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Cesc Fabregas has yet to really get started at the Nou Camp due to being in and out of the Barcelona team.
Since the Spaniard's return to his homeland, he has failed to produce displays that can be reflected in the same ilk he was demonstrating in the Premier League.
Despite already achieving more illustrious trophies at Barcelona, he is yet to replicate the form he was showing during his time with Arsenal that placed him among the elite of world football.
So as the Premier League's top four clubs hover, hoping to persuade the playmaker to return to where he has shown his best form thus far, will Cesc return?
Admirably, it believed that he is desperate to stay and fight for his future but it may well be a smarter move to return to these shores.
Manchester United have made their intention to bring the 26-year-old back to these shores known, but similarly a return to the Emirates may also be on the cards with the north London club said to have first refusal should Fabregas decide to leave.
At Arsenal, Fabregas was very much a big fish in a small club and Cesc himself has admitted to bearing the brunt - but since the midfield dynamos long-awaited move to his hometown of Barcelona in 2011, he has found that playing time and competition is a much bigger stumbling block which has led to a decline in his performances.
Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta and Sergio Busquets occupy Fabregas' positions, so the World Cup winner is often deployed in more unfamiliar roles.
Cesc has made a mere 53 appearances for the club since joining and this steady decline should not be overlooked.
We are beginning to forget what a fabulous player Fabregas actually is.
A snippet of what was to come from the young Catalan was exhibited with the genius reverse pass to Freddie Ljunberg in the Gunners' highly competitive and intense North London derby in 2005 - which they did end up triumphing in a thrilling 5-4 encounter.
But this was Fabregas' first derby and to have the audacity and composure to pull off such a pass at such a tender age was truly a sign of things to come.
From then, Fabregas only blossomed further leading Arsene Wenger to give Cesc the captaincy.
So with uncertainty surrounding his future and a lack of playing time, should the midfield maestro return to English football?
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Professor Stahl and his students aren't the only people who work on designing catalysts. In fact, many researchers work on similar projects. For this reason, many researchers collaborate with other researchers. These researchers could be at the same university, at a different university, or they could work for a government agency or a business.
Additionally, some research projects involve work in many different research areas. In this instance it is necessary that researchers work together to solve a problem. In order to further their understanding of the research area, and to get a new perspective on their project, researchers often work with other people!

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|Sec. 311. Parliamentary rules for call of the House.
|On the call of the House, each person rises up as he is called, and answereth; the absentees are then only noted, but no excuse to be made till the House be fully called over. Then the absentees are called a second time, and if still absent, excuses are to be heard. Ord. House of Commons, 92.


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This procedure contributes to a weight loss rate of up to 45 percent. For instance, someone who weighs 100 pounds can expect to lose 45 pounds. Compared to other bariatric surgeries, gastric banding is considered to be the least invasive and safest weight loss procedure. Unlike gastric bypass surgery, banding does not interfere with food absorption. When necessary, this procedure can be reversed, and the stomach can get to its original size.
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Gastric banding has been reported to have the lowest rate of complications. It also has very low risks of malnutrition and gallstones. After the operation, the patient is expected to stay in the hospital for less than 24 hours, and there are high chances of getting back to normal activity within a week. When completed successfully, the procedure can prevent ailments such as sleep apnea, type 2 diabetes, stroke, hypertension, gout, osteoarthritis, cardiovascular diseases, insulin resistance, gallbladder disease and dyslipidaemia.
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As with all other major surgeries, gastric bands also come with their share of risks. The most common problem after the surgery is nausea and vomiting, which can be reduced by adjusting the tightness of the band. While complications will not be experienced after the surgery, it is important that you understand the potential risks linked to it. First, the device takes a longer period to give weight loss results, unlike most other surgical procedures. It also requires one to hold a foreign object within the body, and this can lead to discomfort for some patients. To guarantee successful results, patients are required to adhere to a certain diet, failure to which mechanical problems with the tube could be suffered. A small percentage of patients also experience band slippage or erosion in the stomach.
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What to Expect From Apple's Earnings
Apple may report its first quarterly earnings decline in nearly 10 years Wednesday afternoon, though investors' attention is already fixated on the company's outlook amid worries of a rapid slowdown in iPhone 5 demand. Dan Gallagher reports on Markets Hub. Photo: Apple.
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... I ... he conceded ... all stock up a little bit today but over five dollars ... The was on that very recently today ... Apple will report earnings and will they do something ... they have not done in a decade ... which is to report no ... profit growth ... none none none that does not spectacular profit growth ... no profit growth could it happen ... Dan Gallagher not a very early today for him to San Francisco has a preview of Apple earnings ... I didn't ... Apple shares down thirty percent ... stocks known profit no profit growth to come to again lead on the day over ... the awful story over Dan Gallagher ... oh not will not by any stretch but you know it was such a momentum company for so long and we saw that the stock which ran up to ... above seven hundred are right it's the I phone five launch that ... um you know as as concerns or to creep in about how long I phone ... the I phone demand with lasted all these new products ... when the watch two products intends to compress the margins down ... there's been this combination of more easing to push down the stock why why a lot over the last three months as you mentioned ... aam and the going into this report there are he warned that they haven't are they probably haven't earnings drop because of all these new product launches ... and elders worries about you know as demand for the I phone five kind of peaked already UVA notes are even out for few months ... the the the momentum ... and the feel of the stock over the last decade new to the earnings over the last decade ... and his company makes ... an ... almost unbelievable amount of money and they're still going to clear ... what's up with thirteen billion dollars this quarter ... he really into the stock there ... and see what they've done a profit the health front ... what happens with this company now or they just devalued come you buying of the dividend ... I mean have they stopped and a loss that sort of three for five year levy that they've always had over the rest of the Valley ... I did take some time to see if that's actually what's happened there ... ah but I do think that we've seen probably over the last few months a shift in investors' I've read a few a ... bomb reports no breakdowns about this how there's more value funds coming into the stock ... aam am less growth investors coming in so that there are some of the bears investors out there ... that are thinking along those same lines ... um I don't know if we see that yet in the company's results you know the theyve done very well so far is you mention ... are still going to generate tons of cash big big earnings number ... on there been that they're going to sell probably close to fifty million I Phones forty fifty million is the low is lower estimates so ... it's you know it's odd to be a bad quarter will likely said its company that's accustomed to ... to be mean and ... I'm having this manna for so long that the slowing of that momentum is seen as sort of iron and some ... the this brought to you and I know to our earnings period they say Earnings of the Exeter voices on the act ... then they come in with something much higher ... people go nuts ... on the stock could hit seven hundred dollars a couple months ago now was down a five hundred dollars that is the big the big slide what are people looking for teh specifically ... to let them know whether or not that slugs the momentum paying one-third bitter promise here ... well it's it's it's can be tricky because ... I'm as as several people told me it's less about what the report for the December quarter which is what the reporting today ... it's gonna be more about what their outlook suggests four ... by especially for I phone demand we've all read these reports that they're cutting the pre production orders for the I phone ... that would be shown in the December quarter that both those with implied crop possibly ... a less demand in the March period they don't give unit forecasts for their to their products ... so there's gonna be a lot of reading between the lines of what the revenue greens outlook for the March quarter ... suggests about the I phone in effect comes in a lot more than people expect them to you ... are out already has a habit of each per forecasting very low ... then I think your Tennessee more worries about that if the forecasts is lol stronger than people think ... I you might start seeing the stock buy back up there are a day calendar in San Francisco ... appreciated he'll be on that will obviously be covering them one ...


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2010 Canadian RV Retail Sales Soared 25.1%
February 23, 2011 by Bob Ashley · Comments Off on 2010 Canadian RV Retail Sales Soared 25.1%
Canada's RV industry — with retail sales of 41,745 units, up 25.1% in 2010 vs. 2009 — appears to be rapidly emerging from the economic decline. By segment, motorhome sales were up 58.6% while towables climbed 23.2%.
Canadian wholesale shipments for the first three quarters of the year increased by 66.2% to 51,650 units, according to the Canadian government agency Statistics Canada.
"We aren't where we were in '07 and '08, but we definitely are on the right track," said Eleonore Hamm, president of the Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association of Canada (RVDA Canada). "The Canadian economy is getting better all around."
Retail sales in the U.S. in 2010, meanwhile, were up 7.8%, a smaller percentage than in Canada but that increase represented a much larger volume — 156,537 total units.
Behind Canada's good fortune: To put it simply, the global recession has taken less of a bit of America's northern neighbor.
"The Canadian market is growing at a much more rapid pace than the U.S. market," said Tom Walworth, president of Statistical Surveys, Inc., the Grand Rapids, Mich., company that monitors North American retail sales. "And on the motorized side, the Canadian market is much smaller internally. The trailer market is four times larger than the motorized market but motorized sales are growing faster. Things are going pretty well up there."
Hamm noted that the recession didn't hit Canada until fully six months after its effect was being been in the U.S. "Our dealers had time to see what was happening in the U.S. and adjust what they were doing," she said.
Canadian retail RV sales also have benefited from the Canadian and U.S. dollars being closer to par than they were earlier in the decade, which makes units sold in Canada less expensive for the consumer.
"RV prices have come down just because of the dollar," Hamm said. "Most of the RVs sold in Canada are imported from the U.S., and the product you would have bought a year or two ago is actually cheaper right now."
Hamm said lower pricing due to the dollars' parity has a double edge. "It helps dealers bringing in product," she said. "But people still shop the Internet for cheaper products in the U.S."
That, she maintained, can be a fool's choice.
"Often, they don't factor in freight costs and taxes at the border. Is it cheaper? The initial price might be, but when they factor in everything else, ultimately the answer is 'no."'
Cross-border competition from Internet-savvy RV dealers also has driven down prices for the Canadian buyer.
"Our guys know they are competing with the Internet, so their pricing and margins have been a lot smaller than they have been in the past," said Dan Merkowsky, executive vice president of the RV Dealers Association of Alberta (RVDA Alberta).
The trend toward smaller towables seen in the U.S. also is obvious in Canada. "Dealers sold a lot more pull trailers vs. fifth-wheels," Merkowsky said.
In fact, more than three times the travel trailers were sold in Canada than fifth-wheels — through November, 26,201 versus 8,322, respectively.
Larry Boyd, executive vice president of the Canadian Recreation Vehicle Association (CRVA) who produces six RV shows in Canada, said there is an influx of younger buyers as the economy recovers.
"We saw way more younger families at our shows," Boyd said. "There's no statistical data. It's just that I see what I see. Young families are really starting to get into the lifestyle."
"It's not a surprise," said Angele Lapointe, a spokesman for Go RVing Canada. "People are trying to find ways to keep on traveling, but on a budget. RVing is a great way for families to spend time together without having to spend money on hotels and restaurants and the like. With RVs, families have more control over their travel."


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Goal.com revealed last week that Liverpool are leading the race to capture the 19-year-old England international, while Everton manager David Moyes recently admitted that his club have made enquiries in the past.
Southampton are believed to have had a bid of around £6 million rejected in the summer transfer window and Clark insists that Premier League sides will need to improve their offers to tempt the Blues into a sale.
|Liverpool are 7/1 to beat Fulham 2-0 with bet365
"We would be looking for an even more substantial figure than we were offered in the summer - even though I certainly don't want it to come to that."
Birmingham have struggled so far this season and currently lie in 19th place in the Championship as the season approaches its halfway point.
Clark hopes to be allowed to construct a brighter future around the likes of Butland, but admitted that the club's executives would have the final say on bids received in January.
"Ultimately, it's down to the board," he added. "He's the future and the type of player I'd rather build my team around."


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THE BEST GAME POSSIBLE park
From the first Sugar Bowl in 1935 through the 76th Allstate Sugar Bowl this past January, the goal of the event has remained the same – to create the best game possible. In the three-quarters of a century history of the Sugar Bowl, there have literally been dozens of memorable games, played by a cavalcade of outstanding athletes and coached by some of the giants of the game.
Marty Mulé, who covered the game and the organization for decades for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, has chronicled its highlights and low points in the book "Sugar Bowl Classic: A History." He gives his take on the top Sugar Bowls of all-time – a tough challenge any way you look at it. In deciding how to pick the high points of an annual football extravaganza that has stretched from the Great Depression to the rebuilding of post-Katrina New Orleans, Mulé decided it's not enough to have been just another great game. The ones listed here have some significance attached.
Click here for the top 10 Sugar Bowls of all-time as chosen by Marty Mulé.
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(PHILADELPHIA – April 12, 2012) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a settlement with ST Products resolving alleged Clean Water Act violations at the company's metal tube fabrication facility in Duncansville, Blair County, Pa.
ST Products agreed to pay a $75,000 penalty for allegedly exceeding permit limits when discharging industrial wastewater pollutants to the wastewater treatment plant operated by the Borough of Hollidaysburg (BOH) in Frankston Township, Blair County, Pa. The BOH wastewater treatment plant discharges treated wastewater to the Juniata River which flows into the Susquehanna and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay.
EPA's complaint alleged that ST Products exceeded its pretreatment permit discharge limits for the pollutants oil and grease, zinc, lead, and copper over a 34-month period. As part of the settlement, ST Products did not admit liability for the alleged violations, but has certified that it is now in compliance with applicable Clean Water Act requirements.
The Clean Water Act requires companies discharging pollutants to Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTWs) to obtain a permit from the POTW limiting the amount of pollution that may be discharged to the plant. This usually requires some type of pretreatment by the discharging facility.
Under a pretreatment permit, limits for pollutants are established in order to prevent impairment of waterways, either as a result of pollutants passing through the POTW, or interference with the functioning of the treatment plant.
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The lost have been found and a cemetery neglected for many years is now being restored through the thoughtful guidance of Scott B. Wesson. This cemetery, located off N.C. 226 near Polkville, will be of particular interest to families of Mode, McEntire, Powell, Hoard, Williamson and others of Cleveland County.
The lost have been found and a cemetery neglected for many years is now being restored through the thoughtful guidance of Scott B. Wesson. This cemetery, located off N.C. 226 near Polkville, will be of particular interest to families of Mode, McEntire, Powell, Hoard, Williamson and others of Cleveland County.
Dedication of the Mode-McEntire Cemetery and the placement of a Veterans Memorial for William McEntire by Boy Scout Troop 114 will be held on May 4. The day has been designated "Family Day" and all members and interested parties of these families are invited to attend. The Veterans Memorial will be placed at 2 p.m. Before the dedication, lunch will be shared about 12:30 p.m. and attendees are asked to bring a finger-food lunch item to share � sandwiches, snacks, sweets. Paper products and beverages will be provided but bring your own chair.
Wesson is an inspector for an engineering and land planning firm. His second cousin, Kay McEntire Powell, along with her husband, David Powell, and Wesson and his sister, Lynn Wesson, met on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, to locate the cemetery. The Powells would not have known about the cemetery had it not been for a local farmer telling David about the Powell grave there.
The Powells had visited the cemetery about four years earlier, and it was beautiful at that time. During the next few years, logging activities changed the appearance with felled trees; combined with the overgrowth of brambles and vines, the cemetery soon became completely neglected.
Wesson stated, "I can only say that I was moved beyond words - standing there with all my people finally. I could not walk away that day before committing to myself that my ancestors deserved the respect of my efforts to restore their resting places."
While the cemetery has been known about by a few others for at least five years, Wesson is now dedicated to bringing it to life.
In a short time, Wesson contacted Robert Davis and Daniel Grigg, Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 114 of Polkville/Lawndale, for assistance in the cleanup of the cemetery. On Dec. 31, 2012, Wesson met with Davis to prepare the cemetery by flagging the graves they could find, giving a basic outline to the cemetery and providing locations of individual graves, so that while work is taking place these graves can be protected from any further disturbance.
Wesson and Davis grappled with the briars and wrestled through the undergrowth finding and marking 50 graves, and a few more small stones appearing to be broken off larger ones. They were both excited to have discovered this many. It looks as if there are nine or 10 rows in the cemetery and each row may contain about eight to 16 graves. They estimated there could easily be another 50 or more graves and were optimistic of finding many more gravestones under logs, limbs, vines and saplings.
On April 6, 2013, Wesson and his crew of five men struggled through those logs, limbs, vines and saplings. The work involved was tremendously strenuous and much more than the Scout Troop could be asked to do. Donations for restoration of the cemetery from family members received to date have paid for the initial work totaling $1,200. The finding of more stones now indicates 100 or more graves but no more stones with wording.
As of Jan. 12, the known burials in the now-named Mode-McEntire Cemetery are Elizabeth (A or N) Hoard, Selah Moode (Mode), Nancy Williamson (maiden name Crowder), Mary N. or A. Williamson, Archibald �Baldy� Williamson, William McEntire, Unknown Powell, and Civil War Veteran thought to be Benjamin N. Powell whose marker was stolen.
Other people who are, without doubt, buried in this cemetery are Ransom McEntire, Rebecca Mode McEntire, Mary Polly Mode (Bartee) McEntire, Samuel Mode and his brother Isaac Mode and their parents William and Nancy Mode, Esther R. McEntire, James Powell and wife Anna/Annie White Mode and Henry H. Powell.
Others who are likely buried at the cemetery are Nancy "Nannie" Mode Powell, William Mode and wife Sarah Parker Mode, William M. and Mary Mode, Milton L. and Rachel Nowlin Williamson.
Donations are needed to help complete the restoration which is estimated to be at least $2,350. Contact anyone below for information to mail donations.
R.S.V.P. for Family Day to Scott Wesson, 336-869-3417, Kernersville; Kay McEntire Powell, 704-538-3710, Lawndale; or Sharon Henderson Noyes, 706-745-1586, Blairsville, Ga.
Sharon Henderson Noyes is a descendant of William Mode and Sarah Parker.
History of land
Scott B. Wesson researched the land where the Cemetery is located and this is his accounting of its history.
In 1779 James Henderson entered 200 acres on the Jumping Branch of Brushy Creek in the northern area of Rutherford County (the area became Cleveland County in 1841). In 1794 Joseph Gregory purchased the property from Mr. Henderson. In November 1796, after owning the 200 acres only two years, Joseph sold it to William Mode and his wife, Nancy. This couple owned no other properties and clearly settled there where they raised their family who maintained the land for many years to come. Known children of this couple, and per William�s will, were Isaac (1785-1815), Samuel (1794-1874) and Mary (ca1799-1830�s). It is likely that William and Nancy lived on the farm prior to purchasing it. Per early census records, the couple undoubtedly had at least four more children, two sons and two daughters; but are not accounted for in William Mode�s will.
William Mode died in 1810 and in his will he left 120 of the 200 acres to his wife, Nancy, for use during her lifetime. After her death in the 1810s, the 120 acres went to their son, Samuel. It is nearly in the center of these 120 acres that the cemetery is located. The eastern 80 acres went to son, Isaac, where he was already living with his wife, Anna White.
By 1820 it is well established that William and Nancy Mode were both deceased and their son, Samuel, owned, maintained and farmed the 120 acres on which the graveyard lies. Samuel Mode died in October of 1874 and prior to his death he sold the 120 acres to William McEntire in the 1860s. In 1877 William died leaving the property in the hands of his wife, Mary Mode McEntire, and at her death in 1884, after having sold a few acres along the way to pay debts, the three children of William and Mary received 30 acres each. The youngest of these children was Martha Madora McEntire who inherited the home place, it being on the upper third of the property along what is today N.C. 226. In 1897 all three children sold their properties to Thomas McEntire, an older cousin and child of Ransom McEntire. Thomas owned the property and home for many years and at his death leaving it in the family until the Elliott family purchased it in the latter 1900s. This accounts for the dirt farm road leading down by the cemetery being called Elliott Farm Road today.
More recently the land was sold to developers, but little has changed except for a few small houses being built up along N.C. 226 and, of course, the cemetery property being part of 5 acres sold to Susan Cody. The old home place was removed only a few years ago. Generally speaking, the history of ownership of the land where the cemetery is located belonged to the Modes for about 75 years and then the McEntires for other 90 or so years. It also appears that burials were performed there beginning possibly as early as the 1790s to the mid-1880s.


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Been looking at purchasing a new MTB, specialized have a 29er hardrock and a rockhopper models. Any comments on these bikes ,i am not a serious rider more for fitness and fun , would do 30% tracks 70% road never owned a speclized before.
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Go with Giant, the 2013 range has had a huge amount of revisions made to them and rate awesomely on sites such as bikeradar. They are the #1 brand in the world for a reason. Unlike specialized, they make all of their own frames; apart from the carbon models, specialized gets merida to build all their welded tubed frames.
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Thanks for the insight , will look in to Gaint. Are the 29ers that much better than 26?
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AM wrote:Thanks for the insight , will look in to Gaint. Are the 29ers that much better than 26?
No. And I own two 29ers.
Honestly...there's naff all difference in the qualities of frames from any of the major manufacturers. Big difference is how they fit you. Go for that first rather that blather on about which factory it might've come from.
After that, they all run relatively similar groupset specifications in the various price brackets but there's big variation between the content of those groups...essentially look for the better specced bikes for the best price. These days, Giant don't always have the edge that they used to in this regard.
The universal weakness for virtually all MTB in the budget you are looking at is wheels - they are all ordinary quality, sometimes very ordinary. The less said about the Formula/Maddux wheels that Dorel sees fit to install on their Cannondale Trail 29ers the better....
Ours is not to reason why...merely to point and giggle
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Sounds like a test ride of a few brands is coming up,thanks
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG-TV9) -- The time is nigh upon us for one of the biggest celestial events in recent memory. Weather permitting, Monday, people will be able to see something that won't be in our neck of the woods again until 2024.
The Theisen's in northeast Cedar Rapids was sold out of any tinted welding lenses, which typically go for a couple dollars.
In preparation, huge numbers of people have hit the road trying to get as close to the "zone of totality" as possible.
Nick Maybanks, from the Cedar Rapids area, traveled nearly six hours to Cape Girardeau, Missouri with his family to see the eclipse. It's something they've been excited about for more than a year.
In fact, Nick reserved a room in February and is glad he did.
Everything in Cape Girardeau is booked.
"A local, here, who put his house on Airbnb, he had I think 19 people staying in his lawn," said Nick.
Almost everywhere is sold out of solar eclipse glasses and people are now turning to alternatives, buying shaded lenses for welding helmets.
But, those too are becoming hard to find. The Theisen's in northeast Cedar Rapids was sold out of any tinted welding lenses, which typically go for a couple dollars. Full helmets were still available, but cost near $70.
Many are also on a last minute hunt for solar lenses for cameras. Everything Photography in Dubuque recently warned folks what can happen if you don't have the right equipment. They posted a video online of the sun roasting the internal electronics of a camera.
"It's probably just burning the sensor right now," said Sean MacDonald, owner of the shop, in the online video. "Let's take a look."
Unfortunately, all the prep may be all for not in eastern Iowa. Cedar Rapids is expecting a near 70% chance of rain Monday. The eclipse could end up eclipsed by clouds. At least people can still look stylish in those solar shades.


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The Samsung Galactic Empire
May 5, 2012 5:00 AM PT
This past week has been especially kind to Samsung. Big sales numbers were followed by the unveiling of the Galaxy S III, the company's latest flagship phone and one that could very well own the market this summer.
The S III runs Android Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest version of Google's operating system and one that up to this point hasn't taken residence on a very large number of phones. As opposed to Apple's monolithic update strategy, Android updates come along when phonemakers say they will. So far, not too many phones have signed up for a bump up to ICS.
Barring updates, the way a new OS version makes it out into the wild is by shipping as the out-of-the box OS on new phones. If the S III is as big a hit as it's expected to be, it could usher in a big surge for ICS.
Samsung's new phone also ushers in some new features, like Smart Stay. That uses eye tracking through the front camera to figure out what you're doing with the phone and act accordingly. If you're reading an e-book, for example, it'll adjust the brightness. Then there's the Siri-esque S Voice. Tell it what you want, it gets it for you -- maybe. Sassy replies may or may not be part of the package.
With S Beam, two device users can share data quickly without the help of a WiFi network. And AllShare Cast will put content from the phone onto a TV.
Availability is still a little foggy for now, at least for U.S. buyers. Dates, carriers and prices are still way up in the air. The initial sticker price could be north of $200 -- top-of-the-line phones aren't so shy about asking for $300 plus contract straight out of the gate at this point. Usually better prices can be found with a little online detective work, though.
As for timing, general expectations seem to point toward this summer. The sooner the better, of course, but the S III could be in for a long stay as an untouchable sales champ, depending on which course of action Apple decides to take with the next iPhone. Last year's 4S was released in the fall, months later than Apple's typical annual summer release schedule, which I think was tied up in some way with moon cycles and the Summer Solstice. If Apple decides to whip up iPhone 5 in time for it to go back to a summer release, it'll likely have to go head-to-head with Samsung's new superphone.
But that fall launch last year resulted in enormous holiday sales for Apple, so it may decide to take its time and settle into a regular October timeframe for a few more years. And if that happens, Samsung looks set to rack up some very big S III numbers.
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RIM's Last Stand
It's been an anxious few days for BlackBerry devotees at Research In Motion's annual BlackBerry World conference. RIM is a company hanging by its fingernails. Its CEO, Thorsten Heins, was given the job just last January, when the company was already chin-deep in the muck, and now it's his job to think up a way to swim out of it. According to statements he made last March, nothing's off the table, not even the sale of the whole company.
That's just a worst-case scenario, though. Plan A, of course, is to release a better product, something that can stand toe-to-toe with the best handsets coming from Apple and top Android phonemakers. RIM's putting everything it has behind its next-generation platform, BlackBerry 10, and the flagship phone that will presumably debut along with it.
And the BlackBerry 10 OS did show its face, with RIM officials demoing a fully touch-based interface with virtual keyboard on what appeared to be a plain, prototype piece of hardware. Integrated communication threads and gesture-based controls drew a few comparisons to the RIM PlayBook's existing interface. The camera has a handy way of automatically capturing images before you hit the shutter button, just in case you miss what would have been the best shot. And the touch-based keyboard features a few new tricks in the way of functions like autocomplete.
Lots of BlackBerry fans swear by them, in large part due to the quality of their physical keyboards, so the idea that RIM would jump only to on-screen virtual keyboards no doubt caused some disquiet. Never fear, button mashers -- Heins promised the company isn't giving up physical QWERTY keys.
But BB10 is still a work in progress, and there was no real BlackBerry 10 handset to be seen. Developers were sent home with prototypes for tinkering on, as well as a promise that they'll earn at least 10 grand per app in the first year of availability. Make sure to read the fine print on that.
The situation RIM's facing has a deja vu aftertaste that brings to mind the time Palm debuted its webOS operating system in early 2009 -- Zach Epstein at Boy Genius Report digs deep into that one. Palm was also a has-been leader in the smartphone circuit that needed a complete overhaul of its mobile platform to compete with the new superstars. What it came up with was fresh, innovative, impressively demoed, and not nearly enough to keep the company afloat. Palm ended up selling to HP, which eventually dumped webOS at a nice open source farm where it could run free.
Circumstances are a little different in RIM's case. RIM's more entrenched than Palm was, and faith in BlackBerry still runs deep in many corners of the corporate world. But iOS and Android are also way more entrenched than they were in 2009. Meanwhile, Microsoft's making an aggressive play with Nokia, and that pair already has Windows Phone products on the market.
Finally, investors appear decidedly unimpressed with RIM's showing. During the course of BlackBerry World, shares steadily sank about 15 percent.
Samsung Strength
Was anyone all that surprised the day Androids began outselling iPhones? Did it come as any kind of shock? Here's this freely distributed platform, well-supported, well-funded, lots of apps, with the Internet's most dominant corporation at its back and some of the biggest names in handsets at its front. It was just matter of time before that platform became bigger than an OS backed by a single company and found on one line of handsets.
That's just the result of two different styles: One's meant to go forth, be fruitful and multiply; the other's meant to stay under one company's guard and control.
Even as iPhones were being out-populated by Androids, the fact remained that Apple -- the company -- was the dominant smartphone seller. The Android pie gets split between HTC, Motorola, and everyone else making those kinds of phones. But Apple gets all of the iPhone pie.
That dominance is teetering on the brink, though, and it seems Apple may have actually been taken down a peg by its most hated nemesis: Samsung. They're fighting in sales, they're fighting in court, they're even fighting in their ads. Even though Samsung wasn't the culprit behind that dumb "Wake Up" flash mob in Australia, it was the initial prime suspect, if only because it fit the narrative of the struggle between these two.
And now it seems Samsung is on top for the moment -- depending on whose numbers you believe. IDC and Strategy Analytics have Samsung winning by a nose; IHS iSupply sees Apple still on top. It's all kind of hazy because Samsung's numbers don't differentiate between smartphones and feature phones.
Whatever the actual numbers are, it's clear both are selling a ridiculous amount. During the first three months of the year, more than 106 million people in the U.S. owned a smartphone. The market grew 42.5 percent year over year.
We'll learn a little more about how unit sales are trending for both companies in the coming quarters, along with the expected dips and spikes that come along before and after a major new handset release. But for now, while unit sales are still fuzzy, the money factor is very clear. Last quarter, Samsung took in $17 billion on all phones -- smart and feature -- while Apple's revenue was $29.3 billion on iPhone sales.
New Chapter
Microsoft is inching ever closer to the day when Windows will be a fully tablet-optimized OS. Yeah, you can get a Windows 7 tablet now, but that OS was not born and bred specifically for a slate-style device. It's sort of shoehorned in.
Windows 8 is different -- it's designed from the ground up for either tablets or traditional desktops and laptops, and it'll give Microsoft a unique foothold in the market: tablets that perhaps make people think "slimmed-down PC" rather than "enlarged smartphone."
But before that happens, it needs to get its platform together, and one recent step toward doing that involved burying the hatchet with a company that was until just days ago a sworn enemy: Barnes & Noble. Microsoft had targeted the bookseller's Nook e-reader in one of its Android-related patent stings. It's going after numerous companies that make Android devices, claiming they're selling products that use software that violates Microsoft patents. Usually a licensing deal is offered before anything goes to court, but Barnes & Noble proved to be a fighter.
In fact, it kept up the fight until Microsoft began offering it money rather than the other way around. The two companies have cut a deal, and it's not just a settlement over the Android scuffle. Microsoft has given Barnes & Noble $300 million in return for a 17.6 percent share of the Nook platform. The two are now partners, and a Nook app will be created for Windows 8. Nook will have a distribution channel planted right in the middle of Microsoft's upcoming OS, offering books, magazines, newspapers and other materials. Educational content will also be a main focus.
For Microsoft, this gives Windows 8 a signature e-book and e-reader platform. Apple has its iBookstore, Kindle Fire has Amazon's e-book library, now Windows 8 tablets will have a built-in reading room too. Maybe a dedicated e-reader platform wasn't as much of a must-have for the presumably bulkier and more PC-ish tablets that Windows devices are expected to be, but it can't hurt.
Meanwhile, Barnes & Noble gets out from under a lawsuit, takes in a nice load of cash, and gets to unload part of its Nook business -- a branch it had been thinking about spinning off earlier this year.
Burning the Kindle
Target is severing its ties with Amazon's Kindle e-reader and tablet line. Until recently, the retail mega-chain offered the Amazon-branded devices for sale in its stores, but there will be no more of that. Once its on-hand supply of Kindles is gone, it's washing its hands of the whole thing.
The news came rather abruptly, and Target declined to elaborate on exactly why it decided to ax Kindles. There was some suspicion that Apple was behind it. The iPhone-maker is experimenting with the idea of opening mini-stores inside Target locations, sort of like the mini-store kiosks it already has in Best Buy. With Best Buy on a decline, though, Apple's apparently looking for new ways to reach buyers who don't happen to live near a full-grown Apple Store, and Target is its latest love interest.
Apple trying to squeeze out Amazon by twisting Target's arm sounds like a hardball play, and it obviously isn't something it foisted on Best Buy -- those stores still sell Kindles left and right. But it's a different business, so maybe it's a different deal, and Apple is known for holding its partners' feet to the fire when it wants to.
But that's just one theory. Another idea: Target just decided it doesn't like the cut of Amazon's jib.
Amazon's relationship with physical retailers is growing more adversarial. For example, last December it told holiday shoppers to use its Price Check mobile app on products in stores to get a discount if they bought the product online instead.
The nature of Amazon's Kindle line is also changing. Back when the Kindle was just an e-reader, that was a different matter. Selling e-readers might undermine the sale of physical books, but who goes to Target for its wide variety of fine literature? E-readers don't undermine Target's business to any real degree; they're just another product to sell.
But that changed when the Kindle Fire came along. The Fire is designed to be an Amazon sales machine, and not just for e-books. The tablet makes it very easy to buy and download any sort of digital media that Amazon sells, and it's also handy for ordering physical products from Amazon's massive catalog. Fire owners get extra perks when they subscribe to Amazon Prime, and that service just so happens to include fast, free shipping for physical goods.
Wrap it all together, and it seems that every time Target sold someone a Kindle Fire, the store could expect to see that customer come around a lot less often.
Other brick-and-mortar retailers are still happy to sell Kindle Fire tablets, though, so it remains to be seen whether this was an aberration or the beginning of a mass retailer rejection of all things Amazonian.


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Sony Deletes Feature On PS3's; You Don't Own What You Thought You Bought
from the the-digital-age dept
So why is Sony retroactively taking away a feature that it sold to people? Apparently because some people might possibly use it in a way that Sony didn't intend. The EFF has the whole backstory:
The backstory is that Sony provided the Other OS feature in order to support IBM's Cell Project, which produced the PS3's CPU and made it practical to use PS3 consoles as compute nodes for a scientific supercomputer. The U.S. Army did just that, buying more than 2,000 PS3s to build a supercomputer. Lots of hobbyists also made use of the Other OS feature, using it to write their own games and creatively repurpose their PS3s.This is, frankly, obnoxious -- and I half wonder if there will be a lawsuit over this. People were sold one thing and then Sony retroactively decided to take away a feature that some found quite useful However, I imagine that in a world of interconnected devices, stories like this are going to become more common. Isn't it time that someone created a movement to highlight what products you actually own once you've bought them?
Recently, however, a hobbyist named Geohot announced that he was able to use the Other OS feature along with a bit of soldering in a manner that gave him more control over the PS3 hardware than Sony had intended. Sony responded with the "upgrade" that removes the Other OS feature.


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You might want to do a little research on the Critical Buddhism movement in Japan.darvki wrote:Indeed, but this is not grounds for indiscriminantly rejecting use of the phrase. I've been surprised how the mere mention of it, without any clear indication that it refers to literalist tathagatagarbha doctrine, can elicit very indignant and/or dismissive reactions.tiltbillings wrote:But very frequently it gets used that way.
The problem is with words. Dogen, I do believe, went in the direction he did as a corrective to the tendency to reify the concept of buddha-nature.Thank you for mentioning that. I was going to bring it up myself if no one else did. The impermanent and dependently arisen nature of things allows awakening to be possible.tiltbillings wrote:Dogen did it better: Buddha-nature=impermanence.
I know and thanks for saying that.By the way, none of these statements are aimed at you specifically, Tilt. They're for the general public.


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Infamous Katherine Heigl-Tom Sizemore Bomb Zyzzyx Road to Be Resurrected This Summer
After making just $30 in its initial limited release theatrical run in 2006, Leo Grillo's indie noir Zyzzyx Road -- which starred an on-the-cusp Katherine Heigl and an in-decline Tom Sizemore and also managed to misspell the California desert locale it was named for, unless that was intentional -- will be released digitally this summer by the intrepid folks at GoDigital. "We love the story behind this film and are thrilled to be part of what we believe will be a happy ending, I am confident it will make us more than $30," said GoDigital Director of Marketing Barry Daffurn of the distribution coup. Ba-dum ching!
Oh, humor. What's not funny: Actually watching any part of Zyzzyx Road. Here's the trailer, see for yourself!
Every time you curse Heigl for making yet another inane chick flick, just remember: She's already paid her penance in advance.
Zyzzyx Road will be available digitally via GoDigital this summer.
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darthyutsi2 wrote:someone told me to google old mirc exploits(as moo is an old mirc bot) and I did, but none of the dcc sends worked at all. Should I use mirc?Because I use icechat.
Theres a basic one and a more advance one. The advance one is harder to find.


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An investigative report from Elgin, Ill., raises some issues about former Elgin Police Chief Lisa Womack, but it does not say why Womack, now the chief in Lakeland, left her Elgin job in the middle of the investigation in April 2010.
LAKELAND | An investigative report from Elgin, Ill., raises some issues about former Elgin Police Chief Lisa Womack, but it does not say why Womack, now the chief in Lakeland, left her Elgin job in the middle of the investigation in April 2010.
The Ledger has obtained a copy of the lengthy report of an affair between an Elgin police deputy chief and a sergeant who served under Womack.
Then-Elgin Deputy Police Chief Bob Beeter began an affair with Sgt. Tamara Welter during a Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement conference in late July 2009, according to the report obtained by The Ledger.
Tamara Welter was married to a lieutenant on the Elgin force, Greg Welter, who hired a private detective to film his wife in Las Vegas with Beeter. Welter took the evidence to City Manager Sean Stegall instead of Womack in December 2009. Greg Welter said he didn't trust Womack to conduct a fair investigation.
Beeter was a trusted supervisor who often filled in for Womack when she was out of the office.
In March, Beeter was charged with multiple felonies, accused of hacking into Greg Welter's emails by using police surveillance equipment during the Welters' divorce.
The Ledger received a copy of the public record after requesting it from the State Attorney's Office in Bartow.
LPD Chief Womack said she hadn't been provided "an official copy of the report from the city of Elgin" and declined comment.
Longtime Elgin investigator Jim Barnes completed and wrote the investigation. Barnes said he could not answer questions about the report. "The report speaks for itself."
The report includes that:
Elgin police were "consumed with rumors" about the affair, and the conduct of Beeter and Sgt. Welter "weakened department morale."
Barnes conducted the internal investigation under Womack until her departure. Barnes questioned Womack about her handling of the affair after it became public and the investigation was started.
There was no evidence Womack was aware of the affair until Greg Welter brought proof to the city manager. Tamara Welter and Beeter were each suspended for 30 days for a variety of infractions, including disobeying the department's fraternization policy. Those violations could have been avoided if the couple had explained their relationship to their bosses. In Beeter's case, his immediate supervisor was Womack. One reason for self-reporting an affair is for supervisors to keep one of the officers from supervising the other.
Barnes asked Womack whether she warned Beeter and Sgt. Welter to stay away from each other during working hours except for essential business. Barnes repeatedly asked her to put that in writing, to detail under precisely what circumstances the two could interact at work. That was never done, Barnes wrote.
Barnes said it was also unclear whether Womack, who said she verbally warned Beeter and Tamara Welter to keep away from each other during work, ever did so. Sgt Welter and Beeter denied Womack ever gave them any such warning, with Beeter adamantly making his denial, the report said.
A lieutenant, Jeffrey Adam, wrote a memo to Barnes saying Womack told a number of people, including him, that the affair was "a private matter between the Beeters and the Welters." And, Barnes wrote, Adam was critical that the investigation was not conducted by an outside agency because it was initiated by the city attorney, whose job it is to protect Elgin from liability.
"I know of no outside entity that would have undertaken this investigation," Barnes said.
Attempts to reach Beeter were unsuccessful. A spokesman for Elgin police said Tamara Welter declined to speak with The Ledger.
[ Rick Rousos can be reached at email@example.com or 863-802-7509 ]


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text: Are they really stools? Places to sit? Are they tables? Plant stands? Accent pieces for homes, offices, lobbies? Yes. They've been called abstract chess pieces. Well, no. Made of solid walnut, these stools designed by Charles and Ray Eames can be used anywhere, alone or in Group, and are beautifully versatile.


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Jennifer Schnegg is never sure when they�ll come or what will happen to her when they do.
Now 41, she�s suffered from a type of seizure disorder known as drop seizures since she was 13. They cause her to lose consciousness and control of her muscles, and fall to the ground. She�s been in stores and public places when seizures struck. Once, she was in the middle of the street. Previous falls have broken her wrist, her nose and several of her teeth.
She also has a type of seizure that causes her to become temporarily disoriented. Sometimes she walks in a daze during those spells. She worries she could wander into the street.
Though advances in medication have helped control the seizures, they haven�t stopped them. She doesn�t think her seizures will ever be completely controlled. Her greatest hope for her safety and independence could be man�s best friend.
When people think of service dogs, they most often picture guide dogs for the blind. But there are many types of service dogs that assist with a variety of physical and medical conditions.
Some dogs are able to sense seizures as long as an hour before they occur. Science hasn�t yet determined how they do it � whether by smelling a hormonal change, sensing minute changes in muscle movements or some other method � but it�s clear that some can.
Now, organizations across the country are training seizure alert service dogs to detect and alert their human companions when a seizure is imminent.
Schnegg is busy raising money to get on the waiting list with the National Seizure Disorders Foundation to receive a service dog. The dog itself will cost about $7,000, with an $800 down payment.
�A seizure service dog will not only alert her so she can get to a safe place, but that dog will also brace against her and protect her when she falls,� said Tonya Heathco, NSDF director. �A seizure alert dog will give Jennifer the independence she needs so she can do things like go to a restaurant, go to the mall, go to the grocery store or go to church. She�ll have the confidence of knowing that animal will be there to protect her.�
Heathco began NSDF several years ago after years of battling her own seizures. In November 2012, she lost her daughter to a complication from epileptic seizures. They were in the fundraising process of obtaining a seizure alert dog for her daughter.
�The same hour she passed away, we got the last donation for her service dog. I pledged to myself and to her that no one else would have to go through this,� Heathco said. �It�s a matter of life and death for most people.�
NSDF works with two service dog training organizations, including U Good Dog out of Manhattan, Kan. Gina Brisby and her daughter Haylee Lubrano run that organization. They train only adult dogs rescued from shelters. Both Brisby and Lubrano suffer from seizures.
�We look for dogs that are more interested in me than with what else is going on around them,� Lubrano said. �It takes a special dog.�
They train the dogs to give signals like whining, pacing, and nudging their owners when seizures are imminent. They also teach them to protect their handlers by using their bodies as a pillow, bracing against their owners or dragging them to a safe place.
It takes at least eight months to train a dog. In 12 years, they�ve placed 19 service dogs and had a 100-percent success rate, Lubrano and Heathco said.
Schnegg hopes also that a service dog will help calm people around her when she seizes. It can be overwhelming to come out of a seizure with panicked people surrounding her. A service dog would signal to the public that she�s prepared for her seizures.
Heathco said seizure alert dogs can protect their handlers against well-meaning bystanders who try to help but inadvertently injure the person having the seizure.
Because of her seizures, Schnegg is unable to work. She�ll have to raise the money for her service dog through donations.
Though she has a degree in biology from Western Carolina University � she�d hoped to work in a lab � her condition makes her a liability to most employers, she says. She worked six years instructing special needs students but was laid off when the employer�s management changed.
Soon, Schnegg will have her own fundraising page on NSDF�s website, Heathco said.
For more information about NSDF, or to donate money to place seizure alert service dogs, go online at http://nationalseizuredisordersfoundation.org/p4s/. Donations can be made to the National Seizure Disorders Foundation, 228 College Street Burns, TN 37029, specified for Schnegg.
More information on U Good Dog and dog training is available at www.UGoodDog.org.


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Coyotes earn key 3-1 road win over Oilers, gain ground on playoff spotNHL.com @NHLdotcom
EDMONTON - David Moss and Boyd Gordon each had a goal and an assist as the Phoenix Coyotes stayed in the playoff picture with a 3-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday.
Antoine Vermette also scored for the Coyotes (18-16-6) who have gone 5-1-2 in their last eight games and now sit in sole possession of ninth place in the Western Conference, just one point back of the idle Detroit Red Wings.
Nail Yakupov responded for the Oilers (16-17-6) who are sliding out of contention, having lost four in a row and sitting four points below the playoff cut in 12th.
Phoenix got a gift goal to start the second period, scoring just 37 seconds in as Gordon sent what should have been a harmless shot on net from the corner that would have gone wide had it not hit Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk and deflected in.
Dubnyk was directly responsible for giving the Coyotes a 2-0 lead nine minutes into the second period as well.
The Oilers goalie went out to play a puck behind the net and got tangled up before sending the puck straight out in front to the stick of Vermette, who put home his ninth of the year into the empty cage.
It was Yakupov's turn for an egregious Oilers give-away with three minutes left in the second as he coughed up the puck at his own blue-line, giving David Moss a short-handed breakaway. Moss had Dubnyk beat with a nifty deke, but ended up hitting the post.
The shots favoured Phoenix 22-15 after 40 minutes.
Edmonton finally got onto the scoreboard eight minutes into the third period as a Ryan Smyth shot caromed off of the leg of Phoenix defender Michael Stone and Yakupov was able to redeem himself for his earlier gaffe by batting in his 10th of the year to make it 2-1.
Phoenix put the game away with a power-play goal from Moss with nine seconds left in regulation time.
There was no scoring in the relatively uneventful first period.
Phoenix won the battle of the shot clock with 10 on Oilers starter Devan Dubnyk, but Coyotes goalie Mike Smith likely had to make the toughest stop on the eight shots he faced, stoning Jordan Eberle on a second effort in tight with eight minutes to play in the first.
The Coyotes travel to Calgary to face the Flames and cap off a three-game trip on Friday. The Oilers host the Flames on Saturday.
NOTES: It was the third and final meeting between the two teams this season, with Edmonton capturing the first two. Yakupov's overtime goal gave Edmonton a 2-1 win in Phoenix in January, and they made it two in a row over Phoenix with a 3-2 shootout win on a goal by Sam Gagner in February??? Edmonton came into the game having still lost 10 of their previous 13 to the Coyotes... After a five-point night against Calgary on April third, Oilers forward Taylor Hall was held pointless for his team's next three games before returning home to face Phoenix??? Oilers forward Ales Hemsky returned to the lineup after missing his team's last game with a foot injury. Ryan Jones came out to make room??? Phoenix defenceman Zbynek Michalek returned to the lineup from an ankle injury. Forward Lauri Korpikoski remained day-to-day with an upper body injury.


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According to the O'Reilly Port 25 blog, there's been a new release of the FastCGI component for Microsoft's IIS web server - FastCGI 6.0 - and how it works with things other than IIS7 and Windows Server 2008.
f you read Sam Raimi's How open source has influenced Windows Server 2008 and Dominic Sartorio's Dominic Sartorio on SpikeSource and Open Source Interoperability blog entries on Microsoft's Port 25 site, you might wonder if FastCGI for PHP only works with Windows Server 2008 and IIS7. Fortunately, that is NOT the case. Head over to http://iis.net/php where you can find and download FastCGI for IIS 6.0 on Windows Server 2003.
He also points out a video tutorial from Microsoft that can help you get this latest version og FasctCGI up and running on your system.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 8th Feb 2008 22:46 UTC
"Which build of Vista SP1 became the release to manufacturing edition? This was definitely a topic of high speculation in the last few weeks, even before SP1 hit the RTM milestone. Many were adamant that SP1 RTM was, or would be, different from the final release candidate, while those on the other side grasped at straws to prove their suspicions. The Microsoft Watcher, also known as Mary Jo Foley, has finally received confirmation from Microsoft that the Vista SP1 RTM build (6001-18000) is none other than Vista SP1 RC Refresh 2."
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Uh... no its not..
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Orlando Calling won't be returning in 2012, but organizers offer hope that it might be back next year.
The two-day music festival at the Florida Citrus Bowl in November included performances by indie-rock superstars the Killers, classic-rock heroes Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, hip-hop/country crossover Kid Rock and country singer Blake Shelton. It drew an estimated 20,000 concertgoers.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 23rd Sep 2011 15:45 UTC
It might be common, but that doesn't mean I'm not allowed to wail against it - especially since I was not familiar with this particular case. As it turns out, several of Adobe products' download pages have opt-out checkboxes to also install Google Chrome. This was spyware-like behaviour when Apple did it with Safari and the iPhone Configuration Utility, and it is still spyware-like behaviour when Adobe and Google do it with Chrome.
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Were familiar with puffs of white smoke proclaiming the election of a new pope. So heres my question: Does the city of Durango have some sort of similar combustion-based signal to communicate when the new City Council is chosen? Sign me, Cardinal Sin
Unlike the Sistine Chapel, City Hall lacks a fireplace though rumor has it that the reinstated La Plata Electric Association franchise fee will provide the city with ample funds to install wood-burning stoves in each office. Presumably, this is being done to offset the soaring cost of LPEA electric heating.
Chimney issues notwithstanding, City Clerk Amy Phillips never would burn ballots as the cardinals do after each pontiff poll.
Amy has to hold on to Durangos ballots for a long time. By law, we have to retain ballots for 26 months after the election, she said. We wont be burning anything.
That doesnt mean the city couldnt consider a conflagration proclamation.
Why not ask the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad to create white smoke on April 3, the day after municipal elections?
Theres a problem with that the train normally billows black smoke. However, it could adopt the Vaticans practice of adding chemicals to produce the appropriate-colored exhaust.
According to several reports, fire-tenders at the Sistine Chapel sprinkle potassium chlorate, lactose and pine resin on the burning ballots to ensure milky white smoke wafts over St. Peters Square. (To create black, they use potassium perchlorate, anthracene and sulphur.)
However, white smoke wafting through downtown and along the Animas River Trail might be mistaken as originating from cigarettes. And because the city banned tobacco-burning in public places, this might cause consternation.
Theres always the smoke-free option. The city could signal the election of a new council by draping white single-use plastic bags on the Florida Road roundabout bike sculptures.
That might not work, either, given local governments keen interest in banning petroleum-based shopping sacks.
They did it again. Two city workers went through my single-stream recycling container before the big truck arrived. Are they really going to do this all the time? What a waste, what inefficiency! As if a small mistake now and then will mess up the whole process! Recycling advocates are careful anyway. They want to do the right thing. Roman
The city is inspecting recycling precisely because people arent careful despite the citys sorting motto, Do the right things. More than a few of us include impudent impedimenta in curbside containers.
Durangos blue barrels brim with plastic films, Styrofoam and glass, all of which the city doesnt recycle under the new single-stream system.
Sadly, one small mistake does mess up the process.
If the recycling truck picks up a blue container that contains glass or any of the other stuff we dont recycle, we have to throw the entire truckload contents away. Its contaminated and therefore useless, said a city worker who didnt want to be named.
Its a big problem, but it can be solved with education over time.
The precycling inspection crews want to make sure inappropriate items are excluded.
Say you break a mirror and put it in your blue container. Not only would you have seven years of bad luck, but your recycling will be reprimanded.
When we see stuff like glass in a container, we tag the container, note what was wrong and ask the owner to go through the recycling before we pick it up the next week, the city worker said.
Inspectors will preemptively poke around until recyclers follow the guidelines, which can be found at www.durangorecycles.com
So put your left hand on the blue container, then raise your right hand and repeat: I aint gonna taint.
That ought to work.
On second thought, maybe the inspectors could keep patrolling for a couple more months.
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While it took just seconds for the young men to perish, it has taken years for their families to come to terms with their deaths, each in their own way.
Five years ago this Saturday, five young Marion County men climbed into a high-performance BMW and sped down a private airstrip at Jumbolair, an exclusive aviation community in Anthony north of Ocala.
Traveling at an estimated 120 mph, the BMW vaulted off the end of the raised runway and slammed into a stand of trees 166 feet away. All five friends died instantly.
While it took just seconds for the young men to perish, it has taken years for their families to come to terms with their deaths, each in their own way.
The men's families say they are in different stages of grief. Some have managed to push their lives forward; some admit to being stuck at times in their grief.
"You never get over it. You just try to cope with it," said Kelly Wilson, the mother of 20-year-old Isaac Rubin, who was a passenger in the rear of the car. "There's no undoing it."
"It was four years before I fully accepted his death ... before I could move on to a new normal," Wilson said. "I will never be pre-Isaac again. I will always have a hole in my heart ... and I accept I will never see him again."
Wilson, who has two children, 12 and 14, said that initially she talked only of the accident, but as time passed "I wanted to hear other people tell me about Isaac. I have started to enjoy life again, but it's just dimmer," she said. "I don't want to talk about him any less. He was my son."
Wilson recommends families in similar situations talk about the loved ones they've lost and urges family friends to listen.
"If you don't talk about him, then when his name is mentioned, all that emotion comes up. Now I can talk about him and smile," Wilson said.
Sharon Lindsey can't smile.
"This was a test of my faith and I failed it," said Lindsey, the mother of James Devon Hime, 19, the front-seat passenger. "I failed ... by not holding onto the things I believed in. I'm still mad at God.
"I miss my son, I miss my son, I miss my son," she said angrily and beginning to sob. "I haven't gotten through this. I'm still grieving."
Gary Lindsey convinced Sharon to leave Anthony and move to Georgia. Gary Lindsey took an early retirement from the Marion County School District. Sharon Lindsey quit her job as salesperson for Kraft General Foods.
But a couple of years later, Sharon and Gary Lindsey returned to Anthony.
"I wanted to be close to my son," she said.
Lindsey also sees a counselor.
She visits his Anthony grave and frequently asks him why he entered the car and why it couldn't have been someone else's child.
She said she still blames herself sometimes for her son's death and that she should have made sure her son was safely home at the time of the 3:40 a.m. crash.
Marsha Dawe had a plan to adjust to life without her son, James Dustin Dawe: "I tried to work myself to death," she said . "But ... it just took my time up."
"I thought that if I worked hard enough I'd die. But after about two and a half years I just worked my butt off."
Life goes on around you, she said.
"You've got to keep breathing. You're going to wake up the next day and what you do with it is what you do with it," Dawe said. "I didn't die, my son did. I've got to go on. I have to pay the electric."
Patti Casey, grandmother of passenger Jacob Casey, 19, spearheads the Jacob Casey Foundation, which gives college scholarships.
"Our lives have changed forever. The grieving process goes on forever. It never ends," she said. "But the Foundation does keep us going. It makes you feel good helping others."
The family of Joshua Ammirato, who drove the car during the morning of the accident, could not be reached for comment.
The four families each have gained some measure of solace from helping others and keeping those they lost part of their everyday conversations. They recommend other families facing similar losses do the same.
For Sharon Lindsey, some healing came from helping to head the creation of the 5-acre Memories of Missing Smiles, or MOMS, Park in 2011. The park commemorates the loss of all Marion County children.
"Do something that will last beyond your lifetime," Lindsey said. "Make a plaque, plant a tree."
Helping to organize the park movement, Lindsey said, gave her purpose and a reason to get out of bed.
She also helps solicit scholarship donations in her son's name.
Casey's Foundation has doled out at least 35 scholarships to needy students. Patti Casey also takes donations at her Le-Lo's Attic antique shop and gives the proceeds to the foundation, she said.
Wilson joined a bereavement group after her son died.
"That gave me hope ... to see there were people who had terrible tragedies but have gone on with their lives, which you have to," she said.
And when it's time to tell her story about Isaac, Wilson said she tries to console others and show that her life went on.
Some of the families filed lawsuits. All of the cases are now closed.
People often don't know what to say to grieving parents, said family members.
"No one can realize how it feels until it happens. And people don't know what to say to you or what to do. People totally turn off," Dawe said.
Lindsey said the best thing friends can do is just listen.
"Don't tell (grieving parents) everything is going to be all right because it's not," Lindsey said. "Don't tell them that God has taken (your child) and they're in a better place. The best thing they can say is 'There are just no words I can say right now.'
"Also, stick close to your mate. You can't let a death like this divide you," she said.
Friends should offer to help with everyday household chores, Wilson said, because grieving parents often neglect themselves.
She recommends staying active and involved in community organizations that help others.
"And take care of yourself because you want to be healthy and alert to get through the next few months that will be the worst in your life," Wilson said.
Also let others help keep your child's memories alive, they said.
Stefan Meisse, owner of Crawling Panther tattoo, is doing a mural at the crash site. The mural is similar to Hime's first tattoo, which Meisse also inked on him years ago.
Meisse said he agreed because he remembered Hime as a friendly young man. He also remembered the dozens of people who got memorial tattoos in the victims' honor.
"And I think it affected me, his passing like that," Meisse said.
Dana Spencer is North Marion High School's student activities director. Three of the Jumbolair crash victims graduated from the school.
The high school's students oversee Drive For Life, a series of driver safety lectures and demonstrations.
The program began in 2010. The Florida Legislature is considering requiring similar programs in all Florida schools.
"That (Jumbolair) accident ... was the catalyst that started the conversation (that led top Drive For Life)," Spencer said.
The school saw 10 students or former students die in traffic accidents in five years. Spencer said Jumbolair crash victims families attend the programs and speak to students.
"(The program) is the most powerful thing I've witnessed in education," Spencer said.
Marsha Dawe thinks the crash site, "reminds people how traffic accidents happen." Lindsey said her last thing she said to her son was "I love you. I'm glad you're my son."
Her advice to all parents:
"Make sure you tell your children you love them," she said, "because they may not be there the next day."
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Sportsperson visa (Tier 2)
You can apply for a Tier 2 (Sportsperson) visa if all of the following apply:
- you're an elite sportsperson or qualified coach, who's recognised by your sport's governing body as being at the highest level of your profession internationally
- your sport's governing body is endorsing your application
- your employment will develop your sport in the UK at the highest level
- you're from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland
- you meet the other eligibility requirements
Getting sponsored
Your sponsor is the governing body endorsing your application. They'll assign you a certificate of sponsorship to prove they're sponsoring you.
How long it will take
You can apply for a visa up to 3 months before the day you're due to start work in the UK. This date is listed on your certificate of sponsorship.
You should get a decision on your visa within 3 weeks when you apply from outside the UK.
You can check processing times to find out how long getting a visa might take in your country.
How much you pay for a Tier 2 (Sportsperson) visa depends on your situation and where you are.
|Who you're applying for
|Apply (outside the UK)
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|You - as a national of Turkey or Macedonia
|All dependants
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You'll also have to pay the healthcare surcharge as part of your application. Check how much you'll have to pay before you apply.
How long you can stay
You can come to the UK with a Tier 2 (Sportsperson) visa for up to 3 years.
You can apply to extend this visa for up to another 3 years to a maximum stay of 6 years.
What you can and cannot do
You can:
- work for your sponsor in the job described in your certificate of sponsorship
- do a second job in certain circumstances
- play for your national team in the UK
- work as a sports broadcaster
- do voluntary work
- study as long as it does not interfere with the job you're sponsored for
- travel abroad and return to the UK
- bring family members with you
You cannot:
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Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 750W Power Supply Review
Thermaltake, founded in 1999, are now a major global supplier of computer accessories with offices worldwide. Their product line is now extensive and includes PC enclosures, desktop and server power supplies, CPU coolers, HDD enclosures and docking stations, cables, DC cooling fans and gaming accessories.
Their power supply range is extensive from the Litepower and EVO Blue series to the Toughpower, Toughpower XT and Toughpower Grand series.
The Toughpower Grand series of power supplies is designed to meet the requirements of the extreme PC enthusiast and includes a modular cabling system, 80 Plus Gold certification and a rated operating temperature of 50°C making it "the Toughest power supply on the block". The Thermaltake Toughpower Grand is available in only two varieties, a 650W and 750W model and this time around OCC will be having a look at the latter.
Closer Look:
The packaging of the Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 750W is predominantly satin black with coloured illustrations used to good effect. The top face of the box carries a photograph of the power supply with the Thermaltake logo in the top left hand corner and a cardboard sash giving the power supply wattage with small pictograms to illustrate the power supplies seven year warranty, eco-friendly features and 80 Plus Gold certification. The bottom of the box provides all the interesting stuff which includes the specification table, connector types and quantities, a short sentence with photograph to illustrate the main features and agency approval logos.
The front, rear and side panels carry the Thermaltake logo and Toughpower Grand trademark.
The top face of the box lifts like the page of a book and gives further information on the main features including Auto FanDelayCool, the use of high quality components and DC to DC convertors, dual ball bearing fan, AC push button and finally the inclusion of vibration absorbent gaskets.
The power supply is contained in a satin black box within the box that carries the Thermaltake Toughpower Grand trademark at its center.
Lift the lid and the user manual sits on top of the foam enclosed power supply with the captive and modular cables and a bag of Velcro cable straps stored neatly down the side. The top foam cover lifts off to reveal the black felt drawstring bag enclosed power supply.
The bag covered power supply along with full box contents which includes a black modular cable pouch, cardboard box enclosed power cord, cable ties, user manual and a small black drawstring bag whose contents will be explained latter. I neglected to show were the small black bag is stored but for your information it actually sits in a small cut-out in the foam underneath the user manual.
The packaging of the power supply is up to Thermaltake's usual high standard - it protects the unit during transit and includes a great set of accessories so let's move on and have a closer look.


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The Ravens announced that they have filled five of their eight practice squad spots, bringing back five players who they cut yesterday, including preseason standout Omar Brown.
Brown, an undrafted rookie safety out of Marshall, played himself onto the roster bubble by recovering three fumbles and intercepting a pass in the span of two preseason games.
According to industry sources, the Ravens are also planning to fill two more spots by signing outside linebacker Adrian Hamilton and safety Anthony Levine, who were but cut recently by their respective teams.


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Why Are We Wabash College?by Beth Swift • July 17, 2013 Share:
Image shows Wabash in the late 1870's.
Why are we Wabash College? We are not on the Wabash River, or in the town of Wabash, Indiana. The founders (all good Presbyterians) wanted to make a college for the education of teachers and preachers and locate it in the Wabash country. That is the source of the name. This was a section of the west notable for its ignorance and illiteracy. It was thought that to ensure enough teachers and preachers to make a difference, it was necessary to create them out of local men.
Why is Wabash in Crawfordsville? It is due to the gift of Williamson Dunn, a remarkable man. Dunn was passionate about education, he donated the land for Hanover and also donated land for what became Indiana University. The little graveyard by the Chapel at IU is the Dunn Cemetery. Dunn served as an agent for the government land office in Crawfordsville and donated fifteen acres of land he had purchased here in this area. Our first campus was about 6 blocks north, and that is where Wabash began. A timber building was the first college as bricks were beyond the means of the founders. This is Forest Hall which was held classrooms and served as the first dormitory. It was built over a walkout basement which served as cafeteria and living quarters for the caretaker. In this building Caleb Mills called the first class to order with a school bell, again in use by our presidents. Dr. Hess will ring in the freshman class this fall and ring out his first class of seniors at commencement in the spring with that historic relic.
Decades after Wabash moved to our present site, Forest Hall was given to the college by Caleb Mills. A substantial land developer, Mills purchased the old college site which included Forest Hall. This old frame building has been moved several times and in the Archives there is a picture of it on wheels sitting on the football field!
Edmund O. Hovey was among the nine founders. A Dartmouth man, Hovey came to Indiana as a missionary. He joined with others and together they decided to found an institution of higher learning in this area. Hovey served as founder, trustee, treasurer, fund-raiser, librarian and faculty member. When the College needed a teacher Hovey wrote to his friend from Dartmouth and Andover, Caleb Mills, and persuaded him to come to the Wabash Country. When Wabash needed a president, Hovey secured Elihu Baldwin. When Baldwin died unexpectedly, Hovey recruited his wife's brother-in-law, Charles White, a successful minister from New York State. Hovey and his very dear friend Caleb Mills were never separated for long. They lived and worked side by side. It was a very good partnership and benefited Wabash handsomely. Mills was the inspired visionary and Hovey the quiet maker.
Center Hall was designed by architect William Tinsley. He also designed buildings for IU, Butler and Kenyon. He designed the small church on the Circle in Indianapolis. He is credited, for good or ill, with introducing the College Gothic Style of architecture to this country. He was from Ireland.
The east side (arboretum side) of campus was the front for most of the first century of its existence. If you look at Center Hall this is apparent from the plainness of the mall side. The public side of campus was the setting for rallies, ceremonies and even commencement. There were not as many trees and each fraternity had its own tennis court there. It was also the setting for the yearly Greek plays.
This area is now an arboretum which was the brainchild of Parrish Fuller, a trustee. It was implemented in splendid fashion by Robert O. Petty, faculty member in biology. A new addition to this area is Petty's Patch. Funded by an alum, it is intended to honor Petty's accomplishments in conservation and education of the beauty of native Indiana woodland plants.
Penicillin and D-Day Andrew J. Moyer (W1922)
Penicillin was discovered in England in 1929. Alexander Fleming knew that it killed bacteria, but could not get it to grow in sufficient quantities to enable the treatment of even one patient. When England was under attack from German bombers, it was decided that this penicillin research should be moved to a safer location. It was brought to Peoria, IL where our man Moyer was working in a USDA lab there. He was working on growing molds using large scale fermentation equipment. Moyer was assigned the task of getting the penicillin to grow in sufficient quantities to enable it to be produced for wartime use. In four months Moyer had produced a ten-fold increase in production. He then increased yields again and by 1944 Pfizer began mass production, in time for penicillin to be used as the first antibiotic. It was carried with the troops onto the beaches at D-Day.
Will Hays, Sr. (W 1900) was the Chair of the Republican Party in the 1920's and was appointed to head the Office of Censorship for the Motion Picture Industry. He was the Hays Commission which decided who could say what, and do what, to whom in the movies. Another lesser known alum is Byron Price (W 1912) Price was the President of the Associated Press when WWII started. FDR called him and asked him to become the war time censor. Price was in charge of newspapers, radio and magazines. He instituted an amazingly effective voluntary system of censorship for the duration. Between these two men, all media in America at the time of WWII passed through a Wabash filter.
Goodrich Hall is the result of two very determined men and a wager. The challenge came from former Governor of Indiana, James Putnam Goodrich. Goodrich was a member of the Board of Trustees from 1904-1940. He was a fiscal conservative and the fact that Wabash was running a deficit bothered him greatly. Goodrich told President Hopkins that if the college would balance the budget for three years running, Goodrich would fund a new science building. This was during the Great Depression and with extreme cost cutting measures, this was achieved. Faculty salaries were cut and all maintenance was put off. It is said that the mall was cut once a summer, just before the students returned to campus in the fall. The buildings were left unpainted and all other non-essential expenditures were put on hold.
Wabash and the West Wing - Eric Gugler
The Library, Sparks Center, Baxter Hall, now demolished Waugh Hall, and the older part of the Allen Center were all designed by Eric Gugler. Gugler was a visionary architect who was closely connected to Lee McCanliss, President of the Board of Trustees for 15 years. When Wabash began to build at the end of WWII, it was Gugler who did the designing. If you look at a Gugler building here on Campus, notice the iron work at the top, you will see the intertwined G's that mark his work.
Teddy Roosevelt's administration built the first Oval office, but the much enlarged bureaucracy of FDR's administration required significantly more space. So the West Wing was demolished and rebuilt. The architect in charge was Eric Gugler. There is still a piano designed especially for the white house by Gugler and it can be seen on the White House web-site, as the Gugler Steinway.
There are a million stories about Wabash. I hope you have enjoyed these. As always, if you have questions or comments, please feel free to call (765.361.6378), e-mail (firstname.lastname@example.com) or stop in the Archives.


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Tour up to a maximum of 4 people
This tour will plunge you in the green hills of Irpinia, in the flavors of one of the most popular wines in the world and in its very precious history whose heritage are the nearby castles. You will be delighted by the beauty of the landscape and the discovery of ancient villages such as St. Angelo dei Lombardi: the Castello degli Imperatori and the Basilica of Goleto will surprise you; Taurasi: you will be greeted by the majesty of its castle and visit its famous wine cellars. Before leaving a stop at Dentecane well known for its nougat and Montemiletto with its castle dei Tocco. A very ancient and not conventional tour.
This tour starts and ends at the Neapolis Hotel.
The departure is scheduled at about 9 am
The tour lasts approximately 4/6 hours.
You will visit: S. Angelo dei Lombardi, Taurasi, Dentecane e Montemiletto
The timetable for each visit is linked to the importance and the huge of things to see. However, you can define some different time staying by an agreement with your guide or driver.
The price does not include any entrance ticket to monuments.
The price does not include any lunch
We suggest to wear some comfortable shoes, hat and sunglasses during spring and summer period. Do not miss to have a bottle of water with you.
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) World No. 2 Adam Scott will again pursue Australian golf's triple crown this summer after narrowly failing to claim the prize at home last year.
Scott confirmed Monday he will play the Australian PGA and Australian Masters tournaments along with the Australian Open at which he will meet top-ranked Rory McIlroy, who denied him the triple crown on the last hole in 2013.
Scott will attempt to become the first player to win the Masters in three consecutive years when he contests the event at Melbourne's Metropolitan Golf Club from Nov. 20-23.
He will play the Australian Open in Sydney from Nov. 27-30 and his triple crown bid fiishes with the PGA championships from Dec. 11 to 14.


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A title defense by World Extreme Cagefighting welterweight champion Carlos Condit against Brock Larson that had been scheduled for WEC 39 on March 1 in Corpus Christi, Texas has been canceled due to an injury sustained by Larson.
Instead of finding a new opponent for Condit, sources have informed FiveOuncesOfPain.com that Zuffa officials have decided to transfer Condit to the UFC's welterweight division. Additionally, Condit's Octagon debut could take place in a televised bout during UFC Fight Night 18 on April 1 against Martin Kampmann.
Condit is 22-4 overall in a pro MMA career that began in 2002. Since joining the WEC, he is 5-0 with notable victories over Larson, Hiromitsu Miura, Carlo Prater, and John Alessio. Outside of the promotion, the 24-year old holds notable victories over Frank Trigg, Renato Verissimo, Takuya Wada, and Koji Oshi.
While a final decision has not been made, indications are that the WEC's welterweight division could be discontinued on a permanent basis. This past December, the promotion disbanded its light heavyweight and middleweight weight classes with most of the divisions' best fighters having subsequently been transferred to the UFC.
If the WEC moves to end its 170 pound division, fighters that could follow Condit into the UFC include Larson, Miura, Prater, former NCAA champion Johny Hendricks, American Top Team black belt Danilo Villefort, Jesse Lennox, Edgar Garcia, Alex Serdyukov, Justin Haskins, and Luis Sapo.
The WEC had made attempts in recent months to bolster the depth in its welterweight division but was unsuccessful after several fighters it had been interested in were unsuccessful in getting out of contracts with other organizations.
If Condit vs. Kampamann becomes finalized, it could serve as UFN 18's main event. The card is set to emanate from Nashville, Tennessee with reported matchups that include season eight lightweight winner from The Ultimate Fighter Efrain Escudero taking on Jeremy Stephens; TUF 8 light heavyweight winner Ryan Bader vs. Carmelo Marrero; Tyson Griffin vs. Rafael dos Anjos; Matt Horwich vs. Ricardo Almeida; Steve Steinbeiss vs. Ryan Jensen; Aaron Simpson vs. Tim McKenzie; and Junie Browning vs. Cole Miller.