missed the majority of the 2012-13 regular season while recovering from a fractured ankle suffered during an offseason workout on Aug. 25. He recently played one game in Puerto Rico for Atleticos de San German of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN).
After leading Syracuse University in scoring (17.7 points) as a freshman, Greene was drafted by the Grizzlies in the first round (28th overall) of the 2008 NBA Draft. Memphis then completed a three-way trade on draft night that sent Greene's draft rights and a 2009 second round draft pick to Houston in exchange for the draft rights to current Grizzlies forward Darrell Arthur (27th) from Portland. Houston also traded the draft rights to Nicolas Batum (25th) to Portland for the draft rights to Joey Dorsey (33rd) to complete the deal.
Born in Munich, Germany, Greene moved to the United States at the age of three and was named Maryland's 2007 Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior at Towson Catholic High School in Baltimore, the same high school attended by Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony.
Reed (6-10, 220) joins the Grizzlies after averaging 14.8 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.77 blocks on .557 shooting in 29.3 minutes in 48 games (30 starts) for Springfield this season. The 22-year-old ranked fifth in the D-League in total blocks (83), posted 12 double-doubles and registered 24 games with multiple rejections in his first season with the Armor.
Reed enjoyed some of his best games this season against the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, scoring a D-League career-high 27 points on Feb. 23 before netting 21 points and collecting a D-League personal-best 20 rebounds against Fort Wayne on March 17.
Undrafted in the 2011 NBA Draft, Reed signed as a free agent with the Sacramento Kings on Sept. 21, 2012 but was waived on Oct. 26, 2012. The Kansas City native played two collegiate seasons (2008-10) at Saint Louis University, where he recorded 10.2 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.69 blocks in 67 games.
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Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. All this time and we haven't seen a single GM G Body in this series?
This car belongs to the former owner of the '65 Dodge D100 we saw a couple years back; he's since sold the truck and taken on this Monte as his latest project. It definitely needs some work, but has a great deal of coolness potential.
The CL package appears to have been a $385 cloth-seat option, on top of the $8,936 price tag for the base '84 Monte Carlo. Check out those "wire wheel" hubcaps: a $159 option.


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Kurt Busch Posts Runner-Up Finish At Phoenix
November 10, 2008
"I have to thank my crew and crew chief Pat Tryson," Busch said. "We made great adjustments all day. My guys did a tremendous job in the pits all race long; they were awesome. I love working for Roger Penske. The Miller Lite Dodge was fast. We really put up a fight. I was proud to finish second today.
"We did have three or four opportunities to go for Jimmie," Busch said of race-winner Jimmie Johnson, who now holds a 141-point lead in the battle for the Sprint Cup Championship. "It's something special. I don't know if I'm supposed to talk about my team and my crew right now or what Jimmie is doing in this sport. We were pretty good today, but we weren't that good (as good as the No. 48). What he's building on and what they're (No. 48 team) doing with three championships in a row, it's something very special. I encourage all the fans to come out and watch and be there on TV, Jimmie Johnson is putting a whooping on everybody.
"We had a great car today and we got beat by an even better team," Busch added. "I love putting up a fight at the end to go for the win. We had plenty of opportunities. We just got beat by a better car. We felt like we had a great race today. We had a great racecar underneath us. We had a great effort all around with pit stops, changes during the race, nice and steady progress all day. We thought we were on our game. We thought we had most of the group covered, but we just got beat and we got beat by something special."
Busch started third behind pole-winner Johnson and second-place starter Jamie McMurray. While McMurray led the first lap, Johnson powered to the front on the next lap, showing that he was not in a conservative mode as he is fighting for his third consecutive series points championship.
Elliott Sadler's spin in between Turns 3 and 4 on Lap 20 brought out the first yellow flag of the race. While most of the leaders went with four fresh tires, Tryson made the call for right-sides only and the strategy paid off. Busch was first off pit road and had the lead on the Lap 24 restart.
The "2 car" maintained the lead through two other caution periods and was out front when the caution flew for precipitation on Lap 38. The rain got heavy enough that the officials had to display the red flag on Lap 43 and it required a 23-minute drying up period before the race could resume.
Busch controlled the lead until Johnson ran him down and made the inside pass to regain the lead on Lap 81. The first round of green-flag stops began on Lap 96. Busch had faded to fourth when he pit road on Lap 101. Johnson pitted the following lap.
The stops cycled around on Lap 110, with Johnson leading, McMurray second, Dale Earnhardt Jr. third, Jeff Gordon fourth and Busch fifth. That would be the worst running position Busch would be in for the remainder of the race.
Busch, racing with the new Dodge R6P8 power plant for the fifth time this season, faced a major scare on Lap 168 when all the engine overheating lights went red. Debris was clogging his front grill area and the water temperature shot up to 270 degrees.
In a great display of teamwork, Busch worked through his spotter to have teammate Ryan Newman, running laps down due to earlier tire and suspension problems come to the rescue. Newman slowed to allow Busch to run right up on his rear bumper in order to suck the paper from the front of his "Blue Deuce." Once the debris was off the grill opening, the temperatures immediately started decreasing and the red warning lights went off.
The remainder of the race would prove incident-free for Busch and crew as the battle for the win came down to a three-man shootout with Johnson and McMurray. The race was red-flagged again on Lap 273 due to an eight-car pileup which left David Gilliland's car sitting on top of Scott Speed's No. 84 Toyota.
A three-car spin involving Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart and Robby Gordon brought out the 10th and final caution on Lap 306. That set up the final restart on Lap 311 that produced another green-white-checkered finish.
Johnson led when the race returned to green, but Busch did a tremendous job in hanging on and not allowing the No. 48 car to get a big advantage. The two ran a tight one-two tandem down to the wire with Johnson taking the win by a mere 0.296 seconds over Busch's Miller Lite Dodge. It was Busch's fifth top-five finish and 10th top-10 tally of the season.
McMurray finished third, with Carl Edwards fourth and Denny Hamlin fifth. Earhardt, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Jeff Burton and David Ragan rounded out today's top-10 finishers. Penske Racing's rookie competitor, Sam Hornish Jr. finished 33rd, completing 308 of the 313 laps, while Newman finished 34th, completing 302 laps.
With only next weekend's 2008 season finale remaining on the schedule, Busch remains 19th in the point standings with 3,601 points. He is 607 behind 13th-place Ragan and 334 behind 15th-place Kasey Kahne. He is 43 points behind 17th-place McMurray and 34 points behind 18th-place Newman.
Johnson must only finish 36th or better in next Sunday's Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in order to win his third consecutive series points championship.
Friday's practice from 11:30 a.m. till 1:00 p.m. kicks off this weekend's action at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Qualifying to establish the starting grid for Sunday's battle is set for Friday at 3:10 p.m. Saturday's first practice is scheduled from 1:30 p.m. till 2:15 p.m. and the final "happy hour" practice session is scheduled from 2:50 p.m. till 3:50 p.m. Sunday's Ford 400 (400 miles, 267 laps) has a scheduled 3:45 p.m. EST starting time here on this 1.5-mile speed plant located at the north end of the Florida Keys. ABC-TV and MRN Radio will provide live coverage of all the action.


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WASHINGTON — The USDA's Farm Service Agency reminds producers that the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 extended the authorization of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 farm bill) for many Commodity Credit Corporation commodity, disaster and conservation programs through 2013.
FSA administers these programs.
The extended programs include, among others: the Direct and Counter-Cyclical Payment Program, the Average Crop Revenue Election Program, and the Milk Income Loss Contract Program.
FSA is preparing the following actions: FSA will begin sign-ups for DCP and ACRE for the 2013 crops Feb. 19.
The DCP sign-up period will end Aug. 2; the ACRE sign-up period will end June 3.
Unchanged. The 2013 DCP and ACRE program provisions are unchanged from 2012, except all eligible participants in 2013 may choose to enroll in either DCP or ACRE for the 2013 crop year.
This means eligible producers who were enrolled in ACRE in 2012 may elect to enroll in DCP in 2013 or may re-enroll in ACRE in 2013 (and vice versa).
All dairy producers' MILC contracts are automatically extended to Sept. 30. Eligible producers therefore do not need to re-enroll in MILC.
Specific details regarding certain modifications to MILC will be released soon.
FSA will provide producers with information on program requirements, updates and signups as the information becomes available. Any additional details will be posted on FSA's website.
For more information about the programs and loans administered by FSA, visit any FSA county office or www.fsa.usda.gov.
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BLOGGERS AS ART: Graphic T-shirts with portraits of bloggers and models by Danny Roberts are hitting Forever 21 today. The Laguna Niguel, Calif.-based artist said the portraits on the shirts of the bloggers behind Pandora, Fashion Squad, Because I'm Addicted, Style Bytes and Alice Point were culled from an existing series of blogger images, many of which he made to thank bloggers he reads and appreciates. Roberts isn't sure if Forever 21 shoppers will recognize the bloggers, but he reasoned, "If they don't know the blogger, hopefully they will just like the artwork." The collaboration train isn't stopping with Forever 21 for 24-year-old Roberts. In the works are a third collaboration with Gwen Stefani's Harajuku Lovers and a first with men's footwear brand Heutchy. "I really like collaborating with other companies that have more resources than I would have. It allows me to do bigger projects," he said. For instance, Roberts noted his collaboration with Forever 21 will put some 100,000 T-shirts priced at $14.80 emblazoned with his art in the Los Angeles-based fast-fashion retailer's stores and on its Web site.
This story first appeared in the June 1, 2010 issue of WWD. Subscribe Today.
ITALIAN HONORS: The list of new Cavalieri del Lavoro, one of the highest honors bestowed from the president of the Italian Republic, was made public this week, and the fashion industry counts three names: Blumarine designer Anna Molinari; entrepreneur Alessandro Benetton, heir to the family's giant apparel manufacturing group, and Brunello Cucinelli, known for his cashmere designs. The official awards ceremony will take place in Rome in the fall at the Quirinale, the president's official residence. Past recipients include the likes of Valentino Garavani, Emilio Pucci, Ottavio Missoni and Ermenegildo Zegna, among others
BOSS HITS THE HIGH SEAS: Diane Kruger swept into London's Canary Wharf on Thursday night to slam a bottle of Pol Roger onto the newly remodeled Hugo Boss racing yacht. The actress, decked in Boss Black trousers and a branded black-and-white sailing jacket, christened the boat in front of a crowd of more than 600 guests, including British sporting celebrities David Coulthard, Ron Dennis and Sir Keith Mills. The "Hugo Boss" was built to sail solo around the world, and has recently been remodeled by yacht designer Juan Kouyoumdjian. Her skipper, the British yachtsman Alex Thomson, will be taking part in the Barcelona World Race in December 2010 and the Vendée Globe in 2012. Later this summer, the yacht will be setting off for decidedly less stressful journeys — to the Hamptons, Sardinia, Capri and Ibiza, where it will take part in a range of social and sporting activities.
FASHION FEAST: Talk about a power powwow. Last week, Sarah Jessica Parker and friends Laura Mercier and Serge Normant convened for dinner at London's Claridge's, where they tucked into oysters and caviar. Mercier was in town to launch her new fragrance, Ambre Passion Elixir, which she feted with a party Thursday night at Momo's in Mayfair. The fragrance launched at Harrods on May 30, and will launch at Sephora in the U.S. on June 7.
IN HER FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS: There's a new Caovilla in town. The daughter of famed footwear designer René Caovilla, Giorgia, will launch her first solo collection June 8 to 10 at the Plaza Hotel in New York, followed by a presentation in Milan at the Grand Hotel et de Milan. After 10 years spent working with her father, René, Caovilla said now it was "time to express" herself. And she was quick to point out that her collection is not meant to conflict with her father's. Bowing for spring 2011, the collection is called Jour [day in French] by Giorgia Caovilla, and, as per the name, it is meant for a daily use and not for all those glitzy evening events René Caovilla caters to.
TAKING CONTROL: Missoni is bringing its children's wear line in-house with the fall 2011 season. Aimed at girls ages 2 to 10, creative director Angela Missoni designed 21 styles, including jumper dresses, leggings, pulls and boleros. The collection is accessorized with 11 hat-and-scarf sets, featuring the house's iconic zigzags and space-dyed motifs. Prices range from 230 euros, or $281.50 at current exchange, to 380 euros, or $465, for a dress. Sweaters retail at between 270 euros, or $330, and 330 euros, or $404. The collection was licensed to French manufacturer Children Worldwide Fashion until April 2009.
SHIFTING SPACES: Swarovski and MAC stores are relocating from Taubman Inc.'s Beverly Center mall to Caruso Affiliated's shopping center The Grove in Los Angeles later this year. The moves are the latest coups for Caruso Affiliated president and chief executive officer Rick Caruso's effort to cherry-pick retailers desired for his nine current properties from rivals. But Beverly Center general manager Jeff Brown took the store exits in stride. He said the departures of MAC and Swarovski, which he described as not a permanent Beverly Center tenant, are "all part of our grand leasing plan." He noted Fendi and Prada stores are entering Beverly Center later this year, and an existing Louis Vuitton store is expanding into the space that MAC will vacate. Ultimately, Caruso may have a bigger Los Angeles prize in mind: the mayor's seat. "I'm intrigued by it," he said of a run for the office that Antonio Villaraigosa will be termed out of in 2013. "It is something that I'm more inclined to do lately, but I also love the business that I'm in."
ALL FOR SPORT: Benetton's sports division Verde Sport has opened its first recreational facility. Called "Primo Sport 0-2-4-6", the center is aimed at developing motor and sensory skills in infants to six-year-olds. Located near Treviso, Italy, the space has seven developmental courses in which games are divided into theme-based routes according to the ability that they foster, such as manual skills, mobility and balance. The project was carried out in collaboration with the Motor Science University in Verona, which will publish a user's manual of "Primo Sport 0-2-4-6" that will be given to the children's parents. The center will likely be replicated nationally.


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Market Research Reports : Transparency Market Research published new market report "Cellulose Fibers Market for Spun Yarn, Fabrics and Clothing Applications - Global Industry Analysis, Size Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2012 - 2018," the global market for cellulose fibers was valued at USD 12.63 billion in 2011 and is expected to reach USD 24.17 billion by 2018, growing at a CAGR of 9.8% from 2012 to 2018. In terms of volumes, the global demand for man-made cellulose fibers was 4,763.6 kilo tons in 2011 and is expected to reach 7,814.1 kilo tons by 2018, growing at a CAGR of 7.5% from 2012 to 2018.
The growing demand for biodegradable, environmental friendly and skin friendly fabrics and clothing from the textile industry has been driving the global market for cellulose fibers. Shift towards replacing petrochemical fibers with cellulose fibers from major end-use industries has also been one of the major factors propelling the market growth. However, volatility in wood pulp prices, which is a major raw material for cellulose fiber production, coupled with regulatory issues due to growing environmental concerns are major factors that have been inhibiting market growth. Consequently, the world is shifting focus towards producing cellulose fibers through renewable sources and providing biodegradable solutions to various industries' demand.
Cellulose fibers are majorly consumed in the clothing industry, which accounted for more than 60% of the total consumption in 2011. Cellulose fibers are used in various regenerated forms such as corn fibers, lyocell, rayon, modal, tencel, viscose, and many others forms in the clothing industry. Along with being the biggest consumer clothing is also expected to be the fastest growing application segment for cellulose fibers, growing at a CAGR of 7.6% from 2012 to 2018. Global demand for cellulose fibers used in spun yarn is expected to reach 953.1 kilo tons by 2018, growing at a CAGR of 7.3% from 2012 to 2018.
Asia Pacific emerged as the leading market for cellulose fibers and accounted for just over 45% of the global demand in 2011. Asia Pacific is also expected to be the fastest growing market, with an estimated CAGR of 8.1% in terms of volumes from 2012 to 2018. The growth of the textile industry, particularly in China and India, is propelling the growth of the cellulose fibers in the region. The European market for cellulose fibers was valued at USD 4.64 billion in 2011 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.4% from 2012 to 2018.
The global market for cellulose fiber is considered to be moderately concentrated with top four companies accounting for just over 40% of the total market. Some of the major companies operating in the global market include Aoyang, Fulida, Grasim Industries, Helon, Indo Bharat, Lenzing, Sateri, Tangshan and Thai Rayon.
This report segments the global cellulose fibers market as follows:
Cellulose Fibers Market: Product Segment Analysis
- Spun Yarn
- Fabrics
- Clothing
- Other (including Adhesives, Sealants and Tapes, etc.)
Cellulose Fibers Market: Regional Analysis
- North America
- Europe
- Asia Pacific
- Rest of the World (RoW)
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Removing Commercials
MythTV does not automatically remove commercials. The system will flag commercials and skip them during playback. It can also transcode recordings between MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 or lossless transcode MPEG-2 and remove a cutlist from the program. Since a list of commercial flags is not a cutlist, it is not removed automatically. This document describes how to remove commercials permanently from the source material.
Important Note:
You do not need to do anything on this page if all you are doing is watching recorded shows using Myth TV, then deleting them or letting them auto-expire. You will not save very much space. What the instructions on this page are useful for is if you're storing or archiving your recordings, or are watching your recordings outside of Myth TV.
If you just want to skip commercials from the front end, see Commercial Flagging.
Removing commercials using mythfrontend
You can remove commercials that have been flagged by editing the recording using mythfrontend. Once you have brought up the timeline editor (press E) you can press Z to load the flagged commercials as a cutlist in the editor. Once the cutpoints are created, you can manipulate them normally in the editor to get them exactly where you want them. It is uncommon for the commercial detection to be perfect all the time so some tweaking may be necessary.
After editing is complete, you can choose Begin Transcoding from the OSD menu or you can also choose to Begin Transcoding from the INFO menu in the Watch Recordings screen under Job Options. This will insert a transcode job into the Job Queue which will convert the recording based on your transcode settings in the recording profiles setup.
Removing commercials from the command-line
You can also remove commercials using the command-line utilities mythcommflag and mythtranscode.
You must have already flagged commercials for this option to work.
Use mythcommflag to create a cutlist by using
mythcommflag --gencutlist
Then use mythtranscode to transcode the recording using the cutlist with
mythtranscode --honorcutlist
You will need the additional standard options to both programs to choose the proper program based on filename or channel and time. Look at the --help output from each program for details on using these options
Automatically removing commercials
In the 0.20 release of MythTV, you can specify a custom command-line option for both the commercial flagging job and the transcoding job. Using this function, you could create a wrapper script for transcoding after commercial flagging that would use the command-line options outlined above.
One such way to implement this is to setup a User Job that uses this script. Save that script as /usr/local/bin/removecommercials and ensure that the script is executable by running:
chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/removecommercials
Set up a user job that runs the following:
removecommercials %DIR% %FILE%
You can do this by following the directions found on the User Jobs page.
Name the user job "Commercial Removal". You can now remove commercials by highlighting the recording in the recording list, hitting the right arrow, selecting "Job Options", and then selecting "Begin Commercial Removal". You may also set up your recordings to automatically run this script after a recording finishes. For more information on doing this, see the User Manual.
Update All Recordings
If you want to update all your recordings to automatically remove commercials, you could use the following SQL statement:
UPDATE record SET autotranscode = 0, autocommflag = 0, autouserjob1 = 1, autouserjob2 = 0, autouserjob3 = 0, autouserjob4 =0 WHERE autocommflag = 1
This SQL statement assumes you've set up the job as User Job 1, and will only update those recordings already set to flag commercials.


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[Lil Wayne]
Hahah..Yeeah, we're all here..
What it do like, just look at it what it is, what it do
(Pump That Bass)
Okay I step up in this bitch I see 'em look at me
I must be water cause women drown when they look at me
Court is now in order baby girl throw the book at me
I do life and make ya my wife
I can be your blanket baby girl I'm your security
Underneath the blanket it's gonna be a conspiracy
Offer me to manage, not takin off ya panties
But I do life if I touch his wife
But she wanna get right, so we do it all night till the woman is like
On my mic, that's a 1-2 check, check for a sound byte, right
Now she ready to spit
If she can swallow her pride then she swallowin' this
I tell her hop up inside that Merceal, I'll go, hit the radio and
(Pump that bass)
Ay, the rims may offend you on the shit I slide into, fuck you
Bring it to the Dezzy tell ya be cool
Ahem, hold all the pistols, roll by the cops and
(Pump that bass)
Sittin on the corner lookin' like a owner
Talkin' to the owner, ye my price blown up
All in the strip club, never get a boner
Only get hard for D'oh! I'm Homer
And you're a simp son, and I'm a pimp son
And she ain't comin' to the crib till her friend come
We gettin' money over here you need to get some
Out comes the po, steal from my income
Outside where we take it if ya mouth run
Southside where I'm from, that's where ya bitch come
Yeah baby, I pedal the floors up, I'm lettin' the doors up I'mma
(Pump that bass)
Ay, whatchu know about jeans from Japan
Hand made with the brand on the seam of the pants
And the steam in the seam of the pants also
And the steam, letter B on so don't go no where
Got plenty, more here and there
The shoes I wear you don't own a pair
Get it clear like a mirror, that's why ya girlfriend stare
Just been elected the president here
Cheers, cheers, tangerine tequila, no beers
Ye, I like this here
Wit Ciara on the track it's music to my ears
That's when I go to the store and I ask for a Philly
If they don't have a Philly, I ask for a Swisha
If they don't have a swisha, I ask for..
That's when I ask for, that's when I ask for a Dutchey!
I ask for a Dutchey, they gotta have a Dutchey
I don't smoke backwoods I just smoke Dutcheys
But, but naw she can't touch me
Cuz my girl is lookin' way good


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Courtesy Westside Cycling Classic
Svein Tuft to Start Westside Classic on Sunday
Canadian cycling star Svein Tuft has announced he will be starting this Sunday's Westside Classic in Vancouver BC.
Tuft from Langley BC riding for Symmetrics Cycling Team is a strong contender for this years BC Provincial Road Race Championship crown.
Former Canadian National Champion, current UCI Americas Tour Champion and 2007 US Open Championship winner, Tuft is sure to set the race on fire and be the man to beat on Sunday.
"I love racing in my hometown as I don't get the opportunity very often. The Westside Classic is a great race on a spectacular course and I can't wait to compete. The organization has put on a race we all should be proud of, coupled with the chartible work for Cancer I am looking forward to a very special race this Sunday" said Tuft.
Kona-Adobe at Westside Classic
Kona-Adobe returns to the Westside Classic with a team united around last year's runner-up Alistair Howard. Last year's silver medal performance marked the return to form for the 29 year old Howard, who in his late teens and early twenties was one of the shining young lights of Canadian cycling, amassing numerous national titles and representing Canada across Europe - racing such future stars as Tom Boonen, Denis Menchov and David Zabriskie. Howard hung up his wheels for a few years to complete his undergraduate degree in engineering at the University of Victoria followed by his Master's at McGill in Montreal. Now a full time mechanical engineer, Howard got the itch to return to racing a few summers back, and found his old form at last summer's Provincial Championships.
Howard's riding is characterized by keen technical astuteness and a devastatingly long sprint. Backing Howard up at Westside will be the rest of the 7 man Kona-Adobe squad, who have bolstered last year's already strong roster adding some of the top young talent in the province, including 3 time junior national champion Matt Potma and stand out climber Marcel Arden as well as former Alberta Cup winner Shawn Goulet. Returning members include pocket sprinter Dan MacDonald, current BC Track Champion Chris Reid and the big wattage engine of Jonathon Gormick.
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4oz unsweetened baker's chocolate
½ lb butter
2 cup sugar
4 eggs (unbeaten)
1 1/3 cup flour
1 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
2 t vanilla
12 oz. chocolate chips
Melt chocolate and butter. Add sugar and mix. Add eggs and mix. Add all dry ingredients. Cool mixture. Fold in vanilla and chocolate chips. Bake in 13×9 greased pan for 35 minutes @ 350 degrees. Turn off oven and leave in 5 more minutes. (If you are using a smaller pan, you may need 5 minutes more.) Cool at least ½ hour in pan.


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Speaker systems used to imply large towers, mountains of components, spaghetti-like piles of wires, and lots of listening to Pink Floyd to gauge sound quality. On the portable end, there was the boombox, clenching your cassette tapes in its teeth while you boosted it on your shoulder.
Today there are wireless, Bluetooth-enabled speaker docks that are smaller than a shoebox and allow you to play thousands of tracks from a single mobile device. Since I'm not really an audiophile, a speaker that works with my iPhone and gives good sound is good enough for me. But even some of those cost a few hundred dollars. That's where Soundfreaq's Sound Kick might come in handy.
This new portable Bluetooth speaker, which has an expandable chamber that pops out in the back for fuller sound, hits the market today at $99. It's available exclusively through Target stores and through Soundfreaq's Web site, to start. The Los Angeles-based company says the device will be available on Target's Web site in a couple weeks; it will eventually be sold through other mass retailers, as well.
After five days of using the Sound Kick, I preferred its sound over that of its main rival, the best-selling $200 Jambox speaker. But the Sound Kick is a bit wobbly when standing upright, and isn't nearly as portable as the compact Jambox, making it a tweener when it comes to being both an at-home dock and portable speaker.
The Sound Kick works with a variety of Bluetooth-friendly devices, including iPhone, Android phones, BlackBerry, iPad and some laptops. And unlike the Jambox, it has a USB port for charging devices while you're playing music or audio.
Made of plastic, with a steel-coated front grill, the Sound Kick is a rectangular-shaped device weighing 1.6 pounds and measuring 10.5 inches by 4.2 inches. When closed, its thickness is actually the same as the Jambox; when the extra sound chamber is extended, the device is 2.5 inches wide.
Like some of Soundfreaq's other products, it has smooth, indented, touch-sensitive buttons for adjusting volume and controlling music tracks. The speaker is available only in black, though Soundfreaq plans to introduce carrying cases in a variety of colors.
To test the sound quality of the speaker, I connected both my iPhone 4 and iPad 2 via Bluetooth, then set my entire music library to shuffle on my iPhone, which means some audio files would be higher-quality than others. (This was also a good reminder that I've downloaded some really bad music in the past. And I can probably ditch the Christmas tunes when it isn't the season.) I also played Pandora Internet radio songs from an app on an Android smartphone. I set the volume on my phones to around 75 percent, and the Sound Kick's volume was at about two-thirds of its capacity.
The songs playing through the Sound Kick easily filled the small living room of my apartment at mid-to-high volume levels, without losing quality or starting to sound harsh. Some songs sounded tinnier than other, but that likely had to do with the music files themselves rather than the speakers.
Soundfreaq says the Sound Kick provides optimal sound quality through two techniques: The extra chamber on the speaker set, and a digital-enhancement button, called the UQ3 button. The pop-out chamber in the back is meant to help the resonance of the acoustics of the speaker, while the digital enhancement gives the listener the impression that the speakers inside the dock are spaced further apart, more like surround sound.
When I pressed the UQ3 button, some songs did sound fuller, with stronger bass. With other, more layered songs, instrumental sounds that had previously taken a backseat to the vocals got a slight boost.
Otherwise, the digital enhancements weren't that noticeable to me. I also watched videos from "The Daily Show" on the iPad, and patched the audio through the Sound Link speaker. Since mobile phone and tablet speakers can be relatively weak, I liked the added oomph I got from the Sound Kick. But when I pressed the UQ3 button, it had little to no apparent impact on the sound quality.
The Sound Kick outputs at a higher decibel level than the Jambox does — 92 decibels, compared to the Jambox's 85 — but this is a way to measure the amplitude of sound, and is not an indication of better quality. Basically, the Jambox's amplitude peaks at a lower level than the Sound Kick's does.
The Sound Kick has a lithium-ion rechargeable battery that the company says should last approximately seven hours with an iPhone 4 or iPod Touch connected via Bluetooth, with the volume turned up 66 percent. During my test, I had the speaker turned up to around two-thirds of maximum volume, and the battery lasted about eight hours.
But there were a few things about the Sound Kick that lowered its grade for me. Unless you have the back portion of the speaker fully extended, the Sound Kick won't power on at all. Also, while I liked the touch buttons, I sometimes accidentally stopped a music track or jacked up the volume when I was moving the speaker around.
Unlike the Jambox, the Sound Kick isn't a two-way Bluetooth speaker, so when my iPhone rang during testing, the Sound Kick wouldn't patch my calls through the speaker.
The Sound Kick's biggest design problem is that it didn't feel very stable. The extra speaker space makes the device back-heavy, so when I propped it upright, it fell back; when positioned at an angle — as it's supposed to be for better sound — it tipped over if I bumped my arm against it. Soundfreaq says that when it's in the "kicked" position, the Sound Kick should be stable, but in the event that the speaker is knocked over, its steel front grill is meant to protect it from scratching or breaking.
If you're looking for an inexpensive speaker dock with good sound quality that works with mobile devices and could be considered portable in a pinch, you might want to consider the Sound Kick. But, as I'm planning for my next couple trips, I realize I'm more likely to take something like the Jambox with me during travel. It's just that much easier to carry around, also has good sound and acts as a two-way speaker, whether in the conference room, car or at home.


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William Woods University admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the University. It does not discriminate on basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other University-administered programs.
Consistent with the requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and Part 84 of 45 C.F.R., the University does not discriminate on the basis of handicap in admission or access to or employment in its programs and activities.
Governor's Executive Order No. 28, issues 11/18/1983, prohibits all state agencies from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation in the provision of any services or benefits by a state agency.


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The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe. You're playing the game, you're fighting the bosses, you know the how -- but do you know the why? Each week, Matthew Rossi and Anne Stickney make sure you Know Your Lore by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft.
Many of the questions that have had players mystified since Warlords of Draenor was introduced last year at BlizzCon surrounded Draenor itself. How did it appear? Why is it different? Why don't the events that occur on Draenor have any kind of bearing on what's going on with Azeroth? If Draenor is an alternate Draenor, is there an alternate Azeroth as well? Does this mean there are duplicate lore characters? Will we see two Thralls, two Velens, two versions of Garrosh? And as the year has slowly marched on, that question has been answered in bits and pieces, but never with enough clarity to really set people's minds at ease.
When the Warlords of Draenor beta was released, it became immediately clear to anyone that knew the history of Warcraft that this Draenor, the one on which we are going to be building garrisons, amassing armies, and defeating the Iron Horde, is not and never was the Draenor we were already familiar with. It's an entirely different planet. We've been using the term "alternate universe" in reference to Draenor because seems the best term to encompass the concept of this strange world. With the release of the short story Hellscream, it has finally been made clear just what is going on with Draenor -- and it has nothing to do with Garrosh's trip, and everything to do with the Bronze Dragonflight.
Please note: The following Know Your Lore contains several spoilers for Warlords of Draenor as well as the short story Hellscream.


text: I'm trying to get the JSON string from a twitter timeline by sending a XMLHttpRequest with the URI of the timeline: http://twitter.com/statuses/public_t...lback=timeline. I tried to put this into a xmlHttpRequest but it returns null. Is this a security issue or something?. Can someone explain me how to get the JSON string ?.


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Remember these fellas? This was Roger and Rafa's second meeting ever, a year after Rafa had beaten Rog 3 and 3 in the third round at Miami. Nadal led this final two sets to love only to fall 2-6, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-1. Nadal would win their next five encounters before falling to Federer in the 2006 Wimbledon final.
TSF Vault: First-ever Roger post (Feb. 2007)
(Image by Sports Illustrated via Getty)


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I have to write a program that decompresses a string in RLE recursively WITHOUT any loops. I've just learned recursion...and I think I understand it mostly (calling a method within itself). But I can't seem to wrap my head around this problem!
Given a String str = 5w2Kr3qO
Output: wwwwwKKrqqqO
(so you output the letter according to the number/count which precedes it; if there is no number preceding the letter, then the letter is printed once)
I'm really confused about how to approach this problem, any hints would be appreciated.
This was my initial approach, but it does not work:
public static String decompress (String str){ if(str.length()==1) return str; String first=""; String rest=""; char c = str.charAt(0); if(Character.isLetter(c) == true){ first = str.substring(0,1); rest = str.substring(1); return first + decompress(rest); }else{ first = str.substring(0,2); rest = str.substring(2); int x = str.charAt(0); char y = str.charAt(1); return repeat(x, y) + decompress(rest); // repeat is a method which will repeat y for x times } }


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The default interface for the auction house could use some loving. It's an essential part of players' gaming experience, and whether they use it or not, its design has an effect on them. We've seen many examples of Blizzard designing parts of their UI to include features provided by addons that had become so prevalent that everyone had to run them. For example, threat didn't always show up on the default frames -- back in my day, we had to run Omen to avoid pulling aggro from the tank.
It's important to recognize that not every valuable interface tweak belongs in the basic WoW UI, though. If it's a feature that's only used by a small segment of players or is unnecessarily complex, it's probably best off in an addon. You won't see me advocating that the base AH UI keep historic pricing numbers, for example. It is, though, a travesty that you have to page through hundreds of pages of single auctions to get to the lower priced stacks.


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