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In Georgia, text messages help create community safety network
The SMS: anketa#a#non00b#wed1c#7d#pol24ngo2 may seem a bit cryptic, but when staff at an information centre in Gori, Georgia receive this text message from the village of Ditsi in the Shida Kartli region, they understand completely.
The message means: no security incidents have happened in the last week; there was a crossing into South Ossetia for a wedding party; the community sense of security is rated at seven on a scale of 1-10; the police patrolled 24 times, and NGOs patrolled two times.
- A text-messaging network helps track security incidents along Georgia's administrative boundary line with South Ossetia, with 650 incidents reported by community volunteers in 2012.
- The network includes 18 villages.
- Within 30 minutes of an incident, information is relayed to relevant security providers, which allows for a prompt response by the police, other authorities and even international observers.
Over the last two years, basic technology like this has become the central focus of a simple but vital community safety network that is helping authorities respond quickly to potential crises and reduce the risk of conflict getting out of control in the troubled region, where ethnic violence is still fresh in everyone's memory.
The system, called Elva, which means "lightning" in Georgian, is comprised of volunteer community representatives in each of the 18 villages along the administrative boundary line with South Ossetia, who have been trained and given phones. They send weekly information to a text messaging service and information centre, and report on security incidents as they happen. Information is then relayed by the system to security providers within 30 minutes of an event occurring, which allows for a prompt response by the police, other authorities and even international observers.
The system, which was developed in 2011 by Georgian NGO Caucasus Research Resource Centers and British NGO Saferworld, with assistance from UNDP, is helping to overcome a lingering sense of insecurity left by the August 2008 conflict that saw full scale war between Georgia and Russia over the South Ossetia region and has left persistent ethnic tension. In many cases, text messages sent out immediately after an incident have enabled a quick resolution of the security issue, and this is helping to restore the overall sense of safety in these communities.
In Shida Kartli, while the security situation has begun to improve in recent months, more than 650 incidents, including shootings, movement by armed groups, detentions near the Administrative Boundary Line and injuries from landmines and other explosive remnants of war left over from the conflict, were reported in 2012. Elva now offers some level of help and protection from these incidents.
"We are too close to the boundary line. Sometimes people cross it without even knowing; especially when they need to clean irrigation channels or find a wandering cow. A lot of farmers were detained by border guards just for collecting firewood in a nearby forest," says Gela Mindiashvili, a local coordinator from Ditsi.
"It took days before to let everyone know, find those detained and negotiate their return. But now we simply send an Elva text message and it immediately goes to the police and international observers."
"Rapid access to information can save lives and property, protect development investment and livelihoods. This new technology can be part of preventive platforms as it helps to organize and share information, connect citizens with their government, as well as citizens to each other," says the head of UNDP in Georgia, Jamie McGoldrick.
Elva project manager Jonne Catshoek explains that the system maps information received from the villages in weekly reports. This makes it possible to monitor developments over time and see the changes of different indicators.
"We can see seasonal trends in security incidents, for example, and point out when something varies from that trend."
Along with security alerts, Elva can also circulate weather forecasts, agriculture news and announcements.
"We had a stroke of bad weather a couple of weeks ago. But farmers in my village had enough time to get ready because I received an early notice about frosts," says Zaal Akhalkatsi, a local farmer from Dvani.
Through the Elva project, UNDP says it has found a cheap and effective way to strengthen human security in conflict-affected Georgian communities.
"UNDP's support of Elva has given these communities a low-cost, user-friendly interface that is providing thousands of people living in vulnerable and conflict-prone conditions, with added security, confidence and well-being," says McGoldrick.


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Actress Mena Suvari's second marriage appears to be over - she has filed for divorce.
The 32-year-old American Beauty star has cited "irreconcilable differences" for her split from concert promoter Simone Sestito, according to TMZ.com.
The couple wed in Vatican City, Italy in 2010.
Suvari filed the divorce papers in Los Angeles on Friday and she has asked the judge assigned to the case to prevent her husband from claiming spousal support.
The actress lists the date of separation as 1 November.
Suvari was previously married to cinematographer Robert Brinkmann. She divorced him in May, 2005.


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The TPS-1 stack code is stored on external serial flash without encryption, so there is no protection from others downloading the stack. However the TPS-1 PROFINET stack is freely available for download on the internet and there is no reason anyone would need to go through the effort of acquiring the stack code in this way. Customers should focus on the code protection on the MCU side to prevent their custom code from being cloned by others.
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Voters in Costa Rica, Central America's second biggest economy, backed a free trade agreement with the United States in a referendum Sunday. With 96.3 percent of the vote counted, 51.6 percent of voters backed the agreement, the independent Supreme Electoral Tribunal said on its Web site. President Óscar Arias, above, the winner of the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize, has staked much of his political agenda on passage of the agreement. A rejection would have been the first time a free trade deal with the United States was refused by any country. Before the voting began, the White House warned that the United States would not renegotiate the accord if it was voted down.Continue reading the main story
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Have had absolutely NOTHING to do, other than to maintain a regular service schedule.
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This thing is almost beyond belief. It will go anywhere, literally anywhere and is so torquey.
I previously owned a 2000 model Landcruiser, and in terms of reliability and off-road ability, it is not even close to this old Land Rover. Sure, on-road the Toyota was a more comfortable option, but so it should have been, as it was 18 years and 60 thousand dollars more expensive.
I bought the Land Rover as a recommend from a mate who has always owned them, and prior to owning one I thought he was quite mad, however, my opinion is now substantially revised as these old Landies truly are remarkable vehicles. Would recommend anyone serious about getting places without fuss or difficulty - pick up an old Landy - AWESOME!
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Public Works Director David deGeneres said the popular 400-foot pier at Sunset Point on the city's lakefront will remain closed until the repairs are complete.
City officials are hoping that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will help pay for the repairs. If federal money is made available, officials say the city would have to pay only 25 percent of the repair costs.
It remains unclear if Isaac damaged the piles that support the pier. If further inspections reveal damage, deGeneres said the price of repairing the pier will rise.


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« November 28, 2010 - December 4, 2010 | Main | December 12, 2010 - December 18, 2010 »
December 10, 2010
gop: millionaire tax cuts over 9-11 heroesMy God, now that I think of it, the Senate couldn't have had a more shameful day that they did yesterday if they tried. And not to put lipstick on this pig: it's au courant to whine about the Democratic leadership, but it was the Republicans who put the brakes on the DREAM Act, then the Zadroga 9-11 Bill, and then DADT Repeal.
So they're now on the record as being anti-gays and anti-immigrants (which shouldn't hurt their base too much), but also the responders who where pulling bodies from the twisted wreckage of the Twin Towers and ended up paying for it with their fucking lives. That should be hurting them with the base an awful fucking lot.
Sharpie this on your wrist for the day: GOP WON'T CARE FOR 9-11 HEROES UNTIL YOU GIVE THE MILLIONAIRES THEIR TAX CUTS.
This is not to say that the DREAM Act and DADT Repeal are any less important — I am firmly behind both. But not only am I a NYer with a particular relationship to 9-11 (as NYers here at that time generally have), I've also lived through nine years of being beaten around the neck and shoulders by Republicans using 9-11 as a flag they can wrap themselves in or some moral/patriotic high ground they can seize.
Apparently 9-11 is only useful for talking out of one side of the mouth. Fuck them up and down for making humans look bad.
Posted by mrbrent at 9:17 PM
we have been invaded by aliensNovelist Charles Stross offers his thesis on why the prospect of self-governance and the futility involved therewith exists.
We are now living in a global state that has been structured for the benefit of non-human entities with non-human goals. They have enormous media reach, which they use to distract attention from threats to their own survival. They also have an enormous ability to support litigation against public participation, except in the very limited circumstances where such action is forbidden. Individual atomized humans are thus either co-opted by these entities (you can live very nicely as a CEO or a politician, as long as you don't bite the feeding hand) or steamrollered if they try to resist.
Make sure to click through for the kicker!
Posted by mrbrent at 11:10 AM
December 9, 2010
philistine vulgarity is goodOK, new favorite take on Wikileaks, from Marine/writer Roberto Arguedas. I've always been a fan of prose of a military man, as you can use it to carve your name into a tree with it. And his take is calm, cool and collected:
The contents of the leaks are not the main issue; in fact, they are at most an interesting bonus and occasionally a dangerous distraction. No less a personage than Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, no admirer of Wikileaks, has stated that the practical impact of the leaks in terms of security and compromised diplomacy is negligible. He goes on to make the point that countries don't do business with the US on the basis of ideals but rather as a result of self interest. Your mileage may vary, but I believe it's safe to take his word as an intelligence veteran charged directly with national defense over the flatulent posturing of elected leaders whose need for a good target to harangue often takes precedence over the facts of the matter.
He wrote it a couple days ago, so it does not address the new novelty of a bunch of kids DDoSing websites instead of burning down the Starbucks, but since he has a new blog, maybe he'll get to that too.
Posted by mrbrent at 11:58 AM
oh yeah the tax cutsIn between obsessing about Wikileaks and other Brave New World issues I was wadding up pieces of toilet paper and stuffing it into my ears because the wails coming from DailyKos and other liberal bastions were just deafening, man.
You see, the president made a deal with Republicans concerning tax structures and employment benefit extensions and some other things. The tax extensions of course will disproportionately benefit the wealthy, and it is these tax cuts for the wealthy that were the legislation that the GOP would not budge on. So the president made a deal.
Which of course resulted in much rending of shirts and many GBCW and an awful lot of teary memories of canvasing for Obama back in O8 and how could he!?!
Now I too am opposed to the tax cuts for millionaires — I don't see how they make sense in times of budget shortfalls, and I especially don't see how millionaires need tax cuts. But at the same time, the president is the president of the country and not the president of me. If the Republicans would like to hold legislation hostage for a tax cut for millionaires and then crow about how they achieved these tax cuts for millionaires, then I see that as a small failure but a big opportunity. As Steve Benen says, why a circular firing squad, sads?
Having said that, Republicans aren't just being wildly irresponsible, they're opening themselves up to some potentially devastating criticism. We're talking about a party that is literally refusing to do anything other than fight tooth and nail to protect unpopular tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires, at the expense of middle-class families. These cuts, as President Obama put it yesterday, represent the GOP's "holy grail," prioritized above all -- so much so that they've become "hostage takers," a provocative line that happens to be true.
I get being a single issue person. I get feeling betrayed when a politician acts against your single issue. But I just don't like the crying out loud. Presidents do expedient things. To run a dyed in the wool liberal in a primary challenge against the president would be about as smart as nominated Christine O'Donnell — point made, election lost.
Or, you know what? Start a splinter party, make some placards, super. Just ease up on the waterworks, which are a large part of the reason that "Middle Americans" or whatever you want to call them don't trust you.
Posted by mrbrent at 11:09 AM
wikileaks is youI'm still crystallizing this, but the really fascinating thing about the Wikileaks contretemps (aside from the diplomatic revelations which steadily start to get scary and from the cyberwar currently being waged by non-state actors, all of which being legitimately fascinating) is that it seems like there's no corner of the way we live now that can't be somehow reflected or refracted by Wikileaks/CableGate. Realpolitik? Check. Relationship between the individual and the corporation and the state? Yes. Quiet storm monkey business and the limits thereof? There. This morning I stubbed my toe on a story about how reading the actual Wikileaks site could hinder your employment prospects, but the scary nugget buried therein was actually that merely reading Wikileaks could be against the law, depending on how you read the statute. Ka-yikes.
It's like it's about nothing and everything at all. This could just be a mild existential crisis I'm having right now, but I suspect that actually it's one that I picked up from not washing my hands enough.
Posted by mrbrent at 10:14 AM
December 8, 2010
let's have a cyberwarSome mild hysteria this morning over the cyberwar aspects of the unfolding Wikileaks controversy, as conveniently-named Anonymous targets the websites of entities that had targeted Wikileaks. It's a brilliant case of Let's You and Him Fight, as I am generally pro-Wikileaks and anti-pressuring the vendors of Wikileaks to drop them just because, but also anti-DoS chicanery. But unintended consequences are a bitch, and I certainly have given a thought about my use of MasterCard/PayPal in the future.
The paranoia over concerted online attacks, though, is something. Well, it may be something to me because I got a good dose of it on a certain radio program I should probably shut up about, as the host baited the guests into comparing Operation Payback with armed insurgencies and ultimately wondered if the Internet would be safe for normal people while this was going on.
So in the spirit of calming anyone scared that a DoS attack might make something fall on your head on the Internet, here is a post concerning just what an actual cyberwar would look like:
The good news, then, is that modern cyberwar isn't especially bloody, or lethal. It's the annoying tactics of DDOS-ing script kiddies, writ large and backed by millions of dollars.
The bad news? We're woefully underprepared for it, even as it happens.
See? So don't worry/be very afraid.
Posted by mrbrent at 12:11 PM
sorkin on palinOne thing good about the past two years is that we've all had our chances for serial takedowns of Sarah Palin. This is largely because, even though she is very good at quitting, she refuses to go away. But we all get a chance to write mean things and congratulate each other for the malice and the disdain.
Even so, sometimes one comes down the pike that is truly off-the-charts, and on this occasion it is written by Aaron Sorkin, who takes umbrage at Palin's pathologically self-promotional television program, specifically an episode in which she slaughters a Caribou. His problem is not that she is hunting, and not even that she is hunting for no reason other than to film a television show, but that she is preemptively self-righteous about it:
"Unless you've never worn leather shoes, sat upon a leather chair or eaten meat, save your condemnation."
You're right, Sarah, we'll all just go fuck ourselves now.
And this one will particularly hurt in the morning, and cuts through to the core issue of Palin's odiousness:
So I don't think I will save my condemnation, you phony pioneer girl. (I'm in film and television, Cruella, and there was an insert close-up of your manicure while you were roughing it in God's country. I know exactly how many feet off camera your hair and make-up trailer was.)
She's a very post-modern little Frankenstein, leveraging her burgeoning popularity into presidential whispers into piles of cash. Also: fueled entirely by hypocrisy.
Posted by mrbrent at 7:58 AM
john lennonI never imagined that this occasion would occasion itself, but exactly thirty years ago from tonight, I had a dream:
I was in a school bus, which school bus didn't ordinarily go past the high school on the way to the junior high, but did this one time. The flag in front of the high school was at half mast. I asked the dream person next to me, "Why is the flag at half mast?" "Didn't you hear?" dream kid asks, "They shot John Lennon."
I was not two years into my slow discovery of the thing that was the Beatles, and I had the vinyl "Double Fantasy" at home — I was well aware of who John Lennon was, his importance, his legacy, etc.
Friends have suggested that I must have heard the news in my sleep and incorporated it into my dream. Maybe. Or maybe not.
But if there was ever a guy who shouldn't have got killed, it was probably John Lennon.
Posted by mrbrent at 12:04 AM
December 7, 2010
wikileaks day i foget whichI'm still sticking with this, by novelist Charles Stross, as the view of Julian Assange that most mirrors mine (so far):
Assange has a model of how the abduction of governance by common interest groups — such as corporations and right wing political factions — works in the current age. His goal is to impair the ability of these groups to exert control over democratic institutions without the consent of the governed. By forcing these authoritarian institutions to apply ever-heavier burdens of secrecy to their internal communications, wikileaks aims to reduce their ability to coordinate and, thus, to exert control.
It's a little bit highfalutin, but we are definitely living in a period when we the little folks who do all the voting are having significant problems having our representative wishes be heard and effected. And I'm not talking about the "take our country back!" movements, because that's just more special interest manipulation, getting some poor folks mad at some thing or other backing a party line. More like, what kind of safety net do we expect from the government, and how do we raise funds for the state and how do they get spent? And if you ignore the foreign diplomacy bent of the most recent cables, if something comes out that might culture-jam the oligarchy, then we get a little more of a fighting chance.
And the fact that Assange is currently in custody awaiting extradition for a sex charge (one that seems to be more designed to inflame the progressives that might support him than the national security types that would rather see him black-op'ed) means that it must be some pretty big toes on which he is stepping.
Posted by mrbrent at 2:17 PM
the new audienceFurther to the immediately previous post concerning the "American conversation" and why that phrase should not be employed, please read Tom Scocca's post tying together another aspect of the New Audience movement:
So it's like a thing—Crowd [in] Control!—now. Like, Internet, instant gratification, Twitter, real-time feedback. People feeling empowered (entitled?) to demand change right away, and to get it. (Tea Parties?) (Or remember how Snakes on a Plane crowdsourced its own production? We Are All Snakes on a Plane Now!) (Hey, the Tea Party uses those snake flags!)
So maybe this pathological need to have the audience prove that they actually are viewing/listening/reading by interacting is, on the other side, evincing itself as a new, more pushy version of the audience that is demanding to be involved? I.e., there is a very good chance that this is a "movement" that I'm totally on the outside of and, worst of all, helpless to stop.
Additionally, the morning listen to "The Takeaway" confirmed that not only are they devoting tranches of the broadcast to listener opinion, they actually have an app for your iPhone that enables you to submit vid/pix/recordings directly to the program. I feel bad to slag off on "TT" so often, as I'm generally for their mission and news/entertainment programming in general. But maybe the goat of mine being gotten is the insistence to frame this news magazine as nothing but a moment of the aforementioned "American conversation", reducing the role of news professionals to that of chit chat.
Posted by mrbrent at 10:03 AM
December 6, 2010
weigh in below!This is a bit from a HuffPost alert on how microblogging service Tumblr has been down for a long time:
As of Monday morning, the service is still not up and running. How has the outage affected you? (If at all?) Weigh in below.
I'm not bringing that to your attention because of the Tumblr drought, even though such a long interruption is kind of out of place if not possibly suspicious at this point in digital history, and even though I miss the stupid Tumblr personally.
I'm bringing it up because that last bit, starting with the question and ending with the invitation to weigh in below, is something that has always struck me as wrong-headed, as far as adapting to the needs of the changing audience. I guess the idea is that the new reader needs the opportunity to be engaged, or to engage, and that unless there is some form of engagement, be it a comment thread or a series of little buttons linked to various social media, then the hip new reader that must have the demo all the advertisers want, will go elsewhere. (Like NPR's "The Takeaway", which I am on the record for loathing and which wastes five percent of its broadcast time calling for listeners to "tell us what you think" or, worse, playing/reading these thoughts.)
I guess I can't really speak for these new readers, because I'd be an old reader, I guess. Maybe this is what they want? But first of all, I think it's silly for news/entertainment media to try to compete with the dedicated social media. Whatever human need that is filled by seeing what an old high school friend thinks about the Jets game, or what a person you've never met IRL is eating for lunch, is not need that can be filled by static content like a movie or a written article. Different brain channels entirely. And tricking those looking for digital solace from their alone-ness into reading your repost of an AP wire story... I just don't see that as something that will turn your failing old media concern around, or as something that will power your new media start-up into glory.
And mostly I just hate the result, in the same way that "man on the street" comments are largely a useless exercise and nothing like reporting at all. Because what do I care what the man on the street thinks? (Any more than the same man should care what I think.) I care about the reporting, and I care about the news. Snapshots of the crowd zeitgiest may be useful, I guess, but I mostly don't trust them because they are so easily manipulated by volume/access — a trending topic on Twitter is not a measure of what the world is talking about, it's a measure of what people with Internet access and too much time on their hands is talking about.
Again, it may be a useful thing to know the general thoughts of people with Internet access and too much time on their hands, but, again, if you want that you know where to find it, and the place you go will never be the bottom of a HuffPost page.
Posted by mrbrent at 10:07 AM
December 5, 2010
please run for president newt gingrichHave you heard the news today oh boy?
Newt Gingrich launches The Americano, a new news and opinion website targeting Hispanic conservatives.
Why, that's not awkward at all. Or tone-deaf, even.
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Professor Arressted for Closing Student's LaptopEducation, Misc. April 5th, 2011
As a teacher, there are things that you should not do. Add this one to the list: Do not close a student's laptop during your class, especially if their hands are still on the keys. If you do, you will be arrested for assault and battery.
From The Spectator, the school newspaper:
The altercation occurred when Dr. Rybicki allegedly closed a laptop computer on the hands of the student, said Dorsena Drakeford, another student in the class and Spectator sports editor.
Dr. Rybicki closed the laptop because he thought the student was on non-class related websites. The student began to argue with Dr. Rybicki about closing the laptop and about the websites she visited while in class. Class was dismissed early because Dr. Rybicki seemed upset by the incident, Drakeford said.
There may be more than what we know – but no one said that he slammed it closed, just closed it. Thanks to Mike Qaissaunee for putting this article on his blog.
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HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's 91-year-old President Robert Mugabe read out the wrong speech at the opening of parliament on Tuesday, his spokesman said, blaming a mix-up in his office for the error.
Mugabe had delivered the same speech during a state of the nation address on Aug. 25, in which he pinned his hopes on China to help revive Zimbabwe's struggling economy.
"The mix-up happened in his secretarial office. Therefore the delivery in Parliament should be set aside," spokesman George Charamba was quoted as saying by the online edition of the government-owned Herald newspaper.
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FX's Middle East-based political family drama "Tyrant" drew a little over 2 million viewers in its premiere Tuesday night — a modest number, but not too shabby given the subject matter and lack of star power in the cast.
The story of an unassuming American family drawn into the inner workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation averaged a 0.61 rating in adults 18-49 (about 775,000 viewers) and 2.1 million viewers overall for its 10-11:22 p.m. premiere, according to Nielsen. The 18-49 audience was roughly 70% male.
"Tyrant" came in down a little over 20% from the net's most recent drama premiere, "Fargo," which opened to a 0.80 demo rating and 2.65 million viewers in April. In total viewers, "Tyrant" is on the low end among FX dramas in recent years, but it does top "Terriers" in 2010 and "Lights Out" in 2011.
FX dramas in recent years have been among the biggest percentage gainers on television when it comes to gaining viewers via DVR playback. "Fargo," for example, surged 94% in 18-49 and 84% in total viewers from its "Live plus same-day" rating to its "Live +7" rating (full-week DVR playback), according to Nielsen
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Just a week ago my twin sister call me at the middle of the night, because her husband had a Heart Attack and passed away in minutes, we spent a week with her and her children, I saw so many miracles and Christ like love and kindness from so many people friends, family and even people my sister never new before.
We are thankful to our Lord Jesus Christ and his blessings.
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FORT LAUDERDALE -- As the city steps up its plans for Riverwalk, a $22 million project to redevelop the downtown banks of the New River, financing promises to be the central and most ticklish issue.
So far, two plans are under serious discussion.
A committee of 15 city residents, scheduled to hold its first meeting today, is being asked to make recommendations about the size and composition of a general obligation bond that is scheduled to be on the November ballot. In part, it would let voters decide whether they want to be taxed for Riverwalk`s costs.
Up to $14 million worth of Riverwalk projects are under consideration for such a bond issue, but some projects probably will be cut. Using the first figure as an example, the owner of a $100,000 home who took the homestead exemption would be asked to pay an additional $15 a year in property taxes for Riverwalk improvements alone. The taxes would fall on top of a general tax increase expected this fall.
Another financing alternative, never before used in Broward County, involves the issuance of bonds without voter approval. The bonds would be repaid through ``tax-increment financing.``
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Sept. 2, 2009
By Amy Farnum
SETTING PRETTY: Last year, setter Maggie McNamara quarterbacked Concordia University-St. Paul to a Division II national championship, and this season the senior from Zumbrota, Minn., has the Golden Bears off to a flawless start.
McNamara averaged 13.23 assists per set as she sparked the CSP to a 4-0 record at the West Florida Comfort Inn-vitational last weekend, which included victories over then-No. 15 West Florida and then-No. 12 Central Missouri. The 2008 AVCA Division II National Player of the Year kept pace with her nation-leading from last season, earning Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Setter of the Week for the 17th time of her career, and topping it off with Sports Imports/AVCA Division II National Player of the Week for the second time.
Competition will remain stiff for the Golden Bears this weekend as they travel to the 12-team Colorado Premier Challenge on Sept. 4-5, hosted by No. 23 Metro State and Regis University. CSP begins the tournament against Western Oregon and Metro State on Friday.
Metro State is appearing in the Top 25 for the first time since Sept. 5, 2005, after cruising through the St. Mary's MedClinic Invitational with a 4-0 mark. The tournament also includes nationally-ranked opponents No. 3 West Texas A&M, No. 8 Southwest Minnesota State, No. 9 Tampa, No. 12 Central Missouri, No. 15 West Florida, No. 19 Lewis (Ill.) and No. 25 Augustana (S.D.).
STAR OF THE SHOW: Third-ranked West Texas A&M will be one of the teams to beat at the Colorado Premier Challenge after starting off 2009 with a 5-0 mark at the BritKare Lady Buff Classic last weekend.
The Lady Buffs got solid play from several players, namely senior Laura Prinsen, who averaged 3.38 kills per game and a .370 hitting percentage to earn the tournament's Most Valuable Player award. The native of Spring, Texas, highlighted the weekend with 16 kills and a .609 hitting percentage against Western New Mexico, and was also selected as one of the Lone Star Conference's Offensive Players of the Week for her performance.
The Lady Buffs will get their first shot at nationally-ranked opponents as they take on No. 19 Lewis and No. 12 Central Missouri on Sept. 4.
THANKS FOR THE INVITE: After posting a perfect record at the Wildcat Open hosted by Northern Michigan last weekend, UC San Diego vaulted six spots to No. 7 in the latest AVCA Division II Top 25. It is the Tritons' highest ranking since holding the No. 4 spot in the 2007 preseason.
This weekend, the Tritons will put out the welcome mat for the eight-team Triton Invitational, putting its string of 18 consecutive victories at the event on the line.
Sophomore libero Roxanne Brunsting shined during last weekend's opening tournament, posting 66 digs and 18 aces, including a career-best 23 digs and seven aces in a 3-2 upset of then-No. 7 Minnesota Duluth. The native of Chula Vista, Calif., was named Molten California Collegiate Athletic Association Player of the Week for her outstanding play.
The Tritons will play four matches, starting on Sept. 4 with Saginaw Valley State, which received votes in this week's AVCA poll.
NOTABLE: Florida Southern head coach Jill Stephens notched her 200th career victory as the Moccasins swept Millersville (Pa.) in their final match at the St. Mary's Invitational in San Antonio, Texas, on Aug. 29. Stephens is in her ninth season as FSC's head coach, and boasts a career mark of 200-85 … Emporia State is off to a stellar start, not dropping a set in its first four matches behind the leadership of senior outside hitter Arica Shepard. She knocked down 55 kills (4.58 per set) and posted 3.42 digs per set, while hitting .355 at the UNO Tournament. Shepard tallied three double-doubles in the tournament, and was chosen as Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association Hitter of the Week for her efforts. No. 4 ESU now heads to Texas for the Midwestern State Invitational on Sept. 4-5.


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So earlier this week we were teaching U. He´s the one that I talked about last week that was having car troubles and doesn´t really believe in God. So we were teaching him and he´s really receptive to what we have to say there´s just something holding him back you can tell. And he talks so fast and it´s so hard to understand him so I just bore my testimony and told him about all I left back home to come to a random place where I have no idea how to speak the language all because I know it´s true and the next thing I know he starts to cry and you could tell that the spirit was there with him. It was awesome but he has a girlfriend who doesn´t want anything to do with the Mormons because she´s Catholic and every time we show up he says to his girlfriend, "Hey come sit in here and listen to the word of God with me." And then she storms out because she doesn´t want to hear anything so I think that could be one of the things holding him back which is so frustrating! We couldn´t get him to come to church with us yesterday either but you can tell that he´s not really atheist he just has had some trials in his life with his wife passing away and he´s just lost. You can tell that he wants to believe so we´re gonna try really hard with him these next few weeks.
I´ve started reading O Livro de Mórmon outloud because I´m to the point where I can understand just about everything besides a few words here and there but it has helped with my language so much! It´s crazy to see the improvement just since I´ve started reading. Haha, the other night my comp and I were walking down the street when all of a sudden we hear this super loud music and a bunch of people coming towards us. It was this Catholic parade thing and it seemed like the whole town was with them and then here are me and my companion walking against the flow of people with our Livro de Mórmons in hand. All the people were looking at us weird and I felt kind of awkward but at the same time I felt blessed because we were the only two that knew the whole truth of the gospel haha. I´m definitely starting to see my purpose out here more and more each day. I love you all, Have a wonderful week, you guys are all in my prayers.
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I'm getting ready to look for a new cell phone and I got lots of suggestions from my editorial on the topic. I have hated my phone from almost day 1, actually it was about day 31, so I was stuck with it. Not to mention that I ordered it from LetsTalk.com, which gave me good service, but it's a pain for me to mail things back. I'd rather express my displeasure in person :)
I've been with Cingular, as have Andy and Brian, so our minutes are free between each other. With the rollover minutes, I now have over 1000, it's a good way for us to run a business. The service wasn't great, a far step down from ATT and T-Mobile, who I recently had, but it's not bad. And it's at the new house. So far I've been out there with my Cingular Motorola v180, my wife's SideKick (T-Mobile), and the house inspector's Verizon and they all had service. Since we're a bit out there, I'm afraid to try Sprint. I'll probably stick with Cingular, but who knows.
I've mostly been a phone person, not much chat, text messaging, etc., on the phone, I carry a separate camera (Sony DSC-150, but I don't recommend Sony products anymore) and have few needs as far as the phone. Mostly I want good reception, loud volume, vibration, and easy PC synch. I'd like to be able to enter phone numbers and appts on the phone since I usually make them away from my computer. Dr, kid stuff, my wife's out of town schedule, etc. So I've been considering a keyboard phone. I had a Nokia 6600, which was cool and I'm looking at the new 6800's, which do most of what I want.
But I've had lots of people recommend the PDA phones and I'm tempted. The cool factor is nice and I wonder if I'd be able to send the newsletter or do any remote DBA functions with it. Not that I want to, but I have a few trips planned this year where I may not be able to log in with a computer, but a phone will probably work.
I've seen some people handle emergencies with their PDAs, dump logs, run backups, kill processes, etc., but I've never really had the need. I need a trip to a store to mess around a little and see what I think.
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1920s: The Roaring Twenties in America was a time of prosperity and pleasure seeking, as people sought to recover from the changes wrought by World War I.
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1920s: Though some schools teach poetry and fiction writing, no one American college or university offers a degree in creative writing.
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Livia Corsetti Abra Raspberry Long Sleeve Crotchless Lace Bodystocking
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Dress up your night time adventures with this gorgeous raspberry lace bodystocking. Luscious floral swirls and tendrils wrap around your form, highlighting your natural curves whilst concealing little imperfections for bedroom-ready confidence.
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Dress up your night time adventures with this gorgeous raspberry lace bodystocking. Luscious floral swirls and tendrils wrap around your form, highlighting your natural curves whilst concealing little imperfections for bedroom-ready confidence.
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Reviewed: 01 December 2017 by fierymango13, a Bisexual Going Steady Female
I had never tried a bodystocking before and I was a bit doubtful that it would look as good on me as it did on the model (I'm 5'3).
But as soon as I looked in the mirror I felt so sexy seeing that stocking hug every curve in such a flattering manner! And the colour is true to the picture, a delicious cherry wine.
Bought it for underneath a halloween costume, nobody could tell what it actually was until later on when the b/f undressed me. He loved it even more...
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- The fit, the colour, the lace pattern.
- Cons
- The front of the crotchless hole was just a little too wide for my liking.
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- Sexy and flattering. Can't wait to get my next bodystocking!
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Reviewed: 28 March 2016 by m4t1n, a Straight Married Male
I've always found it very sexy when my wife wears bodystockings. Over the years we bought so many of various types and styles, but she always seems to prefer this style with sleeves.
First we bought Livia Corsetti Abra Nude Long Sleeve Crotchless Lace Bodystocking, and after that this one Livia Corsetti Abra Raspberry Long Sleeve Crotchless Lace Bodystocking. They almost look alike.
The open crotch area is large and comes up to reveal almost all of my wife's pubic area from the front, but you can't tell it's open from behind unless she bend over (obviously). The only problem is that sometimes in the heat of the moment some holes gets expanded lol.
Raspberry lace is soft and stretchy to accommodate almost any figure. My wife is 175 cm and one size fits great and the sleeves comes all the way down. I just love this bodystocking. It is lovely and definitely very sexy. Just buy it.
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- Sexy bodystocking.
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Reviewed: 09 August 2015 by Little Lady, a Straight Going Steady Female
I've always been intrigued by bodystockings, but never bought one myself as I was paranoid of how I would look wearing one, but when Lovehoney sent me this to review, I was rather excited to finally try this out after lusting after one for years.
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It's a one size fits all, and although I was confident that this would fit me, at the same time when I took it out of the packaging I worried it wouldn't, it looks tiny! But don't let its size worry you, it's big enough and very stretchy which I liked.
I put this on and it really did look lovely. Hell, I don't look like the model in the picture, but it showed off every curve beautifully and it made me feel good too.
I wore this as a surprise for my OH who didn't know I was receiving this to review, so he really was surprised when he came to mine and saw me wearing this. This being said, this wasn't his thing and it didn't stay on long.
Something else that is great about this is how easy it is to put on, and take off.
I wondered if the material would be really thin and might leave me feeling a little cold, or worried it would rip, but I needn't worry as this is a somewhat thick material which made me feel really warm, and unless done with a lot of force, wouldn't rip.
The colour is lovely too, I love raspberry red shades and although I don't feel this is a true raspberry red, it's still lovely.
Overall, I loved this bodystocking, and it'll be nice to wear with the OH again to see if he'll take to it better next time.
This is well worth the money and I would have thought it would be more expensive, so you're getting great value for money,
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- The material, and the colour.
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- That my OH didn't like it!
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- A great bodystocking for a newbie to them, or someone who wants some more colour.
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We all have at one point or other thought about the way we see the world, one can have a fantasy about how cool it would be to see and do things differently with our eyes to yield all these demands Google has come up with Google Glass, these glasses are a special breed of spectacles that help in analyzing data, taking snaps, helping us in navigation, and taking snaps.
The main features of Google glass are as following
- Take snaps
- Record video
- Create hangout on the go anywhere
- Highly optimized voice activated commands
- Navigation support anywhere
- Translations
Let us now come to the big question after you have gone through the features
Can such a technology exist ?
Yes, such a technology do exist and it wont cost you a fortune to own something like that. You can book your pair of Google glass through this website portal given Google Glass here. But chances are that you are too late in owning this future piece of technology and might have to wait a bit longer to own something like this.
Price of such a technology
The Google glass will cost you about 1500$, but this is just the initial rush period and since nobody else in the world has such a technology, the price tag of Google glass is very high.
Now let us have a brief look into each one of its features.
Suppose you are in china and you want to buy something, at this point of time you cannot ask someone or browse the web as the vendor wont wait for you, hence Google glass comes to the rescue and translates into any language you require.
Say you plan a road trip the whole idea of a trip is to hope to explore, even though you are lost Google glass help you find your way to the correct destination, like any other reliable Google feature.
All other features of Google Glass
Among many other features like taking photos, recording videos, and creating hangouts there are various features like search the web instantly for information since everything is voice activated it will not take any time to display the output in the screen in front of you.
Privacy Invasion
One of the major concern of the world is the privacy invasion, as everybody likes to have their own personal space and nobody likes to be invaded of that the major threat one faces from Google glass is that somebody can be stocking you and you could be clueless, at the same time one might be taking snaps of you without your knowledge these are some of the major stuff that is bothering the world.
The risk of owning such a technology
As if today there is no law or rule to hold you back from owning such a technology, the only foretold risk is that theft of your Google glass may be high because of its pure awesomeness.
The future of Google glass
The future of Google glass can hold anything from changing menu at the blink of an eye or something that will blow away the users mind for sure.
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New environmental exposure technologies for chemical biomonitoring and person-specific sampling, such as in homes or breathing space, are crucial advances for finding environmental causes of disease and guiding prevention. These methods yield valuable exposure data for major NIH cohort studies and for surveillance, notably NHANES biomonitoring for more than 200 chemicals in the US population and the new EPA ExpoCast. Personal exposure measurements are expensive and sometimes non-repeatable, motivating open data- sharing, including in online repositories. At the same time, personal measurements raise new ethical concerns about the possibility that the identity of study participants might be revealed even in data considered anonymized, a process called re-identification. Proliferating public data and computing power will continue to increase privacy risks. Prompted by visible instances of re-identification, healthcare and genetics researchers, among others, are debating and investigating new practices for redacting shared data, warning participants of privacy risks, and sometimes requesting """"""""open consent"""""""" to share data without protecting privacy. However, computational privacy risks have not yet been investigated for environmental chemical exposure data. These data may pose risks through novel linkage strategies using data such as on real estate, environmental compliance, permits, weather, and consumer purchases. Re-identification could result in stigma for """"""""contaminated"""""""" individuals or communities, reveal behavior a person considers private (e.g., smoking or use of overseas products banned in the US), trigger legal obligations if a regulated chemical is measured, or affect property values, insurance, or employability. This project will empirically evaluate privacy risks and develop solutions for environmental health studies. It will engage an Advisory Council of environmental health scientists, computer scientists, policymakers, community leaders, and bioethicists to provide input and seek consensus on complex ethical and values-based considerations. Building on the investigators'established computational model for health data, this study will develop a model for predicting re-identification risk in environmental health studies. By applying the model to 10 important environmental studies, the project will quantify privacy risks in this field and identify specific data fields that contribute to risk. The model wil be validated by testing the actual number of re-identifications in a household exposure study. Based on results indicating risky data fields, the study will test and seek to optimize procedures to redact or mask data to improve privacy while retaining scientific utility for data-sharing. Because data-sharing decisions ultimately rest on participants'informed consent, the project complements computational analyses by asking participants in two large, innovative online studies about their understandings and values related to privacy and data-sharing. Results from this project will provide researchers with ethically and technically sound methods for sharing environmental data, contributing to more-rapid discovery of preventable causes of disease.
Personal environmental exposure assessments, such as chemical measurements in blood, urine, homes, and breathing space are crucial tools for finding environmental causes of disease. These measurements are expensive and, in the case of disasters, non-repeatable, so sharing data is crucial to advance knowledge and stretch public research dollars. This project will help researchers more rapidly identify how environmental exposures affect health by developing empirically tested, ethically sound methods for sharing environmental health and exposure data in online repositories while protecting the privacy of study participants.
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The 2017 Toyota Avalon will surprise you
The Toyota Avalon always seems to get overlooked. Maybe it's because the closely related Toyota Camry is one of the best-selling cars in the world, but people often forget about the Avalon. That's unfortunate, because I was truly surprised and impressed by this full-size sedan. Surprised that the performance and features were up to date, and impressed by the comfort and quality of the car overall. I looked forward to driving the Avalon every day I had it.
The Avalon is a true full-size sedan, and that's a category that doesn't get a lot of attention these days. The action is all over in the compact SUV area, but full size cars still fill an important role for family and luxury transportation, and they're generally very reasonably priced.
The Avalon comes with Toyota's proven 3.5-liter V6 engine rated at 268 horsepower and 248 pound-feet of torque. The Avalon's transmission is a solid 6-speed automatic, and the car comes with front wheel drive. There is also a hybrid version of the Avalon available.
On the road, the Avalon has plenty of power. Let's state the obvious: The Avalon is not a sports car, but I found that it had enough power to be an enjoyable drive. What surprised me is that the Avalon is also a very calm car to drive. The overall effect of the engine performance, quiet cabin, and handling is that the Avalon will relax you as you drive. That's worth a lot on a Portland commute these days.
The interior of the Avalon is very well-appointed. The test car was a mid-level Touring trim, and included leather upholstery with heat in both the front seats. The seats are power-adjustable with a seat position memory system. The Avalon Touring trim also comes with a seven-inch Entune infotainment system including Navigation. Of course there's support for your iPod, hands-free phone use, Siri Eyes-Free, and an integrated backup camera. One more thing, the trunk is enormous as it should be on a full size sedan.
Toyota wouldn't send the Avalon out of the factory door without a full set of safety features, and all the critical ones are standard on all trims. In the Touring trim, both a blind spot monitor and rear cross-traffic alert are standard.
The bottom line on the Toyota Avalon is that if you have forgotten about it, you might want to take another look. If the mid-size cars just aren't big enough, or don't offer the comfort you're looking for, you can step up to a full-size for just about the same money. Like me, you might be surprised at how much you like the Toyota Avalon.
2017 Toyota Avalon Touring
Base price: $34,185
Price as tested: $39,134
Type: Full size sedan
Engine: 3.5-liter V6 (268 hp, 248 lbs-ft)
Transmission: 6-speed automatic
EPA estimated mileage: 21/30
Overall length: 195 inches
Curb weight: 3,505 pounds
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Commentary by Bill Buchanan
In an example of what can only be described as a fanaticism "arms race," the burning of the Koran at a tiny Florida church set off a protest at a United Nations compound in Afghanistan that killed 11 people. Protests then spread to other areas of the country, adding to the death toll. Wow, where do you begin? For the church in Florida, holding a mock trial of someone else's holy book, then finding it "guilty" and burning it is not exactly the best way to demonstrate God's love — especially just a few weeks from Easter. As for the


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Fashion month has just gone by and there have been so many beautiful runway shows, which I will try highlight in the blog over the coming weeks. I could not help but be amazed by the Emilio Pucci Spring 2017 show, which took place in Milan a couple weeks ago. The colours were bold, the attitude was feminine and the overall mood was artsy making this collection something really special.
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Here's what this recipe has:
Salt + pepper
Lemon Zest
Olive oil
Here's what this recipe doesn't have:
Papayas, Twinkies, turkey tetrazzini, licorice, Swiss cheese, gumballs, mayonnaise, radicchio, olives, pork jowls, meringue, grape jelly, cotton balls, Mike & Ikes, sugar, bourbon, and gluten.
I know you're sad it doesn't have pork jowls.
That it also doesn't have gluten is both the point and beside the point.
Let me explain.
Berkeley-based photographer and mother Erin Scott found out several years ago that she has celiac disease, that autoimmune disorder that damages the gut. She later learned that her two school-age kids are gluten-intolerant as well. This news could send anyone into a deep, mournful funk.
But Erin is a food lover, a gardener, a world traveler, and an optimist. She's a ray of sunshine in person-form, a lovely, friendly, serene woman with an easy manner and a quiet, from-within light.
Though getting any kind of medical diagnosis can be exceedingly difficult (to say the least), Erin soon began to focus on all those foods that were still safe for her and her family to enjoy.
Look, I tend to shy away from special-diets books: books for vegans, for raw foodists, for fat-avoiders, for those who think carbs are Satan. I aim for balance in all things, and because I'm allergic and intolerant to so few foods, I have wide dietary berth. I'm extremely lucky.
My problem with some -- not all, certainly -- special diets books is this: their authors' tendency to replace verboten foods with pale substitutes to try to mimic familiar dishes without the offending ingredients. Doing this well takes real skill, but too often the results can be wildly inconsistent. It's also why I avoid foods with quotation marks, like "chik'n" nuggets or soy-based "cheese."
In Yummy Supper: 100 Fresh, Luscious & Honest Recipes from a {Gluten-Free} Omnivore (Rodale, 2014), Erin Scott does things right. The key is in the brackets, right there in her subtitle.
Erin's food happens to be gluten-free, but because her focus shines so brightly on everything else, those of us who can eat gluten pay its absence no mind.
(Do I care that Erin's steak with gremolata has no gluten? I do not. But if you or someone you love eats gluten-free, you will care, you must care, and therein lies the magic: We'll all enjoy this food. The lack of gluten is thus the very point and entirely beside the point, simultaneously.)
Erin's recipes are fresh, clean, wholesome, and enticing. Her visuals -- colorful, alluring, and hunger-inducing -- make me want to eat.
But perhaps what I like most about her food is its simplicity. Whether in the steak pictured above; a simple saute of squid with big green olives, thyme, and lemon; pistachio kebabs with beef and lamb (which I made as burgers); vegetable salads galore; or a straightforward pot of beans, Erin's flavor combos appeal in spades.
In addition to her cookbook Yummy Supper, Erin writes and photographs a beautiful blog by the same name. Get to know her and her food, and we can discuss pork jowls when you return.
Recipe for Steak with Gremolata
When served with a bowl of cool, fresh fruit, cucumber rounds, and sliced avocado, this steak makes an ideal summer meal. In her recipe, Erin calls for hanger steak, a cut my local market only stocks frozen. Because I wanted dinner in an hour, my butcher recommended flat iron steak instead. It was terrific, and at $8 / pound, it was also a relatively inexpensive cut. Erin says rib eye makes a great option, too.
Adapted very closely from Yummy Supper by Erin Scott, with permission from Rodale Books
Makes 4 servings
1-1/2 pounds flat iron steak, hanger steak, or rib eye
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/3 cup flat-leaf parsley
Zest of 1 lemon
2 garlic cloves, smashed and minced
Olive oil, for brushing
Pat the steak dry with paper towels. Sprinkle both sides generously with salt. Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before grilling. On a cutting board, mound the parsley, lemon zest, and garlic. Mince together, then transfer to a small bowl. Season to taste.
Preheat a grill to medium-high heat (400°F to 450°F). Scrape the grates completely clean. Brush the steak lightly with olive oil on both sides, then transfer to the hot grill.
Grill with the lid shut until done to your liking, about 8 minutes per side for medium-rare, turning once. Remove from the grill and season again lightly with salt and pepper. Sprinkle the gremolata on top, pressing gently. Let rest for 10 minutes before slicing.
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Yesterday i was listening music and my Windows Ultimate 32bit crashed, music started lagging. Then i restarted my computer and hes won't load the windows. Tryied do 3 times system restore but nothing helped. Tryied to install windows xp and then windows 7 again, but then i installed winXP i don't have internet connection, don't know why. then tryied install windows 7 but it's fails at middle of Completing installation progress then computer restart and i get hieroglif in the screen (picture above) and nothing happens. And then my computer is loading always in hieroglif. Maybe it's BIOS crashed ? How to fix that? And sorry guys for my BAD English :/
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King Smiley Billiards' Annual Halloween Party
I invite you to join me at King Smiley Billiards on Halloween Saturday, October 31st from 8pm until close for our annual Halloween Party. You're not required to dress up but it's a lot more fun when you do. Plus, free pool for players in costume. Check out the photo gallery for pictures from past years and plan on being a part of this year's Halloween Party at King Smiley Billiards. I'll meet you there!


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Reffkin Tennis Center
50 S. Alvernon Way - Tucson, AZ 85711
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- 25 Lighted Tennis Courts
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- USTA Outstanding Tennis Facility Award Winner
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- Largest Public Facility in the Southwest
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In the late 1950's, a driving range peppered with little white dimpled balls is what sat on the Southwest corner of Alvernon and Broadway Boulevard. Today it is the location of the Southwest's crown jewel of public tennis facilities, boasting 25 lighted hard courts tucked within the lush greenery of Reffkin Park. Reffkin Tennis Center is now Tucson's flagship public racket facility, but it has grown from humble beginnings.
Reffkin Tennis Center was constructed in 1961 and consisted of 10 red-dyed concrete courts lit by florescent bulbs. Preserved as a piece of history, the red concrete is still visible in the walk way between courts 1-5 and 6-10. The public restroom was limited to a single portable unit on the west end of the facility and the proshop was hardly bigger than a closet.
Jim Reffkin became the first tennis pro ever hired by the city of Tucson, and assumed the position of Director of Tennis at Reffkin in 1975. Over the past three decades, Reffkin has overseen the construction of 15 additional courts (including the Michael Landon Stadium Court), a new proshop of original design, the preservation and addition of vegetation within the grounds, and the updating of lighting to modern standards. With these improvements came reward, as Reffkin was named "Outstanding Facility of the Year" in 1993 by the United States Tennis Association. Reffkin has also developed Reffkin's tournament schedule. Reffkin Tennis Center hosts more tournaments than any other facility in the Southwest, including USTA National Championships.
Reffkin is also home to the Smith-Perry Tennis Academy (SPTA). The SPTA is one of the largest junior tennis development programs in the Southwest, and consistently produces regionally and nationally ranked junior players, most continuing on to play at the collegiate level.
Celebrity has also found a place at Reffkin. Tennis legends such as Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, and Billy Jean King have graced the courts, as well as movie stars and other sports figures. The Celebrity Tennis Classic was hosted at Reffkin from 1981 through 1995. Connie Stevens hosted in 1981, followed by Michael Landon's 10 year reign from 1982 to 1991, Beau Bridges in 1993, and Rick Springfield in 1994 and 1995.
Reffkin Tennis Center has enjoyed a colorful history and will proudly continue to be the heartbeat of tennis in Tucson. With more instructional programs and events offered for all ages than any facility in Tucson, public or private, Reffkin will continue to play a major role in the future of our sport. The Reffkin Tennis Center was previously known as the Randolph Tennis Center.


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Tales From the Gifting Suite: See Stars Grabbing Free Stuff
Edie Falco! Diablo Cody! Bill Maher! Al Roker! Bryan Batt! Craig Robinson!
Awards season is in full swing — and so, too, is gifting-suite season. Before big events, stars (who aren't quite famous enough to send someone in their place) line up for complimentary swag, manicures, and makeovers. And all that anyone asks in return is for them to pose for awkward photos wearing uncomfortable facial expressions that clearly say, "I certainly hope no one ever puts this picture into an irreverently captioned slideshow." Please enjoy Vulture's irreverently captioned slideshow of celebrities in gifting suites.


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Bradley Dowden
Bradley Dowden is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy. He received his PhD from Stanford University.
Professor Dowden's main teaching and research interests are Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, Logic and Philosophy of Mind. He is a general editor of the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the author of The Metaphysics of Time.
Other information about Professor Dowden, including his contact information, office hours and current class schedule may be found on his personal website.