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Sebastian styled at the spring/summer 2013 runway shows, partnering with designers like Mara Hoffman to create looser, slightly rebellious locks. For special occasion season, show clients that you can create these trends and ensure that they look perfect—perfectly undone, that is!—all night long. To keep the messy bun, braid or faux-hawk in a lasting hold, depend on Shaper Plus hair spray. Mini-sizes are key for clients attending all-day weddings, taking a springtime cruise or being the dancing fool at prom and Sweet 16s.
A medium-hold working hairspray that works best on fine-to-medium hair, Shaper is great to use for versatile styling as you blow-dry or flat-iron the hair, or to set the finished look.
Shaper Plus, a strong-hold finishing hair spray, works best for medium hair and guards against humidity for up to 24 hours.
Special occasion season presents an opportunity to give clients a reason to visit you in be- tween haircuts. Create a special "dry styling" service promotion centered around prom, Mother's Day or bridal; switch up the theme every few months.
Sebastian's Shaper floor display unit holds 36 cans of Shaper. In addition, you can design your own special event show-stop- ping displays with "stylist-picked" products that hold the look all day/night long. Rotate what you fea- ture every month or two to keep it fresh and relevant.
STEP 1: Mix a dab of Craft Clay with Potion 9. Apply to damp hair and blow-dry.
STEP 2: Spray Shaper Hairspray on entire head.
STEP 3: Using a medium-sized curling iron, curl big sections of the hair.
STEP 4: Take a 2-inch section along the front hairline and leave it out.
STEP 5: Take a middle mohawk section 3 to 4 inches wide all the way down to the nape. Split into two sections, and twist and rope together to the nape. Then fishtail-braid the remaining hair to one side and tease ends to secure.
STEP 6: Expand the silhouette, using your fingers to create a mohawk shape.
STEP 7: Incorporate the front and side section by twisting small sections, using more Craft Clay and Shaper Plus to form and fix the shape.
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Nicki Minaj Tells Fans She's Starring in Mini-Movie
Nicki Minaj shared some wonderful news to her Barbz on her Twitter page on Tuesday (Jan. 24). The 'Stupid H–' rapper revealed that she will be starring in a new film project. "Shooting a mini movie," she told her followers when asked about her plans for the day.
Minaj was hush-hush on what kind of movie she was filming only adding that it was for the initials "RH." We have no idea what it could be or if it's for the 'Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded' album. After being coy with her fans, Minaj wished them a good day. "So blessings & love to all of u!!! Excel today. Excel," she tweeted.
In any case, fans will have to wait and see what this movie will entailed for the rap queen. Minaj did promise plenty of surprises before her April 3 release of 'Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded.'
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Modern-Day Tea Parties Give Taxpayers Chance to Scream for Better Representation
We're fed up and we're not gonna take it anymore.
Such is the rallying cry building across the country as taxpayers take a stand against what they see as reckless spending in Washington -- all part of a peculiar and rather sudden movement called "tea parties."
Some small, some large, locals converge at the parties to voice their frustration over the federal government's economic policies. The protests have sprouted up from coast-to-coast and city-to-city since late February.
The biggest one so far is scheduled for April 15, tax day, when hundreds of cities will play host to a coordinated, nationwide tea-party protest.
"People are getting killed -- they're getting hammered with taxes and it's not the way this country is supposed to be run. ... We want to fight back," said Kristina Mancini, who's helping organize the April 15 rally in Fishkill, N.Y.
"Sitting back and being quiet never helps."
The grassroots phenomenon, while largely ignored in the mainstream press, has caught fire on the Internet, where platforms like Facebook and Twitter have served as launching pads for demonstrations.
Though nobody -- so far -- is dressing up like a Mohawk Indian and throwing barrels of Darjeeling into Boston Harbor, organizers draw their inspiration from the original Boston Tea Party of 1773.
Whereas colonists back then were revolting against, among other things, unfair tax policies, the impetus now lies in federal spending and intervention that many fear will lead to a crushing tax burden.
"It's not exactly taxation without representation. It's more taxation with inadequate representation," said Michael DePrimo, with the American Family Association, which is helping promote the events. "People are really getting riled up ... people want to get involved, they want to help and they want to attend. I'm not so sure this'll be a one-time thing."
The historical parallels may seem sparse. America is no longer a colony. It is not ruled by a king.
But just as the 18th century decrees of the King of England drew outrage from American colonists, several acts of modern U.S. government intervention have stirred similar upheaval.
The Stamp Act? Now it's the Wall Street bailout.
The Tea Act? Now it's the $787 billion stimulus package.
The Quartering Act? Now it's the pork-filled omnibus spending bill.
The Boston Massacre? That would have to be the proposed $3.55 trillion 2010 budget, seen by tea partiers as a fiscal massacre.
The Sons of Liberty of today is led by people like Rick Santelli, the CNBC reporter widely credited with helping spark the tea-party fever nationwide (though tea parties were being held before Santelli plugged them).
During an infamous on-air rant on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in February, Santelli called for modern-day tea parties to protest the economic trends in government.
He stirred up traders by shouting that the government was promoting "bad behavior" with its mortgage rescue plan. "This is America," he said. "How many of you people want to pay for your neighbor's mortgage that has an extra bathroom and can't pay their bills?"
Though he was mocked by the White House, Santelli might as well have yelled, "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Jenny Beth Martin, a Republican activist who's helping organize one of the higher-profile tea parties in Atlanta, said Santelli's rant led shortly afterward to a conference call of 22 activists, including herself.
From there, she said, organizers put together 48 tea parties -- from St. Louis to San Antonio to Chicago -- on Feb. 27.
There have been scattered tea parties since then, but the next nationally coordinated event is on tax day.
She said 360 events are on the books for April 15, with "dozens more" scheduled every day -- she anticipates more than 2,000 participants in Atlanta.
In the Boston spirit, Martin said they might even toss some tea bags, "maybe into a barrel."
The movement, while nonpartisan, has largely involved conservatives -- who are testing out a role long reserved for the other side of the political spectrum.
"Conservatives aren't known for their protest abilities, and protests in business suits and umbrellas, it was kind of a funny sight," Martin said, recalling the rainy-day event in Atlanta on Feb 27.
But the protesters have forged their own cheeky, anti-spending brand. In videos of the rallies on the Pajamas TV Web site, one protester sported an arm band that said "POOP -- Prisoners of Obama's Policies." Another held a poster that read "Let Them Eat Pork!"
The tea party movement has generated a host of unique Web sites dedicated to promoting upcoming protests and covering those that have already happened. The Pajamas TV site is even recruiting "citizen reporters" to cover the April 15 protests.
"This is about the people. This is about what we have to say," said Nancy Armstrong, who's organizing the tea party in Wichita, Kan. Armstrong, who attended one of the parties in northern Kansas in late February, said she's expecting at least 1,000 people at the local post office in Wichita on April 15.
Margaret Hyland, who's helping organize the rally in Astoria, Ore., said the parties are just gatherings for "regular people."
"We just feel that the government is not listening to the people," she said, adding that the stimulus package was a big factor in her decision to get involved.
"I do not understand how we can throw money at this problem and solve it," Hyland said. "If I was doing my personal budget and discovered I was deeply in debt, I don't think I would go out and borrow a lot of money to throw at it."


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- See "Brother of All," a mystery about three men infused with Cherokee legend and loyalty, at the Detroit Repertory Theatre.
- Dine at 19 of Detroit's best restaurants as part of Detroit Restaurant Week.
- Saturday is Record Store Day at participating local record shops, such as UHF Music in Royal Oak and Underground Sounds in Ann Arbor.
- Take the family to the Detroit Zoo's 23rd annual Bunnyville celebration.
- Don't miss the classical crossover group Il Divo perform a compilation of songs from Broadway shows at the Fox Theatre.
- Check out the amazing moves of the Harlem Globetrotters at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
- Listen to native Detroit musician Tracy Kash Thomas and Detroit Samba at Goldfish Tea in downtown Royal Oak.
- Catch the band The Wanted at the Fillmore Detroit.
- Stop by the Boll Family YMCA in Detroit to check out the photography of Jenny Rischer.
- The Tony Award-winning play "August: Osage County" opens at the Hilberry Theatre in Detroit.
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I am pleased to announce the publication of a new Bloomberg BNA Tax Management Portfolio: Social Enterprise by Non-Profits and Hybrid Organizations, No. 489-1st. Attorneys Elizabeth Minnigh and Robert Wexler joined me in writing this new Portfolio that we hope will become a valued resource for academics, practitioners, and students researching social enterprise law. The Portfolio addresses the legal and tax aspects of social enterprise as conducted by tax-exempt organizations and by hybrid for-profit legal forms.
A more detailed summary of the Portfolio (taken from Bloomberg BNA's description) follows:
"This Portfolio begins with a look at traditional social entrepreneurship by tax-exempt organizations. It considers the overall tests for tax-exemption and then focuses on specific operational activities, including job training, microfinance, low-income housing, technical assistance, the sale of products to the poor, and publishing, to evaluate when those activities can be conducted within a tax-exempt organization. The Portfolio reviews other key issues that affect tax-exempt social enterprises, including the unrelated business income tax rules, the joint venture rules, and the use of for-profit subsidiaries of exempt organizations.
This Portfolio then examines the federal income tax and state law issues affecting investments in, or grants to, for-profit entities by tax-exempt organizations. Types of investments discussed include socially responsible investments (SRIs), mission-related investments (MRIs), and program related investments (PRIs). This Portfolio also examines expenditure responsibility grants to for-profit entities.
Finally, this Portfolio looks at the emergence of hybrid organizations in the United States, which are single for-profit legal entities that simultaneously serve a traditional business purpose and a social or charitable purpose. Specifically, within the past five years, twenty-five states and the District of Columbia have enacted statutes authorizing distinct types of legal entities that cater to social enterprise. The two primary types of such hybrid organizations are the benefit corporation and the low-profit limited liability company ("L3C"). Both types of such hybrid organizations, as well as certain other variants, are discussed in detail in the final portion of this Portfolio."


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Barbara Walters is saying goodbye to TV journalism.
After more than half a century in the industry, the veteran ABC News anchor plans to retire next summer, ABC announced Sunday night. Walters, 83, is set to make it official Monday morning on "The View."
And the network plans to make good use of her while it can. The legendary TV personality will continue to anchor and report for ABC as well as continue to appear on "The View" and anchor specials throughout the year.
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"I am very happy with my decision and look forward to a wonderful and special year ahead both on 'The View' and with ABC News," she said in a story posted Sunday night on ABCNews.go.com. "I created 'The View' and am delighted it will last beyond my leaving it."
Walters will retain her executive producer role on the long-running weekday gabfest.
Talk of Walter's retirement first emerged in late March after she underwent a health scare that included a hospital stay. It later turned out she'd contracted chicken pox. At the time the reports surfaced, she said simply that she had no announcement to make.
Now she does.
She tweeted to her followers Sunday night: "Big news — and I want to tell you first ... (Looking forward to one more great year!)" She directed them to the story on the ABC News website.
Walters has been a pioneer for women in the television industry. After working her way up from a researcher for NBC's "Today" show to become co-host of the morning program, she left her 15-year stint at NBC and moved over to ABC, where she would become the first woman to host an evening newscast, teaming with Harry Reasoner on the "ABC Evening News" in 1976. It was the start of a 37-year relationship with the network, which included co-hosting the evening newsmagazine "20/20" and hosting numerous prime-time specials.
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Her decades of groundbreaking work have included a range of high-profile interviews with countless world figures, statesmen and celebrities — including Fidel Castro and Vladimir Putin — as well as the first interview with Monica Lewinsky after the scandal involving President Bill Clinton. There was also fluffier fare. Walters has made a spectacle of "Most Fascinating People," a yearly special she hosts in December, spotlighting folks such as Tom Cruise and the "Jersey Shore" reality stars on MTV. She also hosted an annual interview show pegged to the Academy Awards.
"There's only one Barbara Walters," ABC News President Ben Sherwood said in a statement. "And we look forward to making her final year on television as remarkable, path-breaking and news-making as Barbara herself. Barbara will always have a home at ABC News and we look forward to a year befitting her brilliant career, filled with exclusive interviews, great adventures and indelible memories."
Don't count on her having a change of heart — it appears she's intent on finally being an observer.
"I do not want to appear on another program or climb another mountain," Walters said. "I want instead to sit on a sunny field and admire the very gifted women — and OK, some men too — who will be taking my place."
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Bethlehem City Council on Tuesday unanimously backed an approximately $73 million deal to address the debt obligation of the cash-strapped water system while providing money to update the aging infrastructure.
Under the deal, $60 million of the $85 million debt related to the city's waterworks would be refinanced to take advantage of lower interest rates, a $6 million line of credit would be converted to permanent financing and an additional $5 million would be borrowed for improvements to the water system.
The net effect, city officials said, would be $500,000 in annual savings on debt service, but the debt would be stretched out four more years to 2032.
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There are about ten million Berbers scattered across the vast regions of Northern Africa. Their tribes stretch from the Siwa Oasis in Egypt to the Atlantic Ocean. It is thought that they once inhabited the entire North African territory, forcing the Negro population to move further southward through the desert. However, the exact origins of the Berbers and how they arrived in North Africa still remain a mystery.
The word Berber comes from an Arabic name for the aboriginal people west and south of Egypt. The Romans in the third century A.D. used this term to describe the "people of the Maghrib." The Maghrib refers to the regions of North Africa that were conquered by Muslims between 670 and 700 A.D. It included Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and the western portion of Libya.
Although the Maghrib has been, for the most part, "Arabized" by language and Islamic culture over the centuries, there are still groups of Berbers, like the nine Saharan Berber tribes, who have retained much of their original Berber traditions and characteristics.
What are their lives like?
Since the Sahara Desert is a harsh environment, most of the Saharan tribes occupy a number of oases. While there are many similarities between the various Berber groups, their particular lifestyles and quality of life vary according to the region in which they live.
The native Berber economy rests on a fine balance between farming and breeding cattle. Every tribe, without exception, depends heavily on domestic animals for carrying heavy loads, milk and dairy products, meat, and hides or wool. No Berber tribe depends on agriculture for survival. Hunting rarely adds to the food supply.
The Berbers call themselves the Imazighen, which means "man of noble origin." Their various languages belong to the Hamito-Semitic language family which includes five major groupings as well as a large number of dialects. Although the Berber languages differ greatly from one another in sound, they only vary slightly in grammar and vocabulary.
The Berbers are often noted for their skills in various crafts. Domestic tasks such as weaving and pottery are the main work of the women. The men specialize in woodworking, metalworking, and, more surprisingly, fine needlework. In regard to labor, the men do most of the farming, while the women are responsible for milking and gathering.
Berber societies can be broken down into three basic units: the community, the district, and the tribe. The community is a political collection of clans; the district is a cluster of communities; and the tribe is a group of districts that are characterized by a common territory, name, and culture. Government at the community level is notably democratic. All authority is vested in an assembly called the jemaa. The jemaa, composed of all adult males, usually meets weekly.
In nearly every Berber society, each district, and sometimes each community as well, is divided into two opposing factions called sofs. Membership into the sof is hereditary. Among tribes that no longer live in their original environments, the political units are allied with one another in identical divisions of higher levels known as lefs. Bonds of alliance are re-confirmed by traditional forms of hospitality as well as by huge annual feasts to which members invite one another. If warfare occurs, it is almost exclusively between districts of the opposite lef. However, since lefs are primarily defensive rather than offensive alliances, their primary purpose is to preserve peace in a region.
What are their beliefs?
The majority of Algerians are Muslims. However, other Berber groups such as the Kabyles, Shawiya, Tuareg, and other Saharan Berbers are only nominally Muslim. Their observances of Islamic law are generally lax.
The concept of baraka, or holiness, is highly developed in North Africa. The Berbers believe that many people are endowed with baraka, of which the holiest are the shurifa, or the direct descendants of Mohammed.
Another class of holy people is known as the marabouts. Among some Berbers, the Tuaregs in particular, the marabouts are considered to be different from ordinary men. They are believed to possess, even after death, the powers of protection and healing.
In view of the general acceptance of Islam, it is particularly interesting that almost all Berbers prefer monogamous marriages (marriage to only one partner). Even the oasis dwellers and the Tuareg hold this preference. In the few tribes where polygamy does exist, it is practiced only by the few wealthy men.
What are their needs?
As can be seen in the above table, the Saharan Berbers have few Christian resources available to them. Because it is difficult to reach them geographically, they must be the focus of individual church planting efforts.
The quality of life for the Berbers is quite poor. The need for community development projects may provide open doors through which missionaries may enter.
Algeria remains closed to traditional missionary efforts, and fundamental Muslim groups are very outspoken against Christianity. Much prayer is needed to break down the barriers that separate the Saharan Berbers from the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Prayer Points
* Ask the Lord to call people who are willing to go to North Africa and share Christ with the Berbers.
* Pray that God will raise up loving African Christians to reach out to their Muslim neighbors.
* Ask God to strengthen, encourage, and protect the small number of Berber Christians who are scattered throughout North Africa.
* Ask the Holy Spirit to soften the hearts of the Saharan Berbers towards Christians so that they will be receptive to the Gospel.
* Pray that God will raise up faithful intercessors who will stand in the gap for the Saharan Berbers.
* Ask the Lord to raise up a strong local church among the Berbers of North Africa.
Text source: Bethany World Prayer Center © 1999.
Used with permission from Adopt-A-People Clearinghouse


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Coogan, Brydon show amore to Italy
Steve Coogan has revealed that he enjoyed his gastronomic Italian road trip with Rob Brydon.
Four years after they ate their way around the north of England in The Trip, the comic duo, along with director Michael Winterbottom, have reunited for a culinary expedition to sample the country's delights in comedy sequel The Trip To Italy, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
" We went around Italy, ate in some wonderful locations and talked about life," Steve said.
The Oscar-nominated star of Philomena admitted fans of the first film, The Trip, can expect more of the same this time around. The TV series is expected to be shown on the BBC later this year.
" It's sort of the same as the first one really. The first was a six-part series and a movie. This one is the same thing - it's a movie at Sundance. But we're really excited about it," he said.
"It's funny. It's a different sort of broad comedy film that doesn't take itself too seriously but it does actually deal with quite serious subjects. It's great to do, it's very liberating."
Rob said at times, they felt like English Romantic poets Lord Byron and Percy Shelley.
"We follow in the footsteps of Byron and Shelley. Last time it was (William) Wordsworth and (Samuel) Coleridge," he said.
"We start in the north, worked our way down through Rome, Tuscany and the Amalfi Coast, just the two of us talking, visiting places. We did six different restaurants. They were amazing places. The further south we went, the more the sun was shining.
"It was a remarkable experience. I hope people will like it," the 48-year-old added.


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Microsoft to C99 Developers: Use ISO C++
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Microsoft has spent significant time and resources to promote developer interest in C++. The company's "Going Native" program has emphasized C++ development but what continues to be missing from this initiative is support for modern C as defined by the C99 standard. While compiler support for C99 varies across the industry, Visual Studio stands out by providing limited to non-existent compliance.
This failure to support C99 has frustrated developers requesting Visual Studio compatibility with the long time standard. If VS supported C99 natively, it would be easier for users to develop and port existing cross-platform applications. Google developer Josh Haberman recently listed several popular projects written in C in his recent plea for Microsoft to adopt C99. (Note that Haberman's website may be down, Google copy is available.)
Herb Sutter, Microsoft software architect and chair of the ISO C++ standards committee has recently commented on this situation, both on the Visual Studio User Voice forum and again on his personal website. In both cases he delivered a uniform message:
- Our primary goal is to support "most of C99/C11 that is a subset of ISO C++98/C++11."
- We also for historical reasons ship a C90 compiler which accepts (only) C90 and not C++.
- We do not plan to support ISO C features that are not part of either C90 or ISO C++.
Some of this has been stated before in various forms, but what is more interesting was the ultimate solution presented to those seeking C99 support: switch to a competitor's product or lobby the ISO C++ standards board to adopt changes that would increase support for C99 language. Pragmatically, switching to an alternative compiler is the fastest way to obtain C99 support. Less appealingly is trying to change what is a ostensibly a well thought-out language specification (C++11) by adding C99 related features.
End-user reactions vary wildly, depending on one's affinity for and need of, C99 code.
User Sven commented:
...A few years ago programming C was the right decision to create portable code. (write once – compile everywhere in opposite of compile once – run somewhere) But now we get C99 code for linux/gcc which doesn't proper integrate into the windows platform.
With your denial of C99 you contribute to the fragmentation of the C Language.
C++ users offered a more positive reception of Sutter's message, as Ivan wrote:
Meh, [...] I dont really care and I support MS in not wasting resources on C. Bjarne often seems arogant but he is right: Use "almost C" subset of C++, C is obselete.
User Kevin H concurred, saying:
I am much more concerned with C++11 support. Even with the renewed focus on native development, it still feels like C++ is a second-class citizen inside the Visual Studio team. I understand the C++11 standard is new and that VC2011 was released at a bad time — at just about the same time the standard came out (C++98/VS6 all over again). However, there are features of C++11 that were set in stone long ago.
Anonymous sources cannot be verified by definition, but apparent Microsoft employee "anonymous" offers the following:
...Some of my peers/colleagues theorise that the real reason has to do with you being on the ISO C++ standards committee. Fact (and anyone who denies it is wearing rose-tinted glasses / has tunnel vision): C is still alive, very heavily used throughout everything — from frameworks to applications. Things that do not need anything C++ has to offer, but would greatly benefit from C99′s features that classic C90 does not provide. Yeah, it really is that simple.
So please — for the sake of developers, and for Microsoft — reconsider. And by the way (since over the years I've found this holds some bearing/weight, even though it really shouldn't): I'm a Microsoft FTE (choosing to remain anonymous for reasons that should be fairly obvious to you). I hope this indicates to you that there are even those within the company that feel you're truly not seeing the bigger need. Step up to the plate and do the Right Thing(tm). If you don't know what "Right Thing(tm)" means, then therein lies the real problem.
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10. Minimize incompatibilities with C++. The committee recognizes the need for a clear
and defensible plan with regard to how it intends to address the compatibility issue with
C++. The committee endorses the principle of maintaining the largest common subset
clearly and from the outset. Such a principle should satisfy the requirement to maximize
overlap of the languages while maintaining a distinction between them and allowing them
to evolve separately.
Regarding our relationship with C++, the committee is content to let C++ be the "big''
and ambitious language. While some features of C++ may well be embraced, it is not the
committee's intention that C become C++.
11. Maintain conceptual simplicity. The committee prefers an economy of concepts that
do the job. Members should identify the issues and prescribe the minimal amount of
machinery that will solve them. The committee recognizes the importance of being able
to describe and teach new concepts in a straightforward and concise manner.
At the WG14 meeting in London, England, in June 2007, the original principles and the
principles that were used for C9X were reviewed, and the following observations were
12. Trust the programmer, as a goal, is outdated in respect to the security and safety
programming communities. While it should not be totally disregarded as a facet of the
spirit of C, the C1Xversion of the C Standard should take into account that programmers
need the ability to check their work.
13. Unlike for C9X, the consensus at the London meeting was that there should be no
invention, without exception. Only those features that have a history and are in common
use by a commercial implementation should be considered. Also there must be care to
standardize these features in a way that would make the Standard and the commercial
implementation compatible.
14. Migration of an existing code base is an issue. The ability to mix and match C89,
C99, and C1X based code is a feature that should be considered for each proposal.
Already had to abandon C99 for C++ anyway
James Haley
The C99 committee, with the mere justification of theoretically enabling more compiler optimizations, made type punning illegal, rejecting a suggestion that would have exempted programmer-indicated pointers from being considered non-aliasing. With a scratch of the pen, they invalidated millions of lines of existing code that, before, worked just fine. Because we increasingly needed C99 features such as fixed-size types in order to port our code to 64-bit and big-endian processors, our only choice was to convert wholesale to C++ instead, changing our existing implementation of C++-like features into the native C++ ones. Admittedly this move has been for the best anyway, and has enabled the software to grow dramatically faster, but as far as I am concerned, C99 is a broken standard that failed to maintain a necessary level of backward compatibility with its predecessor.
Poorly supported, I don't really care that much about 15 year old boneyards.
Jo Gusto
I am interested in writing new and useful code, not maintaining and porting old code bases. I have a hard time imagining that most useful code isn't portable from one platform's version of C++ to another. Why would I be concerned that Microsoft does not support something that has no usefulness to me and is really broken as a modern language?
I understand that people want to port and maintain old C codebases. I strongly disagree with the Anonymous FTE that Microsoft is making a mistake by not worrying about C99 or C11 or whatever. C++ is the future. I have been very happy with the evolution of Microsoft's C++ language tools for getting my work done. Ever tried using MinGW on Win 7? What a miserable experience! Anyway, I think everyone has their opinion about the "best" way to go, but clearly, it's defined by what's important to you, the developer.
For me, old isn't interesting or useful.


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Yesterday, I received this email query from one of my world's smartest readers:
I assume you have seen the pictures of Hillary Clinton testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Cmte. Her glasses look odd. I'm wondering if her illness/head injury was not more serious or other than what was disclosed.
Hmmm. That's interesting. So I went to Google images and looked at pictures of Hillary in glasses. I concluded that Hillary's glasses indeed looked peculiar — but I didn't know what to do with that observation. Even had I commented upon it, it wouldn't have gone anywhere. I would just have been noting an anomaly.
But my reader was right, not just that Hillary was wearing strange glasses, but that those glasses spoke of a probable injury, not just a changed prescription:
Clinton's spokesman confirmed Thursday night she is wearing the glasses as a result of the fall and concussion she suffered last month, but he did not elaborate.
Experts told the Daily News that Clinton likely has a Fresnel prism placed on her glasses. The adhesive panel is used to treat double vision.
Do I have the smartest readers or what?


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The Basics of Phytochemicals
Imagine thousands of compounds in foods and every one of them good for you. Of course, instead of imagining you could also read this brief overview on these helpful chemical compounds from plants.
The nearly 10,000 known phytochemicals are divided into a number of classes, subclasses and sub-subclasses. This can be confusing; dictionaries of known phytochemicals take up about 1,000 pages and cost hundreds of dollars.
For the most part, the several main classes of functional compounds commonly focused on in processing include carotenoids, phytosterols, aromatics (including phenols, stilbenes and lignans), flavonoids (such as flavonols and isoflavones), cyonates (ie., anthocyanins) and terpenes (limonoids).
The alphabet soup of these compounds may be dizzying but so is the growing recognition of their benefits to health. Thousands of studies suggest phytochemicals may help our bodies fight against cancer, cardiovascular disease, improve brain function, control inflammation, impact women's health issues and more.
Also known as plant sterols, these top the list of popular phytos, especially for their proven cardioprotective properties. Phytosterols can be absorbed in the body in place of cholesterol. Studies show diets with high levels of these cholesterol analogs can lead to an 8 to 12 percent lower overall cholesterol, especially LDL cholesterol. These changes usually can be detected in as little as two to three weeks after incorporation into the diet.
Phytosterols are not naturally water soluble. However, Corowise, by Minneapolis-based Cargill Inc. (www.cargill.com), as well as others such as Vegepure by Cognis (www.cognis.com), Cincinnati, Ohio, are water dispersible.
As one of the few phytos actually given the "green light" by the FDA, direct claims such as "lowers cholesterol and LDL levels" and "may reduce the risk heart disease" can be attributed to a phytosterol-containing product as long at it meets FDA guidelines.
Phytosterols are appearing in a number of products, including beverages, Orowheat breads, Nature Valley's Healthy Heart trail bars, Rice Dream Heart Wise rice drink, Take Control spread and others. "Consumers are responding well to products with added sterols," says Ray Crockett, director of communications for Minute Maid (www.minutemaid.com), Atlanta, noting the company's Heart Wise Orange Juice with Corowise plant sterols is one of its top sellers. "Many people facing health issues heard plant sterols can help and so look for our product."
Found in everything from berries and broccoli to tea and chocolate, flavonoids are powerful antioxidants. Antioxidants help protect our cells from damage caused by free radicals and may fight off cancer, heart disease, inflammation and neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
One of the hottest flavonoids in food and beverage right now ironically is found in a plant that has been revered for its preventative power in Asian cultures for centuries – green tea. Besides its antioxidant properties, it also has been shown to lower blood sugar and cholesterol and even promote weight loss; increasing energy and thermogenesis and retarding adipose (fat) cell growth and fat absorption in the intestine.
Catechins are stable under conditions typical to beverage manufacturing. DSM suggests the addition of antioxidants (for example ascorbic acid) to improve stability and shelf-life in some food and beverage products.
One of the most well-studied phytochemicals in this good-for-you-brew is epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). DSM Nutrition Products (www.nutraaccess.com), Parsippany, N.J., produces Teavigo, an EGCG isolate for use in foods and beverages.
ECGC can be effective on its own, but Euromed USA (www.euromedusa.com), Pittsburgh, takes a combination approach with its eMed-GTE, a combination of phenolics and catechins, including EGCG. "Our thought is to keep it close to nature, preserve the profile of the catechins naturally in green tea. There are chemicals in tea that are complimentary and create a synergistic effect," explains Guy Woodman, director of sales. Processors also are synergizing phytochemicals by carefully mixing their natural sources.
Jasper's Wild Blue Berry Green Tea combines Euromed's eMed-GTE with antioxidants in green tea plus anthocyanidins in blueberry extract. The long-chain anthocyanidins allow for a more sustained release that preserves the other antioxidants.
Isoflavones crown the pyramid of phytos that is the flavonoid class. (Flavonoids may be the largest category of phytochemicals, laying claim to most of the ones commonly studied – and heard of.) Isoflavone phytoestrogens from soy could be the most researched phytochemical in the world, with hundreds of published studies to date. Dozens of studies in the 1990s alone focused on the possible easing of menopause symptoms.
Moreover, soy isoflavones are being examined for possible benefits to: heart health, cancer, PMS, osteoporosis, improved cognition, protection from UV damage and aging, and even improved sleep. Soy isoflavones are a popular ingredient to the food and beverage industry, with the global isoflavone market being valued at around $100 billion.
Soylife isoflavones from Acatris Inc. (www.acatris.com), Minneapolis, are added to several products, including Arrowhead Mills' Perfect Harvest Cereal and Flour, Organic Plus Oatmeal, Nature's Path Foods Inc.'s Organic Soy Plus Cereal and Organic Optimum Power Waffles and Mama Rosie's Spinach and Cheese Ravioli/Manicotti. Acatris incorporates the complete spectrum of natural soy compounds, including 40 additional supporting nutrients that may help increase efficacy. SoyLife is stable for baking and extrusion.
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Pietrus may stay a Warrior
# Player who once asked for a trade says he'd sign the right free-agent deal
By Geoff Lepper
Article Launched: 04/14/2008 02:59:36 AM PDT
OAKLAND -- Two months ago, Warriors guard/forward Mickael Pietrus stated repeatedly that he wished to be traded, no longer desiring to be a member of a team that was giving him sporadic minutes and making him play out of position.
Now, he'd like to take those sentiments back.
When the Warriors, unmoved by Pietrus' pleas, held onto the fifth-year player as the non-waiver trade deadline came and went on Feb. 21, the widely-held consensus -- supported by one of Pietrus' own agents -- was that he would walk out of Oakland as unrestricted free agent at season's end and take up employment with any one of 29 other NBA teams before consenting to return to the Warriors.
But Pietrus made it clear in an exclusive interview with the Times that he's very much open to the idea of staying with the only NBA team he's ever known.
"I know everybody in the organization, I know every player, so for me, if they want me, I'll stay," Pietrus told the Times. "I think when you look at the team, I'm one of the fan favorites, and one of the team's franchise players, I hope, and then I would like to remain here if they are going to sacrifice for me."
Warriors executive vice president Chris Mullin, who could see nine of his 14 current players become free agents this summer, is amenable to considering such a move.
"Yeah, I'm definitely open to that. Always have been," Mullin said. "I have great respect for him as a player and as a person."
You'd be willing to bring back a guy who said 20 times in the space of a seven-minute press briefing that he wants to be "moved" or "traded"?
"I never judge a guy when he's emotional," Mullin said. "What's more, Mickael's been here a long enough time to know him. So no, (the tirade) never swayed me, one way or the other, in my feelings about him."
What may sway potential suitors -- be they the Warriors or other teams -- is the 16-game stretch he's had since Feb. 26. Getting 27.3 minutes per game, Pietrus has averaged 11.8 points plus 6.4 rebounds and 1.2 steals per contest. He's shooting 50.3 percent from the floor and 40.0 percent from 3-point range.
There are still issues that would require some clearing up, however, beginning with salary. Last summer, Pietrus was looking for a deal starting at or near the mid-level exception of $5.36 million. The Warriors will likely consider that only if they think Pietrus is going to be a rotation player for all 82 games, something that wasn't the case this season.
But even more than that, there's the matter of how Pietrus would fit with the Warriors of the future. His run of success has come since Nelson began using him defensively on smaller players, allowing the 6-foot-6, 215-pounder to exploit an advantage in athleticism. Who's to say that's going to remain the case next season?
"Because I'll talk to coach," Pietrus said. "I'm going to take Coach to a nice steakhouse. I haven't talked to him yet. ... I was able to help the team in the second part of the season, and to average almost a double-double from a guard is rare. So I'm going to -- if I get this playing time next year at the beginning of the season -- try to average a double-double and try to help the team be in a better position than we are now."
Then there's positioning on offense. Right now, Pietrus is used primarily as a 3-point shooting power forward; the Warriors try to match him up against a bigger defender who will have trouble getting out to his favorite spots to launch treys in a timely manner.
He only sees a handful of minutes at the shooting guard and small forward spots because the Warriors already have three perimeter stars in Baron Davis, Monta Ellis and Stephen Jackson. Nevertheless, Pietrus envisions himself taking on a larger role if he's a Warrior in 2008-09.
"Next year, I think that coach will allow me to do more things on the floor, and allow me to have more responsibility," Pietrus said. "Our main goal is ... to make the team better, and obviously the player is going to be better too."
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Rome is known worldwide for its amazing attractions such as The Colosseum and Vatican City. But, if you want to experience its rich culture, wonderful people and especially its mouth-watering cuisine you should visit one of the local neighborhoods.
My husband and I spent four hours eating our way through the neighborhood of Testaccio with Sarah our Eating Italy Food Tours guide.We enjoyed samples at seven different locations.
Testaccio is a working class neighborhood located southwest of the city center on the east bank of the Tiber River. Much of the Tiber River trade took place here in ancient times as food and other supplies were funneled to the nearby Colosseum. Tourists need a map to find the area since it is not a major attractions.
We met Sarah at the Piazza Testaccio. She explained that the purpose of the tour was to enable visitors to learn more about Italian food as they enjoy tasting samples from neighborhood shops, meeting local merchants, and learning a little about the history and culture of the area.
Eating Italy Tours was founded in 2011 by Kenny Dunn after he developed close relationships with area merchants, many of whom were third generation owners. Our group of a dozen tourists walked around the neighborhood stopping at various businesses and eateries to visit, eat, and possibly shop. There was no pressure, but sometimes after some tasting, we wanted more to take along.
Our first stop was the Barberini Pastry Shop where we sampled a cornetto and tiramisu. I keep telling myself that neither had any calories.
We next visited Volpetti Piu, a pizzeria and self service restaurant and sampled their Pizza Margherita. Sarah told us that this shop was the number three ranked pizzeria in Rome. She also filled us in on the history of pizza starting with its development in Naples.
We next visited the Volpetti Deli Shop which many locals consider the top Roman gourmet food store. It has been a family run business for 40 years and offers 150 varieties of cheese, 30 different sausages and a large variety of specialty foods.
Alesandro gave me a sample of balsamic vinegar which was the most flavorful I have ever had. It is expensive but worth it for its exceptional quality and taste.
Sarah then led us to some local sites so we could work up an appetite. We visited the Non Catholic Cemetery. She explained that the cemetery, founded in 1716, is one of the oldest continuous cemeteries in Europe. It is the burial spot for many foreigners and is the final resting place for Protestants, Jews, Muslims, and Buddhists. It is the burial place of John Keats and contains the small pyramid of Cestiun built in 15 BC.
Our tour took us past an abandoned soccer stadium and then into the local Testaccio Market. Locals have been going there since ancient times to purchase fresh produce and other food items.
On our way to lunch, we stopped at the closed Testaccio Slaughter House. This facility was open from 1914 to 1975 and employed 5,000 butchers . It is now home to a museum.
Although we had already been snacking for the better part of two hours, we were scheduled to have lunch Flavio al Velavevodetto. This restaurant along with several others is located adjacent to a huge mound known as Testaccio Hill or Broken Pot Hill. The hill, formed by stacks of broken clay vessels, measures 135 feet high and covers the equivalent of a city block. It provides a perfect place to store wine bottles and is great fodder for the archeologist.
But we weren't done yet. Next we visited 00100 Pizza. Sarah told us that this spot had received great accolades from the NY Times. I could see why they did.
It was time to conclude the tour with dessert which of course had to be gelato. While we consumed our generous portions at Giolitti, Sarah told us how to spot real gelato. Consumers need to be wary of gelato that does not lay flat in the container and be sure that your pistachio flavored gelato is not bright green color. Armed with this knowledge, I could then consume three portions of authentic gelato a day in Italy.
The summary - in Sarah's own words.
This was a really unique enjoyable tour that afforded us the opportunity to see the non-touristy part of Rome, catch a little history, and sample some tasty food. Our guide was interesting and pleasant. She seemed to genuinely enjoy sharing her knowledge and encouraged us to ask questions. She clearly had good relationships with the shop owners and other staff at each location.We felt that we had a chance to get up close and personal with Rome and some of its delicious aspects. Eating Italy Food Tours conducts similar tours in Trastevere, another section of Rome and this year launched Eating London Food Tours. For information more contact Eating Italy Food Tours.


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How To Identify Hazing
If you're wondering if something is hazing, ask some questions.
- Is this activity degrading and/or demeaning?
- Is there a risk of injury or question of safety?
- Am I being asked to keep these activities a secret?
Under Pennsylvania law, hazing is defined as follows and may constitute a misdemeanor crime:
Any action or situation which recklessly or intentionally endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student or which willfully destroys or removes public or private property for the purpose of initiation or admission into or affiliation with, or as a condition for continued membership in, any organization operating under the sanction of or recognized as an organization by an institution of higher education. The term shall include, but not be limited to, any brutality of a physical nature, such as whipping, beating, branding, forced calisthenics, exposure to the elements, forced consumption of any food, liquor, drug or other substance, or any other forced physical activity which could adversely affect the physical health and safety of the individual, and shall include any activity which would subject the individual to extreme mental stress, such as sleep deprivation, forced exclusion from social contact, forced conduct which could result in extreme embarrassment, or any other forced activity which could adversely affect the mental health or dignity of the individual, or any willful destruction or removal of public or private property. For purposes of this definition, any activity as described in this definition upon which the initiation or admission into or affiliation with or continued membership in an organization is directly or indirectly conditioned shall be presumed to be "forced" activity, the willingness of an individual to participate in such activity notwithstanding." (P.S. §§5252-5253)
If you're wondering if something is hazing, ask some questions.
True or False? The whole group or organization is not at fault if a hazing act only contains a small group of members.
Bucknell University is committed to the health and safety of our students. Hazing violates Pennsylvania State law and University policy.
If you have been the victim of hazing, have witnessed hazing or suspect that someone you know has been hazed, you can report anonymously to University officials.Make a Report
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Get nosey!
Astronauts on the Space Shuttle or the International Space Station must live for days, weeks, or months in very small spaces. They breathe the same air over and over. A machine cleans the air and tries to keep the right balance of gases. However, if something nasty like rocket fuel began to leak into the cabin, the air might become very dangerous very fast.
That's where a good nose would come in handy. A super-human, even super-dog, nose could alert the crew as soon as the tiniest amount of the wrong stuff was loose in the cabin air.
How well do you smell? Is your nose in the know? Would you be able to smell those first few molecules of rocket fuel that leaked into the air?
You can train your nose (and brain) to know what smells. You can practice on some very nice smells that you might already have bottled up in your kitchen cupboards—namely, the lovely aromas of spices and herbs.
Here's what you need:
- Several small air-tight, opaque (non-see-through) containers that all look alike. You will need least 6 or 8 containers. The more samples you have, the more fun it will be. Examples of some good containers are,
- Plastic film canisters with lids.
- Small envelopes placed inside self-sealing plastic snack bags (so you can't smell the contents until you open them).
- Plastic pill bottles with lids.
- Plastic margarine containers with lids.
- . . . well, you get the idea.
- Plastic film canisters with lids.
- Some kind of stick-on labels (unless you're using envelopes)
- Several kinds of dried herbs and spices, just a pinch or two of each. For example:
tarragon, caraway, cardamom, celery seed, coriander, dill, fennel, mint, rosemary, thyme, sage, bay leaf, basil, oregano, garlic powder, onion powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, cumin, curry, ginger, anise, vanilla bean, and anything else you see in the spice cupboard.
It's best to avoid pepper and chili powder, because these can irritate your nose and make you sneeze.
Here's what you do:
- Put a small amount (a couple of pinches or about 1/4 teaspoon) of a different herb or spice into each of the containers, labeling each container so that you can't see the label unless you turn the container over. (For example, put the label on the bottom of the bottles or the back of the envelopes.)
- Now, with the labels hidden, mix up the bottles or envelopes so you don't remember what spice is in which container.
- Pick a container, close your eyes, open the container, and sniff gently. Don't suck the stuff up your nose!
For sniffing spices and herbs, this method of sniffing is OK. But if you are not sure what's in the container, smell it the "scientific way:" Hold the open container about six inches away from your face, and with your free hand fan the air over the container toward you. The vapors from the stuff in the container will be mixed with the air and you will get a gentle sample of the material—not enough to hurt your nose or make your eyes water.
What is the spice or herb you smell? Do you remember the smell from when you put the stuff in the container? Check the label and see if you are right. If not, sniff again and try to link in your mind the smell with the appearance of the material and its name.
- Close the container, put it back with the others, mix them up again, and pick another.
If you continue sniffing and guessing for a while, you will get better and better at identifying these substances by their smells.
You can also make up a game for two or more people. Challenge your friends to a smell-a-thon! You might take turns sniffing and guessing. Correct guesses get 2 points added and incorrect guesses get 1 point taken away. See who can reach, say, 15 points first.


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Speaking during the "World of Capcom" panel at New York Comic Con, Product Manager Karl Reader told "those of you saying 'it's not the old Dante; it's not that good anymore', you're wrong. Very very wrong."
Well I'm sticking to my guns on this one lol, lame joke. It's not Devil May Cry without the old Dante (not my only issue, but that's the prominent thing mentioned here). However it CAN still be a decent game. I just won't be giving Capcom any of my money is all.
Old Dante or new Dante I played the demo and enjoyed it.
Ive never played DMC but trust me , i assure you that this game is in good hands by great devs ( played heavenly sword and enslaved ) ! BUT 1 thing they never should have done is change the character itself ! thats like making Ezio an assasin without the assasin clothing ! never should happen !
Well maybe not, but there is always the HD collection on PS3 for those that don't like the new direction the series has taken.
well i am already !!
And capcom saying i will not be disappointed ? try harder next time.
And i'm not buying this because i dont like the design of the game and fans have been expressing the same feeling and Capcom didn't care about us.


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Police say a woman accused of witchcraft has been burned alive in front of hundreds of witnesses in a Papua New Guinea town.
The brutal slaying of the 20-year-old mother on Wednesday has been condemned by the nation's prime minister and diplomatic observers.
Police spokesman Dominic Kakas said Friday she was stripped naked by several assailants, tortured with a hot iron rod, bound, doused in gasoline, then set alight on a pile of car tires and trash in the Western Highlands provincial capital of Mount Hagen. Grisly photographs were published in local newspapers.
Kakas says she was accused of sorcery by relatives of a 6-year-old boy who died in the local hospital the day before.
(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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The tests he performed could be more or less grouped into multimedia related tests (Blender, Avidemux, etc.) and hard disk performance tests (the command line RAR utility and ClamAV). The results seem to indicate that Windows XP beats Ubuntu hands-down when it comes to multimedia related applications, and Ubuntu has the advantage in IO intensive applications.
Saleh also did a multitasking test. He wrote a script which performed several tasks simultaneously to see which of the two operating systems was better at multitasking. This time, Ubuntu beat Windows by a wide margin.
The methodology of the test appears to be fairly sound. The tests were performed on the exact same machine, except for one tiny detail: Windows XP was installed on a SATA disk, while Ubuntu had to settle for an ATA one. Interestingly, Ubuntu still outperformed Windows XP on IO intensive tasks.
Just so you know.


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Bought one recently. First time to the range today. My one word review is F A B U L O U S !!!
Great pistol. If they made a compact version (like Walther does, the P99cAS) I'd get one in a NY second. They dont.
Still looking at the P99cAS, but... pricey compared to the MR, even though its the same gun.
Still worth every penny +.
The MR9 is not a full size and not a compact. Kinda like a Glock 19 in size. That's according to my LGS guy who bought one and loves it. He showed me several features I wasn't aware of like the simple slide release and the staging trigger. It might persuade me to buy a 9mm someday.
Sent from the ethers by magic.
Archeologists have discovered that ancient people loved to drink from broken cups.
I know it is a really old thread but have you shot a Walther P99 AS in comparison to the MR9? Do the triggers feel about the same?


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D.C. United forward Dwayne De Rosario has been suspended for two regular-season games by MLS for violent conduct in a preseason game.
The league announced Friday that De Rosario also has been fined an undisclosed amount for the head-butt foul on Philadelphia Union midfielder Danny Cruz in the 60th minute of the preseason match on Feb. 23. De Rosario was issued a red card for the foul.
The MLS Players Union appealed the decision on behalf of De Rosario. MLS Commissioner Don Garber heard the appeal Thursday and upheld the suspension.
The 2011 league MVP will miss United's season opener against the Houston Dynamo on Saturday and the March 9 match against Real Salt Lake.


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When it comes to up-and-coming designers, we like to keep you in the know. That way, when everyone's obsessing over a great new label, you can confidently say you're already quite familiar. Enter Azede Jean-Pierre, a 23-year-old prodigy that's taking the fashion industry by storm. After interning at major luxury brands like Ralph Rucci and Ohne Titel (perhaps you've heard of them?), Jean-Pierre launched her own New York-based line for us to lust over.
For fall '13, Jean-Pierre was inspired by the anatomy of a beetle, which makes for just about the sleekest looks you could ever imagine. We're talking lustrous, tactile fabrics, such as silk, satin, and leather structured in geometric shapes, and plenty of intricately stitched knitwear. Jackets, trousers, and a fierce cropped top are updated with slits and flaps reminiscent of wings, and we can't get enough of all those graphic prints. The collection may be monochrome, but Jean-Pierre's attention to detail speaks volumes. We're calling it now, this designer is a star on the rise.


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ATB: Wed/Thurs WrapupPosted by rtmsf on November 30th, 2007
ACC 8 – Big Ten 3. Wed. night was the second marquee night of the ACC/Big 10 Challenge, and the ACC carried a commanding 5-1 lead into the night's games. After UNC (v. Ohio St.) and BC (v. Michigan) picked up road wins to go with Maryland's home victory v. Illinois, the ACC had once again dominated this event (Penn St. and Michigan St. home wins made the final tally 8-3). What accounts for this annual decimation? One reason is that the ACC protects home court much better than the Big 10, going 28-1 in friendly venues during the last six years of this event (B10: 18-13 over the same period). Another reason is that the strength of the bottom of the ACC is consistently better than its Big 10 equivalent – ACC bottom-feeders throughout the series such as Clemson, Florida St. and Virginia have comprised an 18-8 record, while Big 10 equivalents Minnesota, Penn St. and Northwestern were 7-18 over the same timeframe. How thorough is the annual beatdown? Michigan St. is the only B10 school with a winning record in this event (5-3), while only four ACC schools have more losses than wins.
ACC/Big 10 Challenge. #13 Michigan St. 81, NC State 58. This was just a good old-fashioned whipping. Goran Suton scored all sixteen of his points in the first half en route to a dub-dub (16/12), as the Spartans rolled out to an early twenty-point margin and coasted home the rest of the way. MSU"s patented bruising defense held the Wolfpack to 35% shooting, which is showing signs of rising to the level of some of Izzo's better defensive teams from the early 2000s. Through six games, the Spartans are holding teams to 38% from the field and 31% from three. #3 UNC 66, Ohio St. 55. In a brickfest game (UNC: 38%; OSU: 27%), Ohio St. ran into a looooong drought (missing 17 straight shots) in the second half that gave Carolina the boost they needed (w/o Ty Lawson) to avoid the upset bid. We watched this game in its entirety, and while we'd love to say great defense carried the day here, it just looked like sloppy basketball to us. Wayne Ellington looked great (23/8) for the Heels, but Psycho T struggled against the more athletic Othello Hunter inside (memo to NBA scouts: hustling 6'8 post men with limited range only gets you so far). There was one jawdropping sequence where Hansbrough simply could not get his shot up over Hunter (6 blks), who repeatedly threw it back into his face. By the same token, Kosta Koufos was a veritable no-show (4/3) for the Buckeyes. The other surprise of the night was the inspired play of OSU freshman Jon Diebler, whose four first half threes kept OSU in the game. Boston College 77, Michigan 64. This is a game that the Big 10 really needed to win, and UM couldn't get it done at home against BC. A tight game opened up with about 8 mins remaining when BC went on a 12-2 run to essentially salt the game away. RTC whipping boy Tyrese Rice blew up for 28/8/5 assts (eff: 30), as Michigan simply had no answer for him. Maryland 69, Illinois 61. In a battle of two teams that will likely be up-and-down and hard-to-figure all year, the Terps were led by Eric Hayes' career-high 18 pts in the win over the Illini. Penn St. 66, Virginia Tech 61. In a battle of conference bottom-feeders, Penn St. was led by Mike Walker's 17 off the bench.
Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series. #16 Oregon 80, Kansas St. 77. Notwithstanding the Bill Walker watersports moment, this was a really entertaining game. Both teams went back-and-forth throughout the second half, but K-State's fate ultimately rode on their inability to make a foul shot in the OT. The Wildcats missed three straight front ends as Oregon pulled away in the overtime. The end-of-game sequence was a wild finish, as Oregon's Maarty Leunen shot three times (and was fouled but not called on at least two of them) from point-blank range, rebounded his own misses, and finally received the foul call on the fourth attempt (6 seconds remaining). After hitting one of two FTs, KSU's Jacob Pullen dribbled length of the court in four seconds, only to charge into an Oregon player as his made layin was waved off. Oregon then threw it length of the court, but the ball was intercepted by K-State at the opposite foul line. An immediate timeout led to the Bill Walker fiasco and a pretty good look that missed from Michael Beastley (24/12). Oregon's big four combined for 53 pts, but we were most impressed last night by Joevan Catron (15/8), who took the key charge with two seconds left and showed a lot of heart and hustle for the Ducks last night. #25 USC 66, Oklahoma 55. The other B12/Pac-10 game of the night was at USC, and the Trojans are continuing to show improvement with their young freshmen leading the way. Davon Jefferson had 23/9 and OJ Mayo had 18/5 (but zero assts), but Mayo was the key player (scoring 11 in a row) during a second-half stretch that increased the USC lead from 2 to 12 and effectively put the game away. Where has Taj Gibson (2/3 in only 9 foul-plagued mins) gone?
More Overtime Goodness. #18 Gonzaga 70, St. Joseph's 65. We wish we could have seen this one, but again, this one was on the U and Comcast hates us. Supposedly St. Joe's came storming back from a 17-pt first half deficit and led for most of the second half until a late Matt Bouldin three gave Gonzaga the lead again. In the overtime, both teams mostly traded FTs until Gonzaga secured the win late. This was a very good road win in a hostile environment for the Zags. St. Joe's was led by Pat Calathes with 24/7 in the losing effort. Vanderbilt 91, South Alabama 88. This double-OT jewel of a game wasn't on tv anywhere we could find, but it appears that Memorial was rocking last night when the Commodores stayed unbeaten at home. Vandy came back from an 8-pt deficit in the mid-second half to take the lead, but a Ronald Douglas tip-in with 0.8 left sent the game to OT. Vandy had a shot to win in the first OT, but good foul shooting in the second OT ultimately put the game away for the Dores. Andrew Ogilvy led VU with 19/8 while Shan Foster contributed 26/4.
Upset Special. Massachusetts 107, Syracuse 100. In a tremendous boost to the credibility of Travis Ford's rising UMass program, the Minutemen went into the Carrier Dome on Wed. night and beat the Orange in a high-scoring affair that saw the opponent score more points than any other team in the Dome's history. Gary Forber (23/6/7 assts) hit a key three with just over a minute remaining to give UMass a six-point lead and the Orange were finished. Big numbers from many players on both sides – for UMass, Ricky Harris had 25; for Syracuse, all five starters had double figures, led by Eric Devendorf with 23 and three other players with 20 each (Greene, Flynn, Onuaku).
Other Ranked Teams.
- #2 UCLA 83, George Washington 60. Collison comes off the bench to give the Bruins 14/5. Love with another dub-dub (12/12).
- #4 Kansas 87, Florida Atlantic 49. Another KU rout as B-Rush goes for 17 pts off the bench in 19 mins of action.
- #5 Georgetown 66, Old Dominion 48. Georgetown returns favor from last year, holding ODU to 31% shooting. Gerald Lee (24/12) was the only bright spot for Old Dominion.
- #8 Texas 98, Texas Southern 61. Texas continues to impress – DJ Augustin led with 20 pts.
- #9 Texas A&M 76, Alabama 63. Another balanced, efficient performance from the Aggies. Bama is just so limited beyond Hendrix (19/12) and Gee (19/3).
- #21 Xavier 93, Oakland 68. All five starters hit double figures for the Muskies.
Other Notable Scores.
- California 74, Nevada 68. Great road win for Cal, as Ryan Anderson went for a career-high 36/13 to counteract Marcellus Kemp's 26/5/4.
- Seton Hall 65, Princeton 55. The Hall is off to its best start since The Beard was roaming the sidelines (19 yrs).
- Kent St. 81, St. Louis 40. Wow – has Majerus ever lost by this much before? Statistical oddity – KSU was 100% from three (3-3), while SLU was 0% (0-11).
- Wichita St. 62, Appalachian St. 53. App St. continues to struggle with another home loss.
- Hampton 64, VCU 55. VCU has been extremely disappointing so far as well (Maynor – 22 pts).
- Charlotte 63, Wake Forest 59. Solid CUSA win over an ACC team.
- Colorado 60, Air Force 50. Jeff Bzedlik's return to AFA as an opponent went much better than the game at CU (lost 84-46).


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When the surviving members of Led Zeppelin - singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist/keyboard player John Paul Jones - gathered in London recently there were two items on the agenda.
The first was the launch of Celebration Day - the DVD/Blu-ray/double CD of their December 2007 reunion concert - but the second was that question which dogged the solo Beatles for a decade: would they get back together again?
Plant was largely dismissive of the idea as he has reframed his career with the Raising Sand album (with Alison Krauss), his Band of Joy and now the Sensational Space Shifters, who have just completed a South American tour. Jones said he seriously doubted it and Page reminded everyone that the Celebration Day concert was five years ago. So, "if it was going to happen it would have happened by now".
Even drummer Jason Bonham, who sat in for his late father John, accepted this had probably been a one-off.
And think about it. All are in their mid-60s, with Page perilously close to 70. So the short answer is "no" with that "never say never" coda added.
Which means Celebration Day might just be the full-stop on a remarkable career that broke records for ticket and album sales, stamped dozens of songs into the collective consciousness of generations and still sees their name on teenagers' T-shirts.
As a concert film, Celebration Day is extraordinary. Director Dick Carruthers gets the cameras right into the sweat zone and the rapid editing - like a Bourne movie - keeps the excitement edgy and palpable. If the sound seems a little underwhelming in the first couple of songs - the opener Good Times Bad Times, which starts with "in the days of my youth" and the lesser Ramble On - everything settles and Led Zeppelin reveal again they were a force of nature, like rolling thunder cut across with flashing lightning, a ground-shaking noisequake during which buildings fall as electricity whip-cracks across the sky.
Celebration Day - the deluxe edition DVD/Blu-ray with an extra disc of rehearsals - is big stuff and Bonham the Younger such a formidable powerhouse - especially in the thrilling enormity of the kerthumping Kashmir, and Whole Lotta Love, where Page plays theremin - that his father is hardly missed.
And, like a garage band, they huddle close on the large stage as a tight focal point in which Jones watches Page and Plant with such concentration you'd think he was auditioning and terrified of making a mistake. His nervous intensity adds tension behind Plant's still-cocky swagger and Page's mercurial magic, which pulls from old blues and a nuclear explosion with equal assurance. When he stands inside a pyramid of lasers and pulls out a violin bow to attack his guitar, it is pure theatre.
There's also an infectiously good spirit with laughter, a few fluffed lines and missed cues - but then again, too few to mention - and Plant conceding some songs you just have to do. And they do.
Most of their signature songs are in the 90-minute set, but those two openers (and For Your Life, the coke song on their 1976 album, Presence) were never played in their entirety when they strode across the planet four decades ago like behemoth rock gods, which might explain the hesitancy.
Does this translate to CD however? Surprisingly yes, although if Led Zeppelin meant nothing to you, if you despise them for the excesses they came to stand for in the pantheon of rock, or if you just thought their music sometimes sounded like an explosion in a guitar factory (it does, but that's actually a good thing) then Celebration Day in any format won't give you reason to change your opinion, or celebrate.
But if you believe rock is about taking risks, then this - for men of their age, the weight of expectation and the possibility of it going haywire after all those years away - was risky business.
It was also loud, freewheeling, shamelessly excessive and cleverly calculated.
The question is not, therefore, "will they do this again?" but "could they?"
Celebration Day - whatever you make of it - teasingly offers both answers.
* Celebration Day in a number of CD/DVD and Blu-ray formats is available now. A three-record set will be released on December 7.


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The aim of KACO new energy GmbH is to become the world market leader in the area of inverters for photovoltaic systems. This is a very ambitious target and it cannot be achieved alone. KACO new energy suppliers will be integrated in the value chain process as an important partner, who will accompany us along the way to reaching our aim. Finding the right partners and integrating them in the value chain is a long process consisting of several steps.
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In today's globalised economy, we have to deal with a large number of suppliers. As we will not tolerate any breach of our basic values in the area of corporate social responsibility, we safeguard these values by using a code of conduct based on the UN Global Compact initiative. Through our social involvement, we want to make a contribution towards a society that is ready to meet future challenges. We are convinced: the more we integrate social responsibility into our business, the more successful we will be in the market.


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A high school senior, Madelyne cheerleads, serves as the Glasgow FFA President, and participates in Band and Choir. On the weekends, she works at the local bank. She cannot wait to leave the small-town life and the farm.
"I don't want to come back, but I will probably just end up back here," she says.
She aspires to become an actress, but is still deciding where she is going to school in the fall.
Her brother Landon is a sophomore. He is involved in sports like baseball and track, FFA, Band and Choir. He enjoys small-town life and wants to return to the farm after college.
"I like the small-town size of Glasgow. Anything else would be too big," says Landon.
On the weekends, Landon enjoys being outdoors working with family or in the field. He also likes to go fishing with his brother, Preston.
Only time will tell whether the siblings end up in different places in the end, or wind up coming back and staying in Glasgow.
On this edition of "Off the Clock," we hear our fourth portrait from the "My Life, My Town" series that documents the stories of teens in rural Missouri. Today we visit Madelyne and Landon Brand – siblings deciding whether to stay or go in Glasgow, Missouri.
Producers Carah Hart and Lizz Cardwell caught up with the Brands in this portrait, "Staying or Going."
To see this and other My Life, My Town portraits - with pictures – go to www.mylifemytown.org
My Life, My Town is a project of KBIA, the Columbia Missourian and the Reynolds Journalism Institute.


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By Tony Kontzer | Posted 10-26-2011
When Canadian firm Research In Motion (RIM) unleashed the first Blackberry devices on the world in 1999, it marked the first time corporate IT departments had a viable option for delivering Email to employees' mobile phones. No wonder the devices spread like a wildfire throughout corporate America, spawning a generation of professional "CrackBerry" addicts. But, as the mobile phone market shifted its emphasis to smart phones in the ensuing years, Apple -- and later Google -- put into the hands of consumers a computing device that was far more diverse than BlackBerry's. As business users have steadily acquired iPhones and Android-powered devices for personal use, they've increasingly sought to use them at work in place of their BlackBerrys. This goes a long way toward explaining recent survey findings from Enterprise Management Associates indicating that only 16% of respondents who are BlackBerry users in large enterprises are satisfied with their devices, and that more than 30% of respondents plan to switch platforms in the coming year. With that in mind, we offer you eight reasons why IT organizations should consider jettisoning the BlackBerry from their mobile strategies:
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I ran across this interesting tidbit a few weeks ago while indexing Superior Court Minutes 1869 – 1872 (Macon Co., NC). From page 46:
Warrant Issued 7th day April 1870 Returned 7th April 1870 with the defendant [J. M. Dills] arrested by W. A. Shepherd. She [Mary E. Payne] come up on evidence of the prosecuter that the said child was born in the State of Georgia where its mother was at the time domiciled.
The child's name is not mentioned, and repeated attempts to find Mary Payne in the 1870 US Census in both Macon County and nearby Rabun Co., GA, have proved fruitless.


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Indus River dolphin
Key Facts
Common Name
Indus River dolphin, bhulan, blind river dolphin, Indus dolphin, side swimming dolphin; Plataniste de l'Indus (Fr); Delfín del Indo (Sp)
Did you know?
The Indus River dolphin sometimes carries its young on its back, above the surface of the water.
Scientific Name
Platanista minor
IUCN: Endangered
Approximately 965 individuals
70-110 kg
About 2.5 meter
Bleak outlook for this river dweller
However, the population of this species has gradually declined because of various factors, including water pollution, poaching, fragmentation of habitat due to barrages, and dolphin strandings in the irrigation canals.
Numbers have dramatically declined since the construction of the irrigation system in the Indus. Most individuals now remain in a 1,200 km stretch of the Indus River.
In addition to efforts to conserve their habitat, including addressing problems such as river pollution, WWF staff have also been involved in rescue missions when individual dolphins become trapped in canals. WWF also coordinated the largest survey of the species ever in 2001 in collaboration with partners.
WWF-Pakistan assists in a number of education initiatives and has arranged training courses for various institutions. An aerial survey of the species range was conducted in 2003.
WWF's objective for freshwater cetaceans is to ensure that habitat degradation, strandings and fisheries bycatch do not threaten freshwater cetaceans.
Physical Description
The Indus River dolphin swims on its side, at times enabling it to move in water as shallow as 30 cm. As it swims on its side, it trails a flipper along the bottom of the river. After 30 to 60 seconds, when it needs to breath, it swims to the surface, rotates upright to take in the air, and then rotates 90 degrees again as it swims back to the bottom. This unique side swimming behaviour is not consistently seen in any other dolphin, except the Ganges River dolphin.
The Indus River dolphin migrates upstream into the smaller tributaries during the monsoon rains and migrates downstream to the main channels in the dry season.
The Indus River dolphin weighs 70-110 kg (155-245 lbs). The maximum size is 2.5m (8.2 ft), with males smaller than females.
Range States
Ecological Region
Indus river Delta & Rann of Kutch


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Hafner homers against former club, Yanks down Indians
Cleveland, OH – Travis Hafner belted a three-run homer in his first at-bat back in Cleveland, helping the New York Yankees spoil the Indians' home opener with an 11-6 win at Progressive Field.
Hafner, who spent the previous 10 years with the Indians, received a nice pregame ovation from the fans before tormenting his old club with a first- inning blast off Cleveland starter Ubaldo Jimenez (0-1). He then broke a 3-3 tie with an RBI single in the third and also drew two walks.
"It was nice to come here and have a good game and help contribute to a win," Hafner said.
Robinson Cano clubbed two solo homers while going 3-for-4 with a walk and four runs scored for the Yankees, who have won two games in a row for the first time this season, improving their record to 3-4.
New York starter Hiroki Kuroda (1-1) overcame a shaky first inning to pitch into the sixth. Kuroda lasted just 1 1/3 innings in his first start of the season against Boston after suffering a bruised right middle finger when he tried to grab a Shane Victorino liner.
Jimenez allowed seven runs on seven hits and three walks in 4 1/3 innings for Cleveland, which went 3-3 on its season-opening road trip.
"Today was one of those days where I thought he fought his mechanics a little bit," Cleveland manager Terry Francona said about Jimenez.
The Indians answered Hafner's homer to center field with three runs of their own in the bottom of the first.
Michael Bourn led off with a walk and took third when Asdrubal Cabrera's grounder up the middle caromed off the second base bag. Jason Kipnis' sacrifice fly to right field put Cleveland on the board, and back-to-back singles by former Yankee Nick Swisher and Michael Brantley scored Cabrera.
After catcher Carlos Santana drew a walk to load the bases, Mark Reynolds tied the game with a sac fly to left.
The Yankees, however, scored in five straight frames from the third to go up 11-3.
New York regained the lead when Hafner drove home Cano, who led off the third with a double. Cano entered Monday's contest, the opener of a four-game set, without an extra-base hit this season.
Brett Gardner plated Chris Stewart with a two-out single in the fourth, then Cano homered to left-center to begin the fifth.
A one-out walk to Hafner later in the inning prompted a pitching change. Matt Albers took over on the mound and gave up hits to the first two batters he faced, with Ichiro Suzuki's single knocking in Hafner.
Cano went deep again with two outs in the sixth before the Yankees pushed three more runs across in the seventh.
The Indians failed to score after loading the bases in the bottom of the seventh, but Mike Aviles' two-run homer highlighted Cleveland's three-run eighth.
Game Notes
Hafner's home run was his 100th at Progressive Field ... Santana left the game in the ninth after taking a Chris Perez pitch off his left wrist ... Kuroda gave up three runs on five hits, while walking four and striking out six in 5 1/3 innings ... The Indians have lost five straight home openers ... The Yankees took five of six from the Indians last season.