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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Welcome Back, "Great One"
Considering how many magazines he's sold for us over the years, we'd be remiss if we didn't ring in on the return of The Rock on last night's Monday Night Raw.
Even after a seven-year absence from the ring, The Rock quickly reminded the wrestling universe why he is, indeed, "The Great One" by delivering an inspired 20-minute monologue that put to shame just about any wrestling promo in recent history.
With his speech, the Rock almost single-handedly made it finally feel like WrestleMania season. Even without competing in a match, his presence as host of the big show is enough to sell WrestleMania XXVIII. And his highly anticipated confrontation with John Cena is, essentially, WrestleMania's new main event.
And yet, for all the joy in the wrestling community today, I can't help but notice some of the bitter-sweetness of The Rock's celebrated return. Yes, The Rock (2000's PWI Wrestler of the Year) is a charismatic giant. Yes, he's untouchable behind the microphone. Yes, he can elicit a crowd pop like no other.
And yes, he probably won't be sticking around too long.
The Rock may have vowed last night "never" to leave WWE, but the reality is that his acting career will always come first. And there's nothing wrong with that. And so while The Rock may make more regular appearances on WWE television than he has over the past seven years, the reality is that he is not a regular part of WWE's roster.
And so I fear that the collective wrestling universe is in for the kind of depressing reality check that comes at the end of a really great vacation. You've just spent a week partying at poolside and staying in a nice resort, and then you return home to your regular life. Or in this case, your regular WWE product.
None of this is meant as a putdown of WWE, which has developed some big stars over the past decade in the likes of Cena, Randy Orton, and others. But none has risen to the level of not only of The Rock, but of other wrestling icons who have left the sport over the past 10 or so years.
Ironically, three of the biggest names who fall into that category—The Rock, Shawn Michaels, and Steve Austin—have all come back to WWE this WrestleMania season in non-wrestling roles. Their returns could be both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, they could help "pass the torch" by endorsing the new generation of WWE wrestlers, who may some day reach their heights. On the other hand, they just drive home the fact none of them is even close to doing so.
- Al Castle
PWI Senior Writer
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I find it classic "Rock",that the moment he opens his mouth,everybody becomes an after thought! I agree that his focus is and should be his acting,but thats why i cant quite consider him an all time great. Flair,Michaels,hunter,taker,would all kill for this business,and to be the best. Rock left at his prime,to become a star. He is one great one,but cant be considered the greatest.
- February 15, 2011 at 2:03 PM
- elduro said...
I cant stop laughing, The Rock really killed Cena last night "We all can see you" He's the best in the mic
- February 15, 2011 at 11:16 PM
- Bryan said...
I think it's really going to be good for the young stars to just be around him. One of the problems with the youth movement in the WWE right now is that the only guys who young stars get to work with on a regular basis and learn from are HHH and UT, and they're both out with injury more often than on the active roster.
- February 16, 2011 at 10:42 AM
Note to all who it may concern,
I remember from the hall of fame ceremony, Austin sort of passing the torch to Cena, giving him a cold one and toasting. Saying WWE is a shell of it oldself is buster.
- February 20, 2011 at 11:06 PM


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There's a perception that small to medium-sized business (SMBs) don't place a premium on the value of IT. In fact, the perception is that most of them are anxious to outsource as much as possible of it to one cloud computing service or another.
But a new survey of 525 decision makers in SMB organizations from Zoomerang, a service for managing surveys online, finds that not only do most SMBs think they do a good job or better of managing IT, the vast majority have no plans to embrace cloud computing. While 10 percent said they have deployed some form of cloud computing, only 2 percent of the remaining said they would this year.
That, of course, may have something to do with the cloudy nature of the value of cloud computing. But if most potential customers for cloud computing services are not interested or simply don't get the point, it suggests that the IT industry as whole might be in for a difficult time, especially when the survey finds that 44 percent said they have no current plans to upgrade their IT in place.
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Sexting is the combination of the words sex and text in order to relate to the distribution by cell phones or via social networks like Facebook of pictures of partially or fully naked individuals. The major concern and what should be given more attention is sexting in children. Laws of prosecution of minors in child pornography have been made very possible in the previous years. In situations of nudity, an individual can be convicted under pornography laws, causing severe charges andplacement on registries of sex offenders. Most people are worried about the gendered way of sexting and evidence indicates that, ladies tend to feel more pressure as compared to boys in sexting engagement. It is also suggested that sexting may result to cyberbullying and in most cases real life bullying characters.
While accepting bullying possibilities, some people consider sexting an act of playfulness practiced by the young individuals starting to venture into their sexuality and they further reason that, there is no need for criminalization. We should also take note that, as much as sexting is generally considered a character in relation to the young persons, some researches indicate that, grownups also participate in sexting. In cases of sexting in adults, it is considered unproblematic when these pictures are distributed. Sexting can be considered to be flirtatious and extremely fun as seen in lifestyle magazines which go to the extent of giving advices on successful sexting. If a picture is made and distributed without a person's knowledge, criminal offences like harassment can be taken against the person who distributed the picture. In cases where images are consensually distributed, like for vengeful purposes, then one is allowed to take civil law acts for privacy breach (Karaian & Lara, 2012).
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Best Valentine's Day Date Ideas in Tyler
While we should show our love and appreciation to our significant other every day, Valentine's Day is a special day set aside to do so. It's a day where you can spoil your significant other (and vice versa) and show them just how much you cherish them. Here is a list of ideas of how you can spend your Valentine's Day here in Tyler.
Jake's Tyler
Treat your significant other to a nice rooftop dinner for Valentine's Day. Over look downtown Tyler while having a romantic dinner with the one you love. Don't forget dessert! Check out the menu and everything that Jakes has to offer.
Sky View Drive-In Movie
Even though it may be chilly, the drive in movie theater is a fantastic place to relax and curl up and watch a movie with your girl or guy. Not only is it inexpensive, it's something different than what every other couple is doing, and it's also pretty inexpensive. Click here for info on the local drive in.
While it may seem kind of silly and childish, girls still love getting stuffed animals from their significant other. Take them to Build-A-Bear where you two can pick out and create your own stuffed animal, and every time she looks at it she will remember that Valentine's Day.
Picnic Under The Stars
If the weather permits, this is a very thoughtful and romantic way to tell someone that you love them. Grab a blanket, some candles, and pack a picnic basket with food that you have prepared, and just have a quiet romantic night under the stars. It's simple, but it can leave a big impression. Here is a map of some parks in Tyler.
Couples Massage
Now this is something that both of you can enjoy. Instead of paying for dinner and a movie, take that money and spend a day at a spa together. Get massages, facials, and anything else that you choose. It's something relaxing that you two can do together to spoil yourselves. Here's a list of some great spas in town.


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The Bitnami MEAN Stack is a complete, ready-to-run development environment. It includes the latest stable releases of all the base components, (MongoDB, Express, Angular, and Node.js.) It also includes common components and libraries that help to develop modern server applications, including an Apache web server, PHP, RockMongo, and Git.
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The Library accepts and appreciates donations of good condition (bindings intact, no underlining or highlighting) materials related to the University's history or curriculum, as identified by Library staff in accordance with the Library Collection Development Policy. Donated items become the property of the Library and may be used or disposed of, as deemed appropriate by Library staff.
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Friendship tea recipe provides hot holiday beverage.
On quiet, calm holiday evenings I enjoy a cup of hot tea. I appreciate the variety of tea flavors available, with my favorite being peppermint. The subtle candy cane flavor brings memories of the striped treat hanging on my family tree.
I also recall my mother preparing a batch of "Friendship Tea," which she shared with friends and neighbors for several years during the holidays. The customary Russian tea boasts flavors of a hot fruity punch. The following recipe is an instant version, not quite as fruity but definitely refreshing. Spice up someone's holiday season this year by making a batch!
Russian Friendship Tea
1 ½ cups sugar
2 cups instant Tang orange drink
½ cup instant iced tea
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground allspice
½ tsp. ground cloves
Combine all ingredients and store in an airtight container. To make a hot beverage add 3 teaspoons mixture to an 8 oz. mug of hot water.


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Cisco and SAP : State of the collaboration
The second day at SAPPHIRE 2012 has been as intense as the first day – After interviewing one of the first UCS customer (Monsanto) about the deployment of SAP applications , I did a round of videos with EMC, NetApp and Cisco executives to measure our presence in this market and our collaboration with key players. Stay tuned for the videos on integrated stacks (Vblock with EMC, Flexpod with NetApp) .
I met Cisco VP Marketing, Data Center and Cloud , Giuliano Di Vitantonio, who shared why Cisco is at Sapphire 2012 , and what specifically Cisco and SAP are working on together – Legitimate questions from some of our visitors, as Cisco has a great image as a network provider, but is still building the recognition as a server and software powerhouse. Take the time to watch this short video to appreciate the breadth of the collaboration and understand why SAP is so interested in deepening this partnership.
Talking about experts . If you are in Orlando today don't forget
-To attend at 12:00 pm the speaking session from Michael Missbach , our head of the SAP Competence Center
SAP HANA Appliance Software and High Availability: That Is the Question
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Analytics
Abstract: This session offers real world experiences with HANA implementation and first hand results for HANA scale-out solutions on the Cisco Unified Computing System with Intelligent Intel® Xeon® Processors server platform and why this solution offers a competitive advantage to your business. Learn what customers are really asking for in regard to HANA and why it is important to provide the right solution to lower TCO.
Other sessions of a great interest
Overview of Hardware Appliances Options Optimized for SAP HANA
Co-Presenting with: Uddhav Gupta, SAP, HP, Hitachi Data Systems
Cisco Partner Co-Presenter: Rajiv Thomas, Consulting Systems Engineer, Data Center, Cisco
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Location: D&T/HANA Campus
Abstract: This discussion looks at how SAP has been co-innovating with major hardware vendors to deliver combined software and hardware deployment options that are optimized to meet customer needs. Join us for an overview of the offers and innovations that are becoming available.
Medtronic Implements Global Complaint Reporting with SAP HANA on Cisco UCS
Speakers: Steve Teichman, VP of Business Intelligence, Medtronic
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Time: 3:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.
Location: Database and Technology Theater
Abstract: Learn how Medtronic used the SAP HANA platform and the Cisco Unified Computing Server to implement a global complaint reporting system – mandated by the FDA – in just a few months. Speakers from Medtronic and Cisco share details of the implementation and explain how the SAP-Cisco partnership helps lower costs and build a competitive edge.
Finally as a friendly reminder , we have today a series of theater presentations on the booth (see here the list)
Did I mention the Mini Cooper and Twitter Game (Details here ) Hurry up . We are wrapping today
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Case-Shiller home prices climbed 5.52 percent year-over-year, in line with expectations of a 5.55 percent rise.
This was the highest level since August 2006.
On the month they were up 0.63 percent, slightly below expectations of a 0.7 percent rise.
In the year-ending November, 19 of the 20 cities included in the index saw home prices rise. Just New York reported a fall in prices. On a monthly basis however the picture wasn't as clean, with just 10 cities seeing home prices rise.
"Winter is usually a weak period for housing which explains why we now see about half the cities with falling month-to-month prices compared to 20 out of 20 seeing rising prices last summer," said David Blitzer, Chairman of the Index Committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices.
Here's a look a the trajectory of 20-city home price index since 2001:
Millan Mulraine at TD Securities writes that "the sustained improvement in home prices has become central to the recent recovery in household wealth, with the $1.3 trillion increase in households' home equity since Q4 2011, accounting for over one-third of the $4.5 trillion increase in household net worth over the same period."
But some like Quinn Eddins at RadarLogic argue that the recent rise in home prices reflects the weakness in 2011 home prices, more than strength in 2012 home prices.


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Alexandria Ellison. Home Design. September 07th , 2018.
Living room areas also lend themselves well to modern design features that can incorporate amazing colors, geometric shapes and contemporary furniture pieces. People can buy furniture coverings with vibrant colors and design patterns to enhance the modern color scheme and design. The living room will stand out and people can enjoy the contemporary feel when they entertain and relax in the room.
New home ideas can turn an otherwise simple home into something spectacular, such as with adding features that would have been more common in older homes, like the ceiling medallions and crown moldings. Such features add beauty and interest to what would otherwise be very bland spaces. A smart idea that uses space wisely includes maximizing every square inch available, such as in the commonly wasted space beneath a staircase, which can be altered with fitted pull out drawers. This would provide space to store outerwear, footwear, and much more!
The initial design conference meeting(s) will be to completely define your dream home. The footage will determine the cost more than anything else and should be the first consideration. How many stories and what exterior style and finish material needs to be defined. Each room should be discussed to determine the size, raised ceilings, flooring or any other features. The first factor in determining room locations is what view they will have. If there is a stunning rear view only so many rooms can take advantage of then these rooms need to be defined. A stairs if any often has expectations that go with it whether it is the railing, finish or location. If it is viewed as more of a functional need then a location requiring less expense in finishing than a foyer might be considered. Will the house be open concept so that the family room, breakfast and kitchen are open to each other. All aspects of the kitchen should be defined. Especially if there will be an island and all appliances and their locations. It is often helpful to know what the current kitchen cabinet footage is to ensure equal or greater cabinet footage. Does there need to be a private desk area off the kitchen for paying bills. Would a backpack, hobby or sports storage area with cabinets off the garage be helpful. All features of the utility room including a built in ironing board need to be considered. If there is a pool does there need to be a pool bath or can the powder room be located near the rear. Is the master bath to be more functional or luxurious or something in between. How many bathrooms. Will there be a game room, study, hobby room or other rooms not considered a given. Are art niches or ledges desired. This is a minimum necessary to start a design drawing.
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Imagine ...
You are flying through the sky on a clear, blue, sunny Florida day and can see for miles! You are in the midst of something exciting and extreme, the cameras are rolling and you are stoked! Then ... things go wrong, very wrong. You are ripped from your kite, sickly plummeting from almost 150 feet high, wildly out of control. You see your life charge blindingly before your eyes and in seconds feel you are done.
Then you slam into the water and the world goes black! .... PERMANENTLY?
Neil Hutchinson says...
If you don't give a damn, and choose to be stupid, like many riders these days, then stop reading now. The Darwin Awards for singularly astonishing ways to needlessly and stupidly end your life are probably looking for a few kiteboarders.
If you care about staying fit enough to keep shredding and learn from Neil's hard won lessons, read on.
Neil Hutchinson is no stranger to extreme sports and putting it all on the line. He was one of the three riders to complete the world-record Red Bull crossing from Key West to Cuba in insanely rough 10 to 17 foot seas. If the wind wasn't ripping him skyward off the crest of a roiling wave, he was power diving down the face at frightening speed. Talk about "Blue Crush!" He was overpowered for 8 ½ hours, and claimed he would "make it on his board or in a body bag!" He made it on the board, not the body bag.
Neil has been shredding hard for three years and for the last couple has been competing as a professional in kiteboarding competitions. He recently returned from the Ford Gorge Games and a wrangling session with honking winds. He has also been running parasailing boats for 11 years and knows his way very well around paragliding. He is a hard edged, skillful kiteboarding competitor and singularly well accomplished shredder. Oh ... and he is the only person I know that can shred while holding a cig and a beer!
Neil, after landing in Cuba
"... anyone got a beer and some cigs?"
(Photo courtesy of Red Bull 2001)
Neil and another pro rider had gotten together with some professional photographers to shoot some riding footage recently in Florida. There was a problem through .... no wind! Neil figured to just tow high off the water under a large kiteboarding kite, pop loose and style in prime-form all the way to the base. It isn't that different from parasailing after all, is it? (WRONG). The first flight went well, or at least no one went to the hospital. Neil towed up to about 80 feet before popping the snap shackle and falling slowly to the water. He was hooked into to a regular kiteboarding harness with the snap shackle connecting him to the 150 ft. towline attached to the handle strap on the back of the harness. In other words, he was being towed aloft backwards! All this and seeing the world behind you as you are pulled up to the height of an eight story building.
On the second, ill-fated tow, he made it to 80 feet again. The cameras were rolling, which is like dumping fuel on a raging fire for many riders. You get stoked and feel the need to get extreme. Judgment was shoved into the backseat and the adrenaline rush made him go for more. Neil said not to fall into this trap when you are in front of the cameras. Stick to the familiar and be cool, you will stay healthier.
At a height of 80 feet on the second tow, Neil cycled his kite, whipping it up to build apparent wind speed and altitude. It also deserves mention that Neil had a board on for this tow, significantly increasing the danger. Following this power-up maneuver and still being towed at high speed, Neil lifted almost vertically to the full extent of the line--almost 150 feet off the water. Looking up, he noticed his kite looked like it was going to burst any second under the intense force. He reached behind him to release the towline snap shackle but the load became just too great and broke the harness line connecting the bar to his harness. So, like a cartoon figure, Neil was suspended with one end of the bar in his hand, feeling lost and quite sick. He was then ripped free from the bar, leaving his kite far behind and blasted towards the water out of control. He only remembers looking down, seeing the water and thinking, "Oh my God! I am done.â€


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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - image in progress Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Work in Progress View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "image in progress" KuzyamemberMember #Joined: 22 Jun 2000Posts: 223Location: Los Angeles Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 4:49 am hey there .. well this is a shot from the back of 4runner onto the gurl sittin in the back seat.. need alot more detales and well let me know what ya think so far .. thanx http://8op.com/kuzya/forum/melody.jpg just drag the link into ADDRESS: Back to top waylonmemberMember #Joined: 05 Jul 2000Posts: 762Location: Milwaukee, WI US Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 6:02 am Well, the car looks good, but the anatomy on the girl isn't quite right. It's a really tricky angle, and you've done a good job so far, but you may want to go in and see if you can improve her face a bit before adding detail. Back to top Wyatt TurnermemberMember #Joined: 18 Oct 2000Posts: 501Location: Everett, WA, USA Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 10:00 am freeky looking girl. does have good dimensia as the car goes, girl looks odd to me. y@ Back to top KuzyamemberMember #Joined: 22 Jun 2000Posts: 223Location: Los Angeles Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 2:58 pm yea gurlie looks a bit chunky .. i did wrong shading on her cheek and need to fix her nose too .. thanx. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Work in Progress All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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The Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission is recommending that Wayne County Circuit Judge Wade McCree (pictured) be suspended, sans pay, for as long as six years for carrying on an illicit affair with a woman who had a case before him, reports The Detroit Free Press.
The Detroit judge came under scrutiny and was suspended last February, when his extramarital affair was first uncovered. McCree, who has been married 25 years, began his affair with Geniene La'Shay Mott, a woman who brought her ex-boyfriend into court on felony charges that he was not making child support payments. The judge admitted to "lusting" after the woman who is twenty-six years his junior. McCree is 56 and Mott is 30.
According to the commission McCree's actions were irresponsible and eroded the public's confidence, particularly since he continued to handle Mott's child support case after their affair had begun. The May-December affair, which began in June of last year, went on for five months and the judge has testified in the past that it began because he was "lonely."
He also went on to state, "Certain things weren't as wonderful as I would have liked in my 25 years of marriage. … I was vulnerable but my nose was open. I knew what I was doing."
The good judge is a member of a prominent Detroit family. His late father, Wade McCree Jr., was a federal judge who argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court as solicitor general under President Jimmy Carter. Last year, McCree made headlines when it was discovered he sent a semi-nude photo of himself to a married female court bailiff. When news broke about the cellphone photo, the alleged serial sexter told a reporter, "There's no shame to my game."
McCree's affair was so torrid that there is evidence he even sent Mott text messages from the bench, according to the ruling which goes on to state, "During his relationship with Mott, Respondent used his chambers to engage in sexual intercourse with Mott, permitted Mott to enter the courthouse through an employee entrance without going through security, allowed Mott to remain alone in his chambers while he was on the bench, arranged for Mott to park her vehicle in an area reserved for judges, and brought Mott's cell phone into the courthouse for her, in violation of the court's security policy, so that she could communicate with him while he was on the bench."
Besides the proposed suspension, the commission is also requesting that McCree pay $11,945 in court costs.
If approved, the suspension would take effect Jan. 1, 2015, if McCree is re-elected in Nov. 2014


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Facebook's Advertising Revenue Improves, but Users May 'Unlike' Newsfeed Changes
Although the company gets kudos for climbing to second place in revenue, Google is still way ahead.
The big news in the latest numbers on US digital advertising revenues is that Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) has climbed to the number two spot, and is expected to end the year with a 7.4% share of the total, according to research firm eMarketer.
Nice work. But though the juggling for the number two spot is important, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is still so far ahead that the rest of the contenders look like Lilliputians who will never be able to bring down the big guy.
Google will reach the end of this year with 39.9% of the $42.6 billion digital ad market, according to eMarketer's projections. Google is projected to grow, if slowly, to 40.8% in 2014, and 42.3% in 2015.
As for Facebook, it grew from 5.9% in 2012 to a projected 7.4% this year, and is expected to grow to 8.2% in 2014 and 9.0% in 2015.
Its nearest competitors are Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), running at 5.9%, and Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO), which fell to fourth place with 5.5%.
That leaves Yahoo, which long held the second slot, looking like a loser in a year during which all of the major advertiser-supported sites are being scrutinized for their ability to transition successfully to mobile advertising.
Facebook proved its ability to sell mobile advertising to Wall Street's satisfaction this year, with two successive quarters of strong sales that took its mobile ad share from zero to 49% of its total ad revenues, which came to more than $2 billion in the third quarter.
Those mobile growth numbers have been a big factor in the steady climb of the company's stock price from a 52-week low of under $23 to its current price of about $55.
The question is how much more advertising Facebook can throw at its audience without seriously alienating them.
Facebook now enables marketers to target advertising to users based on their real-world purchases, their visits to other websites, and their demographics.
It is positioning advertising in the center "news feed" column as well as along the right column. Almost any visit to another website results in an ad for that site popping up in your Facebook feed, whether you "like" it or not.
And now, it's experimenting with adding video advertising to the mix. This week, it started a limited test run, presenting a movie trailer to some of its users.
The company seems to be wary of users' reactions. The ads are "auto-play" but silent, unless the user taps on the video, and the length of the videos is capped at 15 seconds.
There's a lot of revenue at stake. According to Forbes.com, advertisers will be charged up to $2 million a day for a video ad that reaches the 18- to 54-year-old demographic.
Oddly, Facebook may be in a nearly unique position to annoy its users with advertising. On Google, ads are directly related to a specific search, and therefore are not as much of an intrusion as they are a valid response to a query. On Yahoo's news pages, they may be perceived as a reasonable trade-off for free media. On Facebook, they risk being an interruption and a nuisance. Below is a typical Newsfeed ad, or "suggested post."
Twitter (TWTR) also has its work cut out for it, as it tries to build an advertising platform from scratch. For 2013, eMarketer estimates that it will reach a 1% share, or about $420 million in ad revenue, up from 0.6% a year ago.
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'Madgascar 3' box office: Are we living in the era of the 1%?
In the spring of the not-so-long-ago year of 2005, the weekend box-office winners offered a healthy variety of cinematic choices.
There was a U.N.-set thriller ("The Interpreter"), a "Star Wars" prequel, ("Revenge of the Sith"), an interracial comedy ("Guess Who") a comic-book-derived style piece ("Sin City") an epic adventure ("Sahara"), a slasher flick ("The Amityville Horror") and an adaptation of a beloved book ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"), to name just a few.
In the 12 weekends of that year's spring, there were 11 different weekend winners. (Only one movie, "Sith," was a repeat champion.) They were hardly all good films, let alone great ones. But most were pretty different from one another.
Cut to 2012, and the story is vastly different. The spring season that comes to an end this week yielded a lot less diversity in its weekend winners, not least because there were a lot fewer weekend winners to begin with. Just six, to be precise, with many of the weekends occupied by repeat champions ("The Avengers," "The Hunger Games," "Think Like A Man" and, after this weekend, "Madagascar 3").
That may seem like simply one more data point for box-office enthusiasts to noodle over. But the data also offer evidence of a growing trend: the uber-hit, that is, the movies that go beyond modest success to dominate the multiplex, often leaving other contenders far behind.
There have always been such films, of course. But their ranks are growing, while many of the other big bets are indeed lagging.
Or, to put it a different way, when it comes to box office, it's increasingly a world of the 1% and the 99%.
Take a look at the last few months. On the one hand, this has already been an achievement-filled year at the box office. In March, "The Hunger Games" had the biggest spring opening-weekend ever. In May, "The Avengers" turned in the biggest opening weekend, period, becoming the first movie ever to cross the $200- million threshold in its first three days. Expect sums almost if not in fact equally as strong when "The Dark Knight Rises" hits theaters next month.
Yet the number of big-bet disappointments is also rising. Tick off the recent ones: "Battleship." "Dark Shadows." "John Carter." "Rock of Ages." Films with big budgets and expectations -- career-defining ones, for some of the executives associated with them -- that can barely eke out $75 million or $80 million domestically. Heavily marketed new films that get whipped by movies that were released a week or two earlier.


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It's the virtual writing world squared: the mostly virtual National Novel Writing Month extravaganza, physician
coupled with the totally virtual Second Life NaNoWriMo writers!
As NaNoWriMo winds down, clinic
hundreds of thousands of words have risen counters at the NaNoWriMo website and at writers' gatherings throughout SL (including the Milk Wood Gypsy Camp for writers, shown in the photo below).
I'm one of the slackers, unfortunately. I'm not going to get even halfway to the 50,000 words written in November that entitles you to claim yourself a "winner" of the NaNoWriMo sprint. But that doesn't matter, because I've been too busy this month sending agents queries, partials, and even a full manuscript of the novel I gave birth to in the 2008 NaNoWriMo.
Still, I've joined in several times on the NaNo "write-ins" at the lovely Milk Wood writing community in Second Life, and have spent time at my own writing area at Story Mountain Center for Writers, my home place in SL. And even though I've written very few words of my next novel, I've loved the writers' energy I tap into whenever I do go "inworld" to write.
As I've said before, Second Life offers a great NaNo writing community, spread over several locations where writers hang out. Some of the highlights of this year's NaNo month in SL:
- At least six Second Life groups have formed for the sole purpose of writers supporting each other during "WriMo."
- The fabulous Kghia Gherardi has hosted write-ins every Monday night at Bookstacks Pub.
- Harriet Gausman's Milk Wood writing center has had nearly daily events at their "Gypsy Camp": write-ins, "word wars," and writing dashes to spur writers on to that 50K-word mark.
- The Written Word group in SL has had at least weekly activities at their "camp" (see photo below) at the London School of Journalism Woodlands to bring writers together for "the quietest event on SL, apart from meditation," as the group's leader Jilly Kidd put it.
Just about every writers' community, center, cafe, and pub in SL offers space to WriMos to come and write.
If you haven't started on those 50,000 words, it's probably too late to try to get there before midnight December 1, but it's not too late to log in and get the experience of a virtual write-in. And the best part is that the writers and supporting organizations go full-force all year round!
Are you NaNo-ing this year? How are you doing and where do you get your best support and motivation? In Second Life? On the NaNo website? Another virtual world? Or the so-called "real world"? Post a comment and share!
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Hello scrappers! Hope you all enjoying this lovely day. We have some YUMMY goodies today!
First up today…. Are you ready for some good old time Rock-N-Roll? Check out this GingerBread Lady Collab!
They say Rock N Roll is here to stay and the designers at GingerScraps are certainly proof of that. This month, we are featuring our Rock and Roll Cafe Collab. Grab your poodle skirts and roll up those white t's and let's shake a leg. This whimsical kit is not only perfect for those vintage photos, but will turn any photo into one that is really Neat-O. From Sock Hops to Old Fashioned Ice Cream Socials, this kit is for you! Versatile enough for everyday photos as well, this kit is truly Peachy-keen.
Rock and Roll Cafe includes:
A Whooping 99 Elements
72 Papers
2 Alphas
A CU Template Set.
This HUGE kit is on sale now for ONLY $5.25!!
Here is a closer look at the paper:
Now take a look at there wonderful LO's by The GingerBread Girls:
Next up a lovely collab from Graham Like The Cracker and Stolen Moments- Carry My Heart
(carry my heart): A Wedding Kit
by Graham Like the Cracker and Stolen Moments
This week Scrappy Cocoa has a super cute new kit! and boy did the CT have fun with this one! Check out all the great LO's!!
If you have kids or grand kids and they are anything like mine, they love to read! I have so many pictures of my dear son reading picture books to himself. This kit is the perfect kit to scrap all those fun reading times. With bright colors, and fun characters, this kit is a must for any scrappers library. Kit includes 16 papers, and 53 elements including~
Fun story book character like the big bad wolf, a little pig, 2 book worms, a hedge hog, an owl and a snail. Plus lots of of other goodies!! Just check out this CT deliciousness!
Scrappy Cocoa also has two new wonderful template sets-
The template Tool box has now been broken up! This fabulous set called Blockus has 4 12×12 layered templates. CU Friendly! $2
And Typus
Set of 4 12×12 layered templates. This set is called Typus, and there is tons of space left for you to tell your story! CU Friendly! $2
HarmonyStar has some Spring Flowers for you! In Personal Use and Commercial Use
What's a layout or more importantly a kit without a flower or two? These flowers will surely make kits and your layouts bright and beautiful.
includes: 13 flowers
She also has a great set of jean goodies! I am so loving these!!
My Favorite Jeans in Personal Use and Commercial Use
Everyone knows jeans go with everything. The same thing goes for layouts. Try these jeans on for size. I bet they'll be a perfect fit!
jeans paper, frayed edge, hemmed edge, hole, button, loop, loop strip, pocket, zipper, snap, snap strip
And now from Kathy Winters some Doggie Wisdom.
A set of six (6) wordart pieces designed to reflect the wisdom and unconditional love that comes from owning man's best friend.
Regular Price: $3.00
Sale Price: $2.25 through 05/31/2010
Here's a great layout from Julie using Doggie Wisdom, Ginger Scraps Doodle Borders – Set 1 and MandyMade's Scrap Your Life 365 Project all rolled into this awesome layout.
A Cat's Life is a re-release of a product that never made it into the store.
Six short phrases to add that special touch to the scrapbook layout inspired by the cat(s) that play a special role in your family.
Regular Price: $2.00
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Doggie Love is also a re-release of a product that never made it into the store.
Four pet inspired WordArt creations perfect for those scrapbook layouts or other craft projects dedicated to the love of your dog.
Regular Price: $2.00
Sale Price: $1.50 through 05/31/2010
And now…… something by ME!
Doodle Borders~ Set 1
Here is a super cute way to frame your LO- Hand drawn Doodle Borders!
I remember when I used to "paper" scrapbook. I loved to draw doodles around the edges of my pages. Now you can do it on your digital pages! With my hand doodled border frames.
Another great use for these doodles is as frames. When you have the perfect photo one of the first things you do is find a frame to show it off. Well the same is true in digi scrapping. These adorable Doodle Borders will be the finishing touch for all your photos. Use them as is to frame, or layer behind other frames as a base to create beautiful clusters.
Doodle Borders~Set 1 includes 7 doodles borders.
12 by 12inches- The perfect size to just drag and drop onto your LO. But a simple re-size to fit around any square photo.
300 dpi and in png form- they will work in any photo editing program.
Here are two examples – and there ia also a great one up in Kathy's Doggie Word Art above.
Last but not least….. Scrapberry Designs a SUPER cute blog wear set. Don't be surprised if you see me sporting this on my personal blog soon! It is made by one of my favorite kits! 🙂
Get Your Blog On ~ Wild Cherry Tea
Ready to get your blog on? This package contains all the elements you need for sprucing up your blog and giving it a fresh new look. Even those that are novice bloggers can install this with the included step by step instructions.
Blog wear created using Wild Cherry Tea digital kit by GingerScraps.
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Regulary Cost: $4.50
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Lets help her go out with a bang!! Many of her goodies will be retiring once they leave GingerScraps so get them while you can!! And EVERYTHING in her shop is on sale till the end of the month.
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When Lin Yu-hsien (林育賢) returned to his hometown of Yilan in 2003, the local film industry was in a slump and he was out of a job. The aspiring director made Jump! Boys (翻滾吧!男孩), a simple documentary about a gymnastics team of seven boys coached by his older brother Lin Yu-hsin (林育信). Unexpectedly, the film was a box-office hit and stayed in theaters for three months.
Lin Yu-hsien then quickly put together the genre-fusing feature debut Exit No. 6 (六號出口), which was released in 2006 and flopped. With his self-confidence crushed, he took whatever work was offered to him to pay off the NT$1.5 million he had borrowed to make the film.
Now the director aims for a rebound with Jump Ashin! (翻滾吧!阿信), the life story of his gymnast brother. Lin Yu-hsien bounces back beautifully, showing off his hard-earned skill for packing action, romance and drama into a tightly paced, finely executed work of entertainment.
Eddie Peng (彭于晏) plays the title role of Ashin, a young gymnast whose life has revolved around training since he was a small boy growing up in the small town of Yilan. His mother (Pan Li-li, 潘麗麗) thinks Ashin's sport won't amount to anything and asks the coach (Hsia Ching-ting, 夏靖庭) to take him off the team. Disheartened, the young man gives up gymnastics and starts to hang out with the wrong crowd. Ashin and his best friend Pickle (Lawrence Ko, 柯宇綸) quickly become the most sought-after troublemakers in town as the former gymnast successfully uses his high bar skills for gang fighting.
Things take a turn for the worse when Pickle gets addicted to drugs. Soon the two have a problem with the son of a local kingpin and are forced to flee to Taipei.
Jump Ashin! 翻滾吧!阿信
Directed by:Lin Yu-hsien (林育賢)
Starring:Eddie Peng (彭于晏) as Ashin, Lawrence Ko (柯宇綸) as Pickle, Hsia Ching-ting (夏靖庭) as the coach
Running Time:128 Minutes
Language:Mandarin and Hoklo with Chinese and English subtitles
Taiwan Release:Today
When life in the big city turns tragic, Ashin returns home determined to re-enter the world of gymnastics no matter what obstacles await him.
In the film, director Lin shows he has made significant progress in balancing a story, though the bulk of screen time is spent on portraying the friendship between Ashin and Pickle and their life on the street, making the motivational, later part of the movie feel squeezed.
Despite this flaw, the film is immensely enjoyable and has a playful 1980s feel, manifested through a series of references such as pagers and Dave Wang's (王傑) iconic 1987 album A Game A Dream (一場遊戲一場夢). The director said that the fight sequences early in the movie are meant to be a tribute to Jackie Chan's (成龍) works of the 1980s, which mix silly humor with action.
"People clapped and laughed when they saw Pickle and Ashin kiss each other on the lips by accident. It really reminds me of the excitement I felt watching Jackie Chan's Project A (A計劃) in the theater when I was little," the 37-year-old director says.
Equally exciting are the performances by the well-selected cast members. Having experienced several low points in his acting career in recent years, pop idol Peng reportedly fought for the role of Ashin and said he had no trouble understanding and identifying with the character. The star deserves praise for the fact that he underwent 12 hours of training a day for three months and transformed himself from a Canada-educated young idol to an Yilan taike (台客) who speaks Hoklo (commonly known as Taiwanese), does backflips and sports six-pack abs.
Ko also earns praise for his fascinating rendering of Pickle. As an experienced actor who has worked with big-name directors including Edward Yang (楊德昌), Stanley Kwan (關錦鵬) and Ang Lee (李安), Ko has remained relatively low-profile and temporarily gave up his acting career when he couldn't find work in the local film industry several years ago. The actor finally gained the recognition he rightly deserves when he was crowned best supporting actor at Taipei Film Festival's (台北電影節) Taipei Awards this year for his performance in the movie.


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Seriously, somebody needs to pick up the reigns on this. I now dread having to either install the stock windshield or reverse engineer my own for a one-off if I ever have to replace it. I hate to even ask, as I have all kinds of irons in the fire on my own, but if nobody decides to do it, I may have to ask you about buying your equipment and a healthy amount of knowledge.
I am surprised the factory isn't interested.


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SOCORRO, N.M., March 11, 2004 – The Newman Association of New Mexico Tech dedicated its newly opened Newman Center on Wednesday, March 10, in honor of St. Patrick, the patron saint of engineers. A Dedication Mass was held at 5 p.m., and was followed by a dinner reception at 6 p.m. at the Newman Center, which is located two blocks away from the university campus.
Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan was the presider for the Dedication Mass, which was attended by about 100 people, including several New Mexico Tech students, regents, and administrators, as well as numerous local San Miguel parishioners.
"It's a blessing to finally have a place we can call our own," says George
Schmaltz, president of New Mexico Tech's Newman Association. "For many years, we've met in campus classrooms or in the homes of our members. Now we have a
permanent place for Tech students to study, pray, and grow in faith together."
The Newman Association is one of New Mexico Tech's oldest student organizations: Catholic students at New Mexico Tech have been joining together as part of the group for more than 40 years on the university campus; although, the recent opening of the St. Patrick's Catholic Newman Center marks the first time the group has had a place they can truly call their own.
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One of the coolest things was that everyone seemed to love the work we've been doing on Clutter, a lot of people spent time at our stand playing with the apps we have written, and generally asking questions on how to start developing with Clutter. Matthews presentation also went very well, and the audience seemed to enjoy seeing all the demos on the big screen.
So, for all those who missed the presentation, and those who just like to watch pretty videos, I'll do a quick recap of some of the example apps that we have in svn (http://svn.o-hand.com/repos/clutter/trunk/toys).
These should be a great place to start to get an idea of how clutter works, and how the animation framework works. If you are comfortable with Gtk, then it should be quite easy for you to get started with Clutter.
I'll start with this because it's probably the one I play around with the most :-D. It's basically a Surface-type app, written by Tomas. You point it to a directory, and it'll crawl it, putting all the pictures and videos it finds onto the screen for you to manipulate:
This is Matthew's really funky, stupendously cool, hotter than a hot cup of tea, movie player!It has a 'slider' menu for filtering your video collection, plus it'll do something clever with all those TV shows you've recorded (legally ;-) from the BBC, so you can easily see the episode number and season:
Hint: Press 'e' during playback for some fun during a boring video
Yay, my turn :-). This didn't work during the presentation as there wasn't an active internet connection, but its by far the coolest :-p! Coming back down to earth, it's a slideshow program, which has two backends, a directory one (which needs some work), and a Flickr one. The Flickr one is quite cool, you just provide a bunch of tag names when you start it, and its pull all photos matching the tags from Flickr, and continuously update the slideshow. It'll also show the title of the image and the authors name:
Hint: Press left and right arrows to rotate the entire stream of photos. Press up to flip them.
Last but not least, we have the flowers demo, which shows how you can use your cairo skills with clutter. It is a very simple app, but everyone likes it, so I thought I'd post a video anyway :-).
This really needs to be made into a screensaver...
Points To Note
These are in 'toys' for a reason :-). They are still rough around the edges, but they should provide a nice demo of what's possible, and where to start when you decide to create your 3-d masterpiece! All the demos require Clutter 0.3 (some may need clutter-trunk).
Also, please bare in mind that the performance is much better in real life. Capturing the screencast uses a lot of resources, and the conversion from the resulting video file to google video looses a lot of clarity!
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In 2011 La Scala staged a production of the opera
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The Hampton Roads music scene can always use more funk. Groups such as Seed Is ... The Fuzz Band and Jae Sinnett's House and Sinnett do their part to keep live R&B alive in this neck of the woods, but it's too bad there aren't more local bands that build on the innovations of James Brown, Sly Stone and George Clinton. As I learned on Saturday night, Ant Man Bee was a group that once scratched that itch in a big way.
A group that was active in this area 1989 to 1992, Ant Man Bee reunited in conjunction with Saturday's premier of "Hardcore Norfolk: The Movie." While much of that documentary focused on punk rock, it did touch on the diversity of the local music scene. No group better exemplifies that than Ant Man Bee, a racially integrated band that presents a deft, deadly mix of down-and-dirty funk and punchy hard rock.
The band played as part of the premier at The Naro Expanded Cinema. Later that same night, it played at the Belmont House of Smoke. For this reporter -- who didn't arrive in Hampton Roads until 1994 -- the Belmont show was an exciting eye opener. Deep bass grooves from two bass players, blasting horns, hot metallic guitar leads and powerful male-female vocals combined to create a thrilling wave of sound. Tunes including "Lay Down," "Ball & Chain," and "Can't Stop It" delivered funk that kept the upstairs room at Belmont vibrating with positive party vibes.
I'd love to see Ant Man Bee buzz again soon.
The Hardcore Norfolk website says that band originally included Katrina Enztminger on vocals and keys, Levi Satcher on vocals, keys, guitar and trumpet, Mike Kohn on bass, John Finney on vocals, keys, sax, and percussion, Andy Labarge on guitar, Roy "Chubb" Boykins on lead vocals, percussion and Scott Mclemore on drums.


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Individuals and small businesses now have new, user-friendly ways to create websites that are ideal for today's go-go world of mobile devices.
Until recently, those who used do-it-yourself services to fashion websites had to navigate a tedious array of codes and steps. And with the rise of smartphones and tablets, Web creators sometimes had to create one version of a site for desktop applications and another version for mobile applications.
"More Web design services are using what we call responsive design principles," said Michael Tchong, founder of San Francisco-based Social Revolution, which tracks technology trends. This kind of design enables people to access a website with a minimum of scrolling, resizing and panning -- regardless of whether they use a desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone.
Strikingly and WordPress, both based in San Francisco, and Squarespace, based in New York City, are among the companies that have embraced these new design techniques.
All three companies say their tools allow users to design websites within a few minutes -- and they don't have to know any code to do so.
"It can take hours to set up a website, but with our technology, it can be done in 10 minutes," said David Chen, chief executive officer of Strikingly. "The websites that people create through us are optimized for a mobile platform and for a desktop platform."
At the Strikingly site, users can choose from personal, business, or portfolio options. Then they can edit the templates, including the title, font and other elements. The site has prompts for creating links and new sections.
"We started this in college because we needed to build a website easily," Chen said. "We realized that consumers have trouble building their own websites. Nobody really understands how to do it. We wanted to democratize the whole process."
All three services allow users to just click away and build the lead page and inside pages as they wish, add images and create links. People can also insert buttons or locations for social networking efforts such as Twitter or Facebook.
Strikingly allows users to choose from personal, business, or portfolio options for mobile-friendly websites. (Strikingly photo)
"You don't have to know any code. You don't even have to know how to set up a site," said Raanan Bar-Cohen, senior vice president of commercial services for Automattic, the parent company of WordPress. "The beauty is the user doesn't have to think about all this stuff. It all happens behind the scenes."
WordPress offers hundreds of themes -- including event, nature, recreation, retail, restaurant, industrial, entertainment, historical and architectural -- for users to choose. They can scroll until something catches their eye, or they can conduct a search for a theme. Once they do so, they can build with a click.
The website creation services also enable people to include an array of features within the sites they build.
"Squarespace is a completely integrated platform that can handle blogs, stores, calendars, portfolios, and more within a single website," said Squarespace CEO Anthony Casalena.
Strikingly and WordPress offer very basic and limited Web pages for free. But for fees ranging from $8 to $60 per month, users can enhance and upgrade their basic websites. Squarespace charges fees of $8 to $24 per month, but offers a 14-day free trial period.
For Strikingly, Squarespace and WordPress, a mobile-friendly approach is the top priority in how they fashion their tools.
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Under the free version, bandwidth is limited to 5 gigabytes a month and customers must use theStrikingly.com domain name. For $8 to $20 a month, users can create two or three additional websites, obtain more bandwidth ranging from 50 gigabytes a month to unlimited bandwidth, and have their own personal Web domain and email.
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Sometimes a medical technique is so awesome that researchers are tempted to tell its story more than once. This seems to be the case with the dramatic rescue of a man's penis in India. The doctors involved just got in trouble for using it as a case study in multiple scientific journals.
Over at Retraction Watch, our intrepid reporters bring us news about this bizarre case. Apparently the Indian Journal of Surgery just pulled a paper about the penis rescue after they discovered it resembled another penis rescue case study in Bombay Hospital Journal. What is a penis rescue, you ask? It's what you do when a man has put rings around his penis to prevent "auto-ejaculation at night." Very tight, small rings.
Here's the first version of this case study, from Bombay Hospital Journal (click through only if you can deal with medical images of a penis in distress):
A 35 year old man presented to M.B. hospital, Udaipur with extremely swollen penis. On examination two metallic rings were seen at the base of penis.
On taking history it was revealed that he was advised by his friend to pass metallic ring over base of penis, to obviate penile erection and auto-ejaculation at night. He was practicing this method successfully since one year. On examination, gross oedema on distal part of penis was present and two metal rings were applied on base of penis (Fig.1) which could not be taken out. Patient was shifted to emergency O.T. in an effort to remove metallic rings. Lidocaine jelly was applied over penis, given multiple puncture, compression on penis was applied by hand and thin streams of fluid came out from multiple puncture sites but with all these we were unable to remove the rings and we did not get the suitable instrument to cut the rings safely. Finally an intravenous drip set tube was applied circumferentially, starting from tip of the penis to its base in order to have an even compression as a tourniquet (Fig. 2). The compression was maintained for 4 minutes and this procedure was repeated for five times. (In between the tourniquet application the penile compression was maintained by squeezing the penis with palm). This manoeuver reduced penile oedema dramatically and metallic rings could be retrieved manually over lubricated jelly. The whole procedure took around 50 minutes. The two rings were of 3.5 cm x 2.5 cm x 2 cm and 3 cm x 2 cm x 1.5 cm external diameter, internal diameter and width respectively (Fig. 3) . . .
There was no damage to penis at strangulation site as well as on distal part. Penis was cleaned with povidone-iodine solution, an antibiotic ointment was applied and dressed with vaseline gauge and light pressure bandage applied.
Patient remained cooperative during procedure. Before starting the procedure patient was pre-medicated with inj atropine 0.6 mg, midazolam 5 mg and tramadol HCl 100 mg intravenously with a patency iv drip and 2% lidocaine jelly was applied over penis. Antibiotics and Tetanus prophylaxis was also given. Psychoanalysis later revealed no abnormality. …
The method described above is highly effective, cost saving, complication free and can be done by every practitioner.
So glad that psychoanalysis revealed "no abnormality." The moral of this story is that rescuing a penis is a great thing, but not if you retell the same story to a different journal and pretend that it's original research.
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ABERDEEN - An Aberdeen man has claimed a $10,000 Hot Lotto prize.
Lottery officials say Paul Kleine matched all five white ball numbers but missed the Hot Ball to win the game's second prize in the March 30th drawing.
The odds of winning it are one in about 608,000.
Hot Lotto is played in 13 states including both Dakotas, as well as the District of Columbia. The jackpot sits at more than $4 million for the next drawing, on Wednesday.
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SOCORRO, N.M. -- New Mexico Tech will be celebrating National Poetry Month with a reading by American Book Award winning poet Arthur Sze on Tuesday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the New Mexico Tech Library, meeting room 212. There will be a book signing after the reading and refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to the public.
Professor Sze is the author of seven books of poetry: The Silk Dragon: Translations from the Chinese (Copper Canyon, 2001), The Redshifting Web: Poems 1970-1998 (Copper Canyon, 1998), Archipelago (Copper Canyon, 1995), River River (Lost Roads, 1987), Dazzled (Floating Island, 1982), Two Ravens (1976; revised edition, Tooth of Time, 1984), and The Willow Wind (1972; revised edition, Tooth of Time, 1981).
His poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including The American Poetry Review, Boston Review, Chicago Review, Field, Harvard Magazine, The Iowa Review, New Letters, The Paris Review, and Pushcart Prize XXI. His poems have been translated into Chinese, Italian, and Turkish.
He is the recipient of several awards, including the American Book Award (1996); Lannan Literary Award for Poetry (1995); two National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowships (1982, 1993); John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (1997); Balcones Poetry Prize (1999); Asian American Literary Award in Poetry (1999); Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writer's Award (1998-2000); and the Western States Book Award for Translation (2002).
He is Professor of Creative Writing at the Institute of American Indian Arts and is Corresponding Editor for Manoa literary journal.
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Right. The devs stated on the last patch notes that they're going to make a decision on which of the two naga city rewards to keep. I figure to make things easier we should just have a poll to help give them info. That way they don't really have to browse around if they want comments on which to keep. Not to say this is formal or will ultimately determine their decision. It's just a help if they want it.
Please do two things:
1. Select one option on the poll and submit it.
2. Leave a comment as to WHY you want that item to stay as opposed to the other item. It does not have to be long or complex in any way.
Here are descriptions of the two items:
"Mage Fist": +4 fireball damage per level. Hitting a monster with a fireball instantly maxes burning. All monsters have retaliate: fireball.
Naga Cauldron: +2% increase to potion effectiveness for every stack of weakening, corrosion, and poison. The bonus only applies to health and mana potions.
Here's my answer:
I prefer the naga cauldron. It offers a whole new play style kind of like the monster classes. While "Mage Fist" may do that too, the cauldron is actually usable at Hard level (and possibly vicious) play. Plus it's a cool idea to make sort of Martyr Heroes who gain spiritual (or magical) strength by sacrificing physical strength.


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Uh oh! It's a 40th birthday party! Maybe you've reached that big Four-O already and you're feeling a little snarky, or maybe you're eyeing it with alarming closeness. Or maybe you don't even know how old you are!
40th birthday gifts for men can certainly be tricky. After all, you don't want to be the one whose novelty joke cane sends the recipient into a full-blown midlife crisis! So maybe, for fun, you could look at 21st birthday gifts for him? Or maybe the gifts for a 30-year-old man? Then you can look incredulous and laugh, "but you don't look a day over 32!"
40th birthday ideas run the gamut from cheesy to deeply thoughtful. If you're more inclined to show that special man how much you value him you might consider personalized birthday gifts for him. You'll find the simplest engraved gifts to fully customizable art. So whether you are subtle or supersize in your gift giving, you'll find something that will impress and endear him. Our 40th birthday ideas for men are well thought out and all in one place, saving you the time and stress of worrying about that new red convertible or those new contact lenses.
But don't be so preoccupied with that newly dyed hair that you forget about your own father and neglect those 60th birthday gifts for Dad! Here's something a little more laid back and hopefully not as worrisome as those gifts for a 40 year old man. You've got more personalized items and best of all, more cookies and fun stuff! Thoughtfulness abounds too, and photos of his children and grandchildren can be placed in any number of quality picture frames.
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