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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Raymond J. McKenna, former Senior Counsel in the Chief Administrative Office of the U.S. House of Representatives, today becomes the Associate Administrator, Office of General Counsel, Stephen A. Perry, Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), has announced.
"GSA is fortunate to have someone of Ray's stature as its chief legal officer," Mr. Perry said. "His stellar educational background, coupled with nearly 20 years of experience as a public sector lawyer, in both the legislative and executive branches of federal government, make him an ideal choice to lead GSA's legal team."
Mr. McKenna also was Counsel to the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Staff Attorney at the U.S. Treasury and Justice departments.
"I was honored by the appointment and by the privilege to serve Administrator Perry. I'm looking forward to working with the staff of the General Counsel's office at GSA," said Mr. McKenna.
In his new position, Mr. McKenna will advise the Administrator on the legally sound implementation of GSA's mission responsibilities, including contracting, information technology, travel and transportation, real estate, construction, leasing, environment, agency litigation, personnel and labor relations, equal employment opportunity, appropriations and finance.
Mr. McKenna graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in government and politics from St. John's University, in New York, in 1980, and with honors in 1983 from George Washington University National Law Center in Washington, D.C. He currently resides in Alexandria, Virginia.
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this is a big marketplace and is hard to follow with changes and new stuff, I would love to see the dashboard more crowded when rules that applies to authors are changed. (just a suggestion not saying the dashboard is never used for communication with the author from staff)
The rule I'm speaking about is that now themeforest allow linking to your own themeshop in the banners you place on top of your themes. You can also promote free themes in the same banner to attract themeforest clients to your marketplace so you can build yourself a big client base.
Looks like you will also get a big banner on top of all envato marketplaces to promote you, but just for a day. Don't know if this two things are related.
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Where you have seen that?
is the point of this thread.
new rules are hard to find.
for this you have to know where to look.
Are you talking about the latest Power Elite Author (not posting any names)?
If so, they got the banner at the top of the envato marketplaces because they reached $1,000,000 in sales. They also have their own banner on their files because that's how they've coded their theme previews.
There isn't a feature to do these things.
If you're talking about something else, then I have no idea what you mean
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They also have their own banner on their files because that's how they've coded their theme previews.
I'm sure they are not the only one who knows how to code a custom banner on top of their theme previews
linking to your own marketplace was not allowed in the past and using your previews to offer free themes or other promotions unrelated with the marketplace was also forbidden.
so, when rules changes it will be nice to get a notice in the dashboard.
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If so, they got the banner at the top of the envato marketplaces because they reached $1,000,000 in sales.
ah, ok
thank you for clarifying this out. I was thinking it was some sort of bundled promotion. envato place you on a banner on top of all marketplaces and then you place a banner on your items redirecting customers to your website.
like a stream of water.
From an usability point of view it would had been faster to place the banner from the items directly on top of the marketplaces, to prevent forcing buyers to click to many times on links.
have you actually read somewhere that this is allowed or do you just assume it's a new rule because you see elite authors doing it?
I can just tell you: elite authors break the rules often enough.
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so, where did you read these new rules?
I think Doru is poking Envato to keep the important policies easily accessible. Bad examples sets bad trends regardless of polices.
Recently found a power elite's item automatically removing the top bar which replaces marketplace links with external source for free. Any new author would just learn this habit as these breaches are frequently visible than policies. And there is a misconception that Elite authors are perfect and knows the rules well – this adds more room for following an unaccepted trend.
One can write a policy on paper and keep it on shelf for years. But the way it transferred to the users is the key.
didn't read them anywhere, this is the point of the thread
I would love to see notices in the dashboard when new rules as this one are implemented. Probably the staff forget to inform us so I'm just pointing out this small "bug".
Off course if you want to debate if this rule exist or not or if is appropriate you can freely do it, but I don't know why you people are so baffled about this. The user who took advantage of this new rule is well known, staff promoted him on front page and I'm sure they visited his items and saw the banner, so there is no doubt in my mind that the rule exist.
I'm not against this rule btw, I was thinking in creating my own marketplace and having the possibility to redirect envato customers to my new future start up is awesome news. Probably I will need to sell one million dollar first to get that nice banner at the top but this is a small obstacle that can be easily passed in the next two or three months
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Recently found a power elite's item automatically removing the top bar which replaces marketplace links with external source for free.
is what I'm saying. I'm always the last one to find out when awesome changes to the rules are implemented.
maybe is a feature of power elite authors to get informed first about them?
not the first time envato doesn't check their items – even featured – to act by the rules.
Good luck in getting to one million, I've reached that milestone on my first day and broke the paw system with that. I was so super successful, the server crashed and now I'm stacked with the silver paw, although I'm a power elite for over a year now.
But I don't care, by this I get all the super duper extra stuff power elite author gets without anyone knowing. I can set my own commission to 100% whenever I like and buy my own products to push them up in the popular authors list. I can prerender Element 3D projects without being punished for that and by this earning even more money while the little guys here are still trying to make money with their highquality, legal projects.. haha. Saturday is the best day, then we all meet up in the power elite mansion and have 3 girls each. Oh yes, the ring is cool, too.

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Hello ladies! (And gentleman?) I just wanted to say hello and introduce myself. I have heard some great things about this board, and have been lurking for a few days. You all seem like a really fun bunch and I'd love to join you! I just felt odd all of a sudden posting and some of the seasoned vets wonder "where did she come from?"
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Of course, before posting here I have read all similar threads in:
but i found no solution
I am using persistent USB.
I have found a lot of solutions suggested.Though none does for me.
First of all: I have downloaded BT4R2 1 week ago. I had problems with my chipset/driver issue( i have RT2870/RT3070 chipset and i use a rt2800usb driver, a popular member of aircrack-ng suggested me, and it worked). I was able to monitor and inject excellent(i think as i haven't tries with another driver to compare). I am sure that i was as i managed to crack my AP(using WPA)
After cracking several times my AP(several because i was trying different options etc.) i rebooted my PC logging in ubuntu to explore more stuff. Then i rebooted back to Backtrack to "play" again with aircrack. after using airodump-ng -c mychannel ...etc.... i used aireplay to provoke a handshake (i had another PC near me connected to my AP) but nothing happend even if i tried several times.
Not only that but even if i manually disconnect and then connect with my other PC, no handshake...
I reboot...nothing
Then i used wicd to "google" in order to find a solution but i realised that i could not connect.
Wicd then pop an error message saying: couldn't connect, Bad Password(or smthing like this)
Of course the password i use is correct(its MY AP) and i have the option passfrase enabled(as i use WPA)
*I have not enabled macfiltering*
*I can connect using the same USB adaptor using ubuntu or windows7*
*i have tried to connect manualy*
*I have read "How to start networking in Backtrack*
*wicd curses not working too!*
Here is a screenshot:
I hope that my post is clear enough
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The good part about owning luxury stocks: They fly high when investors are feeling giddy.
The bad part about owning luxury stocks: Investors will dump them with extreme prejudice at just the slightest whiff of economic trouble.
Well, investors got a whiff of trouble in late March, sending shares of Michael Kors Holdings (NYSE:KORS), Tiffany & Co. (NYSE:TIF), Blue Nile (NASDAQ:NILE), Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) and a few other high-end goods manufacturers into the proverbial gutter. It's a complete turnaround from the rally these names were doling out just a few months earlier.
Of course, what's done is done. The questions now are (1) what happened, and (2) is the worst over?
What Happened?
Take Tiffany & Co. To give credit where it's due, the jeweler beat top-line estimates last quarter with revenue of $819.2 million (up 7.6%); the pros were only looking for $816.5 million. Where the company crapped out was on the bottom line. Though per-share profits were up from 63 cents in the year-ago quarter to 64 cents this time around, analysts had been expecting 69 cents.
Now, although it was more than a slight shortfall, the numbers themselves weren't horrifying. In the hands of good spin doctors a seasoned investor relations department, the company might have been able to weasel out of those tepid results unscathed. When the salt of cutting back on its forecast was poured on the wound, though, it was more than investors could handle. Tiffany dialed back its full-year profit outlook from $3.95-$4.05 per share to $3.70-3.80, wholly under the average analyst estimate of $3.98. The market punished the stock to the tune of 8%.
Were it just Tiffany & Co., the whole thing might be chalked up to a stroke of back luck. But it wasn't.
Michael Kors shares followed Fossil (NASDAQ:FOSL) lower after Fossil reeled in its 2012 outlook. Signet Jewelers (NYSE:SIG) was hand-in-hand with Tiffany earlier in the week when it walked into the lowered-guidance trap. SIG fell from $47.75 to $44.01 on Thursday when the jewelry industry noted that jewelry sales growth had fallen from 10.2% year-over-year in Q3 to only 5.3% in Q1, compared to Q1 from a year earlier. Signet's cut guidance didn't help either.
That's more problems than can be chalked up to mere bad luck.
Yes, Ralph Lauren managed to top its sales and per-share earnings estimates by posting numbers of $1.62 billion (up 14%) and 99 cents (up 34%), respectively. The reported numbers might even have offered a glimmer of hope for luxury apparel, even if high-end jewelry or luxury decorative items were seeing a sales slowdown. Yet, with Ralph Lauren also suggesting its wholesale business would be crimped thanks to Europe's woes, this year's overall sales growth forecast for the company was whittled down to single-digit levels … hardly the kind of thing that keeps investors excited.
As it turns out, all the folks who were selling luxury-oriented stocks near the end of March made the right call.
Is the Worst Over?
In their defense, traders who rode these stocks lower since late March can at least claim they didn't know what was in store — and the market's bearish tide didn't help either. The cat's out of the bag now, though, so what's next for these stocks? Or more directly, is the worst already baked in, and are these stocks now bargains?
Baked in? Yes. Bargains? No. A low-priced stock is only a bargain if there's a reasonable chance it could do something to move higher at some point in the foreseeable future. For the bulk of these names, the kind of slowdown we've already seen tends to last awhile and can even become self-fueling (i.e. the worse the spending gets, the less consumers want to spend). With that as the backdrop, it's unlikely we'll see many pleasant surprises form the group anytime soon, with one possible exception: Blue Nile.
Although Blue Nile offers high-end luxury jewelry, its whole shtick is better prices for the same jewelry that consumers might overpay for at a traditional jewelry store. By cutting out the middleman and selling direct to consumers via the website, Blue Nile has been carving out a decent piece of the luxury pie. Though shares still are priced at a frothy 43.9 times forward-looking earnings, sales have been reliable and profits have, well, at least consistently existed.
NILE still is a conceptual investment rather than a performance-based one, but it's the only major investment choice within the luxury goods world that looks worth a damn as we head into the slow summer months. Most everyone else seems poised to post troubled Q2 numbers — at a point when investors already are going to be discouraged.
As of this writing, James Brumley did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.


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He suffered the tear Dec. 22 at Miami.
The pin is in place to hold the ligament to the bone. Williams' thumb has been in a splint for the six weeks since the surgery, which was performed by Dr. Michelle Carlson, a hand specialist who performed the same surgery on Williams in 2008, when he played for Milwaukee.
Williams will begin rehabbing the thumb immediately, but no timeline for his return to action has been made known.
Williams has missed 24 games with this injury, and 28 overall. The Jazz are 17-11 without him. The veteran, acquired in an offseason trade with the Clippers, averaged 12.9 points and a career-high 6.7 assists in 24 games.
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Shooter Jennings ties the knot
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Shooter Jennings is now a married man. TasteOfCountry.com says the son of the late Waylon Jennings tied the knot with his girlfriend Misty last week.
The couple announced their wedding in a rather cryptic form. Both Shooter and Misty posted pictures on Instagram of a customized whiskey bottle label similar to Jack Daniels, which has the words "Jennings Misty & Shooter" in place of the brand name, and the date June 4th, 2013 in place of the "Old No. 7" insignia. In addition, the location name has been switched from "Tennessee" to "California." Misty has a number of other wedding-related photos posted on her page as well.
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Offense Explodes For Manhattan in 20-5 Win
RIVERDALE, N.Y. - The Manhattan men's lacrosse team unleashed their biggest offensive flurry of the season with 58 shots en route to a 20-5 victory over Wagner on Tuesday night. The win was the fourth in five games for the Jaspers, who move back to five hundred on the year at 5-5 (1-1 in MAAC).
Manhattan jumped out to an early 7-1 lead after the first quarter, scoring six a round at one point, before going into halftime leading 10-2. Junior Tyler Jarvis had three of his game high five goals in the first quarter including two in a row on assists from Brendan Rogers and Paul Moreau.
The Jaspers offense benefited from crisp ball movement and smart passes as they had 13 assists as a team, lead by Rogers' career high six helpers. Rogers also added a goal for his best performance of the year with a season high seven points.
Wagner's only offense in the first half came from William Hedges, and a man-up goal from Mike Hurley in to begin the second quarter. The Seahawks (0-10, 0-1 NEC) were held scoreless for 19:51 minutes of game time between the first and second quarters. They would again be stifled for a total of 17:55 minutes before scoring their third goal on Nick DePhillips' man-up goal in the third. Hurley paced Wagner with two goals on the game.
Meanwhile, the Jasper assault continued with 11 different players scoring goals. Sophomore Taylor Bethea recorded his first two collegiate goals in the first half, one in the midst of a scrum in front of the net. To begin the third quarter, Manhattan scored three in a row coming off the sticks of Jonathan Bourne, Ryan Payton and Rogers.
After trading pairs of goals, Manhattan would score the final five tallies of the game, two on the EMO, for their largest point total since scoring 22 in a win over VMI (03/24/2007). The Jaspers defense was also stellar forcing 24 Wagner turnovers and holding the Seahawks to just 9-16 on clear attempts.
Manhattan picked up 35 ground balls as compared to Wagner's 28 and was 13-14 in clear attempts while winning 15-27 face-offs. The Jaspers were also 5-7 on extra-man opportunities while Wagner was just 2-6 on the EMO. Freshman Brian Lenskold won 13 of 23 face-offs he took while also picking up four ground balls. Jon Crean was 2-4 in his face-off battles and led all players with six ground balls.
As the Jaspers began to empty their bench, Greg Smith was able to dodge away from a defender and score the first goal of his collegiate career on a man-up opportunity with 2:43 remaining. Manhattan also saw goals from Brian McGrath, Andrew Hurst, Brett Madarasz, and Tyler Sabens. Payton (4), McGrath (2) each had multi-goal games.
In net, freshman Michael Wiatrak (2-2) made the fourth start of his young career and picked up the win making six saves. He was later relieved for William Murphy who played the final 10 minutes in his first bit of action between the pipes this season.
The Jaspers will wrap up their season long three game home stand on Sat., April 7, when they host Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference foe VMI at 1 p.m. on Gaelic Park. At halftime, Manhattan will honor the 10th anniversary of their 2002 MAAC Championship team that went 9-0 in conference play.
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Top Ten debuts expected for Chesney, Randy Rogers Band albums
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Kenny Chesney likely has another chart-topper with Life on a Rock. Billboard.com says projected first-week sales of the disc are in the 140,000 range, which should be enough for a number one debut on the Billboard 200.
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The Randy Rogers Band could also make a top ten debut on the all-genre chart with their new album, Trouble, which has estimated first-week sale of 20,000 to 25,000.
The group has only made a top ten debut on the Billboard 200 one other time. Their last set, 2010's Burning The Day, entered the list at number eight with sales of 28,000.
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A Frock of Luxurious Distinction, and Other NewsBy Dan Piepenbring
- It's Presidents Day, and surely you're looking to relax with a presidential biography. There have been roughly fifteen thousand books written about Abraham Lincoln. These are the ones worth reading.
- New York Fashion Week is over, but it's never too late to scrutinize these 1919 advertisements for "New York styles": "a frock of luxurious distinction," a "wool chiffon panama skirt," a "bewitching little turban."
- "Signifying nothing is harder than it looks." "At Starbucks I order under the name Godot. Then leave." Behind the Adorno-esque Twitter presence of @NeinQuarterly, one of the medium's finest aphorists.
- Now that Valentine's Day is behind us, let's take a hard look at the history of divorce.
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You have two differnt file types from the two posts you have made, the 14th of june has a .cap file and the latest has a .ivs file.
using --ivs will only write initialisation vectors and connot be used for WPA handshake cracking! You will not capture a handshake with this option.
so run airodump-ng, in monitor mode, on the correct channel, with a .cap save file, when a WPA client connects to the network.
simply connect a wireless client to your access point while the above is running and you will get a handshake to use with aircrack.
if you need to you can DeAuth a connected client with Aireplay-ng to get it to re-connect and capture the handshake then.
you must use the .cap file which captures the handshake and the passphrase must be in the dictionary you use or it wont work.


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Also rolling out are two medium roasts: Mystic Morning made from 100% Rainforest Alliance beans, with cocoa, citrus and spice notes and Smile Jamaica, Marley Coffee's signature blend. It's crafted using 20% Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee and 80% Rain Forest Alliance coffees and is described as having a rich flavor, balanced acidity and full body.
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Charleston City Council is the latest to discuss a potential texting while driving ban. The ban was first proposed by Mayor Joe Riley on Wednesday night during a Traffic and Transportation meeting.
Councilman Bill Moody responded to the ban by saying, "It's a bad habit to have and we just need to stop it."
Councilman Moody also went on to say that despite potential difficulties in enforcing the ban, in his opinion, it is better to do something than nothing. "Unfortunately people kind of think that if you don't have a law against it, that it must be ok. So since we don't have a law against texting, it must be ok to text and drive, which it is not."
Chief Greg Mullen of Charleston City Police was there during the committee meeting. He is all for anything that will make our roadways safer. "We have got to get started somewhere, and this is what you hear about in the media right now so I do think this is a great place to start. We start with the texting, and then we explore what other things we might be able to do to make our roadways safer."
The public hearing to get citizen's input will be held September 9th, at 5 PM at City Hall.
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Houston apartment fire now five alarms
(Houston, TX) -- A massive fire in downtown Houston is now five alarms. Almost 200 firefighters are trying to put out the massive flames at an high-rise apartment complex under construction on West Dallas near Montrose. There are no reports of injuries. Billowing smoke can be seen for miles, and the complex is expected to be a total loss. It's not known what started the fire.


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Plans are being made for the grand opening of a new Bass Prop Shops store in Port St. Lucie.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at the new store on Gatlin Blvd. on October 23 in what's being called an "Evening for Conservation". For ever dollar spent that evening, 50 cents will be donated to the Wildlife Foundation of Florida.
Amongst the celebrities who will attend:
World renowned artist and conservationist Guy Harvey
Richard Childress or Richard Childress Racing
The grand opening celebrations will continue through October 27.
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Our intern, Caitlin ( @inktern), has continued to earn her Sharpie stripes, and after doing a great job on her first interview, she is taking another crack at the blog! Read on for Caitlin's interview with Sharpie artist Nicole Bishopp.
It used to be difficult to get your art work out for the world to see. Art galleries, art shows or maybe the occasional print article was an artist's best chance at gaining a following. The digital world and social media has changed all that. Today's featured Sharpie artist shows us how.
Nicole Bishopp is a mom, an illustrator, a social media enthusiast and most importantly (at least in terms of this blog) a Sharpie Marker artist. She maintains a website, a Facebook page, a Twitter account, a blog and a Tumblr all dedicated to her artwork. Nicole embraces the far reaching potential of social media outlets to showcase her art to the world. Constantly updating her Facebook page with new work for fans to comment on, her social outlets allow Nicole the opportunity to sell her artwork and create custom pieces for those interested.
Expressing her feelings through the intricate details of her work, she never sets out to draw something specific, it is common for her work to become mesmerizing and for different creatures to appear as her drawings advance. The thick, bold, expressive lines of her art are amazingly done with simply the classic black Sharpie Marker. The Sharpie family may have dozens of colors to choose from, but Nicole makes her statement with the original black Sharpie Fine Marker. Her work helps show what you can start with even the most basic Sharpie Marker.
Here is some more of what Nicole had to say:
How did you get started using Sharpie Markers: I have always loved drawing with Sharpie markers. I have tried every marker out there and Sharpie is the best because it has the crispest line and one marker will last me an entire drawing.
Where do your ideas for your pieces come from: Most of my ideas just happened. I draw and things appear in the drawings. I draw to express my feelings. I would have to say the tone of my work is mesmerizing, mind melting, a puzzle for the eyes, psychedelic maybe, in your face (bold), makes a statement.
How long does it take to do a piece: Surprisingly it only takes a good 4-5 hours to complete one drawing. Sometimes I will start a drawing and stop half way and then finish it the next day. I never start over I just draw over something if I don't like the way it looks.
How the heck do you keep up with all your digital sites: Actually, I spent a lot of time learning about online marketing and it actually all links together. Plus the key is having a smart phone. I wouldn't be able to keep up with the posts and such on Facebook if I didn't have my DRIODX.
What's Your Motivation: I started drawing again after the birth of my son. There were many sleepless nights so drawing was my way to stay sane during that period. Then it turned into "my time" to get away from the daily routine. Now it's just to relax and to unravel from the day's events.
Favorite Sharpie: Hands down the Original Fine Point Black! The point on this pen can do super tiny detail to big areas all in one drawing.
Your work was just featured in a few galleries. How cool was that?: I just started putting my stuff out there is March of this year and it's amazing how quickly it was received by the Facebook art community. It was so cool to see people request my work to be featured! Every time I get a feature it just makes me want to do better and create something even more amazing.
Where is your career heading: Well currently I am working on a lot of commission requests and getting my work ready to show in Fort Collins, Colorado and Wenatchee, Wash. I am also planning on launching some new products with my designs in the fall/winter.
If there was one place your art could take you, where would it be: I think it would be really fun to own my own product line with my designs that businesses could use on their products (for example surf, skate, snow shops) as well as on like t-shirts, skateboards, shoes, really anything you could put a design on.
Want to learn more about Nicole? You can find her on Twitter and Facebook or contact her via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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"It is over," said Du Guesclin moodily, as he raised her drooping head with his strong brown hand.
Du Guesclin was not long to survive his great English enemies.
To the last moment Du Guesclin, with his back against a wall, defended himself heroically against a host of assailants.
Du Guesclin and Vercingetorix in particular were, however, a sore trial to them.
Not he, but Du Guesclin; for he, poisoned by Charles of Navarre, languished in sickness.
"It seems indeed that there are evil times coming upon your country," said Du Guesclin.
Du Guesclin, having obtained his ransom, once more joined Enrique de Trastamare to expel the despot.
Du Guesclin denounces the persecution as "atrocious; the like of which was never heard of before."
For a descendant of Du Guesclin the coiffeur's son would, however, have been as inappropriate as was the notary.
Du Guesclin and his men-at-arms alone maintained the fight, with a courage that knew no yielding.


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Have you tried asking on kismet forums as well?
I've recently started running the pre-final bt4 with kismet-newcore.
It's great but I miss the signal strength bars next to the discovered networks and I find it impossible to SORT by signal strength as I had that ability in bt3.
What am I missing here?
Under the sort window there is no option to sort by signal strength and under the column preferences I've said "yes" to signal_dbm but it doesn't come up under the the sort preferences.
Any help much appreciated.
Have you tried asking on kismet forums as well?
Yes. I have. So far no reply.
under Preferences, Network Columns I have the following for the kismet-newcore:
decay, name, nettype, crypt,channel, packets,datasize, signal_dbm, bssid, shortname, packdata, packllc,packcrypt,slients, beaconperc, signal_rssi, frequency, manuf, lldcountry, seenby, ip, iprange
Activiting any or all of them does not bring back the signal strength *bars* that were present in the pre new-core kismet. Yes, I now have a column called signal_dbm and/or signal_rssi, but there are no bars like before and I cannot sort by these two columns.
I could do without the bars if I could just sort on the signal_dbm column but under sort there is no option for that.
Hey, wait, you're not talking about Windows, Channel Details are you?
anyone tried to update kismet from synaptic it seems to fail on my system
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Charleston, W.Va. • A Utah man is set to be sentenced for his role in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme to sell property in a Hurricane subdivision at inflated prices.
Raymond Morris of South Weber, Utah, was supposed to be sentenced in federal court in Charleston last week but his hearing was postponed because his flight was canceled. The hearing was rescheduled for Monday.
Morris faces up to 30 years for wire fraud and bank fraud. He pleaded guilty to the charges in July.
Deborah Joyce of Hurricane was sentenced to nearly four years for her role in the scheme, which cost lenders approximately $1.9 million. Michael Hurd of Salt Lake City was sentenced to two years and three months for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud.


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The Publishing Ethics Resource Kit (PERK) is an online resource to support journal editors in handling publishing ethics issues. It is a single point of access for information and guidelines on publishing ethics. PERK provides flowcharts to guide editors through processes required to deal with different forms of publishing ethics abuse. Furthermore, it includes form letters to adapt and use for various situations, Q & A information and much more. For more information on this resource kit and how it works, please see Why PERK? and How PERK works.
More resources for editors are available from COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics), including an eLearning program on how to handle and prevent misconduct. Read more about Elsevier & COPE.Ethics in Research & Publicationoffers young researchers advice on how to avoid misconduct and recommended reading about research and publication ethics. The program is a collaboration of an independent panel of experts in research and publishing ethics and Elsevier.
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From theory to reality: SMWC students explore diverse teaching methods during the Urban Education Field Experience
November 23rd, 2011 | SMWC
At 9 a.m. on a sunny October morning, about 10 future teachers filed into Carl Wilde School 79, ready to expand the boundaries of their own education. Through Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College's (SMWC) annual Urban Education Field Experience, these education majors visited four exemplary Indianapolis, Ind., schools, searching for fresh perspectives and imaginative teaching techniques.
"We're broadening our students' horizons," said Sandra Chappell, Ph.D., associate professor of education at SMWC. "We're expanding their worlds."
This fall SMWC students toured Carl Wilde School 79, Francis W. Parker School 356, Theodore Potter School 74 and Center for Inquiry School 302. "We looked at many models of teaching," Chappell said. "There is not just one way to effectively educate."
The SMWC students saw four very different, but very successful, models of creative teaching in action. These schools' educational philosophies and student-centered ideologies have proven to be very successful. "We want to see our students make lasting connections between the Urban Education Field Experience and their SMWC coursework," Chappell explained.
At Carl Wilde, The Woods students explored a one-of-a-kind world of diversity. The school is 70 percent Hispanic and more than 20 different languages are spoken within its halls. Here, the SMWC students learned the value of emphasizing college success, even as early as kindergarten. Dozens of collages of university life speckled the hallways and every classroom had a bulletin board dedicated to the teacher's alma mater, stressing that college is not an "if," but a "when."
"This creates a culture of expectation where failure is not an option. It is very forward thinking," said junior Elizabeth Hettinger, a future middle school math teacher from Terre Haute, Ind.
The second school on the tour, Francis W. Parker, a Montessori school, showed the SMWC students techniques that emphasize freedom, self-discipline and independence. "There's a little bit of everything for everyone in here," said Jennifer Bell, a junior studying elementary education from Sullivan, Ind.
They began their exploration of Parker with, collectively, little prior exposure to the Montessori method. Many of them looked as though they had stepped into a foreign country. Desks were rare and organized rows were obsolete. Children sprawled out on floor mats, working, not just with pencils and paper, but with inflatable maps, word puzzles and, most importantly, each other.
Bell appreciated the introduction to these nontraditional techniques and was eager to learn more about the benefits of using a student-centered approach. Other students, such as special education major Ashley Mathis, felt that her classroom would require more structure.
The Woods students started the second day with a tour of Theodore Potter, the 2009 Magnet School of Distinction and the 2010 Magnet School of Excellence. Potter uses a "50/50" Spanish immersion model, where instruction is in English half the time and the rest in Spanish. Potter's Spanish immersion model showed SMWC students how multicultural exposure benefits both a child's academic success and personal development.
"These schools seem to have higher expectations of their students," Hettinger said. "The faculty and the staff seem to embrace it and use it to become better educators. I would like to incorporate that into my classroom."
The final school on the itinerary, Center for Inquiry, winner of the 2009 National Blue Ribbon Award and the 2010-2011 Magnet School of Excellence awards, encourages students to learn through their natural curiosity of the world around them. The SMWC students learned effective uses of discovery-style learning and cooperative group work. The teachers, more like facilitators than directors, awaken their students to the joy of discovering knowledge, instead of the monotony of memorizing facts.
"Helping a child develop a love of learning, well, I think that's the most important thing of all," Chappell said.
According to many of the SMWC students, these environments are very different from their experiences in the Terre Haute, Ind., schools. "This is a completely different climate," said Hettinger, who believes exposure to diverse methods in a variety of schools is "inspiring."
The SMWC students also had open reflection with the group and an assignment that connects the techniques they saw in action to the methods discussed in their textbooks. As they develop their teaching styles and techniques, one thing is certain: their passion for education is tangible. They are excited to become teachers and are devoted to their number one priority: the students.
"You can't teach if you aren't passionate about the students," Bell said. "How are you going to inspire the next president or congresswoman without passion?"
For more information about SMWC's bachelor's programs in education, visit www.smwc.edu/education.
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Cops shut down Meek Mill's wild Grammy after party
(TMZ) - Cops swarmed the Grammy afterparty thrown by Meek Mill in the Hollywood Hills -- a party so wild it had more than a thousand celebs and actual WILD ANIMALS, reports TMZ.
[PHOTOS: Best and Worst Dressed at the Grammys]
According to TMZ, Meek rented out a mansion on Mulholland Drive and hosted Diddy, Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Birdman, Nelly, Bow Wow and many more -- but the bash was still going at 5 AM ... and that's when the California Highway Patrol stepped in to shut it down.
[Jay Z's Grammy Line of the Night]
Sources inside the party tell TMZ most of the guests were shuttled up to the mansion -- but others parked illegally along Mulholland -- and cops were towing cars as the sun came up.
[PHOTOS: Who Wire it Best? A Tribute to Pharrell's Hat]
Hundreds of guests were stranded, wandering the street trying to get home.
Still ... it seems it was totally worth the hassle because TMZ reports bottles of Ace of Spades were flowing by the thousands -- and he had a camel and a LION posing for pics with guests!
Ain't no party like a Meek Mill party ...
This dude @MeekMill has a lion at this mansion party. Very scarface. pic.twitter.com/3NdgtdKG5X
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Next season's guests on The Simpsons will include some old faces, some new ones and a Worm.
Returning for roles on the cartoon will be Alec Baldwin, who appeared on the show in 2002, and Kelsey Grammer, who will reprise his role as Sideshow Bob, the Fox network has announced.
In the season opener (dubbed "Bonfire of the Manatees"), Baldwin plays Caleb Thorn, a marine biologist who attempts to steer Marge away from Homer.
Former NBA star Dennis "The Worm" Rodman and NFL quarterback turned broadcaster Terry Bradshaw will make cameos as themselves for the annual "ghoultide" Halloween episode.
Other guest athletes include New York Yankees pitcher Randy Johnson and boxer Joe Frazier.
Ricky Gervais, William H Macy, Lily Tomlin, Frances McDormand, Rob Reiner and Richard Dean Anderson are all also slated to appear in episodes.
The 17th season of The Simpsons premieres in the United States on September 11.
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We all know we probably should prepare a budget and try balancing it. Yet, according to Gallup in a new poll released just last week, only one third of Americans actually prepare a detailed household budget. Even fewer prepare a long-term financial plan outlining their savings and investment goals in detail.It's as if we're missing the secret ingredient, a magical technique that will somehow make it all work.The Church has seen a lot of training on the topic of finances in the last few … [Read more...]
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VALLEY COTTAGE, NY — Kosher consumers on the go have long been accustomed to passing up food courts, restaurants and cafeterias offering every kind of food but kosher, and settling for a less-than-satisfying bagged snack and cold drink.
Now, thanks to robotic retailing, these consumers are relishing hot kosher food at airports, hospitals, stadiums and shopping malls where brown-bagging was once their only dining option.
In the two years since its launch, Kosher Vending Industries has proven the scope of the market for away-from-home kosher food. With more than 100 machines in high-profile venues, its accounts range from JFK Airport and the New York University Medical Center to the Meadowlands sports complex in East Rutherford, NJ, as well as the colossal Palisades Center shopping mall in West Nyack, NY, on the outskirts of the greater New York metropolitan area.
The company's founders, Doron Fetman and Alan Cohnen, report that word is spreading fast, driving demand for placements in high-volume amusement parks, hotels, hospitals, schools, large office complexes and sporting and concert venues. The kosher vending pioneers and their staff exclusively operate their vending machines in the greater New York City market, and are seeking operators across the country interested in becoming licensees of the kosher vending program. A requirement for winning a license is the ability to meet the rigorous food handling standards that ensure food remains kosher throughout the supply chain.
"We've proven that the need for kosher food is immense in public locations in the New York area; we can easily see 200 vends per game at a stadium," said Fetman. "We have a bank of six machines to meet the demand in the international terminal at JFK Airport. And calls are coming in from across the country from major venues that want the machines.
CUSTOM FIT: Kosher Vending Industries' Alan Cohnen (left) and Doron Fetman (right) meet with Anthony Mendicino, owner of 7-Eleven in Monsey, NY, who says kosher vending machines installed in his store provide the hassle-free solution to serving growing orthodox Jewish community with a quick, hot meal that he has been seeking for years.
"We give a commission to the location, so they can now profit from consumers they never reached," Fetman explained. "And – finally – they have a way to give kosher customers access to the food they want."
The kosher vendors have also formed alliances with managed food and vending leaders Aramark, Canteen and Sodexo. These liaisons have enabled the program to expand into high-traffic public sites, including the Brooklyn and Queens zoos. "They have accounts with a need for kosher food that has been unfilled until now," said Cohnen. "Everyone wants to be able to serve every potential customer they can reach, but they're missing kosher consumers. Our machines are the easiest way to fill that niche. We maintain and service the machines; they don't have to worry about it, while they share the profit. We also relay requests for snack and beverage machines to them, so it's a great partnership."
As a kosher consumer himself, Fetman recognized the need for accessible kosher meals on the go. And with a dozen years experience working in his family's kosher catering business, he understood the logistics of complying with kosher standards from preparation of food through delivery to the customer.
His first attempt at reaching the mobile kosher consumer with grab-and-go meals was a kosher food concession at Giants stadium in New Jersey's Meadowlands sports center. "I saw the pitfalls, the spoilage and staffing issues, and the limited room for growth," he recalled. "Kosher concessions made sense, but not in that setting. I sold the business to a partner and decided that if I could get the chef, the kitchen and the cashier into one box, there would be unlimited growth potential; the sky would be the limit."
He approached Cohnen, a longtime friend whose experience in the corporate world and recent sale of his cellular technology business to a public company qualified him as a prospective partner. He immediately grasped the concept and believed strongly in it, and Kosher Vending Industries was launched.
Their first step was identifying available machines that could reliably and attractively meet their vision of vending kosher hot dogs and hot meals. The ideal candidates were KRh Thermal Systems's Hot Choice automated diner, which they branded as their Hot Nosh machine (it vends dairy and other non-meat selections), and LHD Vending's HD3000 hot dog vender, which serves as the company's "Kosher Cart."
They then searched out the most appealing frozen kosher food items already produced for retail and foodservice, and refined their menu by selecting the ones that would provide the best taste and texture when rethermalized by KRh's combination of microwave and hot air impingement technology.
Manufactured for KVI under private label, the food for the Hot Nosh machine is packaged in vendible trays that bear the kosher seal. The frankfurters for the Kosher Cart are individually packaged for distribution, handling and storage. Unwrapped inside the novel machine, the frank is cooked automatically using the latest infrared grilling technology. The bun, packaged separately, is warmed while the frankfurter is being grilled. When the process is complete, the vender inserts the frank into the bun and vends the hot dog. The serving-tray is the package that originally contained the bun.
"From the machines to the food, it didn't make sense to reinvent the wheel," Fetman told VT. "We found the best that's out there and customized it to work for us."
After extensive testing to make certain that the finished products satisfied the mutual standards of both the operators and manufacturers, Kosher Vending Industries signed 20-year exclusive agreements with each equipment maker to be the sole providers of kosher food through the machines.
With an average $3 vend price, the Hot Nosh menu of kosher non-meat items (often collectively called, for convenience, "dairy") includes Sicilian-style pizza, mozzarella sticks, potato knishes, onion rings and vegetarian cutlets.
Knowing that, in vending, "brands sell," the kosher vending pioneers recently secured a license to vend Nathan's Famous hot dogs through their machines. A branded front highlighting the original Coney Island hot dog appeals to frank nostalgia, and will encourage consumer trial and bolster confidence in the vended product, the operators anticipate.
They also are preparing to roll out their recently expended hot food menu to address a wider range of dining occasions. Soon-to-be launched options include baked ziti, macaroni and cheese, breakfast burritos, filled pocket sandwiches, quiches, blintzes and two desserts, a brownie and an apple strudel.
All food in the Hot Nosh and Kosher Cart vending machines is "glatt kosher," which meets the highest kosher standards, satisfying the full spectrum of kosher consumers. The kosher inspection emblem on all products, bearing the names of the supervising rabbis, is well-recognized by these consumers as an assurance of full compliance. A phone number is also posted on the machine that allows consumers to directly contact the prestigious Kof-K supervision service.
Since Nathan's hot dogs are kosher but lack the "gold standard" glatt certification, the KVI founders recently secured the exclusive right to produce a glatt version. It is under development and will soon replace the current nonbranded glatt hot dogs in their machines.
The kosher market has been growing at an annual rate of 15% for the past several years, according to the KVI founders. They noted that orthodox Jews, whose religion requires them to adhere to a kosher diet, are not the only kosher consumers. The strict standards and close supervision under which food is prepared and packaged makes kosher products acceptable to Muslims who observe the halal dietary law. The "kosher" seal also is an assurance of quality to a growing base of mainstream consumers educated about the higher standards it represents. Additionally, vegetarian consumers are assured that the non-meat items truly are meat-free, while people following lactose-free diets can be certain there are no milk products in the vended hot dogs.
As Fetman and Cohnen's roster of high-profile venues continues to grow, they are also forming local relationships with branches of national chains that they anticipate will open the door for qualified operators outside their service area. As an example, KVI runs machines at a local 7-Eleven convenience store in the heart of Monsey, NY, the growing orthodox community in which Fetman lives. They've proven so successful that, after initially resisting the concept, the convenience store chain has given the green light to extend the vending program to other stores.
Anthony Mendicino, owner of the Monsey 7-Eleven, told VT that he struggled for years to find a practical way to bring hot kosher food to his patrons. The chain is a leader among convenience stores in selling food prepared on site, but Mendicino could not find a realistic way of maintaining the stringent cooking, storage and staffing requirements and the close rabbinical supervision needed to offer a genuine kosher menu.
He finally found a solution in the Hot Nosh and Kosher Cart parlay. "It brings customers into the store," he told VT. "It's the perfect fit; I have the customers Kosher Vending Industries needs, and they have the food I need. I see customers come in and go directly to the machine, then buy a soda, chips or cake," he said. "Sales have been increasing every month, through the machines and in the store, partly because the food machines are providing hot food we never could offer."
Convincing 7-Eleven corporate decision-makers to give kosher vending a try was not easy, Mendicino told VT. "They didn't understand how large this orthodox community is, nor how fast it's growing," he said. "I took photos of new yeshivas (religious schools) being built, and Doron and Alan met with 7-Eleven management. There were emails and phone calls back and forth for six months," he recalled. "They weren't finally sold on the concept until they tasted the food from the machine, which speaks to the quality of the product. Following our success, other 7-Elevens will be installing KVI machines."
According to Medicino, the biggest hurdle is getting patrons unfamiliar with vending to try the food for the first time. "Once they overcome their hesitation over food from a vending machine, they are pleasantly surprised," he said. "We are toying with the idea of hosting our first hot dog eating contest, which would be great for publicizing the machines and getting trial of the product."
KVI also has machine tests under way in select upstate New York Wal-Mart stores as well as at a ShopRite supermarket in New Jersey, where the venders are installed near the checkout area. Just as the inaugural 7-Eleven machines proved the viability of the model for other stores, Fetman and Cohnen anticipate that success at these locations will pave the way for expanded opportunities with both chains, and will arouse the interest of competing retailers.
Funding Kosher Vending Industries' rapid growth since its inception has been strategic investor Ruby Azrak, who, as a kosher consumer, was sold on the concept as soon as the company founders approached him. Azrak's high profile as the urban fashion magnate who launched hip-hop pioneer Russell Simmons's Phat Farm clothing line and who represents singer Beyoncé's House of Deréon couture, also has helped generate publicity and build recognition for the kosher vending enterprise. With the pace of expansion exceeding their initial projections, the KVI founders are currently seeking additional investors.
The company's first venture outside the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tri-state area is in Boston, where its licensee recently deployed machines at historic Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. This project is demonstrating that KVI's infrastructure can easily support expansion to licensees nationwide. Fetman and Cohnen are currently in talks with prospective operators for their machines in Philadelphia, Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
"We want try to surround ourselves with good people who we think will work hard and put our machines in the most favorable light," said Cohnen.
KVI ships product directly to the operator. To ensure kosher compliance, the machines and food are inspected regularly by a local rabbi in each market. Kosher law also specifies that only orthodox Jews can handle the food, including stocking the machines.
In addition to satisfying customers' various demands for dietary standard compliance and high product quality, Kosher Vending Industries makes use of the best available technology to satisfy their wishes for convenience and ease of use. All the machines are credit-card capable, and the wireless communication system that supports this also reports daily sales, inventory and technical issues. This allows the operators to schedule service most efficiently, while virtually eliminating equipment downtime. The company enjoys the advantage of starting out with no aging equipment base, and the resulting freedom to conduct straightforward trials of the latest payment and telemetry systems. It presently is working with USA Technologies (Wayne, PA), Cantaloupe Systems (Berkeley, CA) and InOne Technology (Hunt Valley, MD), and reports that it is getting good results from all of them.
"We receive alerts when machines are at 20% of capacity," Cohnen remarked. "Our accounts constantly tell us how surprised they are that our machines never go empty and, that when there's an issue, we're already on our way. We are very lucky to be in the right place, at the right time, with the right technology installed to allow us to execute our vision and get our kosher vending operation off the ground so quickly, on such a large scale."
Information may be had from Kosher Vending Industries LLC, 711 Executive Blvd., Ste. B, Valley Cottage, NY 10989, tel. (845) 268-1818, or by visiting koshervendingindustries.com.


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University study: Head to the pool! Swimming can cut men's risk of dying in half
Make a splash!
Swimming cuts men's risk of dying by about 50 percent compared with running, walking and not exercising, according to a study by Dr. Steven Blair, a researcher at the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health.
Blair evaluated comprehensive physical exams and behavioral surveys from thousands of people who were enrolled in the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study (ACLS) over the past 32 years.
The results, published recently in the International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education, are good news for those who swim for exercise.
"Swimmers had the lowest death rate," said Blair. "This is the first report that has examined mortality rates among swimmers in comparison with other types of physical activity and sedentary lifestyle. We conclude that men who swim for exercise have better survival rates than their sedentary peers."
The study takes into account age, body mass index, smoking, alcohol intake, hypertension, other medical factors and family history. "These lower rates of death in swimmers compared with walkers and sedentary men might well be expected, but it is surprising that we also observed lower mortality in swimmers than in runners," he said. "Swimming appears to be a healthful alternative to other types of physical activity."
The study's participants were white, well-educated men who were middle class to upper class.
But, Blair said, "There is no compelling reason to assume that the benefits of swimming would be different for women or for men in other socioeconomic groups. In an earlier study in this same population, we found that both women and men had similar benefits from swimming in terms of fitness and other health indicators."
Blair also found that regular swimmers had higher cardio-respiratory fitness than walkers and sedentary people.
"Swimming provides a healthful alternative to traditional modes of exercise for improving cardio-respiratory fitness and health for the general population, as well as for patients suffering from chronic diseases," he said. "Swimming may be a good alternative exercise for individuals who cannot participate in running or other forms of physical activity."
Future research will compare injury information between swimming and other forms of physical activity, he said.
The ACLS includes extensive medical and physical activity data on more than 40,000 men, ages 20 - 90 years.


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By Elissa Blattman, Project Assistant
Female television game show hosts have been few and far between. Though some women have been able to step into hosting roles, the world of game shows is still largely dominated by men. This week's Throwback Thursday post is all about three of the women who have made their marks on one of the most popular genres of television since the medium's inception.
Arlene Francis is perhaps best known as a panelist on the enduring classic television game show, What's My Line?, on which she appeared regularly for 25 years. While she is well remembered for her appearances on What's My Line?, she is much less remembered for the work she did on her very own long-running game show, Blind Date. Francis got her first radio role, on the show The March of Time, in 1931. She worked on radio throughout the 1930s and 1940s, and landed the opportunity to host the new radio matchmaking show, Blind Date, in 1943. Upon the decline of radio and the rise of television throughout the 1940s, Francis began to worry that her career as a radio personality would end. However, when Blind Date moved from radio to television on May 5, 1949, Francis was given the opportunity to host that version of the show as well. She continued as host until 1952, when a new male host stepped in. In taking her hosting gig from radio to television, Francis became the first ever female television game show host. Her success on Blind Date led to her appearances on What's My Line?, as well as to her being casted as the first female emcee, or "femcee," of the popular television variety show, Your Show of Shows. On top of her ongoing work on television, Francis went back to her radio career in 1961 with The Arlene Francis Show, which ran for nearly three decades until 1990.


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Brevard, N.C. - Nathan Whitmire scored a career high 22 points and Jonathan Whitson added 22 points and five rebounds, but Rob Fields scored 32 points, connecting on four three-pointers in the first half as the Tornados fell to Catawba, 103-92.
With the loss, the Tornados fall to 18-9, 10-6 in the SAC for the season, clinching the #3 seed in the 2010 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference tournament, while Catawba improves to 18-9, 11-5 in the SAC to win the regular season conference title and the top seed.
Whitmire went seven of nine from the floor to lead four Tornados in double figures on the afternoon, connecting on a pair of three-pointers while going a perfect six of six from the free throw line. Sam Carlisle added 18 points and five assists for the Tornados in 29 minutes of play, while Josh Roper had 18 points and a team high six rebounds in the contest as the Tornados shot 53.1 percent from the floor and 80.8 percent from the free throw line in the contest.
Catawba was led by Fields' effort as the senior went 10 of 12 from the floor and five of seven from behind the arc, leading the Indians as they connected on 57.6 percent of their shots from the floor and 68.2 percent of their shots from behind the arc in the contest. Antonio Houston added 21 points and five assists in the game, while Dominick Reid had 18 points and a team high six rebounds as the Indians connected on 12 three-pointers in the first half on their way to the victory.
The score was knotted up through the first six minutes of the contest as Brevard held the 12-10 lead following Roper's fast break layup, but Fields scored nine of Catawba's next 11 points as the Indians went up 21-12 with 12:35 remaining as the Indians outscored the Tornados 48-34 the rest of the way in the first half on their way to a 58-44 halftime lead.
Early in the second half, the Indians built a 20-point lead, but the Tornados came back three times in the game, bringing the score back to within 11 at 70-59, 72-61 and 85-74, but Catawba held a 96-76 lead with 5:11 remaining in the contest.
The Tornados fought back as Whitmire had two of his six steals in the contest to give Brevard a late 14-7 run, but the comeback was cut short as time expired with Catawba winning the SAC regular season championship, 103-92.
Brevard will host a quarterfinal round in Boshamer Gymnasium on Wednesday, March 3rd, as the Tornados will host sixth-seeded Wingate University with tipoff coming at 7 p.m.


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Kool & The Gang and ZZ Top to tour with Kid Rock
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Kool & the Gang and ZZ Top are on board for Kid Rock's summer tour. The veteran bands will be featured at select stops on the rap-rocker's "Rebel Soul" trek - which features tickets set at the fan-friendly price of just 20 dollars.
They'll begin the road trip in Barstow, Virginia on June 28th. Kook & the Gang is slated to appear on ten dates, including the trek's first seven shows. The group's last stop will be in Irvine, California on July 26th.
ZZ Top will then take over starting in Mountain View, California on July 28th. The Texas trio will play 16 shows with Rock and his Twisted Brown Trucker Band, including a three-night stand in Rock's hometown of Detroit on August 9th, 10th, and 11th. The tour will come to a close in Tampa, Florida on September 15th.
Uncle Kracker is on board for the entire trek.
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Little Big Town singer's cooking show renewed
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Little Big Town's Kimberly Schlapman will continue to cook up more than music.
Great American Country has renewed the country star's cooking show, "Kimberly's Simply Southern."
Episodes feature Schlapman exploring different foods and culinary customs throughout the U.S. while on tour with Little Big Town. She then brings those ideas to her kitchen to blend with her own Southern cuisine.
Kimberly says having her own cooking show was one of her childhood dreams, and she loves sharing her "passion for cooking and hunting down treasures across the country" with her GAC audience.
New episodes debut on GAC on Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. Eastern. The third season of "Kimberly's Simply Southern" will launch in the spring.
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(ExcerptfromMr. Adnan Oktar's Live Interview on Samsun AKS TV datedSeptember 26th, 2010)
There will every soul prove (the fruits of) the deeds it sent before: they will be brought back to Allah their rightful Lord, and their invented falsehoods will leave them in the lurch. (Surah Yunus, 30)
There they can find neither the evidences of Marx nor what they invent, look, Allah says"what they invented will abandon them." Nothing will be left. Only dry land and people are left, by Allah's creation. Look Almighty Allah reveals: "Say: 'Who provides for you out of heaven and earth?" Out of heaven. How do we understand what comes from the skies? We understand through science. Did we know that azote and carbon-dioxide was used for food production before?Science showed this to us. Did we know photosynthesis before? Did we know what it was and its system? And did we know that carbon-dioxide is needed for that and for proteins azote in the air is needed? We did not know. "Say: 'Who provides for you out of heaven and earth?" First of all, we are to examine this. "Who controls hearing and sight?" Allah says "Who makes you hear the sounds in your ears?" Who created the ear in your brain? Electric waves come to the brain. The ear only carries the waves. The real ear inside the brain hears the sound. The real ear hears that electrical wave. What is that earlap like? Is there an earlap? Do the anvil, malleus and stirrup bones exist? They do not exist. That ear needs nothing. Right? "Who controls sight?" Our eye transforms the images into electrical signals and sends them to the brain. There is electrical current in the brain. Now there is an eye that sees that electrical current. Does this eye have a lens? No it doesn't. Does it have eye liquid or eyelashes? There is nothing there. But it sees very clearly, right?
So that is the real eye then. "Who brings forth the living from the dead and the dead from the living?" Look, "Who brings forth the living from the dead and the dead from the living?" Human beings get food from the soil and plants. The soil is dead. Azote is dead as well. Carbon-dioxide is also dead. But they turn alive with the sunlight. Human beings eat that. Then they reproduce and a human being is formed from a little sperm. So there forms "the living from the dead."


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College football • Less than a month after undergoing open-heart surgery, former BYU football coach LaVell Edwards was in Houston on Thursday to receive the Paul "Bear" Bryant Lifetime Achievement Award.
The honor recognizes the career accomplishment of some of college football's finest coaches.
Past recipients of the award, which was initiated in 2000, include Iowa's Hayden Fry, Florida State's Bobby Bowden, Georgia's Vince Dooley and Nebraska's Tom Osborne.
Edwards was BYU's head coach for 29 years and ranks seventh on the all-time wins list, with a record of 257-101-3. He guided the Cougars to the national championship in 1984, 19 conference championships and 21 bowl games. He was twice honored as the national coach of the year.
Rangers, Harrison agree to $55M deal
MLB • The Texas Rangers have finalized a $55 million, five-year contract with All-Star left-hander Matt Harrison.
The deal announced Thursday includes a 2018 club option that could become guaranteed depending on the number of innings Harrison pitches.
• A person familiar with the negotiations says the Boston Red Sox and Mike Napoli have agreed to shorten their deal to a one-year contract worth $5 million.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement was not yet final.
Boston and Napoli agreed Dec. 3 during the winter meetings to a $39 million, three-year contract, subject to a successful physical. But the Red Sox became concerned about Napoli's hip, and that agreement was never announced.
The Red Sox also agreed to terms with catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia on a one-year, non-guaranteed contract.
Boston avoided salary arbitration with Saltalamacchia, 27, who hit .222 with 25 home runs and 59 RBIs last season.
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The ability to differentiate things like trees, curbs, and glass doors come easily to humans, but it's still difficult for AI-based systems. Microsoft researchers are aiming to change that by working on a new set of tools, now available on GitHub, that other researchers and developers can use to train and test robots, drones and other gadgets for operating autonomously and safely in the real world.
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Rebecca Jasontek (born February 26, 1975) is an American competitor in synchronized swimming. She is the youngest daughter of Michael & Virginia Jasontek. Rebecca grew up in Loveland, Ohio and attended Mount Notre Dame High School. She has an older sister Julie. Rebecca's mother is the head coach of the Cincinnati Synchrogator Team. Ginny Jasontek, is a former synchronized swimming champion from New Jersey who started the Synchrogator team 40 years ago in September, 1969 at the Gamble-Nippert YMCA. She won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in the team competition.
Attended The Ohio State University from 1993 – 1997 and received a Bachelor of Arts, Communication. She graduated Cum Laude.
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Rebecca married Joey Tomsic in August, 2003 and they welcomed their son in April, 2010.


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My brother mostly. And when i think it was last year i watched my brother and a couple of other guys do a freewall. It looked like something fun to do.
My brother mostly. And when i think it was last year i watched my brother and a couple of other guys do a freewall. It looked like something fun to do.
Lets be generic and say:
Fuck Police.
my babysitter was a writer and an artist. that and most my family lives in the hood areas of the city so i noticed it alot when i was a lil tike, on the same streets of THAT DUDE. and i used to love watching trains never really connected it with graff until i did it tho.
my uncle nozey bear from YK
i actually first saw tha movie" The Graffiti Artist", i thought the stuff in that was cool, then after that i saw " Bomb the System" then i started doin tags an thought i was tha shit til i got treated, on here an round my house.then i watched some movies of actual artists an read some boks an started from square one......
my friend wanted me to start since im good in art and now i am better than him :P well thats because he stopped
Rest In Power Waster 12!!!......Antonio I'll misss you forever!!!
damn , i always wanted to do graffiti since im 11 years old .. naw i just met 2 writers in my class and they were always talking about bombing and shit , and i asked them advices and shit , found myself a name and started doing progress .. been 3-4 months naw?
oh Shit! I need to go to college...what was the name of your school again?!Originally posted by Kustom@Jan 15 2006, 01:10 AM
My college teacher got me into it
one day were sitting in class and hes like "hey want to go do some graffiti" and i was like ummm sure
and thats how it started
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-BaseTwo- Reppin 919 All day
I got in2 graff, for the release, to get away from the bitchin nd complaing at home it just like a natural high for me
she got um for xmas, while i was in jail.... i thought it was fanny shit i was liek
"mom why didnt u pick up"
"oh sorry i was in operating room"
"yeah your sister wanted tits"
"but mom shes only 11"
well the last line didnt happen but still...
well you best be not trippin.
im a jedi fuckin masterrrrrrrr
all y'all padawans best shut da fak upppp
(sex without condoms)
my friend and his bro were doin it alot and my friend kept telling me storys of all this shit and i was like wow sounds dope.
and then they got caught :blink: if he even touched paint hes fucked.
but a couple days later he came over and we bombed
but i was super toy and i never did it on paper. so thats how i got into it
just like last month.
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are caps reusable?
^^ what a king..
my buddy emblems got me into it , n now my frenz are getting into it:P
A kid in my english class got me into it.
One of my old friends got me to start writin, on my 9th b-day he tagged me name for me as a b-day present ever since then ive been put my shit out their...Come to think of it that was also the 1st day i smoked the ganji...wat a cawinsadence <_<
C.T.S.-Co$t 2 $ociety
Bombin The System Since '98'
just pretty much loved it since i started realizing what it was then i started when i was about 13. my sisters ex was big into it and him and my bro used to go do it when we visited and id be mad cause i couldnt go. then i started sketchin then say la v
Just seeing it everywhere I have always wanted to be able to, but never really tried. Then recently my friends started hittin' walls and what not so I joined in on the fun.
i've always thought it was cool (like every kid who sees in on mtv shows and shit) but last summer i was at some pre-college course thing thats not really for smart people, but for minorities and the study skills course thing was based around "hip hop" which was really the middle aged white teacher showing documentaries, making us make hip hop dictionaries which was the biggest load of bullshit ever and giving us folded black paper stapled together and white pens and telling us they're our "black books haha but one day we went to see a local writer paint a free wall on a coffee shop, and i got into it from there
ok, here we go, i was working out on a pearl farm, so we had fuck all to do in our free time. so i was readin this FHM magazine, for all yo'll americanz, i dunno if u got it, but its like RALPH, basically, a mens magazine, but not porno...............................anywayz, they done a piece on banksy and his shit, and i thought it was the illest shit, so i bought the book "wall and piece" and dug that. so i went to school, one of the first days of the year, and my main **** was on stencil revolution, and i was like "ya'll ****, i been reppin that shit yo", and he was like "**** please, banksy is so not mainstream, he's mainstream, this is the real shit" and showed me his black book, and it went from there. fucken glad it happened too. have a lotta fun doin it. cheerz crozzy
ive always been into drawing cartoon caracters but then as i got older i started to meet other writers and i jus found it interesting that you can jus pic up a can and turn a blank wall into a piece of art.and i love the fact its the only art movement created by teens.
"I LOVE MY CITY SO MUCH I WANT MY NAME ALL OVER IT..." "anonSR" "DFC-MBS KLICK" myspace.com/anons_dfc
my cousin
My dad works next to the train tracks and i would always sit and watch the graff on the sides of the freights and wondered what it was
now i know
rip waster12
all i do is burn colors in a grey world'
I just started drawing one day and got into it...
the internet was a big part of my early days though...
now that i think about it i remember i once went on a forum and asked what a toy was.....hahahaha man that shit is gold...


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This wine explains why I was so right to be so ambivalent about the Coste Chaude we had on Sunday night. Though a bit on the hot side at 14.5%, the rest of the wine is exemplary with a nose of pepper, tar, strawberries and black currant nuanced with a bit of saddle leather and that
sage-y wild hillside herb that grows in warm, barren places. It's full on the entry, midpalate and finish, and tannins still hold court there. This wine has time to go and the fruit to go with it, and should drink well for the next five years at least.


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