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By Jeff Jenkins • For Roane Newspapers
West Hills Presbyterian Church, at 506 West Hills Drive in Harriman, will celebrate its 50th anniversary in April.
A reunion celebration is planned for April 19, with a special worship service at 10:30 a.m. and catered reunion meal to follow.
Former members and worshippers are invited to attend this special celebration.
Contact the church at 882-6640 or email@example.com for information and to RSVP.
Roane County Cooperative Ministries will continue its April 1 tradition next week by kicking off its Garden Grants program.
The program helps pay for starting a vegetable garden. Grants can be used to cover the cost of seeds, plants and one bag of fertilizer.
Harriman Music Club's annual community Palm Sunday service will start at 2:30 p.m. March 29 in Rockwood United Methodist Church.
The church is at 801 N. Kingston Ave.
"Vocal and instrumental soloists, ensembles and choirs from the community churches and schools will provide musical selections in remembrance of this day," said Julianne Bailey, Harriman Music Club spokeswoman.
"Please plan to attend this uplifting performance."
Harriman Music Club was founded more than 100 years ago.
Calvary's Blend from Chattanooga will be this month's special guests for Rockwood's Singing in the City, hosted by Victorious.
The free concert will start at 6 p.m. March 28 in Rockwood Event Center at 116 W. Rockwood St.
The Roane County Travelers Band will perform some of Gospel music's old-time favorites.
Refreshments are available in the dinner-theater-style setting.
Call Dudley Evans at 245-8152 for details.
Three women who are respected church mothers in their congregations were recently honored for their impact on their communities.
Progressive Citizens of Roane County, a new entity in the area, selected Minnie Love, Lillian Eskridge and Alma Fletcher for Distinguished Citizen Awards and honored them at an event at Harriman's Bazeltown Baptist Church.
Love, known for her fighting spirit, was recognized with the Distinguished Citizen Award for determination.
Two events at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Harriman will mark the beginning of preparation for the most important holy day of the Christian Year — Easter.
On Tuesday, Feb. 17, an annual feast of pancakes will be served from 5 to 7 p.m.
The following day, traditional Ash Wednesday services will be at noon and 7 p.m.
Post Oak Baptist Church, Rockwood, welcomes Jimmy Turpin as the church's new pastor.
Turpin and his wife, Tammy, have two children, Cheyenne and Dakota.
The church is on Joiner Hollow Road.
Health educator Walt Cross of Newport will present a free Old Mountain Remedies workshop from 6 to 8:45 p.m. Feb. 12 in the fellowship hall of Roane Seventh-day Adventist Church at 336 Patton Lane.
The needs of East Tennessee families were cared for with old-mountain remedies for generations. From golden-seal to corn silk, these herbs were and continue to be common medications.
The Episcopal Churchwomen of the Diocese of East Tennessee will present a symposium on the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the ordination of women in the Episcopal Church.
"Telling the Stories" will be on Feb. 21 in Knoxville's Episcopal Church of the Ascension at 800 Northshore Drive.
Registration begins at 9 a.m. The program starts with coffee and pastries at 9:30.
Thanks in part to televangelists, Christian worship services centered on healing have gotten a bad rap in recent years.
"We need to learn to re-embrace this tradition," said Chuck Griffin, pastor of Luminary United Methodist Church in Ten Mile.
"Christ healed people as evidence of the kingdom's presence in this world," Griffin said, "and Christ continues to heal through the Holy Spirit today."
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Superstar Beyonce helped First Lady Michelle Obama celebrate her 50th birthday in style by staging a special performance at the White House on Saturday night.
President Barack Obama's wife hit the age milestone on Friday and they marked the occasion with a big party at the White House on Saturday, when guests including musicians Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Herbie Hancock, Mary J. Blige and Gladys Knight, actor Samuel L. Jackson and basketball legend Earvin 'Magic' Johnson danced the night away to sets by Beyonce, John Legend and Jennifer Hudson.
Speaking to reporters at the end of the bash, Robinson said, "We were here for the First Lady's birthday and that was the highlight, and the president gave a wonderful, wonderful speech about her, and then Beyonce performed and wow."
The Crazy In Love hitmaker shared a few photos from her White House engagement on her Tumblr.com blog on Sunday, with one image showing the singer in a gold mini-dress as she sits beside the Obamas' pet pooch, Sunny, and another depicting her two-year-old daughter Blue Ivy petting the dog.
Beyonce and her rapper husband Jay Z have grown close to the Obamas in recent years – the beauty performed at the President's first inaugural ball in 2009 and at his swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol last year.
She has also worked with Michelle on her Let's Move campaign against childhood obesity since 2011, reworking the lyrics to her hit Get Me Bodied to encourage kids to get on their feet and get exercising.
Superstar Beyonce helped First Lady Michelle Obama celebrate her 50th birthday in style by staging a special performance at the White House on Saturday night.

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Microsoft wanted a tablet done right, so the company figured it'd give it a try.
CEO Steve Ballmer announced the Microsoft "Surface" family of tablet devices Monday in Los Angeles, a move that sends a clear warning shot across the Apple iPad's bow.
The device is currently slated to come in two versions, one running Microsoft's tablet-specific Windows RT and a power-user version that will run Windows 8. For comparison to the iPad, the 10.6" ClearType HD display is just shy of an inch larger than the latest generation of the Apple tablet. The thickness of the Windows RT version of the Surface is almost exactly the same as the iPad's, while the heft of the RT version is also almost identical to the iPad's. The Windows 8 version of the Surface, however weighs in at a full nine ounces more than the standard iPad.
Where the Surface breaks apart from what one would expect in a tablet is how quickly it transforms into something that looks a lot like a netbook. Both versions of the device have a "Touch Cover" keyboard that attaches to the bottom of the device, adding only millimeters to the Surface's thickness but allowing an expansion in functionality that may have kept some away from tablets until now. In addition to the ability to type on the go, the Windows 8 version will also have a stylus.
Combined with the flip-open keyboard cover, the Surface's built-in kickstand also solves one of the conundrums that hampers tablet-users who want to dive deep into a document or watch a video for an extended amount of time. There are a plethora of after-market stands for existing tablets, but the fold-away stand that comes with the Surface allows it to morph into a productivity machine more so than a toy, a criticism PC loyalists have often lobbed toward the iPad.
The Microsoft way of doing things usually means building software and operating systems that can be mixed and matched with different hardware systems, but Surface is a 100 percent Redmond venture, both in hardware and software. The iPad, which is a proprietary, closed environment carefully maintained by Apple, has asserted dominance in consumer tablets largely because of its ability to control the end-to-end user experience. Microsoft is making a bold step to take a bite out of Apple's market share in tablets using a philosophy as old as the Apple Macintosh. It's also a philosophy that has been successful for the Microsoft Xbox gaming console.
The price and release date for Surface were not revealed by Microsoft on Monday, but it's a safe bet that information will not be far behind this fall's Windows 8 operating system release.


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What are the known methods for visualizing quantum states of one-dimensional spin chains? They can be based either on their wave functions or density matrices.
My particular interest is in plotting eigenstates of 1D spin chains (e.g. Heisenberg model) in a way in which correlations between particles are related to the self-similarity of the image.
As a side note, I found a Wikipedia Commons image with its description on the topic (a thumbnail below). However, it is not supported neither by a peer reviewed publication nor by a decent preprint. The only text related is extremely drafty.
However, I'm the most interested in published results, and even more when they relate properties of the image to the properties of the state.


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Looking a bit like an old Civil War Ironclad, the $7 billion DDG 1000 USS Zumwalt will focus on land attacks, relying heavily on its advanced stealth technology to slip in close to shore before unleashing its massive onboard arsenal.
Originally estimated to cost about $3.8 billion, the Zumwalt has so much technology crammed on board that its cost has nearly doubled, and after the first three are built, production will stop.
In addition the Zumwalt will be built to receive the Navy's new electromagnetic rail-gun that can fire projectiles at over five times the speed of sound.
Defense analyst Jay Korman says "They were looking to introduce so many new technologies at once, and the cost ballooned." Korman works with the Avascent Group concluded, "I don't think people have changed their minds that it's a capable ship. It's just too expensive."


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Same here -- I guess it's what your definition of dark horse is, relative to a team's seed
Yahoo! Sports collected 3,329,638 bracket entries this year. And of that total, guess how many perfect brackets there were?
Kraftster wrote:My auction team.
Ben McLemore - $9 (Kansas)
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Chane Behanan - $5 (Louisville)
Angel Rodriguez - $3 (K State)
Davante Gardner - $3 (Marq)
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Drake, Rihanna + Chris Brown Have More Internet, Instagram and Twitter Drama
Maybe Chris Brown's father was right about his relationship with Rihanna. The tumultuous twosome have more drama, unsurprisingly involving Drake and social networking. Hey, they're nothing if not consistent, right?
Life & Style reports that Rihanna began following Drizzy at 3AM on Saturday morning (April 27). Breezy responded by unfollowing the 'Stay' singer.
This could all be a coincidence, but given this threesome's history, that's pretty unlikely.
Two weeks ago, Drake shaded Rihanna and spilled dirt on Brown, telling a radio show, "His insecurities are the reason I make better music than him … I'm more poppin' than him." He continued, "At one point the woman he loves fell into my lap and I did what a real n—- would do and treated her with respect." Exactly what's respectful about airing dirty laundry in public remains unclear, but who knows with this group?
Brown has addressed his Drake beef through song, but keeps it simple interview-wise when asked about the 'Started From the Bottom' rapper. "People just don't like certain people," he said. "He don't like me. I don't like him."
RiRi previously called Drake an "a--hole" at the MTV Video Music Awards, but apparently he can't be that bad if she's lurking his pics.
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As Though I Had Been There
1. Once Jesus sat upon a hill and taught a multitude
Of faith and love and peace and joy—He taught them to do good.
2. Once Nephi, Alma, Samuel, John were prophets God had sent.
They taught His children faith and hope; They taught them to repent.
The scriptures bring these words to me as though I had been there,
And when I read them, I can feel my Savior's tender care.
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The first photo is looking towards the rest of the cemetery and shows a lot of the space between the stones and of course the broken stones.
The Fellows family interacted with the Goss in the Huntington Twp., Luzerne Co., PA area. Nathaniel Goss (1817-1887 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery) married Harriett Fellows on 15 July 1875. He married twice another wife was Lucy Fuller. He was the son of Nathaniel Goss Jr. and Thankful Forbes. He is the grandson of Nathaniel Goss and Hannah Scott Goss.
Harriet's father was Andrus Fellows and here is his tombstone:
|Andrus Fellows (1792 to 1877)
|Sally (Smith) Fellows (1793 to 1872)
A smaller stone for Lewis Fellows
|Lewis Fellows (1827 to 1830)
Sarah and Abiel Fellows stones
|Sarah (1802-1868) and Abiel M. Fellows (1800 to 1845)
Capt. William Tubbs tombstone is next. There might be a connection to the Goss family?
|Capt. William Tubbs (1807-1865)
I am not up on the Fellows and Tubbs family, I just knew there were possible connections both family and land.


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Hey! Don't forget to take pictures! We're expecting a full report with photos when you all get back. Have a fun, safe trip! :)
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Hey! Don't forget to take pictures! We're expecting a full report with photos when you all get back. Have a fun, safe trip! :)
I'm charging up both cameras and will bring both. Maybe I know how to work them now????
Yeah, don't forget photographing the eastern approach and writing down the directions. :)
We came, we saw, we left....
Ted and the Girls took a bunch of pics. Maybe they will post them for our enjoyment.
Due to a navigation error we made a complete circuit around the town and ended up coming up the same way Tsarevna did. Which by the way is do-able (if it's a Tacoma Prerunner, the ground clearance and wheel travel will get you through) in a 2wd truck. The Girls suffered a flat tire near the town and we had to limp out to pavement before putting the temp spare on. My air tank held enuf air to fill it up a time or two on the way.
All in all a great day. I'm going back this fall with my 4X4 when there's about 6" to a foot of snow on the ground. Should make for a really neat trip with some really neat pics..... RON
Ahh! Home sweet home! I made it home Thursday, but have been busy since then.
This was the first part of the vacation and pretty much got us ready for anything else we encountered the rest of the time;)
As Ron stated, it was a bit of a struggle with navigation and the flat tire, but totally worth it. The place in Cali actually fixed the tire for free too!! We met so many friendly people (Ron and Ted especially) out in California/Nevada.
We wouldn't have made it out without Ron and his air tank and my friend and I will be forever in his debt. As soon as life gets caught up a bit, I will post all of the pictures and get my thank yous out to Ron and Ted....
p.s., the trip up that mountain (either way really) is not for the faint of heart. My friend and I were remarking that most women would have been bawling!
Well.....hurry up!
Wow this is weird. Cot an e-mail for a reply to this thread. This was a great trip we all had. Got turned around on the eastern access and onderwoman had a flat but still alot of fun. Onderwoman or GS Ron if your out there I'd like to hear from you.


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Turkey's Istanbul is one of the largest cities in the world with over 13,000,000 inhabitants.
Being largest is nothing new for this great city. For centuries old Constantinople was also on the top list of world contenders.
Now urban renewal is changing the landscape as Turkey experiences an urban renewal boom.
The Christian Science Monitor reports on the response of urban poor and minorities as some are being forced from their homes and businesses : Poor, minorities push back against booming Turkey's urban renewal.
Poor, minorities push back against booming Turkey's urban renewal
The economic boom in Turkey that is driving urban renewal is also forcing many minorities and the poor from their homes. Now, some are fighting back with lawsuits.
By Alexander Christie-Miller, Correspondent / May 9, 2011
Izmir, Turkey
Standing in his gutted cafe, Ahmet Bulut ponders his sudden transformation from proud shop owner to scrap-metal gatherer.
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His Kurdish neighborhood, situated in this picturesque city overlooking the Aegean Sea, is being torn down to make way for a park and recreation area. He was paid 40,000 Turkish lira ($25,000) for his cafe and two apartments, but it was not enough for him to afford one of the new apartments built down the road.
Now he and scores of others comb the rubble, salvaging whatever they can find of value. "This is a terrible way to live," he says. "We are making our living from the destruction of our own community."
The demolition of Mr. Bulut's neighborhood of Imariye is the latest in a series of urban-renewal programs driven by Turkey's rapid modernization.
While the economic boom is elevating the quality of life for many, critics say that authorities are driving some of the country's most persecuted communities further into poverty, while yielding handsome profits for developers and authorities.
Former residents like Bulut are offered housing on the fringes of cities, but the price tag is often too high. Now, urban planners and residents are fighting back with lawsuits both in Turkey and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
"In many cases there's no next step offered for these people," says Andrew Gardner, Turkey researcher for Amnesty International. "The fact that people [who] the state doesn't like are getting their rights violated isn't a coincidence."
In Ankara alone, around 74,000 acres of land are subject to planned, ongoing, or recently completed urban-renewal programs.
The most controversial project to date was the demolition of the Sulukule district of Istanbul, a poor area near the city center that has been home to a community of Roma since the Byzantine era. Sulukule was torn down to build luxury villas.
The target of another forced gentrification plan is Tarlabasi, close to the city's central Taksim Square, a poor but vibrant neighborhood of Kurds, Roma, and an unlikely community of transgendered sex workers.
Squatters now on prime land
The main targets are the country's semilegal squatter communities known as "gecekondus," meaning "settled at night." They were built under cover of darkness or on weekends. Once the builders occupy their homes, Turkish law prevents them from being summarily evicted.
From the 1950s onward, successive governments have legalized many of the neighborhoods. But now they lie on what has become prime real estate, attracting developers and prompting municipalities to level them.
An amendment to Turkey's property law that was approved last year has concentrated far more power in the hands of the country's housing development administration, known by its Turkish acronym, TOKI.
"This new law is giving unlimited scope to TOKI to take property from people without caring what happens to them," says Umit Ozcan, general secretary of Turkey's Chamber of Urban Planners. "Under the Turkish Constitution, people have a right to protection of housing."
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Red Wings lose again at home, fall to PredatorsNHL.com @NHLdotcom
The Detroit Red Wings' woes at Joe Louis Arena continued Tuesday night.
Marek Mazanec stopped all 27 shots he faced for his first NHL shutout to lead the Nashville Predators to a 2-0 win against the Red Wings, who have now lost their past eight home games (0-2-6).
"They didn't have a lot of good opportunities," Mazanec said. "Our defense played great."
The Red Wings hadn't lost eight in a row in Detroit since Nov. 19, 1986, through Dec. 20, 1986.
Mazanec, 22, was Nashville's sixth-round pick (No. 179) at the 2012 NHL Draft. He made his fifth NHL appearance Tuesday.
"He's catching up to the level," Predators coach Barry Trotz said of his goaltender. "He's confident after seeing some of the best players in the world. When you start facing those guys on a regular basis, you're going to feel a little bit more confident if you have success."
Shea Weber broke a scoreless tie via the power play with 4.8 seconds remaining in the second period. With Red Wings forward Drew Miller in the box for hooking, Weber took a pass from David Legwand and ripped a slap shot from the point past Jimmy Howard to give the Predators a 1-0 lead. It was Weber's sixth goal of the season.
"That was a huge goal," Trotz said. "We're in Detroit and they've got guys like [Pavel] Datsyuk and [Henrik] Zetterberg. They're dangerous."
Gabriel Bourque's goal at 7:13 of the third gave Nashville a 2-0 lead. With the teams at even strength, Viktor Stalberg intercepted Niklas Kronwall's clearing attempt at center ice, skated into the Detroit zone and fired a wrister from the slot that went wide and off the end boards. The puck bounced back in front, and Bourque swatted it past Howard for his fifth goal of the season.
Howard stopped 25 of 27 shots for Detroit.
"It's just a frustrating time for us right now," Howard said. "It doesn't seem like anything's going our way out there, but you've got to go out there and work for your breaks. I don't think it's lack of trying or lack of effort. I think we've just got to dig in a little bit harder around the net and not squeeze our sticks so tight."
Red Wings defenseman Danny DeKeyser left less than four minutes into the game after being hit into the boards by Predators forward Patric Hornqvist. The Red Wings announced during the first intermission that DeKeyser would not return. Coach Mike Babcock said afterwards that DeKeyser will be "out for a bit" and "definitely won't play this week."
Detroit general manager Ken Holland told the team's website that DeKeyser will have tests on Wednesday to determine the severity of the injury.
The 23-year-old entered Tuesday with two goals and seven assists in 21 games this season.
"You know he means a lot to this team," Kronwall said. "He's been one of our better players all season long. We'll see how he is and hopefully he'll be back soon."
Detroit will play at home again Thursday night against the Carolina Hurricanes.
Nashville, which has won back-to-back games after losing four straight, will visit the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday.
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With all the Halo action going on right now, I've been relishing the chance to play through a shooter that has nothing to do with the Chief: the latest incarnation of the Medal of Honor series, Airborne. While I'll save my full thoughts for the mini-review coming later this week, I wanted to wax about the game's most significant departure from the WWII FPS norm: parachuting.
Airborne focuses on the 82nd Airborne division, and the game's approach to missions is rather unique. Instead of having linear levels, Airborne's missions are completely designed as arenas. At the beginning of each mission—and after each death—you'll need to parachute in and move to your objectives from wherever you land. This is neat, in the sense that you pick where you land and work from there.
However, the problem that arises is the completely unresponsive parachute controls. Airborne is not the first title in the Medal of Honor franchise to use this mechanic: the Wii title Vanguard did as well. Vanguard's parachuting mechanics were fun (if underutilized) and provided excellent control—they stood out from the rest of the rather rough package. In contrast, the same aspect of Airborne falters significantly. It's hard to land exactly where you want to—in an unrealistic way, mind you—and that trumps the added dimension of having to properly land on your feet by flaring or greasing the drop. The game touts your ability to land anywhere on the map, but then denies you that capability.
This lack of control is significant in that parachuting is one of the core constituents of the game. There are times in the harder levels where you'll jump again and again and again, and not being able to land even close to where you're aiming for. Add in snipers trying to shoot you down, and you have a recipe for frustration. Perhaps mapping the control nuances of the Wii remote to the Xbox 360 controller just didn't work out.


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Bud Hentzen, co-founder of Kansas City based charity Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (CFCA), died November 30. The 30 year old charity he helped found has served more than 650,000 children and aging through their tremendously successful sponsorship program which matches donors with individual children and other beneficiaries worldwide.
Hentzen was 83 and news of his death in Wichita was sent out today by CFCA's Carlos Casas.
CFCA has a low-profile compared to other well-known Catholic and Christian charities, but it has grown to be one of the largest because of the trust its sponsors have in the organization and the loyalty they continuously prove to deserve.
Hentzen was a tremendous Catholic – K of C, Serra, Holy Sepulchre, 9 kids and 52 grand and great grandkids. May he rest in peace and may his efforts continue to prosper to the benefit of God's children in need. In lieu of flowers, please join CFCA. Instructions are in the release below:
CFCA co-founder Bud Hentzen dies at 83
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Dec.2, 2011) — Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (CFCA), a lay Catholic organization based in Kansas City, Kan., is mourning the passing of co-founder Bernard A. "Bud" Hentzen. Hentzen died Nov. 30, 2011, in Wichita. He was 83.
Hentzen, along with three siblings, CFCA President Bob Hentzen, the late Jim Hentzen and Nadine Pearce, and their friend, the late Jerry Tolle, founded CFCA in 1981 to help provide much-needed assistance to families living in extreme poverty in developing countries.
"Bud was the face of CFCA to many of the church institutions — Catholic Press Association, Knights of Columbus, Serra Club," said Scott Wasserman, chief governing officer of the CFCA governing board.
Through the years, Hentzen remained an active member of CFCA and recently traveled to Kansas City to attend a board meeting and celebrate the organization's 30th anniversary.
Hentzen served CFCA in various capacities, most recently as director emeritus on the governing board. His contributions helped the organization grow from a small home-based charity into one of the 200 largest U.S. nonprofit organizations listed by Forbes. Since CFCA's founding, sponsors and donors have contributed more than $1 billion in total revenue, resulting in more than 650,000 children, youth and aging persons and their families being served through the sponsorship program.
Hentzen was an active member of the Wichita community through his involvement in various local organizations, including Catholic organizations such as the Knights of Columbus, Serra Club and Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, a pontifical society entrusted with preserving Christian sites in the Holy Land.
Hentzen is survived by his wife, Joanne Wilkes Hentzen; nine children; and 52 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A daughter, Kitty Bircher, preceded him in death.
A funeral Mass for Hentzen will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 5, at St. Jude Catholic Church in Wichita.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to CFCA. Donations can be made directly through the CFCA website at www.hopeforafamily.org.
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With Retirement of Christie, Ive Will Continue His Expansion Into Software
Apple Inc.'s star designer Jonathan Ive is expanding his empire.
In an internal email, Apple said Greg Christie, who led the company's "human interface" team that designs software for its products, is retiring, according to people who have seen the email.
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Professor Sennur Ulukus (ECE/ISR) received a $400K wireless security grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The award is a joint 4-year grant between Ulukus and her two colleagues, Aylin Yener from Pennsylvania State University and Randall Berry from Northwestern University, totaling $1.2 million.
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The purpose of this thread is to allow fans of the Muv-Luv Universe to more-freely discuss and speculate about the military tactics, world history, and geo-political situation in the world. Particularly, this topic may be of interest to viewers of Total Eclipse anime who wish to have more information about the world shown in the anime beyond what is covered expressly in the story. It is being split off so that anime-only viewers who do not wish to have this extra information (that could be considered a spoiler) can choose to ignore it.
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2. There actually is a lot more unity, since they do have a common enemy. But their strategies against that enemy conflict a lot, with some groups wanting to use special technology to fight the BETA head on, and others wanting to bomb the hell out of them. So while there aren't much of outright wars between countries, there is much political tension and sneaky underhanded tactics going on.
3. I think they are immune to radiation, or at least largely unaffected. But they can be easily killed by the force of a nuke.
|2012-07-11, 10:31
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Then why does they just nuke them? its really funny when they let it land on earth and also they let it spread on the planet. If their are nukes then it can be used even if not as powerful as of today's world.
I just can't take it seriously that they are focusing their strength on mech's that I can only see firing guns and getting killed and also cost big money if they can just send the fasted fighter plane their is and do a bombing of this bugs.
|2012-07-11, 10:33
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I guess I'll take this opportunity to answer the nuke thing.
2. The United States learned from the mistakes that the Soviets and Chinese made, and when another BETA Hive landing unit arrived from the Moon they promptly hit it with a bunch of ICBMs before it had a chance to start deploying any BETA units in substantial quantities, let alone any Lasers, thus turning half of Canada into an irradiated wasteland in order to save the rest of Canada and the Americas from a BETA incursion from the north. Though the nations of the world ostensibly cooperate against the BETA, there's still an unhealthy dose of the typical human infighting, intolerance of differing political ideologies, attempted power grabs and so on under the surface that can flare up from time to time. For a non-spoileriffic example, the United States and USSR still have their nuclear arsenals pointed at each other, ready to turn each other into a smoking wasteland, with the US being in full 1950s red scare paranoia willing to quietly interfere with other nations' domestic affairs to safeguard the homeland mode.
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3. The BETA are pretty much immune to radiation, though the heat and shockwave of nuclear explosions will kill them just fine. The problem then lies in delivery of the nuke that doesn't result in it getting lasered. The US develops xenotech-powered gravity-warping G-bombs that can't be touched by lasers thanks to gravity warp fields, but these cause permanent distortions in the Earth's gravitational field when they go off, so are kind of undesirable and were only ever deployed twice as of 2001 (the year Muv-Luv Unlimited/Alternative and Total Eclipse main plot starts).
TSFs sent on Hive infiltration missions are all equipped with an S-11, a bomb with yield equivalent to an average tactical nuke, which can be deployed normally (intended to be used to destroy the Reactor at the deepest part of the Hive, rendering the Hive incapable of maintaining a BETA population) or used as a suicide device if need be.
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So it is not possible snipe Laser class a la Evangelion style? I just hard for me to imagine human didn't try to capture few of those things to figure out how they determine targets and wether it is possible to reproduce their lasers and have our own cuddly laser class on a stick. Or shields that distort, absorb, reflect their beams.
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By observation they have managed to determine that Lasers will assign somewhat higher priority to more advanced tech that gets thrown at them compared to less advanced, so they'd prefer to shoot at a TSF than at an armored car, and prefer to shoot at a nuclear missile than to shoot at an artillery shell.
Long distance sniping's too much of a hassle to pull off safely, if you have a line of sight to them they have a line of sight to you and you get a faceful of laser, so they prefer to launch massive artillery bombardment from over the other side of the horizon (hence the horizon acts as cover between the lasers and your battleships and artillery), with a large number of the shells filled with heavy metal dust that explode into big heavy metal clouds upon getting lasered, which helps to reduce laser intensity and allow more shells to get through than they otherwise would have had. Then TSFs close the distance while making use of their high mobility to use the other BETA for cover (since Lasers will never ever shoot at other BETA) while tanks and artillery continue to shell the battlefield, and make the Lasers a priority target in addition to their mission of killing all the BETA they can. In that way it could be said that TSFs bring the air campaign down to the ground, making use of high mobility and speed to kill high priority targets to support other ground units while in turn being supported by said ground units. Ideally, once all the lasers in the area are dead, they can call in airborne bombing runs and chopper support, giving them a decisive advantage in that battle.
The big "capture BETA and figure out what makes them tick" program, Alternative II, ended in failure when they failed to figure out anything substantial about BETA physiology from studying captured specimens, at the cost of many lives in the attempt to capture and contain live specimens for study.
Aside from said heavy metal clouds that help to reduce laser intensity, TSFs are also covered with anti-laser ablative coating that can survive up to around 3 to 5 seconds worth of direct full power Lux laser exposure, and detection of initial laser contact with the coating triggers alarms in the pilot's cockpit warning the pilot to evade out of the beam's path/get to cover immediately, or if the pilot chooses the TSF computer can attempt to auto-evade upon detection. Stops the lasers from being a one-hit instant kill, so to speak, but if said anti-laser coating is burned away completely or was never present, the laser is powerful enough to cause armor to instantly flash to plasma, causing a plasma explosion.
For some reason this vital anti-laser coating wasn't depicted in Episode 2 of the anime, instead lasers caused instadeaths. I wonder why. The ablative coating can't be all that recent an innovation as of 2001.
They also have the gravitational distortion fields created by BETA tech powered Moorcock-Lechte engines that are used in the aforementioned G-bombs that render them untouchable to lasers by bending/distorting them, but also have the somewhat undesirable effect of turning any living thing inside the field to tomato sauce in all their previous attempts to make a vehicle shielded by said fields thanks to incapability to precisely control the shape of the field. Combined with how limited their stockpile of BETA-manufactured G-elements (essentially super science phlebotnium that the humans can't figure out how to replicate) is (it's only found at the very deepest part of BETA Hives, and they only had any at all because they nuked the Canada landing unit then scavenged them from its remains, it's unfeasible to attempt to make use of them to add deflector shields to TSFs.
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|2012-07-11, 12:07
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|2012-07-11, 13:24
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^but that's the problem when they manage to spread onto the earth. Why they didn't stop it when its still in the moon? I think it will be a lot faster and safer though I'm not sure if nuking the moon is a good move. Its hard to deal with them now that they have massive numbers and still increasing. The thing that's been a problem is their HUGE NUMBER and not their ability itself yet (though the anime only show yet soldier, laser, destroyer, grabber and that fort though I don't see it fight)
The mechs prove to be a match to them but resources are a problem when building it and the pilots that pilots it. Plus it can't be mass produced like thus big bugs.
|2012-07-11, 13:58
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By the way, landmines were used in great numbers on Oder-Neisse defensive line, protecting the east borderline of DDR in "Schwarzesmaken".
That was long prepared fortification line with man-made swamps at riwersides, concrete bunkers with artillery and PTRK, tank positions and so on.
There were special interwals where destroer-class were lured to mine fields and flanking fire.
On this defence line NNA - East German Nationale Volksarmee - could stop BETA for years. But not forever.
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|2012-07-11, 14:09
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By the way, landmines were used in great numbers on Oder-Neisse defensive line, protecting the east borderline of DDR in "Schwarzesmaken".
That was long prepared fortification line with man-made swamps at riwersides, concrete bunkers with artillery and PTRK, tank positions and so on.
There were special interwals where destroer-class were lured to mine fields and flanking fire.
On this defence line NNA - East German Nationale Volksarmee - could stop BETA for years. But not forever.
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And if they managed to take out a hive, then reinforcing BETA wouldn't be an issue, right? What's the dealio with hives? Have they tried mass-nuking them? Or are they absolutely covered in laser class?
|2012-07-11, 15:28
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If the BETA are not advancing on the surface, then they dig underground as they invade, and there's no way to tell where they will strike. Humans have a device like creep meters, but I don't know the exact name of it. It's still doesn't help much other than telling them "more" is coming.
Nuclear mines? Depends whether the country in question will want to use such things on their homeland, and follow the example of Russia and China. They can try to lure the small horde there. I highly doubt it'd stop the entire BETA horde since like everyone said, their numbers are just overwhelming unless there's just a few thousands of them or so... The mines will easily kill the BETA, but all of them? VERY unlikely. The mines will be all used up in no time. It'd be great if there are a LOT of reserves. In addition, reinforcements tends to show up shortly especially if they are nearby the hives. The battle of attrition at the most frustrating manner.
Nuking the hives is not very effective since the laser class are at the top of the monument, shooting at anything within range. Even if a bomb is dropped and reaches the bottom of the shaft, will it take out everything including the extra branches that stretches really far and deep?
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Here's an amusing section from his wikipedia entry, circa 1930 or so:
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This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the cocktails in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, Zed.


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Apple's proposed standard for the next generation of mobile SIM cards will lead the way following a favourable verdict from European regulators.
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) have selected Apple's nano-SIM technology over submissions from rivals like RIM, Motorola and Nokia.
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What if you could bring an extinct animal back to life? This week on the TED Radio Hour, Guy Raz interviews Stewart Brand, an environmentalist and founder of The WELL and the Global Business Network. Brand says that we now have technology that is advanced enough to bring back extinct creatures like the passenger pigeon, a bird that became extinct when the last member, Martha, died in the Cincinnati Zoo. This year marks the centennial anniversary of Martha's death and the extinction of her species.
This NPR segment, entitled "The Hackers" takes us to visit Martha in her resting place at the Smithsonian Institute. Brand discusses how DNA taken from Martha's remains can be inserted into the DNA sequence of a related species, the band-tailed pigeon. More from Brand in his TED Talk below.
Check out Brand's section of this week's TED Radio Hour as well as the full broadcast.
Curious to know more about Martha? PUP author Errol Fuller discusses the extinction of her species in his new book, THE PASSENGER PIGEON. This stunningly illustrated book also tells the astonishing story of North America's passenger pigeon, a bird species that–like the Mammoth and the Dodo–has become one of the great icons of extinction.
For a look at another extinct species that Brand mentions, the tylacine, take a look at photos from LOST ANIMALS, another book by Errol Fuller. The New York Times ran a photo slideshow here of rare photos of extinct animals.


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Matt Long has joined the cast of Private Practice in a recurring role, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.
Long, well-known for playing one of the titular roles in Jack & Bobby, will play a new doctor at St. Ambrose hospital. A hot new doc, huh? Could he be a love interest for one of the Seaside Wellness docs? Here's hoping!
Mega Buzz: Who will Addison choose?
The 32-year-old actor's credits also include Mad Men, the short-lived The Deep End, along with Rhimes' Gilded Lilys, a period drama that failed to garner a pickup at ABC this season.
When Private Practice returns, two to three months have passed, meaning Addison (Kate Walsh) will have made a decision between Jake (Benjamin Bratt) and Sam (Taye Diggs). Also, as previously announced, Seaside Wellness will also say farewell to Pete, as Tim Daly will not be returning for Season 6, while Walsh plans to exit the Shonda Rhimes series after 13 episodes.
Private Practice returns Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 10/9c on ABC.


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American Hero Returns, U.S. POW Held By Taliban Has Been Freed, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Welcome Home, Highlight Hollywood News
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was handed over to U.S. special operations forces by the Taliban Saturday evening, local time, in an area of eastern Afghanistan, near the Pakistani border. Officials said the exchange was not violent and the 28-year-old Bergdahl was in good condition and able to walk.
In a statement, President Barack Obama said Bergdahl's recovery "is a reminder of America's unwavering commitment to leave no man or woman in uniform behind on the battlefield."
The handover followed indirect negotiations between the U.S. and the Taliban, with the government of Qatar serving as the go-between. Qatar is taking custody of the five Afghan detainees who were held at Guantanamo.
According to a senior defense official traveling with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in Singapore, once Bergdahl climbed onto the noisy helicopter he took a pen and wrote on a paper plate, the "SF?" — asking the troops if they were special operations forces.
They shouted back at him over the roar of the rotors: "Yes, we've been looking for you for a long time."
Then, according to the official, Bergdahl broke down. Bergdahl, of Hailey, Idaho, is believed to have been held by the Haqqani network since June 30, 2009. Haqqani operates in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region and has been one of the deadliest threats to U.S. troops in the war.
The network, which the State Department designated as a foreign terrorist organization in 2012, claims allegiance to the Afghan Taliban, yet operates with some degree of autonomy.
Officials said Bergdahl was transferred to Bagram Air Field, the main U.S. base in Afghanistan, for medical evaluations, and eventually on to the United States.
Several dozen U.S. special operations forces, backed by multiple helicopters and surveillance aircraft, flew into Afghanistan by helicopter and made the transfer with the approximately 18 Taliban members. The official said the commandos were on the ground for a short time before lifting off with Bergdahl.
The official added that the U.S. still believes that Bergdahl was being held for the bulk of the time in Pakistan, but it was not clear when he was transported to eastern Afghanistan.
Officials said President Obama spoke with Bergdahl's parents Saturday, shortly after their son had been taken into U.S. custody. Bergdahl's family was in Washington on a previously scheduled visit when they received the news.
The parents of the freed soldier, Bob and Jani Bergdahl, said in a statement that they were "joyful and relieved."
"We cannot wait to wrap our arms around our only son," they said.
The U.S. has long been seeking Bergdahl's release, but efforts have intensified as Obama finalized plans to pull nearly all American forces out of Afghanistan by the end of 2016.
The circumstances surrounding Bergdahl's capture remain something of a mystery. There has been some speculation that he willingly walked away from his unit, raising the question of whether he could be charged with being absent without leave (AWOL) or desertion.
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Warner Music CEO Edgar Bronfman made a startling admission when he sat down for a Second Life interview with Reuters: his kids have pirated music. Well, they've probably pirated music—Bronfman doesn't sound too sure. "I?m fairly certain that they have, and I?m fairly certain that they?ve suffered the consequences," he said, though he later confirmed that he had caught at least one Bronfman child using P2P software. Naturally, his kids were forced to cough up thousands of dollars to the RIAA to keep from getting sued. Right?
Of course not; Bronfman told the reporter that he disciplined his child, but that he would prefer to keep the details of the punishment "within the family." He also gave his offending offspring a little talk about morality. "I explained to them what I believe is right, that the principle involved is that stealing music is stealing music. Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child, a bright line around moral responsibility is very important. I can assure you they no longer do that."
It's tempting to label this hypocrisy, which it certainly is in one way (Bronfman is in no danger of getting sued, but he has no problem funding the RIAA's lawsuits of others), but Bronfman's response to his children's file-sharing shows that he lacks the true hypocrite's soul. File-swapping remains verboten in the Bronfman household.
Still, this shows just how normal young people consider file-swapping to be. When your dad runs one of the largest music labels on the planet and you still turn to P2P networks to discover new tunes, it's clear that the issue isn't just lack of access to music. Or money. This is now considered a "normal" way of checking out digital content.
The incident is reminiscent of the MPAA's own decision to copy a movie without permission earlier this year. In both cases, the industry insiders—so concerned with stomping out the piracy of others—suffered no legal consequences for their own dodgy behavior.


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Boy crushed by roller in NZ driveway
A two-year-old boy has died after being crushed by a 1.5 tonne roller driven by a relative working on the driveway of his New Zealand home.
Emergency services were called to the suburb of Lucas Heights in Auckland at about 1.35pm local time on Saturday, a St John Ambulance spokesman said.
The boy was rushed to Starship Hospital with critical injuries where he died.
A relative of the boy was using a 1.5 tonne roller to compact loose shingle on the driveway, Constable Paul Hayward of Waitemata Serious Crash Unit said.
The boy, who lived at the house, was struck by the roller as the driver reversed.
"The driver is a relative of the child and what I can say is that he's absolutely distraught," he said.
"It's too soon as this stage to say whether the driver will be charged and any decision on this will not be made for at least several weeks," Constable Hayward said.
Housing Minister Nick Smith told parliament last year that New Zealand had an appalling record of a child being hospitalised every fortnight and a child killed every 10 weeks as a result of being run over in a driveway.
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Manhattan, NY – One of the busiest crossroads in the world is coming to a standstill as yoga enthusiasts take over Manhattan's Times Square to celebrate the longest day of the year.
The "Mind over Madness" event on Friday includes free classes, activities and giveaways from 7.30 a.m. until 9 p.m.
Thousands of people are expected to roll out their yoga mats throughout the day. All skill levels and ages are welcome.
President of Times Square Alliance and co-founder of the event Tim Tompkins says that part of the event's appeal was finding stillness and calm in the middle of the city rush.
The summer solstice tradition has grown from just three people to more than 15,000 and is now in its 11th year.


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By Majorana representation I mean decomposition of a state $$|\psi\rangle = \text{normalization} \times \sum_{perm} |\eta_1\rangle |\eta_2\rangle \cdots |\eta_n\rangle,$$ where $|\eta_k\rangle$ are uniquely determined (up to a global phase in each and the permutation) qubit states.


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What makes your clothing "Eco-Friendly?"
Eco-Poly is a big part of most of the clothing we carry. It, as well as all of the clothing we have available, is manufactured in Canada using up to 70% less water, heat and energy than other polyester-making processes in what is arguably the second most wasteful industry on planet Earth.
The Proximity of textile manufacturer to the design house that produces the final piece is also a carbon-reducing bonus: One is just outside of Montreal, the other resides downtown.
Quality. The products themselves are high quality and enduring - pieces that, with proper care, will stand many tests of plenty of time. We've put them through many obstacles, and are delighted with their buoyancy!
Creation-on-demand. They are also made-to-order, which minimizes the risk of industry waste created by mass produced lots not selling.
Why don't you use natural fibers? Because Fate Designs originated for its art, and chemistry is a fickle mistress. Sadly, ink doesn't stick in high saturation to natural fibers. Polyester retains its colours for a very, very long time - and the garment will last a long, long time.
What is "Slow Fashion?" The Slow Fashion Movement operates on the principles of designing, creating and buying clothes that are built to last, with longer pacing between production schedules, an emphasis on fair wages and a reduced carbon footprint - with an ideal of zero waste.
It invites you to consider what you really need in your wardrobe, what you value when it comes to making a purchase (IE: Do you like supporting local businesses and designers?) and it gives you space to think about whether or not a piece fits your identity rather than pressuring you into buying something right away because by next week, it -and you- will have already been out of style.
Why are your clothes so expensive? On top of the fact that our production methods aren't cheapened by environmentally and body dangerous chemicals, our pieces are high quality, hand made in Canada by people getting paid fair wages in equitable working conditions. With the price tag comes an investment in the kind of world that will be left for future generations to inherit.
Do you do wholesale? Yes. If you would like to buy in bulk or carry our products, please contact us and we will send you a price list.
Is the art featured on Fate Designs clothing original? Yes. It is the Photoshopped work of one person, featuring largely cacophonous mixtures what the artist sees as "natural patterns," with a focus on colour saturation as a means to enhance the dynamics catalyzed by their meeting.
Why is the fine art on a different website with a separate cart? After watchfully searching high and low for the best ways to emerge into the world, Fate discovered two paths. Each site utilizes web interfaces that communicate directly with specialized manufacturers, one of clothing, the other of fine art. This is a way of ensuring the highest quality of the finished piece while allowing the artist time and peace of mind to do what the artist is most inclined to do: create.
How long will it take after I've ordered before it is shipped? This depends on the volume of orders being processed by the manufacturer. It's usually 5-10 days for a regular order, 10-20 days wholesale. Holiday production times can take longer. If you're concerned about the timeliness of your order, please contact us and we will try to accommodate your needs.
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In the US, orders generally take 2-6 business days once shipped within the USA.
Currently, US and international orders are shipped on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from within the USA.
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International or wholesale orders may be subject to customs fees or duties of your country. Unfortunately, these fees are the responsibility of the person receiving the order.
International orders will not have a tracking number due to the fact that they are untraceable once they leave the USA.
Returns are handled on a case by case basis, though are typically only assigned on the rare occasion of a manufacturer defect.
Items are not returnable due to sizing issues. Since all garments are printed and made-to-order, we cannot replace/remake a garment that was not ordered in the correct size. Please choose the correct size by referring to our measurement charts.
We do not cover the shipping cost of a returned item. Returns must be received within 30 days.
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What do you do with returns and defects? We donate what we can and recycle what is too far gone.
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Chance Favors The Connected Mind/
Animated lectures have become one of my fave web content forms. Most of my pleasures of this sort have come from tips from my wife as to what is posted to YouTube via RSA Animate (I've posted some of these before).
The "trailer" for Steven Johnson's new book "Where Good Ideas Come From" was via a Fred Wilson post, and makes a good case for why we should not lament this Culture Of Distraction (and if you are wondering what to get me for my birthday, it's on my list).


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LastMinute.com wins right to block last minute trade mark
Court of first instance' last minute ruling
Online travel company LastMinute.com has won the right to have a competing firm's European trade mark cancelled. The European Union's Court of First Instance (CFI) has backed the British firm, overturning a ruling by the EU office for trade marks.
LastMinute.com objected to a European trade mark registration for the term Last Minute Tour by an unrelated company. Last Minute had itself been refused a European trade mark in 2000 because the term was said not to have distinctive character.
LastMinute.com appealed that decision and said that its UK trade mark rights were infringed by the Community Trade Mark Last Minute Tour.
The Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM), which rules on European trade mark disputes, had said that Last Minute Tour trade mark was not invalid because the two trade marks had different audiences.
"[OHIM ruled that] the public with regard to which the analysis of the likelihood of confusion was to be made was composed of average consumers of the goods and services residing in the United Kingdom who are reasonably well informed and reasonably observant and circumspect," said the CFI ruling.
The CFI disagreed with the basis of this decision, saying that OHIM had wrongly identified the body of people whose perceptions should be judged.
"It is clear from the national case-law that in an action for passing off the misleading nature of the representation of the defendant's goods and services must be assessed with regard to the claimant's customers and not to the abstract notion of the average consumer adopted by the [OHIM] Board of Appeal," it said.
"The Board of Appeal disregarded the reference made by Article 8(4) of Regulation No 40/94 to the law of the United Kingdom, applicable to the earlier non-registered national trade mark 'LastMinute.com' used by the applicant in the course of business on the date on which the application for the Community trade mark was filed," it ruled.
LastMinute.com also argued that trade marks could earn their own reputation even if they are made up of generic words, and that someone else using those words can be guilty of 'passing off' their goods or services as the trade mark owner's.
The company said that the OHIM Board of Appeal had looked at its trade mark outside of its factual context.
The CFI said that OHIM had also erred in judging this issue. "The Board of Appeal could not … refuse to attribute to the expression 'last minute' an independent reputation solely because of its generic character and its absence of distinctive character in relation to the services at issue and the complementary goods," it said.
The CFI annulled OHIM's decision and asked it to re-examine the case.
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I'm packing a set of vintage book covers. I will make these into a portfolio and fill it with a selection of italian papers. I like the variety in size and weights, etc. The Museo della Carta has a wide range of beautiful papers and I'll be able to use their studio to create this very simple container. It will be quite an honor to work there and get a feel for this well-loved museum where the watermark was invented in the mid-19th century.
A presto, mi cara amicas.
(see you soon, my dear friends)
I hope to get in a post or two while away. If not, I will be back with stories and drawings. Fully re-energized and inspired.


text: I thought this would be a fun story to recall. I was on a hike in the St. Paul area, Birds Landing, and I had a very interesting event. I used Google Earth to map out a trail through this impossible terrain and took off on my hike. I started into the woods and got about 1/2 a mile when I thought I would stop and input my GPS coordinates and take a look at my map. After I had finished I stood up to continue on my path when I just felt like something was amiss. The woods were quiet and unnaturally still. I looked around and saw a spot in the woods. I peered around and saw what I thought was a cow. I thought, "What is a cow doing in these woods?" Then, to my horror, the cow looked up at me. It was a black bear!! This thing was probably around 300 lbs. and it was about 15 to 20 feet in front of me. I stood motionless for a moment wondering what to do, then I remembered what I had heard on survival shows. "I have to look big and intimidating", I thought and began to wave my hands above my head and grunt. "Maybe grunting is the wrong message to send! GET OUT OF HERE BEAR!!" The bear started walking TOWARD me for about 2 feet and then just turned and walked away. SCARED ME TO DEATH!! I finally just turned and headed back. I left that day and went home to do a lot of research on black bears so I would know what to expect from them. I now have an extensive knowledge on these beautiful creatures and have even encountered more. Now when I hike, I take bear spray and have an alarm system I set up around my camp site. This experience changed my life really and am grateful to have had it.


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When I play Telltale's excellent The Walking Dead game, I rarely get hungry. There just aren't that many appetizing things in the game, particularly in the ghastly second episode, "Starved for Help".
And yet, when the folks at Gourmet Gaming get their hands on the game, my stomach starts growling. These biscuits from episode 2 or these amazing-looking energy bars from episode 1 both make me want to reach into my screen and eat the food, all of the food.
I have a feeling that neither of the pieces of food in the game tasted as good as these ones will, but I guess there's only one way to find out. Better get cookin'.
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