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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- The Buffalo Bills aren't giving up on re-signing safety Jairus Byrd just yet.
Rather than allow Byrd to become an unrestricted free agent in two weeks, the Bills retained his rights by designating him their franchise player on Friday. In making the move three days before the NFL deadline for teams to apply franchise tags, the Bills essentially offered Byrd a one-year contract worth $6.9 million.
The decision didn't come as a surprise after Byrd established himself as one of the league's top young safeties during his four seasons in Buffalo.
His 18 career interceptions are tied for third most among NFL players since 2009, when the Bills selected Byrd in the second round of the draft out of Oregon. Byrd had five interceptions last year to finish tied for the AFC lead.
Applying the tag, however, doesn't guarantee Byrd's return to Buffalo.
Under NFL rules, Byrd isn't required to accept the offer, and he's also free to negotiate with other teams. The Bills, however, have insured themselves the right to match any offers or receive two first-round draft picks as compensation from any team that signs Byrd.
The move also doesn't prevent the two sides from negotiating a long-term deal.
Byrd's agent, Eugene Parker, told The Associated Press that's it's too early to determine his client's options.
"We aren't talking about next steps, yet," Parker said. "It's too early to talk about that."
Parker added he was not surprised by the team's decision.
"Not really. I knew it was something they had the ability to do," Parker said. "It is what it is. That's their right to do it."
There had been no formal contract talks between the Bills and Parker until the two sides met at the NFL combine in Indianapolis over the past week.
Byrd was selected to the Pro Bowl in his rookie season, and was added to the Pro Bowl roster this year as an injury replacement.
Byrd was the most consistent player on an under-performing and high-priced defense last season. He finished fourth with 76 tackles while leading the team in interceptions and forced fumbles (four). He had a breakout season as a rookie, when he finished tied for the NFL lead with nine interceptions - a rookie franchise record. Byrd also set a team record that season by having an interception in five consecutive games.
Losing Byrd would be a significant blow to the Bills, who once again find themselves in transition this offseason after Chan Gailey was fired following a 6-10 finish. Doug Marrone is the new coach and has brought in an entirely new staff that includes Mike Pettine, who takes over as defensive coordinator.
The defense is already undergoing a transformation. Over the past month, the Bills cut cornerback Terrence McGee, safety George Wilson and linebacker Nick Barnett, while veteran defensive end Chris Kelsay announced his retirement this week.
The Bills defense finished 22nd in the NFL in yards allowed and 26th in points.
Byrd becomes only the second Bill to be issued a franchise tag. The team made the same move with cornerback Nate Clements in 2006. Clements signed the one-year offer after reaching an agreement with the Bills that he would allowed to enter free agency the following year, when he left Buffalo to sign with San Francisco.
Aside from Byrd, the Bills are also attempting to re-sign left guard Andy Levitre, who is eligible to become a free agent after completing his four-year contract last season.
Bengals place franchise tag on DE Johnson
CINCINNATI (AP) -- The Cincinnati Bengals have given defensive end Michael Johnson the franchise tag, meaning he will be paid $11.175 million this season if he doesn't reach a long-term contract with the team.
Johnson had 11 1/2 sacks last season, his fourth in the NFL, and is considered a key part of a defense that ranked sixth overall.
The team and Johnson still can negotiate a longer deal.
Under the franchise tag in 2013, a player is paid according to a formula based on salaries for the past five years at the position and their percentage of the total salary cap. With the non-exclusive tag, his team has the right to match any offer sheet, or get two first-round draft picks in return for allowing him to leave.
Colts punter McAfee receives franchise tag
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The Indianapolis Colts have given punter Pat McAfee the franchise tag, meaning he will be paid $2.977 million this season if he doesn't reach a long-term contract with the team.
McAfee finished his fourth NFL season ranked fifth in the league in punting with a 47.9-yard average. His 40.3-yard net average was the best of his career.
McAfee also handles kickoffs for Indianapolis.
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Wayne LaPierre is a jerk.
Wayne LaPierre is a jerk.
No one should be surprised that the NRA executive vice president's answer to the Newtown shooting was to put armed cops or armed guards in every school.
After all, the organization dedicated to unfettered access to firearms isn't going to suddenly come out and say we should have fewer guns, or less powerful guns, or limitations on the number of bullets one can fire in a few seconds' time.
The proposal LaPierre made is already in effect in every school that has a DARE officer or a school resource officer, albeit without the dramatic "National School Shield Emergency Response Program" moniker.
The National Association of School Resource Officers supports armed police officers — although not volunteers, as the NRA proposes — in schools, so long as they are trained in teaching and counseling, and in dealing with active shooters.
The reason I've decided to throw the ad hominem of "jerk" in Mr. LaPierre's direction is the way he chose to describe people with mental illness in his prepared remarks on Friday.
Before he got to griping about how the media "demonize gun owners," LaPierre did a little demonizing of his own.
"The truth is that our society is populated by an unknown number of genuine monsters — people that are so deranged, so evil, so possessed by voices and driven by demons that no sane person can ever possibly comprehend them. They walk among us every single day. And does anybody really believe that the next (killer) isn't planning his attack on a school he's already identified at this moment?" LaPierre said.
He used the Newtown shooter's name, seemingly oblivious to irony as he continued: "How many more copycats are waiting in the wings for their moment of fame — from a national media machine that rewards them with wall-to-wall attention and a sense of identity that they crave — while provoking others to make their mark?"
Yes: He first called people with severe mental illness "monsters," "deranged" and "evil." He decried "our nation's refusal to create an active national database of the mentally ill," as if a psychiatric diagnosis is on par with being a convicted rapist or pedophile.
Demonizing doesn't advance a reasoned debate.
Just as the vast majority of people who have AR-15s are law-abiding, responsible gun owners, the vast majority of people with mental illnesses will never hurt anyone else. Even among the most severely ill, few will ever pick up a weapon.
In fact, someone with a disability, including a cognitive disability, is twice as likely as someone nondisabled to be violently victimized.
Part of the reason that's so is that our society often treats people with disabilities as if they are other — somehow less than human.
Look at LaPierre, who used his bully pulpit to defend guns by trotting out fear mongering, dehumanizing slurs.
I guess LaPierre would rather create a boogeyman. It sells more guns.


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Sapphire PI-AM3RS785G 785G Chipset Motherboard Review
Since AMD released its newer 785G chipset, the mid-range market has blossomed with boards sporting this new chipset with better integrated graphics. The 785G chipset brings faster speeds to the table and the new HD4200 IGP boasts better onboard performance, especially when paired with SidePort memory, which gives the IGP its very own DDR3 memory buffer. The power of the chipset paired with the design of the board is what makes the difference when it comes to the selection. Today we are going to be taking a look at the Sapphire version of the 785G chipset, the Sapphire Pure PI-AM3RS785G motherboard. This board uses the mATX form factor and the newer chipset to provide you with a powerful multimedia platform. The Sapphire Pure 785G follows the previous IGP series board that Sapphire produced, which was based off the 780G chipset. With the newer chipset, this board should be faster and more powerful.
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The Sapphire 785G motherboard comes packaged in the Sapphire-styled green and black colors with the Pure logo. On the front of the box are some of the badges for the products compatible with the Sapphire 785G Pure motherboard, as well as some features such as being AM3 compatible and the 128MB DDR3 SidePort memory for the integrated graphics. It also shows that it features DX 10.1 and claims an "Instant on Boot" in Windows 7. When I contacted Sapphire about it, since there was nothing in the documentation, the response was "This sticker just indicates that this board supports DX10.1 and can support Windows 7. There is no other meaning or function on this sticker." As such, it appears to be advertising a feature that is not included; a no-no in my book. On the back is a picture of the motherboard, as well as some more features and awards that Sapphire has won for its products.
Once the box is opened up, you get to see what is included with the Sapphire 785G Pure motherboard. To get you up and running, Sapphire provides the I/O panel shield, the manual, a driver CD and two SATA cables. Sweet and simple.
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On Jan. 17, 2005, Spike TV aired a new show titled The Ultimate Fighter, which featured 16 combat sports athletes living under one roof in Las Vegas, competing for a six-figure contract with the UFC. What we didn't know, however, was this exhaustive program was going to last over 20 seasons, complete with the FOX treatment, and plenty of drunken debauchery in between.
Long story short, the Zuffa brass was in serious trouble since their big gamble to buy the struggling Ultimate Fighting Championship wasn't paying off. Simply put, that Fertitta money was being blown fast, with no real profit or indication of improvement. Spike TV founder Albie Hecht wanted a program that brought in a lot of viewers from all over, presumably because there are only so many reruns of the hyper masculine shows a person could watch.Read More DIGG THIS


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Order Approving a Petition to Modify BIO-20 Condition of Certification. Dated February 13, 2013. Posted February 27, 2013. (PDF file, 1 page, 74 kb)
Notice of Decision re Condition of Certification BIO-20. Posted February 20, 2013. (PDF file, 1 pages, 74 kb)
Notice of Decision re Modifying Several AQ Conditions. Posted February 15, 2013. (PDF file, 1 pages, 57 kb)
Notice of Receipt - Petition to Amend - Condition of Certification BIO-20. Posted December 7, 2012 (PDF file, 3 pages, 28 kb)
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California Energy Commission Staff Analysis of Proposed Modifications to Air Quality Conditions. Posted December 21, 2012 (PDF file, 39 pages, 258 kb)
California Energy Commission Staff Analysis of Proposed Modifications to Condition of Certification BIO-20; Streambed Impact Minimization and Conservation Measures. Posted December 21, 2012 (PDF file, 12 pages, 348 kb)
Applicant's Petition to Amend Commission Decision. Posted November 27, 2012 (PDF file, 13 pages, 385 kb)
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California Energy Commission Data Requests #01 - 09. Posted May 16, 2012 (PDF file, 4 pages, 33 kb)
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More than 9,000 people gathered in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, last month for the inauguration of the 21st International Congress of COICOM.Posted on October 10, 2012
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The Total Living Network (TLN) has appointed Greg Bogdan as the new executive director of TLN broadcast/cable operations.Posted on October 10, 2012
Lamb & Lion Ministries was founded in 1980 by Dr. David Reagan following a 20-year career in higher education as a professor of International Law and Politics.Posted on October 10, 2012
When the U.S. Supreme Court commenced its current session this past Monday, it did so trailing the dust of controversy that has still not settled since the slim 5-4 vote to uphold President...Posted on October 3, 2012
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A new documentary film based on the book Never Surrender by Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jerry Boykin hit the Web and Christian bookstores nationwide last month.Posted on October 3, 2012
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The creative relay of myDetour 5x5 opens today in Naples, with an exhibition of illustrated notebooks selected from the previous cities and a drop box for collecting new contributions from the creative community of Naples, at la Feltrineli bookshop in via S.Caterina a Chiaia.
The notebooks will be exhibited until october the 11th.
The myDetour 5x5 project is dedicated to people who love to paint, take photos, illustrate, write and create freely on Moleskine blank pages. The most remarkable works collected in the drop boxes will be shown in the next leg, at la Feltrinelli in Rome from october 21 to november 15.
5 stops in 5 Italian cities, 5 notebooks selected in each city. Final destination: Africa. The 25 selected notebooks will be exhibited at the Biennale de l'art africain contemporain, May 2010. The author of the one most remarkable notebook will be invited to Dakar.
After Milano, Florence, Parma it's now the turn of Naples, a famous destination of international travel writers and artists. Hosting this Neapolitan stop and the opening is artist Simonetta Capecchi, urban sketcher based in Naples: http://inviaggiocoltaccuino.blogspot.com/
myDetour5x5 is a Moleskine project of la Feltrinelli, supporting lettera27.
Details on www.moleskine.it/5X5 (in Italian).
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The myDetour 5x5 drop boxes and exhibition will be open from september 16 to october 11 at la Feltrinelli - Via S. Caterina a Chiaia 23


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Burly rugby player has a stroke after freak gym accident… wakes up gay and becomes a hairdresserWhen 19-stone rugby player Chris Birch suffered a stroke during a freak training accident, his family feared it would be a life-changing injury.Yet while his recovery certainly brought about a transformation, it seems to have been in a way no one could have expected.For when he regained consciousness, the 26-year-old – who was engaged to his girlfriend – claimed he had become gay.Mr Birch's astonishing change saw him break up with his fiancée, ditch his job in a bank to retrain as a hairdresser and lose eight stone in weight.He has now moved in with his 19-year-old boyfriend. The now ex-rugby player, a flanker with his local amateur reserve side, had been attempting a back flip in front of friends on a field when he fell down a grass bank, breaking his neck and suffering the stroke.Before the stroke: Chris Birch weighed 19 stone, worked in a bank and played rugbyHe was taken to hospital where his fiancée and family spent days waiting anxiously at his bedside before he delivered the shocking news.Mr Birch recalled: 'I was gay when I woke up and I still am. It sounds strange but when I came round I immediately felt different.'I wasn't interested in women any more. I was definitely gay. I had never been attracted to a man before – I'd never even had any gay friends.'But I didn't care about who I was before, I had to be true to my feelings.'


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Chase Race #5 - Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway
Spoiler alert! Reigning Sprint Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski isn't going to go away quietly, as he earned not only his first win of the 2013, but kept the bonus points away from the likes of Matt Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson, who had to settle for third- and fourth-place finishes, respectively.
It certainly has become a two-horse race between Kenseth and Johnson, who are now separated by only four points, while Kevin Harvick sits 29 points behind in third. Johnson trails Kenseth in the standings, but has he been hot enough to hold on to the top spot in the MMPR?
Here's a look at the Magic Mile Power Rankings heading into Sunday's race at Talladega Superspeedway:
1. Jimmie Johnson - Five-Time is doing exactly what makes him so good at this time of year. Johnson's consistency is just sickening, as his fourth-place finish at Charlotte on Saturday night gave him his fourth top-five in the first five races and maintains his 4.0 average finishing position during that stretch. They don't call him Superman for nothing.
Previous ranking: First,--
2. Matt Kenseth - All in all it was a good day for Kenseth (third), who increased his lead over Johnson to four points, despite the 48 leading 130 laps and starting the race 16 spots ahead of the Joe Gibbs Racing 20.
Previous ranking: Second, --
3. Kevin Harvick - It's not inconceivable to believe that Mr. Happy still has a legitimate shot to win this thing. But he's going to need a little help from the 48 and 20. And he's also going to need to find a way to finish stronger at Talladega, a track he hasn't cracked the top 10 in the last four starts.
Previous ranking: Third, --
4. Kyle Busch - Rowdy rebounded nicely with a fifth-place finish at Charlotte, one week after a demoralizing weekend at Kansas. And while history says a 35-point deficit is too much with five races to go, Talladega has a way of making a mess out of everything.
Previous ranking: Fifth, +1
5. Jeff Gordon - The 24 is doing everything he can to stay within striking distance, recording his fourth top-10 in five Chase races. But reality says that it's going to take victories to win the championship, and what better place than Talladega (six-career wins) to get that mojo started.
Previous ranking: Fourth, -1
6. Dale Earnhardt Jr. - It's safe to say that a 15th-place finish just isn't going to get it done for Junior Nation. He pretty much has to win-out at this point ... and that's to even have a shot.
Previous ranking: Sixth, --
7. Kurt Busch - This team has a lot to be proud of. What a run it's been for the first one-car team to ever make the Chase.
Previous ranking: Seventh, --
8. Kasey Kahne - Double K was able to shake the cobwebs on Saturday night, leading a race-high 136 laps. A runner-up finish has to feel like a win for this team right now.
Previous ranking: 12th, +4
9. Carl Edwards - Another top-10 for Cousin Carl. But this team just can't find the speed to contend right now.
Previous ranking: 11th, +2
10. Clint Bowyer - It was a respectable night for Bowyer (11th), who at this point probably just can't wait for the checkers to fall in Miami.
Previous ranking: 10th, --
11. Ryan Newman - It's certainly been hit or miss for Newman over the last five weeks. He either contends for the win or is nowhere to be seen.
Previous ranking: 13th, +2
12. Greg Biffle - See Carl Edwards.
Previous ranking: Ninth, -3
13. Joey Logano - Much like Newman, Logano has been pretty hit or miss during the Chase. If nothing else, this is going to be a huge learning experience for one of the best young drivers in the sport.
Previous ranking: Eighth, -5
Top Non-Chaser. Brad Keselowski - Duh. The reigning NASCAR champ still has a little fight left in him after all.


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As promised, here are additional pictures of the project sled created by Alberta snowmobiler Dale Beamish, as featured in "Fronts & Forecasts" in the March issue of SnoWest Magazine.
We didn't have near enough room to run all the pictures Beamish sent of his project sled so we're running a few more here-even though it's still not all that he supplied us. For more information on the project sled, find a copy of March SnoWest.
Here are the specs:
2004 800 HO Rotax with RER
TRA-Team clutch
2-10x174x 2.5-inch tracks
32-inch ski stance
122 inches in overall length
Fuel capacity 5.5 gals
532 lbs. with no fuel
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Tundra skis, A-arms, shocks, 800 engine
Components Modified:
Rev engine plate
Tundra cowling and panels
Bearcat WT axle, jackshaft and chaincase
Yamaha heat exchangers
Camoplast 2-15x174x 2.5-inch tracks
Polaris 166 rails
Suzuki 450 seat
Rev XP handlebars narrowed 4 inches
Arctic Cat brakes
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A Bella/Jasper fic Bella, Edward and Alice returns from Italy, but something's changed. Bella finds herself in a tricky situation: Her feelings towards Edward arent the same, and at the same time finds herself falling for one of the other Cullen boys. This amazing banner was made by JokesOnJane, and it is so beautiful!! Kit_Kat_Cullen_XOXO, this is for you:)
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1. What a mess
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Ever since we got home from Italy, it was like there was a wall between us. It wasn't the same with us. It wasn't that I didn't love him anymore; it was more like my love had faded. I didn't know why, but I suspected it had something to do with the months away from him. Maybe I had started to get over him, just unconsciously. I didn't feel the same way when I looked at him.
He was still one of the most beautiful people I knew, both inside and out. But I didn't feel the same overwhelming love I used to. Now, it was more like the teen crush he'd thought it was from the start.
It was hard to act like everything was back to the same. It was even harder when I looked him in the eyes. I could see the love in them. I knew his love was true. Mine wasn't.
I remembered something he'd told me, so long ago. Something about him being the bad guy.
He hadn't been the bad guy. He never had. At this point I was.
I knew I would have to break his heart, and it made me feel so awful to think about it. But I also knew I couldn't continue like this, I couldn't continue to fake a love that wasn't there. I knew I would have to talk to him.
I still spent almost all of my spare time at the Cullens house. Mainly because they all still were like my second family, and because I didn't want Edward to get suspicious. I didn't want him to think something was wrong.
This time I went over to the house, already knowing Edward wouldn't be there; he was out hunting with Emmett and Jasper. I wanted to spend some time with Alice; after all, she was still my best friend. I pulled up to the house, knowing that she already knew I was coming. I smiled, actually looking forward to spend the day with Alice. Knowing her, we would most likely would go shopping, or Alice would do a complete make-over on me. Both things something I usually hated, but at this point I welcomed everything that could get my mind of the whole Edward-thing.
I didn't stop to knock at the door, I just walked in.
"Alice" I said, knowing she would hear me. "I'm here."
I had been sure she would be here; she must have seen me coming over.
"Alice?" I asked. Getting a bit confused.
"She's not here" A voice, that definitely wasn't Alices, answered.
I spun around, and there, Jasper stood, carefully watching me.
"Ja-Jasper?" I stammered. "I thought you where out hunting, with Emmett and Edward."
"No, I went yesterday, with Alice." He answered.
"Where is she?" I looked around me, expecting to see Rosalie, Carlisle or Esme somewhere in the big living room. "And where's everybody else?"
"Well, Alice and Rosalie are out shopping. Alice had wanted to bring you, but Rosalie talked her out of it. As for Esme, I'm not completely sure. I know she went hunting, but I don't know if she went alone, or with the others."
"And Carlisle?"
"He's at the hospital, taking a weekend shift."
So I was alone with Jasper. I had never been really alone with him, not even in Phoenix, Even though we had been alone in the room; Alice had been in the room right next to us.
I couldn't stop thinking about my birthday. Jasper had tried to kill me, even with his family in the room. Now no one was here to stop him if he lost it again. I hated to admit it, but I was actually starting to get a bit scared of being alone with him.
"You have no reason to be scared, Bella. I won't hurt you"
Oh, yeah. That's right. Jasper can feel my emotions. I'd almost forgotten.
"I understand if you don't really trust me. I can't really blame you for that." He continued.
"You're talking about my birthday, right?" I asked, a bit hesitant. Ever since that day, we hadn't really talked about it. The subject was kind of a taboo.
"Yes. Actually I would like to talk with you about that." He said, gesturing towards the couches in the room.
"Okay..." I sat down on the love seat, and Jasper sat in front of me. I wondered if he was only sitting down for my sake.
"Bella, I know you don't like to talk about this, and I'm sorry for bringing it up, but I never really got to apologize for what I did, and I..." I cut him off.
"Jasper, you don't have to apologize. I know you are sorry." He looked me straight in the eyes, and I couldn't believe what I was feeling, or thinking. "Gosh, his eyes are so beautiful. How come I've never noticed that before? I know they are the exact same color as the rest of the Cullens, but there's just something different about his." What was I thinking?! This was Jasper, for crying out loud! He was Alices husband, her soul mate. I couldn't think of him in that way. I felt so embarrassed on my own behalf. Then I remembered something that made me blush even redder. Jasper could feel every single emotion that radiated of me. He must have felt my attraction towards him. To my surprise, he didn't mention it. He just continued his apology, as if my feelings before hadn't even been there.
"I know you know I'm sorry. I just wanted to tell you myself." He leaned closer to me, holding my gaze. "Bella, I am truly sorry about what happened that day. About what happened to you, and to Edward. I wish it hadn't happened and I wish I had better control of myself. Can you forgive me?" I couldn't believe it. Here I was, sitting across a vampire who not only had tried to kill me, but who also was cringing out his soul to apologize for that same thing, and all I could think of was how beautifully his hair shined in this light!
He was still waiting for my answer.
"I accept your apology, Jasper." Why did just mentioning his name, make my stomach flutter? What was happening to me?
"Bella, is there something you want to talk about. You seem confused?"
"No. I'm fine. I was just thinking about something I talked to Edward about." I lied. I knew he wouldn't believe me, but I hopped he would just move past it.
"Now you mention him, there was something I wanted to talk to you about. About the two of you."
Uh oh. He must have felt my change in mood around Edward. This couldn't be good.
"What do you want to talk about?" Like I didn't already know.
"I don't really know how to start." Was all he said.
"How about starting at the beginning?" I said, forcing a smile.
"Very well then." He said, returning my smile. "I think it started when you guys got back from Italy." I was right; he'd sensed the change between us.
"Before we left, you were always radiating with love, especially when you looked at Edward. It was such a pure love; I doubted anything could ruin it." "Here it comes." Was all I could think.
"But when you returned home, it changed. Sure, the first couple of days were like the old days, but then something changed. You didn't feel the same way when you were with him, not even when you looked at him. It was kind of depressing, to feel your love breaking like that. But it was only your side that was breaking. Edwards feelings hadn't changed at all. Actually they had intensified. "
I had started biting my bottom lip, there was no way this could end in a good way.
"So what I wanted to know was, why? Why this sudden change of mood?"
"To be honest, I'm not sure. I think it goes back to the months you guys were gone. You see, I have this theory, I think that I actually started to get over him during that time. Just subconsciously." I just blurted the whole thing out. I must really have needed to tell this to someone. He just nodded, as if this confirmed some of his suspicions. "And you are right; I don't feel the same anymore. It feels like a teen crush now." It must have something to do with his ways of calming people down; normally I would never just spill my guts, like I was doing now.
I was looking down at the floor in front of me, feeling so bad. Knowing he already knew my feelings, I didn't have a problem with giving him the thoughts behind them.
"I feel like such a villain. I'm so angry with my self for feeling this way. I don't now what to do, I..." I could feel I was starting to break down in tears, so I looked around the room to get my mind of the subject. I happened to notice what Jasper was wearing: black sweatpants and a grey t-shirt. Something very casual, but he looked amazing in it. The way the shirt clung to his chest. His arms were so muscular, I noticed, now that they weren't hidden beneath his sleeves. The way he sat, his back complete straight, his head held high. He looked so strikingly beautiful, I felt entirely dazed by him, but when I looked him in the eyes, I saw nothing but concern, not a hint of a feeling about my feelings, only the concern. Probably for me and Edward. I sighed. "What a mess." I thought. Here I am falling head over heals for my best friends husband, while I'm still dating his brother. Some part of my mind was in fact wondering if all of this was a joke Jasper was pulling on me. Ugh, I wish his name didn't have that effect on me.
"Bella are you alright?" His voice was full of concern.
I bit my bottom lip. I was sure I would have to talk with him about this; I mean he could feel everything I was feeling. He was probably just being a gentleman, since he hadn't even mentioned it at all.
Felling completely hopeless, I put my head in my hands. I sighed heavily.
"Bella, are you alright? What's wrong?"
"Jasper, why are you doing this?" I said, with my head still in my hands. "Why are you ignoring me?"
"Ignoring you? What are you talking about? I'm not ignoring you."
My shoulders slumped; he was going to make me say it, wasn't he?
"Not ignore me, but my feelings." I said, still looking at the floor. I could feel I was starting to cry.
I didn't hear him get up, but suddenly his hands were on my shoulders. I looked at him, tears in my eyes.
"Bella..." he whispered. He said it like a teacher telling a kindergartner something for the seventh time.
"I'm not ignoring your feelings. I just wasn't sure if you wanted me to mention them."
He released one of my shoulders, and with his free hand, wiped away the tear that was slowly rolling down my cheek. He didn't let go of my gaze. He left his hand on my cheek. I couldn't help, but to lean my head against it. I sighed. What an impossible situation I'd gotten myself in.
Jasper put his other hand on my opposite cheek.
"Jasper, what..." I didn't get to finish my sentence. Because, all of the sudden, Jasper was kissing me.
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The Rise of the 'Healthy' Diva
These days, divas (or divos)—high-performing, high-maintenance narcissists—can be found everywhere: at work, in social settings and, heaven help us, at home. Elizabeth Bernstein look at what separates the "healthy" from "unhealthy" divas, and how to let your inner diva shine. Photo: Getty Images.
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briggsy wrote:Appian's Roman history (Volume II-IV)
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You guys! I have been seriously neglectful with my posting recently. For that I am sorry. But it's the holiday season and I have been crazy busy! So in prep for New Year's Eve, here is a round-up of the most popular SexyTofu posts of 2012. Sometimes my dad (hi dad!) gets uppity that I write more about sex on here than food. "It's a sex blog, not a food blog!" But you guys kind of like reading about sex—the stats prove it! All of these posts are sexysexy, and I didn't play favorites with these, I just looked at the stats of what posts had the most hits. SO basically what I am saying is we're all a bunch of perverts. High five!
Poop! And Other Things Couples Should Be Able to Address
Back in June, I went down to Tennessee to check out Bonnaroo with a handful of my lady friends. We didn't get to shower for 6 days, and things got a bit dirty. At the campsites, everyone's tents were on top of each other, so we overheard a lot of really great conversation snippets, like the couple arguing because the boy kept spilling bong water all over his girlfriend's shoes.
"It smells good!"
One evening I overheard a guy saying his last girlfriend used to fart in front of him, and it "ruined it" for him. "Some girls just ruin the mystery, you know," he said. You know. The mystery of the fact that we, like most humans, have an asshole. I also felt bad for him because I assumed he had probably overheard some conversation snippets emanating from OUR tent. We had a lovely discussion about our lack of bathing opportunities over the past week which was creating something we called "crotch wine." I wonder what that ruined for him. Read more…
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I like to joke that I have three clitoris'. (Clitori?) As a ballerina-boobed babe, I am happy that for what I lack in sweater stuffing, I make up for in sensitivity. I also might name my future daughter Areola, just to be funny. What I am saying is I like nipples, so I was excited to stumble upon this Huff Post article about breast orgasms, which I will call boobgasms. Read more…
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A while back I wrote about a reader who had written to me with questions regarding butt play, and I had recommended that if she is interested in some anal action for beginners she start small—with a finger. She reported back to me that the finger went over fine, and that she is still hoping to one day get comfortable enough to have an actual phallic member in there. Also apparently her boyfriend is quite large, which makes first-time sex of any kind even more painful. So we got on the subject of anal plugs. Anal plugs are the cilantro of the bedroom. You either love it, or hate it. You either want it all over your enchiladas, or you think it tastes like soap and gag every time you even think about it.
Basically, anal plugs are not for the vanilla soft-serve style sexers, but more for the inquisitive mattress mavens—someone who doesn't find inserting a piece of plastic in their butt uncomfortable (in theory and action).But I mentioned them to my reader-friend, and suggested if that's something she thinks she is interested in, she should look into a very very small anal plug. She went out and got one of those kits that come with three different sizes so you can ease yourself into it gradually. She told me that even the small seemed pretty large. So, I recommended to her the Pop Plug (size small, of course). Read more…
Cohabitation; the Anti Sex?
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The Ohio Association of Foodbanks was the state's largest recipient of the so-called navigator grants, with almost $2 million. The money will be used to hire and train between 30 to 40 outreach workers and a number of other volunteers.
Navigators will be particularly important to the law's success in Republican-led states such as Ohio, where state officials are taking a hands-off approach to promoting the law.
Consumers can get private health insurance, subsidized by the government, through the new health insurance exchange created by the health law. Open enrollment starts Oct. 1, and coverage takes effect in January.
Republican Gov. John Kasich opted to let the federal government run Ohio's exchange. And the state's insurance department has said no advertising or outreach efforts are in the works to market the exchange.
That means it will be left to providers, health centers, food banks and other groups who were awarded the grants to get the word out about the law to the more than 1.5 million uninsured Ohioans.
Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, the food bank association's executive director, said 42 percent of their clients have to choose between buying food, medicine or health care every day.
"We're going to be able to help them connect to health insurance -- some for the first time ever," she said.
The network of food banks serves about 2 million Ohioans every three months.
The association plans to reach out to people through food pantries, Facebook, Twitter and a large van to be used as an office-on-wheels where people can get enrolled. They also expect to educate volunteers who will pass out brochures, hand out phone numbers and help spread information.
Jason Elchert, the food bank association's deputy director, said the organization and its more than a dozen partners hope to reach people "where they live, work, pray and play."
The federal law requires nearly all Americans to have health insurance beginning in 2014 or pay a penalty.
People can sign up on their own, without using the services of a navigator, though some might prefer to have help with the process.
An estimated 524,000 Ohioans are expected to be enrolled in the insurance exchange designed for individuals by 2017, according to a report prepared for the state's insurance department.


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swiftnicholas wrote:I was hoping that somebody could comment on the accuracy of Stanley Lombardo's reading of Iliad Book One.
Should I use it to study the Homeric line, or would it promote bad habits? Are there other/better readings available online? Are there any readings that can be downloaded?
annis wrote:Daitz has some Homeric recitations online, which also work to get the reconstructed pronunciation correct, but whose recitation style is, I feel, overwrought.
You're perfectly right, that's not the Odyssee...
In the Odyssee, the poet Homer introduces the song of the fictive
singer-poet by "but he, playing the phorminx, preluded to sing
beautifully, about the love of...". In the following, the indirect speech
is shifted to something like full quotation, or replaced by direct
narration. I wanted to use the lay of Ares and Aphrodite as a song
taken out of its context in the Odyssee, so I have changed the first
line to a typical opening, with an invocation of the Muse:
a)/rxeo Mou=sa ge/lwtos o(\s a)qana/toisin e)nw=rto
Begin, Muse, of the laughter that rose among the undying
a)/rxeo Mou=sa ge/lwtos o(\s a)qana/toisin e)tu/xqh
but because of all these uncertainties there's no point me recording anything; it's just my general guess about how it might have sounded; i only put it together because i'm an auditory learner and i didn't want the terrible stress pronunciation of academics i've heard to get stuck in my head as a beginner. there was nothing out there which described a technique for doing this so i had to make up one
Eureka wrote:However, a small number of the notes seem to me to be off by a single tone (from a musical standpoint). (For example, the last two notes on line 4 seem to be one tone too low.)
Eureka wrote:Are you certain that in line 1 it is [face=SPIonic]qea&[/face], rather than [face=SPIonic]qea\[/face]? (I've seen it written both ways.)
swiftnicholas wrote:Has anybody here considered posting sound files of themselves reading? It would be very useful if somebody qualified were to do that.
swiftnicholas wrote:Verses 8.272-275 in the Danek/Hagel recitation are rendered so beautifully; I keep listening to them over and over.
Eureka wrote:There're a few odd things about that performance, though. He does seem to sing unnaturally high.
chad wrote:hi eureka, taking into account all the qualifications i give to the old model above here's how line 1 would go, if qea\ was grave (i.e. following the Perseus rather than OCT reading):
[E]mh=[O maybe]nin [H]a)/eide [C]qea\ [A]Phlhi+a/dew [A])Axilh=oj
mh 2-5 nin 4 a 3 ei 5 de 6 qe 6 a 5 Ph 4 lh 3 i 2 a 1 dew 4 A 3 xi 2 lh 1-4 os 5
If I understand correctly, e0c ou{ is so low because the 2nd note of ou{ must be lower than dh\, which must be lower than ta\, and so on?
If that's the case, then I take it the aforementioned anathesis is on the word prw~ta?
In which case, why isn't ou{ similarly affected by anathesis? Is that some characteristic of those sorts of pronouns?
Have you got the "lifted by grave lexicals" and "lifted by grave non-lexicals" labelled the wrong way around on the new pitch model?
chad wrote:In which case, why isn't ou{ similarly affected by anathesis? Is that some characteristic of those sorts of pronouns?
anathesis only applies to lexical words: non-lexs are included in the run-up to the first lexical accent.Have you got the "lifted by grave lexicals" and "lifted by grave non-lexicals" labelled the wrong way around on the new pitch model?
not as far as i can see, the pitch drop after a lexical anathesis (i.e. lifted by lexical grave) is smaller than the pitch drop after a non-lexical anathesis (i.e. lifted by non-lexical grave). that's the same as on my old pitch model, and i have a page reference there to Devine and Stephens on this


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Raptors Sign Jordan Hamilton
The Toronto Raptors announced Monday they have signed forward-guard Jordan Hamilton. Per team policy, financial details were not disclosed.
Hamilton, 6-foot-7, 220 pounds, averaged 6.7 points, 3.2 rebounds and 17.0 minutes in 60 games (12 starts) last season with Denver and Houston. He scored in double figures 20 times, including a season-high 19 points November 8 at Phoenix. The Rockets acquired Hamilton from the Nuggets on February 20 in exchange for Aaron Brooks.
A product of University of Texas, Hamilton was selected 26th overall by Dallas in the 2011 NBA Draft. His rights were traded on draft night to Denver as part of a three-team deal involving Portland. In 126 career games (15 starts), he has averaged 5.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 13.3 minutes, while shooting .358 (114-for-318) from three-point range.


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New Transfer Student Information
Welcome to Lehman College
The mission of the Financial Aid Office is to help you identify and/or qualify for all of the federal, state, city and private financial assistance for which you may be entitled. Read and follow this check list. It will help make your transfer student aid application effort successful.
The Basics:
- File a FAFSA each year. Enter Lehman College's federal School Code: 007022;
- File a TAP application each year. Enter Lehman College's TAP school code: 1412;
- Respond quickly to request(s) for additional FAFSA or TAP information and/or documentation.
If you filed a FAFSA and/or TAP application without a Lehman College FAFSA or TAP code school code:
- Add Lehman College's FAFSA school code;
- Add Lehman College's TAP school code.
General Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP), maintaining your financial aid eligibility:
- When selecting courses, seek the advice of an academic advisor;
- Select and only enroll in courses that count toward graduation;
- Pass all of your courseswith a grade of "C" or better (some grants and scholarships may have higher standards);
- Do not drop or withdraw from any courses.
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- Complete at least two thirds of all credits attempted;
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DNA Barcoding of Parasitic Worms: Is It Kosher? main content.
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Museum Scientists Help Orthodox Union Analyze Nematodes in Canned Sardines, Capelin Eggs
When rabbis from the Orthodox Union started finding worms in cans of sardines and capelin eggs, they turned to scientists at the American Museum of Natural History to answer a culturally significant dietary question: could these foods still be considered kosher?
Using a technique called "DNA barcoding" at the Museum's Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, researchers identified the species and life cycles of the parasitic worms to determine whether the food's preparation violated Jewish dietary laws. The results, which were recently published online in the Journal of Parasitology, show that although the food contains a handful of species of roundworms, it is kosher.
"About 75 percent of all pre-packaged food has a kosher certification," said Mark Siddall, a curator in the Museum's Division of Invertebrate Zoology. "Many people, not just those in the Jewish community, look for this certification as a symbol of quality assurance in food preparation. If you're a food provider and you lose that certification, you're going to take a large hit."
The study began last March, when rabbinical experts from the Orthodox Union, the largest organization that certifies food products for the Jewish community, brought a variety of kosher-certified sardines and capelin eggs to the Museum. Their concern: the presence of the worms might be a sign that intestinal contents were allowed to mix with sardine meat or preserved capelin eggs during food preparation. If that were the case, kosher certification would be compromised.
The key to determining whether the canned food was improperly handled is in the worms' life cycles, Siddall said. "Some species of worms live in the muscles of fish when they're in the larval stage," he said. "Other species live in the fish's intestines when they're adults. We already know the life cycles for these parasites, so all we have to do is figure out what species were present in the canned food."
To do this, researchers used genetic barcoding, a technology based on a relatively short region of a gene in the mitochondrion, an energy-producing structure located outside of the cell's nucleus, that allows researchers to efficiently identify the species from which a piece of meat—or even a leather handbag—came from.
Work by Museum scientists has long included and promoted this technique, which has identified the presence of endangered whales in Asian markets, documented fraud in the labeling of tuna, and determined the species of animals on sale in African bushmeat markets.
In this case, the scientists identified a handful of different nematode species, none of which are known to live in the guts of fish during their lifecycles—therefore, there's no evidence of intestinal worms co-mingling with the fish meat or eggs.
As a result, the Orthodox Union issued a decision that the food remains kosher.
"To our knowledge, this is the first application of DNA barcoding to an obviously cultural concern," said Sebastian Kvist, one of the paper's authors and a student in the Museum's Richard Gilder Graduate School. "This paper really exemplifies what science is all about—helping people."
Other authors include Anna Phillips, from the University of Connecticut, and Alejandro Oceguera-Figuero, from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Funding for the Museum's DNA Barcoding Initiative is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Richard Lounsbery Foundation.
American Museum of Natural History (amnh.org)
The American Museum of Natural History, founded in 1869, is one of the world's preeminent scientific, educational, and cultural institutions. The Museum encompasses 45 permanent exhibition halls and galleries for temporary exhibitions, the Rose Center for Earth and Space with the Hayden Planetarium, state-of-the-art research laboratories and five active research divisions that support more than 200 scientists in addition to one of the largest natural history libraries in the Western Hemisphere and a permanent collection of more than 32 million specimens and cultural artifacts. Through its Richard Gilder Graduate School, it is the first American museum to grant the Ph.D. degree. In 2012, the Museum will begin offering a pilot Master of Arts in Teaching with a specialization in earth science. Approximately 5 million visitors from around the world came to the Museum last year, and its exhibitions and Space Shows can be seen in venues on five continents. The Museum's website and growing collection of apps for mobile devices extend its collections, exhibitions, and educational programs to millions more beyond its walls. Visit amnh.org for more information.
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Body Sculpting Business Opens in Blackfoot
BLACKFOOT—Local businesswoman Jackie Foote has admittedly battled her weight through the years, so when she discovered a way to get rid of fat for good through body sculpting, it inspired her to open her own business: "Sleek Physique and Body Sculpting."
Foote said she was skeptical when she first heard about "Ultrasound Fat Cavitation and Radio Frequency Treatments," through her daughter Stephanie Pitman, who has also opened up a body sculpting business in Helena, Mont.
However, after doing some research of her own, Foote believes that the treatments (that require no medical intervention or surgery and are FDA approved) "really work!" After training in Florida on how to do the procedures and purchasing the equipment, the treatments are now one of the core services offered at the business.
Foote said the science behind the treatments isn't difficult to understand. She describes the "Ultrasonic technology" as "high vibration that breaks down the walls of fat cells causing the fat cells to implode into liquid and then flushing out through the lymphatic system."
"After your treatment, your body will spend the next few days clearing out the fat, mainly through the liver," she explained. "You will want to drink a lot of water before and after the treatment."
The radio frequency treatment is similar to the ultrasound treatment except that it weakens the fat cell walls through the lymphatic system and liver using low, safe frequency waves.
"The weaker the cell wall becomes the more fat is released," she said. "This treatment is fantastic. It works on cellulite, scars, stretch marks and wrinkles. It can be used on the stomach, thighs, buttocks arms and even the face. I haven't seen anyone who has not experienced success from these treatments."
Foote said she herself has lost nearly nine inches off her waistline from the treatments, weight that she has been able to keep off. She has also seen a notable difference in her face, choosing to do the treatments on just one side of her face for awhile so that she can compare sides.
The ultrasonic and radio treatments are followed by 10 minutes of cardio on a vibrating machine that help stimulate the lymph system, flushing the fat cells out of the system. Foote said that good hydration and a brisk exercise routine help greatly with this process.
Foote said her goal is to provide a confidential, peaceful and relaxing experience for her clients. Most of Foote's clients consist of women; however, she said the treatments are attracting some men as well.
Foote stresses that while she is not a weight loss doctor, she is someone who people can feel comfortable talking to about their weight issues, adding, "I am still a work in progress myself."
Foote, who has worked as a substitute teacher for the Snake River School District, said another motivation behind her desire to start a business was to provide a family-friendly work environment for her daughters Melissa Sanders and Kristin Foote who will sell crafts and Dr. Klassen's Country Health Products (such as vitamins and essential oils) from the business as well.
"It's hard to find jobs that are flexible and work well with kids. I am a grandmother of 19 and this is a 'kid-friendly' business," she said.
"Sleek Physique and Body Sculpting " is currently open for business at 483 Emerald St. with an official grand opening planned for May 30. For more information visit www.sleekbodysculpting.com. To schedule an appointment call: 208-681-4178 or 208-643-0081.


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March 3rd is Hinagiku Katsura's birthday, president of Hakuo Academy's Student Council. Hayate wants to get her a
present for letting him stay at her place. He's a butler in debt so he can't afford to buy her any expensive clothes. He wants to get her a sensible gift and asks other friends that are around the same age as Hinagiku to get some advice. He consults with Nishizawa-san who confessed her love for him before and they go out together to find a present. Is this a date?!
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List of Tools
A Pro/Con List of Available Tools
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Content Management Systems
Drupal - http://drupal.org/ Joomla - http://www.joomla.org/
Course Management Systems
Sakai - http://www.sakaiproject.org/index.php Moodle - http://moodle.org/ Sloodle - http://sloodle.com WebCT/Blackboard
Web Conferencing
1videoConference - http://1videoconference.com/
- open source, beta version on sourceforge
Pros All the meetings that used to be held in the conference hall can now be held in individual offices and this saves both time and money. Avoid all the nuances associated with traveling (all locations) The web conference call can be recorded and put to use at a later stage. Fast, cheap, and easy I believe it's free. I can't find a price.
One of the world's first open source web-based Web2.0 audio/video conference call software for Asterisk with support for internet & telephony user videos. This VoIP and VVoIP technology for Business, Government, Education, Healthcare and Community is based on WinFX, XAML, .NET 3.0 and Asterisk.
Software you download and install on your server
Site administrators invite users to participate in a video, voice, text chat and screen sharing web conference
Latency and sound quality are all right so far, video image quality is acceptable.
Up to 6 people can participate at once by default, but the code can be changed to increase that number
Promise of integration of web conferencing into any website
Planning on offering a paid hosted version and providing support once the product is commercialized.
Have built a free web conferencing platform that's gaining traction in the open source community.
Easy to use
It doesn't support Java and FreeBSD but it will support Posix and other OS as part of the roadmap.
- 12 on Top 25 SourceForge.net Projects at SourceForge.net
Some of the features product supports:
Multiple Instances of Meeting Asterisk for Video Communication FMS for Video Communication Native Multi-point Video Communication server Content management system supporting 3rd party module uploads, page designs etc., Chat Co-Authering Desktop Controlling File Uploding Poll Web Link Whiteboard Desktop sharing and remote monitoring NAT and firewall traversal Co-browsing Video/ audio Conferencing Power Point Presentation Web and phone users support Recording of sessions and automatic upload of the recordings to the web The product now supports MSN, Yahoo and even Skype participants to the video conference.
Cons Detail planning is essential for its success. Need to have high discipline and high level of concentration. The web cam, microphone and other gadgets need to be in proper position and in good working condition. One staff person to run the technical part of any conference. This could also be an under utilization of staff time. There can be a lot of wasted time that can cause disruptions, etc. It can also sometimes be difficult to really see how a particular client or group may be reacting via video conferencing.
It's a Windows only program that currently requires all users to download an installer to upgrade .NET, make sure Flash is up to date and install a certificate into IE.
Screen sharing hardly works yet, the conference admin can only get a very low quality view of participants' screens and participants cannot view the admin's screen.
Number of people had installation problems.
Early stages
Dimdim - http://www.dimdim.com/
- open source, in alpha
- only the presenter has to download software (attendee version is browser based)
Dimdim Pros: Attendees can use either Internet Explorer 6 or Firefox 1.5
Supports internationalization so that users can see the messages and user interface in their own languages
Can show Presentations, Applications and Desktops to any other person over the internet without installing anything on the Attendee side
Collaboration Workspace popout, Broadcaster Floats, Improved Participants Panel, Chat smileys, Integrated Settings, Logout Urls and Simplified Publisher with Seamless Switching between shared content.
Packaged as a RPM which handles the installation and configuration on Linux Support for Mouse Cursor for LAN/T1 Connection. Support for incremental screen updates during Desktop and Application Share to enhance performance. Support for 1024X768 or higher screen resolution and wide screen aspect ratios . Support for Option to choose content type (i.e. text or graphics) to publish. Using this option the publisher can chose the type of content to be published, which will improve performance while maintaining quality. Enhanced error messages for Schedule/Start Conference Console
This release integrates Moodle and Dimdim and one can schedule, start and join Dimdim Webmeetings from a Moodle installation
Lots of updates and working through the bugs.
Future versions will fully support Firefox on Mac, Linux and Windows
Presenters can share their whole desktop or just a single application at a time with attendees. Audio and video transmission is one way from presenter to attendees, from a Flash box in the sidebar. Attendees chat with each other and the presenter.
DimDim sounds as though it will do just about everything Webex does, except it will be free
The product is promising a good set of features: Presentation and Document sharing Audio and video sharing Application sharing White board and Annotations Chat Polls Question manager Record and Archive There will be a Community version, free, and an Enterprise version which will have a dollar price tag to cover a range of value-adds. Integrated voice and web cam functionality: working on making this bidirectional. DimDim is presence aware, and will integrate all major instant messaging systems. They're going for 100% transparency as a company, with code 100% open source, roadmap and technical documentation available online, etc. 1. Ajax-based web meeting console. No client-side application necessary.
Cons Presenters can use Internet Explorer 6 or Firefox 1.5 on Windows (XP/2000/2003) only Chat in double-byte languages does not work. Once the Application Sharing is stopped then the Firefox Presenter Window is not restored back. Dimdim Conference Publisher and Flash Controls are not localized. Firefox 1.5 plugins which store the state of the session/tabs might not function as expected during Dimdim Web Meeting Publisher upgrade. Certain times the publisher bar close button needs to be clicked twice for the publisher bar to close. Resolution on the shared screen isn't great but lag time was very low
Yugma? http://www.yugma.com/
- free for up to 10 attendees
Vyew? http://vyew.com/
- free for up to 20 attendees
Zoho Meeting? still in private beta http://meeting.zoho.com/
Blogger Wordpress Moveable Type Live Journal etc.
PMWiki MediaWiki TikiWiki
Live Chat Tools
Chat rooms allow a group of people to communicate via text-based chat in a real-time conference. There are many free and inexpensive options that provide this functionality. This section provides details about four of these tools: Campfire, Zoho Chat, Meebo, and AIM. This section does not address the possible integration of a chat extension or module within a content management system (e.g., Drupal, Joomla). Both Moodle and Sakai, course management systems, include chat room functionality as well. Integrating asychronous chat within a course website should certainly be considered.
Of the four, stand-alone chat tools evaluated here, we recommend Zoho Chat since it includes the most features and is completely free. It is web-based, so participants will not need to download and install any software. In addition, it does not require an instant messaging (IM) account which is seen as an advantage since IM software and services are sometimes blocked.
Campfire is a web-based group chat service that can be accessed from any computer with a web browser. This chat service is fee-based, but it does have a free version. With a Campfire account, you can create multiple chat rooms and have up to 60 simultaneous chatters (depending on the account plan). Transcripts are ordered chronologically and searchable. Campfire also allows file sharing (file space depends on the account plan). Accounts can have an unlimited number of members who are invited via email. Members have access to transcripts and files and can be restricted to specific chat rooms if desired. Guest access can be turned on or off in individual chat rooms. Guests are invited to specific chats via email. They cannot see transcripts, nor can they see the previous conversations that took place in a chat room.
- Cost: Price ranges from free (up to 4 simultaneous chatters) to $49/month (up to 60 simultaneous chatters); No set up or termination fees
- Download: No, web-based
- Transcripts: Yes, searchable
- File Sharing: Yes, searchable; Accounts have from 10MB to 2GB file space depending on the account plan
- Number of Chatters: Up to 60; You can add an unlimited number of members to an account, but the number of simultaneous chatters is determined by the account plan
- Registration: Members and guests are invited via email; Guests are only permitted in the chat room to which they were invited and do not have access to transcripts
- Screenshot: Campfire chat room
Zoho Chat
Zoho Chat is a free, web-based chat service that can be accessed from any computer with a web browser. You can create groups of registered Zoho users and then initiate chats with those groups. Once a chat has begun, guests can be invited to participate via a unique URL if desired. Guest access can be turned on or off. Transcripts are automatically saved in chronological order and are searchable, but they can be deleted if desired. Guests do not have access to transcripts. Previous chats can be restarted by opening up the saved transcript and continuing the conversation. Zoho Chat also allows file sharing.
- Cost: Free
- Download: No, web-based
- Transcripts: Yes, searchable
- File Sharing: Yes
- Number of Chatters: ?
- Registration: Optional, registered Zoho users or guests via unique URL
- Screenshot: Zoho Chat
Meebo is a free, web-based instant messaging (IM) service that lets you log in to all of your IM networks from any computer with a web browser. It has a group chat feature that lets anyone with an IM account create a new group chat or join an existing chat room. To use this service for group chats, everyone who needs to participate in the group chat must have an IM account with the same provider (e.g., AIM, Yahoo, etc.). The Meebo group chat does not have file sharing capability, nor can transcripts be saved.
- Cost: Free
- Download: No, web-based
- Transcripts: No
- File Sharing: No
- Number of Chatters: ?
- Registration: All participants must have accounts with the same IM client
- Screenshot: Meebo group chat
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)
AIM is instant messaging software that you can download and install for free. This software has a chat room feature that lets you create private chat rooms for specific groups of people. All of the participants must have an AIM account. In addition, you can automatically save chat transcripts and share files.
- Cost: Free
- Download: Yes
- Transcripts: Yes
- File Sharing: Yes
- Number of Chatters: ?
- Registration: All users must have an AIM account
- Screenshot: AIM chat room


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One of the most crucial aspects of any safari experience is the quality of your guide and rangers. Long after you've forgotten the meals you ate and the comfy beds you slept in, you'll still be talking about the safari, the animals, your ranger and the guide.
So what's the difference between a Ranger and a Private Guide?
Wherever you go on safari you will be allocated a Ranger who works for the particular lodge you are staying in. In the more upmarket lodges you will be allocated the same Ranger for the duration of the stay so that he can get to know you thereby ensuring that information is not repeated and that your game viewing is optimised according to your interests and previous sightings.
On an extended trip which incorporates more than one lodge or destination however, this seamless continuity can be lost as you spend time getting to know a new Ranger and repeating information. This is where a Private Guide can really add value to your experience.
A Private Guide, or host guide as they're sometimes known, is a guide that will accompany you, whether you're a couple, family or group, for the duration of your holiday or safari experience. They facilitate your journey and add a continuous professional dimension to your trip.
This would include everything from meeting you at the airport and booking you into your hotel, to sitting with you around the campfire and pointing out the stars.
So what are the advantages of a private guide for you?
• If you are visiting from overseas and are nervous about exploring new destinations, a Private Guide gives you complete reassurance. They'll be with you every step of the way - an experienced host to guide you through your safari experience.
• A Private Guide facilitates the safari experience and adds a feeling of continuity so that you avoid any unnecessary repetition between lodges, thereby optimising your game viewing and wilderness experience by working in conjunction with the lodge and Rangers.
• Private Guides have diverse, specialist skills including photography, birding, astronomy, tracking and guided walking which they will share with you.
• You will always have a central person you can trust and go to with any problems or special needs.
• Our Private Guides are superb with children - they will amuse and educate your kids from start to finish and will help ease the stress of keeping the children occupied on holiday.
• Your Private Guide works in conjunction with the lodges to provide better service delivery.
• You won't have to wait until the game drive to ask your questions and your questions need not be restricted to nature. Our Private Guides have in-depth knowledge of all the African destinations, cultures and histories. They ensure you'll gain an in-depth, spiritual understanding of the African wilderness.
• You'll always have a connection to Rhino Africa to ensure your satisfaction and to monitor the quality of your experience. Even in areas where there is no telephonic contact, you'll have a Rhino Africa go-to guy.
• You'll also have someone on hand to record your trip and take photos – they'll compile a DVD for you at the end of your trip.
• They'll even do a Blog for you on the Rhino Africa Blog.
Our Private Guides
You can read more about our Private Guides in the Meet the Team section.
Jon Morgan and James Kydd - Private Guides Extraordinaires!
• 17 years of guiding experience.
• Jon has fantastic knowledge of the multiple ecosystems of South and East Africa, as well as good product knowledge of many of the lodges. Jon was Head Ranger at Londolozi and was known as the guide that told the most entertaining stories and could delight the most sombre of guests.
• James is a photographic specialist guide and avid naturalist, and will appeal to both those hoping to learn and those more experienced with their cameras. James had over 40 sets of repeat request guests while at Londolozi.
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Have You Caught a Church Disease?
In the 1990s, Peter Wagner published The Healthy Church, a book describing several diseases that churches sometimes exhibit. Some of his descriptions are quite helpful (e.g., koinonitis = excessive, inward fellowship), and the list itself challenges readers to come up with their own descriptions.
Here are ten diseases I see as I consult with unhealthy churches around the country:
Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/10-church-diseases-104802/


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Chatsworth House The Duchess presides over the Chatsworth International Horse Trials, 75 fences over a 300-acre course, which in 2011 is an official qualifier for the London Olympics. Then the third annual Chatsworth flower festival, "Florabundance," is complicated by unseasonably warm spring weather and attacks on the plants by the estate's pheasants, rabbits and mice. Both these events provide income to help support the upkeep of the house. Part 2 of 3G
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Billy The Kid: American Experience This is a story of a child born to impoverished Irish immigrants, who leads a hardscrabble, itinerant life, coming of age in a lawless corner of New Mexico. An Irish immigrant ring controls all money-making endeavors, with the Mexican population frequently cheated out of property. Henry McCarty, known as Billy the Kid, is ensnared in a centuries-old Irish-English conflict on the plains of the Southwest.G
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After Newtown: Guns In America AFTER NEWTOWN: GUNS IN AMERICA is an unprecedented exploration of America's enduring relationship with firearms. From the first European settlements in the New World to frontier justice; from 19th-century immigrant riots to gangland violence in the Roaring Twenties; from the Civil War to civil rights, guns have been at center of our national narrative. Americans have relied on guns to sustain communities, challenge authority and keep the peace. D
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Frontline "Raising Adam Lanza" FRONTLINE marks the one-year anniversary of the mass killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School with a reprise of its investigation of the young man behind the rampage and the town he changed forever. Adam Lanza left behind a trail of death and destruction, but little else. He left no known friends, no diary. D
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Thu 27th Dec 2007 22:41 UTC, submitted by Patrik Buckau
"The Debian project is pleased to announce the second update of its stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 4.0. This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release, along with a few adjustment to serious problems. Please note that this update does not constitute a new version of Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 but only updates some of the packages included. There is no need to throw away 4.0 CDs or DVDs but only to update against ftp.debian.org after an installation, in order to incorporate those late changes. Those who frequently install updates from security.debian.org won't have to update many packages and most updates from security.debian.org are included in this update."


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Stacy Lee Got Wild at the Sweethearts Comedy Soiree! What Did You Do? [SURVEY]
All three comedians were hilarious but my favorite was Tommy Savitt. The chocolates were delicious, the roses were beautiful. The cream cheese + meat asparagus wraps were delicious. And afterward my group headed back to my house for some Dom Perignon. I'm still a little dizzy but it was worth it! The photo was of me and my hubby at the soiree. What did you do?


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