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The Hash House Harriers are a drinking club with a running problem and is the world's largest disorganisation.
Our runs follow the pattern of a 'hare & hounds' where one or more persons known as the hares mark a trail to be followed by the rest of the participants.
The first Hash club was founded in 1938 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Since then the hash has expanded worldwide.
We are a mixed hash with mostly adults, although children are not excluded, no special 'horrors' runs are set.
However, please note that some of the language and songs may not be suitable for children.
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These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.
Will Killing Google Reader Increase Global Censorship?
"After Google unceremoniously announced it would be killing Reader later this year, much of the outraged response focused on its use in the U.S.
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I guess it's not really fair to call this post 'India in Instagrams' as we only had a few days in New Delhi, ostensibly to "watch" our teenage daughters in a soccer tournament. While we did make it to the late afternoon games, the truth is it was an opportunity to dip our toes into the wonder that is India. Resplendent with color, in particular white, pink and green, it provided me with a jolt of energy after months here in the very beige desert. We managed to tack on a quick day trip to Agra for the Taj Mahal, because in the end, we needed to see that pearly resplendent monument itself, but I think we would all agree that it was not necessarily the highlight of our trip.
White marble was unquestionably one of the storylines throughout our days, from the incredible carved Mughal flowers in the walls of the Taj Mahal…
…to the ongoing and surprising details at the nearby Red Fort in Agra – which is not at all just red! It seems apropos just after Valentines Day to mention one of the world's greatest love stories – that of Shah Jahan building the Taj Mahal, over 22 years no less, as a tomb for his beloved wife. He was eventually deposed by his own son, but lived out his days confined to the Fort, with a perfect view of his masterpiece. Because Agra is not at all built up, some of the best views are from a distance, like those from the Red Fort and from the terrace of the Oberoi Hotel (more on that later).
There were modern-day inspirations to be found everywhere, including this simplified arabesque floor pattern which I am planning to use as a model for a bathroom renovation back in Brooklyn.
And speaking of marble and bathrooms, I must stop and mention one of my favorite places on the whole tour – the ladies washroom at The Imperial Hotel in New Delhi. This colonial era Art Deco masterpiece is on that list of historic hotels I have been carrying around with me and I was privileged to stay there this trip. The art collection and thousands of engravings that line the halls are worthy of a post of their own. But the ground floor loo with its bank of freestanding back-to-back sinks and mirrors takes the cake!
We have all been told that pink is the navy blue of India and it is true. We could not stop snapping photos of the glorious pink saris everywhere, from the Sikh Temple in Delhi…
…to more subtly in Agra at the Red Fort.
Back in Delhi, we visited Humayun's tomb which served as a model for the main building of the Taj Mahal. It was peaceful and relatively deserted, in great contrast to the aforementioned monument and therefore magical.
In fact, other than the breathtaking moment when you first enter and the de rigueur perfect photo of the Taj, we often preferred the other sites for their mystery and mood.
No trip to India is complete without shopping – and lots of it – so it is no surprise that green – the color of currency – was one of the other main hues of our visit. We hit many of the major markets including Khan market, Sundar Nagar and Santushi, along with a bicycle rickshaw ride through the streets of Old Delhi. I bought everything from Indian cottons – lots of scarves and kurtis at Anokhi and Fabindia – to carved wooden legs (custom ottomans anyone?) in the back alleys. I desperately wanted the stack of bracelets below, but you can imagine the price tag, so I contented myself with armloads of silver and a particularly delicate gold and raw sapphire necklace. But all of that shopping was merely a distraction as I had come to India searching for one thing – Indian miniature paintings. At Sundar Nagar market, which sells bits and bobs of 'antiques' as well as all the lovely modern inlay furniture so popular today, I picked up a few fairly fine reproduction miniatures. In general these tend to be copies of famous original paintings done on old paper so as to give them a nice patina.
In fact I had thought I might be content with my repros until we stopped in at the highlight of the visit, the home of Rohit Kaicker, also known as Gallery 29 Sunder Nagar. In all the rooms filled with spectacular artwork, this turn of the century painting of Shah Jahan himself on a background of malachite, surrounded by a border of Mughal flowers (remember the ones carved in marble at the Taj in the photo above?) screamed to come home with me from the very moment I walked in. I cannot recommend Rohit's home gallery highly enough as prices are reasonable, his knowledge encyclopedic and seeing his home itself is worth the visit, although I guarantee you won't leave empty-handed. I'm actually thinking Indian miniature paintings might deserve a post of their very own so let me know if that would interest you.
And for one more glimpse of amazing Mughal flowers I must share the living room off the terrace at the Oberoi Hotel in Agra. Anyone else would be sharing the view of the Taj from the window, but then I am not anybody else. I wanted to move right in here and stay, or at least try this in a project. Any takers out there?
I must give a final shout out to Fiona Caulfield's Love India, billed as a 'Handbook for the Luxury Vagabond'. This book was our bible, albeit a carefully annotated one by our dear friend Lisa who used to live in Delhi. Other cities in India appear in the series and I am tempted to buy them and dream. Be sure to notice the accent color 😉
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CHICAGO (Aug. 2, 2010) — Landon Donovan's goal against Algeria in the 2010 FIFA World Cup was one of the greatest moments in U.S. Soccer history and sparked dramatic reactions from fans across the United States that were captured via video in bars and living rooms across the country.
More than 2.8 million people have watched "The World's Reaction to Landon Donovan's Game Winning Goal,†video on YouTube which compiled those reactions from fans. Watching the video from South Africa, the team was blown away by the reaction and response of the fans.
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In a video posted on ussoccer.com's YouTube page, Donovan talks about what the goal meant to him and asks fans to reply with their own videos. Record your memories of the moment and share them with the players by replying to Donovan's video on ussoccer.com's YouTube page.
"The goal against Algeria for me was the most memorable moment in my career,†said Donovan. "So many people back home cared and were watching with us. I think our team was excited about it but when we woke up the next day and realized all of you were there supporting us too, made it that much more special. So, that's what it meant for me, that's what it meant for us, and now we want to know what it meant for you guys.â€
The U.S. will be together for the first time since the 2010 FIFA World Cup to take on Brazil on Aug. 10, when they will have the opportunity to see all the videos submitted by fans.
More than 50,000 tickets have been sold for the U.S. Men's National Team's match against five-time world champions Brazil at the New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Kickoff for the USA's first match following the 2010 FIFA World Cup is slated for 8 p.m. ET, and the match will be broadcast live on ESPN2 and Univision.
Advance tickets are still available through ussoccer.com, by phone at 1-800-745-3000, at all area Ticketmaster ticket centers, and at the IZOD Center ticket office (open Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.). Groups of 30 or more can obtain an order form at ussoccer.com or call 312-528-1290.
Brazil will be led by newly named head coach Mano Menezes, who named a 24-player roster to travel to the U.S. that includes four players who were part of Brazil's 2010 FIFA World Cup squad. Robinho, Ramires, Dani Alves and Thiago Silva were all part of Dunga's team which was eliminated by World Cup finalists Netherlands. Menezes also included several exciting players who weren't on the World Cup roster, including young talents like AC Milan forward Alexandre Pato and Neymar of Santos.


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Phoronix has good news for Linux users about the "RadeonSI" Gallium3D driver which AMD has slowly been developing for the HD 7000 series, MESA has announced the driver is being developed for the HD 8000 series. The project commit is a candidate for MESA 9.1 and the Linux 3.9 kernel which could lead to some issues as most Linux flavours are using 3.8 or earlier but should bode well for the future. This hopefully signals a greater commitment to OpenCL and other projects AMD has started but not managed to fully develop. We also have quite a few PCI IDs from the commit statement, 0x6600, 0x6601, 0x6602, 0x6603, 0x6606, 0x6607, 0x6610, 0x6611, 0x6613, 0x6620, 0x6621, 0x6623, and 0x6631 are all listed.
"While AMD has yet to officially introduce their Radeon HD 8000 series, published today was the initial open-source Linux graphics driver support for handling the Radeon HD 8800 "Oland" graphics cards."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Dell agrees to $24.4bn buyout @ The Inquirer
- 3DMark for Windows Launches; We Test It with Various Laptops @ AnandTech
- New 3DMark Benchmark Highlights and First GPU Results @ Legit Reviews
- The next-gen 3DMark is here, we take it for a quick spin around the block @ Tweaktown
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- Blackberry Steelseries Free Bluetooth gamepad video demo @ The Inquirer
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With this past week's announcement of World Wrestling Entertainment releasing 11 people from its roster added to the already horrendous drop in the WWE's stock price by almost 50%; reports that Vince McMahon personally lost over $750 million dollars over the last few months; the market's disappointment in WWE's new U.S. television deal; and the number of WWE Network subscribers being stuck at 667,287 which is quite far off the reported 1.5 million subscribers needed for it to break even; questions are being asked about the company's direction.
As is inevitable when a company has this kind of downfall in such a short amount of time, reports have been circulating that many investors are calling for Vince McMahon to resign as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. However, the obvious query is whether or not that should happen and if so who would replace him?
Before devolving further into this issue, though, it has to be noted that Vince McMahon owns roughly 57% of WWE's Class A common stock - 39.9 million shares - which gives him controlling interest in the company. So if he doesn't wish to be removed as CEO of the company it would be almost impossible to force him to do so. Additionally, it also means that any successive CEO would need his stamp of approval.
Regardless, this does not mean that it hasn't come time for someone else to guide the WWE as the CEO. The current state of the WWE did not come about by accident and has roots going back about a decade and a half. As has been written about here at SLAM! Wrestling numerous times the WWE has had enormous difficulty establishing new main event stars since John Cena and Randy Orton were young up-and-coming wrestlers trying to make the roster.
There have been recent reports that Vince McMahon has fired head writer Jay Gibson, but by and large, there has been very little recent turnover within the WWE creative and writing team and instead talent after talent has been released from the roster with the blame always being placed on the wrestler for not getting over no matter how stupid the storyline or character assigned to them. This speaks to a long-term rot having set in within the creative ranks with the delegation of blame always been pushed away from them instead of taking responsibility for their role in what has happened. As has been established numerous times, Vince McMahon still heavily participates in the creative process of what ends up on television screens across the world and the fact that it is the wrestlers on the roster that pay the price when things don't work out instead of the creative management and writers speaks to his failure quite loudly as CEO.
Furthermore the events of the past few months with regards to the WWE Network speak to Vince McMahon's failure as a businessman and continue to do so. Recently, it has been stated that for the WWE Network to break even 1.5 million subscribers are necessary especially in light of the obvious underestimation of how much pay-per-view revenue would in turn decline. At the moment most of the messaging coming out of the company since the stock decline in May is a belief that increasing the monthly subscription amount will offset the fact that so far the number of subscribers is only 667,287 and that fans simply need to be educated about the WWE Network in order to convince more of them to sign up. However, this fails to address several significant issues as to why the WWE Network has so far failed to catch on in a big way.
When the WWE Network was initially proposed as an online service many rightfully described it as Netflix for professional wrestling. Yet, when that comparison was made it was obvious that many forgot one of the prime reasons Netflix has been so successful which is it is easy to access. Netflix is available on pretty much every Smart TV available for purchase and the WWE Network is quite simply not. It is readily apparent that WWE's strategy was that most people would simply access the WWE Network using their tablet, phones, or computers, and felt that the television would be the option that would be the least used. However, considering that one of the major selling features of the WWE Network is the fact that a subscription gives access to all the yearly PPVs, and that when customers would buy a PPV they would mostly watch it on a television screen, this failure in strategy has been a colossal miscalculation which has negatively affected the company's revenues.
Simply put the WWE needed to partner with one of the television manufacturers to have the WWE Network loaded onto every Smart TV possible or they needed to partner with an existing company such as Netflix that was already available on Smart TVs so that it could access the distribution network. The irony is that it is not too late to create this sort of partnership, but as stated previously the messaging coming out of the company does not inspire confidence that this will ever happen.
Additionally, the WWE Network monthly subscription price, based on the cost associated with the service and number of subscribers they currently have is too low. There have been rumours that the monthly subscription price will soon be raised, but now that the biggest PPV of the year, Wrestlemania XXX has happened, many subscribers may choose not to renew if the cost increase is too much. The failure to properly estimate what the equilibrium price and quantity (number of subscribers) should and would be has to be laid at the feet of the financial and economic management of the company. However, so far no word has been forthcoming from Vince McMahon as the CEO that there will be any changes made in those areas.
Consequently, a very firm argument can be made that the WWE does need new leadership at the top to steer the company to the next level. What Vince McMahon has achieved with World Wrestling Entertainment during his tenure is remarkable, but it does not mean he is the best positioned to take the company into the future. All of the aforementioned calls for a new CEO who has fresh eyes and who will not feel an overwhelming sense of obligation towards existing management and personnel in the financial and creative ends of the company. As such, it means that despite Stephanie McMahon and Triple H being positioned in recent years as Vince McMahon's obvious successors, they are not the best choice since a great deal of the company's current direction and problems have happened during their management tenure.
Yet, with Vince McMahon holding the controlling interest in WWE who else would he deem as acceptable to replace him and who would also be able to make the changes necessary for the company to move into the future? There really is only one candidate that would fit those criteria and that is Shane McMahon.
Still, the big question is whether he would be interested in doing so and whether or not it might lead to a struggle for control of the company with his sister Stephanie McMahon and his brother-in-law Triple H. Time as they say will tell all and for those of us who are fans of WWE we can only hope for the best.
Editor's Note: Prior to publication of this article, multiple sources have been reporting that to absorb the losses associated with the launch of the WWE Network, the WWE has been cutting services, such as transporting by bus television production staff, using local wrestlers as Adam Rose's Rosebuds entourage instead of NXT talent, eliminating more expensive elements associated with Fandango and Bad News Barrett's entrances to the ring, and plan to make further cuts to the tune of $20 million overall once everything is said and done.
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Plurchase needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 53 designs submitted by 25 freelance designers.
Plurchase is a collaborative shopping website.
We help friends go shopping together, so they can see what pages their friends are on, chat, share product suggestions, follow each other around, etc.
Our focus is on shopping tools and live, social interaction while shopping.
People who like to shop together. We expect our target demographic to skew young, and skew female.
We have a work-in-progress logo that we like in some ways, but not in others. We like the colors, and the price-tag-as-logo concept. We don't like the fact that it's too easy to misread 'Plurchase' as 'Purchase', so we'd like this to be fixed. We aren't 100% committed to anything, so feel free to make suggestion across the board. But fixing the 'L' issue is top priority.
See links below for the work we have so far.
* top priority: draw attention to the "L"
- people don't notice the "L" in plurchase.com
- maybe draw a shape around the letter (or maybe not..)
- solution needs to be visible in black & white (so cannot rely on color alone)
* two versions desired:
- one is a price tag with text inside (see attached for examples)
- the other is for use when space is constrained. primarily text-based version
* We basically like the creative direction (price tag) and colors
- price tag can be recreated.
- color changes ok if needed (but must have some plurple in it somewhere.)
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Trail Open: Feb. 1st thru Oct. 31st
Area Located: Horsethief Area
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These two trails form an 8.3 mile loop across pastures, through canyons, trees and along creeks. There are two minor water crossings. This portion of the trails is easy to moderate in difficulty. There are two short cuts which will make the distance of the loop 5.5 miles. Use caution when traveling this far from the trailheads; there is no short or easy way back once you get to the Alum Creek Trails.


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Need a Christmas theme HTML Email, logo provided and link to web site.
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Rather than waste tree's on cards this year, I am opting for a more ECO Friendly option. I'm looking for a designer to come up with a nice Christmas email I can send out to my clients. Must include the company logo and have space to write a small Christmas message.
The web site can be seen here: http://www.singleframe.co.uk
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Identity Thief': Dream team delivers a dud (review)
What a bummer. At first glance, the "Identity Thief" lineup of fearless physical performer Melissa McCarthy and rock-solid straight man Jason Bateman feels like a dream team, an inspired combination of volcanic zaniness and timorous passivity that promises to alchemize into comic quicksilver.
Well, not so fast. "Identity Thief" turns out to be not so much a major drag as a minor irritant, the kind of instantly forgettable nothing-burger for which the early months have become notorious. A desultory collection of slapstick gags, buddy-movie cliches, chase-sequence bombast and wan topical humor, "Identity Thief" is soon destined to play on an airplane screen near you, the better to elicit one or two bemused glances in between checking the in-flight route map and ordering that second ginger ale.
Things get off to a sluggish, inattentive start when Bateman's
character, a bank manager named Sandy Patterson, receives a telephone call from a cheerful financial security operator who persuades him to give her his Social Security number. Within a few hours, this flame-haired, generously built, unrepentantly amoral con artist is buying tequila shots for dozens of bar patrons in Winter Park, Fla., on her way to racking up $12,000 in credit card debt, all in Sandy's name.
Through negotiations too convoluted and preposterous to divulge, the real Sandy eventually sets off to Florida to find the fake Sandy, a junket that turns into a "Midnight Run"-type chase from all manner of petty criminals, bounty hunters, cops and corporate bosses. Sharing the same road-trip DNA as the similarly misbegotten "The Guilt Trip," "Identity Thief" confects as many opportunities as possible to exploit McCarthy's well-padded figure, from having her belly flop on to a cold, hard floor, engage in a sweaty one-night stand with a good ol' boy played by Eric Stonestreet and make feeble passes at Bateman's befuddled Sandy, who makes his revulsion clear in deadpan glances worthy of Jack Lemmon.
"Identity Thief" seeks to balance the near-constant stream of cruelty with a last-ditch attempt at humanizing McCarthy's character, giving her a physical and emotional make-over that, true to the film's ethos, doesn't last long. (For those keeping lists at home, the film was written by Craig Mazin, who wrote "The Hangover II," and directed by Seth Gordon.) Soon enough she's back to her old tricks -- slugging people in the throat and getting Tasered for her trouble.
McCarthy's willingness to go to the mat notwithstanding, it's viewers who are likely left feeling punched in the gut.
"Identity Thief" (111 minutes) is rated R. Contains sexual content and profanity.


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Hot on the heels of the launch of its new music discovery service, Twitter now plans to push its content chops even further by holding a five-day comedy "festival" in partnership with Viacom's Comedy Central, complete with the abundant use of hashtags.
The festival will be largely an online affair, featuring star comics such as Carl Reiner, Amy Schumer, and director Paul Feig. The participants will deliver 140-character one-liners and six-second Vine videos using the hashtag #ComedyFest starting Monday, April 29, a Viacom representative told TechHive.
While most of the guffaws will happen on Twitter, a panel discussion will be live streamed from the Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles. That event, taking place April 29, features Reiner, director Judd Apatow, and comedian and filmmaker Mel Brooks, according to The New York Times, which first reported on #ComedyFest.
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The idea of a Twitter-based comedy festival as unusual as it sounds when you consider that many comedians already use Twitter to share jokes and keep in touch with their fan base. Twitter is also a social darling for big media companies looking to include so-called second screen experiences with their programming. Many TV shows, for example, will advertise a hashtag during broadcasts allowing viewers to share comments about their favorite moments online.
Twitter is also working to cultivate the impression that the social network plays an important role in media events, such as popular season finales and newsworthy happenings such as the presidential debates.
"We used to have a filtered, one-way view of events in the world from the media," Twitter CEO Dick Costolo said in an interview with NPR's Marketplace last October. "Now with Twitter, people want to know what everyone else thinks and we're getting this...multiperspective view...from everybody else that's watching the same thing we're watching."
Twitter may want to be known as a big player in packaged media, but there's no denying the social network also plays an important role to access fast-moving, unfiltered news events in real time. That capacity was on display most recently during the pursuit of Boston Marathon bombing suspects Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev last week.
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Next week's online comedy festival may be only the first of many mediacentric events from Viacom and Twitter.
Last Tuesday, Bloomberg reported that Twitter is in talks with NBC and Viacom to host ad-supported TV clips on Twitter. Then on Friday, BBC America announced it will partner with Twitter to provide "in-Tweet branded video." Presumably this means you will be able to watch videos from BBC America inside your tweet stream using the social network's media cards functionality. ESPN did something similar late last year, partnering with Ford so users could watch instant replays from NCAA college football games without ever leaving Twitter.
Starting next Monday, however, the #ComedyFest hashtag may quickly grow from a series of jokes delivered by well-known comedians to a never-ending stream of self-styled comics looking to make a big splash of their own. Some users are already using the #ComedyFest hashtag to crack funnies.
It will be interesting to see what happens when #ComedyFest begins in earnest, given the event's hashtag-based organization. While hashtags make it easy to search for content on Twitter, the format can quickly be taken over by spammers, fans, and media outlets. Searching for #ComedyFest on Twitter right now, for example, shows you a stream of links to media reports about the upcoming laugh fest.
Twitter may be able to get around that problem by filtering official #ComedyFest tweets through its "top" search results filter. Then again, part of the beauty of social networking is to let events take on a life of their own, so grassroots #ComedyFest Tweets may just be part of the bigger plan.
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Raiders fans weren't the only ones who were in agony on Dec. 23, 1972.
Forty years ago today, the 49ers also suffered a devastating NFL playoff loss, 30-28 to the Dallas Cowboys.
In an NFC divisional game in front of 61,214 at Candlestick Park, the 49ers took a 28-13 lead into the fourth quarter. But quarterback Roger Staubach came on in relief of Craig Morton and led a Dallas comeback.
The Cowboys' Toni Fritsch began the rally with a 27-yard field goal with about nine minutes remaining, pulling Dallas within 28-16.
With 1:53 left, Staubach drove Dallas 55 yards in 32 seconds, capping the drive with a 20-yard touchdown pass to Billy Parks. That made the score 28-23.
Then, Dallas' Mel Renfro recovered Fritsch's onside kick, putting the Cowboys back in business at midfield.
On first down, Staubach scrambled for 21 yards. On the next play, he hit Parks for 19 yards. Staubach completed the drive with a 10-yard touchdown pass to Ron Sellars, giving Dallas a 30-28 lead with 52 seconds to go.
The 49ers still had time to rally behind quarterback John Brodie. But after three completions, a 23-yard throw to Preston Riley was wiped out by a holding penalty. On the next play, Charlie Waters intercepted Brodie's pass to seal the outcome.
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A doctor's group has recommended that the birth control pill be available over the counter, without a prescription. Hallelujah, I couldn't agree more. Happy dance! When I first started taking the pill, sometime in my mid-20s, it was fairly easy to get -- despite having to go to a doctor, something that, of course, you can really only do with health insurance. Even then, I'd have to call a month or so in advance to get an appointment. And then take an hour or so off of work. But, hey, my Ob-Gyn would write a birth control prescription for me for the whole year. I'd just hop to the pharmacy and get my refill. No problemo. But, for whatever reason, it seems things have gotten more complex lately. You'd think I was trying to get a nuclear warhead.
First, the crackdown began on the timing of prescriptions. I noticed a few years ago that if you didn't get your prescription filled at the exact time you needed the refill, they simply wouldn't give it to you. This happened to me when I was out of the country for a couple of weeks. I came back, tried to fill the prescription, and was told it was "old." Uh, two weeks old?! I had to make another gyno appointment.
Another time, I had to leave the city and wanted to get my script filled before I left -- since it would run out when I was gone. Again, couldn't do it. This time, it was "too early" and they refused to overlap refills. Is someone worried I'm going to overdose on birth control?! This isn't Xanax, people!
A few years later, I switched to another insurance and tried to get recurring birth control prescriptions. This insurance plan wouldn't let me do it at all. I could go as far ahead as three months, but then I'd have to go see my doctor again for another prescription. Seeing your gyno every three months?! Does anyone realize that a lot of women work and this makes life very difficult?!
I'm always astonished when I go to other countries and see how readily available things are that, in the States, you'd need to go through a big song and dance for. You can get contact lenses over the counter. You can get codeine. Antibiotics. Viagra. It's really only here in the U.S. -- where the government is in the back pocket of the pharmaceutical and insurance industry -- that you need a prescription for EVERYTHING.
Groups against the idea cite the "health risks" of the pill as a reason why it shouldn't be over the counter. Health risks can include heart attack and stroke and hormone-based cancers. But seriously? Heart attacks are far more common because of most of the fatty foods sold prescription-free in grocery stores and fast food restaurants. People die from caffeine-laced drinks. Don't need a script for those! Tylenol can cause liver damage if you take too much. Yet anyone can walk into a store and buy it. As for cancer? How about a little thing called cigarettes that anyone can buy anywhere, anytime?
We know what this is really about. Making you go to the doctor so they can charge your insurance company a couple of hundred bucks for the five seconds it took to write out your script. And making life difficult for women who may not want to spend their whole lives pregnant.
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Southampton's paralympic star Joy Haizelden is "really excited" ahead of the National Paralympic Day on Saturday.
The 15-year-old wheelchair basketball player has just made her major senior Great Britain debut in Toronto and is preparing to inspire the next generation of the city's young paralympians despite her young years.
"I am really excited about the National Paralympic Day," she said about the nationawide event, which takes place this Saturday.
"I hope it's going to be a really good day like last year.
"Hopefully it can inspire other people to get into sport and try new things."
Thousands are expected to descend on the event at London's Queen Elizabeth Park in celebration of the achievements of the nation's Paralympics team.
There are a series of events to try out on the day, including wheelchair basketball, rowing and dancing.
In turn, it is hoped that Hampshire's, and the rest of the country's, next generation of disabled athletes will be inspired by the event.
The King's School pupil, who will be competing at Sainsbury's School Games alongside her sister Miriam, has spina bifida and helped Great Britain Under-25s to European silver last year while also playing as Great Britain beat Spain at the inaugural National Paralympic Day.
Her next challenge, after helping GB to fifth-place at the World Championships – their best ever result – is to take on 2012 Paralympics bronze medallists the Netherlands at the Paralympic Day.
The World Championships in Canada was a real high point in Haizelden's career so far. She said: "Going out for my senior debut at a major championships was really special.
"It was great to be a part of a team which finished in their highest ever spot."
But the youngster has set her sights even higher.
"My long term aim is to go to the Paralympics and be in Rio," she said.
"Obviously I'm still young and it's quite hard to balance the school work but I manage it."
Haizelden has quickly made a name for herself in the senior side, but will be back playing for the GB junior team at the Under-25 World Championships next summer. "I enjoy playing as part of the juniors still," she said. "I'm still developing as a player and it's nice to be a part of that team."
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Untouchable 11: Master Challenge
by Carl Hoff
The goal of this puzzle is to put 11 hexominoes
within the board so that no two of them touch each other even at a
corner. You can rotate the hexominoes (clicking them) and/or flip them
over (press SPACE bar and clicking them). But you cannot overlap them.
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Carl Hoff says: "Back in late 2008 and early
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of that puzzle has only 7 solutions not counting rotations or
reflections. When I was invited to G4G10 and informed I needed a gift
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DreamWorks Animation, the Glendale studio behind the "Shrek" and"Kung Fu Panda" movies, saw its revenues jump 26% to $136.1 million in the first quarter.
The company said it earned a profit of $9.1 million, or 11 cents a share, the first quarter of the year, a 3% increase over last year, reflecting international ticket sales from the Shrek spinoff,"Puss in Boots."The movie grossed $554 million worldwide since its release last October.
The results exceeded the consensus estimate among analysts, who had forecast a profit of 9 cents per share and revenues of $134 million.
Investors will be closely watching the performance of DreamWorks' next release,"Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted,"which will debut June 8. The film will compete with Disney's animated feature "Brave," which will also hit theaters in June.
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ABERDEEN - Traveling in South Dakota? There's an app for that - on Android smart phones, anyway.
The state's Department of Transportation has released the South Dakota 511 mobile app, providing information on road conditions, highway closures and travel advisories. The app has the same information as SafeTravelUSA.com but is formatted for mobile phones.
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TOTOWA, NJ -- After toiling for years in the raucous, but notoriously low-paying Memphis market, legendary wrestling manager Jimmy Hart had just one admonition to himself when he learned he would be part of WrestleMania I.
"Feet, don't fail me now!" cracked the one-time musician known as "The Mouth of the South."
Twenty years after the maiden WrestleMania, Hart and an array of performers from that groundbreaking extravaganza reunited at a fan festival in suburban New Jersey to joke about the good old days and reflect on the milestone that redefined wrestling as "sports entertainment."
"I had just come from Memphis, where our office was in Jerry Lawler's bedroom or bathroom or kitchen," said Hart, who managed Greg Valentine and King Kong Bundy at WrestleMania I. "It was like going from the outhouse to the penthouse."
Hart was one of the featured attractions at the WrestleMania I tribute, organized by New Jersey promoter Tommy Fierro. Fierro pronounced himself delighted by the reception and said it represented "my highlight in the business."
He is planning another convention in New Jersey in July, then anticipates taking his FAN SLAM! shows on the road to Boston, Philadelphia, and other East Coast cities.
Last weekend's official roster included Bobby Heenan, Ricky Steamboat, S.D. Jones, The Fabulous Moolah, Leilani Kai, Cowboy Bob Orton, David Sammartino, Playboy Buddy Rose, Paul Orndorff, The Iron Sheik, Brutus Beefcake, Captain Lou Albano, Valentine, Bundy, and Hart.
Fans also got to mingle with main eventers such as Demolition Ax, George "The Animal" Steele, Mae Young, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, Viscera, Sherri Martel, and Larry Zbyszko.
But most of the focus was on WrestleMania I, the first big closed closed-circuit television venture of WWE owner Vince McMahon. That topic dominated a pair of question-and-answer sessions that have become the most-anticipated segments of Fierro's semi-monthly conventions.
Heenan said he first scoffed at WrestleMania as "vaudeville," reasoning that there was no room in a pro wrestling event for the dancing Rockettes, plumed pianist Liberace as timekeeper, and New York Yankee bad boy Billy Martin as ring announcer.
But when Heenan stepped from behind the curtains of Madison Square Garden in New York that March 1985 night, he found a sellout crowd and an electric atmosphere. "I became a believer real fast," said Heenan, who, with Valentine, was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Saturday.
"You were no longer a half-step behind roller derby. Now, you were a major clown. Your nose really lit up now," Heenan joked.
Even participants who suffered at the time looked back fondly on WrestleMania I.
"It was a gamble for [McMahon]," said Rose, who lost the first Wrestlemania match as the masked Executioner to Tito Santana. "I was just happy to be a part of it. I have nothing but positive things to say about it."
S.D. Jones, whom Bundy squashed in just nine seconds, was concerned that such a beating in front of a national audience would damage his career.
"I didn't want to do it," Jones said. But McMahon persuaded him that a humiliating loss to Bundy would achieve the company's goal of developing a monstrous rival to the likes of Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant.
After some contemplation, Jones took his medicine. "Bundy was the man then," he said. On the plus side, Jones was not in the ring long enough to risk injury and, for good measure, "made a big, big, big, big payday."
Heenan and Valentine said they were delighted to be joining illustrious company in the WWE Hall of Fame. The normally witty Heenan choked up when he said he wished that the late Gorilla Monsoon, his close friend and broadcasting partner, could be at the ceremony.
"You know the guys in the NFL don't give a damn about the guys in Cooperstown. The guys in Cooperstown don't care about the guys in Canton [site of the NFL Hall of Fame]. But the wrestling fans and the wrestlers care about this," Heenan said.
And he didn't mind that the class of 2004 included notorious baseball player Pete Rose, a bit player in some WrestleManias.
"This is an honor," Heenan said. "To be honored and recognized for something like that by your peers is something. And I appreciate it."
Added Valentine: "I've been in the business 34 long years, and it went by just like that. It's my whole life."
In fact, it might have gone by too fast for Hart, who regaled the audience with the tale of how he shepherded Valentine against Santana at WrestleMania I.
Valentine quickly corrected his manager, reminding him that he lost by disqualification to Junkyard Dog after Santana's intervention.
Without skipping a beat, Hart was ready with a retort. "I stand corrected -- after 20 years, I'm glad to remember anything."
Also attracting were questions by Sammartino, son of legendary WWE champion Bruno Sammartino. The younger Sammartino went to a double disqualification brawl with Beefcake at WrestleMania I.
Sammartino has not wrestled in about four years, though he is scheduled to square off with Zbyszko at an independent show in New Jersey in April. Though he did not go into detail, he acknowledged he remains estranged from his father and has not spoken to him since 1990.
"My dad was my hero. I didn't want to become a wrestler if it wasn't for my dad," he said. "I haven't seen or spoken to my dad in 14 years. But that's okay because life is full of hurt and you have to move on."
Albano, some 120 pounds trimmer after open heart surgery, was as verbally domineering as ever, with a non-stop barrage of one-liners and rejoinders ? and pointed out that his show biz-wrestling connection predated WrestleMania.
"Years ago, a little guy would show up at the Newark Armory. He'd say, 'Captain Lou, get me in, I've got no money.'" After the card, they had drinks together. The man confided he was an aspiring actor, but was stuck in a rut as a hairdresser.
Quipped Albano: "Hey, how do you cut hair [when you're] that short?"
As it turned out, Albano had been sitting with Danny Devito. Years later, Devito phoned Albano, addressing him as "moron." The slur long forgotten, he helped Albano break into movies in Wise Guys.
"You never know who you're going to meet in wrestling," Albano concluded.
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Introducing Swap DRC, a homebrew application that allows you to play TV-only Wii U games on your GamePad screen.Swap DRC works by switching the display buffers for the TV and the GamePad with a press of a button. This app also includes the TCPGecko and Cafiine installers for other mods or hacks. The GamePad sensor bar can also be turned on when the TV image is on the GamePad screen, so playing with Wiimotes with just the GamePad is possible.Note that this mod has no audio swapping support, so you should use headphones to listen to the game audio if the software requires it. (Bug Maschell to contribute to our GitHub repo!) InstructionsTo swap the TV and GamePad screens, press and hold the L shoulder button, then press MINUS. Pressing the button combination again will revert the displays back to normal.If you're playing with Splatoon's enhanced swapping controls:Press B to switch screens except in-game menus.Hold A + D-Pad in any direction to super jump to a teammate or the spawn point during a match.RequirementsAn SD cardThe Homebrew Launcher (Haxchi or Loadiine.ovh method)A Wii U (on firmware version 5.1.1; 5.5.2 and lower versions aren't tested but may work)(Optional) A cafiine server (examples: the original by Chadderz and MrRean, MusicRandomizer, Ray's custom server, and more)(Optional) Your Wii U's IP for TCPGecko or your computer's local IP for Cafiine (Windows, macOS)For Splatoon's enhanced controls: ver 2.10.0 - 2.12.0TutorialsDownload the Homebrew Launcher from here (download v1.3 if v2.1 crashes for you), and the Swap DRC application from above.Unzip both apps and then drag them into your SD Card. Make sure both directories are at:SD:/wiiu/apps/homebrew/app.elfSD:/wiiu/apps/swapdrc/swapdrc.elfSafely remove the SD card and insert it into your Wii U, then launch the Homebrew Launcher from loadiine.ovh in your Wii U browser. If you have the haxchi homebrew launcher, that works too.Press A to install Swap DRC with TCPGecko, or press B to install Swap DRC with TCPGecko + Cafiine (a cafiine server on your computer is required)You're done! You can now switch displays anywhere (but not in the settings menu, as it re-launches the entire System Menu).FAQWhat's TCPGecko and Cafiine?TCPGecko is a mod that allows you to use a TCPGecko editor to modify the ram through a TCP connection. Aperfect example for this is the program Splathax, which lets you modify gear in your Splatoon inventory.Cafiine is another mod that lets you replace game files with modified ones for the game to load. A perfectexample for this is the popular use of model and skin edits for Smash Bros for Wii U. Unlike the "InstallTCPGecko only" option, Cafiine requires you to have a server running on your computer at all times. Don'tuse this if you don't want to use game file mods and have the computer running all the time.Can I get you banned playing online with Swap DRC in any game?Swapping displays doesn't modify the games directly but through CafeOS instead. Therefore, it is 100% safe.However, you can still get banned with TCPGecko and/or Caffine mods if you don't use them properly.Where is the source code?Over here, on our GitHub repository!r u a l33t hax0r?YeS I Am.(...I'm joking this question isn't real)CreditsCreators:OatmealDomeYahya14Special thanks:Maschell for HID to VPADDimok for function_hooks and the pygecko serverBrienj for the IP selector and initial UI/u/MachMatic for the banner backgroundBKOOL999 for feedback & testing the Swap DRC app
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On Wednesday we noted that Shailene Woodley, star of the upcoming movies "Divergent" and "The Fault in Our Stars," isn't just a rising Hollywood starlet: She's also a font of quirky wisdom.
Having gone over the benefits of eating clay and tanning one's nether regions (of course), we now present another installment of Woodley wisdom.
On starting (and ending) the day right:
It's important to get off on the right foot each day. In the August 2013 issue of Interview, Woodley talked to fellow actress Emma Stone about her morning ritual.
"The second I wake up, I scream very loudly [to the tune of 'Good Morning' from 'Singin' in the Rain'], 'Good morning! Good morning!' " Woodley said. "And then I scream out, 'Exciting day! Exciting day!' I feel like it completely sets the mood for the whole day."
Woodley does this "Every single morning. Unless I'm at someone's house — then it might not be appropriate."
As for winding down at night, Woodley said she consumes herbs that help with her dreaming: "One that I love for dreaming is called mugwort. It's actually what we'd call a weed. You can find it all over America. You can dry it and make it into a tea or you can burn it like sage. It's what the Native Americans used to do to bring on helpful dreams to encourage visions for the coming days." Good to know.
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Android, iPhone or BlackBerry? None of the above for Woodley, who prefers a more personal approach to communication. She told the Daily Beast this month, "I'm not a big technology person. I don't even have a smartphone. I don't even have a cellphone!"
She continued, "If I were to have one, it would be a flip-phone. There's a bigger lack of privacy than there's ever been, but there's also a bigger lack of camaraderie and community than there's ever been. I mean … just asking people for directions. Since I got rid of my phone, having to pull over and be like, 'Hey, buddy — do you know how to get here?' I'm talking to people more than I've ever talked to in my life because I no longer have that crutch. The more you get away from all the technological buzz, the more freedom you have."
On hugging:
Speaking of camaraderie, Woodley is a notorious hugger, heartily embracing co-stars, journalists and nearly everyone she meets.
She explained her philosophy during a recent appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," telling the late-night host, "I love hugging, right? It's like, I'm real, you're real, let's hug it out."
The actress also said she prefers to hug on the left side, which promotes "a little heart-to-heart action." Woodley then mused, "I feel like inherently we go to the other side, the right. What's that about? Maybe it says something about our society that we go to the right and not to the heart."
It could also be that most people are right-handed, no? In any case, let's try to keep those hugs to the left from now on.
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An increasing number of countries require that foreigners be tested for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prior to entry. It is usually required as part of a medical exam for long-term visitors, i.e. students and workers. The following list of country requirements is based on information available as of March 2006 and is subject to change. Before traveling abroad, check with the embassy of the country to be visited to learn about entry requirements and specifically whether AIDS testing is a requirement. If the list indicates U.S. test results are acceptable and the word "Yes" appears with an asterisk beside it (Yes*) in a particular country, prospective travelers should inquire at the embassy of that country for details (e.g. which laboratories in the United States may perform tests and where to have results certified and authenticated) before departing the United States.
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In the old city centre of Kiev stands the St. Sofia Cathedral. This incredible building is one of the best known and most beautiful Ukrainian monuments and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Dating back to the 11th century, construction of the cathedral was commissioned by Yaroslav the Wise, the ruler of the Principality of Kiev at the time.
Deep green domes, beautiful frescoes and mosaics adorn the St. Sophia Cathedral. In the centre of the Church is a huge mosaic of Mary praying. The residents of Kiev believe that the city will continue to exist as long as this artwork is preserved. Not all the artwork in the cathedral is religious in nature however; there are also pictures of Prince Yaroslav and his family, and various frescoes of revellers in what was then Constantinople.
In the 11th century, the cathedral also served as a burial ground for the rulers of the Principality of Kiev. That is why in the 1980s, the government wanted to give the Cathedral back to the Russian Orthodox Church. However, various parties within the government disagreed with this decision and a compromise was reached to have the cathedral opened up to the public and transform it into a museum. In addition to the frescoes and mosaics, the old dining room also displays objects that were found during the archaeological excavations around the cathedral. Visitors may also view several scale models of the city during the period when the Tatars invaded Kiev.
"The St. Sofia Cathedral is one of the most beautiful attractions in Kiev"
Since its original construction, the cathedral has undergone many changes. The building has been damaged numerous times, especially in the 13th century when the Tatars conquered Kiev. During various restorations, new rooms were frequently added. Under the Soviet Union's anti-religious policy in the 1930s, a plan was hatched to demolish the cathedral. However, after a storm of critique from historians and the French Government, the Russians reconsidered their decision. Today it seems impossible to imagine that this beautiful building was almost destroyed.


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Amiga launches AmigaAnywhere 2
CES AmigaOS 5 made a covert appearance at an event outside the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), turning up in the guise of a version of Space Invaders running on a Windows Mobile 6-based smartphone.
Amiga – the company – was ostensibly showing AmigaAnywhere 2, the new version of its virtual machine technology. But taking Amiga President Bill McEwen aside for a moment, we discovered that AmigaAnywhere 2 is AmigaOS 5.
"We had to call it that because of the Microsoft deal," McEwen whispered. Amiga's had close-ish ties with Redmond since 2002 at least when it began pitching the original AmigaAnywhere for Windows CE.
Microsoft is publishing Invasion for WM6 but apparently it doesn't like the idea of telling the world that one of its operating systems is being – albeit temporarily - elbowed aside by another OS, but, according to McEwen, that's what's happening when Invaders runs. Fire up the app and Windows Mobile disappears, up pops the AmigaAnywhere logo and then the game loads.
Incidentally, Amiga itself has been for years been offering a version of Invasion for Pocket PC, which begs the question: is there really anything different with AmigaAnywhere 2?
For Amiga's part, AmigaAnywhere 2 is pitched as a "device-independent, single, ubiquitous Virtual Environment that functions across different operating systems and the internet". Of course, it's been pursuing this approach for most of the past seven years, and it's hard to see what AmigaAnywhere does that Java doesn't. Or Flash – perhaps a better comparison given the Amiga focus on rich media.
The point for AmigaOS buffs is that AmigaAnywhere 2 effectively starts up a virtual machine, boots AmigaOS and runs the code on top of that. And that makes it perfectly possible for Amiga lovers to fire it up and run the familiar Amiga GUI instead of the game. Why they'd want to is anyone's guess, and Amiga wasn't demo'ing the OS working in this mode. Can AmigaOS catch up with the user experience and the functionality of modern operating systems? Some might argue that it shouldn't try, that it should instead revel in its simplicity and very small storage requirement.
AmigaAnywhere 2 currently runs under Windows proper, Windows Mobile, Linux for PCs and Linux for embedded systems. A Mac OS X version is on its way, McEwen said, but the company wants to get the Symbian version finished first.
McEwen wouldn't talk about timescales, and since the real deal here is to get the technology into phones, media players, sat navs and other gadgets, that's probably wise. Amiga's future, if it has one, lies within these kind of products, not personal computers. Perhaps AmigaAnywhere 2 is the product get it there. McEwen seems to think so, which is one reason he's here at CES: to persuade device makers to sign up.
Why should they do so now? If AmigaAnywhere 2 is using AmigaOS 5, it's presumably free of any further fall-out from the ongoing legal battle over the ownership of AmigaOS 4 and its predecessors. That may persuade them AmigaAnywhere 2 is 'safe' for them to implement.
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VIDEO: Bulls' delay of game
HANG TIME SOUTHWEST — The NBA's newest rule crackdown has created quite a stir. Players are reprogramming their actions, some quicker than others. Some announcers are misconstruing the rule's intent. And fans are wondering why a delay of game penalty seems only to be causing further delay.
"Right now, it's slowing down the game because of all the stoppages," Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said. "But these players are great and they always adapt. As they get used to it, they're going to leave it alone and it'll work out. So whatever the rules are, that's what you go by. And I think it got to the point where it was too much."
Too much, as Thibs says, was constant under-the-basket interference with the ball. Players on the team that had just scored were too often grabbing the ball as it dropped through the net and either casually flipping it to the official or tapping it any which way but to the opposing player waiting to get his team running up the court.
A growing number of teams — the Houston Rockets, for one — prefer to push the ball up the floor after made baskets to catch the retreating defense at a disadvantage. The stall tactic of catching the ball or knocking it away after a made basket buys the scoring team a second or two to set up defensively.
"I used to hit the ball a little bit to give me a second or two," Pacers center Roy Hibbert admitted. "But now you can't."
Now, such actions result in a delay of game penalty. The first draws a warning. The second results in a technical foul and a free throw for the other team.
Everybody received a heaping dose of the new rule during the preseason.
"It's the right thing and it's pretty clear," said Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle, a member of the league's nine-member competition committee. "If you touch it you know you're getting hit, so just leave it alone."
Said Pacers coach Frank Vogel: "Guys are learning to 'hot potato' it. They tell us to treat it like a 'hot potato' and move on."
The Rockets were the most vocal agent for change. Their frustration came to a head during their first-round playoff series with Oklahoma City, who, the Rockets believed, were intentionally messing with the ball after made baskets to slow them down. In fact, under the new rules, the Thunder were nailed three times for the infraction in their season-opener against Utah and Wednesday against the high-pace Mavericks. Center Kendrick Perkins used his big right paw to intentionally swat the ball away, drawing a whistle for delay of game.
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Some announcers, ironically including Houston's, have explained the rule as being designed to shorten the duration of a game. But it's really about the pace at which the game is played.
Houston led the NBA last season in pace (possessions per 48 minutes). The club calculated that it had scored 1,131 points on the initial shot taken in 10 seconds or less after a basket by the other team. No team came close. The Lakers were second with 972 transition points after made baskets. Getting the ball up the floor quickly, even after made baskets, was paramount to the Rockets' offensive strategy.
"A team like us that plays an up-tempo pace, it [the new rule] definitely should favor us," Rockets forward Chandler Parsons said. "We want to get up. We want to get the ball out as fast as we can. Not having teams do that and slow us down on the break is definitely going to help us a lot."
While the Rockets were out front on the issue, they were hardly the only ones arguing for the league to take action. The push gained steamed throughout last season, according to Rod Thorn, the NBA's president of basketball operations. The NBA decided to take a closer look during the 2013 playoffs and found that, in a sample of 78 playoff games, the new delay of game penalty could have been enforced 306 times, or 3.9 times a game.
"It had been talked about before that it was a detriment to the offensive team if the team that had just scored was taking the ball and knocking it away or holding the ball and was allowing the defenses to get back and get set up, and that that was not a good thing for our game," Thorn said. "So that was the genesis for why it was put in. A lot of teams like to move the ball up and down the floor so we want to give them every opportunity."
The penalty was one of five officiating points of emphasis for this season. A crackdown on illegal screens has produced a spike in those calls, according to the league. The league also has seen a rise in delay of game penalties. Everybody's noticed. How could you not? The preseason was littered with the call, and officials have kept a tight watch during the first week of the regular season.
According to the league, through the first 59 games last season, 22 delay of game penalties were called. Through 59 games this season (through Tuesday's games) 85 delay of game penalties were called — 70 being a result of the new rule.
"You have to play with great discipline to be a good player in this league," Bobcats coach Steve Clifford said. "To not be able to bat the ball away when it goes through the basket should not be that hard of a thing, especially when it costs your team points."
The fear is that the rule will be enforced to the letter of the law and that an untimely touching of the ball late in the game could cost a team a valuable point. During the preseason, players were concerned that they'd get tagged with a penalty for making incidental contact or for an instinctual catch of the ball and quick toss to the referee.
"It is instinctual to reach for it, that's why I said, even if the ball hits you when you're right by it and it does touch you, they can't call it," said Mavericks forward Shawn Marion, who nonetheless thinks players will quickly adjust to the rule.
According to Thorn, if a player catches the ball and quickly drops it, play will continue. Same for incidental contact.
"I think they've kind of, maybe, toned it down a little bit as they realized that, 'OK, some of the calls that were being made were not in the truest sense of the law,'" Kings coach Michael Malone said. "I think the referees in the league have done a great job of making it a point of emphasis and then analyzing it and saying, 'OK, is this what we want?' They've kind of adjusted how they've called it, I think, a little bit as well."
VIDEO: Delay of game, Lakers
Many who observe the league have seen new rules implemented and enforced early in the season, only to see them fade away into rules oblivion. Thorn believes the rule will not be an ongoing source of game delays because players will quickly adjust. And the rule, Thorn said, will not go by the wayside. It will continue to be enforced throughout the season and postseason to ensure the faster pace that players and fans want.
"I'm confident that it will," Thorn said.
Scott Howard-Cooper, Fran Blinebury, John Schuhmann and Steve Aschburner contributed to this report.


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Twitter and Flicker accounts linked to the North Korean government appear to have been hacked in what appears to be an ongoing attack on the state by Anonymous-linked hackers.
The "Uriminzokkiri" accounts — used by the North Korean government for official propaganda — on both sites appear to have been taken over some time earlier today. It appears that North Korea hasn't got control of the accounts back yet, judging by the postings.
A statement from Anonymous takes credit for a wider attack on North Korean websites, and lists a number of usernames and passwords apparently for the website www.uriminzokkiri.com. That site is also down at present.
An DDOS attack at the weekend took down several North Korean government websites. The attack was labeled #OpNorthKorea.
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It's not the most mature of hacks, as seen in this "Wanted" poster uploaded to the Flickr account that shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as a pig with a Mickey Mouse tattoo.


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20 Reasons Halle Berry Is the Hottest 51-Year-Old We Know
20 Reasons Halle Berry Is the Hottest 51-Year-Old We Know
Are you thinking what we're thinking? Halle Berry has discovered the Fountain of Youth, right? Today, the bombshell actress celebrates her 51st birthday, and honestly, she doesn't look like she's a day over 25. She knows how to highlight her enviable frame, opting for formfitting Dolce & Gabbana sheaths and Roberto Cavalli pantsuits on the red carpet, but she also knows that the key to styling success is to never overdo a good thing. Thus, Halle consistently sticks to a "less is more" mantra, always choosing understated accessories and au naturel makeup and hair over more-opulent accents. To top it all off, she's one serious actress — with an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and a SAG Award to prove it. She's making it all too easy for us to be totally jealous of her, but the truth is, she's pretty awesome. In honor of her birthday, here are our 20 reasons Halle Berry is the hottest 51-year-old we know.
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A winner was selected from 104 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
We are a branded candy, t-shirt, comic and figurine retail environment offering the culled out best of the unique, the overly commercialzed, the singer/songwriter and the urban artists. Our following is hip, a little groovy, hooked on brands new and old and captivated by being part of our community. Dogs smile. Spontaneous buyers. We do this for sheer fun and as an expression of our creative juice. Short attention spans are part of who we are as well the hopeful feeling we get from collecting kitch. We help our following survive this era of too much choice by bringing what is good to the forefront!
People with anywhere from $2 to $50 to spend. We have a strong tween and teen following (candy) along with females (young adult thru 40) who buy sexy t-shirts. Teenagers/college males for the graphic novels/comics. We are near a lot of college campuses and on a small scale compete for the college kids market who might shop at urban outfitters. We are looking to carry music and posters in the future.
We'd like the logo to look or be hand drawn. The "2s" should be in the front - and it would be cool if one two (or two twos layered inside each other) served at the front of the logo. We like grafitti (but sometimes it is too hard to read), bubble/block letters - ultimately we want to be able to fill in the logo with different colors so the more open letters the better. We are flexible on shape, but like the idea of an oblong oval where the letters reside or in a circle.
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WORCESTER — Elm Park has been without its signature red footbridge since last fall, as a team of future civil engineers worked to design a new span that would maintain the iconic look of the old bridge while bringing it up to modern standards of safety and accessibility.
With the design work by Worcester Polytechnic Institute seniors now completed, fabrication of the new bridge by students at Worcester Technical High School is set to begin at the school's large carpentry shop in early September.
Plans call for the replacement bridge to be finished before the winter snows arrive later this year.
"We'll prefabricate everything we can here in-house. Then we'll go down there to the park to construct it on-site," said Kyle J. Brenner, Worcester Tech's director of vocational and career education. "I'm hoping for a November ribbon-cutting, but it's a school, so don't hold me to that."
The new structure will be named the Myra Hiatt Kraft Memorial Bridge in honor of the Worcester native, a philanthropist and late wife of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft.
The rotting old bridge, built in 1972 based on a historic design dating back to the 19th century, was plucked off its concrete footings by an industrial crane in October and trucked up to Worcester Tech for detailed measurements and condition analysis by the WPI engineering students.
When summer arrived last month and the popular city park filled up with joggers and families again, people wondered what happened to the iconic red bridge that has come to symbolize Elm Park.
"People have been asking where it is and when it'll be back," said Dorothy Hargrove, president of the Park Spirit of Worcester advocacy group. "We all just miss it. It's been such a part of Elm Park for so long. It's really the signature part of the park."
The missing bridge is even depicted on new benches recently installed around the perimeter of the park as part of ongoing renovations.
Since the original footbridge was built in 1877, the span has been replaced a number of times over the years.
While Elm Park without the red bridge may be a bit like Yellowstone National Park without the Old Faithful geyser, the roughly yearlong absence of the bridge this time will pay off for people long excluded from its steeply arched wooden deck — those with disabilities and mobility challenges.
The seven WPI civil engineering students who designed the replacement bridge last year as their senior project could have simply replicated the old bridge without regard for modern accessibility standards, or they could have designed an entirely new structure that was accessible but not historically appropriate to the park.
But the students, who have since graduated and moved on, instead chose a more challenging third approach. They sought to maintain the historic appearance of the bridge while making the new structure fully compliant with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, said Tahar El-Korchi, head of WPI's Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering.
"The goal of the design was to preserve the aesthetics of the old bridges in a structure that met modern engineering and safety standards," he said.
To comply with the ADA's accessibility standards, the roughly 23 percent slope of the old bridge had to be cut down to no more than 8 percent while still maintaining the height of the main arch. If the flatter bridge was any lower than eight feet from the water at the top of its arch, it wouldn't be safe for ice skaters to glide underneath in the winter, Mr. El-Korchi said.
The new span will have to be several feet longer than the old bridge with longer, more gradually sloped earthen approaches on both sides of the wooden structure to accommodate the slope and height requirements. The new design also features a less open handrail design to discourage children from climbing and to prevent them from falling through big gaps in the railing.
Stephen Stolberg, who uses a wheelchair and is a member of the city's Commission on Disability, said he was surprised earlier this year when the WPI engineering students went to City Hall and presented the commission with an ADA compliant design for the replacement bridge.
"I wouldn't have argued with it if they were going to rebuild it as it was. I would have said, 'Well, I've never been able to go over it anyway, so fine,' but when they told us what they were going to do, I was really happy with what they came up with," Mr. Stolberg said. "If someone rolled up to that old bridge with a chair, there's no way you're pushing over it. Or somebody with crutches."
Worcester Tech's Mr. Brenner said former City Manager Michael V. O'Brien approached him early last year to ask if the school's carpentry students were up to the challenge of building a new bridge in Elm Park to replace the partially rotten, unsafe old one.
"I said, 'Yeah, it's carpentry. It's wood. But, design-wise, they don't have that capacity,' " Mr. Brenner recalled.
Having studied civil engineering at WPI himself, Mr. Brenner suggested the city manager approach WPI officials about having engineering students design the bridge as a senior project.
"It's real world for both schools. You've got future engineers working with future tradesmen on this bridge," Mr. Brenner said. "The city saves money, and our students are going to be learning while they're doing it. For years they'll be able to drive by and say, 'I built that.' "
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LinuxWorld Analysts Cite Hottest Open Source Trends
Resellers, Virtualization, and "Mixed Deployments"
What are some of the hottest trends in the Linux/open source market today? Avid activity among some resellers, abundant virtualization, and a growing tendency to mixed open source/proprietary deployments, according to a trio of top industry analysts, who helped to preview LinuxWorld San Francisco in an IDG-sponsored teleconference on Tuesday.
"Nothing could be hotter right now than virtualization," pointed out Al Gillen, IDC's VP of system software, one of the three analysts on the panel.
The other two speakers in the teleconference--Matthew Lawton, also of IDC, and Raven Zachary of The 451 Group--focused mostly on what's new in open source.
"Clearly, what the enterprise wants is a mixed approach," said Zachary, who is The 451 Group's senior analyst and practice head of open source.
Under the "mixed" model, open source software is "augmented by a proprietary solution," Zachary told other analysts and reporters phoning in for the call, which was moderated by Melinda Kendall, IDG's VP of LinuxWorld.
IDC's Lawton concurred with The 451 Group's Zachary about the rise of mixed deployments.
"Partners seem to be open to this mixed environment in their solutions," according to Lawton, who is director of IDC's Worldwide Software Strategies Business Group. "That would certainly reflect [the] customer perspective."
For his part, Gillen said that the industry is currently seeing "negotiations and wrangling" among software and hardware vendors over just how and where virtualization will take place -- at the "virtual hard disk layer [or] higher levels," for example.
Gillen also noted that virtualization is spawning partnerships which nobody would have dreamed of a few years ago, such as the recent pact between Xensource and Microsoft.
Licensing is another important part of the emerging virtualization picture, according to the analyst.
Novell's SLES (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server) 10 provides "a fully authorized way" of running multiple instances of other operating systems, Gillen maintained.
Meanwhile, also in the virtualization area, Microsoft has announced plans to offer "unlimited licensing on Longhorn," he observed.
Gillen predicted that ultimately, all vendors will support virtualization in some shape or form, although not necessarily to the same degree.
SLES, for example, now comes with a hipervisor layer. "[This] doesn't necessarily give you the [same] level of interoperability [as some other approaches to virtualization], [but it gives you] better support for native code," he said.
Gillen indicated that he anticipates a lot of talk at LinuxWorld about both SLES 10 and Novell's SLED (USESUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop).
"Is [SLED 10] ready for primetime?" he asked. "Interestingly enough, the desktop gets better and better."
But on the other hand, big questions remain over whether organizations will move the huge installed base of Windows desktops to Linux, according to the IDC analyst.
At the moment, he said, Novell seems to be honing in on some niche vertical and geographic markets -- not yet pervaded by Windows -- for sales of SLED.
Gillen also cited an "expectation that we'll hear more [at LinuxWorld] about the maturing of open source and Linux."
According to Gillen, much of the discussion will center on changes that will happen as the industry steps from "open source as being disruptive" to "open source for the computer public at large."
During his turn at the mike, Raven indicated that adoption of the mixed open source/proprietary approach goes hand-in-hand with changing attitudes among CIOs.
More and more, CIOs no longer view open source deployment as merely "scratching an itch on the development side," according to the analyst, who summed up some recent research from The 451 Group and other industry players to back up many of his insights.
Although reasons for implementing open source vary from one organization to the next, the decision to use open source is increasingly driven from the "top down," not just the "bottom up," Raven said.
The analyst from 451 referred to a study by CIO Insight which showed "lower cost" to be the major motivator for open source adoption among CIOs, followed by "avoiding vendor lock-in" and "security."
Raven speculated that burgeoning open source support among vendors could be another reason behind CIOs' change of heart.
As two examples of open source components now enjoying widespread adoption, the analyst mentioned Apache Web server and JBoss.
JBoss, he said, has now "emerged from obscurity" to rival IBM Websphere for industry dominance of the application server space.
In the partner community, on the other hand, value-added resellers "lead the pack" in open source deployments, according to Lawton, reporting the results of new research by IDC not yet released for general consumption.
"ISVs are [also] adopting open source, but not to the same level," Lawton said.
Why the resellers are ahead is not entirely clear, according to the analyst. "But we do know that resellers are very margin-sensitive," he said. "That could be one of the reasons."
On the whole, IDC's research also shows that about 10 percent of industry partners surveyed in the USA now generate at least 25 percent of their revenues from open source-based solutions, he said.
In specific software markets, partner activity with open source software is strongest in areas that include application development, information and data management, collaboration, and storage, according to the new research.
VARs in particular are also focusing on content management, CRM (customer relationship management), SCM (supply chain management), and manufacturing.
During a Q&A session at the close of the teleconference, one reporter asked whether a "vendor slugfest" might be brewing over virtualization.
Gillen suggested that, in his opinion, any real "fights" over virtualization are more likely to be fought around management and provisioning than over "the virtualization layer itself."
Also during the call, IDG's Kendall highlighted LinuxWorld keynotes, special events, and conference tracks which will drill down on many of the same trends the analysts addressed.
Slated for August 14 to 17, this year's show in San Francisco will include 13 tracks: Virtualization; Linux Desktop; Managing Mixed Environments; Grid Computing; VoIP; Web Services and SOA; IT/Line-of-Business Alignment; High-Performance Open Source; The Business of Open Source; Kernel and System Development; Iron-Clad Security for Open Environments; and Scalable Open Source Applications.