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126.96.36.199 - IP Address Lookup
The IP address location of 18.104.22.168 is
Bulgaria (BG).
18.104.22.168 is a public IP address that belongs to ASN 34224 which is under the control of
Neterra Ltd.. The address resides in the IP address range 184.108.40.206 - 184.108.40.206 (CIDR notation: 18.104.22.168/8, 184.108.40.206/7, 188.8.131.52/4), and the whole subnet spans a total number of 318,767,104 individual IP addresses. The prefix 087/8 (22.214.171.124/8) was allocated to
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|126.96.36.199 - 126.96.36.199
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IANA IPv4 Address Space Allocation for Subnet 184.108.40.206/8
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Lana Accuses Boston TSA Officers Of Violating Her During Security Checks On Twitter
WWE superstar Lana, real name C.J. Perry went on Twitter Wednesday morning to address the TSA at Boston's Logan airport for "violating her":
The most inappropriate behavior @BostonLogan TSA is doing to me. I have never felt this violated in my entire life
— CJ (Lana) Perry (@LanaWWE) April 12, 2017
To their credit, the airport rapidly responded to her tweet with an apology & complaint link:
@LanaWWE We apologize for the poor treatment. You can report to @AskTSA online here https://t.co/dykmoubdtP
— Boston Logan Airport (@BostonLogan) April 12, 2017
If you're a frequent traveler, chances are you've had some kind of uncomfortable experience getting patted down by TSA officers. I'm sure it's a tough job, and although the full details of this particular search weren't made available; it's not hard to believe someone went way beyond the call of duty.
People store weapons & drugs weird places these days, so that has to be kept in mind. But, even with that being the case, you can't have passengers feeling disgusting & violated after searching them.

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Our next meeting is coming up this Saturday, and it's going to be a good session with our tutor, Sue Simpson, looking at 'Lively Letters & Contemporary Calligraphy'
Sue is the founder member and honorary President for North Yorkshire Calligraphers, I first met her years ago on a weekend course back when I was about 13 (far too long ago now!!) She is totally inspirational - overcoming worsening eyesight to continue with her profession. Have a look at her site for recent examples of work here
Hopefully the newer members will be returning for their taste of a tutor workshop with the group.
I'll be taking the camera so photos will be up early next week!
Monday, 5 October 2009
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Photography Contest for The Arcade!
The Arcade is a quarterly gacha event, with events planned in September, December, March, and June. Sponsored by Avenue Magazine, Collabor88, The Grove Country Club Estates, Intrigue Co., Sleepy Bones and Tableau, The Arcade gacha event features an eclectic mix of designers with proven quality. Designated themes for each seasonal event will ensure exclusive, original content that will set this event apart from others. The first session will begin September 15th, and will have no theme. Creators are encouraged to make whatever inspires them.
***** Photography Contest *****
To celebrate our inaugural event, The Arcade invites you to commemorate a month of shopping, fun and exploration with our photography contest, presented by Adorkable Poses. Fun, nostalgic, quirky or dramatic; alone or in couples and groups – Submit any sort of photo you want, so long as it includes at least five pieces from your gacha loot. Details below:
1st Place:
• You and a friend get to bypass the lines and lag for early access into The Arcade for our next gacha event (December, 2012)
• L$2,500 store credit at Adorkable Poses
• Your photo featured on The Arcade's website
2nd Place:
• L$1,000 store credit to Adorkable Poses
• Your photo featured on The Arcade's website
3rd Place:
• L$500 store credit to Adorkable Poses
• Your photo featured on The Arcade's website
Contest opens: Saturday, September 15, 2012
Contest closes: Monday, October 15, 2012
Winners announced: Saturday, October 20, 2012
• Your photo must showcase a minimum of five items purchased from The
Arcade. The creators and/or brands behind these items should be
credited in your photo's description.
• Models must use poses from Adorkable Poses .
• There's no limit to the number of photos you may submit, but each photo must be submitted by one resident only. Duplicate entries for the same photo are not allowed.
• Photos should be tasteful. No nudity.
• Each photo must be submitted via Flickr and added to The Arcade's
photo pool. Only members of the group can add to the pool,
so if you haven't yet joined The Arcade's Flickr group, you can do so
• Your photo must be titled, "The Arcade Photography Contest" and needs to include your first and last (SL) name.
• By entering the contest, you acknowledge that The Arcade may use your submitted image(s) for promotional purposes and in marketing materials.
Submitted images will be judged on originality, technical excellence, composition, overall impact and artistic merit. All decisions made by the judges are final. The Arcade team and employees of event sponsors are not eligible to win prizes.
How to Grow Your Blog
Are you a new blogger? Are you wondering how to get the word spread out about your blog? Hello everyone, Keliah here contributing for the first time on SL Blogger Support and I'm super excited to be a part of this wonderful project.
We all blog for different reasons and different things and maybe a wide audience isn't as important to you as it is to some. If it is, and if you want to grow your blog, then here are some tips to bring your blog to that next level and really spread the word about who you are and what your blog is about.
1.) Get Fed! There are a lot of blog enthusiast out there. So enthused that some started blog feeds. Many second life residents do their shopping by perusing blog feeds. If your blog is fed on one of these feeds, then your entries are going to be more available to a broader audience than standing alone. Sign up for feeds and have your blog syndicated.(Tip: Check out the blog roll sidebar for a list of feeds!)
2.) Start talking about it! We all know blogging is not so easy. Blogging requires a lot of time and effort. There's the putting together of the look, finding the location for the perfect photo, and then the post editing that goes into photographs. Be proud of your work and talk about your blog on social platforms. Talk about it on the Second Life forums, post it on SL Universe. Get a Facebook for your avatar and join the fashion groups. Plurk is a wonderful resource for networking! Many bloggers and designers are on Plurk, so this is a great medium to advertise your blog posts. Don't forget Twitter!
3.) Get a Flickr account! Flickr, next to blog feeds, is another tool people use to shop. Not only is it a great platform for creativity, it's a wonderful place to advertise your blog. Post your pictures on flickr, include a link to the blog post, and there you have it. The
4.) Don't forget the little things. Make sure you have a link to your blog in your profile and/or profile picks. Some places have billboard space that you can rent. Include blog links in your signatures on Second Life based forums. Make sure your profiles on social media sites have links to your blog.
So many awesome contests!
So I believe this had to become a blog post because really, people don't normally read notecards and not everyone is on plurk and not everyone watches Flickr religiously (like I do…I get lost for hours *eep*), but anyway there is so much awesomeness of contests happening!
I highly recommend trying them out. Not only will it help in development of photography skills, but it can really get you out there and win you some awesome prizes!
1. Mon Tissu – by Elie Spot & Anouk Spot
New Blogger Search! Fashion Editorial Photo Contest!
What can you win? –
GRAND PRIZE: You will be added to our official blogger list which gets you free Mon Tissu releases for life! In addition, you will get a 1 hour private shopping spree (you pick the date!). During your spree, we will join you at Mon Tissu and assist you in any way you need, passing anything you ask for. The sim will be closed for this hour, so it will be completely private.
TWO RUNNERS UP: 2500L Mon Tissu store credit each!
Who can enter? –
ANYONE! Unless you are already on our official blogger list!
How to Enter –
We want you to create a fashion editorial-style photograph, showcasing a look that you love. This look must include at least 3 pieces from Mon Tissu, and at least 2 of those pieces must be clothing items (shoes count as clothing). You can wear clothing from other brands as well, but your Mon Tissu pieces must be visible and easy to spot! We will be looking not only at your outfit, but also at the setting, the theme, the perspective, and the quality. We aren't requiring any post-editing, but we welcome it! A breathtaking image is what we're after. This can be achieved any number of ways, so be creative! We also want you to write a short paragraph to go along with your image. The writing should support the photography and assist the viewer in understanding the purpose of your image. You can talk about the clothing you're wearing, you can make up a story about the subject, you can really take this anywhere you like! Let your text show the kind of writing you would pursue on your own blog. Under your paragraph, add your CREDITS! Be sure to credit every piece of clothing, your accessories, shoes, skin, hair, makeup, poses, props and location! Its important to let your readers know about everything you're using, even if you don't mention it in your article. Once you have completed your image, writing and credits, you should add your photo to the Mon Tissu Flickr Group ( www.flickr.com/groups/montissu ) and title it "Mon Tissu Blogger Search Entry – (Your Name)". Paste your paragraph and credits into the description, and submit!
Rules –
You can submit a maximum of 2 entries. Your image(s) must be new, they can't be recycled. Your text must be original. All entries must be submitted on or before September 19, 2012. If legitimate credits aren't provided for each item being shown in your image, your image will be disqualified. Crediting is very important as it informs readers and protects creators. Entries must be submitted under the Second Life account name you intend to use for blogging, as all winning prizes will be sent to the account listed in the title of your entry.
*We will be accepting entries now through Wednesday, September 19th, 2012. Winners will be announced on Friday, September 21, 2012.*
2. [PXL] Skins by Hart Larsson
Got Faith?
PXL is proud to announce their very first Flickr contest!
The event will run from NOW until September 16, 2012.
With the winner announced on September 19, 2012 prior to SL midnight time.
The rules are simple but the prizes are awesome!!!
Prizes first:
1st place winner – 10,000L plus choice of a fatpack. AND that is not all. Your picture will be front and center at PXL store and you will also be picked to do a vendor pic for his next skin release!!
2nd place winner – 2500L plus choice of fatpack
3rd place winner – 1500L plus choice of fatpack
Now on to the rules:
– The theme is – Faith! Faith means a lot of different things for a lot of different people. Show us what faith means to you.
– The skin must be FAITH! The skin must be purchased and not a blogger review copy.
– No Nudity.
– Max 2 picture submission.
– Post processing is perfectly accepted as long as you do not make major changes to the skin, the skin must look untouched
– If you are chosen as a finalist, please be prepared to submit your transaction history.
– You must post the picture on the PXL flickr site ( www.flickr.com/groups/pxl_faith_contest/ )
3. FATE by Damian Fate
FATEwear Photo Competition
The rules are simple, grab the FATEwear Subscription Gift "Carter" outfit from FATEisland take some photos of the outfit and submit them to the official FATEdesign Flickr group, and whichever photographer's image is picked will receive the entire launch collection – and that is a LOT of items!
Looking forward to seeing your entries, good luck!


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Dottie and Dennis had a wonderful ice storm outside the yoga studio. Ours was not as siginificat --- just a few wee drips from the faucet outside. Of course I kept Haggis and Rarebit inside --- I wouldn't want them to get stuck when they went potty outside.
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Is the Man in Brown here yet??
My sister and brother-in-law brought their Dance Praise (DDR-type of thing) with them when they came to town for my grandmother's 90th birthday party a few weekends ago and I got to play! Can I just tell you - it's SO MUCH FUN! We had some unexpected money drop into our lives so guess what we bought?? It's coming via the Man in Brown next week! Can't wait!! Is it here yet?? How 'bout now? No, not yet? Guess I'll have to wait a bit longer. *sigh..........
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Hey Julia,
Just checking in to say "hi". Enjoy the blog and its great to keep in touch this way. FYI, I check several times a week!! Hope you all are doing well. Hope Ethan got some love from the tooth fairy.
- May 12, 2006 at 10:32:00 PM EDT
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Remember that little thing called the Constitution and the separation of powers? Bush with a stroke of his pen issued a signing statement that he would ignore Congress and spend money for permanent military bases in Iraq and for control of their oil.
How do you think the media reacted? The Washington Post, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times or the Wall Street Journal did not cover the story. You could only find out about it on a Washington Post blog or the Boston Globe, as well as the usual alternative online liberal sources.
Oh, that so-called-liberal-media strikes again.
By the way, that is an impeachable offense if the Democrats grew some red, white and blue balls.


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Poverty is the Crime
The Governments Ministry of Social Development recently published its Report "New Zealand Living Standards 2004" revealed increased rates of poverty among solo parent families on benefits, especially Maori and Pacific Island families. A number of responses have all fixed upon poverty as the result of the wrong policy rather than the wrong social system. This is like reinventing the wheel and putting your finger in the spokes. Poverty and crime are endemic under capitalism because it requires a surplus population driven by starvation wages to keep wages down. Those who cannot live by wages alone steal the bread. Poverty does not cause crime. Poverty is the real crime. Here's a communist view of capitalist crime.
The link between poverty and crime has been obvious for hundreds of years. When Engels wrote his famous book on "The Conditions of the Working Class in England" in 1845, he made it clear poverty was not caused by low wages, but by capitalists exploiting the labour-power of the workers.
Since then, however, the labour movement has been dominated by reformists who thought that poverty could be eliminated by taxing the bosses' profits to boost wages. Uncle Joe Savage the first Labour PM in NZ called this "Christian Socialism".
This is still the prevailing view. It means that workers are treated as voters who elect governments to raise taxes on employers and so eliminate poverty and crime. It is a view shared by Labourites, Stalinists and most of the union bureaucracy who are paid to make workers more productive for the bosses.
The NDU wages war on crime
"There is a direct link between a Ministry of Development standard of living report and a treasury report showing the increasing cost of crime, says the National Distribution Union. National Secretary Laila Harre says that reducing poverty through a decent standard of living for beneficiaries and low-paid workers is one of the most important forms of crime prevention. "Poverty and under-employment are root causes of crime," says Ms Harre. "The higher the standard of living and the more people feel they have a stake in society, the less crime they commit. Companies, who marginalise workers through low wages, casualisation, or unequal treatment because of age, contribute to the problem and everyone pays."
Her alternative is to make companies pay more and at the same time save the taxpayer the cost of jailing criminals. This sounds OK but really it is an appeal to the bosses couched in neo-liberal language of the benefits of tax cuts. Pay workers more and get a tax cut. "Rather than seeing the cost per prisoner increasing beyond $58,604 a year, we should be seeing a significant increase in the annual earnings of minimum wage workers up from $21,320 and $10,660 for beneficiaries."
No doubt this would be a good thing if it could work. But after over 100 years of experience of capitalism the results are in: the gap between rich and poor is growing world wide. A hundred Sir Bob Geldofs surfing the ozone naming and shaming the corporations and the 'West' will not change that.
Geldof names and shames NZ
Geldof flew in recently for a concert and a gig for 'Make Poverty History'. As we have said before, MPH is a fraud perpetrated on the poor by middle class do-gooders who think that recycling some of their record royalties or taking a tour through Africa like Brad Pitt can make history. But it doesn't make history is just makes the news and profits for the advertisers.
The poverty gap exists not because of any lack of effort to redistribute incomes, but despite it. The evidence that reforms can reverse this fact is almost non-existent. Imperialism is a giant machine that sucks out the wealth of the impoverished semi-colonial world, leaving a bit for the local bosses to get fat on, and squeezing the living standards of the masses to the point of starvation. (See article on the Bolivian landless). The poor can only get an increased share in exceptional circumstances where imperialism does not own or control the wealth and dictate prices and terms. Hugo Chavez can pay for reforms because the imperialists are hooked on Venezuelan oil which they do not directly own or control.
One fact stands out though. Reforms do not come from celebrities' guilt-tripping around trying to make us 'own' a poor or dying child. While a few children may be saved, the rest continue to die at a growing rate because the world's resources are pocketed by the bosses as accumulated profits and this behaviour is mimicked by the grasping middle classes.
Reforms are won only by massive organised pressure from below that break out of the controls imposed on the working class. The bosses will open their pockets if they fear losing their wallets. But mostly they keep their pockets crammed and workers lose their lives.
The Alliance blames poverty on Labour
Alliance co-leader Len Richards in a recent press release stated:
"The Alliance Party says that a living standards report showing that 8% of New Zealanders are suffering severe hardship is a brutal reminder of the reality of life for the poor in New Zealand. The incidence of hardship in beneficiary families has increased by almost 50% between 2000 and 2004.The report shows a decline in the real income of beneficiary families with children had contributed to a rise to 8 per cent in the number of people experiencing severe hardship in 2004. That compared with 5 per cent in 2000."
Richards goes on to blame the Labour Party as 'scandalous' for not living up to its ideals:
"…this is a result of the mean-minded social welfare policies of a Labour Government that targets help towards the 'deserving' working poor. He says that on the 90th birthday of the Labour Party, it is disturbing that the Labour Government is trying to play down the figures. What would the founders of the Labour Party say if they were alive today? They would not recognize these complacent careerists. It is a scandal that Labour leaves so many of them suffering on the margins of society."
Richards recognises that both Labour and National follow policies that drive down benefits and wages for the profits of the rich:
"Those on benefits are left to suffer hardship as a goad to force them into some form of paid employment. These people are forced to accept paid work at any wage offered, which tends to keep down the wage rates of those in work. Labour and National are competing to see who can build the most jails for the next generation of young people who have already been written off by the "political puppets of the rich".
But instead of drawing the conclusion that reformist policies have failed to get rid of poverty, the Alliance concludes that it is the Labour Party's betrayal that is the problem.
The solution is to elect an Alliance government that will
"raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, ensure genuine full employment with public works, raise benefit levels, embark on a massive upgrade of state housing stock, and ensure access to all in a free public health and education system. The first $10 000 of income would be taxfree, with a rise in income tax for the wealthy, and GST would be abolished, starting with food."
It's true that both Labour and National are running policies that force people to work or face poverty. But these are the conditions imposed by international capitalism on a weak, dependent semi-colonial economy like NZ's. No government, including an Alliance government, can significantly change these conditions while continuing to rule on behalf of the bosses.
Only working class organisations such as those of beneficiaries, homeless, landless and unemployed linked up to the labor movement can do anything positive about the 'conditions of the poor'. Maori land rights movements are one such development. Another self-help measure is the 'clustering' together of the poor to pool their incomes so that they can at least survive. However, this self-help measure is now being vigorously attacked by the rightwing as undermining economic self-reliance and the values of family life.
'Clustering': a self-help answer to poverty
Clustering came to light as a side issue of the Kahui killings (see article). There were eight adults and a larger number of children living on benefits in one house. Sharing the rent and expenses is a way of surviving economic hardship when families cannot survive on income tested benefits. But because of the confined space it creats problems of overcrowding and conflicts among those living there. Clearly this form of 'clustering' is a measure of desperation and not a solution to poverty.
But rather than seeing it as a survival mechanism, the political right has labelled clustering 'dysfunctional' because it does not conform to the traditional patriarchal family. The Maxim Institute says that this 'dysfunction' undermines self-reliance because it deters adults from having to go to work. It creates moral problems too as overcrowding does not allow 'normal' parental authority over children to develop. At worst it creates an environment where child abuse can lead to deaths.
As if to prove themselves more right than the right, new, new right Blairite, John Tamahere, and the 'Nation's Kaumatua' Peter Sharples publicly intervene to force those in 'dysfunctional' families to become 'normal'. This means a return to the wider whanau where self-annointed patriachal chiefs will dictate family life. Tamahere will take charge of the budgets and privatise welfare into Maori Trusts, while Sharples will take charge of the whanaus' moral guidance.
But the answer is not to condemn clustering. It's a rational collective response to terrible conditions to share resources and to meet needs. The extreme negative side of clustering is the jail where people live in a totally controlled institution. But there is a positive side. Clustering should be extended out of isolated state houses and broken down communities on the model of land rights movements, such as that of Parihaka which took in political and economic refugees from all over the country and created a model self-sufficient, cooperative community, labelled by the racist settlers as "communistic". The history of these movements could become a positive model for building working class communes today.
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The NDU wants companies to pay better wages. But this will only happen if workers get organised to win their demands. Individuals workers cannot persuade bosses to pay them more to keep them out of jail. And striking as a militant labour movement is a sure way to go to jail. The bosses are always prepared to pay for this kind of 'clustering'. Against the bosses' clusters, workers need to recreate their own communities where they can solve their problems collectively. To get the resources to do this they must fight for workers control of the means of production.
The first step is to organise collectively on the job to defend jobs, wages and conditions. If workers gang up on the job to get what they need, this will prove that capitalists must cut jobs, wages and conditions to raise their profits, and that as an organised labour force they have a common class interest to fight for workers control of production and to overthrow capitalism.
Organisations that claim to represent workers like the NDU and the Alliance will only be able to embark on the road of collective struggle if they stop appealing to workers and bosses as individual taxpayers and voters, and start organising fighting, democratic unions grounded in working class communities that pool their resources so they can take control of their lives.
From Class Struggle 67 June/July 2006
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Shakira and Gerard Pique Welcome Baby Boy Milan Pique Mebarak
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Colombian-Lebanese pop singer Shakira and her Barcelona FC boyfriend Gerard Pique are brand new parent.
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La création de valeur des alliances stratégiques et des fusions-acquisitions : justification comparative par le modèle de mesure de la valeur financière "cas des sociétés du SBF 250"
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- Barber, Brad M. & Lyon, John D., 1997. "Detecting long-run abnormal stock returns: The empirical power and specification of test statistics," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 43(3), pages 341-372, March.
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KeywordsStrategic alliances; mergers & acquisitions; external growth strategy; financial value creation; creation of compensatory value; market value; econometric of panel data.; économétrie des données de panel.; valeur boursière; création de valeur compensatoire; fusions-acquisitions; stratégie de croissance externe; création de valeur financière; Alliances stratégiques;
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Anyway, all of that is just to say that I've found myself increasingly interested in minimizing wasted time so that I can maximize whatever it is that I AM able to get done.
(non-existent transition here, since one didn't quickly come to mind...see efforts to not waste time)
Once, my sister and a friend were at my house for dinner when I had made macaroni and cheese. I must have mentioned something about "needing" to make baked beans to go with the meal - my sister quickly agreed and the friend questioned the necessity. We couldn't believe that he would eat the macaroni alone, and he was incredulous that we were so adamant about the beans. I hadn't really thought about it before, but I remember laughing with my sister at that moment at realizing we had probably never had macaroni and cheese without baked beans. For whatever reason (well, probably that's it's a delicious combination) my mom always made the two together. It may not have the national notoriety of peanut butter and jelly, but in our family they were every bit the pair.
I realized tonight as Anna and I were eating that our dinner was another infamous combination - another pairing I always make together because I always ate it together.
tuna noodle casserole ~ Harvard beets
In the aforementioned interest of my time, I'm not going to fully flesh out my dinnertime musings about how little comforts of home can be grounding regardless of where you are or what plates you're eating from...or about how much of an impression even the smallest details of making a home can have on those we serve in that house...
...and I'll stick to the random/silly burning question that originally inspired me to snap pictures of my dinner: what combinations are family favorites in your house?


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What art pieces has Ritua put in her Art Gallery?
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Sunday, July 29, 2012
Ritua's Art Gallery
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me away with your really neat artwork.
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I like the way you put lot of deails in your graphic. you have made your stony so Good. I like your picture becuse it's cool. keep up the Good Work.
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Fan Shaves Rangers Mike Napoli Face Into His Head
You fans sure are something else!!!
Texas Rangers, Mike Napoli, has a huge fan in this guy.
Gotta admit, it is kind of hot. Whomever did this cut, has tremendous skill.
I don't think anyone will out beat the guy with the James Harden tattoo on his forearm though.


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Had we followed the footprints, we might have suspected the offing of the Hewlett-Packard TouchPad and with it, webOS. The TouchPad had a lifespan of just less than two months, though it's experiencing quite a bit of an afterlife. On word of its discontinuation, prices have been dropping, with Best Buy, which had faced a glut of inventory, selling the 16GB for $99 and the 32GB for $149.
Even though we called the TouchPad "the best non-Apple tablet we've seen yet," in its review, there's a touch of foreboding when we liken it to the Microsoft Zune HD and wonder aloud if "the nascent tablet space will mimic the MP3 player category and eventually dissolve except for one strong leader."
Don't get superstitious and blame us, though. Technology advances quickly so we must grant a few natural demises, but plenty of products have made premature disappearances over the past few years. When one goes missing, analysts and columnists alike play the part of Miss Marple, whipping out their oversized magnifying glasses and dusting for fingerprints. They ask and answer all the necessary questions to determine whether what has occurred constitutes a crime. If an offense has been committed, then the detectives dissect the evidence to convict the culprit of the untimely death. The most likely suspects tend to be consumers who fail to come to the rescue of a product in need and bloodthirsty competitors fighting to get ahead.
To get by in this shady world, technology needs more than just luck but a little scrap, too. Page through our story to visit the unfortunate ghosts of products past.
The Flip
The Flip portable digital camcorder premiered in 2007 and made a starlet's ascent, moving 2 million units in its first two years. In its relatively short life, the Flip went through a few iterations, including HD versions, and customers got the chance to add their own designs to the devices. As the smartphone market started a trajectory of its own in 2009, the company's founders handed over their business to Cisco Systems for $590 million. Unable to compete with phones that blended video capability into their many fortes, the networking company closed down the unit this April.
Microsoft Kin
The social media-geared Microsoft Kin was meant to have a lot of kith, and it's not surprising since it was backed by a billion dollars. For as forward-thinking as a phone that integrated Facebook and Twitter was in 2009, the Kin One and had poor sales and were summoned home by Microsoft in June 2010. Its next of kin, Windows Phone 7, has members of the Kin clan on its development team.
3Com Audrey
The Audrey was a bit of a regression, gender-wise, intending to spend her time dedicated to small tasks at home, generally from the kitchen. 3Com sent the internet appliance to the market in 2000 to serve as an easy way to manage e-mail and calendars, browse the Internet, and passively receive push content. But fair Audrey proved too fragile for the rough days of the Internet shakedown and was discontinued after less than eight months.
Lala attracted a devoted following to its music service that let users listen to a song initially for free and then at just 10 cents per play or 89 cents for purchase. : Lala went through a few different versions. Its final had a cloud feature that let members upload their MP3s and access them from any computer. If that sounds like a business model that might worry the owner of iTunes, it was. Apple acquired Lala in December 2009 and silenced it by May of the next year.
Power Mac G4 Cube
The Power Mac G4 Cube prevails as a movie prop, museum piece, and MacQuarium. As a computer, though, it forfeited. The G4 was pretty (as were its companion Harman Kardon speakers) but expensive and tough to upgrade, not to mention that it had overheating issues, explaining its one-year life span.
Windows Ultra-Mobile PC
The Benjamin Buttons of the computing world, ultra-mobile PCs predate netbooks but were about half the size. In 2006, Microsoft enlisted hardware makers to fashion tiny and light portable computers. Devices like OQO's Model 02with a 1.5GHz processor, 60GB hard disk drive, 1GB of RAM, and integrated mobile broadband data capabilitywere impressive but soon eclipsed by smartphones and Wi-Fi-capable laptops.
Virtual Reality
Virtual reality in the 1990s was the 3D of today. People seemed to crave a more immersive experience with technology but the products were a big disconnect. There was a holodeck type of appeal to inhabiting a world that was entirely computer-generated but felt real thanks to a haptic interface. In reality, there was no escaping the fact that the clunky helmets and gloves streaming with electrodes netted only a poor simulation of life.
Apple Bandai Pippin
Maybe Apple and Bandai should have paid closer attention to the musical Pippin before they named their progeny. Like the eponymous character, the Apple Bandai Pippin set out to accomplish extraordinary things but would have been suited settling for an ordinary life. The 1995 video game console marked Apple's attempt to break into the market, which was already dominated by the Sony PlayStation, the Nintendo 64, and the Sega Saturn. The Pippin tried to outdo them all by being a Power Macintosh at heart. While not a full-on computer, the Pippin could accommodate games and another popular entertainment choice at the time, CD-ROMs, and also function as a network computer. Consumers didn't bite, though, turned off by the high price ($599) and limited selection of just 18 games.
Google Wave
Google Wave wiped out in August 2010, less than a year after it washed up on shore. The collaboration and communication portal came with pages of documentation, a lengthy explanatory video, and even its own nomenclature. Feature-rich Google Wave let project participants replay the evolution of the project in a browser, employ contextual spell check, and integrate blogs. But with information overload, by the time anyone learned what a "blip" or a "wavelet" was, they were speaking a dead language.


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(PISCATAWAY, N.J.) — Fired Rutgers coach Mike Rice is due a $100,000 bonus from the university for the 2012-2013 basketball season, a payout he would not have received had he been sacked when tapes of his tormenting his players came to light in November.
The New Jersey school fired Rice, 44, Wednesday amid a quickly unfolding scandal that began when ESPN's Outside the Lines aired footage of the coach's pushing players in the chest, grabbing them by their jerseys and yanking them around the court. Rice could be heard screaming obscenities and gay slurs at players, including "f–king f-ggot" and "fairy."
The sudden firing of Rice has also led to calls from faculty, lawmakers and activists for further investigation into the school, and possibly more firings of the school's top brass.
A group of 13 members of the university's staff have called for the ouster of the school president, Robert Barchi, Thursday morning, according to ESPN. In a statement released Wednesday, Barchi said he was informed of the video showing Rice's actions in November, but did not personally view the footage until Tuesday, the same day it aired on ESPN. Barchi announced Rice's firing Wednesday.
In a letter sent to Rutgers' Board of Governors and the Board of Trustees, the group of faculty members state that they are "demanding the immediate resignation of our President Robert Barchi, in light of his inexcusable handling of Coach Mike Rice's homophobic and misogynist abuse of our students."
ESPN basketball analyst Jay Bilas told ABC News that school Athletic Director Tim Pernetti's original decision to suspend the coach and Barchi's support of the decision leave them with further questions to answer.
"I can't think of an argument that would be compelling enough to justify a suspension and a fine when, ultimately, a dismissal was decided upon," Bilas said. "I don't think this is over for Tim Pernetti. I think the vast majority of administrators would have fired Mike Rice on the spot."
Pernetti was shown hours of video in late November by a former employee. He suspended Rice for three games a month later, fined him $50,000 and ordered him to attend anger-management classes. At the time, Pernetti didn't elaborate on the details of the suspension.
A call for a full investigation into harassment at the school has also come from State Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver. Gay rights organization Garden State Equality is also calling for a full investigation into Rutgers' administrators, saying that they knew about this video and the anti-gay harassment for months and did nothing.
Rice apologized Wednesday to the players, the Rutgers administration, fans and his family.
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As of today, we're 37 weeks 4 days pregnant. During our last gynae visit at 37 weeks, the cervix is still not opened but baby Ayshan is still at a good weight for him to be delivered naturally, that is, if we were to deliver him by this week. He was at 3.2kg thereabouts then.
Dr Wong did another cervix sweep which was less painful than the first time..or maybe I already knew what to expect and therefore, had relaxed more. Again, so far no blood. He said that my cervix is still thick, in which I translated to be that I'm not yet ready to give birth this week.
As the birth date is nearing, I've been feeling a myriad of emotions. The positive feeling is of course…feelings of love. Like how I can't wait to hold Ayshan and breathe in his heavenly baby scent. Playing with his tiny fingers and toes, blowing raspberries on his fat little tummy, kissing his button nose tip, beautiful lips and chubby cheeks…In fact, kissing him all over.
And then I have the over-powering negative feelings which includes feeling scared and nervous as to how the birthing process is gonna be. How painful will the contractions be? How much more painful will the pushing be? How am I going to withstand the pain? How much will I tear below? Will I die due to blood loss?
And about baby Ayshan, I worry…Will there be complications? What if he's born with birth defects (I know that the medical results did not indicate anything of that sort but a mother can never stop worrying)?
As I am typing this, Ayshan is continuously moving around, making his presence known. It's as though he's telling me not to worry so much as he is a healthy baby (amniotic fluid is still a lot and his heartbeat is normal, based on last scan).
My feelings have translated into dreams and the last dream I had was a few days ago, when I dreamt that I had given birth naturally with epidural and an episiotomy. But generally, the birthing process was a non-terrifying one. I can only hope that it comes true, and pray that God Almighty will protect me and baby Ayshan.
I guess, for someone who is used to controlling and planning almost every aspect of my life, this is an aspect that I have zero control over and it terrifies me, as I do not know what to expect. One thing for sure, no matter how much I prepare myself mentally and physically for the birthing process, I know that the actual process will be hugely different and beyond my limited expectations.
Our next gynae visit is this friday, when we're at 38 weeks and 1 day. We have to come earlier for a CTG scan first. Other than that, it's any day now. And while I've had a wonderful pregnancy journey thus far, I can't wait to get the birthing process over and done with, and start the next phase of my life; Motherhood.


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D is for Dinosaurs! At least in my room this week. There are so many fabulous dinosaur units to pull from. Kids love dinosaurs. This week we talked about habitats of dinoaurs, what they ate, how they protected themselves, and how they traveled. We made a few dinosaurs of our own. We made "Name Dinosaurs". They paint their dinosaur and I give them the spiny plates (colored triangles) with the letters of their name on them. They have to put them in order on top of their dinosaur's back.
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How much do we know about Stonehenge? Less than we think. And what has Stonehenge got to do with the Ice Age? More than we might think. This blog is mostly devoted to the problems of where the Stonehenge bluestones came from, and how they got from their source areas to the monument. Now and then I will muse on related Stonehenge topics which have an Ice Age dimension...
Some of the ideas discussed in this blog are published in my new book called "The Stonehenge Bluestones" -- due for publication on June 1st 2018. After that, it will be available by post and through good bookshops everywhere. Bad bookshops might not have it....
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Friday, 16 November 2012
Sarsen faces - stone 54
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I thank Terence Meaden for his comments; this feature on the W side of Stone 054 has been incorporated in the model. When having to think what this face would have looked like when building the original Stonehenge, I referred to the carvings found on Easter Island and used these as a guide.
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- Jon Morris said...
Dead interesting interpretation of the early features of the T shapes!
However, for the type of surfaces at Stonehenge, it's somewhat unlikely that the T shape could have been generated from a "normal" looking nose and mouth: Wearing just does not occur like that. When two faces (as at Stonehenge) have the same features generated after wearing, it becomes a virtual certainty that, if the T shape we see now was meant to be intentional, it was also meant to be shaped as a T.
The T shape on 54 is also a little bit higher than shown on the models
- 17 November 2012 at 16:45
Thank you for your comment Jon; I must confess, I know nothing about archaeology, and when I was trying to imagine what the stone could have looked like, I was thinking as a 'modeller'. Just a passing thought; if there had been a face, it may have been vandalised sometime later for reasons we do not understand; could this account for the uneven wear. Regarding its position, I had tried to align the shapes according to the photographs I took, so I think there is much room for errors. I am interested though how often "T" shapes are referred to, and wonder if you know where this expression first appeared?
- 17 November 2012 at 19:10
The vast majority of British prehistoric engravings are not representational , when they are it is mainly axes ,daggers and feet . Elsewhere representation is more common ,although it is interesting that Early European figurines whilst having exaggerated features and heads they often don't have faces .
Some examples of engraved human and animal faces ,pre-dating the erection of the sarsens at Stonehenge . Note , there would little problem recognising them for what they represent and could not be considered simulcra .
Scroll through the next and previous in the Smithsonian link .http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/photos/?c=y&articleID=30706129&page=4
- 17 November 2012 at 20:19
Thank you 'Geocur' for your comments; I will follow and consider the information that the links provide.
- 17 November 2012 at 23:22
- Jon Morris said...
I know nothing about archaeology either Lloyd!
The thing about the T is that there are two of them. If they were vandalised, then both were vandalised identically.
If the bottom of the T represented the bottom of a nose, then you might expect second lateral extrusions below both of the Ts. But there are none.
For most wearing, depressions in surfaces tend to survive better than protrusions: So if instead there was a depression just above the base of the T, representing the Chief's top lip, the wearing pattern would not have resulted in the nose and the lip being joined as a protrusion.
As far as I know, T shaped carvings are very specific to Stonehenge. Their remains exist in what is interpreted as 'mushroom' shaped outlines. The vast majority of T shapes are on the outer stones directly to the east of the centre of the monument as well as on the inner stone directly to the south (stone 53). There's one or two other T shapes scattered about.
Geocur or Terry Meaden are the ones to ask: They know way more about this sort of thing than I do.
- 18 November 2012 at 07:33
Thank you Jon for your detailed explanation on 'T' shapes; through this 'blog' I am now gaining a better understanding on information concerning Stonehenge which, gives me a sounder foundation on which to do further research.
- 18 November 2012 at 11:14
I think we should distinguish between the engraving and dressing .
1) the axe head engravings which are found on the lower reaches of the uprights i.e. below 2m , the shape is not a T but the "head " is crescentic like the BA axe heads they probably represent , the largest measure 36cm x 28 , most are shallow engravings and not in relief , there multiple examples on some surfaces and there are other examples in Britain of similar engravings .
2)The "real T's " are a result of coarse dressing not engraving , the transverse ridges do not curve they are straight , the ridges can measure up to 1.6m in length (stone 59a ) are found above the height of the axe engravings , the ridges are in relief , they are no multiples and as far as I know , despite dressing being found in some megaliths elsewhere , I can't think of any obvious ridged examples .
- 18 November 2012 at 11:38
- Jon Morris said...
I agree George: There's two different sets which are in danger of being confused.
The scans of the carvings (indented) all appear crescentic on the top surface. However, the bottom surface of the head of the 'mushrooms' is a mixture of crescentic and straight.
The dressings, or relief carvings (depending on your perspective) are known to have straight (but not perfectly horizontal) bottom surfaces on the top bar of the T: Photographs in sunlight only capture shadow well.
However, the photographs I have of this feature (taken in cloudy weather) appear to indicate that a slight crescentic surface may also exist to the top of the T shape on stone 54.
Unfortunately, the feature is a bit too high to inspect.
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It's Munich In America. There Will Be No Normandy.; "This is it, folks. This is the scenario our Founders lost sleep over. This is the day they prepared us for." 2/23
"Outside the Philadelphia convention Benjamin Franklin was asked what sort of government he and his colleagues were crafting. His reply? "A republic. If you can keep it." And that is just the question at issue today. Can we keep it?"
"America may not be a fascist country today, but it's not for want of trying. I have no question but that through Dick Cheney's dark heart courses the blood of Mussolini. No wonder the damn thing's so diseased. And I have no doubt that Karl Rove has only admiration and envy for Joseph Goebbels. Hey, why can't we do that here? (Hint: We are.)"
"America is not a fascist country (if it was, you wouldn't be reading this), but pardon me if I don't defer to Bush defenders and ringside Democrats who consider me hysterical for worrying about the direction in which we're heading."
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What a bloody fool Pietersen was. NO. IS.
As soon as anything is posted on the net other people can access it - Or did the recipient start flapping their lip about the mail?
As far as being caustic about fellow players well that is one thing but to send details in an EMail is absolutely asking for trouble.
Makes me think of Bellafonte's song "When will they ever learn".


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On-track action is underway at Sebring.
Sebring, Fla. - Joao Barbosa has drawn first blood at Sebring, topping the charts in Thursday's morning practice session as we prepare for the 63rd running of the historic 12 hour race.
Michael Shank Racing and Krohn put their Ligiers in the top three, but neither Ozz Negri or Nic Jonsson could match the Corvette's 1:52.485.
Two more Corvette DPs rounded out the top five with Taylor and the secondary Action Express entry.
Colin Braun and CORE Autosport were fastest among the PC class with Dirk Werner (BMW Team RLL) leading GTLM and Mario Farnbacher (Alex Job Racing Porsche) on top in GTD.
Only one red flag was needed when the GTD Rolex 24 victors (No. 33 Riley Technologies Dodge Viper) stopped on track and required assistance.
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Assalamu Alaikum,
Okay, yesterday I didn't know what to say.
Today I still don't, but it wasn't until today that it hit me.
Today I was sobbing in my car on my way to work. I can't believe it.
But I still don't have words for what I"m feeling. It's not elation. I think my first two voting experiences numbed me to elation after an election, you know?
Hey, the 20-year republican House representative of my Conservopolis district is out, that's a plus.
I think the future remains to be seen and is in the hands of Allah.
On other notes- I have some serious istikhara to make. So keep making dua'a for me, and thanks for sticking around. InshaAllah I'll be back soon.
Thursday, November 06, 2008
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