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SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Heterogeneous Systems Architecture (HSA) Foundation is making good progress in an area important for future designers of SoCs and the software that rides on them, but it still faces a long road to success.
This week, Advanced Micro Devices said it will ship the first processor to use HSA techniques of letting CPU and graphics cores share resources in January. AMD developed support under Linux for the techniques, but no other plans have been announced so far for processors or operating systems supporting the techniques. The chips (and probably the operating systems) will come at some point.
ARM, Imagination, Mediatek, Qualcomm, Samsung, and other top mobile SoC and core designers are part of HSA. During a panel discussion at AMD's developer conference here, an Imagination executive said the company will support HSA on all its cores eventually, but he would not give say which cores would ship when. ARM CTO Mike Muller was more reserved. "HSA is good for midrange systems, but I'm not sure if it scales to the smallest systems, and I don't think it does scale to high-performance computing with tens of thousands of processors," he said during the panel discussion. "One system's architecture won't scale across the whole space."
Apple, Google, and Microsoft have remained mum about their plans to support HSA in iOS, Android, Chrome OS, and Windows. Designers can write drivers to support the techniques in operating systems such as Windows, but that's not an ideal approach.
The big standouts are AMD's archrivals: Intel and Nvidia. They and Apple back OpenCL in mobile and desktop systems. The Khronos Group's OpenCL spec is a higher-level API for programming parallel tasks on any GPU. It has been around for a while but is just starting to build in some of the shared-memory goodies the HSA Foundation is defining.
A representative for Khronos and Nvidia said HSA, OpenCL, and Nvidia's proprietary Cuda software environment are on parallel paths and offering increasingly similar features.
Cuda has been a hit for Nvidia in high-performance computing, including in the top 500 supercomputers. Thanks to an early move into this market, a growing share of these systems use Nvidia's GPUs with Cuda. But that could change.
"Every three or four years, supercomputer developers look around for what's new, seize on something, and really milk it for a few years," said Wen-mei Hwu, a professor of computer science at the University of Illinois and an expert in the field. The latest versions of Cuda already support some HSA flat-memory features. But Cuda is not well suited for some supercomputer apps, and that could open a door for the HSA Foundation and AMD.


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Week's Ares blog reports that the first part of the program was an
introduction to the problem the program faces -- how exactly to accelerate an
aircraft from a stop to speeds fast enough to activate a supersonic-combustion
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At the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution, 13-year-old Nanchu watched Red Guards burst into her home and arrest her parents, whom they tortured and jailed. She was left to fend for herself and her younger brother on the streets of Shanghai, enduring poverty and near-starvation. As she grew older she herself became a Red Guard and was sent down to the largest work camp in China. There she faced primitive conditions, predatory officials, a viper's nest of party jealousies, and near-fatal injury before she finally won admittance to Madame Mao's university in Shanghai. Her testimony is essential for anyone interested in China or human rights.


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The builder of the Bulbash-Hall plans in creating a memorial in Kurapaty.
Now the project is being considered in the Ministry of Culture. The Nasha Niva newspaper found that out, having received a response to its appeal to the Minsk district executive committee on the occasion of the building of Bulbash-Hall next to the place of burial of the victims of mass repressions.
The company BelRestInvest, which is the building owner, "has developed a set of measures for creating a memorial Kurapaty. These measures are sent to the Ministry of Culture for approval".
It is not explained what exactly fall into the set of measures.
"As a matter of fact, a memorial is the Cross Hill, and it is already there. Tile and asphalt coverage of the memorial would only harm. Historians repeatedly voiced the idea of creating a museum of the victims of mass repressions nearby, but it is a big deal, which requires a respective political decision by the authorities", - the newspaper reports.
The newspaper's editorial office sent as well other requests as to the Bulbash-Hall.
According to the information of the Minsk region executive committee, the building of the "wayside service facility" is being carried out in the framework of an investment agreement as of 1 March 2010. Whereas a draft project of the construction was agreed in the Ministry of Culture back in 2006. But also as a wayside service facility at the 51st km of the Minsk circle road.
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The information about the construction of the restaurant and entertainment complex Bulbash-Hall next to Kurapaty became known in October. After public protests advertisement disappeared from the construction site at first, and now inspections were started.


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By Bryan Hoch, David Wilson and Josh Vitale / MLB.com
NEW YORK -- With contract negotiations with the Yankees stalled, second baseman Robinson Cano seems to already expect that an agreement won't be reached during the season.
"Either way, at the end of the season, I'm going to be a free agent," Cano said at his RC24 foundation charity event Monday night. "So you just got to go out there and play ball."
Cano then said he would still be open to signing a contract extension this season, but said he's not thinking about it. If the moment does come, he said he would "see what happens."
The second baseman signed a six-year, $57 million contract in 2008. He made $14 million last season and he'll earn $15 million this year.
It's been reported that he and the Yankees are still far apart in negotiations. Cano dropped agent Scott Boras and switched to Jay Z's Roc Nation Sports agency in April.
Cano was batting .275 with 16 home runs and 45 RBIs entering Tuesday night's opener against the Rangers.
"I'm just not thinking about [the] contract right now. I just go out there and play," Cano said. "There will be a chance at the end of the season to talk about that."
A-Rod tweets he's cleared for games; Yanks not happy
NEW YORK -- Alex Rodriguez delivered a message to the world via Twitter on Tuesday evening, announcing that his hip surgeon has cleared the slugger to begin playing in Minor League rehabilitation games.
The Yankees bounced A-Rod's message back to sender, and general manager Brian Cashman left little question that he would prefer it if his rehabbing star could just stay under the radar.
Responding to Rodriguez's tweet, Cashman said to ESPN New York, "You know what, when the Yankees want to announce something, [we will]," adding, "Alex should just shut ... up. That's it. I'm going to call Alex now."
Rodriguez tweeted that he had been visited over the weekend in Tampa, Fla., by Dr. Bryan Kelly, who performed his January left hip procedure. Rodriguez said that Kelly "gave me the best news - the green light to play games again!"
Visit from Dr. Kelly over the weekend, who gave me the best news - the green light to play games again! http://t.co/RuzfXOJjHI- Alex Rodriguez (@AROD) June 25, 2013
But the Yankees have made no such announcement, and the team's medical staff -- not Kelly -- would have the final say as to when and where Rodriguez begins playing in Minor League games.
Rodriguez's tweet was accompanied by an Instagram photo of Rodriguez and Kelly sitting on a dugout bench at the Yankees' Himes Avenue Minor League complex. It is expected that Rodriguez will begin playing for Class A Tampa in the Florida State League sometime in July.
"I will continue to work hard until my efforts get me back in pinstripes and help my team win," A-Rod said in a statement in response to Cashman's remarks. "The tweet was pure excitement about Dr. Kelly's prognosis."
Cashman departed Yankee Stadium without speaking to other reporters. His comments to ESPN came after the GM was also irked by a newspaper report that cited a source close to Rodriguez saying he would begin to play in Minor League games on July 1. Cashman told MLB.com on Monday that was inaccurate.
"The tail is not wagging the dog, at least in this case," Cashman said.
The Yankees have provided only a vague timeline for Rodriguez's return, with the club sticking to its original expectation that he could be back in the lineup after the All-Star break.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi said that Rodriguez is making progress but will continue playing in simulated games until further notice.
"I don't tweet and I don't really follow Twitter, so I probably don't really know much of what's going on," Girardi said after the Yankees' 4-3 win. "As far as I know, he's not cleared [to play].
"There's always a chain of command with injuries and there has to be. That's the process. It goes to our training staff, our doctors, our GM and then it probably gets to me, so I'm kind of down on the totem pole."
Girardi also said that he does not expect the Yankees to receive any reinforcements from Tampa before the All-Star break, a rehabbing group that includes Rodriguez, shortstops Eduardo Nunez and Derek Jeter, as well as catcher Francisco Cervelli.
"This list is going on and on," Girardi said. "Guys are doing more every day."
Impressed with Nova's start, Yanks keep him around
NEW YORK -- Ivan Nova's stay with the Yankees will last more than just one spot start.
Manager Joe Girardi said he's not quite sure yet what the pitcher's role will be in New York, but the team was impressed enough with how Nova threw against the Rays on Sunday that it didn't consider making a move, leaving Nova with the Major League club for the time being.
Nova will throw a bullpen session on Tuesday, but New York is "just going to kind of go day by day here to see" what his role will be.
"It's possible he could get another start here at some point," Girardi said. "I'm not taking anyone out of the rotation, but we're in a long stretch here of 20 games, so it's possible we might put him in there just to give the guys an extra day that way."
The Yankees sent Nova to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre largely so that he could remain a starting pitcher, but Girardi said he will be available out of the 'pen in New York.
He won't be available on Tuesday or Wednesday, and probably not on Thursday either, but after that, Girardi will have him available for relief duty.
"We'll keep him in the bullpen probably for that," Girardi said, "just in case of emergency and then we'll see where it goes. There's no exact plan."
Bombers bits
Infielder Reid Brignac has cleared waivers and has elected free agency, rather than accepting an outright assignment to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He batted .114 in 17 games with the Yankees after being acquired from the Rockies earlier this season.
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. David Wilson and Josh Vitale are associate reporters for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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CORONA, Calif., (March 26, 2010) – The United States' biggest and most prestigious amateur national snowboard event – the USASA National Championships – will have a decided Monster Energy flare as the nation's No. 1 by-volume energy drink joins forces with the organizers of the April 3-9th competition snowboard blowout to host the inaugural Monster Mash Invitational pipe jam at Colorado's Copper Mountain (April 7th).
The centerpiece of the week-long snowboard contest at Copper, the Monster Mash All-Star Invitational Pipe Jam features 12 of the amateur-to-pro ranks graduates from USASA competitions' past, including:
- Danny Kass
- Louie Vito
- JJ Thomas
- Steve Fisher
- Matt Ladley
- Brennen Swanson
- Zack Black
- Dylan Bidez
- Broc Waring
- Chad Otterstrom
The starting lineup will also include an invite to the winner of the Men's Open Superpipe final at the USASA Nationals.
"An amazingly strong fit," said Monster Energy rep Cody Dresser on Monster's aligning with the USASA with this alumni pipe jam. "Amateur snowboarding in the United States owes a lot to the USASA and these athletes, including Monster's own Danny Kass and Louie Vito, that came up through the USASA competitions represent the success stories that our young, up-and-coming snowboarders are working hard to achieve themselves.
"There's a very good chance a future world snowboard champion will be in the crowd, watching Danny and Louie perform, getting stoked and thinking to him or herself 'That's gonna be me someday.'"
Furthering those thoughts while whipping the crowd into a frenzy as he calls out the above-the-lip antics of the aforementioned athletes (and a few more to be named here soon) will be Monster Energy's Luke "Dingo" Trembath. The guy to have on the mic when a legion of top pipe masters is assembled for a session, Dingo will have 1,500 of the Nation's top amateur snowboarders going crazy when the Monster Mash Invitational tips off.
"Both Monster and the USASA are at the core of snowboarding," says Dingo. "Without the pressure of a World Cup title or Olympic medal on the line, plan on seeing these USASA alumni straight up destroy Copper's pipe. Kids'll watch and learn and the guys riding are gonna be pumped to give back to the sport they've got much out of."
Monster Energy will throw down with a bit of philanthropic incentive to as they have put $5,000 on the line – which will be donated by Monster in the winning rider's name – to the USASA.
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Ben Jealous, President and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said he quickly found himself refocusing his annual national convention in Orlando more on the George Zimmerman not guilty verdict.
Jealous said it's ironic that his group's annual convention happened to be going on at the same time and place as Zimmerman's verdict was handed down.
"Certainly felt just a little providential. That when this came down, the NAACP would have all its leaders from across the country down here. I don't want to make too much of that, but it's one of those moments that makes you feel very small," Jealous said, adding that the NAACP has, "a responsibility while we're here to talk about what's going on here, and send people back ready to talk about how we ensure that there are no more 'Trayvons.'"
An NAACP spokesman said there were tears and anger over the verdict, especially from young black men attending the convention. The spokesman said the organization invited counselors from all over Central Florida to help youth attending the convention away from their families deal with their emotions. Monday evening the NAACP held a town hall-style meeting for youth to discuss taking peaceful action.
"We're asking youth across the country to keep on doing what they're doing," said Jealous. "That's if they're upset and angry, fuel it in a powerful and peaceful way. Sign the petition on line and get involved in a protest in your community and we're proud of it."
Jealous said the verdict had a powerful impact on the focus of the convention but on him personally.
"When I heard that verdict the first thing I did is walked over to my son's crib and I listened to him breathe. And I began to cry. Because I realized Tracy and Sybrina would never hear Trayvon breathe again," Jealous said.
Jealous said he will be meeting with the Department of Justice officials this week to discuss the possibility of civil rights charges against Zimmerman.
"There will most likely be a civil phase," Jealous said. "But even after that the US. DOJ will have an opportunity say whether it intends to file charges or bring civil action or even bring a pattern and practice investigation to Sanford Police Department."
The Department of Justice said Sunday it would review the Martin-Zimmerman case to determine if it should consider prosecuting Zimmerman, who was acquitted Friday.
"Experienced federal prosecutors will determine whether the evidence reveals a prosecutable violation of any of the limited federal criminal civil rights statutes within our jurisdiction, and whether federal prosecution is appropriate in accordance with the Department's policy governing successive federal prosecution following a state trial," the DOJ said.
NAACP Chairman Roslyn Brock spoke to Local 6 Sunday afternoon and was candid in her reaction to the not guilty verdict of George Zimmerman.
"We can't get to how you walk home in the rain from a local convenience store to being dead on the ground," she said. "Our community was prepared for a manslaughter conviction, we would accept that, but to have Mr. Zimmerman exonerated of all charges?"
As more than 4,000 members gathered at the annual NAACP Convention in Orlando, many of the scheduled meetings have turned into lengthy discussions about the Zimmerman verdict. The NAACP had been calling on the Department of Justice to file civil rights charges against Zimmerman which they say were violated the night he took Martin's life.
"We're hopeful Mr. Zimmerman is brought to justice, that in American society it means something to take the life of an unarmed 17-year-old male in this community."
But Mark O' Mara, the attorney for George Zimmerman, said the trial was not about race, it was about self-defense.
"Obviously, we are ecstatic with the results. George Zimmerman was never guilty of anything except protecting himself in self-defense," O'Mara said.
The NAACP has already received 225,000 signatures, just hours after the verdict. The petition now stands at almost 400,000 signatures.
Roslyn Brock said the petition is just the beginning.
"We're standing resolute in our theme that we will not be moved, we have to do something to make justice in America equal."
The attorney for the family of Trayvon Martin, the teen who was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, spoke at the NAACP National Convention on Monday in Orlando.
"After the verdict was rendered, the question has been answered loud and clear," said Benjamin Crump.
Zimmerman was acquitted of second-degree murder on Saturday by a six-person jury after a nearly month-long trial.
Crump spoke about Martin's mother's reaction to the verdict in Zimmerman's trial.
"After the verdict, it was devastating. Their heart broke again. She cried and prayed and cried again," Crump said.
Crump urged the crowds to stay vocal and vigilant during the Department of Justice investigation into a possible civil rights violation, such as a hate crime.
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Good Neighbor Energy Fund now available to Massachusetts residents
From the Berkshires to Boston, households struggling to pay their energy bills this winter can now access the Massachusetts Good Neighbor Energy Fund.
The fund provides a $350 stipend to income-eligible individuals and families during the heating season. Organizers say they hope to dole out a total of $650,000 to more than 2,000 households across the state.
"Without assistance from the [fund], many of the people we serve wouldn't be able to make their monthly utility payments," said Maj. David E. Kelly, the divisional commander of the Massachusetts Salvation Army, which administers the fund.
Local residents can apply to the fund through the Salvation Army Corps on West Street in Pittsfield and River Street in North Adams.
The application process officially began Wednesday, according to Salvation Army officials.
"People start inquiring in September," said Maj. Ralph Hansen, commander of the North Adams Salvation Army Corps. "I expect the numbers will be higher this year. In fact, they get higher every year."
"Since the first of January, I have had six people ask about the fund," said Bea Turner, a social worker at the Pittsfield Salvation Army.
Turner said the Massachusetts Salvation Army headquarters in Canton processes the applications.
The energy assistance program is funded through Western Massachusetts Electric Co., National Grid, Berkshire Gas Co. and other participating utilities. Utility customers can donate to the fund when paying their monthly bill, online at www.magoodneighbor.org or by calling 1-800-SAL-ARMY.
Donors can also mail in a check payable to The Good Neighbor Energy Fund and mail it to The Salvation Army, 25 Shawmut Road, Canton, MA 02021.
The Good Neighbor Energy Fund has raised more than $18.3 million and assisted nearly 80,450 households with a month's energy expense since its inception in 1985.
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The Massachusetts Good Neighbor Energy Fund now accepting applications through the Salvation Army from state residents not eligible for state or federal energy assistance this winter.
Income eligibility guidelines for 2012-13 are as follows:
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1 $31,271-$41,695
2 $40,893-$54,524
3 $50,515-$67,353
4 $60,137-$80,182
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I have a Kicker 700.5 as the single amp in my boat right now and i just ordered a set of the KM6500.2 for the tower. My question is can I run this amp to power the sub and towers or should I look for a new second amp for the towers.
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I just put in a Kicker KX800.4 to power my two tower speakers and 12" Sub. I'm about to post a new thread about the install.
While i'm sure Phil White from Kicker will jump in on this when seen, you might want to read his posts in the thread from WakeWorld concerning the same type of question on the Kicker KM6500.2.2007 Mobius LSV
Hey New Guy!
For the KM6500.2's, (or any tower speaker system for that matter) you are going to be better served using a dedicated tower speaker amp. There are numerous reasons:
1. Tower speakers as a general rule take and handle more power than the in-boat speakers. The KM6500.2's will handle 200 watts RMS per channel comfortably all day. This is way more power than the 700.5 will deliver, as it was designed optimally for in-boat speaker applications.
2. It is nice to be able to turn the tower speakers off for those times when you don't want them playing. With a dedicated tower speaker amp, all you need is a switch on the remote-turn-on lead for the tower amp.
3. Dedicating a new amp to the tower speakers allows you to maintain the stock wiring for the 700.5, alllowing the in-boat system to run as designed. Adding more speakers to it will make the amp work harder and run hotter.
Take a look at the ZXM450.2 as a proper amp for a basic simple installation, or use an equivalent stereo amplifier that will deliver 150 - 200 watts RMS into a 4-ohm load per channel. With the ZX450.2 you will be operating at 4-ohms and you will have 300 watts total power up on the tower.
For a hotter system, consider bridging a ZX650.4 into a KM6500.2 set. That will deliver 325 watts per side to the speakers, and will provide a little bit of headroom, so you can drive the speakers to their rated power handling without clipping.
If you are considering upgrading later to a 6-pack, (6 cans, a set of KM6500.2's, and the optional extra pair of mids that are sold as the KM6500) you might want to consider a pair of the ZX300.1 class A/B monoblocks to drive the 6-pack for a total of 600 watts of power up on the tower. Otherwise, you can use the basic ZXM450.2 for a 6-pack as well. With a 6-pack and a ZXM450.2 you are operating the amp at 2-ohms, and you will have 225 watts per side, for 450 watts of total power up on the tower.
Hopefully that makes sense?
If not post back; I am here to help make sense of it all...
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Thanks Phil I will probably go with the 650.4 for now. Once I get everything in I'm sure there will be more questions
So right now it the system is going to consist of:
Kicker 10" L5 sub
Polk components
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I am curious, but there doesn't appear to be very much in English about him on the internet. Does anyone here have anything to say about him?This advanced spiritual training is taken care of by Jes Bertelsen, whose Tibetan teacher, Tulku Urgyen, in 1989 authorized him to teach Dzogchen (an advanced form of meditation) from a western perspective and for westerners. Tulku Urgyen acknowledged Vaekstcenteret's basic schooling as valid preparation for the actual meditative praxis.


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Romney: IOC Needs to Limit Spending on Olympics
When Mitt Romney ran for president in 2012, he called for cuts in federal spending. Sixteen months after he lost, he's making public pleas for austerity in another arena: the Olympics.
Mr. Romney said Sunday that the International Olympic Committee should take steps to limit spending on the games in the wake of the Sochi Olympics, which are estimated to have cost more than $50 billion.
"Olympic sport can be demonstrated at $2-or-$3 billion," Mr. Romney said on NBC's Meet the Press. "All that extra money could be used to do some very important things in terms of fighting poverty and fighting disease around the world."


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BERLIN- Worcester Prep's boys' varsity lacrosse team breezed through its Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference (ESIAC) tournament semifinal on a damp, drizzly afternoon on Wednesday, beating visiting Salisbury School, 14-5, to advance to the title game.
The Mallards beat the Dragons, 14-5, on Wednesday to return to the ESIAC championship game again after taking a one-year hiatus from the conference. Worcester last won the conference title in 2007, beating Salisbury School, 12-1, in the final.
Before the Mallards could punch their ticket to the conference title game, however, they still had to tangle with old rival Salisbury School in the semifinals at home on Wednesday in dreary, wet conditions. The Mallards jumped out to an early 3-0 lead before even three minutes elapsed on two goals by Billy Tyler and one by Ryan McGuire. Justin Butler then got his offensive game cranked up, scoring three goals in a span of about four minutes in the first quarter including the last with just 16 seconds left in the period.
After goals by Alex Ternahan and Brad Harris extended the lead to 8-0 in the second quarter, Salisbury got on the board late in the period to cut the lead to 8-1 at the half. In the third quarter, Butler scored two more times to extend the lead to 11-1, the second coming on a nice assist by Tyler. In one of the better plays of the day, McGuire hit Jake Emche on the crease for a quick-stick goal with just under six minutes left in the third to extend the lead to 12-1.
The Dragons scored twice in the waning minutes of the third to cut the lead to 12-3, but Worcester's Harris scored with just 16 seconds left in the period to get one of the back and the period ended with the Mallards on top, 13-3.
With just over seven minutes left in the fourth, Worcester's Zach Harman got on the board to extend the lead to 14-4. Harman finished with a nice game, scoring a goal and getting an assist. Salisbury scored a late goal and the game ended 14-5. Worcester will host the ESIAC championship game at home this afternoon against either Sussex Tech or Gunston, which faced each other in the other semifinal in a game played too late to be included in this edition.


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Lita Ford in "Kiss Me Deadly"
Kiss This Song Hello
Welcome to Forgotten Videos. Well, for some forgotten, for others just filed away, and for others still, a totally brand-new discovery. Whichever category you fall into, each week we'll feature a video that's possibly been collecting dust when what it really deserves is a fresh look. Or, we'll be giving a fresh look at a video that deserves to be collecting dust. We're not here to judge, we just want to take you on a little trip down memory lane. Yep, you'll remember when hair was really that big, when drums were that up front in the mix, when video was young(er) and so were you.
Lita Ford
"Kiss Me Deadly"
A decade before this song hit No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, Lita Ford was a runaway. Well, technically, she was a member of the all-girl punk rock group the Runaways, which might have been an even more serious situation than running away from home. The Runaways never broke through commercially, and between their breakup in 1979 and the release of "Kiss Me Deadly" Lita supported herself as everything from a perfume salesperson to a gas station attendant (apparently, when they still had such jobs). "Kiss Me…" is undoubtedly catchy pop/rock, but what it means to be kissed deadly isn't quite clear in the song, though the sound of it — combined with Lita's sexual advances on her guitar — does somehow conjure male teen fantasies. And she does sing "laid," which, as Paris would say, is hot. One of Lita's other interim jobs was hairdresser, though we're not sure if she did her own very '80s-metal vixen coif for the video. Lita followed up in 1989 with "Close My Eyes Forever," a duet with Ozzy Osbourne, which was the only Top 10 hit for either artist.
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text: I was thinking about what madara could be plotting to do with sasuke and i came up with this. Maybe madara needs sasuke to defeat naruto so that he could release the fox from naruto. If madara fights naruto and uses his sharingan i believe the fox will take over out of anger and revenge for being used by madara. Some will say the madara can control the fox but i think he cant control the fox while its in naruto. He can control the fox but in naruto's case its is the fox's charka the naruto uses.Tell me what you guys think.


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You've figured out what's so damn hard about computing. We have high-level revelations that we turn into algorithms, but we have low-level hardware. It's hard to spell out one into the other.
So.... Let's make the hardware smarter! Oh, wait, that was the '70's idea: VAX opcodes, smart assembler. That didn't go very far.
So.... Let's make the translator smarter! Oh wait, that's what RISC was going to do in the '80's: super-smart compilers against cheap, dumb hardware. Well, that kinda panned out, but not really....
So.... Let's just live with the difference, and make the hardware faster! Yes, the '90's and '00's superscalar processors, the multi-gigahertz chips. That's the ticket. Or is it...?
As you've found, it's still hard. The real impedance mismatch is between our creative brains and our constructive hands, and it hasn't been crossed yet.
Wonder what the '10's will bring.
Wonder what the '10's will bring.
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Seriously, I think something really needs to change in the world of computing. Testing is what's really helped to push me there. Specifically, once I started realizing that we can't just know how to build good software, I started thinking harder about this problem, but I am Bear of Little Brain and I don't have a solution for it. I realized that tests (particularly acceptance tests) are an ad hoc method of ensuring program correctness. They do not, howeve


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Only 16 years old, this is the second album from Orlando, Florida-based electronic producer Marcel Everett (aka XXYYXX) and it's a seriously impressive set of minimalist, emotional, sample-heavy, bass-riddled beats with plenty of en vogue pitch-shifted vocals. While comparisons to James Blake and Star Slinger are relatively apt, XXYYXX's brooding, sexy beats exist in a blossoming field inhabited by contemporaries such as Shlohmo, Lapalux, and Mister Lies. 4/13/2012 - Alex


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Andrea is the daughter of Janet Haney of Fort Cobb, Okla., and Donald Haney of Knoxville. She is the granddaughter of the late James R. Bob Haney and Captola Haney of Atkins and Margetta Barrett and the late James Barrett of Hattieville. Andrea graduated from Atkins High School in 2008. She is employed at Arkansas Nuclear One of Entergy.
Ethan is the son of Paul Wayne and Janis Duvall of Russellville. He is the grandson of Newana and the late Clifton Duvall of Russellville and Norman D. and Wanda Davis of Russellville and the late Cirl (Bill) Page of Russellville. Ethan graduated from Atkins High school in 2008. He is employed at South Western Energy Company.
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iPad 2 Case Review: iSkin Vu for iPad 2 Case Review
Reviewed by Tong Zhang
Editor's Ratings (1-5): 4.5
What's Hot: Durable material, versatile stand, port covers.
What's Not: The stand hinges are a bit thin.
iSkin made the iSkin Vu for iPad and it was a popular case. They have just released a new version that fits the iPad 2, the iSkin Vu for iPad 2, which looks sleeker than the last gen case. The iSkin Vu for iPad 2 is a plastic case that covers the back of the iPad 2 and has a built-in plastic stand that can prop up your iPad 2 in either portrait or landscape orientation. The new iSkin Vu for iPad 2 case covers less of the front bezel around the screen, and protects all ports with covers except the cameras, mic and speaker grill. As with the iSkin Vu for iPad, the iSkin Vu for iPad 2 comes in multiple colors. Currently you can choose from three colors: Onyx (black), Bondi (marine blue) and Vive (Purple).
The iSkin Vu for iPad 2 case is made of hybrid plastic (combining TPU and polycarbonate) that?s sturdy and durable. The center of the case is hard plastic that can protect the iPad 2 from pokes, scratches and bumps in a backpack or large bag stuffed with other gear. The outer edges are softer plastic that make the cutout easier to use and easier to put the case on or take it off. The iSkin Vu for iPad 2 is very form fitting, if you have trouble putting the case on, take a look at the User Guide online and follow the instructions on how to put it on. The case has very similar lines on the back to the iSkin solo Smart for iPad 2 case, but this design fits the iSkin Vu for iPad 2 better. One thing odd about the iSkin solo Smart case was that the speaker grill was 2/3 of way open, but with the iSkin Vu for iPad 2 case it makes sense: flip open the stand, the entire speaker grill is open now.
The new iSkin Vu for iPad 2 case covers the edges of the front bezel except on the bottom where the case covers the entire bezel. The wrap-around edge cover is actually quite thick, which certainlt will protect the iPad 2?s display should you put it face down on a table. The interior of the case is very soft and won?t scratch the tablet?s surface when you put it on or take it off. The plastic case has embossed pattern on the hard plastic piece and the front bezel cover. And as with the iSkin solo Smart for iPad 2, the iSkin Vu for iPad 2 also has Microban antimicrobial protection build-in which helps prevent the growth of bacteria that can discolor the plastic case.
The iSkin Vu for iPad 2 has perfect cutouts for the audio out jack, screen lock button and the 30-pin connector port, but all these have port covers which is handy for blocking dust or sand if you are taking your tablet to the beach or outdoor environment. Other buttons including the power button and volume buttons don?t have cutouts but are under specially designed covers, and they are easy to use. The cutouts for the mic, the rear camera and the speaker grill are open to let the sight and sound through. As the case doesn?t come close to the front facing camera, it?s exposed for easy access. The Home button is also under a cover but easy to use as well.
The iSkin Vu for iPad 2 has a built-in hard plastic stand that?s steady when holding up the tablet in either portrait or landscape orientation. The stand works like a picture frame stand: you can fold it back to the case when not using it, and pop it out when you need it. The stand itself is sturdy but the small hinges that connect the stand to the case seems vulnerable, so be careful when handling it. You can position the stand in many viewing angles in portrait mode (up to 45-degrees), but only one viewing angle for landscape mode. The stand has rubber feet that prevent it from slipping on a smooth surface, and you can get additional pieces should they wear out. They come with adhesive pieces to install on the bottom of the stand.
There is a lot to like about this case: it?s light and pretty slim yet has strong protection for the iPad 2 (minus the display) and ports are under covers which is a great feature for beachgoers or outdoor activities. The iSkin Vu for iPad 2 case is very form fitting, and is sturdy and durable. The built-in stand is handy for both viewing multimedia content and using with a keyboard in either orientation. The only concern we have is the hinges for the stand: they are a bit thin, so handle with care.
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Closer candidate Rondon still learning on the job
By Joey Nowak / MLB.com
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Reliever Bruce Rondon made his third Grapefruit League appearance on Friday, against the Mets, still demonstrating some command issues in a one-run inning, but also displaying the high velocity he's touted for, as well as a knack for tossing his off-speed stuff.
Rondon, Detroit's leading candidate to take over the closer's role this season, was charged with one earned run on two hits, one walk and one wild pitch while striking out one hitter in the fifth.
"He's learning a little bit of the art of pitching, as well," manager Jim Leyland said.
Rondon surrendered a leadoff single to Justin Turner before striking out Matt den Dekker with a slider to start the fifth inning. He got Jordany Valdespin to pop out to third, but then walked Ruben Tejada.
That brought up third baseman David Wright, who worked his way to a 2-0 count before pitching coach Jeff Jones made a visit to the mound. The following pitch, Wright laced an RBI single to left.
"He threw a couple good ones," Leyland said. "He'll have to put another thought in peoples' mind besides the fastball, because that's what he's known for and that's what he has and it's really good. But he has other secondary stuff, so he's gonna have to make them aware of that."
Rondon got the third out of the inning on the next pitch, getting Ike Davis to ground out to second base.
Overall, he threw 22 pitches, 12 for strikes, with his fastball velocity hovering in the mid-90s and topping out at 99 mph. Through three appearances this spring, Rondon has given up three hits and four walks while striking out five in 2 2/3 innings.
"Personally, he seems like he's in the right frame of mind," Tigers starter Justin Verlander said. "He seems like a confident man, and obviously that's good for the role he's trying to fill."
Dirks returns to lineup after intercostal strain
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Outfielder Andy Dirks returned to the Tigers lineup on Friday for the first time since Sunday, after missing most of the week with a left intercostal strain.
Dirks was slotted into the No. 2 spot in the batting order and played left field for 4 1/2 innings, before he was replaced by Nick Castellanos, who was originally scheduled to play left and bat fifth.
Tigers manager Jim Leyland said before the game that Dirks would not play the entire time. Dirks was feeling better early in the week, but Leyland said he wanted to make sure he had a clean bill of health before re-inserting him into the lineup.
"I just wait until they tell me they're ready to play," Leyland said. "I don't like talking on a day to day basis, like a guy's 70 percent, 80 percent, 90 percent, I don't want to discuss all that. So he's ready to go today and he's gonna play and hopefully he'll be healthy ever after."
After a 1-for-3 afternoon that included two strikeouts and a single to center, Dirks is now 1-for-6 in two games, with four strikeouts..
Competition on Tigers is out in left field
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- With all the conversation surrounding the Tigers' open left-field spot -- and the players who have emerged as candidates -- manager Jim Leyland cautioned against allowing that decision to weigh too heavily.
"It's a small piece, but yet it's a big piece," Leyland said. "But whoever this guy is, it's not gonna be the guy that carries the team. The big guys carry the team. That's the way it's always been."
Avisail Garcia and Nick Castellanos -- both right-handed hitters who can complement lefties Andy Dirks, Quintin Berry and Brennan Boesch -- and Don Kelly are all possible candidates for the position.
Castellanos has impressed early this spring, having reached safely in nine of his last 11 plate appearances since he played all nine innings against the Phillies on Monday. Kelly is back with the club as a non-roster invitee after playing 119 and 113 games for the Tigers in 2010 and 2011, respectively.
"I know what Donny Kelly is," Leyland said. "I can close my eyes and I know what I've got in Donny Kelly. It's just a matter of whether he fits or not. Is he the best fit for our team? We'll see."
Leyland has said he feels comfortable with Dirks in left field most days, but would like to have a right-handed-hitting outfielder who can start when Detroit faces an especially tough southpaw. That's where Garcia, who impressed against lefties late last season, and Castellanos could come in.
"At the end of the day, this is pretty simple," Leyland said. "You can talk until the cows come home. I doubt very much that the guy that maybe comes up and helps in left field or is a utility guy, I doubt very much that is the difference whether the Tigers win or lose. This is all about the big guys. The big guys, that's your core. The big guys are gonna be the guys that carry you."
Joey Nowak is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @joeynowak. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Knoxville, Tenn.--(UTSports) Tennessee took advantage of six walks issued by Purdue and piled on seven runs in the second inning en route to an 8-2 win on Monday and a season-opening series sweep of the Boilermakers.
For the weekend, the Volunteers (3-0) outscored Purdue (0-3) by a 31-4 margin and hit .388 with a .505 slugging percentage. On the mound, the Vol pitchers closed the opening series with a 1.33 ERA.
"It was a good weekend for many reasons; a sweep is always good," said head coach Dave Serrano. "We got a lot of guys in and a lot of pitchers got their feet wet for the first time. "I'm proud of how we opened up. There are a lot of good things happening, but I keep reiterating to our team that we still have a long ways to go. I don't think anyone has ever won an SEC championship or a national championship on a weekend sweep. It gets us going in the right direction, but I told them that even if we started 0-3, we are still going to work on the same things come Wednesday. We are still going to continue to build as a team and a program and not be satisfied with where we are at."
Making his first career appearance on the mound for the Vols, sophomore starting right-hander Andrew Lee delivered a five-inning, four-hit performance with three strikeouts to earn the victory. Coming off Tommy John surgery in the summer of 2012, the Morristown, Tenn., native played first base and was a designated hitter for UT as a freshman in 2013. The Vols' ace delivered 75 total pitches in the appearance, including 49 for strikes.
"Today was a team win, but it was mainly about Andrew Lee," said Serrano. "He has worked extremely hard. I never will forget that phone call in June of his senior year that he told me that he was going to need Tommy John surgery and wouldn't be able to pitch for us his first year. He has worked extremely hard, and there has been a lot of patience involved in this. He has healed well, and he is a welcome member on this pitching staff. He did exactly what I talked about. He pounds the strike zone, and he sets the tempo. I am very proud of him."
Purdue struck first in the game, benefiting from a Scott Price error in the outfield in the top of the second inning, which allowed designated hitter Kyle Wood to come around and score on a Kyle Johnson single.
Shortly after, Price made up for it at the plate. With the bases loaded in the second frame, Purdue walked in back-to-back runs and balked a third. Junior Will Maddox was walked as well to reload the bases with Price stepping into the box. The senior then delivered the Vols' biggest hit of the night, sending a double to the left-center wall and clearing the bases to give Tennessee a 6-1 lead.
Sophomore A.J. Simcox followed with a sacrifice bunt to move Price to third. A pitch got away from Purdue's Gavin Downs and Price came home to extend the lead to 7-1 in the second inning. Price extended his hit streak to 15 games dating back to last season with a four-RBI, 2-for-3 performance.
Tennessee would tack on one more run in the game as Price placed a single through the right side to score Maddox in the third inning. Wood picked up a two-out double in the top of the eighth to cut the deficit to the final margin of 8-2.
Junior College transfers Peter Lenstrohm and Zac Grotz pitched in relief for the Vols after Lee's five innings. Lenstrohm worked through two innings, allowing just one hit, while Grotz closed out the night with two innings of his own.
The Vols scored their eight runs on just seven hits. Freshman designated hitter Nick Senzel continued his hot start to the season, going 2-for-2 at the plate and stealing a base. Simcox, Maddox and Jeff Moberg each added singles in the contest.
Tennessee is now 3-0 for the second time under Serrano. The Big Orange swept Northern Illinois to start the 2012 season.
The Orange and White returns to the Lindsey Nelson Stadium diamond on Wednesday afternoon against Appalachian State, in a game that was originally scheduled for Tuesday.
The Vols will send left-handed pitcher Andy Cox to the mound to take on the Mountaineers at 3 p.m. ET.


text: Warning: strpos(): needle is not a string or an integer in /home4/graner/public_html/nodakfilms.com/blog/index.php on line 49 What's New - The DVDs have arrived! What's New The DVDs have arrived! Monday, November 14, 2011, 12:44 PM We have ourselves a real movie folks. Don't be confused however just because our SPECIAL EDITION DVDs arrived in the mail does not mean NoDak Films is done showing this movie.The movie industry has created a standard whereby a DVD means a movie has been promoted, advertised, marketed, put into theaters, and is now ready for the final meal ticket before the movie rests until it is re-mastered and the production company can make more money off of it.NoDak Films took a different route. North Dakota had its worst flood in history the summer of 2011 just as NoDak Films was finishing the edit on our first film 'Last Summer For Boys'. Although our thought process was not to distribute our movie, I felt a SPECIAL EDITION DVD was in order to help the flood victims. $15 of each DVD sold goes toward the FLOOD FIGHT.We have raised nearly $2,000 as a result, it's not going to break the bank, but we're proud of our effort.The time is approaching where we would like to put our movie in North Dakota theaters in 2012. The goal is too have a theatrical run, which means our movie will be in a handful of North Dakota theaters at the same time for a number of weeks as opposed to a one-night special showing.I feel our movie has the strength of plot and professionalism to successfully maintain an audience for a number of weeks at a number of North Dakota theaters. In order to successfully launch our movie NoDak Films will look for financial sponsors to help us market and advertise the movie through television, print and radio ads along with securing release dates at North Dakota movie theaters for dates to be named sometime in the winter of 2012.We also want a kick-ass premiere and premiere party and are currently looking at dates, with the location set in Bismarck.Thank you for supporting NoDak Films and look for us at a theater near you very soon.I would like to personally thank along with all those who contributed to the making of 'Last Summer For Boys': Jerome Harstad, Gary Johnson, Rod & Kathy Johnson and Nathan Smith for sponsoring NoDak FIlms completion edit, which was done by Video Arts Studios in Fargo, ND.Sincerely Nathan Anderson, Founder & Owner [ 2 comments ] ( 63 views ) | [ 0 trackbacks ] | permalink | related link | ( 2.9 / 513 ) Thanks Jamestown Sun... Friday, August 12, 2011, 05:15 AM Thank you to Ben Rodgers and the Jamestown Sun for a great article about NoDak Films, Last Summer For Boys and our SPECIAL EDITION FLOOD FIGHT DVD...click on the 'related link' tab below to view the article [ add comment ] | [ 0 trackbacks ] | permalink | related link | ( 2.9 / 1233 ) Buy a great movie (on DVD). Support the North Dakota Flood Fight. Thursday, July 28, 2011, 04:29 AM Go to WWW.LASTSUMMERFORBOYS.COMto pre-order your SPECIAL EDITION DVD$15 of each DVD sold goes to the North Dakota Flood Fightonly 2,000 copies availableGET YOURS TODAY! [ add comment ] | [ 0 trackbacks ] | permalink | related link | ( 2.9 / 70 ) Last Summer For Boys (MOVIE TRAILER) Thursday, July 28, 2011, 04:25 AM [ add comment ] | [ 0 trackbacks ] | permalink | related link | ( 3 / 660 ) Last Summer For Boys Movie Poster Thursday, May 12, 2011, 11:14 AM NoDak Films debut feature length movie Last Summer For Boys. [ add comment ] | [ 0 trackbacks ] | permalink | related link | ( 3 / 119 ) Fun Radio Interview Thursday, May 12, 2011, 11:08 AM Had an interview on Bigger Small Talk Radio out of Fargo with NoDak Films contributor and radio personality Jodee Bock.Press Play below to take a listen. Interview w/ NoDak Films on Bigger Small Talk Radio -- Jodee Bock by nabruralfolk [ add comment ] | [ 0 trackbacks ] | permalink | related link | ( 3 / 1482 ) New release movies available! How dare they. Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 02:04 PM Here's what the article said: Big-name Hollywood action flick directors including James Cameron and Michael Bay are slamming a plan by studios to make new release movies available to rent in homes just two months after debuting in theaters.They slammed the offering, being made available starting Thursday to DirecTV subscribers for $30, because it could cannibalize movie ticket sales at a time theater owners are upgrading movie houses with new digital and 3-D equipment.The directors signed an open letter saying the new offering could irrevocably harm the film industry and lead to more theater closings.Studios are struggling to offset the steady decline in DVD sales. Hmmmm....James Cameron and Michael Bay -- the article mentions these two names perhaps because they are synonymous with big and bold theatrical adventures that break box office numbers.I'll start with Bay in an article from Forbes.com in 2009. Interestingly enough, James Cameron is also mentioned alongside Bay: But audiences love him. Bay's seven movies have pulled in $2.6 billion at the box office, putting him in the same league with James Cameron ($3 billion, including Titanic, the highest-grossing film ever, at $1.8 billion). That means something at a time when the movie business is going through its own action thriller, as studios run low on capital and people stop buying DVDs. (Although theaters keep half of ticket sales, the gross amount is a good proxy for the movie owner's total revenue, which includes DVDs and other money streams.)Bay brings his movies in on time and on budget, a rarity in Hollywood. Because his pay is largely based on the film's profits (usually one-third of the take after the studio recoups its production and advertising costs), he's got plenty of incentive to rein in expenses. "Michael makes me look good because he counts every penny," says Jerry Bruckheimer, who has produced five of Bay's films.The new Transformers movie (the second full-length feature in the series) cost $195 million to make. But Bay estimates it would have cost $10 million more if he hadn't partnered with General Motors ( GMGMQ - news - people ) and the U.S. military to get free cars, helicopters and battleships. By keeping the budget (relatively) low on the first Transformers flick, in 2007, he was able to increase his share of the movie's $708 million worldwide gross, earning $80 million from the film. Who stands to benefit when an individual's paycheck, Bay in this case, is largely based on a film's profit. Bay is just protecting his own ass and the $80,ooo,ooo it stands to make by releasing big budget movie redwoods in the form of action over substance Transformers series, Armageddon, Bad Boys series, The Rock. The longer this big budget movie redwood phenomenon exists, the more reliant studios will become on redwoods.And how about Cameron, who along with Bay is more interested in the redwood. Perhaps we as a consuming public have built our way into this redwood state. They say the male 17-24 years old consumes the most movies in the theatre so how in the hell did Titanic gross 1.8 billion (worldwide). Maybe worldwide is the catch-all. The world now consumes a movie.OR what I like about moving movies to DirecTV and other formats outside theatrical sooner is avoidance of the herd mentality. Studios spend a lot of money marketing a movie. Upwards of almost half the amount of a movie's production budget and this type of marketing can be controlled by whoever has the most money to market to the most people at one time ie guys like Bay and Cameron. What DirecTV and Netflix and other formats offer is the ability to choose from a wide array of movies with a wide array of budgets without having to be told what to consume. I have Instant Watch on Netflix and I love discovering movies I never heard of, movies that have never been marketed to me. I personally believe if Avatar wasn't shoved down our throats as this epic achievement then it would be just another movie competing on merit alone, word-of-mouth.Big studios are scared they will lose a market segment. Theatre owners are scared they won't sell tickets, but I don't see filmmakers scared to make movies. In and around redwoods are smaller trees that use the same sun and water to grow. [ add comment ] | [ 0 trackbacks ] | permalink | related link | ( 3 / 1568 ) Hangover II trailer pulled... Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 04:27 PM The movie Hangover II trailer was pulled from theatres after a letter from Warner Bros and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)instructed theatres to delete the trailer from source code.Interesting move. They give no reasons and the public is left to speculate why. I have not seen the trailer, but I am now more intriqued by the movie.I look at this as a great marketing tool.I just hope the movie isn't lousy and the marketing efforts have been beefed up to counter a sub-par movie. [ add comment ] | [ 0 trackbacks ] | permalink | related link | ( 3 / 314 ) Last Summer For Boys: A trailer Thursday, March 3, 2011, 10:50 PM [ add comment ] | [ 0 trackbacks ] | permalink | related link | ( 3 / 2029 ) NDCA likes NoDak Films Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 10:56 AM From the North Dakota Council on the Arts (NDCA): "The board clearly appreciates the work you've done...and the fact that it's ND through and through. They requested that I get an Attorney General's opinion as to whether we can legally do this as a state agency since you are a private entity and not non-profit. I'll contact them this week and it usually takes about a week to get an answer. Will let you know when I hear anything from them." This past Saturday, Feb. 19th the NDCA held one of its quarterly board meetings. NoDak Films requested that the NDCA act as a fiscal agent as we raise funds for distribution. As a fiscal agent, the NDCA will act as middle man between a potentail sponsor and NoDak Films. Funds will go to the NDCA and the NDCA will distribute those funds to NoDak Films. Sponsorship dollars would also be tax-deductible.I hope the Attorney General feels as strongly about NoDak Films as the NDCA. 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ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Lost in all the opponent stomps, roadside arrests, practice sucker punches and handshake fracases is the fact that the Lions are mighty fine football team that keeps getting better.
Matthew Stafford to Calvin Johnson arguably is the most dynamic quarterback-to-receiver combination in the NFL.
General manager Martin Mayhew has surrounded Stafford, the No. 1 pick of the 2009 draft, with seven skill-position players who were either first- or second-round draft picks.


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Lowestoft Town 3, Wealdstone 0
PUBLISHED: 17:13 08 December 2012 | UPDATED: 17:22 17 December 2012
Jack Defty's hat-trick gave Lowestoft Town three crucial points against Wealdstone this afternoon to thrust the Blues right back in the promotion race.
The summer signing from King's Lynn struck was at his bustling best in an authoritative display from the Trawlerboys to send out a statement to the rest of the division the Blues plan to be right in the title race at the end of the season.
Defty opened the scoring midway through the first half with a fine header before side-footing home at the start of the second period to establish a two-goal lead.
The big striker capped a fine individual display late on when Danny Cunningham's free-kick found him free at the back post and he made no mistake.
Lowestoft were on top early on and in Joe Francis, they possessed a constant outlet down the left. The winger could have opened the scoring in the seventh minute when he dispossessed James Esmond but his left-footed effort from the edge of the box was weak.
Francis had a decent chance three minutes later when Chris Henderson, operating down the right flank, hit an excellent crossfield pass to his wing counterpart, who flashed his shot just wide.
Rikki Banks then had to be at his best midway through the half when Francis sprung the offside trap with the Wealdstone stopper producing a wonderful save to keep his side on level terms. However, from the resulting corner Lowestoft gained the lead their enterprising opening deserved when Defty stooped to head home Francis' corner into the net.
The goal appeared to temporarily wake Wealdstone from their slumber and only an excellent block on the line by Blake Saker from Sean Cronin's stabbed effort preserved the Trawlerboys' advantage.
Banks produced another good save to deny Francis before Lee Chappell almost levelled things up shortly before the break with an overhead kick from close range.
Lowestoft made the perfect start to the second half with Defty on the scoresheet again as he bagged his sixth of the season. Francis showed Esmond a clean pair of heels down the left and his pull-back laid it on a plate for Defty who duly side-footed home from 10 yards.
Henderson came close to putting the result beyond doubt shortly after when he danced his way through the Stones' back four but his left-footed effort was deflected over the bar.
Banks denied Francis with a fine save when the forward got in behind the defence and the Stones' 'keeper had to be at his best to deny Michael Frew's speculative effort from 20 yards.
But five minutes from time the points were in the bag when Defty rose highest at the back post to head home substitute Danny Cunningham's superb in-swinging free-kick.
- Lowestoft Town (4-4-2): Plummer, Saker, Williams, Gaughran, Cockrill, Henderson, Mitchell, Okay, Francis (Cunningham 81), Frew, Defty (Newson 88). Subs not used: Eagle, Fisk, Jessup.
- Wealdstone (4-4-2): Banks, Esmond, Parker, Cronin, Tumwa (Brooks 60), Webb, Dyer, O'Leary (Pett 60), Chappell, Dean (Jolly 46), Moore. Subs not used: McCubbin, Hazhia.
- Referee: Andrew Parker
- Attendance: 576


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Gillard's game changer: courageous plan relied on the element of surprise
Julia Gillard thought outside the square before her poll announcement.
As Julia Gillard recovered from a bruising year with a few weeks in Adelaide visiting family, her thoughts turned to the coming storm: the election this year.
She knew she was behind. Well behind. While the polls had charted a slow but steady recovery for her government through the second half of last year, she and her advisers knew the task remained a monumental one.
What was needed was a game changer.
Her answer was as lateral as it was courageous.
She reasoned that with Tony Abbott continuing a constant campaign anyway, she was being forced to play on his terms. And there was that ''other'' problem, too: Kevin Rudd, who although wounded was by no means dead.
Any mistake and he would be back. Abbott remained the main opponent but it was Rudd's supporters who presented her most immediate existential threat.
Between her agreement with the independents, and her oft-stated commitment to make it through a full term for an election in the spring of this year, there was limited room to move.
''I have always said that the Parliament would serve full term, always said it,'' she told the National Press Club on Wednesday. It was then she hit upon an idea. She would turn orthodoxy on its head, surrender the supposed advantage of incumbency, including the element of surprise, and reveal the date upfront.
And she would do it in her first major speech for the year.
She said on Wednesday that she had consulted with Wayne Swan ''and a few senior colleagues''.
But this was a tight circle indeed. That ''few'' was, in fact, one: her chief parliamentary strategist, the Minister for Transport, Anthony Albanese.
''I discussed with them the decision I'd come to over summer and I'm announcing it today,'' she stated.
On Monday morning, she told her trusted media lieutenants John McTernan and Eamonn Fitzpatrick. She also consulted Labor's national secretary, George Wright.
But nobody else was to know and all were sworn to secrecy.
On Tuesday, she phoned the independent, Tony Windsor, just after 8.30pm.
Another call was made to Rob Oakeshott on Tuesday morning as both were signatories to the agreement to run full term.
With their acceptance of the date secured, it was just a matter of informing the Greens, which happened just before the National Press Club address around lunchtime on Wednesday.
A last precaution. The announcement was left off the official written version of the speech circulated to journalists.
They would have to hear it like everyone else.It was a dramatic start to what promises to be a dramatic year in national politics.
In the short term, it has wrong-footed both Abbott and the Rudd backers.
For now, anyway.
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It may be a new year, but the results are still the same for the College of Central Florida men's basketball team.
The Patriots won their eighth straight game, as they jumped out to an early 16-2 lead and went up by 26 at halftime on their way to a 97-57 win over Prince George's (Md.) on Wednesday night.
CF (15-2) used a 29-2 run that overlapped the two halves, as it won its 20th straight home game, dating back to December 2011.
The Patriots made 37-of-69 shots and placed six players in double figures, as they led by as many as 48 points in sending the Owls (6-7) to their third straight defeat.
Rodell Wigginton (22 points, five rebounds, three steals), Jordan Parks (15 points, two blocks), Rasham Suarez (15 points, nine assists, seven rebounds), Jeremiah Eason (13 points, seven rebounds) Amdy Fall (13 points, four blocked shots) and Will Saunders (10 points, five rebounds) led the way for CF in the rout.
"I thought we were the better team and I was proud of the way that our guys stayed focused," CF coach Tim Ryan said. "I was very pleased with our effort tonight."
CF scored 30 points off 22 turnovers by the Owls, who closed to within nine before the big run by the hosts.
Prince George's didn't score a basket for a span of six minutes that over- lapped the two halves and managed just two points over the final 7:43 of the opening 20 minutes.
The Patriots recorded assists on 22-of-37 baskets and recorded 11 steals and eight blocks.
In the first half, CF made 19-of-36 shots and got 11 points from Eason and 10 more from Wigginton in its strong start.
The Owls, who never led, struggled to a 22-of-70 shooting effort.
Abeeb Ayodeji led Prince George's with 12.
CF returns to action on Saturday night at home against TAAG Academy.
Prior, the CF women's basketball team will host Hillsborough CC in its Mid-Florida Conference opener at 5:30 p.m.
CF men win big against Maryland visitors
It may be a new year, but the results are still the same for the College of Central Florida men's basketball team.


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The fact that British supermakrets stock foods that are out of season is part of the reason why the quality is so poor. If something fresh like fruit has to come from the other side of the world, it's probably been picked far before it's ripe, and it's a robust easy to move variety, and that's part of the reason why food is so tastless.
If you buy from a real market or direct from the grower, the food is MUCH fresher, and hence has real taste.
A good home made curry is great fun, as is freshly made Naan b
Supermarket in your part of Canada must be utterly awful then. British supermarkets are pretty terrible, the fruit and veg is dull and devoid of flavour, and it's hardly cheap. Any half decent independent green-grocer has a better range of goods, at better prices, and significantly better quality. The snag is that there aren't many left...
I always find the French supermarkets MUCH better than their British equivalents. They offer much more than their British counterparts, and the French are not as easily


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text: Speaking of accents, maybe it was just me, but did it seem that Fassbender's accent changed towards the end of the movie? For the most part he had a English accent more or less. But it just seemed when he was talking near the end (ie. the beach scenes) it sounded more like he had an American twang. I'll probably see it again sometime soon, can't stop watching the trailer, so good. "You ready for this?" "Let's find out!"


text: American magazine Sport Illustrated has unearthed the world's most unlikely tennis fan. During an interview, rapper Snoop Dogg was asked which sport people would be surprised to know he liked. He replied: "Tennis. I used to like Ivan Lendl. He was sharp. An old schooler. Make it happen and roll out. Now I like Venus and Serena, but Ivan was the truth." Perhaps the All England Club might now be persuaded to invite the rapper-turned-actor over to Wimbledon in June. Then we can all revel in the sight of Snoop and Cliff Richard exchanging pleasantries over a cup of tea in the Royal Box - and maybe even entertaining the Centre Court crowd with a duet. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/3725045.stm


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I really loved the movie, which is surprising cause I thought I was gonna hate it (maybe it was the surprise that it was better than I thought?) I thought the trailers looked cheesy, and there were some cheesy parts in the movie, but overall I thought they really captured the feeling of the story. The actors were all great; Bella was different than I imagined her but I've never been a huge fan of the book character, so I didn't mind. Everyone was gorgous and acted well.
Too bad they left out some explanation, and the "true" meadow scene. Otherwise I was completely happy. Even my mom liked it (never read the books) and she's so picky about movies that she hates most disney ones.


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In the teachings of Maitreya/Asanga it is said that among the three Natures (Three Svabhava) what ordinary beings see is the Parikalpita, or the Imaginary nature, this includes the six realms and their beings; Bodhisattvas on the first seven bhumis and the eight kinds of noble persons of the Sravaka path see the Paratantra, or the Dependent nature; Bodhisattvas on the pure bhumis ( 8., 9., and 10. bhumi) and Buddhas see the Parinishpanna, or the Truly existent nature.PadmaVonSamba wrote:
If we are asking whether Amitabha's Pure Realm can be mapped by NASA, the answer is probably no, but this is not because it doesn't exist. It just doesn't exist in the same way. If this is hard to understand, then consider the fact that while a brain exists in space, thoughts only exist in time. So, even though thinking is connected with brain activity, if you cut open a brain, you will not see any thoughts or memories. So, just as the physical brain and thoughts exist in different ways, Amitabha's Pure Land exists, but not in a way that NASA can gather data on it.
Thus it depends on what kind of people there are in the NASA, if their consciousness is on the level of hell realms, or the level of pretas, or animals, etc... then they will find an according level of beings and realms in Space.
Theoretically it is not impossible to find deva realms and pure buddha fields by scientific means, although at present it seems a possibility that it is very far and distant.


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How many people expect Tobi to be Senju? Probably none. Fools all.
To start- are any known characters still eligible to be Tobi? I'll try to list some:
-...I can't come up with any more.
I personally haven't seen any theories about Tobi being Nawaki, so I'll put forth the idea just in case it hasn't been brought up.
I don't know what his motive could possibly be to betray the leaf village and forsake his dream to become hokage, but Nawaki was conspicuously absent from the edo tensei ranks. Sure, Nawaki was weak and young, but maybe his 'death' was a clever ruse used to mask his desertion- the real reasoning for him not being summoned being that he isn't actually dead.
Nawaki could trace his lineage to the first hokage- living Senju would realize the power of the name 'Madara Uchiha'. Nawaki also had many years to secretly acquire sharingan, and then 'rule' the mist village by proxy. His death was even 'off-screen.' The down-time between Nawaki's disappearance and Tobi's assault on the leaf village with the 9 tails creates a window of oppurtunity for Nawaki to explore the world, learn about the infinite tsukuyomi/10 tails, and even start the akatsuki.
Also, my biggest point (coincidentally my only real reason for this theory) is the way Tsunade mistook Naruto for Nawaki. Naruto and Nawaki were said to bear an uncanny resemblance. Wouldn't it be shocking for Tobi to remove his mask only to show an older, wearier version of Naruto's own face? At first everyone would be shocked, then realization and confusion... it seems as likely as anyone else.
It would also be an interesting twist to see a Senju like Nawaki further try to discredit/disgrace the name of his ancestral enemies, the Uchiha clan, by stating that he's an Uchiha himself and starting a war in their name. Then we'd see that the Senju really aren't the wise, pragmatic leaders we've become familiar with.


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"Greg Sadowski and Fantagraphics' Setting the Standard is perhaps the best book on Alex Toth that has been published thus far.... The book's assemblage and design are very well done to make a package which is pulpy but tasteful, not cheap nor overly slick.... It provides a complete and important body of work by a great cartoonist."James Romberger
"If you've ever wanted to see what the 'big deal' is with Alex Toth, I can think of absolutely no better place to start. There's no better bang for your buck this year than Setting the Standard."Alonso Nunez


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Ten Tips for the CES Noob
The massive Consumer Electronics Show is in Las Vegas next week. It will be my 12th. Twelve is a pretty good number (a dozen, if you will), but compared to most, I know this is paltry. Brent's first CES was in 1886, when Westinghouse unveiled their steam-powered discombobulation defenestrator. I believe they also announced a tablet.
CES is rather overwhelming for the first-timer, so I offer these sage words of advice to help you navigate the miles of lightly carpeted floors, brightly lit booths, and slightly malodorous humanity.
1) Don't go
I know, I know, with CES just a few days away, everyone who's going is going. File this under the same bit of helpfulness of a person saying "be careful" right before you do something stupid: it's more about them then you.
CES is a grueling, exhausting, draining, arduous, onerous, event, and I'm not even being redundant or using unnecessary repetition in expressing an idea. While CES sounds cool (hundreds of new electronic gadgets and prototypes), once you get boots on the ground it becomes an unnavigable mess. It's like bad seats at a football game: You're pretty sure something cool is going on somewhere, but you can't see it and you're always moments away from getting barfed on.
2) Plan on one building per day, two minimum for the Venetian
Covering an area roughly the size of the Solar System (the convention center buildings are TARDIS-like in their ability to be bigger on the inside), you will be walking a lot. South Hall is enormous, and two floors. Central Hall is manageable, but the far off land of North Hall has. . . actually, I have no idea. One does not simply walk into
Mordor North Hall. I'm told there's stuff there too but I've never seen it. Then there's the Venetian, a typically Vegas jumbo hotel with floors and floors of the coolest audio gear you've ever imagined.
The best advice you'll ever get regarding the Venetian: start your day on the TOP floor, and take the stairs down as you go. The elevators are an impossible mess during the day, and you'll waste more time waiting for an elevator than actually seeing the show.
3) Plan small
You will see 10% of what you want to see. Plan accordingly, and know that of your new adjusted, smaller list, you'll see 5% of that.
4) No, you're not going to walk there
Vegas is SIGNIFICANTLY larger than it looks on a map. "Just two hotels away" could be well over a mile. The monorail is expensive, but it's better than waiting in a cab line for over an hour (common).
5) Don't eat at noon
Over 80 billion people go to CES every year, and they all want to eat at the same time. Avoid the lines and hassle: eat breakfast at 3:30AM, lunch at 8, and dinner at midnight. I regularly disregard this advice.
6) Slap-slap. Slap-slap. Slap-slap.
Don't take the fliers. You'll see what I mean.
7) 93.7% less porn!
Usually, the annual porn convention overlaps the last few days of CES. The symbiotic relationship between the porn industry and the CE industry is less interesting then you'd imagine (hope?).
This year, however, it's a full week later. So if you were hoping to check out what your favorite (?) porn stars actually look like, you're out of luck this trip.
I'll give you this spoiler instead: in real life they rarely look human (more human-adjacent). Their entourages and hangers-on, though, make the cast of Jersey Shore look chaste and delicate. They, way more than their stars, are disturbingly gross.
8) Eat. A lot.
There is some fantastic food in Vegas. Seriously. After NY and LA, I'd say Vegas has some of the best food in the country. Famous and/or successful chefs open their second restaurants in Vegas. Celebrity chefs, some of whom don't suck, open branches of their chains there. Walk into any of the expensive hotels, and you'll find incredible food selections. I'm sure I'm the first to say this, but going to Vegas for the food is a perfectly valid reason, and a far better way to spend money than gambling. And to be fair, you will have to spend it. There's no good cheap food in Vegas, that much is true (though there is an In-N-Out Burger).
9) Wash your damn hands
What the hell is wrong with you? Wash your damn hands after you use the toilet. What were you, raised by wolves? At least 50% of the guys leaving the men's bathroom DON'T WASH THEIR HANDS. I am not joking or exaggerating. Seriously. It's vile, disgusting, and nauseating, not least because in every damn booth everyone wants to shake your hand. Vomit.
10) Wear comfortable shoes.
You'll thank me.
See you there, or you can come back to these very webpages and see all our coverage next week.


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