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The doors open on Friday, April 15 at the Farm Show Complex & Expo Center (FSC) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania for the world premiere of the 2011 Sturgis Road Show™ . Promoter John Detrick, CEO of Motoring USA, launched the final countdown to the April 15-17 weekend bash by unveiling the official Sturgis Road Show magazine featuring a bikini clad biker babe atop the 2011 SRS Custom Motorcycle that will be given away to one lucky weekend pass holders. Tickets are still available exclusively at Sturgis Road Show, where all single-day and weekend passes can be purchased and printed online at discounted prices. Advance ticket prices are $35 for a 3-Day Weekend Pass and chance to win the SRS Custom Motorcycle, $17 for Friday, $22 for Saturday, and $10 for Sunday. The complete three-day schedule published inside the new 62-page glossy magazine is also available on Sturgis Road Show outlining featured including:
Custom Chrome International Bike Show, Autograph signing by bike builder Dave Perewitz, TropicBeauty.com Fashion Show and model meet & greet; Autograph signing by 2011 Tropic Beauty World Finals Winner Jennifer Johnson; Performances by Official Buffalo Chip Hula Girls; All show times for Ross & Rotten, Dirty Word Band, Tesla, Bachman & Turner, and STYX on The Legendary Buffalo Chip Main Stage; and Miss Sturgis Road Show Model Search.
The weekend also includes galleries by world-renowned motorcycle artist and photographer Scott Jacobs and Michael Lichter, vintage motorcycles and memorabilia at the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum, educational and entertaining seminars, product displays and installations, and those Loud American Roadhouse fresh steak tips made famous at the original in South Dakota. Lodging deals are still available at HersheyHarrisburgHotels.com and regional tourism information on attractions, dining, and nightlife is available from the Hershey & Harrisburg Regional Visitors Bureau or by contacting or 717-231-7788.


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Home prices in Bay Area fall nearly 5%
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Bay Area home prices slid 4.7 percent in February from a year earlier as buyers delayed purchases and distressed sales made up half of all transactions, according to DataQuick Information Systems Inc.
The median paid last month in the nine-county region was $337,599, down 0.2 percent from January, the San Diego-based data company said Thursday in a statement. It was the fifth straight year-over-year decline following 12 advances. Buyers who paid all cash accounted for a record 31 percent of sales.
"Sales over the past two months certainly underscore the market's reliance on investor and cash purchases at a time many potential buyers hesitated to act," John Walsh, DataQuick's president, said in the statement. "Our sense is that we could see sales jump significantly from today's subpar levels if the economic outlook improves, people start feeling more secure in their jobs and credit terms loosen."
A total of 4,991 houses and condominiums sold in the Bay Area last month, down 0.9 percent from a year earlier, DataQuick said. Transactions increased 0.5 percent from January.
The firm reports both the percentages of absentee investors buying homes and buyers paying all cash are the highest on record. DataQuick's analysts say traditional home buyers are waiting to see whether prices have bottomed out.
At the same time, they say home sales in January and February are not typically good indicators of what will happen in the near future.
"Over the next few months we'll begin to see how much of the pent-up demand will play out during the traditional spring-summer home-buying season," Walsh said.
This winter, investors and cash-only buyers have gone bargain-hunting for distressed homes.
Sales of homes foreclosed on over the past year accounted for nearly 33 percent of the Bay Area's resale market in February. Short sales, in which the sale price was lower than what the previous owner owed on the property, made up more than 20 percent of resales.
DataQuick said just 243 newly built homes sold in the Bay Area in February - fewer than in any other month since they started keeping records in 1988.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Deutsche Post launches Facebook data app
Bonn, July 16, 2011
Deutsche Post DHL, a leading mail and logistics services group, has launched a new service for Facebook users, which offers a unique way to keep track of their Facebook data.
The "Social Memories" application is a customised book that compiles users' social network data and visualizes it with photos and infographics. The book transforms users' social network information into a lasting memory, a statement said.
Social Memories was developed together with the agency Cosalux and is offered to Facebook users globally. The app can be found on facebook.com/socialmemories and socialmemories.de.
"Deutsche Post DHL has always been the bearer of social memories on postcards and letters, nowadays oftentimes substituted by digital communication," said Clemens Beckmann, executive vice president of Deutsche Post Innovation. "We are now turning it around, giving physical form to the digitized world."
The app gives the choice between a free digital photo album consisting of selected book pages or a 28-page printed hardcover version that can be shipped worldwide. Once the user selects the time frame to be covered, the Social Memories application automatically begins to craft a book full of photos and statistics, culling from the user's profile, status updates and photos. Images can be adjusted individually.
The Social Memories app, which functions in strict compliance with data privacy regulations, also analyzes the user's profile information, providing information on items such as a person's most active friends or most popular wall posts.
The results are plugged into easy-to-follow graphs. The user can also choose between three colors for the book and different languages. An online bookshelf lets the user flip through all his personal memory books created over time.
Vouchers for making this book a gift are also available, the statement said. – TradeArabia News Service


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Interview with Member Jennifer Salvato Doktorski
How many high schoolers have set their ex-boyfriend's car on fire (by mistake!)? Taken a road trip? Exposed a corrupt mayor's secrets while working as a summer intern for the town newspaper? Women Who Write member Jen Doktorski introduces us to two adventurous, witty, and hilarious teen girls who are main characters in her two debut young adult fiction novels, released this summer: Famous Last Words (Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt Books and Company, July 2013) and How My Summer Went Up in Flames (Simon Pulse, May 2013). Below, she shares her writing wisdom.
- Like Sam in Famous Last Words, you worked as a journalist for local newspaper. What do nonfiction/news writing and creative writing have in common, and what do you like about each of them?
I think non-fiction/news writing and creative writing both require a certain amount of self-discipline to get the words on the page. Research, attention to detail, and a desire to present the truth (even in a made-up story) are part of the process for both non-fiction and fiction. Good storytelling is probably the biggest common denominator. You want to tell a compelling story, whether it be news or a novel, and keep your readers reading. With non-fiction and news writing, I like the pressure of a deadline. I also enjoy doing interviews and research. I've had the opportunity to learn and write about everything from politics to indie bands. With fiction, I love the freedom of creating characters, writing dialogue, and telling stories I want to tell.
- Is the fictional Chestnutville based on the town where you grew up in New Jersey? Are you Italian and/or Ecuadorian like your protagonists? (I'm also Italian and Ecuadorian!) How much do you draw from your own experiences when writing?
Chestnutville is based on Nutley, the town where I grew up. I think it's so cool that you are Italian and Ecuadorian, just like Rosie [the main character in How My Summer Went Up in Flames]. I'm Italian, on both sides, and my best friend is Ecuadorian. I drew mostly on my experiences and some of hers. Our families are very similar.
- Sam and Rosie have strong ties to their New Jersey hometown, the fictional Chestnutville, and are close with their families. Both protagonists draw strength from the sense of community they have. What communities have helped and supported you in your writing endeavors?
I've had a tremendous amount of support from my family and friends in my writing endeavors. Once I got serious about writing fiction, I was thrilled to discover how supportive the writing community, especially in the children's and young adult fiction worlds, can be. I could not have finished writing either book without the amazing and generous writers in my critique circle.
- Which novel took longer to write?
Famous Last Words took me longer to write. It was the first novel I ever wrote so there was a definite learning curve there.
- Tell us about your writing process. Do you start out with an outline? Do you write the story in chronological order?
I don't usually write with an outline. The one time I attempted it, the process didn't go so well. My main character's voice and the opening pages are the first things that come to me. From there I have a pretty good idea of where I want the story to go and how I want it to end. I like to write the story in chronological order, but sometimes an idea for a later scene will pop into my head and it helps guide the earlier part of my story toward that point.
- What advice would you give to writers looking for an agent?
Do your research. Try to approach agents who seem to be the best fit for your work. Read books that are comparable to what you're writing and find out who represents those authors. Attending writing workshops, like those offered by Women Who Write, SCBWI, and the Rutgers University Council on Children's Literature that invite agents to speak and/or do critiques is a great way to network and meet agents that may be a perfect match for your writing.
- Do you plan on sticking with writing YA books? Are any more Chestnutville novels in the works?
I'm currently working on two YA novels. Neither is set in Chestnutville, though both take place in New Jersey. I also have ideas for middle grade novels and hope to write those as well.
- What advice would you give to aspiring YA authors?
Write what's in your heart. Don't chase a trend. Join a critique group. Finish writing that first draft of your novel. Then, rewrite your novel until you have the best possible version to submit to agents and editors. Don't let rejection get you down. And don't give up!
- When you took a road trip from New Jersey to Arizona, did you go to the places that Rosie visited on the road trip?
I visited most of the places Rosie and boys saw on their cross-country road trip. My favorite place was the Grand Canyon─especially the stars at night!
- What was your launch party like?
My launch party was one of the best days of my life! Sooo many people helped make my books possible and it was a gift to have them there and thank them in person. Plus, my husband's band, Stereo 87, played a lot of the tunes from the How My Summer Went Up in Flames playlist.
Marlena Idrobo interned for Women Who Write this summer. She is a sophomore at Wellesley College, where she hopes to major in Latin American studies and minor in art history. She is interested in both journalism and creative writing and writes for her campus newspaper.


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The quiet - but large - hand of the Soviet Union can be seen behind the crackdown on Polish protesters following the outlawing of Solidarity.
As Moscow sees it, Poland's leader Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski is the last ''Polish card.'' Any further political reshuffle (of which there have been a half-dozen since August 1980) is no longer considered an alternative.
It suggests the Soviets, in effect despairing of the Polish Communist Party, are instead placing total reliance on the Polish armed forces as the only potential guarantor of stability on the Soviet's northern gateway to Western Europe.
In the gloomy calculations of observers, the Polish situation carries dangerous implications. Should the Polish military prove unable to cope, and martial law fail to induce national stability, then - in the last resort - the Soviet Union might decide there was no option but to use their own forces, say longtime observers.
General Jaruzelski's own position obviously is growing increasingly difficult - less from internal disorder than from the external tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States.
The swiftness with which the new union plan was finally drafted and voted automatically into law by parliament was out of character with the stand Jaruzelski has repeated regularly since December. The 1980 agreements with Solidarity gave ''decisive'' importance to the return to genuine self-governing trade unions.
The Soviets still, quite clearly, firmly support Jaruzelski as head of the Army and the Military Council that took over last December and as Communist Party chief. But their reliance now counts almost exclusively on his military capacity.
This week's message from Soviet Defense Minister Dmitri Ustinov, on the 39th anniversary of the modern Polish Army, reinforced this impression. ''The Polish People's Republic, as a state member of the Warsaw Pact can be certain of the full support (of) and help from the Soviet Union,'' he said.
It was a gesture significantly addressed exclusively to the armed forces. The absence of any allusion to the civil authority was noticeable, even considering that this was an Army occasion.
It appears beyond doubt that the Soviets have adopted a strictly realistic view that, if the general, with the whole military security machine under his control, cannot bring peace to Poland, there is no other Polish means of doing so.
Recent Soviet comment - including the charge by President Leonid Brezhnev Oct. 12 that the West has launched a ''psychological war'' against the communist bloc - carries strong implications of a significant change in Moscow's thinking and its patience with Poland. The wait-and-see attitude toward the Reagan administration is over, according to this reading of Soviet intentions.
The result, it is said, is that the Soviets have concluded that Ronald Reagan is bent on superiority in every field vis-a-vis the Soviets and that the latter, therefore, must look more to the security of ''their own house.''
The shift in Soviet thinking seems to have come quite recently. A month before martial law there still was a chance - in Jaruzelski's November meeting with Poland's Roman Catholic primate and Solidarity leader Lech Walesa - for the leadership to take some concrete step toward conciliation and cooperation between the authorities and society.
After martial law, the Soviets still seemed to be agreeing with Jaruzelski's insistence on some sort of ''dialogue'' or accommodation with Solidarity. That, in fact, seemed to remain the case until a month or so ago.
They appear then quite suddenly to have changed their mind and the hurriedly contrived demise of Solidarity - without meaningful consultations with Lech Walesa or anyone else having taken place - was the evident result.
The general is surely as well aware as anyone that Kremlin estimates of Polish affairs are conditioned by what it now sees as its strategic interests between East and West.
''Socialist fraternal assistance'' has been an option agreed between Warsaw and Moscow since the crisis began. The restraint in its use till now does not mean it is forever precluded.


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Johnny Depp is reportedly poised to cameo in 21 Jump Street, the show that made him a star, in Columbia's feature film version of the 1980s TV classic.
Deadline claims "plans are being made for him to set aside a day to shoot one, but I'm not sure what his role will be." Depp appeared on the series from 1987–1990 as Officer Tom Hanson, one of the youthful-looking cops sent undercover to bust criminals in high schools.
The site also claims James' brother Dave Franco has been cast as "Eric, the most popular kid in school, who also happens to be a raging drug dealer. Jonah Hill's narc character befriends him to infiltrate the cool kid crowd."
Meanwhile, The Hollywood Reporter says comedic actor Rob Riggle is circling the role of "a member of D.A.D. -- Dads Against Drugs. -- who has a burn-marked face and is secretly the main drug supplier."


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Energy price deals 'fooling customers'
Some energy adverts promising large discounts are conning customers, it was claimed yesterday.
I was shocked at how easy it is to interpret ads incorrectly
One ad for Southern Electric (SSE) claiming to make people up to £100 richer could have ended up costing them £133, said consumer group Which? Another ad for E.ON offering two months' worth of free energy saved people just £4.
Which? energy expert Sylvia Baron said: "I was shocked at how easy it is to interpret ads incorrectly and to think a deal is better than it is."
She added: "Shop around, and be wary of one-off discounts."


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The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority today rolled out the first of a new batch of television ads that are a variation on the "What happens here, stays here" theme.
The new ads, which debuted Monday nationwide, mostly on cable outlets, focus on "Vegas enablers" — the instigators and troublemakers who generate "What happens here" moments.
The LVCVA board of directors got its first look at the new ads at today's board meeting.
The Vegas enablers spots also are the basis of a social media campaign that capitalizes on the LVCVA's 100,000 Twitter followers and 1.2 million Facebook fans. A microsite at LasVegas.com/Enablers includes a 10-question quiz that produces an enabler score and badge.
The first ad in the series, "History of Friendship," debuted Sept. 30. The next two are titled "Unpredictable" and "Granny."
The ads are scheduled to run through April.
"The 'What happens here' campaign is so popular because it speaks to the many unique experiences that visitors can have during their trip to Las Vegas," said Cathy Tull, senior vice president of marketing for the LVCVA. "With the 'Vegas enablers' spots, we're exploring for the first time how those memorable moments can happen, especially with the help of that one fearless friend that we all seem to have, the one who encourages us to let our hair down."


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The Girl I Left Behind combined with the Yellow Rose of Texas was one of only two instrumental numbers.
Down on the Farm is also titled, I Want to Go to Michigan, but it reminds us just as much of a farm in Maryland!
Jamaica Farewell was one of the songs Helen's father used to sing at the top of his lungs from his seat on the tractor as he mowed the grass on his farm.
The Raggle Taggle Gypsy is the sad story of the lady of the manor leaving her two fine babes to run off with the Gypsy boy. Perhaps he had a nice voice!
Shoo Fly Pie makes is one of our favorites. You can imagine sitting on the front porch, sharing a piece of pie with your neighbors!
Jen points out it rains on the farm, as well as in our real lives. We should be ready for any adversity, so here we sing, Bring on the Rain!
We sang Eleanor Rigby because we like it and it was lots of fun to try something new. It was a little more difficult than we imagined...
By the Light of the Silvery Moon was the perfect song to sing along with us! Everyone knows this song!
Helen and I played Ashokan Farewell while Barb read the Sullivan letter, which makes the melody even more poignant. Barb was able to keep from crying by imagining the audience in the boxer shorts...or something like that!
We did When You're Next to Me last year, but we loved it so much we had to do it again!
What would a farm be without Country Roads? And what would a folk band be without John Denver?
Back to the farm again, we sing How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?
We ended the program with one of our favorite hymns, God Be With You Till We Meet Again!


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Hi, Please guide me how to fetch data from Nested gridview checkbox on Click button event which is present outside the gridview. I did try by creating an object of child gridview on button1_click but cannot fill the value from Gridview2 into my int i. Below mentioned is the Code i am using. The database I am using is Oracle.
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protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
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how to display data in gridview dynamically using code behind, if the xml data is available in string variable (i don't want to use xml file for carrying data). plz let me know as soon as possible
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I have Gridview and Button Control on Form.i want to Add Dynamically TextBox And DropDownList In Gridview on Button Click Wich is placed outside of Gridview.
When i click on Button -> One TextBox and One Dropdownlist which contains values bydefault 1,2,3 should bind to gridview. Button is placed outside Gridview.
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using asp.net/vb.net 2005
I want to create an accordion inside a gridview with the following functionality:
The user will only see one field of the gridview initially, the ProductCategoryID. When the page loads it will only query the ProductCategoryID and this will be the only field displayed.
Next when the user clicks on the accordion to expand it inside the gridview I would like to query the database to get all Products that are part of the ProductCategory. I will query using the ProductCategoryID that is being displayed.
I need to do this for performance issues. The main thing I am looking for is how to query the database once the user expands a given ProductCategoryID.
but now I think of it one thing I need to know: when you bind an accordion to a dataset will it create one pane for each record returned? It might be better to put the gridview inside the accordion. I'm willing to do either, as long as it works
I have few textboxes and I want to search the text (partial search is also required) in the database and then show the result in a telerik grid. The grid has to be hidden initially and when I click the search button it should show up and display the results. Can anyone provide me the code to do this.
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I have Gridview with column name END Date.
DATE is dd/mm/yyyy Format
Available data is :- START DATE = 1/1/2010 , STOP DATE = 1/4/2010 ,INTERVAL = 1 WEEK
HOw to bind data to gridview such that gridview should display data from 1/1/2010 to 1/4/2010 for the interval of 1week
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2 thoughts on "Islamic Texts"
When are we going to initiate referendums in all States that will make it clear in the Constitutions that Sharia will not be considered in any Court in the USA? The only way to bring this matter to the People is through a referendum. The only way for the People to hear the threat of Islam is through Muslims opposing the referendum. Let us not continue to fight this war on an intellectual or a political level and leave the masses in the dark.
I don't know if anything to help reverse what Obama has done is possible. He seems to be putting all his chess pieces in the perfect spot that no one can undo. He is surrounded by muslims in the white house. They are infiltrating everything and everywhere and seem to be attacking us from within our own country. I would love to fight this fight but at this point I just feel like I'm bobbing in the water aimlessly.


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You will find out about all the exciting stuff going on with the RSPB in the east of the UK. We cover our sites in the following counties: Norfolk, Suffolk, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, and some of our great Lincolnshire ones. So if you are if you have never heard of the Strumpshaws and Snettishams or Stour Estuary or Sutton Fens here is you chance.
Blogger: Emily Field, RSPB Volunteer & Farmer Alliance Project Officer
The other day was walking home from school with Tommy (age 5) whinging in the usual way "come on Tommy what's keeping you?"
he replied "I'm looking at the bees going into the ground mum!"
I go back and find, with Tommy, to my surprise, lots of tiny little bees, with shiny tails, and orange legs, digging holes into the sunny sandy bank where they've planted a new hedge outside the doctors. You could feel the warmth coming off the bank, and smell the sweet scent form the heather in the doctor's garden... the perfect place to set up home if you're a little digging bee!
Photo: Tommy pointing at the hole.
Photo: Close up of the bee burrow
To give you little context, last weekend, Tommy had a major panic attack when a wasp walked over the seat next to him, and screamed so loud that we all thought he'd been stung.
So you can imagine my delight at his new interest. Of course the mum in me saw this as the perfect opportunity to combat his misplaced fear of flying insects... with a little research homework.
"wow- lets go home and look in the book to see if we can find out what they are..."
"remember they've got white stripes mum!"
We find my rather tatty old 'A Field Guide to the Insects of Britain' and quickly find a contender catchily named 'Dasypoda hirtipes' - so uncommon the poor thing does not even get a common name. Now, as the field guide is decidedly sparse on the details or habits of the species, to make sure, we decide to go back and take some photographs. When we go back, rather than busily digging as before, they seem to be buzzing around erratically, and flying up every time I put my little camera anywhere near them!
After a while Tommy got bored and made friends with a dog outside the surgery and declared he was going to sit on the bench and wait for me. I'm amazed by how few people asked why I was sitting on the pavement staring at a bare bit of soil with a camera (hopefully they don't all already think I'm mad!).
Tommy proudly showed a few friends the bees he'd discovered anyway, and one friend asked whether they were some kind of solitary bee, I said that's what we hoped to find out, and pointed out what I thought to be a male hovering around, and a female digging (it is a cruel fact of nature that the women always have bigger bottoms and do most of the housework!).
Photo: bee male hovering towards female
I finally got some great pictures of a bee digging, and we took the camera back home to double check our identification- there was nothing else that fitted the bill, so in our naivety, we decided it must be it! We decided to look it up on the internet just to make sure, and, found a picture that seemed to confirm our identification on this website.
So here is the science bit...On checking their distribution map for Dasypoda hirtipes, we see that the nearest 10km square with them is about 20 miles away, so we decide we must record our important sighting straight away! Here is where I have to thank the lovely chap from the records centre, who patiently explained that Dasypoda hirtipes only comes out in July- but it sounds like one of the 60 Andrena Species. This is Andrena flavipes, female (the males are much thinner and less clearly marked, can be very hard to name with certainty). Diagnostic features are the orange hairs in on the rear legs coupled with the bands of white hairs on the abdomen (be careful, there are other orange-legged species). You photos show these very well. Be careful of pollen on the rear legs as this can hide the hair colour.
Photo: Tommy's Bee ID book Andrena species
We feel really lucky to have been helped, via the magic of the internet, by someone so knowledgeable and patient, spending his evening helping some novices choose which of some 200+ different species of solitary bee found in the East they spotted on the school run!
As these enthralling little bees, have helped to cure Tommy of his fear of black & yellow winged beasts, I hope our record helps to makes a difference for them- and is the first of many steps for nature for Tommy - my very own budding entomologist!
[Editor's Note: Find out more about what our partners at Bug Life are doing at the moment here.]
Photos by Emily Field.
Blogger: Helen Leach, RSPB in the East Green Team
Hundreds of millions of people around the world will be plunging themselves into darkness tomorrow by switching off their electric lights for Earth Hour!
Earth Hour is a big deal! It's a symbolic statement of the need to do something about climate change. Last year 5,200 cities in 7 continents were involved, with some of the most famous world landmarks, like the Empire State Building in New York, and the Eiffel Tower in Paris, going dark for an hour to show their support. Earth Hour doesn't mean no light at all. It's okay to light candles, or to use innovative non-electric, non fossil-fuel ways to get some light.Lighting accounts for about 19% of global energy usage, which is why Earth Hour's plan to get as many people as possible to turn lights off is a big deal. But what happens when the lights go back on? Earth Hour is great, but it only means something if we change our habits for good, not just for 60 minutes.
Why not start to change your illuminated ways from tomorrow night by 'going dark' and see how you can reduce your electric light use for the rest of the year.
Find out what to do with your hour with the lights off here.
Blogger: Erica Howe, Communications Officer
Did anyone else get caught out by the clocks going forward or did you welcome it in with open arms? For some of you, this is a pretty depressing thought. A whole hour less in bed, an hour snatched away from that precious Sunday morning lie-in. However, if you're beaming with the thought of lighter evenings, and longer days then the hour sacrifice seems a little price to pay. For the last few months, i have been driving home from work in a lethargic state; confused about why it feels so near to my bed time and yet it is only 6pm. Headlights have appeared as if rolling along a hypnotic conveyor belt and getting home means that I close my front door, cook something warming and delicious and curl up on the sofa.
But, things are about to change! Being outdoors is not something I have to rapidly squeeze into my lunch break anymore and my winter coat is starting to feel a little bit overkill. I will be able to clock off from work, get on my bike and head out along the Norfolk roads until at least 8pm, enjoying the sights and sounds of Norfolk wildlife also coming out to play. Roadsides and roundabouts will start sprouting daffodils and crocuses as if someone has flicked a switched and woken them from their winter slumber. And of course, the butterflies will start adorning garden bushes and shrubs as if getting ready for their own spring party.
Last weekend I was out and about, enjoying the simple pleasure of rolling countryside, a blue sky, the company of friends and chit chat as we stood in the sun's rays. My friend's daughter was over the moon that she had learnt how to make a daisy chain. And even more thrilled that in picking a choice selection of daisies for her new 'bracelet' she had found a tiny, wriggly worm that she was handling with such care it could have been a little piece of gold. We decided that the worm would probably prefer being back playing with its friends so we let him go and carried on searching out round, bright daisies. For those few hours, the thoughts and pressures of every day evaporated and my energy levels soared. My skin was warm and glowing and I felt a huge amount of comfort from the space of the county-side and its fresh air.
Being outside can be anything you want it to be. A respite, an adventure, a jungle, a sanctuary, a beauty treatment, a natural healer or perhaps just a way to spend some time with someone you love.
Here at the RSPB, we would love to know what outdoor adventures you've had this weekend, why not share them with us at www.facebook.com/rspbintheeast or www.twitter.com/rspbintheeast ?
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WebiMax Founder and CEO Kenneth Wisnefski discussed Target's new mobile app capabilities that provide in-store inventory and store maps with Patrick Gorman of Chief Marketer Magazine.
"Bridging that gap between the physical and digital domains will engage users in a way that can drive sales. The problem hasn't been that people are unwilling to go out and make in-store purchases, but that people are getting so used to shopping with all the available information they could ask for right in front of them," Wisnefski says.
Including these kinds of features directly in the mobile app is providing value and helping customers by giving them the information they need—and by making sure they're not wandering around stores for items that aren't in stock.


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Dual Wielding is back to look at the final two months of releases for the year. This includes blockbuster titles like Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Halo 4, Epic Mickey 2 and PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale.
Then discussion switches over to predicting the Wii U launch details including price, release date, launch titles and the content of the package.
Speaking of Duel Wielding....
There should be a Wii U game where you get to duel wield swords if your character has learned that ability.
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No, Jeff Spicoli from "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" has not been signed by the UFC, "you dick!"
Tom Lawlor first endeared himself to the hardcore MMA crowd at UFC 100 with his tribute to the "Just Bleed" guy, who was captured in the crowd and in our hearts way back at UFC 15. Facing the cinematic stigma that the sequel is rarely funnier than the original head-on, Lawlor then fitted teammate Seth Petruzelli with a dog collar and leash and walked him out on all fours to the tune of "Who Let the Dogs Out?" for his entrance to the cage.
Lawlor's antics were received as even more acceptable after he pulled off the upset at UFC 100 by submitting wrestler C.B. Dollaway with a guillotine.
Much suspense and anticipation were surrounding the Ultimate Fight Night 20 event as fans pondered whether or not Lawlor could further cement his status in MMA entertainment history, and when he donned the traditional 90's fighting garb of white gi pants and a wifebeater in the likeness of UFC 3 legend Harold Howard, our prayers were answered.
Canadian fighter Harold Clarence Howard is best remembered for the catchphrase he coined in his pre-fight interview , "If you're comin' on… COME ON!" Howard also scored points for his fearless implementation of the "flying scissors kick", which he unleashed unsuccessfully against Steve Jennum before submitting to strikes in the finals of UFC 3's tournament.
Yep… pulling out all the stops, Lawlor also flawlessly executed the flying scissors kick on stage before hopping on the scale at the weigh-ins yesterday.
The real Harold Howard recently made news when he assaulted multiple victims before crashing his truck into a Las Vegas casino, which, despite being standard practice in my book for a visit to Sin City, will likely land him some time in the clink.
For any fans of the exotic and gaudy entrances employed by Japanese MMA greats Genki Sudo and Akihiro Gono, well… I think Tom Lawlor is about as close as we're going to get. A classic Harold Howard tribute video is posted for your nostalgic enjoyment just below.


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3. Mysterious Red Chairs May
2, 1999 at Beatification of Padre Pio
(Another mystery from the May,
1999 pilgrimage to Rome and Garabandal)
At the beatification of Padre Pio, approximately
400,000 people filled the square and surrounding streets. Those who had
tickets in the square were able to sit in their pre-assigned areas.
All the chairs in the whole square were of the same type and colour: dark
grey molded plastic.
the ceremony, we had to wait for the crowds to disperse, as it was
virtually impossible to leave with the masses of people present. While
we were waiting, the clean-up crew arrived and began stacking the chairs.
There's nothing unusual about that. Many members of our group spent the
time taking pictures of St. Peter's Square and of the crowds. When we returned
home, one of the pilgrims, Angie S., who was healed of cancer (see
Story), called to say that one of her pictures looked most strange.The
picture below, which she took while we were waiting to leave St. Peter's
Square, is most mysterious.
As you can see, there are red
chairs in the photograph. There were NO RED CHAIRS at St. Peter's
Square that day, as all of us can attest. Other photographs and videos
of that event all document the fact that there were no red chairs.
Angie's negative has been analyzed by photographic specialists and their
conclusion is that the negative and picture have not been doctored in any
We wish to also present another photograph, taken
at about the same time as Angie's, which clearly shows that all the chairs
were of one color - dark blue-grey. How did this photograph come into being?
Where did the red chairs come from? The red color on these
chairs is, as several individuals have remarked, a
fresh blood red color. We thank the
Lord and Padre Pio for this mysterious gift. What a wonderful sign of intervention
from the holy Padre! It was his day and the scene of his beatification
and we were there in pilgrimage to honour him and to express our love and
devotion to him. Thank you, Padre Pio.
We leave it up to you to pray and discern for
yourself about these "red chairs". They were definitely not there at the
beatification. The film was not defective. The processing was not flawed.
There is no explanation. This cannot be done by human hands. Or was it
done by heavenly hands? You must discern for yourself... (Read
full story of pilgrimage)
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Western Michigan welcomes three manufacturing facility expansions
According to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, three companies are expanding their manufacturing operations in the western portion of the state resulting in a $29 million capital investment and more than 290 new jobs.
WKW Roof Rail Systems, LLC creates aluminum auto parts and plans to purchase the former Toyota Tsusho America facility in Battle Creek, Michigan. The plant will be used to manufacture aluminum roof rail systems for the North American vehicle industry. The company is investing $23 million and will create 186 jobs. It's eligible for a Michigan Business Development Program grant worth $950,000, according to the MEDC's statement.
Cascade Die Casting Group, Inc. is expanding its facilities in Sparta, Michigan, and Gaines, Michigan. The company is investing $5.3 million in the project and will create 50 new jobs. It will also be eligible for a Michigan Business Development Program grant worth $275,000.
SolarBOS is opening a new solar equipment manufacturing facility in Walker, Michigan, through a $884,000 investment. The expansion will create 56 new positions and has made the company eligible for a Michigan Business Development Program grant worth $250,000.
Companies expanding old or opening new facilities should work with manufacturing recruiters to find the most qualified candidates for their open positions.


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The Michigan departments of Agriculture and Natural Resources confirmed the state's first case of Chronic Wasting Disease in a three-year old white-tailed deer from a privately owned facility in Kent County.
The state has quarantined all POC facilities, prohibiting the movement of all — dead or alive — privately-owned deer, elk or moose. Officials do not yet know how the deer may have contracted the disease. To date, there is no evidence that CWD presents a risk to humans.
DNR and MDA staff are currently reviewing records from the Kent County facility and five others to trace deer that have been
"Michigan's veterinarians and wildlife experts have been working throughout the weekend to complete their investigation," said Don Koivisto, MDA director. "We take this disease very seriously, and are using every resource available to us to implement response measures and stop the spread of this disease."
CWD is a fatal neurological disease that affects deer, elk and moose. Most cases of the disease have been in western states, but in the past several years, it has spread to some midwestern and eastern states. Infected animals display abnormal behaviors, progressive weight loss and physical debilitation.
Current evidence suggests that the disease is transmitted through infectious, self-multiplying proteins (prions) contained in saliva and other fluids of infected animals. Susceptible animals can acquire CWD by direct exposure to these fluids or also from contaminated environments. Once contaminated, research suggests that soil can remain a source of infection for long periods of time, making CWD a particularly difficult disease to eradicate.
"Currently, one of our top concerns is to confirm that the disease is not in free-ranging deer," said DNR Director Rebecca Humphries. "We are asking hunters this fall to assist us by visiting check stations to allow us to take biological samples from the deer they harvest, so we can perform adequate surveillance of the free-ranging white-tailed deer herd in the area."
Deer hunters this fall who take deer from Tyrone, Soldon, Nelson, Sparta, Algoma, Courtland, Alpine, Plainfield, and Cannon townships will be required to bring their deer to a DNR check station. Deer taken in these townships are subject to mandatory deer check.
The DNR is also asking hunters who are participating in the private land five-day antlerless hunt in September in other parts of Kent County to visit DNR check stations in Kent County so further biological samples can be taken from free-ranging deer for testing. The DNR is in the process of finding additional locations for check stations in Kent County to make it more convenient for hunters.
The deer that tested positive at the Kent County facility was a doe that had been recently culled by the owner of the facility. Michigan law requires sick deer or culled deer on a POC facility be tested for disease. The samples from the Kent County deer tested "suspect positive" last week at Michigan State University Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, and were sent to the National Veterinary
Audits of the facility by the DNR in 2004 and 2007 showed no escapes of animals from the Kent County facility were reported by the owner. Also, there were no violations of regulations recorded during the audits.
Since 2002, the DNR has tested 248 wild deer in Kent County for CWD. In summer 2005, a number of those deer had displayed neurological symptoms similar to CWD; however, after testing it was determined the deer had contracted Eastern Equine Encephalitis.
More information on CWD is available on Michigan's Emerging Diseases Web site at www.michigan.gov/chronicwastingdisease
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Just because it has the Google stamp does not mean it is a good idea for all devices.
For Internet tablet and netbooks with removable keyboard Android might be right, but what makes them think a normal netbook with a cut down OS is a good idea?
Vendors don't get Linux .. sigh ..
Well, with a decent selection of available freeware and a $100-$200 price tag, I'd buy one, even if just for a toy.
This could be the "$100 Laptop" that never was.
My strongest feature recommendation, a mouse.
This to me sums up the whole Netbook market, these are indulgences or toys purchased for no other reason than to have the latest gadget on the market. They really do not serve any great purpose, nor do probably most who buy one even have a need, merely a want. They are the latest fad for people to just spend money, which is why I just do not find that every bit of news for these toys should be reported on.
This to me sums up the whole Netbook market, these are indulgences or toys purchased for no other reason than to have the latest gadget on the market. They really do not serve any great purpose, nor do probably most who buy one even have a need, merely a want. They are the latest fad for people to just spend money, which is why I just do not find that every bit of news for these toys should be reported on.
Tell that to my girlfriend who bought one for Uni.
* She types lecture notes on it in class
* writes her essays on it on the train
* and even uses it to keep in touch with me (via skype) when away from home with Uni field trips.
Sure, a normal laptop could have done all these, but a normal laptop would also have been bigger and heavier thus a real PITA to carry round as much as she does her netbook.
So, Just because you have no real need for a netbook, don't assume that nobody has.
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So, Just because you have no real need for a netbook, don't assume that nobody has.
I don't say that nobody ever has a need, I am merely stating what I feel is a fact that most of these netbooks are an indulgence to say the least.First off nobody needs, they want. Given your example, none really provides a need, merely a convenience at the most. Your girlfriend could easily just write notes on paper, Essays could be better written at a desk or study. And as for keeping in touch with you, that is a convenience not a necessity.
But let's be honest here folks, most of these netbooks are being bought buy tech geeks just eating up the latest fad gadget. Very few people need these, that is a fact. Like the iPhone or iPod, geek toys that provide a self-indulgence, but neither are anything close to being of real need. And I find the argument very weak when considering how light some notebooks have gotten these days, that lugging one around is that much of a pain. And that goes for 90% of people that claim a cell phone is a necessity, it is not, but rather a means for some to feel more important in life than they really are.
For most people any laptop is an indulgence. As is an mp3 player, xbox and any other gadget you care to mention.
In fact looking around my appartment I see nothing that I consider a necessity, even the computer I'm typing this on is something I can live without, as is my TV, all my books, my furniture and most the food in my fridge. For that matter I could probably live in an apartment half the size of this one so even this apartment is an indulgence. Any argument based on 'necessity' is stupid and flawed.
I can't speak for the rest of the world, but that certainly doesn't seem to be true from what I've seen. The vast majority of people I see using and buying netbooks are just normal folk who want a small and cheap laptop. In fact at the university where I live I see more netbooks among the humanities students than among the the science and engineering students.
I also know several people for whom a netbook is the first laptop they've owned. They've considered getting a latop before, but always found them to big and/or expensive.
True, and neither is a home internet connection. But I doubt most people here would be willing to give that up either.
Seriously, why do you come on a technology news site?
The whole point of technology is to provide a convenience over manual processes. So, given this is a technology news site, your argument is completely pointless.
But let's be honest here folks, most of these netbooks are being bought buy tech geeks just eating up the latest fad gadget.
Got any stats to back up that bold claim, or is it just a guess made up on your part to emphasise your earlier point?
The reason I'm asking you to back up your claim is because my own personal observations have seen more non-geeks netbook owners who were after ultra-portable devices than geeks after new toys.
You don't need an internet connection, yet you do have one.
You don't need to browse OSNews nor reply. Yet you did.
If you really beieved non-nessesity technology should be culled, then you wouldn't even be on here to make your point.
Like the iPhone or iPod, geek toys that provide a self-indulgence, but neither are anything close to being of real need.
Self-indulgence drives technology.
If we stuck to the bare minimum of what we needed, then you wouldn't even have a computer let alone braudband internet connection to argue this perculiar point on.
But netbooks are still much lighter and more compact. Thus they are more convenient, thus they are more practical and thus it makes more sense for her to buy a netbook.
I really don't see why you don't get this point.
And that goes for 90% of people that claim a cell phone is a necessity, it is not, but rather a means for some to feel more important in life than they really are.
Are you a hippy by any chance?
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My this seemed to have touched a nerve with some, my the mere suggestion that some are buying this merely to fulfill a need to get in on the latest fad gadget.
Now go back to the highlighed quote:
Sure they may evolve into a decent tool, but please do not give me some bullshit at this point that these are not merely geek toys at the moment. I think I have seen quite a few comments, no make that an abundance of comments over the past years, that give a pretty clear picture of why people want these.
When these netbooks first arrived, people were merely salivating at getting their hands on them, yet I never did see a good suggestion as to why someone wanted these. Good for the person in particular that actually finds one useful. But the sales as a whole pretty much indicates to me that young people are just buying these up out of consumer fetish.
After the desktop and laptop, it begs the question of what the use for a netbook other than to catch the train so to speak. Maybe this is just a generational gap. But I think it speaks volumes how defensive people are to the mere suggestions they paid for a fad. To me I find this no different than those that purchase the latest greatest video card every 6 months just to have the fastest card available.
First off, I'm not getting defensive. I'm just discussing while I think you're point is wrong, rather than modding you down.
If you prefer me not to comment in the comments section, then I'll be happy to -1 you in future disagreements
Anyhow, back to the topic:
"I'd buy one, even if just for a toy. "
This is to say it sums up what many are in fact buying these for.
That was one guy. He's hardly the monopoly of netbook buyers
Businesses don't hold the monopoly of PC sales either.
Well, as I've already stated. I know a number of people who bought netbooks for work (be it a cheap programming environment in the case of a couple of geeks mates, or, in the case of my girlfriend and her university friends, an OOo suite for Uni assignments).
I'm not going to argue the scale of the netbook market is huge. Clearly it isn't. I'm just arguing that your original point about netbooks being good-for-nothing toys is grossly inaccurate.
A netbook is just a cut-down laptop. Thus, if you don't need a powerful laptop then a netbook is usually plenty powerful.
You seem to have this jaded view that netbooks are somehow incapable of real-world tasks.
A few points:
* Nobody is getting defensive mate. We're just discussing a topic you started. If you don't want a discussion, then don't post on a public forum.
* I couldn't care less if it's a fad or not. I'm arguing that they are used by people for work and aren't just toys for the geeks.
* and if I had to argue the above, then personally I don't think they're a fad. but unless either of us has mastered time travel (I know i haven't), we both can only guess. However, fad or not, they are very useful to a good number of people. So does it really matter if they're sales numbers dwindle, sustain or grow?
* and finally, buying the latest graphics card isn't a fad. Gamers having been sourcing the latest and greatest hardware for years and, as long as new PC games are produced, gamers will continue to buy new hardware. It's not a fad that society will grow out of - it's just upgrading.
Since probably 95% of people only do email and surf the web with a rare foré into writing a short document, the netbook is supremely well suited to their needs. Why lug around a 5-8 lb. item when a 2.5 lb. netbook does everything you need? By your logic, no one "needs" a laptop either. They can use a ball point or wait till they get home to work on a computer. Who needs to work on the train or bus...
By that reasoning, any computer or technological advancement could be considered an "indulgence."
Why purchase clothing, when some animal skins would protect you from the elements? Why buy decent cooking knives, when you could just prepare a meal using some sharpened rock?
Well, yeah - that's how most commerce works: you trade money for convenience.
Maybe you want to ask some students about how there netbook is just an indulgance. Last I read, many University and lower level students are choosing them as the primary computer; not comp sci students I recon, but other areas of study.
Granted, on OSNews, it's a pretty safe guess that a reader has a desktop, notebook and potentially a netbook or is interested in one. In that case, it would be an additional machine though may not be an indulgence. That is rather far off your grand sweeping statement that the netbook market is only exploding at the whims of people with too much money and time no there hands.
Unfortunately in the form installed by netbook manufacturers it often is a cutdown OS. I very quickly replaced the default linux install on my aspire one with Ubuntu as it was so limited. A friend of mine also bought one of the original 7" eeepcs and the linux install on that has had no end of problems with updates breaking things, restricted access to further apps etc.
I know these restrictions can be worked around or another OS/distro can be installed, but for the average user this isn't an option, they just get a bad impression of linux as a cut down, limited OS.
If Android will work flawless will mean that most linuxes (that inherit the same platform) will work flawless on this platforms!
Also will mean that I will have a lot of options in picking my OS. Only Apple seems yet to miss the game, but there a few time till July. Who knows? Maybe a Snow Leopard in a Snow Netbook...
For Internet tablet and netbooks with removable keyboard Android might be right, but what makes them think a normal netbook with a cut down OS is a good idea?
Vendors don't get Linux .. sigh ..
The Skytone machine does look to have a touch screen btw - and a stylus/pen as well.
As for the i-Buddie, it doesn't look so great :/
Its not just an android netbook... its ARM based netbook, hence the low price. just the other day i read the interview about ARM and he said there would be 110-120$ netbooks (he even used the term "almost disposable"). So here u go, and there's a pegatron netbook on the way (also ARM+android).
with an arm11 core running at 533 mhz. the iphone uses an arm11 based design running at 620 mhz. 128mb main memory - same as the iphone. 1-4 gb flash - far less than the iphone.
of course it's also much cheaper and not in the same market anyway, but the limited hardware might explain why they use android instead of a desktop linux distribution. the in-order arm11 core surely isn't faster than the in-order atom core, so this netbook might only provide one third of the performance of its atom-based rivals.
Like it or not, at the state it is, Android for x86 is useless. Google can't expect to get a grip on the x86 market with Android's current state.
By the looks of it they'd have to add code for mouse support, detect what type of device the OS is running and adjust the funny looking dialog box (stretched across the screen) etc...
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Yep. But it ~should~ be possible to address those issues, especially if the OS is being customized for that particular computer model. Hard to judge the final product based on a leaked video clip of an early prototype.
I seriously welcome our arm powered android based netbook overlords. For what I do with computers an arm based netbook with wifi and all day battery life is exactly what I need. Right now I don't think android is the best platform for a netbook. Maybe in the future as more companies jump on the bandwagon and add missing functionality. I do agree that android provides a strong base to build off of and thats the true power of opensource. It can become anything you need it to be.
...seriously, what the hell good is a 7", 800x480 screen going to do? And only 128 or 256 megs of memory? I would end up throwing the damn thing at a wall just trying to navigate Web pages and my text files.
I just can't get excited about this one. And here's the final nail in the coffin:
[quote]The Chinese company Skytone, mostly known for making Skype phones and children's computers,...[/quote]
Sadly, this is exactly what this sounds like: a toy. The fact that this company is known for making children's computers just makes it that much more pointless.
Good for those Chinese kids out there (and whoever else lives where this company releases the computer), I guess, but wake me up when a "real" ARM netbook arrives. Hell, I'd probably deplete the 256 megs of memory with just Firefox, Geany and Celestia alone, as I currently do on my old desktop (but still current), and I don't even want to imagine what it would do with 128. This machine is just not realistic.
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In Theaters This Weekend: Reviews of 'No Escape,' 'We Are Your Friends' and More
Read what THR's critics are saying about post-apocalyptic flicks 'Z for Zachariah' and 'Turbo Kid.'
A family in danger, a young DJ and an unhappy couple are heading to theaters this weekend with the releases of No Escape, We Are Your Friends and Z For Zachariah.
Read on to find out what The Hollywood Reporter's critics are saying about the weekend's new offerings.
No Escape
Owen Wilson turns into an action hero in his latest film, playing an American businessman who relocates his family to Southeast Asia, only to get caught in the middle of a violent uprising. Lake Bell and Pierce Brosnan also star. THR film critic Stephen Dalton writes in his review, "Critics will dismiss it, but No Escape does a briskly efficient job with its elemental ingredients of ever-present threat and sporadically graphic violence."
Zac Efron gets musical again, this time portraying Cole Carter, an up and coming San Fernando valley DJ trying to make a name for himself in Hollywood. Carter's track impresses a DJ (Wes Bentley) who takes him under his wing, only to complicate things as Carter starts to fall for the DJ's girlfriend Sophie (Emily Ratajkowski). THR reviews editor Jon Frosch writes in his review, "We Are Your Friends is predictable, sometimes tacky, but the energy is unflagging, the eye candy plentiful and writer-director Max Joseph (making his feature debut after hosting MTV's Catfish) brings sincerity and a skillfully modulated sweetness to the material. Don't be shocked if the movie steamrolls past your defenses — unless you're an EDM aficionado, in which case you'll surely find reason to roll your eyes."
Z For Zachariah
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Margot Robbie and Chris Pine bring Robert C. O'Brien's novel to life about survival in a post-apocolyptic world.THR chief film critic Todd McCarthy writes in his review that the film, "doesn't sufficiently develop those turbulent undercurrents of tension and intrigue that are called for in the hothouse circumstances." McCarthy adds, "Despite the solid efforts of the only actors in the piece, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Margot Robbie and Chris Pine, this Roadside Attractions release from Lionsgate looks to be a modest commercial performer."
Turbo Kid
The Sundance film follows an orphaned kid who goes on a journey to save the girl of his dreams in a futuristic world.The film's cast includes Munro Chambers, Laurence Leboeuf, Aaron Jeffery and Edwin Wright. THR film critic John DeFore writes in his review, "A pitch-perfect pastiche that never mocks its inspirations, the picture is silly fun to warm the hearts of aging fanboys and delight hipsters who weren't yet born the first time Mel Gibson donned Max's leathers."
War Room
Alex and Stephen Kendrick's faith-based film follows a married couple and their two kids who seem to have it all, but beneath the surface the family seeks prayer to help them survive a failing marriage. T.C. Stallings, Elizabeth Becka and Noel Baker star in the Sony Pictures Entertainment Christian drama.


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KemperSports today announced that EA SPORTSTM, a label of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), has agreed to a two-year extension as title sponsor of the EA SPORTS Maui Invitational, the nation's premier early-season men's college basketball tournament. The pact will extend the partnership between EA SPORTS and the Maui Invitational through 2009.
EA SPORTS has been the title sponsor since 2001. Its overall commitment has been instrumental to the tournament's growth, as the firm has hosted a separate video game tournament, offered internships to students of tournament host Chaminade, expanded charities in the local community, and underwritten additional team expenses.
"We have been fortunate over the past several years to have the support of EA as our dedicated title sponsor," said Tournament Chairman Dave Gavitt of KemperSports. "Like its videogames, EA SPORTS is committed to bringing great sports experiences to life, and with its support the Maui Invitational will continue its tradition of creating the type of exciting college basketball games that have made this tournament such a great event."
The tournament has also served as a launch pad for the EA SPORTS videogame, NCAA® March Madness® (www.easports.com/marchmadness), the No. 1-selling college basketball videogame of all time*. The title sponsorship has enabled EA SPORTS, the world's leading interactive sports software brand, to tap into new levels of brand awareness, product promotion and immersion into real-world sports events via a rich portfolio of sponsorship activities and involvement.
"At EA SPORTS, we partner with marquee sporting events like the EA SPORTS Maui Invitational -- the best early-season college basketball tournament and a hallmark of college athletics," said Brian Movalson, director of sports marketing for EA SPORTS. "This tournament puts our brand center court while also providing opportunities to interface with the participating teams, coaches and numerous organizations that are central to our promotion and growth."
EA SPORTS has been the only title sponsor in the tournament's 24-year history.
The 2008 EA SPORTS Maui Invitational Hosted by Chaminade University, will mark the tournament's 25th year of launching the college basketball season. This year's NCAA Tournament participants North Carolina, Texas, Notre Dame, Indiana, Oregon and St. Joseph's, along with Alabama and host Chaminade, will vie for the coveted early-season crown Nov. 24-26 at Maui's Lahaina Civic Center. The ESPN networks will again offer live television coverage of all 12 tournament games.
Other tournament sponsors include the Maui Visitors Bureau, County of Maui Department of Parks and Recreation, Hawaii Tourism Authority, adidas, GEICO and Gatorade. The Westin Maui Resort & Spa, Sheraton Maui Resort and Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa, all located in the beautiful Ka'anapali Beach resort area, serve as host hotels for the thousands of fans and boosters who annually accompany their teams to Maui. KemperSports has operated the EA SPORTS Maui Invitational since 1990.
For a variety of tournament information as well as details regarding 2008 ticket and travel packages, visit the official tournament Web site at www.mauiinvitational.com or contact Oahu Travel, the official tournament travel agent, at 800.826.3822.
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Celebrating East African Writing!
Here is the question that has vexed men for generations…and continues to do so even at this age of DNA and at a time when many Kenyan men are discovering that the brats they have been toiling for are not theirs after all. (I knew that blockhead was too stupid to be mine!)
How could women do this to us? I mean when all is said and done, the loser who refused to pay school fees for his kids and took pints at the local pub appears to have been the clever one now.
'Ha!' Says he now, 'at least I wasn't conned out my money as well!'
All along ati we thought we were on top, that they were gullible and naïve in their thirst for love and companionship. Kumbe they were so ahead of the game! Any man can be smart, but it takes a woman to know that the highest form of intelligence is that that can cloak itself with an air of foolishness.
Now men are all over the city, luring their (former) little darlings to DNA clinics to confirm their worst fears. Others (probably with much better founded fears) are avoiding the trip all together (If I have spent a fortune rearing someone else's kid, why throw away another 5k for something that won't change anything…We Waiter!… leta Tusker ingine!)
Back to things that do matter, why is it that women are never caught cheating while a man caught sampling matundas from outside his patch hardly even makes headlines in the village gossip? Oh yes! Women cheat too. Just ask those poor Nairobi dudes agonizing in the corridors of DNA clinics with khaki envelopes. They cheat, just that they never get caught.
You see, they are not dumb enough to park their cars outside Sabina Joy. They have the sense to check their blouses for incriminating stains (I just can't think of any though) and to avoid stuffing their pockets with their lover's underwear.
Men on the other hand suffer from two fronts; One is the fact that all women are brought up to be suspicious of their spouses (is that really ketchup on your shirt?!!) Any little deviation from the norm will instantly be picked up and investigated. Men live in a never land where their wives can never cheat on them. A woman could literally arrive home with a lover in her arms and the hubby would believe it's a big teddy she got for him (us and our big egos! They will surely be the death of us!).
It does not help that men are the lamest liars on the face of the earth. I know a man who got caught with a luminous green stringy under garment in his pocket. His explanation? It was his! 'You see sweetie, I am undergoing that midlife thingi and I decided to experiment with female attire'. It didn't help that the garment in question was the one worn on the upper body not the lower.
Put all this together with men's disturbing tendency to meet their 'tucungwa' on Sunday afternoons with all his offspring in tow (mummy, we met that auntie wa Njugunas today) and the miracle is that men cheat for as long as they do before they are busted.
There is no such thing as a clever liaison. Sooner or later (mostly sooner!) you will be busted buster. But let those who want to cheat be, this article is (or became) about those poor souls who have had their mbuzi-paid matundas sampled by others. Here is a quick guide to catching a cheating woman
1.Take time off Super Sport II (honestly sir, it's for your own good) and pay close attention to the stuff she brings home (is that big teddy bear she brought home breathing and does it have a terrified expression as you examine it?) There is a clue for you!
2. Don't ever let your spouse buy your cologne. Ever! They tend to buy for you whatever brands their little toy-boys use so you can never catch them with a foreign fragrance. (I can picture the sly two-timing male bastards going aha!)
3. Smell your spouse constantly! Aki it helps! And they smell us too anyway; why else do you think you get a peck when you walk in the front door? Peck away too.
4. Check her handbag, glove compartments and her coat pockets. You never know, you might have married a dumb one after all.
5. If your wife has a tendency to go to overnight keshas, make it a point to sometimes pop in the church at around two am and confirm that she is actually in the church. (Spotting her car in the church car park doesn't count)
6. Get to know her gym instructor. He is the dude who she is most likely to cheat with if for no other reason than the fact that he probably looks better than you. Know thy (most likely) enemy.
7. If she comes in the evening with a different dress from the one she wore in the morning (or with clasps and strings of undergarments torn) be suspicious. Watch your wife undress after work and don't mind if she calls you a pervert. It's the price to pay.
8. Stalk, bug the home line and go through her cell and all the other stuff they do to us.
9. Nag. It works for them
Thanks Martin for letting us women know what men will be looking out for. Now we're one step head!
Thanks Martin for the 'How not to get caught tips'…..to all the men out there…after all the women read this, just give up.
Good one Martin.
Those DNA clinics send shivers down men's spine (and other places too…) But coming to think of it, since the world is a global village, why not bring up that brat that belongs to another man with the consolation that another man somewhere is bringing up your brat? After all, men cheat with women. I would be more worried if my woman cheated on me with another woman. Crazy world!
Now you know why I wise man once said:"Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days:2Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
Its double torture to take care of foreign seed when you have no seeds enjoying the same in other fertile fields…Guyz we need to fight back and grow more "non-contracted" crops-Accountants call it "hedging",I prefer to call it spreading my risks-so if u catch me planting,its not my insatiable appetite for foreign flesh-its just good old Darwinian survival for the fittest..am a sower u know!
and you expect anyone will be caught after you let the cat out of the bag…..not that you had it all figured out anyway. It will take a lot more than this to get a woman determined to get away with a shady deal. Nice try though.
Clifford Oluoch wote:
"I would be more worried if my woman cheated on me with another woman."
And a man has good reason to be worried then; because this means that his lady is very likely now getting good sex (at last). Fear the comparison … 😉
This has to be one of the funniest Kenyan stories I have read.Great stuff.
I love it
Woiye!!You will never bust a cheating a woman unless she wants you to.Which means, tis ollova.Anohter tusker, boss?Love the article.
That was on a very light note to pamper hairy male egos.Treat your woman right and she would rather die than betray you-off course not of the id rather die format ala kenyan politicians…
You forgot to mention semen detection kits–Like the InSite kit for example (my favorite!)
Why waste time trying to catch a woman…just cheat on her constantly and let her do the same..its only fair! nice piece though
Can your woman be cheating if she is exchanging profane forwarded emails with a guy? I need answer
I like your article …I have never laughed so hard in my life! very well put ..very well put. We need to pay more attention as men
I love number 7…but should she consider her man a pervert because who else is supposed to watch her undress?
Good job. You have provided practical scenarios for both men and women.
1) if you are away for sometime never tell her when you'll be arriving
Make it a surprise you may be shocked!
2) never believe her when she tells you that she misses you and asking when you shall be home that might be the prime tym she may be entertaining her lover beware!
3) when she is awaY and constantly asks you for money and she really knows how broke you rou are, thats a clear sign she may be having someone next to her An d wants to create some xtra time for him
4) when she makes simple issues to appear to be a big problem for instance why you placed your long sleeved shirt on the hanger holding your short sleeve shirts and initially had no problem with that.
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Samsung Pay may not be available everywhere in the world just yet, but Samsung has a new way of expanding. They will soon allow people with South Korean credit or debit cards to use Samsung Pay in the US and China.
Samsung is said to be connecting the foreign payments system with Samsung Card, Lotte Card, KB Card and Hana Card, and allowing Samsung Pay to use these cards in other countries. They plan on doing this as quickly as the end of this month.
Mastercard and Visa have already negotiated with global credit card companies to link payment networks. Other major credit card companies such as American Express are currently in the works, but nothing is final just yet.
There are a few stages to this plan. The first stage is Samsung Pay will launch in the US and China later this month, those countries were picked because 80% of retailers are already using MST (Magnetic Security Transmission) payment machines. After that, the same plan, but expanding to Europe and Southeast Asia. Finally, expanding to even more countries around the world by the end of the year.
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Woman's Instagram pics removed by boss who claimed she was too big to model
True story: Most of us aren't models and never will be. Yet we all still have to wear clothes, and most of us would like to look good in them. One young store clerk understood the value of showing how real clothes fit real women. Unfortunately, the store owner didn't, and that's when things got crazy.
Sherene Zarrabi, a 21-year-old college student in Oklahoma, was just doing what lots of young women love to do — snapping pics of herself in cute outfits and posting them to Instagram. As a bonus, she worked at the Dainty Hooligan, a boutique clothing store found in the South, and so had access to all the latest fashions. Her manager loved Zarrabi's snaps so much she posted some of them to the store's own Insta.
But her stint as an unofficial spokesmodel quickly ended — and in the most humiliating way possible. Store owner Jessica Issler yanked the pictures and sent this email to Zarrabi and her manager:
"Something I want to make sure you keep in mind. I want size small, the stereotypical 'model' to model our clothes. Please use our pictures of our models if Stillwater store can't find someone who would be considered 'model material.' This is not to put anyone down but to communicate expectations of presenting our brand. Don't take it personal, all I ask for is really good representation. In exchange for the freedom, I ask you to take down all pictures of anyone that doesn't fit the criteria."
Zarrabi rightly took exception to this and quit. But instead of going on a crash diet or crying over her "not model" body, she showed confidence and courage, explaining her feelings on Facebook:
"I am fully comfortable with who I am and the way I look. I have recently been attacked and discriminated against by the owner of Dainty Hooligan. She went on our stores Instagram and deleted all of the pictures where I was modeling the clothing and then sent this email to my manager. I do not want to represent or support a business that has such archaic values and beliefs. THIS is the reason young girls have body image issues. This is disgusting. I quit immediately and I suggest that my friends and family do not support Dainty Hooligan. Love yourself, no matter what you look like."
Her honest response struck a nerve, and women everywhere celebrated her body positivity and unwillingness to take any crap.
Issler, on the other hand, doubled down on her policy, saying, "I'm not apologizing for the unsaid fashion rule." Then she added in an interview with O'Colly, the Oklahoma State University paper, "My No. 1 priority is the safety of my staff, so the evil and lack of positivity is terrifying. This girl has now created a hostile work environment because she has a sad body image of herself." She even added that she thought Zarrabi was not "mentally healthy."
Yes, we live in a world where a girl is being called mentally ill for loving her body the way it is.
An outcry against Issler and the Dainty Hooligan erupted all over social media as people rushed to Zarrabi's defense. As more and more called for a boycott of the store, Issler finally sent an apologetic email to Zarrabi, saying she doesn't wish her former employee any ill will and thanking her for a "humbling experience."
While that is nice, unfortunately the Dainty Hooligan's backwards model policy isn't the problem. The real issue is that this type of "You're not worthy if you don't look like a model" message is pushed on girls and women everywhere, all the time. And most of us don't stand up for ourselves. We accept the poison and let it infect us until we hate ourselves, until we believe that our bodies really are the problem instead of our greatest gift.
This is so much bigger than a small-time clothing store.
Which is why I want to give @OKStateProbs the last word, who tweeted:
"Props to Sherene for being confident. I love that. But my stand isn't for Sherene. It's for the girl in the gym trying to lose weight to feel better. It's for the girl who eats lunch by herself because she's self-conscious. It's for the girl who goes to these boutiques or stores because she loves their clothing, only to embarrassingly find out they don't have their size. My stand is to say you're beautiful no matter what you look like. Because beauty is not your appearance, it's your interests, love for others, and who you are."


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Working Americans like lower taxes. So do I. Lower taxes benefit all of us, creating jobs and allowing us to make more decisions for ourselves about our lives.
American Independence and Sovereignty
So called free trade deals and world governmental organizations like the International Criminal Court (ICC), NAFTA, GATT, WTO, and CAFTA are a threat to our independence as a nation.
The war in Iraq was sold to us with false information. The area is more dangerous now than when we entered it. We destroyed a regime hated by our direct enemies, the jihadists, and created thousands of new recruits for them.
The talk must stop. We must secure our borders now. A nation without secure borders is no nation at all. It makes no sense to fight terrorists abroad when our own front door is left unlocked. This is my six point plan:
The biggest threat to your privacy is the government. We must drastically limit the ability of government to collect and store data regarding citizens' personal matters.
We must stop special interests from violating property rights and literally driving families from their homes, farms and ranches.


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A quick post on why August was my best month everPosted by xhisdudenessx in Uncategorized
It's been a while since I've posted. But I'd just like to recap what's gone on lately. My time at Disney has been going swell. I'm learning a lot and having a blast. I love going to work every day. The Talent Development program is a 3 or 6 month program. I was fortunate enough to make it past the 3 month mark and so that meant I would get another 3 months to work there. Awesome. However, it was around early July I was told there was probably not going to be a spot for me or my coworker Mary(also did the Talent Development program with me), at the end of the 6th month(ie end of August). That was a shame. But I kept thinking there was a chance still so we just kept working hard.
So then August rolls around. A few different awesome things happened in August. First was Siggraph, and while it wasn't necessarily awesome it was cool. I meat some contacts at other companies which was cool, plus I got to hang out with some of the MAXON folks. I would have gone more than one day, but I had other, bigger plans.
You see, I have been engaged for 18 months. And I was set to get married on August 10th(the Friday after siggraph.) So I had that stuff going on that week. I'm happy to report the wedding went off without a hitch. It was wonderful and all that jazz, just too short, and too much of a blur. We all had a great time. Here's a picture from the wedding:
So after that awesomeness, we went on our honeymoon. This meant a week away from work which was nice(as vacations usually are) but not nice, because I was needing to focus on finding a new job. So there was a little bit of stress and anxiety the whole honeymoon. We went to the Bahamas, which was fun and relaxing. It's beautiful there, but it's hot as hell. We just relaxed in the warm pool, warm, beautiful ocean, and drank some nice bahamian beers and fruity drinks like Bahama Mama(libbys choice) and Strawberry Daqueri's(my fruity drink of choice).
So when I got back from that, I got good news. Not good news, GREAT news, that my time at Disney would be extended! So I mean, Week 1 was awesome, Week 2 was awesome, then Week 3 we(Mary and I) found that news out. Then Later that week, I set the high score on Fix it Felix Jr and I felt like a badass. Of course Steve Weibe is at PAX and he probably just absolutely CRUSHED my score, but still. I was feeling good.
So I sit here on Labor Day weekend, so thankful. Thankful for my new wonderful wife. Thankful for our trip. And thankful for still having a job. Because I could have been sitting here today, unemployed, but I just managed to dodge that bullet.


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When the Satyam debacle took place early this year, there wasn't a single news story that went without a quip on the 'Golden Peacock Award' bestowed upon the company for Corporate Governance the same year. Manshi Asher elaborates.india Updated: Jun 16, 2009 21:55 IST
When the Satyam debacle took place early this year, there wasn't a single news story that went without a quip on the 'Golden Peacock Award' bestowed upon the company for Corporate Governance the same year. Of course, the 'prestigious' award was promptly 'stripped off' the company causing much embarrassment to the jury. In the same year Coca-Cola, the soft drink multinational bagged the Golden Peacock for Corporate Social Responsibility amid severe protests by activists as well as communities facing the brunt of ground water pollution and over-extraction by the companies' various plants across the country.
This year the panel of judges outdid itself and awarded the controversial Vedanta Alumina Limited, a UK-based mining company, the Golden Peacock in Environment Management for its project at Lanjigarh in Orissa. For those, especially respected members of the jury, who are unaware of the notorious reputation of the company, precisely for the same project, here are some of the well-known facts and allegations.
Like for the last six years the rural, tribal and indigenous populations of Lanjigarh have suffered enormously as a result of the company's ambitious aluminium refinery project. The refinery has poisoned the water and air, making life miserable for local people. As per reports of the Orissa Pollution Control Board, environmental norms and clearance procedures have been violated for the same. The company proposes to mine a thickly forested hill inhabited by Dogaria Kondhs despite consistent resistance.
Not only on the Indian soil, but in Zambia, Africa as well the company has flouted official environment rules. The Norwegian government has blacklisted the company for investments due to serious malpractices and contraventions of environment norms. Based on the Norwegian government's report, the Supreme Court of India, in 2007, had stated that it cannot take the 'risk' of handing such a national asset (the Niyamgiri hills in Lanjigarh) to the company for mining bauxite. Never mind that the court also allowed the company's Indian subsidiary to carry out the mining instead.How did the 'expert' jury of these 'renowned' awards miss some of these very critical pieces of information?
Let us not fall into the trap of digging up the selection criteria and whether site visits are made to verify information provided by the companies, who apply to be considered for the award. Let us instead remind ourselves that the constituents, sponsors and members of the institutions that organise these awards are none other than the awardees themselves, if not of their clan.
The UK-based World Environment Foundation is one of the organisers and the other is the Institute of Directors, New Delhi.
Several former bureaucrats, judges and corporate stalwarts are part of these organisations and even the jury. While many of the jury members have told the media that they had dissociated themselves from the 'Golden Peacock' after the Satyam controversy, or are not active on the jury, others have been silent. Perhaps what has been most unfortunate and disturbing is the government's endorsement of these 'private' awards, whose credibility and efficacy needs to be viewed with caution if not suspicion.
Like every year, this year too Vedanta was to receive its award at the 'Global Convention on Climate Change', in mid-June in Palampur, Himachal Pradesh — the home town of London-based corporate guru Madhav Mehra, also the founder of the World Environment Foundation. The quaint Himalayan town offers the perfect setting. Surrounded by forests and mountains the peacocks can preen in their feathers and conveniently forget about the ugly side of this business. This time however, a group of activists staged a demonstration at the opening ceremony to set the record straight on Vedanta's Golden Peacock.
The slogans were clear and straightforward 'Stop Green washing corporate crimes' and 'Stop selling climate change'. Prior to the protest more than 150 organisations had written to the jury appealing for withdrawal of the award and dissociation from it. The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh and other government officials also withdrew their participation in the event after the campaign against the award gained momentum and got media attention at the State level. While the organisers have decided to withhold and review the award, they must have realised by now that their bluff has already been called.
(Manshi Asher is a researcher and activist)
First Published: Jun 16, 2009 21:51 IST


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Re: FORMAT 64GB MICRO SDXC PROBLEM[ Edited ]
08-16-2017 12:03 PM - edited 08-16-2017 12:06 PM
Yup. My 64gb Ultra micro SD card is dead as well. Write only. Old content can be read but deleting/formatting does nothing. Really disappointed to have 2 Sandisk products fail on me this year.
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contact sandisk support. they have a process for returning cards with sensitive data on them. they will be happy to work it out for you.
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02-21-2018 06:42 PM - edited 02-21-2018 06:44 PM
Just purchased SanDisk Ultra PLUS micro SDXC UHS-1card with adapter 200Gb up to 100MB/s for $79 from WalMart. It worked great for awhile, while trying it in several laptops in micro and with adpapter modes. Then I put it in a cheap $10 USB Made in China adabter/read/writer in both micro and Adapter mode. It worked in everything i put it in except at some point it started reading 31.8Gb instead of the 183Gb that it originally started out with. I tried formating on several machines using every format I could and even using "restore defaults" with no luck. Then I googled the problem and ended up on this thread. One of the suggestions was to download the SD formatter from the SD Card Association. I didnt even know there was an SD Association. I down loaded the free formatter, popped the card in and it immediately recognized it as a 200Gb xFAT 128Kb Byte size card. Formated just fine. Im using a $210 HP laptop with AMD A6 9220 processor/Windows10 Home build 1709, which will apparently read and write to the card fine but comes up short if at some point you decide to wipe it clean and reformat. Get the free format software from the SD Card Association!
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I find it is now 5 years since this card type (micro sdxc 64GB) is causing problems.
I bought 3 in the last 2 years, without really informing / documenting the problems of Sandisk cards very seriously before. Two of them died. Same symptoms: it can not be written on either (neither move, nor delete, nor format, nor low-level formatting, no change to the partition type ...). I've tried many softwares (including SD Card Formater from SD org recommended here). I even tried the diskpart command to change the card attributes ... The card has exactly the same behavior in Windows, in Android phone, or in Canon camera. Any changes to the card content are blocked, but reading can be done.