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MINNEAPOLIS -- NFL players told a federal judge Wednesday she should reject the league's request to essentially put the lockout back in place, saying their careers are at stake.
Attorneys for the players filed their response to U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson, who is weighing a request from the owners for a stay of her order Monday lifting the lockout. A stay means the injunction she issued would be frozen during the appeals process.
The players dismissed the NFL's argument that it risks either violating antitrust laws by coming up with new league rules without a collective bargaining system in place or harming the league's competitive balance by a potential free agency free-for-all.
"If the NFL defendants are faced with a dilemma, they put themselves in that position by repeatedly imposing rules and restrictions that violate the antitrust laws," the attorneys wrote. "Any alleged predicament is of their own making."
The solution, the players argued, is to simply implement a system that does not violate antitrust laws.
"There is no reason why the NFL defendants cannot devise a lawful player system, and their complaints about potential antitrust scrutiny are not well-founded where such scrutiny is a reality of doing business," they wrote.
If Nelson grants the league's request, players want the NFL to post a $1 billion bond, roughly 25 percent of player compensation last year.
There was no immediate response from the NFL or its attorneys, but the league has said it needs the stay to make sure any rules it puts in place are fair, clear -- and legal.
If Nelson denies the league's expedited motion for a stay, the owners will ask the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis for the same thing. They're also asking the appeals court, viewed as a more friendly venue to the league than the federal courts in Minnesota, to overturn Nelson's decision.
The NFL draft starts Thursday night, but it will be far from normal. The lockout has prevented teams from adding free agents and adjusting their rosters, so their strategy this year is more complicated, not knowing exactly when they'll have a chance to sign or trade for veterans to stock various positions.
The players argued that the nonexistence of free agency this offseason has hurt them greatly.
"Players should be marketing their services to find the right team in which they have the best chance to make a roster, be a starter or otherwise advance their careers," attorneys for the players wrote. "This process requires an extended period of time to play out in a fair manner for all players, and any elimination or compression of this free agency period will lead to a set of scrambled outcomes and harms to different players that cannot be undone."
Repeatedly in Wednesday's filing, the players took an argument the league has made and turned it into their own.
They referred to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's expression of concern that the longer the uncertainty around the 2011 season continues, the worse it is for everyone involved. The players said teams won't be harmed if the judge denies the motion for a stay, meaning the NFL would be back in business.
"This is the only way to preserve the 2011 season announced by the NFL, given the need to sign free agents, to complete the NFL draft and sign drafted players, to plan and to hold training camp, and to plan for the season itself," the players wrote. "Denying a stay will enable the NFL defendants to go back to operating their multibillion-dollar business and making enormous amounts of money, as they did previously."
The NFL has said it expects a hearing from the 8th Circuit by early June, though the players said the length and outcome of the appeal is unknown and every day "players will continue to suffer significant harm."
Some players tried to go back to work Tuesday, but most who did were told they couldn't work out at team facilities once they entered the building in one of the oddest days in league history.
Most left in a matter of minutes with more questions than answers.
"It drives me insane, that's what it does," said Chicago rookie J'Marcus Webb, who was told he and a handful of other Bears couldn't use the team's weight room. "I'm trying to eat healthy and work out, do my job and right now I'm just stuck at home working out and watching cartoons all day.
"What's up with that? Let me get back to what I do best."
That could take a while. The 2011 season, and the business between 32 teams and their thousands of anxious players, are in a holding pattern. The NFL said Tuesday that it needed "a few days to sort this out" and provide some rules for everyone to follow.
"We are in the process of determining throughout the league as to just how we'll proceed and when we'll open the new year across the league, the new football year," Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said. "We have not done that."
In a question-and-answer memo distributed by the NFL Players Association and obtained by The Associated Press, free agents were told they can contact teams and shop their services, putting pressure on the NFL to set up a free-agency system that complies with antitrust laws.
The document also told players that teams are responsible for care of any football-related injury, meaning it's "safer for players to work out on club property."
NFL lead negotiator Jeff Pash said it was too soon to tell exactly when free agency would begin and which players would be eligible. He expressed optimism and confidence about the league's case -- and the appellate court.
"On these issues in particular, the history of appeals court rulings has been quite different from how trial courts have looked at this," Pash said. "We feel we have very credible legal arguments to assert, and we'll know in a short period of time whether we're right or not."


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In keeping with its previously-announced schedule, Microsoft has begun delivering the "gold," or RTM, versions of Windows 8 to key customers, starting with subscribers to the MSDN and TechNet services. But you don't have to be a paying subscriber to get Windows 8 right now: Anyone can download a free 90-day evaluation version of the software that's ostensibly aimed at developers.
First, for the paying folk.
Developers who target Microsoft's platforms—Windows, Server, Office and so on—know that the software giant offers an annual subscription service called MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) that comes in various versions. The cheapest, called MSDN Operating Systems, costs $699 a year ($499 renewal), and of course includes Windows 8 (Core), Windows 8 Pro, and Windows 8 Enterprise. You get five licenses each for Windows 8 Core and Pro, and one Multiple Activation Key (MAK) for Windows 8 Enterprise. The MSDN web site notes that these software downloads and keys are identical to the retail versions of Windows 8, and they do not expire. That said, MSDN software is of course designed for only one purpose: So you can develop your own applications, services, and other solutions that run on Microsoft's platforms. In other words, you can't use this software in a production environment.
IT pros who support Microsoft's platforms are likewise familiar with the software giant's TechNet subscription program, which comes in an inexpensive Standard edition ($199 per year; $149 renewal) as well are more expensive versions for businesses. And while I've recommended TechNet Standard in the past, many have noticed that Microsoft has recently begun cracking down on abuse of this subscription in particular, and I'll just remind everyone that TechNet, like MSDN, isn't designed as a cheap way for you to install Windows on all your kids' computers. It's for IT pros who are trying to learn more about Microsoft's platforms so they can advance professionally.
Recent changes to TechNet Standard have significantly impacted the number of product keys one gets for popular products like Windows and Office. For Windows 8, you get just two product keys for Windows 8 Pro only. (Subscribers to higher-end TechNet subscriptions also get access to Windows 8 Enterprise. Those users get a single MAK-style key.)
TechNet doesn't note that its Windows 8 software is the retail version, but that's always been the case in the past. As with MSDN, you cannot use this software in a production environment: It's for testing purposes only. And you're technically not supposed to use it if your subscription has lapsed.
90-day evaluation
If you're not a paying subscriber to MSDN or TechNet, there's some good news, sort of: You can download a 90-day evaluation version of Windows 8 Enterprise right now, and install and use it in any way you see fit.
So, what's not to like?
Well, lots, actually. You won't be able to "upgrade" this evaluation version to a non-eval version at a later date. Because it's Enterprise edition, you will see some features that you will not be able to access in the future when you install a mainstream, retail version of Windows 8 Core or Pro. And you must register when you install the software and sign in with a Microsoft account.
Not daunted? Hey, its 90 days of free Windows 8 experience, and you can always use this until the retail versions arrive in late October.
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LONDON – Being royalty is not an easy thing and they make "mistakes" just like any other person!
Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson was caught with her hand in the cookie jar. On Sunday, she said she was "very sorry" for her lapse of judgement after she was recorded offering to sell access to her ex-husband Prince Andrew in return for 500,000 pounds.
In a statement the duchess admitted that she had financial problems, but "that is no excuse for a serious lapse in judgement and I am very sorry that this has happened."
"I very deeply regret the situation and the embarrassment caused," she said.
The tabloid News of the World posted video on its website that appears to show Fergusson discussing payment terms. She is heard to say "500,00 pounds when you can, to me, open doors." Fegusson, 50, spoke to an undercover reporter posing as a businessman and said, "If you want to meet him in your business, look after me and he'll look after you." Asked if she was referring to the prince, she said: "Yeah." Andrew, an international trade ambassador for Britain, had no knowledge of the meeting.
Ferguson married Andrew, who is fourth in line to the throne, in 1986. They had two children, princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, before divorcing in 1996. Ferguson has complained that her divorce settlement was stingy.
The sting was the latest scoop for undercover reporter Mazher Mahmood, nicknamed the "Fake Sheik" after his signature ruse of pretending to be a rich Persian Gulf businessman to dupe celebrities, politicians and suspected criminals.
LONDON – Being royalty is not an easy thing and they make "mistakes" just like any other person!


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K-13 Atoll
This is the Atoll, an air-to-air missile of the former Soviet Union.
Atoll is the NATO code name for the Soviet K-13, a copy of the U.S.
Sidewinder air-to-air, heat-seeking missile. Atoll originated in 1958, when
a Sidewinder fired from a Taiwanese F-86 fighter in the Taiwan Strait
lodged in an aircraft of the People's Republic of China but did not
China recovered the missile intact and turned it over to the Soviet Union,
which copied the design, mass-produced the missile, and exported Atolls to
its client states. The Atoll has the same basic dimensions as the
Sidewinder but has been modified over the years and is still in use. This
object was donated to the Smithsonian in 1993 by the U.S. Air Force.
Photo 154s, Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Center, May 2013


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Mission StatementTo maintain and improve the quality of our community by ensuring removal of graffiti from private and public property through:
- Empowerment - to remove and prevent graffiti throughout the City of Nampa by empowering citizens and encouraging neighborhood pride;
- Education – provide continuous education and community outreach to adequately inform the citizens of Nampa on their responsibility as a property owner;
- Enforcement - Oversee graffiti intervention and enforcement within the City of Nampa;
- Eradication - continue abatement efforts through the Graffiti Abatement Program, Public Works, and community volunteers.
Fundamental ServicesWe will assist residences and businesses within the City of Nampa city limits in three ways:
- By providing assistance, when time and funds allowed, for removing graffiti from a property by painting over the graffiti in standardized grey color paint. This is a temporary fix to blank out the graffiti; however, it is recommended that the property owner follow up with a paint that more closely matches the existing structure. Painting over graffiti with a matching color has been statistically proven to lower the percentage of a reoccurrence;
- The City will immediately abate graffiti on any City building or structure;
- And, provide anti-graffiti information and referral services. We will abate graffiti on private residences whose owners fail to comply with the City of Nampa's request for voluntary compliance. These property owners are subject to a service fee and a property lien for all costs incurred by the City.
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"Paint the Box" is a public art program of creating art on traffic signalboxes throughout the City of Nampa. The goal of the project is to decrease the instances of graffiti and vandal on these surfaces while making them colorful works of art. Once addressed by artists, the utility box art projects have proven to be very resistant to graffiti and vandalism and contribute significantly to the vitality and attracetiveness of the streetscape.
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 1, 2004
Press Gaggle by Scott McClellan
Nationwide Arena
Columbus, Ohio
MR. McCLELLAN: On President Putin, the President spoke with President Putin earlier today. The President let President Putin know that we stand with the Russian people during this time. Our thoughts are with them. We condemn in the strongest terms this kind of terrorism. And we have offered whatever assistance they request with the hostage situation.
Q Who initiated the call?
MR. McCLELLAN: (Inaudible) -- the President was calling President Putin to let him know that we stand firmly with the Russian people. We stand side-by-side with Russia in the war on terrorism. We condemn this hostage taking and the recent terrorist attacks in the strongest possible terms.
Q (Inaudible.)
MR. McCLELLAN: Yes, I did that. Did you get that, at the last one? Prime Minister Karamanlis? He spoke with Prime Minister Karamanlis this morning. The President called to congratulate him on a successful Olympics. The President thanked him for all the cooperation on the security efforts and steps that Greece took to provide for the safety of all the participants and people attending the Olympics. Prime Minister Karamanlis also congratulated the United States on the great success of our Olympians at the Olympics.
Q When did the President call?
MR. McCLELLAN: It was early this morning. I didn't ask him the exact time.
Q There was no discussion of what specific type of assistance?
MR. McCLELLAN: No, I think that was actually at a staff level discussion. The discussion of assistance we've offered at a staff level. We've made clear that we stand ready to help if they were to -- if they need it.
Q (Inaudible.)
MR. McCLELLAN: No, no, at a White House level. This was White House.
Q (Inaudible.)
MR. McCLELLAN: We've offered assistance if they need it.
Q I also wanted to ask about the Florida primary.
MR. McCLELLAN: Yes, the President called Secretary Martinez last night and congratulated him on his primary victory. And the President looks forward to being on the same ticket as Secretary Martinez in Florida this November.
Q (Inaudible.)
MR. McCLELLAN: Look, we'll leave that -- I think all those political pundits can look at that question. The President is focused on -- the President is going to continue to be focused on reaching out to all people in Florida and across the United States. He's going to continue talking about what his beliefs are, the accomplishments over the last four years, as well as his vision for the next four years.
Q How much time has the President spent on preparation for his speech?
MR. McCLELLAN: Oh, okay. He had his usual briefings this morning. The speech -- it was about two hours.
Q Two hours?
MR. McCLELLAN: Two hours. He was doing some teleprompter practice and reading through the -- going through the whole speech.
Q What about tomorrow?
MR. McCLELLAN: I think he has some time scheduled in the morning to go over his remarks and to do a little bit of speech preparation.
Q (Inaudible.)
MR. McCLELLAN: It's pretty much done at this point. He's making, maybe, some minor changes to it at this point. But it's pretty much done.
Q Did he videotape the --
MR. McCLELLAN: Well, it's more of doing the teleprompter and -- in the Family Theater in the Residence.
All right?
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MR. McCLELLAN: (In progress) -- Look, this will very much be a forward-looking speech, that focuses on his vision for the future and his agenda for the next four years. I think the President will talk about his convictions and beliefs. And he will also talk about what we have achieved over the last four years. But most of the speech will focus on his agenda for building a safer world and a more hopeful America.
Q (Inaudible.)
MR. McCLELLAN: That's fair to describe it that way, yes.
Q (Inaudible.)
MR. McCLELLAN: I'd say he's probably going to spend about half of it on domestic policy and half of it on foreign policy. You've heard him talk about the importance of -- the transformational power of liberty and the importance of spreading freedom to make the world a better place and make America more secure. I also expect he'll talk about how we've been through a lot over the last four years, and he'll talk about how we've -- because of the leadership that he's provided, we've risen to meet the challenges that we've faced over the last four years. We've been through a lot together, and I expect the President will talk about the changing times that we're in.
Q How much of -- (inaudible)?
MR. McCLELLAN: Well, I think it's really focused on his robust agenda for the future. He's got a clear and positive plan for the future. And that's where a good portion of the speech will focus. I think you can expect there will be new policies within the areas he cares most about. You've heard him talk about the importance of education reform. We've taken an important step to make sure every child can learn and succeed. But passing the law was only a step. There is more to do to make sure people have the education and skills they need to meet the jobs in our changing economy. There are a lot of jobs being created. We need to make sure that workers have the skills to fill those jobs. I think you can expect he'll talk about the importance of reducing health care costs and making health care more affordable, and what we've accomplished there. We've passed historic Medicare reforms, but there's more to do. There's also more to do to build an ownership society in America. There's more to do to create an environment where America continues to be the best place in the world to do business. And he will talk about the importance of Iraq and Afghanistan, how there -- by building a free and peaceful Afghanistan and Iraq that's able to govern itself and defend itself from internal and external threats, we are transforming a dangerous part of the world. And it will make the world a better place and it will make America more secure.


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Co-Eternal Life. Eternal life is the life which Jesus Christ exhibited on the human level. And it is this same life, not simply a copy of it, which is made evident in our mortal flesh when we are born again. Eternal life is not a gift from God; eternal life is the gift of God. The energy and the power which was so very evident in Jesus will be exhibited in us by an act of the absolute sovereign grace of God, once we have made that complete and effective decision about sin.
"You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you…" (Acts 1:8)— not power as a gift from the Holy Spirit; the power is the Holy Spirit, not something that He gives us. The life that was in Jesus becomes ours because of His Cross, once we make the decision to be identified with Him. If it is difficult to get right with God, it is because we refuse to make this moral decision about sin. But once we do decide, the full life of God comes in immediately. Jesus came to give us an endless supply of life— "…that you may be filled with all the fullness of God" (Ephesians 3:19). Eternal life has nothing to do with time. It is the life which Jesus lived when He was down here, and the only Source of life is the Lord Jesus Christ.
Even the weakest saint can experience the power of the deity of the Son of God, when he is willing to "let go." But any effort to "hang on" to the least bit of our own power will only diminish the life of Jesus in us. We have to keep letting go, and slowly, but surely, the great full life of God will invade us, penetrating every part. Then Jesus will have complete and effective dominion in us, and people will take notice that we have been with Him.


text: Character Analysis Pilkington The owner of Foxwood, a neighboring farm in "disgraceful" condition, Pilkington becomes an ally to Napoleon. This alliance, however, has a rocky start, when Napoleon changes the pigeons' message of "Death to Jones; Frederick" to "Death to Pilkington" and Pilkington refuses to help when the farm is attacked by Frederick. However, Napoleon and Pilkington eventually reconcile since they are, in essence, made of the same moral fiber and need each other to prosper (as seen when Pilkington sells part of his land to Napoleon). In the novel's last scene, Pilkington praises what Napoleon has done with Animal Farm, getting more work out of the animals with less food and likening the "lower animals" to humanity's "lower classes." The final moments of the novel, when Pilkington and Napoleon each attempt to cheat the other at cards, shows that their "friendship" is simply a facade each is using in order to better swindle the other.


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BlackBerry is rolling out the Bold 9700 which will be available from T-Mobile and AT&T. For T-Mobile and AT&T customers who are Blackberry devotees, this is great news. For the rest of the smartphone market it is more or less not news– at least not compared with more innovative device that have been introduced lately.
For starters, the Bold 9700 doesn't offer much in the way of innovation. It's sort of a Bold 9000 on a diet, or a BlackBerry Curve on steroids. It has a slimmer design than its predecessor– the Bold 9000, as well as an improved 3.2 megapixel camera. Arguably the most innovative feature is the switch from the BlackBerry trackball to an optical trackpad for navigation.
T-Mobile customers have a little bit more to be excited about. The Bold 9700 will be T-Mobile's first 3G capable BlackBerry device, and also the first device to support seamless calling over Wi-Fi. The ability to place calls over Wi-Fi will be lacking in the AT&T Bold 9700.
The Bold 9700 seems like a more-than-capable device, and a welcome incremental upgrade for Bold 9000 or BlackBerry Curve users. Fans of BlackBerry who are T-Mobile or AT&T customers, either by preference or because of contractual obligations, and have felt spurned by BlackBerry now have a device to help deal with Storm (and now Storm 2) or Tour 9630-envy.
In the grand scheme of things though, the Bold 9700 adds little to the smart phone mix. Compared with innovative, headline-making devices like the Verizon Droid, the Motorola Cliq, or Windows Mobile 6.5 devices like the HTC Pure, the BlackBerry Bold 9700 will probably be of little interest outside of existing BlackBerry fans who are also existing customers of T-Mobile or AT&T.
The smart phone market revolves around the iPhone right now. Every device manufacturer wants to capture the hearts of customers the way Apple has managed to. Every device wants to be the iPhone-killer. One can argue that it seems silly to try so hard to beat the number 3, going on number 4 mobile operating system– but the iPhone has an x-factor that other devices are still lacking (with the possible exception of the Droid which we haven't really seen in action yet).
Bottom line: the Bold 9700 doesn't add anything to the iPhone war, or even the battle for smart phone market share. In the shadow of the Droid, Cliq, and other emerging devices, the Bold 9700 is almost a non-story.
Tony Bradley is an information security and unified communications expert with more than a decade of enterprise IT experience. He tweets as @PCSecurityNews and provides tips, advice and reviews on information security and unified communications technologies on his site at tonybradley.com.


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