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Woak necesitaba un nuevo diseño de papelería y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 59 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
Williams Montgomery & John Ltd., a prestigious Chicago law firm, is looking for new business identity. As you will see in the attached Brief, the current logo and identity is very basic and dated. Need strong, dynamic design for new logo, letterhead and business card.
Current Tag is: "A Firm of Trial Lawyers". Would love other suggestions.
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Both logo and font should be clean and appeal to a global audience. It should convey the feeling that the firm is composed of trial lawyers willing to try any case. Open to a variety of styles, including Web 2.0. Looking for clean, light and dynamic de
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PDF and Vector. Please include all fonts
Will need: Logo, letterhead and business card design
Please submit only original work. The winning designer will need to sign a simple work-for-hire agreement (that we will provide by email) transferring all rights to the logo to the Client upon full payment to the designer.
About Client: The trial lawyers at Williams Montgomery & John Ltd. represent individuals, corporations, corporate officers and directors and business owners in complex commercial litigation as well as personal injury defense in state and federal courts in the United States. The Firm's current website is http://www.willmont.com
Client's Audience: individuals, corporations, corporate officer and directors, and business owners.
General Specifications: The name Williams Montgomery & John Ltd. should be incorporated with or without a graphical logo. Logo itself should be an image that is eye-catching, simple and brandable standing alone.
Tagline: We currently use "A Firm of Trial Lawyers". Feel free to suggest something better.
Logo is expected to serve as a key design element for business cards, website, presentations, letterhead, and publications. It needs to be professional and exude confidence.
File formats: PSD, EPS and Vector. Winner to send original layered files and fonts (should include hi res for printing).
Good luck to all! Looking forward to seeing some great designs.
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Those are some really solid fundamentals that even an experienced investor can benefit from by revisiting them on a regular basis. I have something very similar hanging in my home office that reminds me of what my discipline is and to ignore the sentiment of the market at times in favor of fundamentals.
Looking To Invest Right Now? 5 Basic Investing Tips For Any Market
A lot of people have been asking me recently, is this the stock market bottom? Is it time to jump into stocks? Well, it's human nature to be asking these questions, especially now that the market has dropped precipitously around 30% or so from its peak.
But when we invest based on market movement, we're actually applying our emotions into the mix. In effect, we're timing the market to some extent as we see great bargains in stocks right now, salivating over the cheaper stock prices.
But what if there was a way to invest with less worry and less emotion? Now I can't say that you can be entirely worry-free when you invest but you can certainly mitigate concerns over your portfolio when you apply a few techniques, which I've personally chosen to follow myself.
As an investor for over 20 years who's lived through 2 recessions (and going on a third), here are some tips to weather market cycles without losing sleep:
The Automated Way To Invest in any Market
1. Look at the long term.
The idea of "long term" varies depending on how old you are. The younger you are, the longer is your investment time horizon and the more time your investments can grow to make up for bad market cycles or to benefit from the awesome power of compounding. In this regard, investing early gives you a leg up. The flip-side, of course, is that the older you are, the more conservative you should become. A good technique is to diminish your exposure to equities over time by doing portfolio reallocations on a regular basis. Rule of thumb: subtract your age from 100 to yield a recommended percentage for your stock allocation. Though this is a simple way of arriving at a ballpark stock allocation, you'll still need to take into account your risk profile and financial goals to arrive at your final numbers.
2. Resist market timing.
I learned the hard way that short term market timing is a lousy approach. I've been whipsawed by the market via short sales and stock trades during volatile periods. These days, I resist the urge to market time even while the market dances like a drunk sailor. My take is that if you trade, you should know what you're doing, and not just get into this because you're acting on emotion.
3. Be well diversified.
Stock market diversification can be effectively realized via indexing and appropriate asset allocation strategies. You can also buy general, actively managed mutual funds and achieve some level of diversification, although this means you're entrusting the performance of your funds to its fund managers. I prefer to do it the passive way -- by tracking the indexes that represent major asset classes.
4. Choose good asset allocations for your portfolio.
Believe it or not, but the overall total returns of your investments will depend largely on how your asset allocation is structured. Most financial literature will suggest an allocation that includes stocks, bonds, cash, real estate and even precious metals or commodities in your portfolio since these asset classes don't behave in lock step (the less correlated asset classes are, the better!). To the chagrin of most investors, a proper asset allocation hasn't really sheltered them much in recent months -- why? Because only "cash" seems to have survived any form of drubbing this year. Here's hoping that the long term will yield better results for a well allocated portfolio. Here's a discussion about the best places for your money right now.
5. Go automatic. Invest piecemeal.
Dollar cost averaging is a great way to ignore the current volatility in the markets. Invest regularly and forget about it. It'll keep you from obsessing about your losses while allowing you to accumulate battered investments at lower prices.
6. Keep a casual eye on your portfolio.
Diversification, asset allocation and dollar cost averaging are techniques that allow us to be more complacent about our portfolios, but don't forget about your investments for too long! You'll need to evaluate your investments on a regular basis just to make sure you're on track towards your long term goals.
7. Rebalance your investments over time.
And once you do evaluate your portfolios, you can decide whether it's a good idea to rebalance your holdings to reflect your allocations accurately. When the market goes haywire, rebalancing to keep the asset classes in the correct proportions will allow you to automatically buy those assets that have suffered price drops, while selling out of assets that may be relatively pricier (or that represent a higher weighting or concentration of your total assets).
8. Know when to hold and when to fold.
You've got losers? Did you invest in speculative penny stocks, individual stocks or REITs in the last few years? Maybe it's time to unload them now and take the loss. By doing so, you'll achieve two things -- you can harvest your loss and make it benefit you during tax time, and you'll be able to move your position into hopefully better investments like index funds, where your funds can grow with a bit more predictability.
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Now is the time, if you have cash in a account earning you nothing, now is the time to get in. Invest in index-based funds and you should be fine.
These principals are the basis of the Monetta Young Investor Fund (MYIFX). Great Fund for savings for college.
The guidelines published above are cliches, but the advice was valid during the unprecended good times that the country, then the world, has enjoyed since the Second World War.
I fear we are in new conditions now, and the automatic returns of buy and hold are not going to be there anymore. One will have to pay more attention to the day to day running of an account, educate oneself to specific sectors, and, yes, time the market, at least to some extent.
This has worked well for me and others in the past decade: rotate into tech, then out to cash, then into energy, then out to cash. New conditions require new strategies, and also a very close attention to what the market, and the world, is demanding.
A book that I am highly recommending The Worst Kind of Lies, about insurance scams and investments, by John Patrick Lamont was absolutely my favorite. I chose to use the "reviews" page link because the reviews are much more better written on the website then I could write!
After reading his book, I have become less accepting of corporate corruption and realize how much everyone's lives are affected by greedy and irresponsible corporate executives who believe they are above the law.
I suggest the investors who would like to invest in stock marketing to opt for long term investments which suits the current situation.
As people lose a lot of money in the stock market and in real estate loses it's value,Good patents that solves a big problem,makes more sense to invest in manufacturing the problem solved patented invention then one could imagin,when some inventions could make Billions of dollars it's only smart for one to look at Patent #6,926.702 called Diaper With Legs, After all this is well needed by baby's ,toddler's,and adults with needs.Inventor of Diaper With Legs Lisa Wilkinson

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Laura on Life
Ordinary parents
By Laura Snyder
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[October 03, 2012]
Overheard, as a group of kids waited for their
pictures to be taken at a tournament:
In shock, I turned around to face a 13-year-old
boy and said, "The man is a saint simply for putting up with you."
Another mom standing near me said, "A man who works 40 hours a
week to take care of his family is anything but lazy."
The boy smirked but was unrepentant. I looked at him closely to
see whether there was any basis for this level of disrespect.
He was dressed well. He was clean. He had no black eye, no fat
lip, no bruises or other visible signs of neglect or abuse. His dad
obviously cared enough to come to this boy's sporting event and was
proud enough to take pictures of him. For those reasons and the fact
that he'd never received the "attitude adjustment" that he so
eloquently asked for, the boy owed his father respect.
There was so much I wanted to say to that boy. So much he needed
to hear. So much that many teens need to hear.
Don't get me wrong. I, too, remember thinking that my parents
were too strict, a little weird and woefully uninformed when I was a
know-it-all teenager. I thought they were from a different planet,
but they didn't know it. I remember thinking all that, but I would
never have said that to anyone other than a family member. Even
then, only if I was feeling particularly snarky. And Lord help
anyone else who might say anything disrespectful about my parents. I
would have cleaned their clock.
The problem seems to be that kids have trouble accepting that
their parents are human. Parents are not the superheroes of their
children's elementary years any longer. By middle school, this fact
is slowly asserting itself into their little brains. Their parents
have faults and issues like everyone else -- surprise! Because the
idol worship is being replaced by reason, the parents inevitably
fall off the pedestal they were unknowingly placed upon and
become... ordinary.
This process may be a shock to a kid. Their parents aren't really
all that amazing; the kid just thought they were. Now the teen is
suddenly angry at his parents for being ordinary.
What teenagers never seem to grasp is that these ordinary people
are, indeed, extraordinary in one very important way: their awesome
love for their children. This extraordinary love transcends every
harsh word, every act of rebellion and every stupid mistake their
children make. This extraordinary love is unconditional. It will be
there until the end of time, no matter how hateful the teenager
decides to be.
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These ordinary parents have done extraordinary things for their
children, over and over again, all in the name of love, and in spite
of their child's behavior. They do not ask for anything in return.
In fact, there are innumerable acts of love that their children
never think about, or even know about. These are acts that teens and
young adults may never reflect upon until they, too, are the parents
of an ungrateful child.
The thing about your parent that you think you can't tolerate is
small potatoes when compared with what he or she has done for you.
Even now, in the midst of your intolerance, they would, without
question, move heaven and earth for you, if you needed them. They
are your staunchest ally in this capricious world.
The smart-mouthed twit who had the nerve to bad-mouth the only
member of the human race who was willing to feed and clothe his
sorry behind made me so angry! What would have happened to that boy
if his father didn't feel like trading his hard-earned money for the
things that would keep his impudent child alive?
I thought the brainless wretch should be picked up and dropped on
his thick head in a snowbank in Siberia. He might finally recognize
his amazing good fortune in having been born to an ordinary dad who
loves him.
I thought harshly of him, of course, because he isn't my kid.
If he were my kid, I wouldn't be angry. I would be thoroughly,
crushingly... heartbroken. But he would never know...
[By LAURA SNYDER]
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Laura Snyder is suspending her column for an indefinite time due to
a series of health-related events in the family.
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The body of a man found buried beneath a council car park is almost certainly that of the last Plantagenet King of England, Richard III, according to academics.
The remains, undisturbed less than a metre (3.3 feet) below ground on the site of an old friary in Leicester for more than 500 years, will now be interred in the city's cathedral.
DNA recovered from the remains, radio-carbon dating, battlefield wounds found on the skeleton, and the link between what was found during the dig and what was mentioned in documentary sources from the period, combined to allow Leicester University academics to today conclude the identity was "beyond reasonable doubt".
King Richard, the last of the country's Plantagenet monarchs, was cut down at the decisive and bloody Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, ending the Wars of the Roses and leaving Henry VII as the new king and first of the Tudor dynasty.
At the time it was recorded that King Richard had been buried in Grey Friars, a friary in the city following the battle.
Four years ago, a fundraising drive kick-started by the Richard III Society embarked on a push to finally uncover the truth of his final resting place, by making an archaeological dig on the site of the friary - a modern-day city council car park.
Archaeologists from the University of Leicester recovered a body - which showed signs of battle injuries including 10 separate wounds, and scoliosis (a curvature) of the spine, in tune with unflattering historic accounts claiming the king was hunch-backed.
Following extensive tests, Richard Buckley, dig project leader, said: "It is the academic conclusion that beyond reasonable doubt, the individual exhumed at Grey Friars in September 2011 is King Richard III - the last Plantagenet King of England."
Significant weight was placed on the DNA evidence, linking Richard III to a living descendant Michael Ibsen - through the female line of Anne of York.
Studies of the bones revealed the body of the man was aged late 20s to late 30s, with the king killed when he was 32, while radio-carbon dating revealed the male had died in the second half of the 15th, or early 16th century, which is consistent with the dates of the Wars of the Roses.
Further study showed the remains to be those of a man standing 5ft 8in (1.73m), with what academics called an "unusually slender build" for a male.
The male had 10 wounds covering his body, but among these were two principal head wounds which were likely to have killed him - one delivered by sword and the other likely to have come from a long-handled polearm, thought to be a halberd.
More gruesome, however, was evidence of "humiliation" injuries, including several head wounds - part of the skull was sliced away - a cut to the ribcage and a pelvic wound likely caused by an upward thrust of a weapon, through the buttock.


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East Van's Powell Street Craft Brewery wins beer of the year
Tiny start-up Powell Street Craft Brewery stunned the Canadian beer scene this week, winning the Canadian Brewing Awards Beer of the Year prize for its Old Jalopy Pale Ale.
The East Vancouver nano-brewer bested more than 764 entries from 120 craft brewers across the country to win the top prize in just its first year in operation. Entries are blind tested by 25 certified beer judges for aroma, appearance, flavour, mouth-feel and overall impression.
Not bad for its inaugural competition.
"It was quite a shock, that's for sure," Powell Street's brewer and owner David Bowkett said. "Old Jalopy has a lot more malt character and a more intense hop than most pale ales and I think that really got the judge's attention."
Powell Street beers are available at the brewery in growlers and 650 mL bottles at a handful of private liquor stores in Metro Vancouver including Firefly, Darby's, West Coast, Legacy, Hastings and Brewery Creek in Vancouver, Cloverdale Crossing in Surrey and Bottle Jockey in Burnaby.
Powell Street will only make 20,000 litres of beer this year, so Old Jalopy will be hard to come by. "We are a nanobrewery and we were already having trouble keeping up with demand," Bowkett said.
In all, B.C. brewers took in 33 medals from a total of 116 available.
Powell was joined in the winner's circle by Surrey's highly decorated Central City Brewing, which won three gold medals. Brewmaster Gary Lohin's Red Racer ESB, Imperial IPA and Bourbon Porter all topped their categories. Central City won Brewery of the Year in 2012. Howe Sound Brewing Co. won two gold medals, for its King Heffy Imperial Hefeweizen and Diamond Head Oatmeal Stout.
In this exciting episode, host Randy Shore, Mike Bell craft brewer Conrad Gmoser and Alibi Room owner Nigel Springthorpe talk all things beer.
We explore Vancouver's burgeoning craft brewing scene, the best taprooms in the city and home brewing hints from the experts. Craft beer walking tours, rare delights from Portland and barley-based religion.
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Hopes For Uganda Peace?
Besigye cautioned against "unwarranted utterances� by President Museveni against the LRA and its leaders and the President's ridiculing of the peace process as mere "conversations,� and the LRA's killing of a UPDF captain.
(Uganda's Museveni flies to rebel talks in Juba).
Uganda's President has flown to Juba, the capital of Southern Sudan, in a dramatic attempt to salvage stalled peace talks with the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels.
Government and rebel negotiators have been trying to hammer an agreement to end 20 years of war that has devastated northern Uganda. Both sides accuse the other of violating a recent ceasefire agreement.
President Yoweri K. Museveni has flown to southern Sudan yesterday morning to take part in the talks directly. Museveni arrived amid tight security in Juba, where the airport was closed late Friday morning. Four UPDF helicopter gun ships emerged in the southern Sudanese airspace before Museveni's Presidential Gulf Stream jetted moments later. In a security strategy, it emerged that Museveni was actually not aboard his jet but was airborne in one of the army choppers, a clear indication that there is ways to go before government and rebels sign a deal.
South Sudan President, Gen. Salvar Kiir and his deputy and the chief peace mediator Vice President Riek Machar, along with over 150 people, met Museveni. His appearance in Juba was his first since the funeral of Gen. John Garang, the former leader of the SPLA in August 2005.
Talks to end Uganda's bloody conflict have recently stalled with nasty scenes involving the killing of civilians and fighting on both sides taking center stage.
Leader of Uganda's opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Dr. Kiiza Besigye, currently in Gulu, one of the districts most affected by the insurgency, on October 20 wrote to Gen. Salva Kiir expressing concern that recent clashes between the LRA and UPDF threatened to derail peace talks. Besigye cautioned against "unwarranted utterances" by President Museveni against the LRA and its leaders and the President's ridiculing of the peace process as mere "conversations," and the LRA's killing of a UPDF captain.
Besigye noted that while FDC does not condone impunity, the International Criminal Court's (ICC) indictments of the rebel leadership presented a major hurdle to the peace process. "The peace process must continue without further adverse disruptions because we have placed our complete trust and hope in it," Besigye said. "There is no better way to peace in northern Uganda and north eastern Uganda other than through peace talks."
He added: "Both the government and the LRA must agree to halt all hostilities and unwarranted propaganda against each other; stop unilateral announcement of events related to the peace process; and strictly abide by the agreement."
He called on the LRA to return to the assembly points agreed upon under the ceasefire, noting that: "Both the UPDF and the LRA restrict their movement and activities to the agreed positions and that the CHA monitoring team be strengthened and fully facilitated with African Union observers included on the team."
Ssebaggala reports for The Black Star News from Uganda.
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Microsoft Azure: Window into the Cloud
Maybe that's really BackOffice into the Cloud since Azure is Microsoft's coordinated move into the "cloud computing" rage that is sweeping across IT-land. Popularized by the likes of Amazon AWS and Google, the notion of using (renting) the infrastructure of a large provider to host applications has become an emerging strategy for corporations and ISVs to cost-effectively deploy their products without resorting to the major up-front costs of a data center. Rather than hire staff competent with the complexities of scaling server hardware, 24x7x365 uptime, high-end routers, and so on, you can effectively outsource this function to a Google, or a Amazon, or now, Microsoft.
At least that's the theory.
In practice, a company moving to the "cloud" has some serious considerations to, well, consider. Among them:
- Is my data secure and private ?
- Is my vendor stable and invested in the model ?
- Can I move my applications as-is ?
- What is the cost structure ?
- Does the vendor supply a quality-of-service statement ?
Many others ensue, but for me, these are the major ones. Any of these could be a deal-breaker depending on the circumstance.
What is striking to me from reading about Azure is how little of many of these items are addressed so far. To be fair, Azure is still in the pre-release cycle aimed primarily at developers, but the target audience for this won't be developers - it will be the IT guys, CIO's and senior managers who will be the decision makers. I couldn't find much if anything on data security and privacy or cost structure. QOS is also not mentioned. Vendor stability is definitely a thumbs up with Microsoft, but are they invested in the model ? Big question mark. Maybe two big question marks.
Now to a pet peeve - what's with the marketing brand "Azure" ? Sounds like a car model - for a moment I had in my head this one. When I say "Amazon Web Services" or "Google App Engine", most developers get pretty quickly what I'm saying. With "Azure" (besides not rolling off the American tongue), it's a bit too slick for the devs I know. But I digress.
Microsoft's forays into the services and online applications world haven't been all that successful - MSN, LiveOffice, etc. My own take is that people see Microsoft as a product company - Windows, Office, SQL Server, you name it. But Internet based services are a whole 'nother can of worms. In this space, people are making partnership decisions, not strictly technology ones. Yes, it's nice I can write a .NET app that will run in the cloud. But what keeps me up at night is whether the vendor is making a commitment to the infrastructure model they are creating, or whether this is just a "me-too" offering because of what Google and Amazon are up to. In the case of those company's, they are well-recognized and respected as understanding how to run Internet-based businesses successfully. Knowing that Amazon is using their immense knowledge of networking, servers, high-speed back-end systems, etc to run their online book and products business gives me comfort that they "get" what it would take for me to create or move a business onto the Internet.
Microsoft is supporting the .NET technology platform on Azure, and surprisingly, non-Microsoft technologies such as Ruby, PHP, etc. Alas, no Linux though. Whether they resolve the questions I raised above or not, waits to be seen.


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Monday, November 26, 2012
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No. 25 San Diego State tops USC 66-60
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[November 26, 2012]
(AP) -- Despite a significant height advantage that features three 7-footers, Southern California isn't recording the early seasons victories it envisioned.
The Trojans (3-3) had won 10 of 12 games all time against the Aztecs, but San Diego State notched its second straight against USC. Sunday's win also was the Aztecs' first victory in seven attempts at the Galen Center, and San Diego State has now defeated its last 10 Pac 12 opponents.
USC shot only 33 percent (22-66) including 29.4 percent behind the arc (5-17). The Trojans also missed 9 of 20 free throws.
"We've got to start converting and shooting the ball better," USC coach Kevin O'Neill said. "I liked our shot selection. We rebounded our tails off and fought hard. We have to keep being aggressive and shooting."
USC outrebounded the Aztecs 43-36.
The Trojans fell behind by 19 points in the first half, but rallied to cut San Diego State's lead to a 35-23 deficit by halftime.
"When you put yourself that deep in the hole, you've got to come back harder," said Trojans guard Jio Fontan, who scored 9 points on 3-of-12 shooting. "I have to play better. I've had a rough couple of games."
James Rahon and Jamaal Franklin had 17 points apiece to lead the Aztecs to their fourth consecutive win.
Rahon was 6 for 7 from the field, making all three of his 3-point attempts.
"Anytime you win a road game it's great, especially at the Galen Center against a Pac 12 team," Rahon said. "We continued to battle and stay focused."
Xavier Thames scored 14 points and JJ O'Brien added 12 for San Diego State. Skylar Spencer also pulled down 11 rebounds for the Aztecs.
Eric Wise led USC with 14 points, and Dewayne Dedmon grabbed 10 rebounds.
The Trojans opened the second half with an 18-4 run to take a 41-39 lead on a basket by Eric Wise with 13:28 to play. The game remained tight until San Diego State grabbed control at the end.
"Unfortunately, we didn't come out and shoot the ball early," O'Neill said. "We got better as the game went on. We had our chances. We got the lead twice in the second half. But you can't shoot 11 of 20 from the line and you can't be immature. We gave in to things at the end and that hurt us."
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USC was assessed two technical fouls in the final two minutes. Thames and Franklin made 5 of 6 free throws and Rahon had a clutch 3-pointer to extend the Aztecs' lead to 64-57 with 1:02 to play.
"The (late technical) was a big play," O'Neill said. "It was immature on (Omar Oraby's) part. The immaturity of the emotional stuff, you can't overcome that against a good team. That's not acceptable."
USC has eight days off before it travels to play Nebraska and New Mexico.
San Diego State has won 25 in a row against California teams over the past 3 years
-- the longest active streak in the country.
"I thought we did a great job on the road in this environment," San Diego State coach Steve Fisher said. "We are going to enjoy this one and get ready for UCLA on Monday morning."
The Aztecs held USC to three baskets over the final 5:26 of the game.
"Out of the gate we were sensational with our defense," Fisher said. "Our defense created offensive opportunities. We knew the game wasn't going to end how it started with how big of a lead we had. We were somewhat fortunate to get out of here with a victory."
San Diego State got off to a fast start. Thames' 3-pointer made it 12-2 with 14:36 to go in the first half.
The Trojans missed nine of their first 10 shots and committed four turnovers in the first 8 minutes.
Rahon nailed a 3-pointer and followed with two more baskets to increase San Diego State's lead to 27-8 with 7:16 left in the first half.
Ari Stewart hit a 3-pointer down the stretch to help USC close to 35-23 at the break.
The Aztecs were without second-leading scorer Chase Tapley, who is sidelined with a strained patella tendon. He is expected to return Saturday when SanDiego State plays at No. 11 UCLA.
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So I had a little think and initially thought of making a variation on a cinnamon roll but when I was browsing through pinterest I came across this apple braid by eat, live, run. As I'd already decided I would rise to the challenge of baking bread, I figured it wasn't too much more of a leap to start with a complicated looking one like this!! It was not too difficult in the end and I didn't end up crying over it - phew! Instead I did a little happy dance and couldn't wait to eat it as soon as it came out of the oven as it smelt so good baking. The bread was absolutely delicious! I loved the combination of apples, cinnamon and chocolate and the dough was surprisingly light (I was worried that I'd overworked the dough). Definitely best eaten warm but still good the next day.
So on to the challenges. Calendar Cakes hosted by Laura from Laura Loves Cake and Rachel from Dolly Bakes chose bread, rolls and buns as Nov 17th is Homemade Bread Day.
As apples are in season, I'm also entering this to Simple and in Season hosted by Ren from Fabulicious Food.
Last but not least, I am also entering this to Made with Love Mondays hosted by Javelin Warrior where the idea is to cook everything from scratch .
And to another challenge that Javelin Warrior told me about called Bake Your Own Bread hosted by Heather from girlichef and Connie from My Discovery of Bread.
Recipe adapted from Eat, Live, Run
For the Apple Filling
3 medium-sized apples
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons lemon juice
100g chocolate chips
For the bread
350g bread flour
50g caster sugar
1 tablespoon instant yeast
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup warm water
2 1/4 teaspoons vegetable oil
You can also make a glaze for the bread but I decided not to.
- Preheat the oven to 180C.
- To make the apple filling, peel, core, and slice the apples into thin slices, then cut the slices in half.
- Toss the apple pieces with the sugar, cinnamon, and lemon juice.
- Bake the apple filling in small tin for 15 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and set aside.
- Once it's cooled completely, stir in the chocolate chips - the chocolate will melt if you add it in too early!
- (Note: Do not turn the oven off at this point. You will be using it to bake the finished braid.)
- To make the bread, mix the dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl.
- Add the water and oil and mix the dough for 6 minutes using an electric mixer on medium-high speed.
- (The flour amount I've included here is more than suggested as I found my dough was still very wet - you may need to adjust this youself)
- Spray a smooth clean surface with cooking spray and turn the dough out onto the surface.
- Knead the dough briefly to give it a smooth surface
- Spray a rolling pin with cooking spray and roll the dough out into a large rectangle, about 12-inches by 16-inches in size.
- Lift onto a greased baking sheet.
- Using a pizza cutter or sharp knife, cut each side into strips about 1-inch wide down each side, leaving the center third of the dough uncut.
- Spread the apple filling down the middle third of the dough.
- Fold strips of dough into the center, crisscrossing the filling by alternating strips from each side.
- Lightly press ends to seal, and straighten out the braid with your hands, if necessary, to straighten.
- Bake the braid in the oven for 25 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and let the braid cool for several minutes.


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MIAMI - David West punched two passes from LeBron James away in the final minute, then punched the air.
He had plenty of reason to celebrate.
The Eastern Conference finals are tied, and home-court advantage now belongs to West and the Indiana Pacers.
Roy Hibbert scored a post-season career-high 29 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, West broke up two passes by James for huge turnovers, and the Pacers evened the East title series at a game apiece with a 97-93 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 2 on Friday night.
"We haven't done anything yet," Hibbert said. "We haven't closed the series out. We won one game. A lot of us feel we should be up 2-0."
Paul George scored 22 points, George Hill added 18 and West finished with 13 for the Pacers, who handed the Heat just their fourth loss in their last 50 games, closed the game on a 13-5 run — and denied one of the game's best playmakers in James twice in the final moments to finish it off.
"There's only like one person that's more scarier than that," Hill said, speaking of James. "And that's, you know, God."
The series resumes with Game 3 on Sunday night in Indianapolis.
"It's one of the best basketball games I've ever been a part of," Pacers coach Frank Vogel said. "It wasn't about LeBron making mistakes down the stretch. He played one of the best basketball games I've ever seen anybody play. We were just able to make a couple plays late in the game."
More specifically, West made a couple plays late in the game.
"These are two close, competitive games that can go either way," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "We had our opportunities. Enough opportunities."
With Indiana up 95-93, West intercepted a pass that James was throwing to Ray Allen with 43 seconds left. Indiana didn't cash in that mistake, instead turning the ball over with a shot-clock violation.
So on the next Miami trip, West denied James — who led all scorers with 36 points — again.
James drove to the right block, spun and tried passing out toward the perimeter. West got his right hand on that pass, knocking it off-course and into the hands of Hill, then extended his hand skyward.
The Pacers — just as they did in the second-round series last year — knew they were winning Game 2 in Miami. Hill made two free throws with 8.3 seconds left to clinch it, and just like that, the series was tied.
Game 1, Miami won it with James coming through at the end.
Game 2, the Pacers simply took away the MVP's opportunity.
"We've been able to maintain our composure throughout the year," West said. "That's helped us throughout these playoffs and especially in environments like these."
The Heat got 17 points from Chris Bosh and 14 from Dwyane Wade. The Heat led 88-84 in the fourth quarter, only to let the lead, the game and the home-court edge slip away, and James had almost an expressionless look afterward.
"Nothing broke down," Wade said. "He's going to be hard on himself. He saw guys open, but West was able to get his arms out there at the last moment."
Lance Stephenson scored 10 for the Pacers.
The Heat trailed for virtually all of the game's first 30 minutes, then tied the game three times in the third quarter — but Indiana always had a response. When the game was tied at 60, the Pacers scored seven of the next 10 points. Tied at 67, George quickly had a layup to put the Pacers back on top. Tied at 69, George struck again, this time with a jumper.
With 5.1 seconds left in the third, George drove the lane and finished a highlight-reel dunk over Miami's Chris Andersen while getting fouled, the free throw putting the Pacers up by five. James connected on a long 3-pointer to close the quarter, then he and George exchanged a few words afterward and slapped each other's hand as if to say, "here we go."
Sure enough, the show was just getting started.
"We had our chance tonight," Bosh said.
Hibbert was creating one problem after another for Miami, so James took it upon himself to challenge him in the fourth. And with about 8 minutes left, he swatted a putback attempt away from the 7-foot-2 Indiana centre, starting a play that ended with Chalmers scoring at the other end to give Miami an 85-84 lead.
On the next possession, James tied up a rebound with Hibbert, then won the ensuing jump ball. Not long afterward, Bosh made a 3-pointer and Miami's lead was up to 88-84 — its biggest of the night.
"We just didn't finish the game like we're capable of," Spoelstra said.
Indiana scored the next five points to reclaim the lead. James' three-point play with 3:32 left put the Heat on top 91-89, and Hibbert answered that with a jump hook over the reigning MVP to tie the game for the 10th time.
Frantic to the finish, again. And this time it went Indiana's way.
"Heck of a basketball game, wasn't it?" Vogel asked afterward.
If there was any remaining lament from losing Game 1 on the final play of overtime, the Pacers didn't show it. They trailed for all of 15 seconds in the first half, and after neither team held a lead of more than seven in the series opener, Indiana found itself leading by 10 late in the first quarter and by 13 with a minute to go before intermission.
Hibbert was either unguarded or unguardable, making six of his eight shots in the first two quarters and getting to the line on the way to a 19-point half. West, Hill and George combined for 27 more before the break, and when Hibbert scored with 1:25 left the Pacers' lead was 53-40.
The Heat needed less than a minute to erase more than half of that deficit.
James made a pair of free throws with 59.1 seconds left, Chalmers had a layup and Mike Miller — who hadn't taken a shot since May 8, but checked in with 3:23 remaining in the half after Allen and Shane Battier continued to struggle from the outside — connected on a 3-pointer as time expired, pulling Miami within 53-47 at the break.
And when Indiana went up nine early in the third quarter, Miami responded with another burst, this time an 11-2 run highlighted by a spectacular reverse dunk by James and capped by two baskets from Wade, the last of which knotted the game at 60-all.
By then, it was clear.
Just like Game 1, this one wouldn't be decided until the end.
NOTES: South Florida resident Jozy Altidore of the U.S. men's national soccer team was among those in attendance, two days before he's set to report to Cleveland and begin training camp for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers. Other celebs in the crowd included newly retired football star and Miami Hurricanes great Ray Lewis, Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. and Rosie O'Donnell. ... The Pacers were called for four technicals (one a defensive 3-second) in a 4-minute span of the second quarter. ... Indiana reserve Sam Young sprained his left ankle in the third quarter. ... Indiana was not planning to fly home after the game, instead staying in Miami one more night and avoiding getting back to Indianapolis around 4 a.m. or even later.


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Although still a relatively new topic, the consumerization of medical devices, also referred to as the medicalization of consumer devices, has gained significant momentum over the past couple of years. It will continue to be a hot topic throughout 2014. The main drivers behind the concept— the emergence of new technologies (e.g., smartphones and social media), increased focus on costs, and elevated customer expectations— are prompting device manufacturers to increase their commitment to and investment in developing patient-empowering technologies that leverage very specific information.
Trends Transforming the Medical Device Industry
Because the term "medical device" covers a vast range of equipment, from simple tongue depressors to the most sophisticated life-supporting products, the medical device industry is constantly evolving. Trends such as an aging world population, emerging markets, increased regulation, and healthcare provider consolidation are radically transforming the industry as we know it. Device companies that are poised to take advantage of these trends will become market leaders; however, companies that are hindered in any way, perhaps by antiquated operational or technology processes, will find it difficult to adapt to the transformative nature of today's global medical device market.
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Because the term "medical device" covers a vast range of equipment, from simple tongue depressors to the most sophisticated life-supporting products, the medical device industry is constantly evolving. Trends such as an aging world population, emerging markets, increased regulation, and healthcare provider consolidation are radically transforming the industry as we know it. Device companies that are poised to take advantage of these trends will become market leaders; however, companies that are hindered in any way, perhaps by antiquated operational or technology processes, will find it difficult to adapt to the transformative nature of today's global medical device market.
People are living longer. Moreover, the elderly population is remaining healthy into their golden years thanks in part to the innovations being made in the medical device industry. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the "60 years or over" population segment in developed countries is expected to increase from 23 percent to 32 percent by 2050. In fact, the senior segment has already surpassed its youngest cohort, "15 years and younger."
As the aging developed world population continues to grow, so does the demand for medical devices. While this is certainly good news for the medical device industry, there are some caveats. Because a large part of medical device spending will come from government-subsidized healthcare, profit margins will be lower. To succeed in this higher volume, lower margin environment, leading medical device organizations must streamline their internal processes, including their quality management system (QMS), to continue to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
New markets, such as China, Mexico, and Brazil, are providing the medical device industry with consistent revenue growth. China's plan to extend healthcare to every Chinese citizen by 2020 is expected to create huge opportunities for foreign medical device companies; spending is projected to grow from $357 billion in 2011 to $1 trillion in 2020. While competition is beginning to trickle in from local medical device manufactures, at present, consumer confidence in China lies with western brands, for which they are willing to pay top dollar. Although this is music to device manufacturers' ears, long-term success is by no means assured.
To successfully tap into the burgeoning medical device market in China, as well as in other developing countries, international device manufacturers must be willing to rethink their current business models and distribution strategies, which may be barriers to entry. The biggest stumbling block for many device companies is their lack of local regulatory knowledge. Learning how to navigate the varying rules and regulations in these emerging countries is a challenging process, but one that is critical to establishing local operations and attracting government tenders.
Regulatory oversight of the medical device industry is at an all-time high; particularly in the areas of design and supplier control. Consumers, as well as industry stakeholders, are demanding better, safer products, and regulators are being compelled to act on their demands.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010, which included a $20 billion dollar tax on the medical device industry, signaled a shift in the U.S. government's focus from the "more is better" philosophy of healthcare toward one that emphasizes a higher quality of care.
The FDA's 510(k) submissions process, the most widely used approval path for medical devices, has also come under scrutiny. Consumer advocacy groups argue that the policy is outdated, and has failed to keep dangerous and/or ineffective devices off the market. In response, the FDA has proposed 510(k) policy changes that will require device manufacturers to provide more evidence of product safety.
Recent UDI (unique device identification) legislation further illustrates the FDA's focus on product safety. UDI compliance will require medical device manufacturers to establish an identification system for each device. The UDI system is intended to improve the quality of information in medical device adverse events reports, which in turn will help the FDA identify product issues faster, increase supply chain security and efficiency, better target recalls, and improve patient safety. The FDA intends to phase in the UDI system over the next seven years. Implementing the UDI system will be a major undertaking for medical device manufacturers.
The staggering number of hospital mergers and acquisitions that have occurred over the last few years has transformed the way physicians and hospitals deliver patient care. Independent hospitals are being acquired by large healthcare systems in record numbers, and the shift toward larger healthcare delivery systems is expected to continue to evolve, particularly if economies of scale can be gained.
To survive this transition, medical device manufacturers will need to better illustrate the clinical value of their devices by investing in robust quality reporting tools that tie their products to measurable health outcomes.
Hundreds of medical device companies throughout the world use MasterControl quality and compliance software to satisfy compliance requirements, standards, and directives from the world's leading regulatory agencies including the FDA (21 CFR parts 820 and 11) and ISO 13485.
An end-to-end solution, MasterControl provides an effective framework for a company's QMS by automating and connecting all system processes (everything from design control to audit), and providing a web-based, centralized repository for all documentation. The solution suite can help device manufactures improve operational efficiency, agility, and achieve continuous compliance.
In addition to automation, MasterControl offers medical device companies two key advantages:
MasterControl offers the following modules:
MasterControl Documents: For many manufactures of medical device and diagnostic equipment, the MasterControl Documents module typically serves as the foundation for building a robust enterprise QMS. It allows users to track, search, retrieve, route, review, and approve documents electronically, increasing efficiency while simultaneously reducing the possibility of human error and lost documentation. Because the module has been designed to consolidate document control with other quality system management processes, such as design control, audit management, CAPA, risk management, supplier management, and bill of materials (BOM) management, it provides the enhanced visibility medical device managers need to react and adapt to the latest business and industry trends.
MasterControl Training: Medical device manufacturers use the MasterControl Training module to automate the distribution and monitoring of training tasks. Because enhanced regulatory oversight is expected to continue to increase throughout the medical device industry in the coming years (the UDI rule being just one example), implementing a robust training module is critical to ensuring that all employees are properly trained on the latest standards and regulations.
MasterControl CAPA: Medical device manufacturers need to maintain control of their CAPA processes to avoid regulatory penalties. MasterControl CAPA is a closed-loop, easy to use solution that streamlines the management of quality events from root-cause investigation through implementation of preventive action.
MasterControl Audit: Medical device manufacturers use audits to prove their processes and procedures are in compliance with SOPs and regulatory standards, mitigate risks, manage suppliers, and increase organizational transparency. The MasterControl Audit module is robust enough to handle all of these tasks. It offers robust reporting tools and the capability to connect the audit management process with other critical quality processes.
MasterControl Risk: In the medical device industry, risk management has become an integral part of the design, development, and production processes. Risk management is applicable to all types of medical device equipment, and evidence of its application is required by most regulatory bodies. The MasterControl Risk module provides a single platform for all risk-centric activities and documentation to help drive an organization's compliance goals.
MasterControl Supplier: This "one-stop shopping" solution integrates supplier management with the quality management system and provides a single repository for all supplier quality data and documentation. It allows users to create scorecards for the effective evaluation of suppliers. It also provides robust tools for tracking and trending supplier quality events such as deviations and SCARs.
MasterControl BOM: The bill of materials (BOM) has always been critical to a medical device company's overall success, but never more so than now. As outsourcing and expansion into emerging markets continue to increase the number of suppliers involved in the manufacturing of a particular device, the margin for error also increases. MasterControl BOMs "where-used" feature displays exactly where a part is used across multiple BOMs, permitting users to determine the impact of a single part change and updating subsequent changes where needed.
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As a concerned Australian Citizen Blogger and NOT ASTROTURF I denounce the slur against the peaceful People's Republic Of China and a true friend of Australian People! The wrongthinking and meddlesome intelligence services of the current regime are wrong to paint a portrait of the PRC as a threat to Australian security. The PRC are true lovers of peace and security throughout the Asia Pacific and without reasons to be snooping into the National Broadband Network through unyieldingly advanced and hard working HUAWEI cyber equipment! This confusion and ill temper is a sadness that will need correction through a popular and spontaneous change of the Australian government!
HUAWEI opens arms to those Australians that will help make clear this misunderstanding. They are grateful for the selfless joining of the HUAWEI board by previous Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, not for any hope of personal gift or profit but to right the wrongs of the Sinophobic Gillard regime. Chairman Downer affirms that any concerns that a foreign corporation would ever set up listening points in another country's IT structure were 'absurd'. Listen to this unbiased prominent person! He knows absurd!
Paid trips by members of the current federal opposition to China to discuss the need for regime change are simply matters of good cheer and personal friendships between the Liberal Party and ex members of the People's Liberation Army. Both are Liberals in their own way! It is only true thinking and resolute self examination that leads the Liberal Party to attack the exclusion of HUAWEI from this mutually worthy business deal and not to do with gifts of money and power at all.
I spontaneously protest against the unfair targeting of HUAWEI only because I am the proud owner of a HUAWEI telephone. It is simply not true that I bought this phone because it was the cheapest and nastiest unlocked phone I could get in a hurry! No it is because of the excellent features and range of great apps like ANGLY BIRD and PUMPKIN FIGHTS MONSTERS that win my ever growing applause. I am beyond delighted to find that I have supported a company that is associated with exactly the people I most admire in the world.
{tl;dr I bought a phone from a sleazy Chinese company that's bribing the most horrible people in Australia to run a hate campaign to ensure that China gets listening posts in our IT infrastructure and that the Liberal Party get into power. I hate myself. I don't know what to do with this phone.}


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Just one more week to go... And in advance of the release of Season 4 of Arrested Development on Netflix, here are Jason Bateman and Will Arnett walking hand in hand in New York yesterday, photo opping for the paps. God I love them so much. We were just talking about the preternaturally preserved Rob Lowe. Full Story


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BackCountry Nav Is a Good - but Not Sufficient - Guide
Aug 17, 2012 5:00 AM PT
BackCountry Navigator Pro GPS, an app from CritterMap Software, is available for US$9.99 at Google Play. With ubiquitous Google Maps installed as standard on smartphone OS market leader Android's devices, why anyone would need anything else?
Well, the principal benefit of an app like BackCountry Navigator Pro GPS and competitor Gaia GPS, is that they provide offline access to topographic maps.
Topographic, or relief, maps represent terrain using graphical contour lines, and they aid in outdoor-activity navigation.
If you couple topo mapping with an Android device's GPS, you have a handy navigation tool. If you add map download functionality, you have an offline device that can operate where there's no mobile coverage. Air-safe mode saves batteries too.
It's not all roses, though. Ask your friendly mountain rescue team. As they will attest with their search and rescue figures, the big problem is the limited battery life of the devices.
App users would be wise to learn how to use and carry a traditional map and compass that doesn't require power. I rarely carry a hard copy, but I carry juicy extra batteries, and I've written about that before.
The App
Once you've bought the app for US$9.99 at the Google Play store, BackCountry Navigator Pro GPS uses publicly available maps that you can download or preview when online.
The whole package takes advantage of the fact that most Android devices -- but not all -- don't need an online connection to operate GPS functions.
Beautifully shaded AccuTerra maps are available as an optional add-on for $20. If you're familiar with Magellan GPS devices, it's the same map.
Other paid maps include U.S. TrailMaps at $15.99, various U.S. Bureau of Land Management maps, and others. I've found the free, included open source OpenCycleMaps great for all kinds of trials across Europe and the U.S. -- including hiking.
Downloading Capability
My introduction to Android app mapping was on a 100-mile or so, three day no-cell service drive across the hot and gnarly California desert a few years ago. My buddy and I were exploring the beaten-up, and sometimes barely visible four-wheeling Mojave Trail, an ancient wagon train route from the East into California.
Then, I was looking for the ability to download hundreds of square miles of offline topo maps and import Web-researched trail coordinates. I chose Gaia GPS from TrailBehind ($2.99 in Google Play) over BackCountry because Gaia allows for a 30,000 tile download.
That easily covered a hundred miles of trail.
Backcountry Navigator Pro requires that you download those kinds of vast areas in batches of tiles, which is time consuming and prone to error. Both Gaia and BackCountry are subject to server freezes though, where downloads inexplicably stop. I've found this issue on multiple devices.
The Gaia 30,000 tile count comes in at about three-quarters of a gigabyte, which leads me to the problem with Gaia -- storage selection options.
You can't choose an aftermarket high-capacity, specific SD card if your device has more than one designated SD card. Android, through a quirk, names internal storage "SD card" and external storage "SD Card External," or similar.
Map Storage
Gaia logically tags specific maps that you've downloaded and stores them, labeled in a download area. Thus you can delete redundancies easily and can also see what you've got.
BackCountry doesn't do this. It just collects tiles, and it has a convoluted half-baked solution for seeing what you've got. You need to go offline and zoom into various parts of the world to see what shows up.
I end up deleting everything using a file browser and starting again each time -- again, a time-consuming performance.
Overall Assessment
As long as you don't push BackCountry Navigator Pro beyond its download limits, it's a good app. Self-created open source Mobile Atlas Creator maps can be imported, and making one of those could be a fun project.
Backcountry has more map source options than Gaia, and that may substantiate the considerable price difference. BackCountry isn't without its foibles though.


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Error 80151011 occurs when you try to sign in to Xbox Live on Xbox 360
You see the following error code and message when you try to sign in to Xbox Live:
Sorry, Xbox Live profiles can't be downloaded right now. Please try again later.
Status code 80151011
This may mean that there's a problem with your Xbox Live profile.
Solution 1: Check the Xbox Live service status
If you see any alerts here, wait until the service is up and running and try again:
Solution 2: Check your Xbox Live connection
If you can't connect to Xbox live, see Troubleshoot Xbox 360 connection to Xbox Live.
Solution 3: Verify your Microsoft account security information
If you recently added security information to your Microsoft account, you may need to verify it. This verification process tells us that you, not someone trying to steal your account information, made the changes. Here's how to verify your security information:
- Sign in to your Microsoft account. If you forgot your password or it doesn't work, reset your password.
- Under Password and security info, click Edit security info.
- If you need to verify your security information, you'll see the word Verify under the phone number and/or email address. Click Verify.
- Sign out of your Microsoft account, and then sign in again.
- Try to sign in to Xbox Live on your console again.
Solution 4: Clear the system cache
If you recently changed your password or security information on your Microsoft account, you may need to clear the cache on your console to remove any previously saved information.
- Press the Guide button on your controller.
- Go to Settings and select System Settings.
- Select Storage or Memory.
- Highlight any storage device, and then press Y on your controller. (It doesn't matter which storage device you select; this will clear the cache for all storage devices.)
- Select Clear System Cache.
- When prompted to confirm storage device maintenance, select Yes.
Solution 5: If you recently signed up for two-step verification, create a unique app password in your Microsoft account
To see if your account has two-step verification turned on, sign in to your Microsoft account and select Security info.
If you recently turned on two-step verification, you may not know how to sign in to apps or devices that don't accept security codes. Some apps (like the mail apps on some smartphones) and devices (like the Xbox 360) can't prompt you to enter security information when you try to sign in.
If you have two-step verification turned on and get an "incorrect password" error with an app or a device, you'll need to create a unique app password in your Microsoft account associated to that app or device before you can sign in. You'll need to do this for each app or device that can't prompt you for security information.
To create a unique password for an app or a device:
- Sign in to your Microsoft account.
- Under Password and security info, select Edit security info.
If the webpage prompts you for security information, enter it and select Submit.
- Under App passwords, select Create a new app password.
This generates a new app password, which appears on your screen.
- When your Xbox console prompts you for your Microsoft account password, enter the app password that you created online.
After you sign in with your app password, you're all set to use that app or device. You will use this new app password to sign in to your device instead of your Microsoft account password.
If you want to turn off two-step verification:
- Sign in to your Microsoft account.
- Under Password and security info, select Edit security info.
If the web page prompts you for security information, enter it and select Submit.
- Under the heading Two-Step Verification, select Turn off two-step verification.
Solution 6: Delete and then redownload your Xbox Live profile
For information about how to do this, see Manage gamertag & profile support.
Solution 7: Reset your Xbox 360 console
To reset your Xbox 360 console, follow these steps:
- Press the Guide button, and then select Turn Off Console.
- Turn on your Xbox 360 console.
Note If you're using an Xbox 360 Wireless Controller, you can turn on the console by using the Guide button on the controller.
Solution 8: Delete and then redownload system updates
To delete and then redownload system updates, follow these steps.
Note These steps delete all installed system updates on your Xbox console.
- Press the Guide button, and then select Xbox Home.
- Select settings and then System.
- Select Storage.
- Highlight your storage device (but do not press A to select it).
- Press the following buttons in the following order:
- Left bumper
- Right bumper
- X button
- Left bumper
- Right bumper
- X button
- On the Delete System Update screen, select Yes.
- After your Xbox console restarts, select OK to download and install the system update.
- After the system update is installed, redownload your Xbox Live profile and try to sign in to Xbox Live.
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In an indicator of the continued influence of the nation's largest gun-owners' group, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, and other Republican politicians addressed the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Houston Friday, celebrating the defeat of gun legislation in the Senate, assailing the media, and offering a strong defense of the powerful lobbying organization.
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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks during the 2013 NRA Annual Meeting and Exhibits at the George R. Brown Convention Center on May 3, 2013 in Houston, Texas.
Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate, delivered a wide-ranging attack not just on President Barack Obama, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and other proponents of gun control measures, but on what she portrayed as attempts to curtail all personal freedoms.
In the wake of the Newtown, Conn., shootings, Palin accused Obama and other gun control proponents of emotionally manipulating voters and "exploiting emotion for their own agenda." And news media organizations, she said, are "the reliable poodle-skirted cheerleaders for a president who writes the book on exploiting tragedy."
In a reprise of her use of a 7-Eleven "Big Gulp" as a prop during the Conservative Political Action Conference to mock Bloomberg's ban on large-sized sodas, she displayed a pack of cigarettes at the NRA event to poke fun at the mayor's call for banning store displays of cigarettes.
Alluding to the defeat of a Senate measure two weeks ago to expand background checks for gun buyers, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas told the crowd that gun control measures a month ago had "looked like an unstoppable freight train" but that they and fellow gun owners across the nation had mobilized to stop it in a victory that was "truly amazing." But he said Obama and his allies have said "that they intend to come back at us" with another attempt to pass gun legislation in the Senate.
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Attendees walk on the show floor during the 2013 NRA Annual Meeting and Exhibits at the George R. Brown Convention Center on May 3, 2013 in Houston, Texas.
"We must do everything we can to stop violent crime," the Texas Republican said, as he accused the Obama administration of not doing enough to prosecute felons and fugitives who try to buy guns as well as criminals who use a gun in the commission of a crime.
Cruz also challenged Vice President Joe Biden, who like Cruz is a potential 2016 presidential contender, to an hour-long debate on how to stop crime. "If Vice President Biden really believes the facts are on his side … I would think he would welcome the opportunity to talk about the sources, the causes of violent crime and how we do everything humanly possible to stop it."
Chris Cox, the head of the group's Institute for Legislative Action, said in Friday's session that since Newtown, "We've seen the politicians, the national media, and their billionaire supporters attack us, ridicule us, and, worst of all, blame us for the acts of violent criminals and madmen."
Also speaking Friday were Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum -- two other possible contenders for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.
Santorum praised gun owners saying that -- in the wake of Newtown -- "when the entire tide of the national media and the popular culture was trying to erode a fundamental freedom, you stood tall -- as unpopular as it seemed -- you stood for the truth."
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., discussed the continued push for new gun laws and the NRA's convention.
Two weeks ago, the NRA scored a major victory when the Senate rejected an amendment sponsored by two senators who had gotten NRA backing in their past campaigns, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., and Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa.
The Manchin-Toomey amendment would have required background checks on would-be firearms purchasers at gun shows at which 75 or more firearms were available for sale.
Under current law, although background checks are required to buy a weapon from a federally licensed dealer, no check is needed for those who buy from a private gun owner or at gun shows or similar events.
While most Republican senators opposed the Manchin-Toomey measure, three GOP senators in addition to Toomey himself voted for it. And while most Democratic senators voted for it, five Democrats voted no, including two who are up for re-election next year, Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Sen. Mark Begich of Alaska.
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With Father's Day coming up soon, we thought we'd help you out with some gift ideas for the Gamer Dad in your life. Dad's have absolutely no interest in flowers and this is our version of jewelry.
We'll try to show you a little something for every budget, within reason. We could show you that crazy F1 racecar simulation cockpit with built in monitor and surround sound system that will set you back about $5,000, but that's not reasonable for most people and believe us when we say you should be grateful that he's not asking for that for two reasons. First because he's being considerate and he knows that's way out of your price range and two because there's just no room for it in your living room.
So, check out what he might be interested in and make him a happy Gamer Dad this Father's Day. Also, bear in mind that the prices listed are manufacturer's suggested retail prices, and with a little research most of what you see below can be found at much more reasonable prices.
Top Picks for the Gamer Dad
Pokemon White Version / Pokemon Black Version - $34.99
There's a chance that you may have gotten this for the kid in your life, and Dad isn't interested, but Dad is missing out on an incredibly deep game. More importantly, Dad is missing out on some bonding time with Junior (or Princess). Get him the version your kid doesn't have. Each version has exclusive Pokemon and the only way to truly "catch'em all" is to trade them amongst one another. You'll enjoy seeing them interact with one another in new ways and see a line of communication that you've never seen open before. Congratulations, you've just helped bring a family closer together.
PlayStation 3 Call of Duty: Black Ops Bundle - $299.99
No more excuses, we won't accept them anymore. No PlayStation 3 yet and you don't have the best-selling game of all-time for the system? Get them both in this nifty bundle. He'll love you eternally, but more importantly reciprocate on your next birthday, and you'll thank us later.
inFAMOUS 2 -Sony PlayStation 3 - $59.99
We know you couldn't pick out every game that he plays, but there's a couple of ways you could check if he played the first, so you'll know whether he wants the sequel. First, check his collection, if he has the first, there's a good chance he'll be wanting this one. If that fails, this one will be practically a dead giveaway, since sometimes games go on loan or get traded in for something newer. Turn on the PlayStation 3, check out his trophies, if he has any for inFAMOUS, especially if he has most of them (signifying that he really enjoyed it) pick this one up for him.
Nintendo 3DS - $249.99
This is the latest version of the Nintendo DS. Everything he loved about the DS, but now with more horsepower and 3D action. It's still compatible with regular DS games, so there's no need to get rid of any of those and now maybe he can give you his old, but gently used, Nintendo DS.
What more could he ask for? Well, a game would be nice…
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D - $39.99
This is almost a can't miss game. Considered by many all over the world to be one of the greatest games ever, Ocarina of Time gets a 3D makeover and includes new features to most of the American gamer population. Win, win. This is also the only game on the list that might not arrive in time for Father's Day, it's a June 19th release, so online orders won't arrive in time. Please be aware and shop with caution, but it's so good that he may not even mind if it's a day or two late.
For the Xbox 360 Gamer Dad
Xbox 360 Kinect - $149.99 or 4GB Console Bundle - $299.99 / 250GB Console Bundle - $399.99
File this under the category of 'For him, but great for the entire family'. The Kinect is the new peripheral for the Xbox 360 that allows you to use your entire body as the controller. Get up off the couch and interact with the game, just remember to make sure little ones don't wander too close to players flailing arms, unless you're not all that worried since your kid was going to lose those baby teeth anyway.
Child of Eden $49.99
This is the newest game from acclaimed game creator, Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the man behind the classic Rez and Space Channel 5. This trippy game could be described as a sort of musical shooter, similar to Rez, so if he's into the eclectic this might be a good choice for him. You can check his gamer profile to see if he's played the Xbox LIVE arcade version, so you'll better know if he's into this. It works with either the Kinect or the standard Xbox 360 controller.
For the Multiple Platform Gamer Dad
Does he have both consoles (Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3) and you're looking for something of the non-exclusive variety? Here's a few recommendations for some games that can be picked up for at least two of the three major consoles.
L.A. Noire for Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 - $59.99
This isn't the Hardy Boys, it's rated M for mature audiences, but we think he's old enough to play this. Solve crimes in one of the most anticipated games of the year and one of the best looking. Someone needs to go into the seedy underbelly of 1947 Los Angeles, California and you've just been recruited.
Portal 2 Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC - $59.99
It's got this odd sort of cult following, something about companion cubes and cakes. It's part puzzle and platform and action game with a gun. A critics' darling, Portal 2 looks and sounds like it's not for the kids, but it's rated Everyone 10 and up, so it's safe to play in front of the kids, as long as they're old enough.
Mortal Kombat PlayStation 3 (with exclusive Kratos character) and Xbox 360 - $59.99
This one is just for him unless the kids are old enough because this is full of blood, gore, and all sorts of other things the kiddies shouldn't be looking at or seeing until they're much older. If he's into fighting games (and really, who isn't?) this reboot of the Mortal Kombat franchise is a winner.
For the Wii Gamer Dad
Mario Kart Wii Bundle - $149.99
Now is about as good a time as there ever was to purchase a Nintendo Wii if you don't already own one. The price recently dropped to $149.99, it now comes bundled with Mario Kart and a wheel, plus they released a Nintendo Selects lineup of games that will only set you back $19.99 each, and the library of games is huge.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 - $49.99 or less
Super Mario is the most recognized game character in the world. The sequel to the stellar (no pun intended) Super Mario Galaxy is hands down one of the best games on the Wii and a showcase of exactly what the system is capable of, so it's an easy pick for this list and a must have for Dad, plus a second player can grab a controller and help Mario out, though it's not a true two-player game.
Video Game Accessories for the Gamer Dad
Gaming Joystick for Dad
X-Arcade Solo Joystick by XGaming - $99.95
Maybe Dad wants an arcade stick to play his retro arcade games or those crazy bloody fighting games, here's one recommendation from us.
If he has any interest at all in fighting games or just old school arcade games this will make him the happiest Dad on the block because this stick is ace. It's built to last (it's got a lifetime warranty), it looks cool, and will also give him an advantage when playing against others.
This thing won't be obsolete anytime soon either, you purchase adaptors to use with your specific gaming system and it's fully upgradeable, it's been around for several years, so don't worry about it becoming obsolete. By the way, they also make a twin stick version, so that the two of you can play together because as they say the couple that games together, stays together. No, seriously that's what they say.
Headsets for Dad
Let's look at some headsets together now. Headsets are great for a couple of reasons, they keep the kids (and you) from waking up during those late night gaming sessions, they help keep the kids from hearing some of the foul language that comes from some of those games, and they help him develop his skills because they are 7.1 surround sound, so he can hear everything. All three headsets below can be used for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC for flexibility.
Astro A40 Wireless Gaming Headset - $279.99 / Wired - $249.99
The choice of the MLG. That's the Major League of Gaming. What's that you didn't know there were professional gamers? He does, almost guaranteed. Just be glad he hasn't quit his regular gig to pursue his dream of playing games for a living. Compatible with PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
Too expensive? Let's come down the price ladder, a little.
Tritton AX Pro - $169.99
The top of the line headset from Tritton USA, this 5.1 headset works with PC, XBox 360, PS3, or any other source that uses an optical output. So, you literally can watch movies or play games in full surround sound without disturbing the peace and quiet of the night. Plus, it has the option of connecting a second set of 'cans' to the same processor in case he has a friend over at night and they want to play some split screen Gears of War quietly.
Turtle Beach Ear Force PX21 - $79.99
Last, but not least is the Turtle Beach Ear Force PX21 gaming headset. It's stereo and has a wire, unlike the previous mentioned headsets, but don't let that stop you. It's got a 16 foot cord and an inline amplifier and with the help of the Ear Force DSS (MSRP $89.95) you can convert it into a full blown 5.1 or 7.1 headset (maybe for his birthday or Christmas?). The headset works for both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 as well as PC and Mac, so it's extremely flexible and suitable for all your gaming needs.
So, as another Father's Day approaches be sure to get the Gamer Father in your life something he's going to really be happy about. He doesn't need another tie, dress shirt, or loafers. He does, however, need more gaming in his life. It'll help him unload a little stress and keep him sane around those crazy kids. In the end, really, it's his day and trust us when we tell you that games are his roses and chocolates.
Be aware that there are tons of other great games on the way that he may really want. Pre-orders may be a fine gesture, depending on his level of patience. We'd suggest Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Xbox 360, PS3), Gears of War 3 (Xbox 360), Battlefield 3 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC), Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PS3, Xbox 360, PC), Batman: Arkham City (PS3, Xbox 360), Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (PS3), Resistance 3 (PS3), Metal Gear Solid Rising (PS3, Xbox 360), Dark Souls (PS3, Xbox 360), or Madden NFL 12 (Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, PS2, PSP), The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii), and the list goes on and on, but that should be a sufficient enough start.
Hope we helped if even a tiny bit. Happy Father's Day to all of you proud papa's out there, share this article with family or whoever else might be giving you a gift this year, so that you get exactly what you want. There will be no socks this year!
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by: The Ramones
In a way, the Ramones are an ideal band to anthologize. No matter how cohesive their records were (or not), their albums always played like collections of singles and since singles are easy to anthologize, it stands to reason that the best of the Ramones' songs will sound good in nearly any context; hell, the haphazard Ramones Mania proved that. However, Rhino's double-disc Hey! Ho! Let's Go: Ramones Anthology has much greater goals than being just another collection -- it strives to be the final word on the Ramones. Weighing in at nearly 60 songs, with a hardcover book that includes an excellent history by David Fricke, it has to be said that the set has the heft of history, which is both a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing because Anthology does its job perfectly -- apart from "We're a Happy Family," no major songs are missing and it tells its history succinctly, even at its length. The problem is that the Ramones did drop in quality sometime after End of the Century. They never bottomed out, but their music became less exciting, which is evident in this anthology, as the second disc is simply not as compelling as the first. That's not to say it isn't good -- with "The KKK Took My Baby Away" and "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)," it can be great -- but it isn't timeless like the entire first disc is. Yet, this is nitpicking, since Anthology does a flawless job in summarizing the band's career. True, most listeners will wear out the first disc while rarely reaching for the second, but this is still essential. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine