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(Updated) MIT email canceling classes called a hoax
MIT said that just after 1 a.m. some members of the school were sent a hoax e-mail that pretended to be from President L. Rafael Reif and canceled classes.
Some members of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology community got a rude surprise early Wednesday when an email supposedly sent from the school's president canceling classes was instead revealed to be a hoax.
MIT said that just after 1 a.m. some members of the school were sent an email that pretended to be from President L. Rafael Reif and appeared to be addressed to the entire community.
"The email stated that President Reif had decided to cancel classes today. The email was a hoax: Classes are not canceled, and the institute will operate as usual today," MIT said in a statement.
According to The Tech, the student newspaper, the hoax email made a connection to the Aaron Swartz situation.
"I am writing to explain an important step that MIT has decided to take relating to the Aaron Swartz situation. Since this action affects members of our community, directly or indirectly, I want you to hear about it from me," the hoax email said. "MIT has received several threatening requests in the media. Based on my initial reports, I believe it is best that we cancel classes for tomorrow."
In its statement, the school said that at 4 a.m. a vice president sent an email to the community alerting people of the hoax e-mail and confirming that classes would take place as scheduled.
The Tech said the hoax email had been sent to more than 100 people.
When asked about Asparouhov's status, a school spokeswoman said internal disciplinary proceedings and decision are confidential.
Suddenly sorry
In an online posting, sophomore Delian Asparouhov took credit for the hoax email.
Within hours after sending the prank, Asparouhov offered an apology on his webpage.
"Earlier today I sent out an email to most of MIT which alluded to a very controversial situation and spoofed as if it was sent from the president of MIT. This email produced fear and caused many people to be angry that someone would take such a serious matter so lightly. I'd like to apologize for the damage I caused to the MIT community, especially in light of the recent events that have caused large amounts of strife, which I only added to," Asparouhov wrote.
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Let's start nomination threads, with a link to a comment you liked. What's that? The comment you liked was already nominated? Vote it up! Wait, you don't remember what you liked this week? Look through your comment history for those #cotw hashtags (hopefully you're using them for your own tracking needs).
And as always, please no self-nominations. And if I see one more "This comment right here hurr durr" I will...think bad things about you. Horrible things. Things involving scenarios where kittens hate your guts and puppies look at you in disgust. Yeah. Take that.

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Just came back from picking up the 9.99€ fins I ordered.
And to my surprise They ( decathlon) where on sale and had a bundle of wind surfing accessories ( probably belonging to some boards they didn't have any more ( bic nova(?)) , that included:
1- huge ws fin g10
1- smaller us box fin
4 - straps
bolts and more....
...only for 15€!!!!
### I must be in tune with the universe ###
So I bought two of these ( the only ones)
plastic fin problem resolved!
I'll reshape the huge g10s and make the us's smaller (for the back)
plus 8 new straps!!!
$$$ only one of these g10 fins would probably be 70€ or more!
But now I have to rethink the fin positioning....
I'm also no expert, and have no big expectations
and i have been studying the relations between centre of straps and centre of fins
to understand where to put mine
( still working on the rogue wave, and I already stumbled with norm's (nice one) - Stance on race board - topic )


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[A]s a man who likes men, I can confidently say butt play isn't easy. Bottoming can be back-breaking work, and topping is hard AF. But, besides that, it's also unpredictable. You never know what's going to happen. Is it going to hurt? What if he poohs on my peen, or worse, what if I pooh on his peen? Are farts a turn-off?
If you're on your first anal adventure, you probably have tons of questions about the ins and outs of bum fun. Don't worry. It's normal. No one's born an expert in anal and everyone starts out as a butt play beginner. So, if you're new to fifth base and ready to explore the magical world of buttholes, this one's for you.
Before we get started, let's start by stating the obvious: The first time you have a dick up your ass, it feels like you have a dick up your ass. But, with proper preparation, you can enjoy every satisfying second from the moment of penetration to the flash of a climactic finish. Here are seven tips for butt-play beginners.
1. Tidy up
Ok, everyone has an opinion about cleaning out. Some guys are all for it while others believe the process is bad for your bowels. We're not saying you need to hook up to a garden hose every time you take it, but a wet wipe never hurt anyone. Whether you plan to top or bottom, it's nice to have a clean workspace. What if your man wants to finger your ass while you pound his purple starfish? It could happen, and you'll want to be fresh(ish).
2. Start small
Start with something smaller than a cock, like the tip of your index finger or pocket bullet. By massaging the anus, you can loosen up the sphincter muscle and introduce the notion of penetration.
3. Go slow
Whether you're inserting a pinky finger or a penis, go slow and find your groove. If you're topping, going slow allows your man's body to acclimate to the sensation of being penetrated. And, if you're bottoming, you'll appreciate the extra time to adjust to his length and girth.
Yes, when porn stars shove it in and go straight to pound town, it's hot AF. but, in reality, it can be uncomfortable and ruin the whole experience. So, or the sake of the hole, slow your roll.
4. Reach around
If you're the one playing the hole, distract your man with a reach around. This technique works particularly well if he's on his hands and knees (aka in table position). Here's what you should do: As you work his hole with your fingers, reach around and tease his shaft, balls and taint with your other hand.
It will drive him wild and take his mind off your fingers that secretly slipped inside.
5. Rim don't ram
This one is self-explanatory. For tops and bottoms alike, it's strangely tempting to ram it (your penis, a finger, etc.) in and get right to the rough stuff. Unless you're into receiving or inflicting pain, don't do it. Even if the bottom is ready to be penetrated, a forceful entry can make taking it too painful. So, regardless of your weapon of choice, rim the edge and carefully insert whatever your welding into the hole. Also, before you start poking around back there, lube up. Lube is your best friend
6. Communicate
Communication is key to just about everything. When it comes to sex, it's vital. Whether you're catching or pitching, ask your partner what feels good and before you perform any crazy maneuvers, talk to your man. Butt play is a lot more fun if you're communicative.
7. Take fiber
If you're not into douching but want to be somewhat clean, add extra fiber to your diet. The easiest way to increase your fiber intake is to add a supplement like Pure for Men to your regime. The ingredients in Pure for Men act like a broom and sweep out your insides. A clean butt breeds confidence, which makes it a lot easier to let someone put their finger up your ass.
8. Relax
The most important thing to know about butt play is that relaxing is fundamental. You have to relax. If you're tense or uncomfortable about ass play, you or your partner could get hurt. So, unwind, grab some lube and explore your backdoor.
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Good low-budget option
Simple and no-nonsense use, Rotating lens with laser leveling
Good image quality
Lightweight body and offers a decent number of recording options
Best wearable camcorder ever
Inexpensive, Rugged build
Waterproof casing and some mounts provided
Robust and waterproof to 10m
Detailed video, Rugged design, Good iOS app
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Easy to start recording
Low price, Good image quality
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Have you had some technical difficulties when trying to play GTA Online the past few weeks? Rockstar understands your pain, and wants to make it up to you with some free in-game cash.
Due to a variety of issues that have plagued the launch of Grand Theft Auto 5's GTA Online, Rockstar has decided to offer a stimulus package to every person who's played the game at least once in October. Two different deposits of $250,000 will be made to each player's account, for a grand total of $500,000. That's not exactly chump change, and should give plenty of players the necessary funds to splurge on a new apartment or high-end car.
Rockstar understands there have been plenty of players who've lost characters, rank and cash due to the issues, and is hoping this move smooths things over after the rocky GTA Online launch. There will be a patch released next week, which Rockstar hopes will address the remaining issues with online connectivity. Following that patch, Rockstar will deliver the first installment of cash, with the second deposit due by the end of October. Another announcement will be made when the cash is ready, so we'll update you all as soon as we hear more.


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By Hindustan Times
After trying her hand at singing for her film London, Paris, New York, actress Aditi Rao Hydari says she is keen to do an item song in her next project. The Murder 3 star, who is a trained classical dancer and began her career with dance based Tamil film Sringaram, feels she is fit for
raunchy dance numbers.
"I would love to do an item number. The song should be raunchy and it should have some desi and fun beats. Since I am a trained classical dancer, I will be able to do justice to it. I have never been vocal about my singing abilities but I am always ready to present my dancing skills," Aditi told PTI.
Aditi Rao Hydari feels she is fit for raunchy dance numbers.
In her last outing, Vishesh Bhatt's Murder 3, she opted for the role of vivacious Rashmi because she wanted to be a part of thriller.
"I feel lucky to have been a part of the film. I love my character because it celebrates life. It is a very strong character and being a part of Bhatt's production is a dream come true. When Vishesh offered me the role, I could not
believe it," she said.
Having begun her career in Bollywood with a small role in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Delhi 6, Aditi proved herself with films like Yeh Saali Zindagi, Rockstar and London, Paris, New York. She feels that she is a dark horse in the industry.
"I didn't have any godfather in the industry and had to prove myself with each film. I didn't get that great a launch as an actress but slowly and steadily I made my presence felt in the industry. I feel I am the dark horse in this race," she said.
The actress will be seen next in Akshay Kumar starrer Naam Hai Boss, which is the remake of Malayalam hit Pokkiri Raja.


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Kentucky Chautauqua Presents Abraham Lincoln: "I, Too, Am A Kentuckian" at SCC on February 13
The Somerset Community College Student Government Association, together with Kentucky Chautauqua, will present Abraham Lincoln: "I, too, am a Kentuckian" at Somerset Community College, Meece Auditorium, on February 13, 2014 at 12:30 p.m. The Meece Auditorium is located in the Meece Building on the SCC Somerset North Campus, 808 Monticello Street, Somerset. The event is free and open to the public.
Born on a farm in what is now LaRue County, Kentucky, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) spent his early years in the Commonwealth. When he was seven, his family moved to Indiana, and later Illinois. But, as his brilliance and burning political ambition carried him to the presidency and greatness - a panel of historians recently chose him as the most influential American who ever lived - Lincoln always had connections with his native state.
In his law office in Springfield, Ill., he had a partner, William "Billy" Herndon, who hailed from Greensburg, Ky. His best friend in Springfield was Joshua Speed from Louisville. His wife, Mary, was from Lexington, a daughter of the prominent Todd family. And his political role model, a friend of the Todd family, was the Kentucky statesman Henry Clay. During the Civil War, Lincoln was unpopular in Kentucky, but when he said, "I, too, am a Kentuckian," no one could dispute it.
Though he never came close to winning Kentucky in a presidential election, and was reviled by some of the state's most outspoken residents, Lincoln always regarded Kentucky with affection and he never lost sight of its strategic importance in the Civil War.
"I think to lose Kentucky," Lincoln said, "is the same as to lost the whole game. Kentucky gone we cannot hold Missouri, nor I think Maryland."
Lincoln read Kentucky newspapers, knew the thinking of opinion leaders, and was sensitive to the state's strong attachment to the institution of slavery. Despite imposing a sometimes harsh military rule, he was able to keep Kentucky in the Union, but few Kentuckians thanked him for it until after he was dead.
Jim Sayre of Lawrenceburg portrays Abraham Lincoln for Kentucky Chautauqua. A retired transportation manager, Sayre has been studying and portraying the great president for several decades.
Kentucky Chautauqua is an exclusive presentation of the Kentucky Humanities Council, Inc. with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and from: Christina Lee Brown, the Brown-Forman Corporation, the Cralle Foundation, the Honorable Order of the Kentucky Colonels, Lindsey Wilson College, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, PNC Bank in Lexington, Scripps Howard Foundation, Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America, Inc., Union College, WCPO-TV and Western Kentucky University.
The Kentucky Humanities Council is a non-profit Kentucky corporation affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities. It is not a state agency, but is a proud partner of Kentucky's Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet. For information, visit www.kyhumanities.org or call (859) 257-5932.


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On this day in 1984, virologist Robert Gallo and his co-workers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health published four groundbreaking papers in Science in which they provided persuasive evidence that AIDS is caused by a retrovirus. Three of the papers dealt with the isolation and partial characterization of the retrovirus, which the researchers called HTLV-3. The Gallo team showed, for example, that the virus could be detected in nearly half of 97 individuals who either had AIDS or were at high risk of developing the disease, but in only one of 22 clinically normal homosexuals and in none of the 115 healthy heterosexuals tested.
The fourth paper described a method of testing for the presence of antibodies to HTLV-3 in human blood. Such a test had the potential to be a major moneymaker because there previously had been no definitive way of diagnosing AIDS, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) had applied for a patent on the Gallo team's method a month earlier.
The papers and the patent application sparked controversy, however. Scientists at the Pasteur Institute in Paris argued that Gallo had essentially reisolated the same virus, called LAV, that the Pasteur's Luc Montagnier had previously linked to AIDS and had sent to Gallo's team for study a couple of years earlier. And indeed, subsequent sequencing of the genomes of Gallo's and Montagnier's viruses showed they were sufficiently similar to be identical. The patent dispute was settled when Montagnier and Gallo agreed to be listed on the patent as co-discoverers of the retrovirus, which was renamed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by an international committee. The Science papers were also at the center of a long-running scientific misconduct investigation that led to charges that some details were misstated. Those charges were finally thrown out in 1993 by an HHS appeals board.


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By Hindustan Times
Director: Priyadarshan
Cast: Jackky Bhagnani, Priya Anand, Rajpal Yadav , Amitosh Nagpal, Vijay Verma
Plot: Remake of the Tamil film Naadodigal [2009], which was remade in various Indian languages subsequently, Rangrezz is essentially a tale of friendship, with a love story integrated in the plotline. The film narrates the story of three friends who attempt to unite another friend with his lady-love. In the process, each of them loses something precious. Consequently, the trio gets a rude shock when they realize that the hardships they encountered to unite the lovers has proved meaningless, as the lovers decide to go separate ways owing to differences.
Taran Adarsh, Bollywood Hunagama
Rating: **
Rangrezz narrates the story of three friends who attempt to unite another friend with his lady-love. In the process, each of them loses something precious. Consequently, the trio gets a rude shock when they realize that the hardships they encountered to unite the lovers has proved meaningless, as the lovers decide to go separate ways owing to differences.
A simplistic plot, humble setting and straight-forward storytelling… Rangrezz arrives without the usual frills and trappings of a masala movie. The story is not path-breaking, but what works -- in the first hour at least -- is the realistic milieu and the age-old philosophy that enduring friendship can overcome all odds, with friends standing by each other through thick and thin. Priyadarshan and writer Mushtaq Shiekh incorporate a number of sequences that stay with you -- some sweet, some true-to-life, some funny. The entire kidnap drama prior to the intermission is simply outstanding and raises [monumental] expectations from the second hour.
Like all Priyadarshan movies, Rangrezz has been filmed very well, although I wish to add, the director's newer lot of movies, for some reason, appear like a diluted version of his earlier accomplished works. There's no denying that Priyadarshan is an incredible storyteller and a major part of the first hour has his by-now-famous stamp, but how one wishes the second hour was as captivating. The soundtrack compliments the narrative well. 'Govinda Aale Re' and 'Shambho Shiv Shambho' are energetic, while 'Gangnam Style' [placed towards the end credits] is already popular with one and all. Santosh Sivan's cinematography is striking. The color tones catch your attention instantaneously. The dialogue [Manisha Korde], especially those delivered by Rajpal Yadav, are wonderful.
Verdict: On the whole, Rangrezz has an impressive first half, but loses focus in the post-interval portions. One definitely expected more!
Tushar Joshi, DNA
Rating: *1/2
Don't be fooled by this simplistic story. The screenplay springs up a major surprise in the second half when every thing you watched and believed in is rubbished off.In fact the climax and the events leading to it are full of WTF moments which will numb your senses beyond belief. Add to it a bunch of supporting actors (a hamming politician whose loudUP dialect matches her garish lipstick, Rajpal Yadav doing what he's done in every Priyadarshan film) dragging down the pace making the proceedings unbearable.
While the motive might be sincere, the execution lacks the same sentiment. There are too many parallel plots, unnecessary diversions, songs that pop up like burnt toasts, and dialogues that read out of a rejected TV soaps pilot episode.Among the cast, Vijay Verma has the right spunk and effervescence. Amitosh Nagpal is earnest in his approach but is marred by a half baked character. Jackky Bhagnani seems at ease playing Rishi.
Gangnam Style comes right at the end, so sit through the credit roll if watching the desification of Psy's infectious hit gets those hips shaking!
Verdict: Priyadarshan loses track mid way and instead of exploring new ground often falls back on his tried and tested formula which seems outdated
Mohar Basu, Koimoi
Rating: **
The script scores for it's wonderfully thought climax. I was especially impressed with the writer's creative bent to conceive a thought provoking and unusual take on otherwise rather delved into concept of love and relationships. There is a good blend of intelligence and drama. It is the film's melodrama that makes it a tad bit too unbearable. Selflessly getting maimed and ending up handicapped for people that they don't know at all is something you wouldn't want to buy. Whilst the happy ending element has been taken too seriously, not to mention that cliché is reemphasized stronger in the film. Besides that for the climax alone, the film is worth it. Picking up pace in the second half, the film does get much better towards the end.
Jackky Bhagnani has improved manifolds since his last on screen venture
The film's dramatic hilt is entirely woven by him straw by straw and despite bordering on preaching, it safely remains in the domain of dramatic. The screenplay could have been penned down better and does not do enough justice to the film's script.
Verdict: Rangrezz does its best to enthuse a fresh perspective on the clichéd tale of love, which is commendable. However, the movie fails for its lusterless screenplay and dull stars that leave the audiences famished despite an intriguing plot.
Madhureeta Mukherjee, TOI
Rating: **1/2
'Rangrezz', Priyadarshan's remake of a Tamil film, has a story without a convincing purpose, point or plan. There are ample well-shot scenes ( Santosh Sivan), good performances (strong supporting cast) and sweet moments; though the film shows little bit of everything and doesn't leave you with much. There's too much of goodness, topped with diatribes and dialoguebaazi on dil, dosti love, lust, and shaadi. The second half goes awry, the story loses steam and characters lose colour.
Jackky performs earnestly, showing far more promise and confidence since his previous films. The rowdiest of them all, Pakkya, is a surprise and his character stands out. Priya Anand is likeable and bubbly in her bit role.Rajpal Yadav does his usual madcap comedy.
Verdict: The boy buddies put in their best, but this film could have done with a dash more ofcolour.
Ankur Pathak, Rediff
Rangrezz (remake of Tamil hit Naadodigal) is a powerful film about three seemingly aimless youngsters living in the chawls of Mumbai [ Images ], who are blinded by the idea of friendship, and see nothing wrong in risking their lives in the name of friendship. Rangrezz is a powerful social drama that brims with the urgency of the young and the audacious. Its ideology may be deeply flawed but perhaps that's the point the film is trying to make: being clueless; and often misguided while being young is probably the right way towards self-discovery.


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Silver Fiber Art kit Sampler, wool Angelina firestar, Felting Spinning, blending board fiber, Silver palette,Silver roving, Saori Weaving
Need to expand your felting palette for a particular project? This is the perfect way to do so--and buy just what you need--We've already done the dyeing, blending, sorting for you!
This listing is one of the most versatile purchases you can make for your felting repertoire. Please tell us in the notes what it is that you are looking for.
*This listing is for multiple blends of silver by the ounce, total.*
You will get 6-20 teeny batts in a variety of shades, tints and fibers all starting with the color that you choose. These take a good bit of effort to prep and sort, so ... if you want an ounce of one, basic, commercially or hand dyed color, take a look at these listings:
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Labyrinth: The History of the Maze
Labyrinth: The History of the Maze Previous Broadcasts
KQED 9: Tue, Aug 20, 2013 -- 11:00 PM
This documentary traces the development of the Maze in religion, art, horticulture and architecture. This remarkable journey's guide is the renowned maze designer and builder Adrian Fisher. Find out why the challenge of the maze is almost irresistible. For centuries, from the famed Labyrinth of Crete to the stately gardens of medieval England, these larger-than-life puzzles have symbolized mankind's search for eternal truths. Today mazes continue to draw us in, daring us to solve ancient riddles as we tread their perplexing pathways.
Enter the world of the labyrinth. Discover the secret meanings and religious significance of the maze, and visit some of the most astounding and beautiful examples of this mystical art form. Spectacular gardens, ancient vistas, and bedeviling modern designs are woven into a rich story of art, myth and spiritual discovery. In-depth interviews with labyrinth expert Rev. Dr. Lauren Artress are featured. A fascinating journey awaits all who enter the complex world of the Labyrinth.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED 9: Sun, Aug 25, 2013 -- 2:02 PM
- KQED Life: Thu, Aug 22, 2013 -- 4:00 AM
- KQED Life: Wed, Aug 21, 2013 -- 10:00 PM
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The annual Easter egg hunt will once again take place on Sunday at Laguna Beach High School's baseball field.
The Easter Bunny will stop by at 12:30 p.m. for pictures. The egg hunt — some 2,000 eggs will be filled with candy and then hidden — will start promptly at 1 p.m. on the field of the high school, 625 Park Ave.
The event, sponsored by Laguna Beach American Legion Post 222 and the Women's Auxiliary, is free and open to children 9 and younger.
Several church services also will take place this weekend in town:
•The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will host Easter Sunday service at 10:30 a.m. at the church, 429 Cypress Drive. The church will celebrate with the ritual of Flower Communion. Bring a single flower to worship and participate in Flower Communion.
•Good Friday service will take place at 7 p.m. at Church of the Sea, 468 Legion St. The church will host an Easter sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. at the end of Moulton Meadows Park, at Balboa and Capistrano avenues. An Easter Sunday service also will take place at the church from 8:30 a.m. and 10: 30 a.m.
•Neighborhood Congregational Church will host an Easter sunrise worship at 6:30 a.m. at Alta Laguna Park, just off Alta Laguna Boulevard near the Top of the World neighborhood. Easter Sunday service also will take place at 10 a.m. at the church, 340 St. Ann's Drive. Following that, at 11:15 a.m., the church will host an Easter egg hunt on the church's playground.
•St. Mary's Episcopal Church will host a 5:30 a.m. Easter service vigil and 10:30 a.m. Easter service. Both are at the church, 428 Park Ave.
•Laguna Presbyterian Church hosts a Good Friday service at noon at the church, 415 Forest Ave. Easter services are at 8 a.m., 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. at the church.
•The Laguna Beach United Methodist Church will host Easter services at 6 a.m. at Main Beach and 10 a.m. at the church, 21632 Wesley Drive.
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Ramen experience worth the wait: Saka-ba! on the Plateau offers a treat to the tastebuds from start to finish
Casual Restos: Saka-ba!
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Phone: 514-507-9885
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Wheelchair accessible: One step up
Vegetarian friendly: Edamame, kimchee and salads
Open: Sun.-Tues. 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., Thurs.-Sat. 5 p.m. to midnight, closed Weds.
Price range: Starters and sides $4 to $7.50; ramen $10 to $14, desserts $4.50 to $5.50
MONTREAL – The long lineup, annoying as it was, boded well for a real ramen experience. "Just like in Japan," my friend from Nagoya commented as we stood squished in the entryway. When the crowd moved forward, it brought us closer to the vintage pachinko machine mounted on the far wall. This mechanized gambling game, in which steel balls work through a labyrinth, is sort of a hybrid slot machine and pinball machine. Although this one is no longer functional, it was easy to see how it could have been a real yen sucker, and a precursor to video lottery terminals. (Apparently, my friend told me, you can't legally win money in Japan; instead you get a prize, and there's usually a store next door where you can exchange it for cold, hard cash.)
Our expectations were high going in to Saka-ba! This ramen bar and isakaya was opened in February by Junichi Ikematsu, the Kyoto-born chef behind Laurier Avenue restaurant Juni, which so elegantly combines fine Japanese and French sensibilities. If many folks in the queue were happy to have his stamp on this menu (the kitchen here is overseen by Diana Panaram), many were just happy to have ramen in their neighbourhood. Fortunately, the turnover was quick, which might in part be attributed to the bar stools: the triangular cowboy-saddles don't exactly encourage customers to linger — besides, lingering is not the ramen way. The rest of the decor is slick and slightly raucous, including red-stained counters, a rotary dial phone behind the bar, comic character murals and cute piggy staff T-shirts, as if we needed more proof that Japan is the land of cute T-shirts. In the on-view kitchen at the end of the room, overhead lamps cast a flattering light over the proceedings.
To start, we popped open a little jar of superb daikon kimchee, the fermented radish needle-sharp amid acid and chilies. The seaweed salad was fresh and feathery, with chewy splotches of green and pale green wakame sitting prettily on the plate. Then came curry beignets, which sounded kind of crazy and gleefully lived up to that: baseball doughnuts that contained a treasure of sweet and heartily spiced pork inside, served with some kind of figgy jam on the side. I completely enjoyed these.
While hearty bowls of ramen noodle soup are the main attraction, they weren't the standouts of our meal. A revered dish in its home country, it has in recent years developed a cult following far afield — although it's not that easy to get a really great example of it on these shores. Saka-ba! was full of promise, but somehow the broths were too clean, and didn't quite deliver the slurping sloppy sloshfest of enjoyment we were anticipating. The one I liked best, and I really liked it, was the lobster and pork broth with miso. It had hints of the richness of a bisque, slow-cooked meatiness for staying power on the tongue and added depth from the miso. It was certainly the most complex of three. The shoyu, made with pork and soy, left a lingering film on the tongue, but left me wanting more — more salt among other things (and I rarely say that in restaurants), more flavour, more shoyu maybe, more fishy dashi. Most lacking was the chicken, pale, thin and as self-effacing as won ton soup bouillon. Toppings hit the mark: green onions, corn kernels, sprouts, bamboo shoots, just-cooked bright-yolked eggs. Char-sui, a Chinese-style pork that Japan adopted along with the springy yellow noodles, was tender and luscious with braised belly fat.
There was more to come for us, though, including a superlative yakitori set off by a mustardy slaw. Alternating chunks of chicken thigh and onions, grilled on a stick and sprinkled with sesame seeds, they tasted not just of the sweet-salty glaze they were brushed with but also of the poultry itself — organic, double happiness. (When you can actually taste chicken meat, you realize how often you don't really taste it, which is sort of scary.)
The gyoza, dumplings of near-translucent dough that showed off flecks of green from the minced pork and cabbage filling, were ultra-fresh and fried on one side. It's true that I haven't met much Japanese fried chicken that I didn't like, but Saka-ba!'s karaage was a moist and nibbly pleasure, upped with mayo and fish roe dip on the side.
Desserts also set it apart in the local isakaya scene. A cleverly repatriated tiramisu consisted of mochi powdered with chocolate and oozing adzuki bean paste and cream. Batonettes of cheesecake (dense, rather than the featherweight Japanese type), served with ginger ice cream, were made unfathomably delicious with a topping of ultra-aromatic bittersweet sunny yuzu marmalade.
Clearly, there are deft hands at work at Saka-ba! — maybe I'd expected the ramen to be transformative (or transportative, as in back to Tokyo), but I left wishing it had been, well, dirtier somehow.
Still, the moments of Juni-level savvy and style throughout the meal were appreciated, and with the liquor licence in place, and the menu continuing to evolve, those lineups will only get longer.
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Cupertino, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/08/2014 -- Ultriva, a leading supply chain execution software company, will host the Ultriva Customer Conference on May 14-15 in Cupertino, CA. Ultriva's CEO Narayan Laksham will give a presentation regarding End to End Pull (E2E) and Multi-Tier Supply Chain Visibility. Attending the conference will be representatives from aerospace, automotive, biotechnology, healthcare equipment, and manufacturing companies. Laksham noted, "The Ultriva Customer Conference is a great time to engage with our current customer base, share best practices, and get their invaluable feedback on our upcoming features."
The two-day conference will feature upcoming Ultriva features and enhancements, including the expanded capabilities of the Quality Management System (QMS). Ultriva's QMS module fills a gap that allows manufacturers to integrate the nonconformity process as an integral part of supply chain management.
Ultriva, provider of cloud-based Supply Chain Collaboration and Execution solutions that promote lean manufacturing and pioneer of E2E was founded in 1999 to provide software solutions to companies that were struggling with demand volatility, unreliable suppliers, and forecast based planning systems.
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Ultriva's (http://www.ultriva.com) cloud-based platform leverages and seamlessly integrates with leading ERP and MRP systems, to deliver an end to end pull based replenishment model. Ultriva, based in Cupertino, CA, implemented a global demand driven manufacturing model by providing full visibility, scheduling, and sequencing of production of customer orders. The need for a collaborative transactional portal is essential and E2E (End to End) Pull allows large multi-national manufacturers to actively collaborate with customers for actual demand and synchronize with suppliers for replenishment. E2E Pull offers a better solution to balancing supply with customer demand through procurement strategies, materials and inventory policies tied to actual demand signals. Many suppliers want to provide sufficient service levels to customers and turn supply replenishment and synchronization into a competitive advantage. The company's global footprint is increasing rapidly with implementations in wide variety of industry sectors and enterprises such as ATK, CareFusion, Emerson, Ingersoll Rand, McKesson, Magellan, Regal Beloit, Thermo Fisher and more. Follow Ultriva on Twitter at @Ultriva.
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"Taken 2" will hold its rivals hostage at this box office this weekend, as the kidnapping thriller is expected to claim the No. 1 spot at the multiplex.
The action film starring Liam Neeson will likely debut with an excellent sum of between $45 million and $50 million, according to those who have seen pre-release audience surveys. However, Twentieth Century Fox, the studio distributing the movie, is projecting a lower but still solid opening of around $35 million.
Behind "Taken 2," two animated 3-D pictures will battle for the runner-up position. Tim Burton's stop-motion black-and-white "Frankenweenie" could start off with roughly $20 million in ticket sales, about as much as the similarly monster-themed "Hotel Transylvania" is expected to take in during its second weekend in theaters.
After a robust launch in limited release last weekend, meanwhile, "Pitch Perfect" will expand to theaters nationwide. The a capella comedy, which grossed $5.1 million from 335 locations during its first three days in theaters, may collect an additional $16 million this weekend.
When it opened back in 2009, the original "Taken" was a surprise hit, taking in a strong $24.7 million on Super Bowl weekend -- a traditionally dismal weekend for ticket sales. The film's French writer and producer Luc Besson had not planned for the movie to spawn a franchise. But Fox urged him to reconsider, since the original -- in which the Neeson character did battle with bad guys to liberate his kidnapped daughter -- ended up collecting $145 million domestically.
The second film, in which Neeson's former CIA operative is himself kidnapped, was co-financed by Fox and Besson's Europa Corp. for about $45 million. The first film had a budget of under $30 million, but the cost of the sequel increased due to a longer production schedule and an increase in pay for Neeson.
Prior to "Taken," the 60-year-old Irish actor appeared as a supporting player a variety of films ranging from "Batman Begins" to "Love Actually." But since "Taken," the actor has emerged as one of Hollywood's leading action heroes, appearing in "The Clash of the Titans" series, "Unknown" and "The Grey."
This weekend, "Taken 2" will debut in 27 foreign countries, including China and the United Kingdom. So far, the film has opened in South Korea and grossed $6.4 million, already outpacing what the original made in the country three years ago.
"Frankenweenie" was originally a short film Burton made in 1984 about a boy who brings his beloved dog back to life using science -- a la Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein." The writer-director is no stranger to stop-motion animation, having worked on both "A Nightmare Before Christmas" and "Corpse Bride." While "Christmas" did well back in 1993, "Bride" only collected a so-so $53.4 million upon its 2005 release. However, Burton is coming off a flop, after his big-budget live-action flick "Dark Shadows," starring Johnny Depp, disappointed in theaters in May.
Financed by Walt Disney Pictures for about $39 million, "Frankenweenie" has the strongest reviews of any of the weekend's wide releases.
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Two Perth Festival light artists take us far beyond the incandescent glow of digitised art, says 720 cultural correspondent Victoria Laurie.
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The more light, the greater illumination and clarity of an image. Stands to reason? Well, artist-engineer Jim Campbell has thought deeply about how human beings perceive things, and he knows that our eyes need the merest hint to conjure up an image. Less becomes more inside the workings of our own heads.
If you don't believe it, take a visit to Scattered Light, the temporary public artwork in Kings Park that San Francisco-based Campbell has brought to the Perth International Arts Festival. You will find yourself admiring a gently swaying curtain of old-style light globes; close up, you are bathed in soft, flickering light, as if walking through a cave of electric glow worms.
But move away a few dozen metres, and the flicker merges into a pattern resembling black ghosts chasing each other across a blurry cinema screen. Take off your glasses, or scrunch your eyes up a little, and oddly the pattern becomes clearer - you see human beings striding purposefully across a public space somewhere on earth. I guess it is a railway station, which turns out to be right - Campbell recorded the original scene at Grand Central Station, in New York.
It's not as if Campbell couldn't have programmed an ultra-crisp image with his 1600 dangling light bulbs (actually LED lights neatly inserted into old-fashioned globes). He created some of the world's first interactive video artworks before anyone had really coined the term; his work is held in America's most prestigious collections. He has degrees in both mathematics and engineering, so this artist-geek has a formidable grasp of gadgetry and scientific innovation.
But like all great artists, his mastery of technique serves his artistic intentions. Visiting Perth briefly, this modest and convivial speaker stood in front of his artwork to explain that he wants his images to be "more felt than seen." He appeared to be delighted when viewers walked among the thicket of globes, gently touching and taking pictures with their mobile phones. "And it's all done using less power than a toaster," Campbell says proudly.
Grazia Toderi's visions are heavenly and often orbital, drawing inspiration from satellite pictures of earth and the 'blip, blip, blip' trail of light that marks its passage across the night sky. Her medium is, quite literally, light itself.
It's impossible to convey how beautiful are the shimmering spheres and terrestrial night views on display at John Curtin Gallery, on Curtin University campus. You need to stand before them, watching millions of points of light merge and extinguish as they appear to congeal into heaving seas or heavenly constellations.
Italian-born Toderi taps into something elemental; you feel as if you are witness to the birth of a planet, or the death of a star cluster. And standing before the pulsating light screens makes you acutely aware of the enveloping darkness.
Toderi was inspired, like Stanley Kubrick's film 2001:Space Odyssey, by the space race. As you enter the gallery, you are confronted by 'Rendez-vous', the mesmerising sight of two giant space modules orbiting inside a Baroque Italian dome. John Curtin Gallery's curator Chris Malcolm observes of another Toderi work, 'Apollo', that it "frames a rectangular void of absolute blackness beyond, reminiscent of the terrifying vacuum of Kubrick's deep space."
The power of light is a theme of Perth's arts festival, which runs through February into early March. Light shows are also breaking out at the University of Western Australia, where Winthrop Hall has become a screen onto which a spectacular centenary sound and light show, by Illuminart, is showing. Large campus trees are lit up with giant faces, the work of visual artist Craig Walsh.
But the biggest light show in town - and potentially the best - is the night view of Perth from Kings Park. Just imagine if mayor Lisa Scaffidi and the City of Perth commissioned Campbell or Toderi, or both, to choreograph millions of office LEDs and incandescent neon into a unified spectacle of image-forming light. Then, just as astronaut John Glenn in his US space shuttle first noted in 1966, Perth could become 'The City of Light' once more.


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A heavyweight bout between Pat Barry (8-5 MMA, 5-5 UFC) and Shawn Jordan (14-4 MMA, 2-1 UFC) is the latest addition to the recently announced UFC 161 card.
Officials today announced the bout, confirming a report from winnipegfreepress.com. They also confirmed a bout MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) first reported: welterweights Jake Shields (27-6-1 MMA, 2-2 UFC) vs. Tyron Woodley (11-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC).
UFC 161 takes place June 15 at MTS Centre in Winnipeg and marks the UFC's debut in the Canadian city. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FX and Facebook.
It's not clear where Barry vs. Jordan and Shields vs. Woodley will be placed on the lineup.
Barry recently avoided a fourth loss in five fights, as well as a potential UFC release, after scoring a "Knockout of the Night" bonus in a win over Shane Del Rosario. It accounted for the veteran kickboxer's seventh knockout in eight career wins, and it followed recent losses to Cheick Kongo, Stefan Struve and Lavar Johnson.
Jordan, meanwhile, recently scored a TKO win over Mike Russow to move to 3-1 over his past four fights. The former Strikeforce and Bellator fighter, who also won a national title with LSU's football team in 2007, scored Zuffa wins over Johnson (submission) and Oli Thompson (TKO) before the Russow victory.
The latest UFC 161 card now includes:
- Renan Barao vs. Eddie Wineland – for interim bantamweight title
- Rashad Evans vs. Dan Henderson
- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Mauricio Rua
- Jake Shields vs. Tyron Woodley
- Patrick Barry vs. Shawn Jordan
- Stipe Miocic vs. Soa Palelei
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Elsie Stanley Allison
Mrs. Elsie Stanley Allison, 80, of Mayflower, died Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013, at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock.
Mrs. Allison was a native of Ashley County and a resident of Mayflower since 1979. She graduated from Fountain Hill High School in 1950.
She worked for Safeway/Harvest Foods for 30 years and she was a member of the Arkansas Association of Business Women, a member of the Eden Baptist Church and an avid Razorback fan.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Quentin Lester Allison, in 1986; her parents, Elmer and Eva Agnes Bolin Stanley; a son-in-law, Bob Cockerham Sr.; and a great-granddaughter, Caroline Wilson.
She is survived by her children, Steve Allison and wife Kathy, of Lowell, Stan Allison and wife Robin, of Bella Vista, Ted Allison of Benton, Randy Allison and wife Cheryl, of Bryant and Nancy Cockerham of Mayflower; three brothers, Glendol Stanley and wife Mary of Beekman, Louisiana, Roma Carroll Stanley and wife Mary Carolyn of Fountain Hill, Hershal Stanley and wife Margie of Mayflower; two sisters, Judy Mace and husband Jerry of Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Dianne Stephenson and husband Glynn of Lufkin, Texas; 14 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.
Graveside service and burial will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 30, at Eden Cemetery with Bobby Cockerham Jr. officiating.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, at the home of Randy Allison, 4103 Millbrook Drive, Bryant, AR 72002.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Eden Baptist Church, 3748 Highway 133 North, Hamburg, AR 71646.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Jones-Hartshorn Funeral Home of Hamburg.
Online guest book: www.jones-hartshorn.com.


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May, 2008
An Interview with Steve Hauser, M.D.Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology
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Q: You recently reported evidence from a clinical trial that suggests rituximab (Rituxan), an FDA-approved drug used to treat lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis, may offer an important new therapy for people with multiple sclerosis. Rituximab targets B cells, whereas all other MS therapies target T cells, long considered the primary culprit in MS. What does this work suggest about the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis?
A: This represents a paradigm shift in our understanding of what triggers focal inflammation and the acute flares and attacks in multiple sclerosis. It puts B cells at the center of the scheme.
It is really thrilling to have what could be a potent new treatment for relapsing MS. Whether this will be the case or not will obviously depend upon the longer-term phase 3 studies, which will tell us whether the drug is efficacious with repeated courses of therapy and if the safety profile seen in this study remains favorable over the long term. But there is no question that these results demonstrate that B-cell involvement is really central to the inflammatory phase of MS.
What's most exciting to me about this work is that it illustrates beautifully how critical it is to test our ideas about multiple sclerosis in real people. Models of the disease have been enormously informative in directing our thinking about the cause of MS and in driving the wave of therapies that we now have. But ultimately, any basic science ideas related to MS must be informed by the testing of those ideas in people with MS. That's where the rubber meets the road. That's where the concepts either have validity and relevance to people living with MS or are merely biologically interesting but not clinically relevant.
Q: What led you to want to test a B cell-targeted therapy, when the majority of MS therapeutics research was focused on T cells?
A: It's taken nearly 20 years of research to get us to this point. Two lines of evidence, from animal models and people with MS, led us to zero in on B cells. The first was the demonstration by our group in San Francisco, as well as by a group in Europe, that the demyelination seen in an animal model of MS that we had developed to better replicate the human disease was mediated by autoantibodies that were deposited on the surface of the disintegrating myelin membrane.
We then moved from the animal model back into human tissue and demonstrated, with Cedric Raine at Albert Einstein [College of Medicine], that a similar phenomenon was at play in human MS plaques. Based on that observation, others subsequently were able to elute the specific auto- antibodies from human MS tissue.
Armed with those twin discoveries—that autoantibodies were required to create a truly MS-like lesion and that autoantibodies are present on degenerating myelin lesions in people with MS—we went to Genentech, which had developed this drug, rituximab, which was active against B-cell lymphoma. Rituximab was and still is the only FDA-approved therapy that targets B cells selectively. We were interested in it because B cells are in the cell lineage pathway responsible for autoantibody production: they are progenitors for plasma cells, and plasma cells make antibodies. We didn't have a therapy against plasma cells, but with rituximab, we had one against B cells. I presented our data, both in the animal model and in MS tissue, to Genentech and suggested that we explore whether rituximab would be effective in MS, based on the hypothesis that knocking out B cells would ultimately knock out the autoantibodies we were targeting.
I think that Genentech was rightly skeptical of this hypothesis, and it took some time to convince them. The question was, would a treatment that was so downstream of the autoantibody—targeting the B cell but not the plasma cell—be effective? But persistence paid off and Genentech made a major commitment. In retrospect, they gambled and embarked on two major trials [the second is in primary progressive MS; data will be unblinded in late spring 2008].
Q: Were you surprised by the clinical trial results?
A: The big surprise was that the beneficial effect was so rapid. We had originally planned for a study with re-treatment and longer follow-up, but the FDA wouldn't permit this. They asked us to design a shorter study, so we had to set the primary endpoint at six months with follow-up for one year. We were concerned that this would not be enough time to show a clinical benefit, because we not only wanted to deplete B cells and plasma cells, but ultimately to deplete autoantibodies, which we knew would take some time.
When we saw that the beneficial effect seemed to be almost immediate, this was as stunning as the positive result itself. It means that the beneficial effects of rituximab are almost certainly due to a direct effect on the B cell itself, and not to an effect on the autoantibodies.
Q: How does this clinical finding impact basic science research in MS?
A: What I love about the rituximab data is that it not only teaches about the validity of our laboratory models of the disease, but it also gives us new and surprising information that we can then take back to the laboratory. Based on this work, we now know that B cells are absolutely essential to MS pathogenesis. Now, we need to go back to the laboratory to understand why.
There is some recent B-cell data that really is quite exciting, showing that B cells may work in lymph nodes by picking up immune complexes from macrophages and transporting those immune complexes to the medulla (the middle) of the lymph node, where they are then transferred to dendritic cells for presentation to T cells. So the benefits we're seeing with this B-cell therapy may relate to interference with this role B cells play in activating T cells.
We also know, based on beautiful preliminary work by others, that when B cells return after they've been ablated by rituximab, they are less inflammatory. This suggests they may be reprogrammed. We need to explore all of these research avenues further. We need to understand why these cells appear to be at the center of the genesis of MS attacks.
Q: You have been an advocate for improving opportunities for and engendering the next generation of physician-scientists. Why should the public care about there being enough of this cross-breed of clinician and medical researcher?
A: In some ways, I think the rituximab experience is a poster child for why a cadre of clinician-scientists is important in the healthcare arena. Clinician-scientists are focused on bringing ideas from the laboratory to the clinic and then pollinating the laboratory environment with insights and questions that can only be obtained from bedside contact with real patients.
If we are going to make progress against the most complex common diseases, it is essential that we reconstitute each generation of clinician-scientists. We don't need many; maybe 750–1,000 a year. But this is a group under threat. Those of us with gray hair are concerned that we are not bringing in enough ambitious, smart, and creative newcomers to the field of medical science.
Among the many issues that factor into this shortage are the impossibly long training period, which for laboratory physician-scientists can be 22 years after high school; the low salaries throughout this period; the debt that is incurred; the pessimism of senior faculty fueled by diminishing NIH funding opportunities; and the crisis in the healthcare delivery system, which makes the physician-scientist's life on the clinical side of the academic medical center more difficult.
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Benghazi attack timeline shows military response to Libya
WASHINGTON — New Pentagon details show that the first U.S. military unit arrived in Libya more than 15 hours after the attack on the consulate in Benghazi was over, and four Americans, including the ambassador, were dead.
A Defense Department timeline obtained by The Associated Press underscores how far the military response lagged behind the Sept. 11 attack, due largely to the long distances the commando teams had to travel to get to Libya.
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and his top military adviser were notified of the attack about 50 minutes after it began and were about to head into a previously scheduled meeting with President Barack Obama. The meeting quickly turned into a discussion of potential responses to the unfolding situation in Benghazi, where militants had surrounded the consulate and set it on fire. The first wave of the attack at the consulate lasted less than two hours.
Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed in the attack. Intelligence, State Department and military officials have released details on the response in an effort to answer Republican criticism that the administration was holding back what and when it knew about the assault.
Panetta and other defense officials have repeatedly said that they did not have armed aircraft or military teams near Benghazi that could have gotten there quickly.
But there have been persistent questions about whether the Pentagon should have moved more rapidly to get troops into Libya or had units closer to the area as the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America approached. In particular, there was at least a 19-hour gap between the time when Panetta first ordered military units to prepare to deploy — between midnight and 2 a.m. local time in Tripoli — and the time a Marine anti-terrorism team landed in Tripoli, which as just before 9 p.m.
A senior defense official on Friday said forces were at the ready around the globe, but it took time to assess the murky situation, evaluate the threats, put plans in place and get the teams there. With the situation on the ground rapidly evolving, military officials have said there were a number of potential scenarios that had to be evaluated, including concerns that the violence could continue for some time or there could be a hostage situation to which commandos might have to respond.
In a letter to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Friday, Panetta specifically addressed the claim that the military could have dispatched armed unmanned aerial vehicles, AC-130 gunships or fighter jets to thwart the attack. Such aircraft were not in the region and not an effective option, he said.


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Are you a Twitter fan? Do you love using the service so much that you could see yourself playing a social game? Liquid Daffodil, the makers behind glƏƏk! and more, has developed Tweepgods (www.liquiddaffodil.com/tweepgods), which may be of interest to you. Tweepgods is such a title that's now available on the Windows Store (and soon arriving for Windows Phone).
So what's it all about? Well, we feel as though the official store description can help out there:
"Become a Master of the Twitterverse by taking captive Tweeps and Tags in the wildly addictive Social phenomenon tweepgods! Where your Tweeps become a 'captive audience'! Capture users and make them your 'Underlings', take ownership of Twitter Hashtags, and then increase your godly Omniscience by claiming their use and activity on Twitter! Start your path to full on Twitterverse domination now, you won't be sorry…gods never are!"
But should that be overwhelming for you, then fear not as it took us a few minutes to know exactly what's going on and how to work everything. Once the app is launched, you're to log into your Twitter account, which will provide you with some JeezUps! (think of this as in-game "credits"). The primary goal is to increase your omniscience and gain power. Much power!
A brief tutorial is displayed to get you started, which can be accessed using F1 key at any point.
The interface is actually fairly clean once you're used to functionality present within the app. Searches for tweeps (users) and tags can be achieved on the left-hand side, while all purchased bits and bobs are displayed under "Underlings" and "Tags". You can 'buy' other Twitter users and hashtags, so long as they're not owned by anyone else.
You can then view the activity of Tags or Underlings. The more the hashtags are used, or the more active that user is on Twitter, the more power and omniscience is accumulated. Of course, this means the popular tags are probably already gone, but try and get in there when something happens on Twitter and watch the results.
What's great about Tweepgods is the synchronisation between Windows 8 and Windows Phone. It's entirely up-to-date as soon as you pick it up on either platform. Both apps also make full use of in-app purchases.
You may be thinking, "so I can purchase Underlings, etc. but only if they're not already owned? That's slightly limiting the gameplay a little, right?" Yes, and we'd agree there. Luckily, it's being addressed in a coming update this week:
- Allow users to steal from others (which would solve the above issue)
- Allow Underlings to Escape
- An "Auction Block" for Underlings and Tags that you want to "sell"
There are plans to turn this into a fully functional social marketplace of some sort. It's an interesting concept and one to keep an eye on to see where progress takes Tweepgods in the future. The Windows 8 version is currently free for 24 hours. The developer has asked those who download and enjoy the game to rate it, and for users who have feedback to contact them via support. After the free period is over the app will sell for $1.99.
You can download Tweepgod from the Windows Store for free (next 24 hours - $1.99 after). We expect the Windows Phone version to be released within a number of days. We'll update with links when available.
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Subject: Counterfeit Cashier's Checks
Date: March 30, 2007
Description: First National Community Bank
Counterfeit Cashier's Checks of First National Community Bank, Dunmore, PA
To: Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks; All State Banking Authorities; Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Director, Office of Thrift Supervision; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy Comptrollers (districts); Assistant Deputy Comptrollers; District Counsel; and All Examining Personnel
The above-named bank has reported that counterfeit cashier's checks issued in the bank's name and using a correct routing number of 031303132 are being presented for payment nationwide in connection with a lottery scam.
While the counterfeit items have a strong resemblance to the authentic items, the counterfeit checks may be identified by the following: the instruments are of unknown color, contain 6-digit serial numbers, and include the following security statement within the top border: "FOR SECURITY PURPOSES, THE FACE OF THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS A COLORED BACKGROUND AND MICROPRINTING IN THE BORDER." The following statement is found in the bottom border: "THE REVERSE SIDE OF THIS DOCUMENT INCLUDES A UNIQUE CHECK IDENTIFY BAR CODE AND AN ARTIFICIAL WATERMARK – HOLD AT AN ANGLE TO VIEW."
Items presented to date have been made payable in the amounts of $2,850.00, $2895.93 and $2950.00 and have contained the following incorrect account numbers: 63-1124346, 74-1124346, 94-1124346 and 108-1124346. Due to possible variations of appearance and information, it is suggested that First National Community Bank officials be contacted to verify the authenticity of the bank's official items, if received from an unknown or questionable source.
Correspondence accompanying the checks may contain the letterhead of "Ideal Games Incorporated, 5012 E. Thomas Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85018." The letter alerts the recipient that he or she is the winner of a prize sponsored by "Publisher's Clearing House, Reader's Digest, and Online Games." Recipients are urged to contact contest managers Emma Wright at 613-255-2709 or Steve Bailey / Rose Daniel at 204-887-5478 prior to a specific deadline. Note that both telephone numbers are of Canadian origin. The letter further states that the enclosed check is to be used to pay "State" surcharges. The correspondence is signed by Perma Wilson, Payments Director.
For additional information and guidance and to verify the authenticity of First National Community Bank's cashier's checks, please contact Sheila Hallinan, Deposit Operations Manager, 102 E. Drinker Street, Dunmore, PA 18512, by telephone at (570) 348-6429, by fax at (570) 348-6414, or via e-mail at [firstname.lastname@example.com].
Consumers who receive a counterfeit item and associated material should file complaints with the following agencies:
Additional information concerning this matter that you believe should be brought to the attention of the OCC may be forwarded to:
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
For additional information regarding other types of financial fraud, please visit the OCC's anti-fraud resource at: https://www.occ.gov/topics/consumer-protection/fraud-resources/index-fraud-resources.html.
Richard C. Stearns


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One common concern about the Republican tax overhaul is that it has weakened the country's ability to combat the next recession. Some experts worry that the tax-cut driven increase in the budget...
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Jay Barse of Watertown Facing Murder Charge in Death of Toddler
WATERTOWN - Authorities have filed a second-degree murder charge against a South Dakota man arrested for abusing a toddler who later died.
Twenty-five-year-old Jay Barse, of Watertown, was arrested Wednesday on an aggravated battery charge after police responded to a report of an unconscious child at his home.
Fourteen-month-old Serenity Seaboy was taken to a Watertown hospital Wednesday and then airlifted to a Sioux Falls hospital, where the toddler died from head trauma.
KWAT radio reports that the new charge was filed Friday. It was not immediately clear if Barse had obtained a lawyer. He's being held on $50,000 bond and is not expected to make a court appearance until next week.
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Dale Rodgie needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 52 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
Aziom Web Design
We specialise in web programming - providing customers with customised CMS for their web sites. We are also moving into turn-key sites and email marketing. Our products include:
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Out target market in small to medium businesses. Most of our clients have limited computer skills and want a solution that is easy to use.
The winning entry needs to be a layered Photoshop file. It needs to be a clean and uncluttered design but modern. The width should be no more than 970 pixels wide.
I have attached a design I have been working on - New-Web-Site-Design.jpg. I am looking for something fresh - without the green/purple stripes.
Some of the example sites I have included include Flash but I don't want Flash use in the design.
I have attached a design I have been working on - New-Web-Site-Design.jpg. It will give you an idea on what I want in terms of what information I need displayed on the page, however, I would like to lose the green/purple stripes.
The page needs to contain:
- horizontal main menu
- News or Blog section with links to XML feed, YouTube and Twitter
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Nation's Top 50 Biggest Banks by Assets Stay Little Changed
The nation's top banks by assets aren't shifting around much. Probably because there's no M&A.
During the third quarter there was only one change among the 18 biggest banks by assets, according to SNL Financial: Capital One and PNC Financial swapped places, with Capital One becoming the 8th biggest and PNC the 9th.
There was another bit of shuffling occurred between banks 19 to 24, but that far down the list is dramatically smaller than the top banks.
Here are SNL's rankings for the third quarter, which includes pending M&A deals and transactions that have closed since Sept. 30.