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Jim Scheibel necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 74 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
Team Destiny
Team Destiny is a group of professionals who provide leadership skiils to business owners, entrprenuers and individuals. Our goal is to provide content, tools and products to other entreprenuers. We are young, dynamic with a mix of male and females on our team. We love what we do and are succesful doing it. There is not a day that we are not having fun and full of passion. We travel extensively and speak to groups, in addition to an online presence. We have a division for health and wellness under the brand Mission Wellness.
We are a group of Canadians who simply want to do well and share that prosperity with those less fortunate than us. We sponsor numerous children through world vision, and belong to the world wildlife federation and other philanthropic groups.
Our values are:
Our Manifesto is:
We believe that every human is designed for success and has greatness within. We believe it is our duty to serve others and be a conduit for their greatness. Our dream is that no child should ever go hungry, that no tree ever be parched, that no man should ever doubt himself and that love permeates the world.
We are interested in attracting young and dynamic entreprenuers who want to learn more about leadership, business skills and skills around relationship marketing. Our avatar is males who are in the 25-32 year old bracket. They are motivated, positive and full of ambition. Although we are Canadian, we want to attract individuals in USA, Australia and Canada.
We want a clean and simple logo.
I have attached a logo from our other brand. We want a logo that speaks to leadership, passion and excellence.
We are not designers and we appreciate the creative process and do not want to be too perscriptive as you are the experts!
We do not intend to be vague but are hopeful that you can intepret from our text waht we are looking for.
Thanks for considering working on our project, we truly appreciate it!
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Life in the fast lanes…
Sun In Bloom has undergone magical transformation. If you have not experienced Sun In Bloom since our renovations, I encourage you to stop by to experience the delicious inspiring and creative space we've unveiled. It's everything I dreamed it would be. With patience and hours of hard work and determination, I now walk into Sun In Bloom feeling that I've arrived home. It is a reflection of me and everything I always wanted you to experience.
We are all very proud of our work at Sun In Bloom and the gifts in return have been so fun. Most recently, USHER walked into the restaurant to sit down for our weekend brunch. Yes! Usher. Humble and quiet at first, he soon felt at home, released his guard and expressed how much he was loving his experience. His favorite food was clearly the Strawberry fudge cake. Hands down my favorite dessert too!
And last weekend I attended the Vegetarian Food Festival at the Met Life Center to introduce Sun In Bloom to 3000 expected attendees over the course of two days. We prepped all week leading up to this event and arrived with 3000+ gluten-free vegan cookie samples. I had so much fun watching the delighted responses to our samples, especially children trying these delicious healthier cookie option and parents beside themselves with the bright-eyed happy responses they witnessed. It was simply an energizing weekend. We also raffled off a $50 gift certificate and after drawing a business card from over 200 that entered…the WINNER IS…..Jaclyn Barth.
We are so blessed to be here with this opportunity to be part of the change we hope to see in the world. And it is all because of your support. Always grateful. Always thankful to all of you!
And here's my most recent personal journal entry…
Can you imagine what a daily log would look like if you recorded every thought that passed through your conscious, but you chose not to speak or share because of an insecurity or doubt?
Eventually I did hit rock bottom. And it was this fall that pushed me forward in my journey.
Definition of addiction: Physically and mentally dependent on a particular substance, and unable to stop taking it without incurring adverse effects.
And in my quest for living the most full life possible being in alignment with my higher self, I am more aware than ever of the pocket of thoughts I hold onto. They are my secrets. Thoughts that enter into my consciousness and I hide them away because for whatever reason I do not have the courage to share them. I might feel self-conscious or that I need to protect someone from hurting their feelings. The reasons for justifying why not to share are endless, but all stem from fear and insecurity.
So, here I am… making a commitment to a sugar-free lifestyle for the next 90 days. No fruit or grains, dates or sweet treats of any kind and very low glycemic vegetables. Serendipitously I started started just 90 days before my next birthday. Living my life again fully is the perfect prize to keep me motivated on this journey. And if I can succeed, this will be the first time in 10 years since my diagnoses of candida that I'll truly accomplish doing the anti-candida diet and on the path towards living an candida free lifestyle. I just know the light is going to be brighter than anything I've ever experienced!

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1. I am, or will be participating in the yoga classes or health Programs or workshops ("the Programs"), offered by LUXYOGA LLC, incorporated under the laws of New York, USA having its registered office at 99 Spring ST FL 4 NY, NY USA acting for itself and on own behalf of its consultants, SCI Frogs incorporated under the laws of France having its registered office at 695 Chemin Saint Arnoux, Tourrettes Sur Loup, France or any third party directly linked with LUXYOGA (herein after referred to as "LUXYOGA") during which I will receive information and instructions about yoga and health. These Programs entail intensive physical activity (including but not limited to activities in a heated room of approximately 100 Degrees) and exertion by myself. I recognize that such physical activity and exertion may be difficult and strenuous and may cause or aggravate a physical injury or medical condition. I am fully aware of and accept the risks and hazards involved.
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Ford F-450 Truck - The Every Man TruckPosted in Project Vehicles on March 1, 2007
Every month this magazine shows you some of the coolest trucks in the nation, but often these rigs earn their place in the book by being unique, unusual, and often out of reach. Many require either a CEO's paycheck, gobs of custom machining and fabrication skills, or both, but not this one. This is the type of truck any hard-working man with a standard paycheck and some time to invest could be cruising around in. We're not saying it's the cheapest truck on the trail, but it's also not the trickest, trendiest, or most taxing to your funds. It's simply a well-built truck with many off-the-shelf parts bolted on to make it look and perform better.
We actually found this truck at an off-road show where it was parked all shiny and clean with some big old street tires and some bling-bling rims, and we realized that with a little more aggressive tread and some different (more dirt friendly) rims it would make for a really cool trail machine. The owner (whom we call Silent Bob), actually had some different treads coming for it and before long we had him talked into taking this super-clean machine out for a little dirt dancing. Although it's hardly a monster mud racer or tubalicious tube buggy like we so often show you, it doesn't mean we don't appreciate a good clean truck that any man (or woman) could make their own.
Engine: 6.0L diesel, Airaid drop-in filter, Edge Hot Juice Platinum module with turbo timer, Magnaflow stainless exhaust
Transmission: 5R110 Automatic
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Front Axle: 4.30 gears, Superlift eXtreme Ring diff protector
Rear Axle: 4.30 gears, factory limited-slip, Superlift eXtreme Ring diff protectorSuspension: Superlift 10-inch lift with optional four-link upgrade and front coil spacers, rear blocks; Superlift dual stabilizer kit, Superlift SSR monotube shocks (dual fronts), Superlift stainless steel skidplate, Torque Max traction bars
Tires & Wheels: 39.5x13.50-17 Interco Super Swamper IROK bias-plies on 17x9 Pro Comp 7089s, 4.75-inch backspacing


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The community's standards for the community's offerings are remarkably generous. If a commercial supplier's OS had this many imperfections, we'd all be crying blue murder!
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This is a compaitiblity guide to running Linux with the Lenovo ThinkPad W700 laptop.
This guide is intended to provide you details on how well this laptop works with Linux and which modules you need to configure. For details on how to actually install and configure the required modules have a look at our guides section for distribution specific instructions.
This page is just for discussing using Linux on the Lenovo Thinkpad W700. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the Lenovo Thinkpad W700 page on LapWik.
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For full specifications see the Lenovo ThinkPad W700 specifications page.
|Lenovo ThinkPad W700
|Intel Core 2 Duo or Intel Core 2 Quad
|17" WXGA+ or WUXGA Widescreen
|1GB to 8GB
|80GB to 320GB to 64GB SSD
|Optical Drive
|DVD+-RW or Blu-ray
|NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M or NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M
|Ethernet, Thinkpad 802.11bg or Intel 5100 802.11abgn or Intel 5300 802.11abgn, Bluetooth
|works in raid and none raid config
|Optical Drive
|Not Tested
|56K Modem
|Not Tested
|Card Reader
|ExpressCard Slot
|Not Tested
|Not Tested
|Fingerprint Reader
|Not Tested
The Lenovo Thinkpad W700 works generaly very well. The only problems I can find are the lack on configuration tools for the digitizing pad. no fingerprint reader drivers and a lost of control on the mouse pointer when using the scrolling pad.
The Lenovo Tinkpad W700 works fine with Ubuntu 9.10 right out of the box. Four items are not (yet) supported:
1. Fingerprint reader: no driver available.
2. Color calibration: not mainstream yet, no driver and software available.
3. HDAPS - IBM Active Protection System Linux Driver: chips set too new.
4. Wacom tablet: almost working, but no 'mouse clicks'
You can enter a summary of how well the Lenovo Thinkpad W700 works with Linux here.
The community's standards for the community's offerings are remarkably generous. If a commercial supplier's OS had this many imperfections, we'd all be crying blue murder!
One other point: I'm now running a pair of 750 GB SATA drives on this W700, so the BIOS apparently supports fairly large disks.
Update from my earlier comments: Ubuntu as of 11.04 Just Works on the W700, except that the X-Rite color calibrator is still not supported, and I don't know (or care) about the fingerprint reader. Gigabit Ethernet, Wifi a/b/g/n, and sound all work perfectly. I am still running with software RAID rather than the hardware RAID because it's easier to configure and the "hardware" RAID in most non-server machines is really not fully offloading the I/O anyway.
I was looking at upgrading to a new machine, but nobody other than Apple seems to make a machine with a 17" screen and 1920×1200 resolution any more. Apparently the hardware manufacturers think that all anyone cares about is playing 1080p video.
I have a W700 purchased with two 160GB HDD but immediately upgraded to two 320GB drives I ordered from NewEgg. Running Xubuntu 9.10, everything works as advertised on this machine with the following exceptions:
1. Fingerprint reader does not work, though to be honest I haven't tried very hard.
2. Color calibrator does not work.
3. I have Linux doing software RAID 1 with the two drives, working perfectly. Hardware RAID was detected by Xubuntu alternate install, but I ran into problems getting it to configure for encrypted physical volume for LVM on top of that. I really needed the crypto and LVM more than hardware RAID, so I backed off for now and went software RAID.
Since I have the two 160GB drives on the shelf, I'm going to revisit the hardware RAID when I have more time to play with it. I needed to get up and running quickly when I first bought this machine.
Overall, I am extremely happy with the W700 under Xubuntu 9.10. It's a performance screamer, compared to any other laptop I've owned.
Installed Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit on W700. Raw install did not allow adjustment of brightness. However, updating nvidia X server settings (using Hardware Drivers tool in administration menu) from version 173 (from install) to 185.18.36, resulted in brightness now working and no yet-noticed down-side.
For the 2nd HDD Bay issue mentioned below. I found the carrier and rails on Ebay for around $6. Search for "IBM Lenovo Thinkpad W700 W700ds Hard Drive Caddy Rail". The seller is nycom-tech I've been using this in my W700 for about a month now and it seems to work great. The fit going in the drive slot was a little tight. The parts look almost identical to the original carrier and rails. I spent days looking for this. I hope this helps somebody.
I'm running Mandriva 2009.1
I have lost the tablet function. Does anyone have a solution to get the tablet to work?
For an external eSATA card, the IOGear GPS702E3 eSATA-300 ExpressCard/34 works out of the box. No Linux drivers or anything else needs to be installed. However, I have to reboot the system to get it to recognize the card. Gives I/O rates equivalent to internal drives when used with an eSATA-300 external HDD.
I should also add, that other than the 2nd HDD bay issue, the box works GREAT. A few pointers:
– You should upgrade the BIOS prior to doing an O/S install for the first time. This will fix several install issues I encountered.
– When you do your O/S install, if the HDDs do not report as SCSI (/dev/sdX), then you have the wrong option set in BIOS for the SATA adapter.
– I am running CentOS. You must use at least a CentOS 5.3 or later install DVD for the HDD to be recognized.
– To boot Knoppix requires at least 6.0.1.
– With the NVIDIA Quadro 3700M, you have to rebuild the video drivers every time that you update the kernel.
– VMware also requires a rebuild of its drivers whenever the kernel is updated. However, with workstation 6.5 and later, let the vmware service fail when the system boots, then simply run workstation and it will detect the kernel upgrade and rebuild everything automatically and restart the vmware service.
– NVIDA can be a pain to get to sync with projectors. Be sure you have the NVIDIA X Server Settings Utility installed. It should be:
SYSTEM --> PREFERENCES --> MORE PREFERENCES --> NVIDIA X Server Settings
Use the "Detect Displays" to sync with the video projector. Usually, you have to save the sync settings and restart the X server (log out, then log back in) for the sync to take effect.
– I have 8GB RAM. After running VMware for several hours with several VMs, it can take up to 30 minutes to shut down the system AFTER you have exited VMware workstation. During this time, the vmware service is pounding the HDDs to death! This is apparently "normal" behavior, so don't panic. (It took me about a week to figure out what was going on here.)
– The BIOS setting to automatically disable the touchpad when a mouse is attached only works with a PS/2 mouse! Lame, since there is no PS/2 adapter on the box. Thus, you have to manually control the touchpad. (Do NOT disable the touchpad in BIOS, else NVIDA drivers will not install and/or X server will not start!) To work around this issue:
a) Add to the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, in the section "InputDevice" / "Synaptics", the line 'Option "SHMConfig"' to enable shared memory. Restart X. b) To turn off the touchpad (with RHEL/CentOS 5.x): # synclient TouchpadOff=1
This only works with X. I have not figured out how to turn it off in tty sessions. (Set TouchpadOff=0 to turn it back on, btw.)
– Be aware that the DVI is single mode DVI-I.
– Be aware that the Firewire is Firewire 400 and requires a special adapter as it is not a standard Firewire 400 plug.
– The DVD Recordable 8x drive works fine under Linux.
– The PCMCIA and ExpressCard slots appear to work OK – at least for the cards I have used in them.
One word of warning: ALWAYS buy the laptop with 2 HDDs from the manufacturer!
I purchased the system with a minimum single HDD, and was going to rip out the vendor HDD and replace it with 2 500GB HDDs – which Lenovo does not support. Problem is, system ships with only one drive bay and there does not appear to be any way to purchase a second drive bay. Even if you buy a second drive from Lenovo, there is no drive bay!! I have been fighting with Lenovo on this issue for over 4 months now and I am no closer to getting a second drive bay for the system than when I started.
So, be warned – never purchase as a single drive system.
My experience with W700 + ubuntu are as follows:
Alot of things work great, especially the essentials:
+ wireless works flawlessly. Including autosensing location and handling wired + wireless, remembering keys and so forth. This is the single most annoying problem to have with linux on laptops IMO, and having this work this great is very comforting.
+ hibernation/standby works great. I dont have to worry about slamming my lid shut.
+ The cpu stepping/ cycle saving stuff seems to work great. The CPU goes "full on" when its needed. (and at what speed!)
+ The graphics seem very stable and efficient, including full reslution, 3d acceleration and compiz. (my w700 has the nVidia Quadro FX 3500)
+ Docking is marvellous! I mean. it just works. And the new style docking where you don't have to wait for a green light before detatching your computer is GREAT!
However a few things dont work so good. Especially it is worth noting that I found Ubuntu 8.10 worked better than 9.04. Here is a list of problems with 9.04 that used to work with 8.10:
+ It appears that the disk is corrupted either at boot or at shutdown time because it insists on running fsck at EVERY boot. The corruption might not be that severe as i never had any issues with it other than the waiting during boot. But it takes a long time. My disk setup is a standard striped software raid (mdadm) that i set up using the alternate install CD. I never cared much for proprietary raid drivers anyways (and knnowing the software raid support in linux to be legendary I chose that).
+ The key combination for screen brightness (fn + home/end) does not change the brightness, although the OSD indicates that the keycombination is indeed caught (it displays as it should). However the keyboard light switch (fn +pgup) works great!
And finally what does not work at all (in neither 9.04 nor 8.10):
+ The fingerprintreader I didnt even try. It's a different model reader than what is on my lenovo X60 Tablet, which works great. But this wasn't so important on this laptop anyways.
+ The tablet "works", however it is not even remotely calibrated and I haven't a clue as how to do that. I would love feedback if anyone else have gotten this to work.
+ The on-board color calibrator does not have any support that I could find. This was a bummer, because I relly wanted to have my screen calibrated in linux. My attempt so far aw downloading and trying to figure out what i found to be the 3 most prominent opensource color calibration related projects for linux. Each had their strenghts and weaknesses. IMO all three had a strong weakness in the documentation. It was not at all clear wether or not they would support my hardware! My seccond attempt was to try to "fake" by running the original Windows XP driver within VirtualBox and routing the USB port for the calibrator into my vm instance. Unfortunately this idea did not work. Mostly because I couldn't get the correct driver to recognize my hardware (Crippleware saying :"you are not running a lenovo w700, so you could not possibly have this callibrator hardware!"). BAD Lenovo, BAD xrite. DRIVER PLEASE!!
Bottom line:
W700 has the essentials covered, BUT the things that mkae w700 cool (color calibration, tablet etc) dont work as expected. WHY IS THIS SO HARD LENOVO? Add support to the mainlaine linux kernel BEFORE shipping your products!
+ wireless works flawlessly. –> Only with kernels 2.6.30 or higher.
+ hibernation/standby works great. –> Only with Ubuntu 9.10 or higher.
+ The graphics seem very stable and efficient, –>Use Nvidia 180.53 driver or higher.
+ Disk corruption –> No problems on my machine with Ext3, no raid, Ubuntu 9.10.
+ Screen brightness –> black listed and therefore not working right now. I do no know why it is black listed.
+ The fingerprintreader –> New, different chip set. No driver available.
+ Tablet –> should work, but I can not find any documentation.
The w700 works well with Mandriva, Suse and Fedora, because of the drivers and support.
The key combination fn+f5 is not working in Ubuntu 9.04. So if you lose the wireless connect due to a crash like I did, there is no possibility to get it working again right now.
Does anybody no how to turn off/on the wireless hardware kill switch in Linux, that is get Fn+F5 working?
See also https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/364174
Jaunty (alpha6) do support the soft raid present at W700 (Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI). Use the alternate install CD for MD (and crypto) installation to support "raid" present at W700.
Raid is not seen by jaunty alpha5. Therefore I can not install ubuntu. Does anybody have a suggestion how to solve is.


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The Fantastic People of Worldwide Partner Conference 2016. Thank you for joining us!
Thank you again to all of the amazing Microsoft Partners from around the entire world who joined us in Toronto for Worldwide Partner Conference 2016! As always, one of the biggest highlights of the entire event for me is being able to see and connect with you, our Microsoft partners and influencers from all corners… Read more
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Philosophy posters from Max Temkin.
VIDEOSnapshot of the urban installation 'Éclats de Verre' by Atomic4 for Montreal's Quartier des Spectacles on Emilie-Gamelin square. Music and video by Jean-Sébastien Côté.
Still life photography duo Bohman+Sjöstrand shot the last drinks orders of NOWNESS favorites Glenn O'Brien, Jeremy Langmead and Margherita Missoni.
Asobi's LED carbon fibre Eyen Modular Lighting.
Famous Clouds print featuring iconic stylized clouds by Yoni Alter.
Tokyo Zoo Project for the Sony Nav-U ~ animals were mapped out as routes and you can ride them throughout tokyo!
Carnovsky turn their RGB wallpaper into beautiful scarves, 'Rosone', 'Jungla' and 'Bestiario'.
A Comprehensive List of Notable Kentucky Inventions. This print was invented and printed by Cricket Press in Lexington, Kentucky.
Series 12 of Fullbleed, a series of conceptual art based t-shirts by Rob Dobi that explore a world of impossible ideas.
InfObjects by Johannes Tsopanides uses data to generate designs based on the amount of energy, CO², and cost of particular dishes and their ingredients.
'Objet Curiosité' is an amazing lamp designed by Gaëlle Gabillet and Stephane Villard.
Gorgeous look of anglerfishes from the archives of the American Museum of Natural History.
RoAndCo's amazing party invitation and favor.
FEATUREDA sumptuous feast Dickensian feast with Hendrick's Gin and the Young Turks at a pop-up dining room perched above an East London pub. The perfect pairing of delicious cocktails with a delectable tasting menu! Not to mention amazing drinksware!
Menosunocerouno's beautifully designed survival kit 'Just In Case'.
Inflatable by Kadensign (Sylwia Kaden). Large furniture that folds easily to fit into a bag. Made of polyurethane for indoor or outdoor use.
Fantastic fashion slideshow from the NYtimes with playful and funky patterns and prints of fruit.
The first ever lickable lift that tastes and smells of McVitie's Jaffa Cakes.
Mr & Mrs Smith's Italy Guide ~ "a hand-picked selection of 32 of the country's most stylish boutique hotels: from contemporary city slickers and baroque palazzi to shabby-chic farmhouses and coastal villa retreats."
Chris Sweeney's short for the new Fiat 500 by Gucci, transforms high heels, handbags and perfume bottles into a steering wheel, car exhaust and wheel rims by a vacuum-forming machine.
'Sur la Pointe des Pieds' cabinet by Théo Mahut.
Making by Artigiani + Fabber + Designer.
Knife typography. Art so sharp you could cut yourself! Amazing installation made entirely by knives by Iranian designer Farhad Moshiri.
Love the new K% black&black Collection by Oki Sato.
VIDEOAerial footage of Jamie Johnson cycling in the Peak District captured by HeliPOV, which uses a Droidworx ADX-4 Heavy Lift.
Mermeladaestudio's padded Nansa Indoor Swing.
FEATUREDA wall full of horns, floor to ceiling skeletons, and rooms full of taxidermy! A rare glimpse at the natural history collections behind the scenes of the Horniman Museum in London.
Art Light Installation by Luz with light in The Royal Botanic Garden of Madrid.
The Mosser, a small glass terrarium filled with a simple round moss ball.
VIDEOGive the Coca-Cola Hug Machine a hug and it will love you back, by giving you a free Coke.
Constellations is a hand-cut paper installation by Casey Watson. The viewer is invited inside the starry globe to see the stars turn into city lights.
London based design firm, Superflux, pushes real world science to its limits.
Toccata, an interactive on-screen installation by Angelo Semeraro. When the visitor walks by, a textile reacts to movement, changing its form and giving the perception of modifying the equilibrium of the environment.
Dyson engineers compete to see who can make the fastest toy car from a Dyson vacuum parts.
Australian artist Matt McVeigh's Trolling shopping cart sculpture.
Miler Lagos' Book Igloo is amazing. A whole new alternative to book shelves?
VIDEOSmart of Argentina makes new ad with an ASCII animation in twitter. Using each tweet as an animation frame, you can scroll through the story.
Thomas Schnur's Rubber Table will debut in Milan!
SymbiosisO: Voxel - Thermochromic interactive grids invade Issey Miyake's Tribeca location
VIDEOThe Purdue Society of Professional Engineers team smashed its own world record for largest Rube Goldberg machine with this 300-step behemoth!
Kyle Bean's paper anatomical heart created for an article about heart disease in Mens Health Magazine.
VIDEOBeautiful speed painting by agnes-cecile (Silvia Pelissero).
'In the Company of Animals: Art, Literature, and Music at the Morgan' an exhibition of animal artwork at The Morgan Library running until May 20.
Servus / r75 minimalist clothing rack by Florian Saul.
VIDEOBeautiful video using particle image velocimetry (PIV) to explore the flow field around brine shrimp.
The QlockTwo now comes in a watch form, QlockTwo W, which spells out the time in words.
Williams Sonoma's Backyard Beehive & Starter Kit lets you keep your own colony at home.
VIDEOEaston launched its first anthem film, shot with over 100 GoPro cameras attached to players and their equipment to bring a fresh look at team sports from the inside out.


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NBA Broadband still SUCKS!26 01 2010
I guess I didn't learn my lesson. I bought League Pass so I could watch my favorite team and it is suppose to include NBA Broadband. NBA Broadband is the worst product ever, only thing worse is the referring in the NBA. DO NOT pay for this feature, they can't even deliver a whole game, you just might watch the whole game just to be denied the last few minutes of the game.
NBA Broadband is a joke!
NBA Broadband is a waste of money!
NBA Broadband is garbage!
NBA Broadband Blows!
NBA Broadband Sucks!
OK lets see if google can get this out to everyone and hurt the NBA where it means the most!


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Our guest blogger is Mike Elk, a freelance labor journalist and third generation union organizer based in Washington, D.C. You can follow him for more updates on twitter at @MikeElk.
This past month, there was much outrage over the fact that General Electric, despite making $14.2 billion in profits, paid zero U.S. taxes in 2010. General Electric actually received tax credits of $3.2 billion from American taxpayers.
At the same time that General Electric was not paying taxes, many undocumented immigrants, who are typically accused of taking advantage of the system while not contributing to it by many on the right, paid $11.2 billion in taxes. A new study by the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy shows that undocumented immigrants paid $8.4 billion in sales taxes, $1.6 billion in property taxes, and $1.2 billion in personal income taxes last year. The study also estimates that nearly half of all undocumented immigrants pay income taxes.
ITEP bases its figures of what immigrants pay taxes based on the following factors:
- Sales tax is automatic, so it is assumed that unauthorized residents would pay sales tax at similar rates to U.S. citizens and legal immigrants with similar income levels.
- Similar to sales tax, property taxes are hard to avoid, and unauthorized immigrants are assumed to pay the same property taxes as others with the same income level. ITEP assumes that most unauthorized immigrants are renters, and only calculates the taxes paid by renters.
- Income tax contributions by the unauthorized population are less comparable to other populations because many unauthorized immigrants work "off the books" and income taxes are not automatically withheld from their paychecks. ITEP conservatively estimates that 50 percent of unauthorized immigrants are paying income taxes.
While it's impossible to estimate exactly how much in taxes undocumented immigrants paid, it is clear that undocumented immigrants are paying more taxes than General Electric, which paid absolutely nothing. This raises the question of who really is leaching off the American system: undocumented immigrants who pay their taxes and are typically too afraid of being deported to receive public assistance or corporations that pay nothing while receiving billions in credits.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Moments before Bill Clinton took the stage at the Democratic Party's convention, word bubbled through the Time Warner Cable Arena that President Obama would join him on the podium after his speech.
This made official what was already implicit: The sitting president had come to bask in the former president's glow.
Obama was backstage while the audience clapped along to the old Clinton theme song, Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow)." The 20,000 jamming the hall watched footage of Clinton's past triumphs — "longest economic expansion in history" — and then erupted in cheers as Clinton strolled slowly onto the stage, giving a thumbs-up to the cameras.
His speech — a meandering Clintonian mix of folksiness and savage partisanship — was illuminated by the sparkle of thousands of camera flashes and punctuated with regular shouts of "We love you, Bill!" Inevitably, the subject matter frequently returned to the speaker's favorite topic: Bill Clinton.
"Thankfully, by 1996, the economy was roaring, everybody felt it, and we were halfway through the longest peacetime expansion in the history of the United States," he reminded the delegates.
"People ask me all the time how we delivered four surplus budgets," he confided, adding: "Republican economic policies quadrupled the debt before I took office, in the 12 years before I took office, and doubled the debt in the eight years after I left."
The 42nd president further reminded the delegates that "I was just a country boy from Arkansas," and that "I love our country so much." There was also that "welfare reform bill I signed that moved millions of people from welfare to work."
But what about Obama? "President Obama appointed several members of his Cabinet even though they supported Hillary in the primary. Heck, he even appointed Hillary."
Obama and his advisers knew that this was exactly what was going to happen. But they calculated that it was worth risking the perception that Obama was trying to ride a former president's coattails to re-election. In the end, that gamble will probably prove to be a good one, because Clinton, a far more popular figure than Obama, bestowed his blessing on the president unambiguously, in some ways making the case for Obama's re-election more cogently than Obama has made it.
"No president — not me, not any of my predecessors, no one — could have fully repaired all the damage that he found in just four years," Clinton told the crowd. "But he has laid the foundation for a new, modern, successful economy of shared prosperity, and if you will renew the president's contract, you will feel it. You will feel it."
Clinton, with his far better track record, was apologizing for Obama, and vouching for him. "Folks, whether the American people believe what I just said or not may be the whole election," he said, departing from the words on his teleprompter. "I just want you to know that I believe it. With all my heart, I believe it."
That's worth a lot to Obama, who was viewed favorably by just 47 percent in the most recent Washington Post-ABC News poll. Clinton, by contrast, is at 69 percent in a new USA Today/Gallup poll. The Republican ticket, recognizing that disparity, tried to drive a wedge between the two men. "My guess is we'll get a great rendition of how good things were in the 1990s," Paul Ryan said Wednesday morning.
The GOP vice presidential nominee was right about that. But in elevating Clinton in their rhetoric and trying to paint him as a moderate who is out of step with Obama, the Republicans invited the fierce attacks Clinton delivered: criticizing Mitt Romney for being loose with the facts, chastising congressional Republicans for their blind partisanship and mocking Ryan for his hypocrisy on Medicare. "It takes some brass to attack a guy for doing what you did," he said.
As is typical of Clinton, the speech wandered widely even when he wasn't ad-libbing ("Y'all watch their convention?"), and it became something of a policy laundry list that went overtime by nearly half an hour. But he gave Obama what he wanted: a strong personal endorsement.
As promised, Obama strode onto the stage after the speech, and the two leaders embraced in a bear hug. Obama, his hand on Clinton's shoulder, then tried to lead his Democratic predecessor off the stage — but Clinton kept returning to the crowd for more hugs and handshakes. Finally, Obama decided to wait backstage for a few moments until Clinton finished enjoying his night.
Dana Milbank is a Washington Post columnist.


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After the violent tenures of earlier overseers, Gabriel Lilly seemed to portend a gentler reign when he arrived at Monticello in 1800. Colonel Randolph's first report was optimistic. "All goes well," he wrote, and "what is under Lillie admirably." His second report about two weeks later was glowing: "Lillie goes on with great spirit and complete quiet at Mont'o.: he is so good tempered that he can get twice as much done without the smallest discontent as some with the hardest driving possible." In addition to placing him over the laborers "in the ground" at Monticello, Jefferson put Lilly in charge of the nailery for an extra fee of £10 a year.
Once Lilly established himself, his good temper evidently evaporated, because Jefferson began to worry about what Lilly would do to the nailers, the promising adolescents whom Jefferson managed personally, intending to move them up the plantation ladder. He wrote to Randolph: "I forgot to ask the favor of you to speak to Lilly as to the treatment of the nailers. it would destroy their value in my estimation to degrade them in their own eyes by the whip. this therefore must not be resorted to but in extremities. as they will again be under my government, I would chuse they should retain the stimulus of character." But in the same letter he emphasized that output must be maintained: "I hope Lilly keeps the small nailers engaged so as to supply our customers."
Colonel Randolph immediately dispatched a reassuring but carefully worded reply: "Everything goes well at Mont'o.—the Nailers all [at] work and executing well some heavy orders. ...I had given a charge of lenity respecting all: (Burwell absolutely excepted from the whip alltogether) before you wrote: none have incurred it but the small ones for truancy." To the news that the small ones were being whipped and that "lenity" had an elastic meaning, Jefferson had no response; the small ones had to be kept "engaged."
It seems that Jefferson grew uneasy about Lilly's regime at the nailery. Jefferson replaced him with William Stewart but kept Lilly in charge of the adult crews building his mill and canal. Under Stewart's lenient command (greatly softened by habitual drinking), the nailery's productivity sank. The nail boys, favored or not, had to be brought to heel. In a very unusual letter, Jefferson told his Irish master joiner, James Dinsmore, that he was bringing Lilly back to the nailery. It might seem puzzling that Jefferson would feel compelled to explain a personnel decision that had nothing to do with Dinsmore, but the nailery stood just a few steps from Dinsmore's shop. Jefferson was preparing Dinsmore to witness scenes under Lilly's command such as he had not seen under Stewart, and his tone was stern: "I am quite at a loss about the nailboys remaining with mr Stewart. they have long been a dead expence instead of profit to me. in truth they require a vigour of discipline to make them do reasonable work, to which he cannot bring himself. on the whole I think it will be best for them also to be removed to mr Lilly's [control]."
The incident of horrible violence in the nailery—the attack by one nail boy against another—may shed some light on the fear Lilly instilled in the nail boys. In 1803 a nailer named Cary smashed his hammer into the skull of a fellow nailer, Brown Colbert. Seized with convulsions, Colbert went into a coma and would certainly have died had Colonel Randolph not immediately summoned a physician, who performed brain surgery. With a trephine saw, the doctor drew back the broken part of Colbert's skull, thus relieving pressure on the brain. Amazingly, the young man survived.
Bad enough that Cary had so viciously attacked someone, but his victim was a Hemings. Jefferson angrily wrote to Randolph that "it will be necessary for me to make an example of him in terrorem to others, in order to maintain the police so rigorously necessary among the nail boys." He ordered that Cary be sold away "so distant as never more to be heard of among us." And he alluded to the abyss beyond the gates of Monticello into which people could be flung: "There are generally negro purchasers from Georgia passing about the state." Randolph's report of the incident included Cary's motive: The boy was "irritated at some little trick from Brown, who hid part of his nailrod to teaze him." But under Lilly's regime this trick was not so "little." Colbert knew the rules, and he knew very well that if Cary couldn't find his nailrod, he would fall behind, and under Lilly that meant a beating. Hence the furious attack.
Jefferson's daughter Martha wrote to her father that one of the slaves, a disobedient and disruptive man named John, tried to poison Lilly, perhaps hoping to kill him. John was safe from any severe punishment because he was a hired slave: If Lilly injured him, Jefferson would have to compensate his owner, so Lilly had no means to retaliate. John, evidently grasping the extent of his immunity, took every opportunity to undermine and provoke him, even "cutting up [Lilly's] garden [and] destroying his things."
But Lilly had his own kind of immunity. He understood his importance to Jefferson when he renegotiated his contract, so that beginning in 1804 he would no longer receive a flat fee for managing the nailery but be paid 2 percent of the gross. Productivity immediately soared. In the spring of 1804, Jefferson wrote to his supplier: "The manager of my nailery had so increased its activity as to call for a larger supply of rod...than had heretofore been necessary."
Maintaining a high level of activity required a commensurate level of discipline. Thus, in the fall of 1804, when Lilly was informed that one of the nail boys was sick, he would have none of it. Appalled by what happened next, one of Monticello's white workmen, a carpenter named James Oldham, informed Jefferson of "the Barbarity that [Lilly] made use of with Little Jimmy."
Oldham reported that James Hemings, the 17-year-old son of the house servant Critta Hemings, had been sick for three nights running, so sick that Oldham feared the boy might not live. He took Hemings into his own room to keep watch over him. When he told Lilly that Hemings was seriously ill, Lilly said he would whip Jimmy into working. Oldham "begged him not to punish him," but "this had no effect." The "Barbarity" ensued: Lilly "whipped him three times in one day, and the boy was really not able to raise his hand to his head."


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HOUSTON — Former President George H.W. Bush is in stable condition in the Texas hospital where he has been undergoing treatment for complications related to bronchitis and no release date has been set, officials said yesterday.
"He has a nagging cough and his doctors are in no hurry to send him home," said George Kovacik, a spokesman for The Methodist Hospital, Houston.
Family spokesman Jim McGrath told Reuters that Bush, 88, had a "really good day" on Sunday watching the Houston Texans National Football League team clinch a playoff birth by beating the Tennessee Titans, 24-10.
Bush was admitted to the hospital on November 23 for complications related to bronchitis.
The Houston Chronicle reported in February that Bush had been diagnosed with lower body parkinsonism, which causes a loss of balance, and that he often uses a wheelchair.
Bush, a Republican and the 41st president, took office in 1989 and served one term in the White House. The father of former President George W. Bush, he also served as a congressman, UN ambassador, envoy to China, CIA director and was vice president for two terms under Ronald Reagan.
As president, Bush routed Iraq after former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990. His public approval ratings soared but just 20 months later he was defeated in his re-election bid by Democrat Bill Clinton.
Until recent years, Bush was known for an active lifestyle. He went skydiving to celebrate his 75th, 80th and 85th birthdays.
He met with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in early November in Houston. In March, Bush formally endorsed Republican Mitt Romney for president. (Reuters)


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Weekend severe storms to threaten Texas to Tennessee
AccuWeather.com reports thunderstorms in parts of the South this weekend may become strong enough to threaten lives and property.
A surge of warm, humid air associated with a developing storm over the South Central states this weekend will spark thunderstorm development.
The area of concern for severe weather Saturday will reach from part of northeastern Texas to a large part of Louisiana and Mississippi, southeastern Arkansas, southeastern portions of Missouri and western portions of Tennessee and Kentucky.
The main threats are damaging wind gusts and flash flooding, but there is also the risk for a few tornadoes within this zone.
According to AccuWeather.com Severe Weather Expert Henry Margusity, "While the risk of severe thunderstorms will shift eastward over time Saturday into Sunday, the greatest risk for tornadoes will be Saturday into the first part of Saturday night centered over the lower Mississippi Valley."
Cities that may be hit with damaging thunderstorms and travel disruptions include Longview, Texas; Little Rock, Ark.; Shreveport, La.; Jackson, Miss.; New Orleans; and Memphis, Tenn.
What will elevate the danger with the severe weather is that some of the strongest storms and the potential for tornadoes will occur after dark Saturday.
Locally strong and drenching thunderstorms with the risk of urban flooding will extend northward into the upper part of the Ohio Valley Saturday night and as far east as the Appalachians and the northeastern Gulf Coast by Sunday.
Blinding downpours and water-logged roadways will reach from I-10 to I-70 with severe thunderstorms centered on the I-55 corridor.
It is possible parts of the coastal mid-Atlantic and southern New England will have a rare December thunderstorm Sunday night.
North and west of the storm track, a zone of ice and snow will occur that can be rather heavy from parts of the central Plains to the Great Lakes, northern New England and neighboring Canada.
While severe weather outbreaks are more rare during the winter months, they are no stranger to the South Central states in December.
A major tornado outbreak stretched from Arkansas to Alabama and as far north as Illinois during Dec. 18-19, 1957. The storms took the lives of 19 people.
Just last year on Christmas Day, a severe thunderstorm and tornado outbreak reached from northeastern Texas to central Alabama.
— Alex Sosnowski, expert senior meteorologist, AccuWeather.com


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Police in Palm Beach County, Fla. will not investigate if New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was involved in a February shooting, a police spokeswoman told USA TODAY Sports.
Teri Barbera of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said the department could not investigate the inactive case without the cooperation of the victim. That man, Alexander Bradley of East Hartford, Conn., refused to talk to investigators in February while recovering from a gunshot wound that cost him his right eye and injured his right arm.
Police could reopen that case if Bradley were to contact the sheriff's violent crime unit.
Attorneys for Bradley on Wednesday re-filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in South Florida accusing Hernandez of pointing and firing a weapon at Bradley in a vehicle after a night of partying at a strip club in Miami. The complaint was initially filed June 13 but was withdrawn because of a paper work error.
Hernandez has 21 days to respond to the summons.
OFFICIAL COMPLAINT: Bradley vs. Hernandez
TEAMS WERE WARY: Hernandez faced red flags in 2010 draft
Bradley's attorneys have not responded to a request Thursday for comment, but told USA TODAY Sports on Wednesday they would like to find out if Hernandez's alleged actions on Feb. 13 were intentional or accidental.
"If we get to take Mr. Hernandez's testimony, perhaps he will tell us he accidentally pulled the trigger or maybe he did it on purpose," attorney David Jarsolawicz said.
Meanwhile, Massachusetts police continue to investigate Hernandez' connection to a homicide of a 27-year-old man who has been identified as Odin Lloyd. Police have twice searched Hernandez' home, located about a mile from where Lloyd's body was discovered.
ABC News reported Thursday, citing anonymous law enforcement sources, that Hernandez destroyed his cell phone and home video surveillance system. He also had his house professional cleaned on Monday.
News helicopters tailed Hernandez as he drove from his home in North Attleboro, Mass. to the New England Patriots complex in Foxborough.
The Patriots have had no comment about Hernandez's pending legal situation.
An NFL spokesman told USA TODAY Sports on Thursday the league is paying attention.
"We are monitoring developments," Greg Aiello said.
Hernandez has no prior suspensions under the NFL's various conduct policies.


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Source: Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health news release
Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health announces the introduction of Nuflor Gold® (florfenicol), an antibiotic for the treatment of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) associated with four major bovine respiratory pathogens. The product has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of BRD associated with Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida, Histophilus somni, and now, Mycoplasma bovis. BRD is a major health problem in cattle and the most significant cause of economic loss for the cattle industry.
"NUFLOR GOLD is the first florfenicol product approved to treat BRD associated with Mycoplasma bovis," said Dr. Joe Roder, DVM, Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health. "BRD is a serious condition, and most cattle affected by BRD will suffer significantly unless the disease is treated effectively."
Florfenicol is generally considered a bacteriostatic drug, but it exhibits bactericidal activity against certain bacterial species. Although the correlation between in vitro susceptibility data and clinical effectiveness is unknown, in vitro studies demonstrated that florfenicol is active against the BRD pathogens Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida, Histophilus somni, and Mycoplasma bovis, and that florfenicol exhibits bactericidal activity against strains of Mannheimia haemolytica and Histophilus somni.
NUFLOR GOLD is available by prescription only. For more information, visit www.nuflorgold.com.


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IRS scrutinized some liberal groups
After a political group in Texas asked the IRS for a tax exemption last year, it got a lengthy, time-consuming list of questions — like a request for the minutes of all the board meetings since the group got started.
And a California-based group got turned down completely in 2011, because the IRS concluded that it was set up "primarily for the benefit of a political party."
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These two stories sound like they'd fit right into the raging IRS scandal over its treatment of conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status.
( PHOTOS: 10 slams on the IRS)
The only difference: these two groups — Progress Texas and Emerge America — were unabashedly liberal.
POLITICO surveyed the liberal groups from an IRS list of advocacy organizations that were approved after the tougher examinations started. The review found some examples of liberal groups facing scrutiny similar to their conservative counterparts — they were asked for copies of web pages, actions alerts, and written materials from all of their events.
But those harsh investigations were more rare than what POLITICO had found when it surveyed conservative groups at the beginning of the scandal. And the questions themselves appear less invasive, overall.
So while liberals have some reason to complain about the IRS, the disparity in treatment does help explain why the conservative piece became a runaway story while the liberal side did not.
( PHOTOS: IRS hearing on Capitol Hill)
Plus, many liberal groups just weren't as bothered by the questions they did get.
Progress Texas was the only one that came forward during the height of the scandal, releasing its own IRS letter to prove it had been hassled, too. It even had a cover letter from Lois Lerner, the embattled IRS official at the center of the scandal.
But even then, its leaders didn't really feel hassled.
"If you're going to ask for exceptional treatment, you should expect to go through exceptional screening," said Ed Espinoza, the executive director of Progress Texas. "We all play by the same rules, and if they don't like the rules, they don't have to play."
( Also on POLITICO: 5 questions for tax inspector general J. Russell George)
At a hearing on Thursday, Rep. Darrell Issa asked the IRS inspector general to look into where liberal groups were targeted. But most of the momentum is behind Congress staying on the trail of the conservative targeting. Top Republicans are trying to pry more information out of the agency about the role of the IRS Chief Counsel's office, after career IRS officials testified that Lerner sent Tea Party applications there as part of a lengthy review process.
The bottom line is, Republicans have more fuel to keep the scandal alive — and liberal groups just aren't about to march in the streets.
"In my mind, I didn't find it to be onerous. I just thought they were doing their due diligence," said Denise Cardinal of Progress Now, the umbrella organization for state progressive groups like Progress Texas.
Her group was one of the ones that got off easily. Its IRS letter — which came from the same Cincinnati office that investigated the conservative groups — asked just four follow-up questions, mostly about its relationship with its state affiliates.
Cardinal said some of the state groups did get lengthier sets of questions. And Alliance for a Better Utah, one of those state affiliates, is still waiting for the IRS to approve 501(c)(3) status for its education and voter registration operation. That's causing problems because it can't apply for foundation and grant money while that application to become a charitable organization is in limbo, according to Maryann Martindale, the group's executive director.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
From the 1970s to the present, conservatism, globalization, and an emphasis on individual rights and non-discrimination have changed the United States. Conservatism has sought to limit the role of the federal government, advance the market economy, and return the nation to a faith-based society. Globalization further integrated the United States with the world through immigration, trade, and the exchange of popular culture. Inspired by the civil rights movement, a variety of groups sought to expand their rights.
The rise of conservatism has limited the role of the federal government, promoted the market forces driving globalization, and raised issues of morality and religion in the public sphere. More
Cultural diversity and egalitarianism continue to shape American society through globalization, immigration, and an emphasis on individual rights and non-discrimination. More
As the United States emerged from the Cold War in the early 1990s, the processes of globalization—such as immigration, trade, and the sharing of popular culture—have linked Americans closely to the rest of the world. More
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Facebook Admits Not Doing Enough to Prevent Myanmar Violence
Facebook is admitting that it didn't do enough to prevent its services from being used to incite violence and spread hate in Myanmar.
A Facebook executive, Alex Warofka, said in a blog post late Monday that the company "can and should do more."
Facebook has gotten heavy criticism for permitting itself to be used to inflame ethnic and religious conflict in the country, particularly against minority Rohingya Muslims. A report it commissioned confirms this and offers recommendations.
The nonprofit Business for Social Responsibility released the report on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections, prompting critics to question its timing when so many people are focused on other news. Facebook says the report was focused on "Myanmar stakeholders," for whom the U.S. elections are not a priority.


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The main in charge of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and the many, many remakes of previous games in those series, Yoichi Wada, big bossman at Square Enix, is officially kicking off Tokyo Game Show 2011. What pearls of wisdom with Wada drop during his TGS keynote? Let's find out!
The topic of Wada's talk is "The Undercurrent of Revolution in the Games Industry," which is certainly going to be... interesting? Let's hope so. Maybe he'll talk about that Final Fantasy XIII-2 branded PlayStation 3 that Square Enix and Sony just announced. Or perhaps he'll ramble on about video game history for an hour and read the patch notes for a Final Fantasy XIV update out loud. Who can say? Only Yoichi Wada.
Follow along in Kotaku's liveblog below, typed in real-time by our man in Japan Brian Ashcraft, then stick around for yet another rousing talk from Sony's Shuhei Yoshida, who's going to talk at length about the PlayStation Vita. I know you are thirsty for more talk about Vita.
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WILLIAMSBURG, October 16, 1777.
Any Kind of Ore that may be found within this or the neighbouring States, and brought to Mr. Geddy's Shop in this City any Time before the Month of December, will be assayed or refined, gratis, and a proper Account rendered of what Metal such Ore contains. An accurate Account is necessary how such Ore as may be brought was found, whether in or contiguous to mountainous or hilly Grounds, rocky or stony, or on level Lands, or whether above or below the Surface of the Earth.
Virginia Gazette (Dixon & Hunter) October 17, 1777
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The Geddy foundry produced objects chiefly made of brass, bronze and pewter, as well as silver and gold. Except for iron, very little mining or smelting of metals was done in Virginia or any other colonies at that time, and metal craftsmen relied on "recycled" or scrap metals for their products. This ad, while not specifically mentioning iron ore, could be referring to ore deposits found in Chesterfield, Spotsylvania and Orange counties as well as known deposits in neighboring Maryland and Pennsylvania.
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Student Organizations provide an essential path for the growth and development of it members. The university greatly benefits from the energy and vitality these organizations give to campus life.
Advisors Guide Here
Fraternities and Sororities: The National Pan-Hellenic Council of Greek-lettered organizations provides opportunities for students to develop leadership and organizational skills. Its members have a chance to make lasting friendships while participating in various campus activities and community services. Freshmen are not eligible for membership.
Honors Societies, Clubs, & Interest Groups: Over 90 honorary, professional and social interest groups are currently active on campus, recruiting members regularly. These organizations provide opportunities for student leadership through service, participation and friendship. They also develop school pride and aim to enhance students' academic standings. Some membership restrictions apply.
This publication is not intended to be a contract, explicit or implied. Prairie View A&M University reserves the right to make changes in the policies, regulations, guidelines and information contained in this publication without notice or obligation. For additional information, contact the Office of Student Activities & Leadership and/or the Vice President for Student and Enrollment Services.


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It's here - my first gaming publication ever: Non-Human Player Codex for Swords & Wizardry Complete! Also marking the debut of my publishing company (well, just me), Old Lingolf House. Available in PDF and print, and for now - the PDF is free! My gift to the community that has so warmly welcomed me over the past year.
This reference and house rule collection combines the non-human special abilities from White Box with the classes of Complete, throws in a Gnome and a Half-Orc, presents new tables of non-human traits and abilities to add nuance and flavor to your demi-human characters, and spotlights other books providing S&W non-human PC rules. So grab those costume pointy Elf ears, pick up a copy, and start some serious non-human adventuring. Enjoy!
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Dear sir,
I've been married to 'dr Hankypanky' for 8 years and know for a fact that he's not a real psychiatrist, or even a medical doctor. His real name is Herbert Knickerkicker and he works as a vacuum-cleaner salesman. We got divorced 2 years ago because of his obsession with people who are obsessed with asking unsound questions about bodily functions. Please do not get into contact with him. I did 10 years ago and it took me 8 years to lose him.
Furthermore I'm happy to tell you that I have bowel-movement every day, producing firm and bouillon-odoured stools. Micturition occurs four to five times a day. I masturbate every other day.
Your's sincerely,
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UAE health officials have become increasingly alarmed with the country's obesity problem after a recent report revealed that 40 percent of males and 30 percent of affected by this condition. This phenomenon is relatively new in the Emirates and has been exacerbated by the proliferation of western fast-food restaurants and a lack of awareness of the importance of exercise. The government has launched a new national campaign to address obesity under the slogan: "Your health depends on your weight."
This is the first campaign initiated by the ministry of health to address obesity, al-Itihad daily reports. As part of the campaign, the ministry plans to place scales in public sites in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi, including shopping malls. This anti-obesity drive is coordinated with Dr. Abd al-Rahman Musayqar, Gulf nutrition specialist.
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I could not believe it. But when I read this strory, I have to believe it. This is bad.A council spokesman said: 'We are unable to comment on individual cases. In every case, we give absolute consideration to our children's background and to their cultural identity.'
Since it's the People's Islamic Republic of Tower Hamlets, you can imagine the response to any criticism. You can also imagine the reaction if a Muslim child had been fostered with Christians and denied halal food, made to eat bacon and refused (even at age 5) permission to wear a headscarf while not being able to understand her fosterer's language properly.


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Electro Standards Laboratories (ESL), Cranston, RI, has an extensive track record of technological advancements: state-of-the-art fiber optic switches, complex fiber optic cable assemblies, calibration-quality load cell and LVDT indicators, and advanced controls for rotary and linear motors with application to aircraft launch for next generation aircraft carriers.
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Based on Michael Crichton's most popular novel, Jurassic Park seemed destined for movie greatness with its imaginative premise of long-extinct dinosaurs being bred in the present for a theme park. In 1993, Steven Spielberg pushed special and visual effects to new heights, and awed audiences with sequences where mankind and dinosaur interacted with dynamic results. The film went on to win Academy Awards in both Visual Effects and Sound Effects for its remarkable full-bodied recreations of prehistoric beasts, and earned more than $900 million worldwide. So, when the trend of re-releasing old blockbusters with post-converted 3D emerged, it was only a matter of time before Universal revisited Jurassic Park.
I still have vivid memories of seeing this movie in theaters when I was a kid. That's why I went to see Jurassic Park at a revival screening last fall. 20 years later and I found this thriller as frightening, fun and deeply satisfying as ever. Having watched the T-rex scenes and horrifying raptor sequences in its original 2D, made me freshly intrigued for what 3D could add to this stupendous viewing experience. So, when I went to see Jurassic Park 3D for this column, I paid attention solely to how 3D was employed.
Does It Fit? You'd think so. Big action spectacle and the T-Rex chase scene where the bellowing dino nips at the heels of Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) and company seems perfect for 3D. The trouble is that the cinematography of the original film fights the 3D. The angles that would make the best use of this device weren't used, because it wasn't a consideration in 1993. And while the cinematography of Dean Cundey is absolutely extraordinary, it is full of rack focus moves that are jarring in 3D. Basically, the camera focuses on a foreground element, say Ellie (Laura Dern) as she says some crucial line, then the focus shifts from her (putting her out of focus) to someone behind her, pulling focus to their reaction. This kind of camerawork is a great storytelling tool in 2D, but looks odd in 3D where having everything in focus offers a better sense of dimension. Similarly, when foreground elements or background elements are out of focus, it's a waste of 3D. And in the case of the occasional lens flare, the 3D is actually irksome and distracting.
Fit Score: 3/5
Planning & Effort I'm confident this was not an endeavor taken on lightly. I'm sure they "spared no expense" in making this conversion. But when a movie was shot on film in two dimensions, it is very difficult to retro-fit it to 3D in an exemplary way. Here, the planning in advance was nonexistent, but the later effort to inject the 3D device into every scene was clearly earnest. Even closeups offer a little more dimension with post-converted multiple planes. But the original lays down a lot of obstacles to making this major revision stand up to movies conceived for 3D from the start .
Planning & Effort Score: 3/5
Before the Window This is the category that gets many moviegoers the most excited about 3D. Before the Window applies to those elements of the movie that seem to protrude into the theater, urging kids to reach out and try to touch the object that seems to be just inches from their reach! One thing I desperately wanted to "see" was the sharp-teethed maws of these gigantic beasts poke out of the screen. There are a few of these moments (for instance when a raptor lunges at Ellie), but they are few and far between, and brief as they are the 3D is nowhere near as impactful as I'd hoped.
Before the Window Score: 2/5
Beyond the Window Here again is where the cinematography fights the 3D. Jurassic Park is full of luscious, rolling landscapes, but as much of the time they are out of focus—to draw attention to the film's heroes in the fore—a sense of dimension is sacrificed. Still, the kitchen scene gets an added layer of drama with the boost of 3D adding depth to the alleys of metal and tile that the raptors sharp talons click along on. The helicopter sequences also show a notably deep depth of field.
Beyond the Window Score: 3/5
Brightness This was one I worried about in advance since many of the Jurassic Park's most exciting action sequences take place in dark environments. But Universal refuses to get tripped up here, and properly adjusts so you can see everything in the T-Rex attack sequence, the dilophosaurus stalking of Wayne Knight's Dennis, and within the unlit halls of the cavernous shed where Ellie must reactivate the power and face off against the tricky trio of raptors for the first time.
Brightness Score: 5/5
The Glasses Off Test How much 3D are you getting? The easiest way to gauge this is take off your glasses and see how blurry the picture is without them. Every frame of Jurassic Park appears to be employing 3D, even places where its totally unneeded, like the end credits set against black.
Glasses Off Score: 5/5
Audience Health The frequent rack focus moves with the added 3D did give me a slight headache by movie's end, but an informal poll of other moviegoers suggests that was not a common problem.
Audience Health Score: 4/5
Final Verdict: In the end, my thoughts on the 3D are best reflected by Dr. Malcolm: "[They] were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should!"
Let me be clear. As a movie, Jurassic Park is still a breathtaking and exhilarating viewing experience. Many of the special effects and vfx still look real and awe-inspiring. The story is as epic as ever and the performances are still vibrant and entertaining. This movie in no way needs 3D to make it worth the ticket price. And even with the higher rate of 3D tickets, I'd urge you to see Jurassic Park again. The movie is that good, but the 3D itself is not.
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Ferrari flattered by fourth - Alonso
Fernando Alonso believes he overachieved in qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix after finishing as the highest non-Mercedes powered car in fourth.
Alonso finished half a second off Felipe Massa's pole time, with Lewis Hamilton's late spin helping him snatch a place on the second row. Despite matching his best qualifying performance of the season Alonso thinks the result is slightly misleading given what else happened to other cars in the session.
"Definitely it was not a normal qualifying, which we probably took advantage of, because it is not normal to see Hamilton behind us for example, so we need to be proud of the position," Alonso said. "We need to be calm about the result because we were 1.1 seconds behind the Mercedes this morning [in FP3]. Now we have one Mercedes at one tenth [ahead] and one Mercedes behind, so I don't think everybody used their full potential because the conditions were a little bit tricky."
Daniel Ricciardo will start one place behind Alonso on the third row and, with Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel further back, the Spaniard believes he will have a tough job on his hands to stay in podium contention on Sunday.
"I don't think [Ricciardo] will back [up] too many cars. Red Bull has been very competitive, especially on Sundays, so I expect Ricciardo and Vettel, with all the new tyres he has now, to have a strong race. So it's going to be difficult to keep fourth.
"I probably will not sign anything now because in the last race we saw in the last couple of laps things can change quickly. We will try to do our race. It's true that sometimes we start in seventh, ninth, eleventh, and we tried to recover.
"Tomorrow we start probably out of position, as fourth is not realistic, so we will try to combine the two things; attack to get into the podium places and defend because we know that fast cars from behind will arrive sooner or later in the race so we will need to be ready for that."


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Red Sox take home trophies in four GIBBY categories
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Red Sox continue to gain appreciation -- and hardware -- for their World Series-winning season.
Boston won in four categories as MLB.com's annual Greatness in Baseball Yearly (GIBBY) Awards were announced Tuesday at the Winter Meetings.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Red Sox continue to gain appreciation -- and hardware -- for their World Series-winning season.
Boston won in four categories as MLB.com's annual Greatness in Baseball Yearly (GIBBY) Awards were announced Tuesday at the Winter Meetings.
John Farrell was selected as Manager of the Year and Ben Cherington was named Executive of the Year.
The emotional first game back at Fenway after the Boston Marathon bombings on April 20, when David Ortiz gave his memorably heartfelt speech, was selected as the Moment of the Year.
Ortiz, who hit a game-tying grand slam in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series, was named the Postseason MVP.
More than 10 million votes were cast by media, front-office personnel, MLB alumni, fans at MLB.com and the Society for American Baseball Research. This year's GIBBY Awards featured nominees in 22 categories. Individual honors went to the MLB MVP, in addition to the year's best Starting Pitcher, Hitter, Closer, Setup Man, Rookie, Breakout Hitter, Breakout Pitcher, Comeback Player, Defensive Player, Manager, Executive and Postseason Performer.
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All 30 clubs were represented among the award candidates. In fact, every team had multiple nominees in 2013 -- a testament to the parity of talent around the game.
Farrell received his award in his first season as manager of the Red Sox. He received universal praise in the clubhouse for his communication and organization skills. The Red Sox won 97 games before defeating the Rays in the AL Division Series, the Tigers in a heart-stopping ALCS and the Cardinals in the World Series.
After a last-place finish in 2012, Cherington reshaped his clubhouse by bringing in positive personalities like Jonny Gomes, Mike Napoli, Shane Victorino and Ryan Dempster. And Cherington perhaps put his team over the top in the AL East with the July 31 trade for Jake Peavy.
It was fitting that Ortiz was in the middle of the emotion at Fenway on April 20. He is the only player who has been a part of the last three Red Sox teams to win the World Series and has long been a fixture in the community.
With the city of Boston reeling, Ortiz proclaimed to the fans that Boston is "our [bleeping] city, and no one is going to dictate our freedom."
Daniel Nava won the game with a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth.
The second most memorable speech Ortiz gave in 2013 happened in Game 4 of the World Series, when he pulled his teammates together in the middle of the dugout and told them to relax. The Red Sox won that game and didn't lose again.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne.


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