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"For me, Gotham and these characters, I'm done. I've told our story and I'm moving on," director Christopher Nolan said earlier this month when asked about a "Catwoman" movie for Anne Hathaway, while adding: "I certainly think she deserves it, she's incredible."
And indeed, Catwoman in "The Dark Knight Rises" is far cry from Eartha Kitt or even Michelle Pfeiffer's memorable turn in Tim Burton's "Batman Returns" (the less said about the Halle Berry incarnation, the better). Fitting into Chris and Jonathan Nolan and David Goyer's textured world, where superheroes carry with them emotional and psychological complexities, Selina Kyle battles doing something for the greater good versus her own survival and self-interest. There's a lot to potentially explore, and Hathaway certainly brought an easily one note character the depth the role and movie required, but will she step into the latex again?
"I'm interested if he's interested," she told Digital Spy when asked about Nolan's comments above. "I think it would be lovely to see more of her but only if it's with the right people. She lives in this Gotham City and so it would have to be established by the people who have made this Gotham City. For me, at least."
So, basically, don't get your hopes up. However, it would be naive to think that Warner Bros. won't be kicking the idea around the old conference table in the weeks to come, and perhaps hoping that Nolan will take on some kind of executive producer/godfather position as he did on "Man Of Steel" to help move along a Catwoman movie. That beind said, "The Dark Knight Rises" as a film — and as a trilogy altogether — is so calibrated and contained, that breaking out of it would be challenging task to make it feel organic. Can it be done? Would you like to a Hathaway-led "Catwoman" movie? Let us know below.


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Some of the big issues of our day.
- The definition of an issue is something that is discussed, distributed or the offspring of someone.
- An example of issue is the subject of abortion.
- An example of issue is the latest edition of Family Circle.
- An example of issue is the children of someone named in a will.
- Issue is defined as to deliver or distribute.
An example of issue is to provide someone with a new driver's license.
- an outgoing; outflow; passing out
- Archaic a way out; exit; outlet
- a result; consequence; upshot
- offspring; a child or children
- profits from lands, estates, or fines; produce; proceeds
- a point, matter, or question to be disputed or decided
- a sending or giving out; putting forth
- the thing or set of things issued; all that is put forth and circulated at one time: the July issue of a magazine, an issue of bonds
- Med.
- a discharge of blood, pus, etc.
- an incision or artificial ulcer for the discharge of pus
- Informal a problem or difficulty, esp. one of a psychological or emotional nature: usually used in pl.
Origin of issue
Old French past participle of issir, to go out ; from Classical Latin exire ; from ex-, out + ire, to go: see year -·sued, -·su·ing
- to go, come, pass, or flow out; emerge
- to be descended; be born
- to be derived or result (from a cause)
- to end or result (in an effect or consequence)
- to come as revenue; accrue
- to be printed or published; be put forth and circulated
- to let out; discharge
- to give or deal out; distribute: to issue supplies
- to print or publish; put forth and circulate; give out publicly or officially: to issue commemorative stamps
issue Idioms
at issue
- in dispute or under discussionalso, esp. in law, in issue
- at variance; in disagreement
join issue
- to enter into conflict, argument, etc. with another or each other
- to join in submitting an issue for decision at law
take issue
to disagree; differ
- a. A point or matter of discussion, debate, or dispute: What legal and moral issues should we consider?b. A matter of public concern: debated economic issues.c. A misgiving, objection, or complaint: had issues with the plan to change the curriculum.
- Usage Problem a. A problem or difficulty.b. A personal problem: is convinced that her boss has issues.
- a. The act of circulating, distributing, or publishing by a business, government, or organization: government issue of new bonds.b. An item or set of items, as stamps or coins, made available at one time by a business, government, or organization.c. A single copy of a periodical: the May issue of the magazine.d. A distinct set of copies of an edition of a book distinguished from others of that edition by variations in the printed matter.e. Proceeds from estates or fines.f. Something proceeding from a specified source: suspicions that were the issue of a deranged mind.g. A culminating point leading to a decision: bring a case to an issue.h. A final result or conclusion, as a solution to a problem.
- a. The act or an instance of flowing, passing, or giving out: where the lake gives issue to its waters.b. A place of egress; an outlet: a lake with no issue to the sea.
- Medicine a. A discharge, as of blood or pus.b. A lesion, wound, or ulcer producing such a discharge.
- Offspring; progeny: died without issue.
is·sued, is·su·ing, is·suesverb
, intransitive- a. To flow, go, or come out: water issuing from a spring; voices issuing from a room. See Synonyms at appear.b. To proceed from a source; emerge or come forth: ideas issuing from a discussion. See Synonyms at stem1.c. To have as a consequence; result: discontent that issued in social unrest.
- To accrue as proceeds or profit: Little money issued from the stocks.
- To be born or be descended: generations issuing from an ancestor.
- To be circulated or published: books issuing from a publisher.
, transitive- To circulate or distribute in an official capacity: issued uniforms to the players.
- To publish: issued periodic statements.
- To pour forth or send out; emit: a chimney issuing smoke.
Origin of issue
Middle English, from Old French eissue, issue, from Vulgar Latin *ex&umacron;ta, alteration of Latin exita, feminine past participle of ex&imacron;re, to go out : ex-, ex- + &imacron;re, to go; see ei- in Indo-European roots.Related Forms:
- is′su·er
- is′sue·less
(plural issues)
- The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any enclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows, of people from a house.
- The act of sending out, or causing to go forth; delivery; issuance; as, the issue of an order from a commanding officer; the issue of money from a treasury.
- That which passes, flows, or is sent out; the whole quantity sent forth or emitted at one time; as, an issue of bank notes; the daily issue of a newspaper.
- Progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law, sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from a common ancestor; all lineal descendants.
- Produce of the earth, or profits of land, tenements, or other property; as, A conveyed to B all his right for a term of years, with all the issues, rents, and profits.
- A discharge of flux, as of blood.
- An opening or outlet, providing for an exit or egress.
- (medicine) An artificial ulcer, usually made in the fleshy part of the arm or leg, to produce the secretion and discharge of pus for the relief of some affected part.
- The final outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event; hence, contest; test; trial.
- A point in debate or controversy on which the parties take affirmative and negative positions; a presentation of alternatives between which to choose or decide.
- (law) In pleading, a single material point of law or fact depending in the suit, which, being affirmed on the one side and denied on the other, is presented for determination.
- (finance) A financial instrument in a company, such as a bond, stock or other security; the emission of such an instrument.
- (euphemistic) A problem or concern, usually of a mental nature.
- He has issues.
(third-person singular simple present issues, present participle issuing, simple past and past participle issued)
- To pass or flow out; to run out, as from any enclosed place.
- To go out; to rush out; to sally forth; as, troops issued from the town, and attacked the besiegers.
- To proceed, as from a source; as, water issues from springs; light issues from the sun.
- To proceed, as progeny; to be derived; to be descended; to spring.
- To extend; to pass or open; as, the path issues into the highway.
- To be produced as an effect or result; to grow or accrue; to arise; to proceed; as, rents and profits issuing from land, tenements, or a capital stock.
- To turn out (in a given way); to have a specified issue or result, to result (in).
- (law) In pleading, to come to a point in fact or law, on which the parties join issue.
- To send out; to put into circulation; as, to issue notes from a bank.
- To deliver for use; as, to issue provisions.
- To send out officially; to deliver by authority; as, to issue an order; to issue a writ.
From Old French issue, eissue ("a way out or exit"), feminine past participle of issir, itself from Latin exeō ("go out"), from prefix ex- ("out of") + eō ("go").
issue - Investment & Finance Definition
A security that will be sold to public or private investors. Those securities may be stocks or bonds. The term may also be used as a verb to indicate that a company plans to issue a bond offering.
issue - Legal Definition
- A question of law or fact disputed by the parties.
- In estate law, the descendants of a common ancestor; offspring.
Incidental to the central issue in a matter.
material issueAn issue which directly bears on the outcome of a matter;
significant to the determination of a fact in dispute.


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I am breastfeeding my 17 month old about 3 to 4 times per day. He drinks water at other times. Is that enough "milk?" I have tried a little bit of cow`s milk but he doesn`t like it. He was eating yogurt but in typical toddler fashion ate it every day for several weeks and now doesn`t eat much of it. So is he still getting enough milk from me to not have to worry about adding in cow milk? His growth has been fine. We have a strong family history of food allergies so I have been somewhat hesitant about going gung-ho on dairy until he is more like two.
Nursing a toddler can be a challenge. A toddler has a variety of nutritional needs. At this age most of his nutrients should be coming from table food. However, since your child is not drinking milk you do have a valid concern. Many toddlers are able to receive enough milk from nursing if they are concentrating on nursing, and not easily distracted. Since you are the one nursing him you will know if he is emptying the breast completely, and concentrating on nursing and not on what is going on around him. When you see your health care provider you should also discuss his eating habits fully and your concerns with her. You need to make sure that he continues his unique growth pattern.
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Seems to me like this would create an interesting oscillation of queue times. When the times get too long, people will queue as tanks to get the extra rewards. When that happens, the queue times drop, and the rewards go away. This will remove the incentive, and the times star climbing again. It will exaggerate the effect when people who tank now get the mindset of "I don't want to do a run if I don't get the reward bag," deepening the troughs in the wave.Overall though, I'm cool with it. And that's speaking as a pure DPS who likes collecting minipets.
LOL wait till all the nubs starting queing as tanks and healers but doesn't have the gear or experience and wipe the group 20times and blame it on others >< Also this will bosst all the E-peens tanks out there to simply make them feel even more powerful therefore abuse the whole group even more. Good Job Blizzard. If it weren't for my left over time card I got ages ago I would never come back and I sitll will not renew my sub when it runs out.
Feeding players goodies so they actually join the queue?Yeah Blizz. You're totally not spoon-feeding players now. With all those rare gems and gold..
The sky-is-falling syndrome is running rampant in here. Remember all the QQ about the dungeon finder? How many people claimed to quit over that?I say good. Quit. If you aren't enjoying the game who's devs you seem to despise so much, why would you continue?
Ugh, aye Dralas. Stay away from him/her and gmail. Those are the two worst right now.
This change only benfit tanks 99% of the time. I always heal and love healing only (I got a level 85 pally and druid and I only ever heal in heroics). My que time is always around 10misn or less. Even with this change it won't affect me at all. HOWEVER, now Tanks will get even more rude, impatent or even more mean because they want to finish the heroic ASAP for their goodie bag. So while the rest of the group will suffer coz of this, the tank is given more reward? Yup sure make sense Blizzard.Also what if a fresh 85 went in and actually wanted gear off the bosses while the tank just out right refuse to do any boss that's optional? Do you think is fair for the fresh 85 then? If they even say something or object the tank would simply kick them coz they can. Have blizzard though about how will this affect new 85's?What about all the in-experience people at tanking but wants the goodie bag switch to tanks but without proper gear, skills or even the knowledge to tank? They are going to cause wipes after wipes and after wipes. Do you think that is fair for the group?What blizzard should have done is that when Call to Arms is active one random member from the group is able to get the goodie bag (notice it is random not assign to a specific role or anyting) and all dungeon boss must be kill before this is rewarded. This way no boss can be skipped and it is fair to say everyone in the group have a chance at getting the goodie bag.


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Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev, one of the last great couples of Young Hollywood, have reportedly split, and I'm not sure how to cope with my emotions.
Ian is just a perfect specimen of a human being. Those heart-stopping, smoldering looks – I almost have no words. He's also super involved in progressive politics and saving the environment, which is the second best way to my heart (the first is being a gorgeous dude with piercing eyes, of course). I first loved him on Lost, where his character was an asshole, but an impossibly delicious one. And his devilishly charming bad-boy-turned-good vibe on The Vampire Diaries has me ready to feed him my blood and damn my immortal soul (or whatever happens when you turn into a vampire).
Ian and Nina have an incredible on-screen chemistry as Damon and Elena on the show, to the point where no viewer actually believes that Elena is meant to be with Damon's brother, Stefan. Ew. Delena all the way!
Sure, they're acting, but it's not hard to see how such a simmeringly sexy TV tryst could turn into a real-life relationship. I love to pretend that TV is real life, so these co-star romances are what I live for.
And Nina is beautiful and talented herself. I watched her back when she was on Degrassi, but she's grown up since then. I imagined Nina and Ian off saving rainforests and fighting animal abuse together – they could be like the Bill and Melinda Gates of the young celeb/vampire world.
One might think I should be thrilled that my lovely Ian is back on the market. (We actually both hail from the same region of south Louisiana, so there's always the possibility that we could run into each other on the street, go eat oyster po-boys together, and fall in love.) But if someone like Nina can't keep him, then what chance could I ever hope to have? I might as well give up on love completely.
I haven't seen much speculation over the reasons behind the tragic demise of the pair's three-year romance, so, obviously, the first thing I did was check Ian's twitter. He tweeted a quote from playwright Lillian Hellman just a few hours ago: "People change and forget to tell each other." Oooh!
Can we extract from those eight words the message that any relationship is inevitably splintered by the individuals' differing goals? That two lovers may hope they can grow old together, but instead they will grow apart?
Yes, that must be exactly what Ian is feeling. So sad, so poignant. If this pair, two of the most beautiful people I can think of, can't make it work, then there is surely no hope for the rest of us ordinary folk.
And what if the reports of their break-up aren't even true? There was a quickly quashed rumor about them splitting only last month, and Us just has a measly anonymous "exclusive source" this time. What if I've let my world shatter, only to have it built back up again later this evening?
Being engrossed in the world of celebrity romance is a rollercoaster, you guys. With the constant speculation over Liam and Miley, and Justin and Selena being long gone, and now this, there just aren't any good young couples for me to obsess over anymore. What am I going to do?
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We all love rags-to-riches stories, but the riches-to-rags stories in sports are often much more instructive.
Yes, it's time for us to talk about Southern Miss football.
It has been startling to watch the fall of a program that could boast of 18 consecutive winning seasons back in 2011 yet has lost a nation's worst 20 games in a row since.
When the bill came due for that 2011 Hawaii Bowl-winning season, it came due with a vengeance.
What happened? I get that question a lot.
Like a lot of stories, I think it has to do with the perils of ambition.
There was a lingering sense that, despite the long streak of winning seasons, Southern Miss football had settled into a rut in the final few seasons of longtime head coach Jeff Bower, who was shown the door in 2007.
Hiring Oklahoma State assistant coach Larry Fedora was seen as a move to bring the Golden Eagles into the 21st century with a spiffy new offensive scheme.
Bower went 23-16 in his last three seasons. Fedora, for all the hype, went 22-17 in his first three seasons. Instead of losing games 20-14 as it sometimes did under Bower, Fedora's team was losing 42-36. Much more exciting, right?
Yet, in 2011, the Golden Eagles enjoyed a magical 11-2 campaign capped by that Hawaii trip. And poof, like Keyser Soze in "The Usual Suspects," Fedora was gone – to be head coach at North Carolina.
Wrong turn
Veteran defensive assistant Ellis Johnson was brought in as boss last season – a complete reversal from the Fedora hire – the team went 0-12 and Johnson was quickly canned.
It was an expensive move. The school, needing a pile of cash to pay off Johnson's contact, ransomed off a home date against Nebraska and turned it into a road trip. In the process, it became just another "directional school," auctioning off big losses for big dollars.
Now the team has its third head coach in three seasons – always a bad sign. Who knows if new coach Todd Monken is really the answer, because the situation he walked into was such a mess.
What's evident now is that the recruiting efforts by Fedora and his staff began to slip in 2011 – busy looking for another job? – and the program has yet to recover.
And won't recover anytime soon. Southern Miss won't be favored in any of its remaining four games this season and opens the 2014 campaign in Starkville.
In his autobiography, North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith talked about the difficulties of sustaining a high level of success for a long period of time. Anybody, he said, can build a program for one great season. The real art, he said, is in building something that lasts.
Southern Miss did that, then threw it all away.
Right now, I bet that a boring ol' string of eight-win seasons would be warmly welcomed by the Golden Eagles' fans.
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Injured Hawke's Bay rugby, netball and soccer players were paid out more than $3.6 million in lost wages and rehabilitation fees last year by ACC.
Figures released to Hawke's Bay Today reveal the number and cost of serious netball, rugby league, rugby union and soccer-related injury claims nationwide during the past three financial years.
Any injuries which required ACC to make weekly compensation payments for lost wages and rehabilitation were classed as serious. Those that only required medical treatment were not included.
Most of the amount paid out for Hawke's Bay injuries related to rugby union. However, the number of new serious injury claims for rugby has dropped locally in the past three years, down from 139 in 2009-10 to 129 last financial year.
Hawke's Bay Rugby development officer Jarvy Aoake said all coaches at secondary level and above took Rugby Smart courses, which focused on injury prevention.
"Technical aspects like tackling, scrumming and all the bits where there are collisions are covered off."
Since the smart courses were introduced 10 years ago, serious injuries had fallen about 75 per cent, he said.
Players at junior level also received training around safe tackle technique as they moved through grades.
However, rugby was a contact sport and injuries were unavoidable, Mr Aoake said.
Strains, sprains and injuries to knees and ankles were the most common, he said.
Players were also encouraged to stay fit, practise good nutrition and take care of themselves off the field to lessen the likelihood of injuries.
"The size and intensity of the game has changed over the years, that they [players] really need to do that to stay on top of it."
A breakdown of new serious injury claims for Hawke's Bay last financial year showed at least 61 were netball-related, 51 for soccer and at least 30 were rugby league-related.
Nationally, injury stats indicate the four "priority sports" - codes with high numbers of players and injury claim costs - are becoming safer.
The number of new serious injury claims for netball, rugby league, rugby union and soccer have steadily fallen in the past three years - down from 8473 in 2009-10 to 7856 in 2011-12.
The combined injury claims cost taxpayers nearly $230 million, according to ACC.
ACC programme manager for sport Joe Harawira said each code worked hard to reduce injuries within their communities.
"We set a target of 2 per cent reduction in entitlement claims from the priority sports of rugby union, league, netball and football [over the last two financial years]."
The target was well and truly exceeded, with an overall drop of 5 per cent, Mr Harawira said.
"What makes this result even more pleasing is that there were unprecedented increases in player registration in each of these priority sports last year."
Serious injury claim costs from the four priority sports made up more than a fifth of all ACC sport and recreation-related claim costs, Mr Harawira said.
However, the most common type of sport-related injuries were "soft tissue" injuries, such as bruises, strains and sprains - which were not classed as serious injuries by ACC.
About $560,000 was dedicated by ACC to injury prevention programmes annually in the four sports, Mr Harawira said. Reducing the severity of injuries suffered on the field or court was a major part of the programmes.APNZ


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No they won't and I haven't seen or played a free to play video game that's followed that model since I've started gaming online 6 years ago. Not even the crappy free Korean mmo I played followed that business model. Not saying games like that don't exist but they definitely seem to be in the minority when it comes to popular titles.
Arenaet is really pushing gw2 as an e-sports title they're not going to ruin competition through cash shop items. Just about everything at max level is going to be cosmetic whether it be from the cash shop or found in game.


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I started researching and i found out that Sennheiser CX300 II or Creative EP630 could be two good choices... i can't decide between them, as i cant audit them. Then i saw that people found an even better low cost iem ..the Mylarone x3's. After 3 minutes of thinking i decided to ask u guys because the opinions out there are so many and so different ..and in you i kinda trust, as i believe you are true audiophiles.
So this is a request thread, please excuse me for not being able to give back to the community. All i want is a good headset. I can't give anything back without trying more headsets..and that i wont do given my limited resources.
I also listened once to the beats by dre headphone ..and was pleasantly surprised by it's SQ. Still i'm hoping that i can find better SQ headsets for under 70$ (I may be asking too much).
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Bruce Willis, Marilyn Monroe, and Carly Simon all suffered from stuttering. Today, three million more Americans do, too. Most are able to overcome the handicap, which afflicts 5% of all children -- but childhood suffering from stuttering can be traumatic, producing educational, social, and occupational disadvantages.
Intriguing new research from a large-scale international project is providing new insight into the disability. Prof. Ehud Yairi, a long-term Visiting Professor at Tel Aviv University's Sackler School of Medicine, Department of Communication Disorders and founder of the Illinois International Stuttering Research Program at the University of Illinois, is among the leaders of the project.
Prof. Yairi and his fellow researchers are now reporting strong evidence for a significant genetic component to stuttering. They've established that the likelihood of both a spontaneous recovery from stuttering and the development of a chronic disorder are genetically linked.
A Personal Matter
Prof. Yairi, who suffered from a severe stutter into early adulthood and still exhibits a mild form of the disorder at the age of 69, first suspected that stuttering had genetic ties in his own family. Before him, his grandfather, father, aunts and cousins on his father's side had exhibited mild to severe forms of stuttering. "I've become an expert in my own problem," he jokes.
"One of the most important goals for us as researchers is to identify ways for making early prognoses, diagnosing both those children who would exhibit chronic stuttering through their lifetimes and those who would recover naturally," says Prof. Yairi. "This will have huge implications for clinical decisions, both for identifying children at high risk for chronic stuttering, as well as selecting the right timing and type of treatment."
An International Affair
A recent major study supported by NIH took the genetic aspect a step further by geneotyping blood samples collected from Israeli, Swedish, and American families with multiple cases of stuttering. This complex study, headed by Professor Nancy Cox, a team member from the University of Chicago School of Medicine, had a branch in Israel, run by Dr. Ruth Ezrati and Professor Minka Hildesheimer, both associates of Tel Aviv University. The researchers were able to identify areas on several chromosomes which indicated a linkage to stuttering, leading the scientists to hope that identification of specific genes underlying stuttering might be isolated.
These findings were published recently in the American Journal of Human Genetics and in the Journal of Communication Disorders.
"The data supports our previous conclusions about the role of genetics in stuttering. Progress in this area will produce some of the most important information in this research in decades," says Prof. Yairi.
Intervene Early, But Don't Panic
Though stuttering can affect children of all ages, boys are three times more likely to stutter than girls, says Prof. Yairi. He suggests that parents take their children to a speech pathologist within one or two months of the onset of a stutter, though long-term stuttering can be diagnosed only after six to 12 months or so from the stuttering onset.
"All kids exhibit some form of repetition when they are learning to talk, so I would inform parents not to panic if they notice a stutter. Stuttering is a common phenomenon, and most children usually recover," says Prof. Yairi. An early alumnus of Tel Aviv University, he studied at both TAU's Department of Psychology and the Department of Middle Eastern and African Studies despite his own severe stutter.
His father, Prof. Yairi notes, had been hoping his son would become an x-ray technician, to avoid having to communicate with people.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 1st Dec 2012 09:05 UTC
I was on vacation to the US last week, and a few technology-related things stood out to me. One, the in-flight entertainment things aboard international Delta flights are absolutely terrible. Worst software I've ever used, and many of them were plain broken. iPads/Android tablets please, Delta. Second, there were more employees than customers in the Las Vegas Apple Store. Since there were a reasonable amount of customers, there were even more employees. It looked ridiculous. Are they all like that? Three, using a Windows Phone 8 device to mooch off an Apple Store's wifi is strangely satisfying. Four, there are a lot of technology commercials on US TV, and they are all corny as hell. Two iPads playing piano? Children holding a PowerPoint presentation to convince their parents to switch mobile plans? Seriously? Is this what this industry has come to? Five, it's pretty clear iPads and iPhones are way, way, way more popular in the US than in The Netherlands. You see them everywhere, and people display them so openly. It was jarring. In The Netherlands, I always feel as if people are ashamed to take devices out of their pockets in the first place. No wonder US-based writers like Gruber and Arment think Apple dominates everything - if you rarely leave the US, it seems as if they do! Six, and this is not technology related at all but I want to get it off my chest because us Europeans could learn a thing or two from it: Americans are the nicest people I've ever had the pleasure of dealing with. I knew this from my existing American friends and from my previous trip to the US (Texas, ten years ago), but it bears repeating. Open, interested, kind, helpful, considerate, and nice. Not exactly qualities I'd ascribe to most of my fellow countrymen. Alright, as you were!
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but there's a layer of consideration in people's thinking about each other that I find lacking beneath England's so-called 'old-world charm'.
Maybe that's just England, not other countries in the West
But yeah, I get what you're saying. People are generally more friendly here than what I'm used o from the West.
if that is due to genuine care or out of tradition or lingering fear from the past is a different thing.
Who knew Deputy Dawg was also apparently big in Israel amongst people my age?


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Calico cat
Calico cat is an American name for cats with three colors. Outside of North America they are usually called tortoiseshell cats or 'tortie-and-white'.[1] A calico cat has a coat of orange or brown and black spots on a white background.[2] It is not a breed of cat.[3]
Nearly all calico cats are female.[4] There are male calico cats, but they are very rare.
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A single X chromosome can have either a black allele of the coloration gene or an orange version, but not both. However, a female cat has two X chromosomes, so it can have both versions, black on one chromosome and orange on the other, making the cat a calico. A male cat usually has one X chromosome and one Y chromosome. A Y chromosome does not have a color gene, so the cat can have either an orange or a black gene, but not both. Calico cats are often used as an example in biology classes when discussing sex chromosomes.
During the early stages of development, when the cat is still an embryo, in each cell one of the X chromosomes (either the black one or the orange one) deactivates. It is called X-inactivation. All cells that were copied from a cell with a deactivated X chromosome will also have the same X chromosome deactivated. This is what leads to formation of the spots. The earlier in development the X chromosomes deactivate, the larger the spots will be. Deactivation of one of the X chromosomes happens in all female mammals. The white coloring on a calico is from a separate gene unrelated to the orange or black genes. Whether or not a cat is a calico is determined by genetics, but the actual layout of the spots is not. The layout of the spots is almost random. It is not possible to selectively breed or clone calico cats: an attempt to clone a calico cat will produce a black and white cat or orange and white tabby cat.[5][6] The tortoiseshell cat is similar, although on a tortoiseshell cat the spots are usually smaller and closer together and there is less or no white. It is possible for a male cat to be a calico if it has Klinefelter's syndrome, where it has two X chromosomes and one Y chromosome, though not all cats with Klinefelter's syndrome are calico.
Folklore[change | change source]
In Japan, calico cats are said to bring good luck. In many Japanese shops there is a calico Japanese Bobtail figurine called the Maneki Neko, which is said to bring good luck to the shop's owner.[7]
Famous calico cats[change | change source]
- A calico cat named Venus has recently made the news. Venus has a face that is exactly half-orange and half-black, with one green eye and one blue eye.[8] Venus is sometimes incorrectly called a chimera cat, but is actually a calico.
- In 1996, a calico cat saved her five kittens from a fire in an abandoned garage in New York City. The veterinarians who treated the cat's burns named her Scarlett.[9]
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- ↑ Sayer, Angela 1996. Encyclopedia of the Cat. London: Chancellor Press, p219. ISBN 1-85152-923-3
- ↑ Furstinger, Nancy. (2005). Calico Cats, p. 6.
- ↑ Furstinger, p. 7.
- ↑ Rice, Dan. (1997). Complete book of cat breeding, p. 17.
- ↑ http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-205_162-537380.html
- ↑ http://southdakotapolitics.blogs.com/south_dakota_politics/2009/07/sociogenomics-2-why-you-cant-clone-a-calico-cat.html
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Maneki Neko" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 606.
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/25/chimera-cat_n_1826002.html
- ↑ http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/scarlett-cat-saved-kittens-1996-brooklyn-fire-dies-article-1.300103


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For the first time ever, Zola Jesus has greenlighted a remix of one of her songs. She didn't give it up to some enterprising electronic producer, or David Guetta, or whoever: She's let David Lynch rework her "In Your Nature," replacing the original's synth figures and turning this into a song fit for foggy streets and menacing shots of marching people. It's below for you to stream. It will be released officially on Feb 7 via a 7-inch.
This is the first in a collaboration between Lynch and Zola Jesus' label Sacred Bones, as the label is reissuing the soundtrack from Eraserhead later this year.
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The Life and Music of Matt Monro
The Singer's Singer: The Life and Music of Matt Monro, is the highly-anticipated story of one of Britain's most iconic singers, tracing Matt Monro's life from his poverty stricken upbringing in post-war Britain to his day job as London bus driver to the steady rise to fame that saw the singer battling the highs and lows of the entertainment industry to become one of Britain's best-loved entertainers. This is the man behind the image, the man who rubbed shoulders with some of the most famous names in the business, who recorded the very first James Bond theme song ("From Russia with Love"), represented his country in the Eurovision Song Contest and recorded the international hits "Softly as I Leave You", "Born Free", "Walk Away" and "Portrait of My Love".
In an intimate portrait written by the singer's daughter, Michele Monro, and drawing on more than two hundred interviews from the most important characters in Matt's life, The Singer's Singer exposes the man behind the voice, telling the story of how Terry Parson overcame poverty to arrive at the very heart of the post-war British entertainment industry as the unforgettable Matt Monro. Including never-before-seen photography, exclusive correspondence between Matt and some of the biggest names in the music business and a rich array of personal anecdotes, this is the first comprehensive look at the life of the man his peers dubbed 'the Singer's Singer', the irreplaceable Matt Monro.
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Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fernald
American hogpeanut
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USDA Symbol: ambr2
USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
A twining vine with 2 kinds of flowers. Flowers: Those on upper branches 1/2 (1.5 cm) long, pale purple, pale pink, or lilac, in clusters hanging from leaf axils; those on lower or creeping branches inconspicuous, lacking petals.
The genus name is from the Greek amphi (of both kinds) and carpos (fruit) and refers to the two kinds of fruit. The seeds of the upper fruit are inedible, but those from the underground fruit are edible when boiled. Birds feed on the seeds of both kinds of fruit. Hogs eat the seeds of the fruit below ground, hence the plants common name.
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text: I was looking at the website " The Making of Modern Michigan ", which had a bunch of old Packard photos, which included the assembly line snapshots. The post-war photos showed a " body drop " in which the car body was lowered onto the chassis.It seems to me, that the assembly line was on the ground or 1st floor,running parallel with Concord Street. There is a Youtube video, of a young man riding a moped from the south end, over E.G.B., and out the parking garage. Anyways, after he crosses over E.G.B., there is a large square opening in the floor. Could this have been the body drop opening? Any Packard Plant explorers out there? What does it look like down below? Also, the large building on the south end; the one along Concord, that was torn down last year.......Is this where all the painting was done? Thank You!


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How Crossing the Border Can Get Your Laptop Confiscated
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
A report by The New York Times sheds light on how the United States government has routinely confiscated and searched the computers and electronic devices of people entering the U.S., even without a search warrant.
Specifically, the government relies on a so-called "border exception" to the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable search and seizure.
The border exception, which has been upheld by courts, allows U.S. customs officers to conduct electronic-device searches that might otherwise require a warrant, as long as they have reasonable suspicion that a person entering the U.S. at a border crossing or other port of entry has committed a crime.
From the Times story, which cited newly released government documents:
To critics, the documents show how the government can avert Americans' constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure, but the confiscations have largely been allowed by courts as a tool to battle illegal activities like drug smuggling, child pornography and terrorism.
In March, the Fronteras Desk reported on a case in which a federal court affirmed the border exception's constitutionality, but also said the government's leeway to confiscate and search people's electronic devices at ports of entry went only so far.
As we wrote at the time, in tempering the government's authority:
Judge M. Margaret McKeown, writing for the majority, said that in the digital age, computers contain the most intimate details of people's lives, including financial and medical records and private emails.
"A person's digital life ought not be hijacked simply by crossing a border," she wrote.
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Peking_Duck_SD | September 10, 2013 at 9:46 p.m. ― 3 years, 6 months ago
".......as long as they have reasonable suspicion that a person entering the U.S. at a border crossing or other port of entry has committed a crime."
Aw, "reasonable suspicion".
Like what?
They don't like the way you look?
This is just one more example of the un-free United States of prisons, warrantless spying, and hysteria-based overreach.
Mmikey | September 11, 2013 at 8:08 a.m. ― 3 years, 6 months ago
and in the process if they ruin your computer, too bad for you.
Missionaccomplished | September 11, 2013 at 9:05 a.m. ― 3 years, 6 months ago
This is an old story. 2012 I think. I forwarded it to my then congressman.
thompsonrichard | September 11, 2013 at 10:19 a.m. ― 3 years, 6 months ago
The entire San Diego Congressional delegation voted to increase the NSA budget.
sdreefer21 | September 16, 2013 at 9:24 p.m. ― 3 years, 6 months ago
Does not sound like a big deal. Have any of you had a laptop or computer confiscated or searched? I cross the border several times a year and never had a single issue. But then again i could care leas if they want to see whats in my computer. Pictures of my family, surf reports, and work docs. Thick skin is in short supply these days.


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CommandButton.OnKeyDown Property (Access)
Sets or returns the value of the On Key Down box in the Properties window. Read/write String.
This property is helpful for programmatically changing the action Microsoft Access takes when an event is triggered. For example, between event calls you may want to change an expression's parameters, or switch from an event procedure to an expression or macro, depending on the circumstances under which the event was triggered.
The KeyDown event occurs when a user presses a key while a form or control has the focus. This event also occurs if you send a keystroke to a form or control by using the SendKeys action in a macro or the SendKeys statement in Visual Basic.
The OnKeyDown value will be one of the following, depending on the selection chosen in the Choose Builder window (accessed by clicking the Build button next to the On Key Down box in the object's Properties window):
If Expression Builder is chosen, the value will be "=expression", where expression is the expression from the Expression Builder window.
If Macro Builder is chosen, the value is the name of the macro.
If Code Builder is chosen, the value will be "[Event Procedure]".
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
Rockets & Space Ships (1953)
Rockets and Spaceships was one of the first English children's "space" books I found. It has unique painted color illustrations that look very different from the Bonestellian ones I was used to in American books.
Hollinson, Harry. Illustrated by Butler, Leslie and Bayly, Cecil. Rockets and Space Ships. London : Perry Colour Books Ltd. (44 p.) 19 cm. "Do You Know" series. 1953
In my continued collecting I found it seems to be one of the earliest British children's books solely on spaceflight. The text focuses on the history of spaceflight, rocket theory, and first steps to the Moon.
The book was reprinted so here is the original and the more generic looking reprint side by side:
It has 20 color paintings of rockets, space stations, space suits and man landing on the Moon. Images of rockets are "non-Bonestellian" and almost romantic in style.
I really like the illustrations in this book, especially this one:
I have never seen another illustration of a bicycle in space. Being a bike commuter, I have thought of making this one into a t-shirt. I also appreciate a different take on the round space station.
This book gives a friendlier version of what life in space would be like. The rounded illustration style seems gentler than the usually angular engineering illustrations.
A lovely small book well worth hunting down.
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Harry Hollinson was my teacher at school and encouraged me to write
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A Family We Barely Knew
Such personal stories show surprising kinship to Jerome (a.d. 340-420) who so believed in the nourishing power of the Psalms, he advised mothers to learn Hebrew and teach the Psalms to their young children so together they could sing every Psalm in its original language. Such advice, coming from a world-class linguist, might appear overzealous to parents of energetic children. But generations later, this young Californian understood his purpose. In the crammed and daily routine of a young mother she found the Psalms to be prized companions, words that invited her home, to belong to a family she barely knew she had.


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Marziyeh Meshkini's "Stray Dogs" expresses concern over Afghanistan's poor and disinherited in its drama about two young children left to fend for themselves on the streets of Kabul. The sentiment turns saccharine and the images are disturbingly obvious. Still, this direct approach will appeal to some arthouse auds.
Very much in the tradition of Makhmalbaf Film House productions, Marziyeh Meshkini's "Stray Dogs" expresses concern over Afghanistan's poor and disinherited in its drama about two young children left to fend for themselves on the streets of Kabul. But unlike the Iranian director's sharp-edged feature debut "The Day I Became a Woman," here the sentiment turns saccharine and the images, while as strong as ever, are disturbingly obvious in trying to provoke a reaction from the audience. Still, this direct approach will appeal to some arthouse auds, just not the fans of more sophisticated Iranian product.
This is also one of the first films to show American tanks rumbling through the streets and the effect of U.S. occupation on the populace during Afghan reconstruction. It might seem logical, then, that Meshkini's aesthetic reference point is Italian post-war neorealism; one scene openly quotes Vittorio De Sica's classic "The Bicycle Thief." But good intentions aside, De Sica in his prime is a difficult act to follow and the sentimentality that he handled so masterfully in 1948 looks forced and old-fashioned here. In today's Kabul, little Gol-Ghotai and her slightly older brother Zahed are two pint-sized angels with matted hair and dirty faces. In an opening scene that would be scary if it weren't so obviously staged, they rescue a cute little terrier from a crowd of boys who want to burn it to death. Screaming that the dog is anti-Taliban, the boys menace it with flaming torches until Gol-Ghotai miraculously whisks it away from danger. She and Zahed take the animal with them that night to a towering prison where their mother (Agheleh Rezaii) is jailed and where they sleep at night. Their father, a Taliban who disappeared for five years during the war, is in an American army prison. Their mother, believing their father dead at the time, remarried to feed them but now their father has charged her with adultery, a capital offense. She desperately instructs little Gol-Ghotai to visit him and get him to drop charges before she's executed. All this should be far more moving than it is, but Meshkini's flat, pseudo-documentary style of repeating the same dialogue two or three times over effectively drains the scene of emotion. The father eventually refuses to save his ex-wife, and the children are turned out on the street by prison authorities. They embark on an odyssey through wintertime Kabul to find a place to spend the night. Even the wooden boxes that offer shelter to the city's street urchins are off limits to Gol-Ghotai because she's a girl. At last they decide that the only warm place is jail and clumsily try to get arrested for petty thefts. In film's final outcry against injustice, their plan backfires and they are separated. Meshkini has a good eye for detail and with cinematographer Ibrahim Ghafouri she poetically invokes the Afghan city. Ragamuffin children swarming around a garbage dump scrounging for things to sell, or a ferocious dog fight that seems to materialize out of nowhere, have a documentary immediacy and horror that stick in the mind. Rezaii, the lead actress in Samira Makhmalbaf's "At Five in the Afternoon," is chillingly severe as the doomed mother. The children's faces express enormous courage and determination, qualities that might have been better served if they weren't forced to trail a barking dog from scene to scene.Stray Dogs
A Makhmalbaf Film House, Exception Wild Bunch co-production (International sales: Wild Bunch, Paris.) Produced by Maysam Makhmalbaf. Directed, written by Marziyeh Meshkini.
Camera (color), Ibrahim Ghafouri; editor, Mastaneh Mohajer; music, Mohammad Reza Darvishi; production designer, Akbar Meshkini; sound, Farrokh Fadaee. Reviewed at Venice Film Festival (competing), Sept. 8, 2004. Running time: 92 MIN.
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text: You'll Never Guess What Game This Beautiful Trailer Belongs ToMike Fahey9/13/13 1:30pmFiled to: How StrangeChipotle Scarecrowadvergaminghauntingfiona applemoonbot studioskotakucorekotakumobileios1983EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink I downloaded an odd game yesterday, figuring it would be something silly; something light. I opened it up and this video started. I watched, completely entranced. I nearly cried. God damn, Chipotle advergame. Seriously. Advertisement The song is "Pure Imagination," a haunting arrangement recorded by Fiona Apple specifically for this game. The game and video are the work of Moonbot Studios, creators of the equally gorgeous Numberlys. Obviously, much more effort was put into Chipotle Scarecrow — that's the game's name — than your standard advergame. The quality lends weight to the game's call-to-arms: Put down that processed, genetically -altered, abused food and eat something fresh and wholesome. Advertisement It can get a little heavy-handed. Yikes.To Chipotle's credit, the game steers clear of outright references to the restaurant chain. The lead character's journey takes from grimy factory to farm to big city, where he opens a stand to sell some sort of fresh, tortilla-based food in a basket, but Chipotle is never explicitly mentioned. Players can, however, earn a free (BOGO) burrito if they score enough stars. I probably should have just titled the post "Free Burritos." Sponsored The game proper is split into four stages. Players start in a grimy factory, lugging boxes. Then they rescue animals from the big city. On the farm, they plant fresh crops. Finally, players serve burritos to a populace hungry for fresh food. The four game modes are pretty enough, and while I am not all that fond of gyroscopic movement controls, they're handled here quite well. It's just that, despite strains of "Pure Imagination" seeping into every level, the gameplay never quite lives up to the promise of that opening video. Advertisement There aren't many games that could. Get Chipotle Scarecrow On iTunesReply198 repliesLeave a reply


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American Horror Story leading ladies Frances Conroy and Taissa Farmiga will be back for the series' upcoming third season.
Farmiga played tortured teen Violet in Season 1 of Ryan Murphy's FX scarefest. Conroy appeared in the first season as ghostly maid Moira and in the second as a noir-tinged Angel of Death.
Farmiga will be a brand new character in Season 3, which series co-creator Murphy recently said will take place in modern day but also will be "more historical in nature." No word yet on who Conroy will portray.
Murphy announced Conroy's commitment via his Twitter feed Thursday.
Former players Lily Rabe, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters and Jessica Lange are also on board for the third go-around.
The new season reportedly also involves a big romance in which Farmiga's character will figure prominently.
Production on the next 13-episode season will begin this summer and debut in Fall 2013.
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Popsicle Color Match Game
When people find out I am homeschooling my eldest daughter, they often ask what I will do with my younger children during school time. Luckily, the homeschooling curriculum we are using (Sonlight) is literature based and even the younger girls will enjoy listening in to the stories. When Sofia is doing her reading lessons or math, however, I do need to find things to occupy Maya so I can have some one on one time with Sofia.
A mother from my homeschooling group suggested that we do a busy bag swap since so many of us have pre-schoolers at home as well. The swap works when each member makes a game or activity geared towards the preschool age and then duplicates it for the swap. In our group we have seven mothers participating, so we will each have seven different busy bags upon completion! The activity I chose to make was the popsicle color match game.
The supplies required include felt in different colors, wide popsicle sticks, paint and thread for sewing. Using two sheets of felt per color I was able to make eight full sets of popsicles (yay! an extra set for a friend!)
This is a very easy activity to make! It took me a while to complete only because I made so many sets of it. If you were only making one set, it would be very quick! I made a pattern for the popsicle, cut it out from two pieces of felt and then sewed the two pieces of felt together leaving an opening in the bottom. I painted the popsicle sticks the corresponding color and voila...you have a perfect preschool color match game!
Since I am teaching Sofia French, I wrote the french names for the colors on popsicle sticks and made a matching game for her too! This activity can be modified to include the written word of the color (an English version of the French one I did) or the "flavor" of the color (ie. grape matches with purple).
I am looking forward to our busy bag swap this Friday and I will post pictures and descriptions of all the activities I get!
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THE Australia 108 tower, to be the tallest building in the southern hemisphere, will be Australia's most speedily constructed skyscraper and could dominate Melbourne's skyline in little more than four years, according to its architect Nonda Katsalidis.
He revealed this week that the 388-metre tower will use prefabricated structural sections - a technology developed by Katsalidis' construction company.
''We're going to fabricate components so that the building will be pre-assembled on the ground,'' he told Fairfax Media.
''This means that the building will be built faster than any similar building has been built in this country before,'' he said.
This week Fender Katsalidis launched a marketing campaign enticing people to sign up for one of 600 apartments in the tower.
The architects are in the process of making a further planning submission to amend their existing permit - based upon the 226-metre version of the tower that was originally approved. The amendment covers a six-star hotel, two restaurants, bars and lounges.
Katsalidis says he is ''completely confident that Australia 108 will get a planning permit. We're on solid ground. We know the issues and we've addressed them.''
Planning Minister Matthew Guy, who must give final approval for the amendment, said this week that ''the proposal is a strong indicator that Melbourne is a city that people want to invest in'' and an indication of Melbourne ''coming of age''.
Katsalidis says concerns over the Australia 108 proposal - including lord mayor Robert Doyle's broader misgivings over the creation of ''a canyon of enormous buildings with no life at street level'' - are unfounded.
''The site sits on a street corner comprising City Road and Southbank Boulevard, which has a centre strip with trees; it's wide, it's open, it leads straight into the precinct and parkland. It's very well situated,'' he said. Australia 108's plan includes a fresh food market and cafe at ground and lower levels.
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text: ANTM: An Addendum To The Smize RuleTracie Egan Morrissey5/06/10 12:00pmFiled to: You Wanna Be On TopAmerica's next top model hobbitsAmerica's Next Top ModelhobbitsLord Of The RingsLord of the rangsSmizetyraClipsTop1362EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkAfter 14 cycles, we're all very well aware of how important it is to smile with your eyes. On last night's episode, Tyra added to her tutelage, saying, "The smize is really just looking for something that you can't see."Advertisement So basically, according to this new instruction, "smizing" is exactly what I thought was all along: squinting. Earlier in the episode, the girls were taken to one of the locations that Lord of the Rings was shot, and they had to pose in the doorways of hobbit homes. (So now that sheep and hobbits have been covered, what else is there for them to do in New Zealand? Track down Flight of the Conchords?) Or as Tyra would call it, "Lord of the Rangs."Reply136 repliesLeave a reply


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Delaware, Maryland and Virginia have each partnered with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to find new sand sources using existing mapping data. As part of the federal Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013, which allocated $13.6 million to the bureau, all three states will each receive $200,000 for the two-year project.
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Black Forces Game 7 with 6-1 Win over Gray Team Nov. 2, 2013 RUSTON, La. - The Black team scored multiple runs in three different innings to defeat Gray, 6-1, Saturday and force a Fall World Series Game 7, which is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park. Black led off the scoring in the top of the fourth after Taylor Nichols reached base on an error, followed by a two-run home run by senior Tyler Ervine over the left field fence for a 2-0 Black lead. Another fielding error by Gray in the fifth led to two additional runs scored for the Black team for a four-run lead. Gray cut Black's lead to 4-1 in the bottom of the sixth off an RBI double to right field by Ryan Jones, but Black answered back with two more runs in the top of the seventh to force a Game 7. Laetten Galbraith started for Black and held the Gray team scoreless in 3.2 innings of work, while giving up just three hits and striking out one batter. Clark Carlisle came on in relief in the fourth and gave up one run off two hits in two innings of relief work before Ben Carlisle came on to pitch an inning. Joshua Horton came on to get the final out in the seventh inning for the Black team. Luke Giddens allowed two runs off two hits in three innings after getting the start on the mound for Gray. Braden Bristo relieved Giddens and gave up two runs off four hits in two innings, before Jared Keating and Hunter Layne pitched the final two innings and gave up a combined two runs off three hits. Taylor Burch led the Black team with a 3-for-4 effort at the plate with a run batted in, while Ervine put together a 2-for-4 day with a home run and two runs scored. Jones led at the plate for the Gray team with a 1-for-4 day with a double and RBI in the loss. Austin Ward, Tyler Qualls, Bre'shon Kimbell, Jordan Taylor and Bo Parker each had one hit apiece for the Gray team. Game 7 will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park. Admission is free for all fans. For complete coverage of Bulldog Baseball, please follow @LATechBSB on Twitter or visit the official home of Louisiana Tech Athletics at LATechSports.com.
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Alltel Lands the Samsung Freeform
Sep 10, 2009, 9:52 AM by Eric M. Zeman @phonescooper
Today Alltel Wireless announced the Samsung Freeform. The Freeform is a candybar-style device with a four-row QWERTY keyboard. It has threaded messaging, GPS, stereo Bluetooth, a music player and supports microSD cards up to 16GB. The Freeform has been available from nTelos and Virgin Mobile Canada as the Link.
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The Statue And The Bust
There's a palace in Florence, the world knows well,
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2013 bmw x6 Model Overview
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Few automotive creations make us scratch our heads as much as the BMW X6. Based on the X5's platform, the X6 gets stylized bodywork including a dramatically raked roofline and flared fenders. Being based on the X5 means the X6 is a decent performer for an SUV, but the reduced cargo room means it isn't any more practical.
The X6 is only offered as an all-wheel-drive model, with the base engine being a turbocharged 3.0-liter I-6 with 300 hp and 300 lb-ft of torque on tap. The xDrive50i offer 400 hp and 450 lb-ft from its twin-turbo 4.4-liter V-8, while the extreme X6 M bumps that number up to 555 hp and 500 lb-ft. Non-M models receive an eight-speed automatic transmission as standard. The xDrive35i is EPA-rated at 16/23 mpg city/highway, while the xDrive50i is a bit thirstier at 14/20 mpg. A six-speed Sport automatic gearbox with paddle shifters is the only transmission available in the X6 M, which is rated at 12/17 mpg.
There's no denying the X6 looks imposing and masculine, and it backs up that look with solid performance numbers. In testing, an X6 xDrive35i put down a 0-60 mph time of 4.4 seconds, while an X6 M reached the same speed in 4.0 seconds. But acceleration is about the only thrill you'll get from driving the X6. We said in a review of the X6 M, "Unless pressed aggressively, which we never recommend on public roads, the X6 M's chassis doesn't offer many cornering solutions beyond understeer."
BMW's Brake Regeneration System is standard, collecting excess braking energy to charge the battery. Inside, the X6 seats four, with the rear seats divided by a center console. BMW claims 25.6 cubic-feet behind the rear seats, and a total of 59.7 cubic-feet with the seats folded down, though the sloped roofline may make fitting taller cargo a challenge.
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text: TomTom Go 940 Live Leaked: Includes Live GPRS Traffic Data and Google SearchesKit Eaton8/22/08 10:15amFiled to: GPSTomTomGo 940Go 940 liveGprsGoogleLive info updatesNavigationGadgets8EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink A "leak" at a UK online retailer's site reveals a whole bunch of info on TomTom's Go 940 Live GPS system: it looks like the system comes with a GPRS unit to give it live traffic and fuel-price info and the ability to Google search. Yep, alongside the IQ routing and intelligent lane advice that the Go 930 and the new Pro units have is a TomTom HD Traffic unit using GPRS to garner local traffic info, weather conditions, and lets you Google for whatever info you might need on the road. That traffic info is gathered "via anonymous cellphone monitoring," but whether its these units that do the uploading, or a different system, is unclear. The unit's available on pre-order in the UK for around $800, with the Live service likely to cost $10-$15 per month, but there's no data on when it'll hit the US. [Handtec.co.uk via GPSLodge Thanks, Jay!]Reply8 repliesLeave a reply


text: State official warns of storm-related scams By The Associated Press November 1, 2012 CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Attorney General Darrell McGraw is warning West Virginians to beware of scam artists in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy.Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has declared a state of emergency as the state recovers from the storm, which dumped heavy snow on the state and left thousands without power. McGraw says it's not unusual during times of emergency for scammers to offer to help with repairs and other recovery efforts, only to rip off the most vulnerable consumers. He says seniors are often targeted by traveling contractors who show up after major storms. Scams and price-gouging can be reported on the attorney general's toll-free hotline at 1-800-368-8808.


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Bitching about the vapidity of tentpoles is the new black. "The Dark Knight Rises" cinematographer Wally Pfister recently disparaged the shooting clumsiness of " The Avengers" in an interview, Paul Bettany admitted that he's never bothered to watch any of the "Iron Man" movies he's in (he plays the robot voice of Tony Stark's digital butler Jarvis) and finally, Australian actor Hugo Weaving recently said he's not very keen on returning to Marvel's "Captain America" franchise (he plays the Red Skull villain).
And Weaving, who has already talked a bit of trash about Michael Bay's "Transformers" series in the past — claiming he had not seen any of the movies he had voiced (he plays Megatron) and sounding rather flippant about it — took a few more digs at the films again this week calling his voice work on the project "meaningless."
"It was one of the only things I've ever done where I had no knowledge of it, I didn't care about it, I didn't think about it," Weaving told Collider on the weekend. "They wanted me to do it. In one way, I regret that bit. I don't regret doing it, but I very rarely do something if it's meaningless. It was meaningless to me, honestly. I don't mean that in any nasty way."
Nasty or not, a lot of geek sites friendly to "Transformers" and Michael Bay raised their eyebrows and took notice. It didn't take long until the always vocal Michael Bay shot back on his website. Updated: Michael Bay has deleted his post, which doesn't do a lot of good because every site on on the Internet, including ours, has already copied and pasted it his statement.
"Do you ever get sick of actors that make $15 million a picture, or even $200,000 for voiceover work that took a brisk one hour and 43 minutes to complete, and then complain about their jobs?
With all the problems facing our world today, do these grumbling thespians really think people reading the news actually care about trivial complaints that their job wasn't "artistic enough" or "fulfilling enough"? I guess The Hollywood Reporter thinks so. What happened to people who had integrity, who did a job, got paid for their hard work, and just smiled afterward? Be happy you even have a job – let alone a job that pays you more than 98% of the people in America.
I have a wonderful idea for all those whiners: They can give their "unhappy job money" to a wonderful Elephant Rescue. It's the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Africa. I will match the funds they donate."
Of course, the filmmaker doesn't specifically call Weaving out, but it's obvious who he's talking about and we have to admit, we do like Bay's challenge and thoughts. "Transformers" films are meaningless, but Weaving's work on it sounded rather painless, so why bother publicly complaining? Does this mean Weaving won't return for "Trans4ormers" or "Transformers 4" or whatever the sorta-reboot might be? Bay did kick Megan Fox to the curb from the series after all her public complaints, so it's possible he could pull the same manuever here, but it's not like Weaving would be heartbroken. Will Megatron, killed off in the third film, return? Wasn't he killed off in each one and then resurrected? Do we even care? Enjoy your daily dose of film drama, we're returning to the salt mines…


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Gatski Commercial Real Estates Services and B&R Receivership, LLC. named Michael Golubic lead engineer for 400 South Fourth Street, a 103,119-square-foot, Class A office building in downtown Las Vegas.
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Against the Brooklyn Sky
Central Library, Grand Lobby
Against the Brooklyn Sky
Paintings by Robert Goldstrom and Dylan Williams
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Paintings by Robert Goldstrom
The Williamsburg Savings Bank, a landmark, a relic of a downtown that never happened, loved and ignored, stands down the street from my house. I have been fascinated by the building for years, especially the way it is affected by changes of light and weather, and have painted it as part of the Brooklyn landscape in my series The Bank Paintings.
Sometimes the Bank is the star of the picture; more often it's in the background, or obscured or cropped. This allows me to focus on the scene-the light, color, forms and mood-on what Brooklyn was, is and will become. I like to paint beautiful pictures and I find them here, in the construction zones and backyards.
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Robert Goldstrom lives in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. After working as an illustrator for many years and winning a Gold and Silver Medal from The Society of Illustrators, he now spends most of his time painting. He is represented by Galleria Artemisia in Provincetown, MA, and has work showing at Underbridge Pictures in Dumbo from December 2 through January 14.
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Paintings by Dylan Williams
Water tanks are an integral, iconic part of Brooklyn and New York City, yet we hardly notice them. They are like forgotten people in forgotten places. Each is unique and duels with the boundaries and context in which it stands. Each has a distinct personality and tells a different story.
The beauty of these tanks surpasses their functionality. I focus on the position of each tank in the landscape and the interplay of light and shadow. As the hour, season and weather change, so do the tanks in relation to their surroundings. They become unique creatures in a landscape of rooftops and facades within this vast metropolis.
--Dylan Williams
Born in Guanajuato, Mexico, Dylan Williams studied art and moved to New York in 1991. Once in New York he studied at The Art Students League and became fascinated with the city's urban landscape. This led him to focus on the iconic Rosenwach water tanks and create the water tank series for which he is best known.
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Robert Goldstrom photo credit David Sokosh
Dylan Williams photo credit: Matthew Karas