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ozPATT necessitava di un nuovo design di pagina web e ha lanciato un contest su 99designs.
È stato scelto un vincitore tra 27 design presentati da 10 designer.
2 designs required, one for main pages, and one for portfolio. Clear, professional, corporate look and feel, with a WOW factor.
Aussie Freelancer
Reaching a Wider World Web
Desired Color Scheme:
Must integrate well with logo, but otherwise an open floor
Desired Style:
Clear, professional, corporate with a WOW factor
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I am a freelance PHP programmer, and have recently set up a business in the south west of Australia where I live. As a programmer, design is not my strong point, so I am turning to sitepoint contestants to help me out.
I require 2 related designs, one for the main pages of my site, and one for the portfolio. - obviously they will look pretty much the same except for the content layout of the portfolio.
My existing site is at http://www.aussiefreelancer.com.au (in desperate need of a rework), and my logo can be found there. I am providing a fairly blank canvas so as not to cramp your style too much, what I am looking for is something that is clear, professional and has a corporate look and feel. I'd like something that sets the site apart, a WOW factor, but not sure how that can be acheived, so looking to you for that.
Navigation, will include only home, services, portfolio and contact.
The portfolio I would like to have an image of each site I have worked on, the url to the site, and a short description.
The other main pages, should have my logo, and a 'featured website' space.
I will be doing the html side of things, so I am only looking for a layered psd of the designs.
This is my first contest here, so hopefully I have provided enough information. If not, let me know. I look forward to seeing the entries!


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bernatz necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 148 diseños de 30 diseñadores freelance.
Need a logo that can be acceptible to corporations, professionals, schools and small business owners. Since anonymous feedback can seem "scary" to some it needs to be something novel and non-threatening. This logo should be in two parts. Part one of IPhone App-like square with a simple and bold icon within it. One idea is to use the work "VOX" in some manner. One idea is to make the "o" into an exclamation point.
This is an interactive anonymous feedback platform which runs like an email program with one side of the communication being anonymous. It operates much like a reverse Twitter service using text. Instead of one to many, it's many to one anaonymously. People can "vox" (send anonymous feedback messages) to other people in their life such as doctors, friends, co-workers, etc. so that they can improve themselves or their services. The unique aspect of the service is that you can interact with the anonymous sender while they maintain their anonymity.
- Item 1...Needs to be a simple and eye-catching icon that ideally could be used as a IPhone App button, next to ot below the button logo will be the Voxopolis name
- Item 2...Easily recognizable, bold, simple design
- Item 3...Highlight the word Vox or Vox Me in the button logo. One design element could be using the word VOX with the "O" or "o" being the circle at the bottom of a exclamation point. Something like this . . . VoX with the exclamation point being part of the "o"
- Item 4...Voxopolis or VOXopolis is required somewhere
- Item 5...Taglines are "The World's Anonymous Feedback Portal" or "How Am I Doing?"
- Item 6...Style and color scheme is open
- Item 7....Possibly conveys confidentiality and safety of one's identity
- Item 1...No pastel colors
- Item 2...Nothiing busy and complex
- Item 3...One big logo. I am looking for a IPhone-like App button logo with the Voxopolis name next to or under the button.
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Living Gears Help This Bug Jump
Greg Sutton was closely inspecting the back legs of a planthopper nymph — a small green, flightless insect — when he noticed something odd.
There was a tiny row of bumps on the inside of each leg where it met the insect's body. The bumps looked just like the teeth of gears. And when the planthopper jumped, they acted like gears too — as teeth meshed, the legs turned in synchrony. Sutton says his finding, published this week in Science, is the first mechanical gear system ever observed in nature.
He's now a post-doc at the University of Bristol, in England. But while working at the University of Cambridge, Sutton spent a lot of time studying the kicking mechanism of various jumping bugs — grasshoppers, planthoppers, leafhoppers.
He would place the insects on their backs and tickle them with a paintbrush to make them kick (the motion was identical to jumping). They kicked fast. While most humans take half a second to jump, the planthoppers only take a couple of milliseconds.
To capture that action, Sutton used high-speed cameras shooting at a rate of 20,000 frames per second. To get good exposure at such a high frame rate, he illuminated the insects with lots of bright lights.
"You're using so much light that you may end up cooking the animal," Sutton says.
Still, he was able to observe a few kicks before switching out the insects. And he noticed something. They kicked with incredible, almost impossible synchrony — flexing within 0.05 milliseconds of each other.
That's faster than neurons fire.
"So we were asking ourselves, 'How in the world did they get such precise synchrony between the left and the right legs?' " Sutton says.
That led to a closer inspection of the nymph's anatomy and the discovery of the gears.
The teeth of these natural gears don't look quite like man-made versions. The vast majority of man-made gears follow the same precise pattern, one proposed more than 200 years ago by Leonhard Euler.
Euler was a Swiss mathematician, one of the most influential in history. His colleagues called him "Analysis Incarnate." One rhapsodized that Euler "calculated without any apparent effort, just as men breathe, as eagles sustain themselves in the air."
Euler wrote dozens of books on mathematics, but still found some spare time to fiddle with gears. He figured out that an infinite number of cog shapes could be used in machines, but Euler settled on one that could be easily constructed by contemporary tools. That shape (seen below, next to Euler's portrait) is still used in most machines today.
Thanks to modern fabrication techniques like 3-D printing, engineers are now free to explore less orthodox gear shapes. They are looking for gears that work best for specific applications — as in tiny machines.
"There's a lot of debate over how you design these kinds of machine parts over very small size ranges," Sutton says.
Planthopper gears certainly are tiny. Each tooth is only about 20 micrometers wide — a fraction of the width of a hair. And the teeth of the insect gears are more curved and hooked than typical man-made gears.
"What we have is a prototype for incredibly small, high-speed, high-precision gears," Sutton says. "And that prototype is given to us by nature."
Gear Shapes In Nature (That Don't Work)
Gear shapes have been discovered in nature before, but until now, none of them has been shown to work.
1. Last year the image below made the rounds on the Internet, purportedly showing gears trapped in an ancient rock. Tabloids trumpeted the discovery of a 400-million-year-old machine left by aliens or time travelers.
Nope. Those "gears" turned out to be the fossilized stems of crinoids — aquatic creatures related to sea urchins. (You can see an intact fossil below to the left.) Their relatives still survive in reefs today (below right).
2. Heosemys spinosa — also known as the cogwheel turtle — is named for the spines on its shell. Members of the species have never been known to pair up, link cog-teeth, and spin in opposite directions ... though that would certainly be an amusing sight.
3. Adult Arilus cristatus — wheel bugs — are equipped with a cog-like plate of armor on their backs.
4. Crocodile hearts have a special valve — called a cog-teeth valve — that helps them regulate blood-flow. The cog-teeth can be briefly glimpsed in the video below, which was taken inside a beating crocodile heart.
You can find gears in just about every manmade thing that has spinning parts: analog watches, cars, coffee grinders, my bike. Turns out you can find them in nature, too. In this week's Science magazine, researchers announced the unexpected discovery of a rotating gear system in the legs of an insect.
As NPR's Adam Cole reports, these naturally made gears help the bugs jump at lightning-fast speeds.
ADAM COLE, BYLINE: The planthopper is a little grey-green insect, a cousin of the grasshopper, with veined wings that look a bit like leaves. The juveniles, called nymphs, are slightly larger than a flea, but their tiny legs can still pack a punch.
GREG SUTTON: Have you've ever been kicked by a grasshopper?
COLE: I have never been kicked by a grasshopper. Well, I don't know if I'd feel it if I had.
SUTTON: Oh, you will feel it.
COLE: That's Greg Sutton who has been kicked by a grasshopper. He's a scientist at University of Bristol in the U.K., and he knows first hand that grasshoppers and their insect relatives have powerful back legs - good for kicks, and great for quick jumps. Planthopper nymphs are some of the best jumpers around. They can launch themselves hundreds of times their own height into the air in just a couple milliseconds.
SUTTON: It's such a short time, it's difficult to think about.
COLE: Now, jumping is trickier than you might think. You have to make sure both legs push off at exactly the same time; for example, when LeBron James goes up for a jump shot.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: James pulls up...
COLE: In that moment, if one leg pushes off before the other, he'll go careening sideways. But, of course, that doesn't happen.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: ...puts it in. Thirty-five...
COLE: Jumping is easy for James. After all, his jumps last a full 500 milliseconds. His neurons have plenty of time to their send messages to both legs so they'll kick simultaneously. And if they are a few milliseconds off, it's no big deal.
But planthoppers jump so fast they only have a couple milliseconds to synchronize their legs. If they're off by even a little, the jump will go haywire. But Sutton says they get it right almost every time.
SUTTON: Usually the legs extend within 50 microseconds of one another.
COLE: That's a tiny fraction of a millisecond. And here's the thing: that's faster than their neurons can fire.
SUTTON: So we were asking ourselves how in the world did they get such precise synchrony between to the left and the right legs?
COLE: So Sutton and his colleagues watched hundreds of slo-mo jump videos, and examined the planthoppers' legs under a microscope.
SUTTON: And we noticed these bumps.
COLE: A row of bumps along the curved inside edge of each planthopper hip, they looked like the ridges on two tiny cogwheels.
SUTTON: Before the insect jumped it would engage these ridges.
COLE: And the bumps would mesh together perfectly. When one leg moved, the other leg would move with it. You can watch a close-up video of this on our website, and it really is a working gear system - the first ever seen in nature.
This is a big deal for biologists but the design of the planthopper gears has engineers excited too. Sutton says most human gears follow the same pattern.
SUTTON: If you see a set of gears, say, pull out your watch or if you look up gear on the Internet, you'll see a shape of tooth over and over and over and over again.
COLE: But planthopper gear teeth are quite different, they're hooked and rounded.
SUTTON: So what we have is prototype for incredibly small, high-speed, high precision gears. And that prototype is given to us by nature.
COLE: Maybe one day we'll replicate the planthopper gears using new techniques like 3D printing, and put them to work in human machines.
Adam Cole, NPR News
INSKEEP: And, as Adam mentioned, you can see a video of these insect gears in action, it's pretty amazing. It's at our website, npr.org.
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If we all just anted up online, it could save the state's budget crisis. That's the opinion of a coalition of tribes and gaming industry groups representing card rooms.
The California Watch reports a flurry of radio and television ads began appearing this week stoking the old debate over whether online gaming, like poker, should be legal in the U.S.
The California Online Poker Association (COPA) is backing SB 40 – State Sen. Lou Correa's proposed legislation that would create the "largest single market for online poker play with more than 60% of the country's players based in the state and more than 2 million residents playing online."
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Politicians in favor of online gambling say it would bring both money and jobs to a state that needs a big dose of both.
At least $250 million right away and billions more in the future a spokesperson told the LA Times earlier this week.
Opponents argue – just like the odds in gaming - the numbers aren't as they appear.
The Press-Enterprise called for caution in its editorial.
"The legislative analyst reported last year that offshore websites collected an estimated $300 million to $400 million in gross profits from Californians playing online poker -- which does not suggest a massive take for the state."
Tribes argue any push for online poker could violate the compacts they have with the state of California and bring an end to their payments to the state. According to the California Tribal Business Alliance (CALTBA), the state's General Fund received an estimated $365 million in revenue from the tribes in 2010-11.
They're asking legislators to fold, if you will... to not to take up the legislation this year.
Of course the issue over the state legislation could be moot if Congress truly considers a bill legalizing poker across the U.S. by year's end as has been reported.
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Dutch Boyd necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 77 diseños de 21 diseñadores freelance.
I previously ran a logo design contest for a domain name website called "Jacknames.com". I didn't know exactly what I was looking for until a very talented designer on here put together the logo that you can now see at jacknames.com.
Now I'd like to get it revised and cleaned up.
I just figured I'd run this again to see what the 99designs.com community could do to improve this logo. Most important is the jack-n-the-box. It's got to be VERY good. He's got to look likable and appeal to the kids in everyone. And he's got to look trustworthy and reliable.
I've been toying with the idea of having TWO jack-n-the-boxes... one named "Jack" and one named "Amelia", or "ames" for short. I could think of tons of cool marketing stuff I could with the concept of "Jack 'n Ames". So it would be cool to see a boy and a girl jack-n-the-box. My girlfriend had the idea of turning the "Ames" character into a puppy, which could also be really cool.
- I need something that I'll be proud to put at the bottom of all my websites with "Website Design by" above it.
- I need something that will look fun yet professional on a business card.
- I need something that will look good on a t-shirt, and more specifically, a logo patch that I intend to wear during the World Series of Poker. This means that the ".com" should be integrated into the logo.
Anything unoriginal.
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We Got the Beat by The Go-Go's is featured in The Purple Piano Project, the first episode of Season Three. It is sung by the New Directions with solos from Brittany, Rachel, and Santana.
It is sung as an attempt to attract new members for the Glee Club, but the entire time through, no one seems to be interested, giving awkward and uncomfortable expressions. After the song, Jacob screams "Food Fight!" which leads to everyone in the cafeteria throwing food at the Glee Club members. Sugar Motta can be seen during the performance, to which she later attempts to join the Glee Club in The Choir Room.
See the people walking down the street
Fall in line just watching all their feet
They don't know where they wanna go
Rachel with New Directions:
But they're walking in time
They got the beat
They got the beat
They got the beat
Yeah, they got the beat
All the kids just getting out of school
They can't wait to hang out and be cool
Hang around 'til quarter after twelve
Santana with New Directions:
That's when they fall in line
They got the beat
They got the beat
Kids got the beat
Yeah, kids got the beat
Go-go music really makes us dance
Do the pony puts us in a trance
Do watusi just give us a chance
Brittany with New Directions:
That's when we fall in line, 'cuz
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
Yeah, we got it
New Directions:
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
Santana (New Directions):
Everybody, get on your feet (We got the beat)
Brittany (New Directions):
We know you can dance to the beat (We got the beat)
Rachel (New Directions):
Jumpin' get down (We got the beat)
Brittany, Rachel, and Santana:
Round and round and round
Santana (New Directions):
We got the beat (We got the beat)
Brittany (New Directions):
We got the beat (We got the beat)
We got the beat
Santana (New Directions):
We got the beat (We got the beat)
We got the beat
Rachel and Santana with New Directions:
We got the beat
- It is similar to Season Two's Empire State of Mind.
- Both performed outside the choir room (Courtyard/Food Cafeteria).
- Both Rachel and Santana have solos in the songs.
- It is performed to attract and recruit new members for the Glee Club.
- After watching the performance, new members auditioned for the Glee Club (Sam and Sunshine in Season 2, Sugar in Season 3).
- Something unexpected happened after the performance (No one—except for Sam and Sunshine—noticed their performance/Food Fight).
- Both were the first song performed in the season.
- Chris Colfer hurt his foot while dancing on a table during this number. He talks about it here.
- This marks the first group number of Season Three with everyone in the Glee Club participating in it.
- While Santana, Brittany, and Rachel are dancing/singing on the tables, they continuously change locations. Originally Brittany is in the middle with Rachel on her right and Santana on her left, but in the next scene, Santana is in the middle with Brittany to her right and Rachel to her left. They then go back to their original places in the next scene.
- Near the end of the performance, there's a random line of Rachel saying "Whooo."


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Chen battles, but O's come up short vs. Sox
Lefty tagged for 12 hits over 5 2/3 frames; offense stays relatively quiet
BALTIMORE -- Orioles manager Buck Showalter and Wei-Yin Chen looked at the starter's 4-3 loss to the Red Sox on Thursday night at Camden Yards from a glass half-full point of view.
In his first start of the regular season, the left-hander allowed a voluminous 12 hits over 5 2/3 innings against the defending World Series champions. This came after the 28-year-old finished Spring Training with a 6.39 ERA and struggled in four starts against Boston last season.
However, 11 of the hits were singles, several of which were flares or simply found holes through the infield. Overall, Chen (0-1) allowed four runs with five strikeouts and did not issue a walk. With the lineup unable to produce enough timely hits late, he also took the loss as the Orioles (1-2) dropped their season-opening series.
"He gave us a good chance to win. I'm proud of him," Showalter said. "He threw pretty well all things considered. I'll take that. He scattered some hits. Three or four of them were of the cheap variety."
Baltimore's offense could only scratch out three runs against Boston (2-1) starter Felix Doubront and four relievers.
The Orioles scored twice in the fourth inning on a two-out RBI double by Matt Wieters, who scored on Delmon Young's single. Chris Davis, who had his first two hits of the season, cut Boston's lead to 4-3 in the sixth, crossing the plate following a wild pitch from reliever Brandon Workman. Baltimore put two runners on in the eighth, but Young's ground out against reliever Junichi Tazawa ended the threat.
Baltimore took the opening game 2-1, but they lost the next two as the Sox produced 10 runs on 23 hits. The Orioles scored six runs in the three-game set.
"That's why they were the last team standing last year," Showalter said of the Red Sox's pitching staff. "They pitched better than everybody else for the most part, and I don't think I'm telling anybody anything they don't know. You pitch real well, you've got a chance to play extra games at the end of the year."
Chen finished the 2013 campaign 7-7 with a 4.07 ERA. Those numbers would have looked better sans his struggles against the Red Sox. He went 0-2 and allowed 17 earned runs in 21 innings.
The woes continued in 2014. Boston had six hits in its first 12 plate appearances, singles opening each of the first four innings and at least one hit in every frame against Chen before the crowd of 20,880.
Chen allowed the first run on a double-play grounder in the second. David Ortiz's two-out blooper in the third evaded a diving Nelson Cruz in shallow left for a 2-0 lead. Three singles in the fourth added a third run and Jackie Bradley Jr.'s RBI hit in the sixth put Boston up 4-2.
"Overall, I didn't feel it was that bad," said Chen via a translator.
The pitcher also didn't use the Red Sox potent lineup as an excuse.
"I think that's something you need to overcome as a pitcher," Chen said. "So today, I allowed a lot of hits. That's what I have to work on. I didn't allow a big inning, that's what I'm happy about."
Doubront (1-0) allowed three runs on six hits with four strikeouts and a walk over 5 1/3 innings. Relievers Workman, Chris Capuano and Tazawa followed with scoreless relief and then Koji Uehara earned his first save.
"I thought Felix was crisp, he was sharp, he had a good changeup," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "He had good stuff tonight. Exciting to see him take the last start in Spring Training out to the mound tonight."
Baltimore joined the scoring with two runs in the fourth on three hits off the wall by Davis, Wieters and Young. Hitless in his first seven at-bats this season, Davis hammered a drive off the center-field wall leading off the inning.
Wieters and Nick Markakis each had two hits. Cruz, who homered in his first two games with the Orioles, went 0-for-4 and left five men on base. Shortstop J.J. Hardy, who along with Davis and Adam Jones received their American League Silver Slugger Awards from last season before the game, also went hitless in four at-bats.
"They threw well against us in three games, but you know, luckily it's a long season," Hardy said. "We'll see them again."
That's true, though not until April 18, the start of a four-game series in Boston. Baltimore opens a three-game series in Detroit on Friday.


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Ouch! Parents share the pain of stepping on a Lego, other toys
DETROIT – It started as a simple bedtime story of "Pat the Bunny."
It ended with an emergency trip to the eye doctor.
One minute I was reading a classic story with my toddler, the next I was seeing stars after she grabbed the book in excitement and accidentally stabbed me in the eye with the corner.
Turns out the corner of "Pat the Bunny" isn't nearly as soft as the bunny. It took a full year of seeing spots on my right side for the damage to eventually heal. Who knew I needed safety glasses for story time? Is there a parenting Purple Heart for this sort of thing?
These are the perils of parenting that no one warns you about, but as I've discovered, I am far from alone in being injured by seemingly innocuous toys.
In a new article on thestir.cafemom.com titled "7 Children's Toys that Are the Worst to Accidentally Step On, Ranked in Order," author Linda Sharps details her painful encounters with assorted toys.
Topping her list, a pink metal jack left on the bathmat while she was showering. That scored a 10 on her "level of suck" scale.
Stepping on a Lego scored a 7. My informal poll suggests that may be too low. As many parents pointed out, Legos are especially painful to step on because they immediately become imbedded in your foot. Add to that the fact that most children seem to own about four million of the things, and it's basically just a recipe for disaster.
Monster truck-type vehicles rated a 6. Not as painful, but of course there is always the potential to hit it just right and go careening down the hallway before crashing to the floor. Stepping on a Magic marker scored a 9 on the "level of suck" because of that rolling potential.
Sharps gave stepping a plastic snake an 8. Not only is it painful, but there's that nanosecond when you actually think it's a snake.
Hexabug Warrior Battling Robots earned a 4 for their hard plastic, pointy edges and angry buzzing response. Why are they so angry? You're the one with the aching foot.
Stepping on a stuffed animal was rated as a 3 on Sharps' scale. Yes, they're soft, but if you think you're stepping on the family pet, your instinct is to immediately throw your weight in another direction to avoid further injury to poor Fluffy or Fido. Been there. Done that.
So what's the worst toy you've ever stepped on? Ever ended up at the doctor because of a toy? Share your battle story here! And if you need a recommendation for some safety glasses, let me know...
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(Reuters) - Health insurer Centene Corp reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit as it added more states under its Medicaid contracts and expanded its coverage in existing ones.
The company raised its full-year forecast for premium and service revenue to $10.1 billion to $10.4 billion, and reiterated its profit forecast of $2.60 to $2.90 per share.
"We believe we are well positioned for profitable growth in 2014 and beyond," CEO Michael Neidorff said in a statement.
Net income fell marginally to $23 million, or 42 cents per share, in the first quarter from $24 million, or 45 cents per share, a year earlier.
Premium and service revenue rose 53 percent to $2.54 billion, mainly driven by the expansion of contracts in Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana, and contract additions in Kansas, Missouri and Washington, the company said.
Analysts were expecting a profit of 37 cents per share, on revenue of $2.46 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Health benefits ratio, a measure of medical expenses expressed as a percentage of premium revenue, rose to 90.4 percent from 88.2 percent a year earlier.
The increase in medical expenses reflected a higher level of flu costs during the first quarter, and a higher level of medical costs in new business, the company said.
Insurers take a hit from the flu because of an increase in claims related to visits to doctors and hospitals.
Centene was hit by high costs at its Medicaid contracts in Texas and Kentucky last year as higher utilization of its services in the states ate into profit.
The insurer intends to exit Kentucky from July 5.
Several other health insurers providing Medicaid services in the two states had also experienced high medical costs.
Shares of the St. Louis, Missouri-based Centene closed at $45.35 on Monday on the New York Stock Exchange.
Reporting by Esha Dey in Bangalore; Editing by Roshni Menon


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He currently lives and works in Echo Bay, Ontario.
The major theme in my work is the human condition -- our relationship to the environment -- our relationship to each other.
The works are a culmination of ideas, images and symbols that come together in an intuitive manner -- guided by a sense of rightness -- they belong together.
Each viewer, of course, brings to the work his or her own set of life experiences from which to access it. None of the works are totally readable -- they are open observations rather than closed statements. I hope that they continue to reveal new levels of meaning as new experiences are brought to them.
I feel that representational painting has much yet to offer -- if not in terms of how we paint then certainly in terms of why we paint.
There cannot be a more exciting tool with which to explore the most mysterious and fascinating subject known to mankind -- the human mind.
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No longer do audiences have to wait until after Memorial Day to get their blockbuster fix at the cinema. In early May of 2012, "The Avengers" arrived to save the planet. That same month in 2013 ushered the return of Iron Man for a third installment.
Those looking to get a similar dose of superhero fun in 2014 can rest easy in the knowledge that spring welcomes the return of Captain America in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier (April 4) , Peter Parker in "The Spider-Man 2" (May 2) and everyone's favorite mutants in "X-Men: Days of Future Past" (May 23).
Too comic book heavy for your taste? Fear not. Jason Bateman ups the comedy ante with "Bad Words" (Mar. 21), Russell Crowe has a close encounter of the liquid kind in "Noah" (Mar. 28), artificial intelligence arrives in Johnny Depp's "Transcendence" ( Apr. 17), Seth Rogan and Zac Efron fight for laughs in "Neighbors" (May 9) and Angelina Jolie reinterprets classic fairy tale evil in "Maleficent" (May 30).
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"Divergent" - Based on the popular young adult series of books by Veronica Roth, "Divergent" is set in a dystopian Chicago where people are divided into groups based on their personalities and virtues. Tris (Shailene Woodley) discovers she's Divergent, doesn't fit in and must fight to survive. Kate Winslet, Theo James and Ashley Judd also star.
"Muppets Most Wanted" - Felt superstars Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and Fozzie the Bear return in this follow-up to 2012's "The Muppets." This time around the gang must solve a dastardly crime pulled off by a frog who looks suspiciously like Kermit. Along for the ride are real-life actors Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey and "Modern Family's" Ty Burrell.
"Bad Words" - Directed by and starring "Arrested Development's" Jason Bateman, "Bad Words" follows Guy Trilby, a 40-year-old a high school drop-out who enters a child's spelling bee through a loophole in the rules. To win, he must battle outraged parents, uptight officials and zealous 8th graders.
"Noah" - Russell Crowe revisits the Biblical tale of Noah, a simple man who is given a divine mission to save creation from the coming flood triggered by human sin. Jennifer Connelly, Emma Watson and Anthony Hopkins are also onboard.
"Sabotage" - Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as the leader of an elite DEA task force. Schwarzenegger's team executes a major drug bust only to abscond with the contraband themselves. The team believes they are safe until one by one they are methodically assassinated by an unknown entity who wants the loot.
"Captain America: The Winter Soldier" - Set two years after the events of "The Avengers," Marvel reunites actor Chris Evan with his red, white and blue uniform when a S.H.I.E.L.D. operative comes under attack. Along with Scarlett Johansson's return as Black Widow, "Winter Soldier" introduces a new character from the Marvel Universe, the Falcon. Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, Robert Redford and Dominic Cooper co-star.
"Draft Day" - "Ghostbusters" director Ivan Reitman helms this football movie starring Kevin Costner as the general manager of Browns and his efforts to secure the NFL's number one draft pick. Jennifer Garner also stars.
"Rio 2" - Dazzling birds Blu, Jewel and their 3 kids return for some jungle adventures in "Rio 2." In this animated sequel the family must try to fit in when they are unceremoniously transported from the titular South American city to the wilds of the Amazon. Voice artists include Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg and Jamie Foxx.
"St. Vincent de Van Nuys" - After his parents divorce, a young boy finds a mentor in his eccentric war veteran neighbor (Bill Murray).The comedy also star Melissa McCarthy, Chris O'Dowd, Naomi Watts and Terrence Howard.
"Transcendence" - Johnny Depp stars as a terminally ill research scientist who attempts to create true artificial intelligence. After downloading his mind his power grows exponentially. But will he use his new found form for good or evil? Morgan Freeman, Kate Mara and Cillian Murphy co-star in this sci-fi drama produced by Christopher Nolan ("The Dark Knight").
"Bears" - Disney's latest nature documentary chronicles a year in the life of a family of bears living along the coastal mountains of Alaska.
"A Haunted House 2" - Marlon Wayans returns with yet another parody movie in which he moves into the haunted house of a single mom (Jaime Pressly). Cedric the Entertainer cameos.
"Brick Mansions" - One of Paul Walker's final films, "Brick Mansions" follows an undercover cop in Detroit who must bring down a crime lord that has gained access to a neutron bomb.
"The Other Woman" - After finding out her boyfriend is married, Cameron Diaz inadvertently befriends his wife (Leslie Mann). The pair meet Kate Upton, also a victim of the serial cheater, and the trio then set out to enact revenge. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Taylor Kinney also star.
"Walk of Shame" - In this fish-out-water comedy, Elizabeth Banks finds herself stranded in downtown Los Angeles after a one-night stand with no phone, wallet or ID. Worse, in eight hours she has an interview for her dream job.
"The Amazing Spider-Man 2" - Andrew Garfield returns as everyone's favorite web-slinger. In this follow-up to 2012's "The Amazing Spider-Man," Peter Parker faces a triple threat of villains: Electro (Jamie Foxx), The Rhino (Paul Giamatti) and the Green Goblin (Dane DeHaan).
"Chef"- With a failed restaurant behind him in Los Angeles, a chef returns to his hometown of Miami with plans to start operating a food truck. Written, directed and starring John Favreau ("Iron Man"), this comedy also stars Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sofia Vergara and Dustin Hoffman.
"Legend of Oz: Dorothy's Return" - Lea Michele ("Glee") is the voice of Dorothy in this animated family movie based on some of the later "Oz" books. Dorothy returns to the magical land only to find that Oz once again is under threat from malevolent forces. Also starring Dan Akroyd, Kelsey Grammer and John Belushi as the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion, respectively.
"Neighbors" - Rose Byrne and Seth Rogan play parents of a newborn baby whose idyllic existence is shattered when a fraternity house is established in the neighboring house. Zac Efron plays the alpha frat boy who the couple must battle to regain their suburban peace.
"Godzilla" - The lizard with a very bad attitude is given the reboot treatment once again. Along for the bumpy ride are Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen, Ken Watanabe and Juliette Binoche.
"Million Dollar Arm" - John Hamm plays a sports agent who, in his search for the next big baseball star, travels to India and Australia to recruit cricket players in this drama based on a true story.
"Blended" - Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore reunite to bring their romantic chemistry once again to the big screen. This time around they play play parents who go on a bad blind date ahead of finding themselves and their children sharing a family resort vacation together.
"X-Men: Days of Future Past" - This mega-gathering of mutants unites the entire "X-Men" universe (both past and present) when Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) must travel between time periods in order to bring order once again to the world. Along for the action are Halle Berry, Jennifer Lawrence, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Michael Fassbender, Ellen Page and James McAvoy.
"A Million Ways to Die in the West" - As cowardly farmer begins to fall for a mysterious woman who arrives in town. Unfortunately for the farmer, her gun-slinging husband isn't far behind her. Seth MacFarlane wrote, directed and stars in this old west-set farce featuring Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried, Sarah Silverman and Neil Patrick Harris.
"Maleficent" - Angelina Jolie stars as the evil witch in this reinterpretation of the classic tale of "Sleeping Beauty." This time, the story is told from the point of view of the titular character and her attempts to rid the world of Princess Aurora's (Elle Fanning) human beauty.


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Linked gas springs allow metalformers to easily monitor, control and adjust pressure from outside the die. To simplify the specifying of components needed to configure a linked, piped gas-spring system, Dadco, Plymouth, MI, has published a new Nitrogen Gas Spring Linked System Components catalog. The catalog features fittings, hose, control panels and specialty components, including information on Dadco's MiniLink D-24 tapered, O-ring face seal and zip fittings, as well as a new, versatile convertible control panel. The catalog also provides details on Dadco's Sectional Mounting System (SMS) and Sectional Mounting System-Internal (SMS-i).
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June 6, 2004: Houston, TX
On the evening of June 6, 2004, at the home of Vinodini and Arun Verma in Houston, Texas, Srila Narayana Maharaja gave a lecture near a speaker phone to 400 devotees in North Carolina. A large festival had been arranged for his weeklong hari-katha in North Carolina, but on the day he was supposed to fly there he was advised to change his plans because of health reasons. Desiring to help the devotees in North Carolina who had gathered from various countries and especially various parts of America to hear from him, and the many who had come to meet him for the first time, Srila Maharaja delivered to them a long-distance lecture. In that lecture he discussed all the stages of devotional service, from initial faith to Love of God. He also elaborately discussed the verse by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, expressing the opinion of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu - that Lord Krsna, the son of Nanda Maharaja and the beloved of Sri Radha and the gopis, is the supreme object of worship. His abode, Sri Vrndavana, is equally worshipable, the unnata-ujjvala paramour love of the gopis is the highest form of worship, and Srimad Bhagavatam is the pure and spotless evidence of the above. Srila Cakravarti Thakura concluded his verse by saying that he is not interested in any opinion outside the opinion of Lord Caitanya, and Srila Maharaja concluded his class by saying that his followers should perform hari-bhajana, nagara-sankirtana, and distribution of his books and the books of Srila Prabhupada Bhaktivedanta Svami Maharaja. That same morning, also by speaker phone, Srila Maharaja initiated about 30 devotees at the North Carolina festival. His secretary e-mailed the new names, and those names were read aloud to the assembled devotees there.


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Police have issued a warning over the 'Killer Clown' craze sweeping Northern Ireland.
The warning comes after reports a school in Coleraine closed its doors due to fears people dressed as clowns were on their way.
The craze started in the USA and has now crept across Ireland and the UK.
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Police warned those considering taking part in the fad.
They said encouraging behaviour which deliberately "generates fear" or posting threatening messages can lead to a criminal record.
And the PSNI in Belfast declared on Twitter that while patrolling the Shankill area they 'saw no clowns'.
It is understood the school in Coleraine closed its doors for a short time yesterday.
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It's official: Fox is the most distrusted name in news.
But an awful lot of people trust it, too.
In an annual Public Policy Polling survey, 46 percent of those questioned say they don't trust Rupert Murdoch's network—a 9-point jump in a negative view of the network since 2010.
At the same time, 41 percent of those in the new poll say they trust Fox News—a telling snapshot of a news channel that conservatives love and liberals love to hate.
Behind the numbers is a deep partisan divide: As PPP puts it, Democrats trust most television news other than Fox, and Republicans don't trust anything but Fox.
Among Democrats, 72 percent trust PBS, with only 11 percent in the distrust category. Following next were NBC (61 percent trust, 16 percent distrust); MSNBC (58 to 19 percent); CBS (54 to 16 percent); CNN, where I am a host (57 to 21 percent); ABC (51 to 16 percent), and—yes—Comedy Central (38 to 28 percent).
Among Republicans, 27 percent trust PBS and 48 percent distrust it. Following next were NBC (18 to 66 percent); CNN (17 to 66 percent); ABC (14 to 70 percent); MSNBC (12 to 68 percent); CBS (15 to 72 percent), and Comedy Central (8 to 66 percent).
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Lethal incident: Why would he say he paid?
Sharon Ragland stared in amazement: A Lethal Wrecker truck was backing straight into her friend's car. It was 4am on Sunday, March 30, and Ragland and her boyfriend, Anthony Barnett, were in the parking lot outside Club 216 on Water Street. Bryan Hall, the car's owner, was still inside the club.
According to both Ragland and Barnett, after hitting the back of Hall's car, the tow truck driver drove to the other side of the nightclub's parking lot– as if he were "getting ready to drive away"– but then Hall came out and they yelled at him that his car had been hit. Hall ran across the lot to the truck, which had stopped.
Hall, Barnett, and Ragland claim that the driver got out of his truck and declared, "I didn't do it!," to which Barnett pointed out that he and Ragland had seen the whole thing. At that point, the driver, Michael J. Easton, gave Hall his name and phone number, and said that he was insured by Geico. Hall claims Easton also asked him not to call the police, and promised to pay for the damage. He then drove off.
When Hall called Geico, however, the agent said that the company wasn't liable, since Easton had been driving a Lethal vehicle. Hall got an estimate for $371, but claims Easton said it was too high. The next one was for $600. At that point, Hall claims, Easton stopped responding to his calls. Hall began trying to reach Lethal's owner, George Morris, but he was "always out" when Hall called. Finally, he contacted me.
I spoke with Easton, who denied having hit Hall's car.
"My truck was parked 200 yards from his car," he said, and claimed he was only there because he'd gotten a service call to unlock a car.
According to Easton, even though he hadn't hit Hall's car, he paid him $75 on the spot, which is what he believed the damage was worth. Hall, Barnett, and Ragland all deny that Easton gave Hall any money. Easton also claims he later paid Hall the $371 from the first estimate. Finally, Easton denies that he asked Hall not to call the police: "I told him to call the cops," he told me.
"Why," I asked, "would you pay Hall almost $450 if you weren't responsible?" Because tow-truck drivers are always getting wrongly accused of hitting cars, he replied, adding, "Who needs the trouble?"
I then asked whether his boss expects Lethal employees to pay for damages they haven't caused, and he answered, "Yes– we pay for it, regardless of whether we hit it." However, when I asked Lethal boss Morris if that's his policy, he replied, "No, it's not." He also stated that Easton had not been on a Lethal call at the time of the incident.
The day after I spoke with Easton, he left a voice-mail message for Hall (which I've heard) that was so unsettling, Hall took the tape to the police. After identifying himself and calling Hall a vulgar name, he states that he's paid Hall and has "two witnesses." "If you don't like it," he says, "why don't you come down here?" The "here" is Lethal's office– not a place Hall felt inclined to drop in on right then.
Easton has cut a wide swath in local courts; he's been convicted twice of being drunk in public, first in Albemarle County General District Court (1994) and later in Charlottesville General District Court (1999). He's also been charged in one or the other venue for trespassing, damage to private property, assault and battery, disorderly conduct, driving on a suspended license, bad checks, and failure to appear. None of those charges, however, stuck.
Hall claims that in the end, Morris said he'd pay Hall his $371 if I'd kill the story. Obviously, I declined.
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Finally! Earnhardt Jr. Wins 2014 Daytona 500
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—In a race that started in broad daylight and ended 42 minutes before midnight, and with a swatch of tape covering part of his grille, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the rain-interrupted 56th running of the Daytona 500 Sunday night at Daytona International Speedway.
Earnhardt was a car-length ahead of Denny Hamlin when NASCAR threw the seventh caution of the race a split second before Earnhardt crossed the finish line to win the Great American Race for the second time in his career.
Under NASCAR's new Chase for the Sprint Cup format, Earnhardt's 20th career Sprint Cup Series victory almost assuredly locks him into the 10-race postseason playoff, set to start at Chicagoland Speedway in September.
Hamlin came home second as the race ended under caution, with Brad Keselowski, Jeff Gordon and reigning series champion Jimmie Johnson running third through fifth, respectively.
In Victory Lane, Earnhardt didn't even try to contain his elation. After all, he had just broken a 55-race winless streak. After finishing second in three last four Daytona 500s, he had just won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season opener in his last year with crew chief Steve Letarte, who is headed for the TV booth in 2015.
And he had just won his second Daytona 500 a decade after winning his first, holding off Hamlin in a dramatic two-lap dash to the finish.
"Man, winning this race is the greatest feeling that you can feel in the sport, aside from obviously accepting the trophy for the championship," Earnhardt all but shouted over the din of the celebration. "I didn't know if I'd ever get a chance to feel that again, and it feels just as good, if not better than the first because of how hard we tried year after year after year, running second all those years and wondering why and what we needed to do.
"I've got to get my head together ... This race car was awesome. We showed them all night long how good a car we had, and it's because of these guys right here (his team) putting it together in the shop. We could fight off battles after battles. We got a little help from Jeff (Gordon) to get away on that (last) restart and tried to take care of it from there.
"This is amazing. I can't believe this is happening. I'll never take this for granted, because this just doesn't happen twice, let alone once. I'm so thankful. Thanks to all my fans out there for supporting. We pretty much might be in the Chase? We get that off our chest and we are two-time Daytona 500 champion!"
After a rain delay of 6 hours 22 minutes, the race ran-caution-free from a restart on Lap 47 to Lap 145, when a wild 13-car wreck in Turn 4 thinned the field.
On the inside of a three-wide trio with Brian Scott and Aric Almirola, Kevin Harvick drifted up the track and clipped Brian Scott's Chevrolet, sending Scott into Almirola's Ford and turning it sideways.
Almirola hit Danica Patrick's No. 10 Chevrolet, which shot nose-first into the outside wall in the tri-oval, destroying the car. The No. 3 Chevy of polesitter Austin Dillon also sustained damage but remained on the lead lap.
Dillon's Richard Childress Racing teammate, Paul Menard, wasn't as fortunate. His No. 27 Chevy, which had led 29 laps, was heavily damaged and lost 14 laps as his team worked feverishly to repair it.
"What the hell happened?" Patrick said, as she slid to a stop in the soggy infield grass.
Sixteen laps after the first major incident of the race, Dillon's Chevrolet got loose and tapped the No. 42 of fellow rookie Kyle Larson, triggering an 11-car wreck that slowed the race. At Lap 184, 2011 Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne slammed into the outside wall on the backstretch to cause the fifth caution of the race.
On Lap 194, contact between Dillon and the No. 31 Chevrolet of RCR teammate Ryan Newman ignited a seven-car wreck in Turn 3 that set up the wild finish. Earnhardt, who was in the lead, ran over the swatch of Bear Bond (tape) from Newman's car under the yellow and tried in vain to remove the tape by driving within inches of the pace car.
First out of the race was Martin Truex Jr., whose luck turned from bad to worse on Sunday. With his primary car destroyed in a last-lap wreck in Thursday night's Budwesier Duel at Daytona, Truex had to give up his second-place starting position and take the green flag from the rear of the field in a backup car.
On Lap 32, Truex's engine expired after the oil pump belt dislodged, forcing an early exit from a race the driver of the No. 78 Chevrolet thought he had a chance to win.
"The car was super-fast today, and I went to bed last night thinking that this was my best shot ever to win the Daytona 500 and really felt that way, even today," Truex said. "The car was just so good, and we were just riding around and biding our time, being patient and trying to get to the end of this thing.
"Unfortunately, it wasn't meant to be."
It wasn't meant to be for Tony Stewart or Clint Bowyer either.
Stewart, in his first points race after missing the final 15 events of 2013 with a broken right leg, took his No. 14 Chevrolet to the garage with a fuel pressure problem after completing 118 laps, frustrated in his 16th fruitless attempt to win the Daytona 500. Bowyer's engine expired after 127 laps, relegating the driver of the No. 15 Toyota to a 42nd-place finish.
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Catholic Church Joins Drive Against Death Penalty
Oct 16, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO, Ca -- In a race that polls show could go either way, proponents of the initiative to repeal the death penalty in November are praying that the Catholic Church might make a difference.
While nowhere near as robust as the effort that the Church put into the Proposition 8 campaign against same-sex marriage in 2008, the California Catholic Conference has given Catholics the blessing to join the battle to replace executions with life without the possibility of parole. The official voice of the state's Catholic bishops on public policy issues endorsed California Proposition 34, the End the Death Penalty Initiative, last September.
Ned Dolesji, the body's executive director, also recently teamed up with Amanda Cox, mother or a murder victim, former Los Angeles district attorney Gil Garcetti and SAFE California campaign manager Natasha Minsker, who is also and ACLU attorney, to meet with the Sacramento Bee editorial board to state their case for Prop. 34. The Bee recently endorsed the proposition.
"We're encouraging our pastors to distribute materials for Prop. 34 in English and Spanish, we've produced bulletins, public service announcements, sample homilies radio interviews, and videos, says Dolejsi.
Yet, institutionally, church support seems barely above the level of an official position. On Oct. 9, Auxiliary Bishop William J. Justice held a press conference announcing the release of a letter by the new San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, urging church members to vote for Prop. 34. Beyond that, parishes must decide their own scale and scope of pro-Prop. 34 actions, explains George Wesolek, public policy director at the San Francisco diocese.
But there are as yet no reports, for example, of concerted Sunday sermons that proved so potent against same-sex marriage in 2008. Neither has there been a huge cash infusion from the Church into the Prop. 34 campaign, unlike the $1.4 million for the anti-gay marriage Yes on 8 campaign in 2008, reportedly channeled through the Knights of Columbus, an unofficial political auxiliary.
Grassroots Initiatives
This time, Catholic donations against the death penalty have come mainly from individuals and organizations like Sisters of St. Joseph and the Los Angeles Catholic Worker.
On their own, some individual parishes and lay organizations are actually working with people they may disagree with on social issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage, and with groups like the Catholic Mobilizing Network that have long been active in opposing the death penalty nationwide
"There's support all around from the Church," says Miriam Gerace, SAFE California communications director. Sister Helen Prejean, whose opposition to death penalty was dramatized in the movie "Dead Man Walking," has been touring the state for Prop. 34. Bishop Cirilo Flores in San Diego wrote an op-ed, she says.
The Oakland diocese held a forum on Sept. 25 called "Our Journey to 'Yes" on Prop. 34" at Christ the King Church in Pleasant Hill, with Jeanne Woodford, former San Quentin Warden, Darryl Stallworth, former Alameda County deputy district attorney and Ron Ahnen, family member of a murder victim.
At the Queen of Apostles Parish in San Jose, Bishop Patrick J. McGrath spoke to participants in a workshop organized by the parish, telling them of his "absolute support for Proposition 34 as we the Church's call to a more humane society." Father Mike Carson, Reginald Reese, former associate warden at San Quentin State Prison and California People of Faith Against the Death Penalty member Mary Kay Rafferty whose son, a police officer, was murdered by drug users, helped lead the discussions.
Moral Basis
While concurring that the death penalty has had a damaging impact on public resources and the justice system, Church bishops emphasize the moral basis of their opposition.
"As teachers of the Catholic faith, we consistently proclaim the intrinsic worth and God-given dignity of all human life, whether innocent or guilty," declared the bishops' statement. "The death penalty will not give us justice worthy of a good society," the Conference declared.
While the effect on the voting preferences of California's 11 million Catholics is unclear, the bishops' support is a vote of confidence for Prop. 34. Campaign organizers hope their endorsement will be one more factor that can swing the vote in their favor.
Could Make a Difference
Polls show voters overall are closely divided on Prop. 34. But poll numbers are conflicting on Latino voters, a potent segment of the state's electorate. A mulitilingual Field Poll in September has them opposing the proposition 52 percent to 32 percent; but an LA Times/USC Dorsife bilingual poll in the same period showed them supporting it 45 percent to 40 percent when they are read the actual ballot language.
Prop. 34 proponents are keenly aware of the Latino electorate's increased capacity to determine election outcomes—the Field poll shows a distinct Democratic advantage as a result of the expanding Latino vote in the state. Prop. 34 campaigners are, therefore, putting special emphasis on winning over Latinos.
"We have many bilingual spokespeople, materials and activities--online ads, phone banking, texting programs and more," says Miriam Gerace, SAFE California's communication director.
Support from Catholic clergy could give their efforts added lift. More than half of California's Catholics are Latinos—seven million in all. Church officials, in fact, have credited Latino churchgoers with reinvigorating parishes.
Position Has Evolved
The Catholic Church's position on capital punishment has evolved over the centuries. As a result, there is considerable confusion among Catholics about its permissibility in their faith. For many years the universal Catholic cathechism or rule book recognized the state's right to punish criminals, "[does] not exclud[e], in cases of extreme gravity, the death penalty" to defend society.
But in 1995, Pope John Paul II declared that today, due to "the steady improvement in the organization of the penal system, such cases are very rare, if not practically nonexistent."
Pope Benedict XVI has reiterated that near total opposition to capital punishment and called on church members to continue through political and legislative actions "the substantive progress made in conforming penal law both to the human dignity of prisoners and the effective maintenance of public order."
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(CNN) -- New Jersey will become the second state to forbid gay conversion therapy for minors when Gov. Chris Christie signs legislation into law Monday banning the highly controversial practice, CNN has learned.
Gay conversion therapy is an effort championed by people who believe that you can change a person's sexual orientation through counseling. The American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association and American Psychological Association are just a handful of professional organizations that oppose this practice, saying it is harmful.
New Jersey's decision to outlaw gay conversion therapy will not only be looked upon as another major step in gay rights, but it will also be viewed through the prism of the 2016 race for the White House.
Christie, a centrist Republican, is considered a leading candidate for his party's presidential nomination, and his decision to outlaw the practice for children under the age of 18 is likely to be viewed negatively by some social conservatives.
In explaining his decision to ban gay conversion therapy for minors, Christie is expected to emphasize that while he is wary of the "government limiting parental choice on the care and treatment of their own children," on this particular issue he sided with the experts. The New Jersey senate passed the legislation in late July, but as with any legislation, it ultimately requires Christie's final approval.
"The American Psychological Association has found that efforts to change sexual orientations can pose critical health risks including, but not limited to, depression, substance abuse, social withdrawal, decreased self-esteem and suicidal thoughts," Christie will say in his signing statement, according to an advanced copy provided to CNN. "I believe that exposing children to these health risks without clear evidence of benefits that outweigh these serious risks is not appropriate."
A Catholic, Christie in the past has stated his opposition to gay conversion therapy and in a June 2011 interview on CNN said he did not think homosexuality is a sin.
"Well, my religion says it's a sin," Christie said on 'Piers Morgan Tonight.' "But for me, I don't. I've always believed that people are born with the predisposition to be homosexual. And so, I think if someone is born that way, it's very difficult to say then that that's a sin. But I understand that my church says that. But for me personally, I don' t look upon someone who is homosexual as a sinner."
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Taran Killam Just Set the Bar For Matthew McConaughey Impressions
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Matthew McConaughey is everywhere these days—even on this weekend's SNL, if you squinted hard enough.
Taran Killam pulled out his best alright-alright-alright on Saturday night for a Weekend Update bit, and while his demented Southern drawl isn't perfect, he captures the McConaughey "I'm my own hero" spirit with ease.
And there was also the perfection of this line: "You've gotta stay ahead of the pack, a lone wolf. Awoooooo. And I'm huntin', sniffin', hungry for raw meats."


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I liked the Qlocktwo, a clock that tells you the time in plain English (or Spanish or Swedish or French or whatever). That's why I'm glad there is now an iPhone app with the same functionality.
Too bad you can't set apps like this as the lock screen of your iPhone. [iTunes and qlocktwo via Mocoloco]


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It seems like spam is everywhere.
First it was email spam, then it was blog comment spam. After that came trackback-spam.
Now we have guestbook spam.
This (obsolete) guestbook was setup a couple of years ago when I hosted a project at SourceForge.
It's been filled with spam since then, random links and adverts, presumably via some kind of automated bot.
I've seen a lot of spam solutions for blogs, wordpress, movable type, etc. But nothing anti-spammy for guestbooks or random online scripts.
It seems a generic solution would be ideal, much better than my hacking on a guestbook script, then a voting script, then a form-mail script.
Something like CGI::AntiSpam which would examine all the submitted fields and apply a test maybe?
For the moment I'm just gonna hack all guestbooks I control to require that data be approved, otherwise it's hidden... A perfect thing to do on a busy working day ;)
Seems to be suffering again, the recentlog has been blank for most of the day.
I've lost my main account, and I'd greatly appreciate being certified if you've known me or used anything I've written.
Whilst my previous rating of Master was probably inflated it'd be nice to be able to post comments to articles ..
In the dim and distant past I even posted articles myself! I've been working on optimizing code via selecting GCC compilation options via Genetic algorithms, which I'm tempted to write about. (Hardly original, but interesting regardless).
Given Advogato's problems seems like a perfect time for somebody to setup an alternate site - there's updated code from R. Steven Rainwater .... Just a thought.
To make this latter point more interesting - I had to recreate my account today. Two disappearing accounts???
all my certification has been wiped - this google cache shows my old certs.
There's a fresh release of GNUMP3d my MP3 streaming application pending release.
The only thing holding me back is a broken upload to savannah.gnu.org, hopefully I'll resolve this shortly.
A new Debian package is sitting in the incoming queue ready to be released.
Not too much happening, I checked over a couple of security issues - which turned out to not affect Debian - and then wrote a few new articles.
Apache Bandwidth Limitting
A random (??) rash of queries about my Apache bandwidth limiting module, mod_curb , this week.
Three people talked out of nowhere about issues building it on FreeBSD, which I find pretty random.
I'm still plagued with malaise when it comes to updating this module for virtual hosts, and Apache 2.
I guess I just need motivating.
I think ultimately it's because I still know few people using Apache2 in production, and I've not made the move myself.
The other issue is that my current code is clean, simple, and works nicely. The new version (half complete) mandates the use of a MySQL database - which I think might be a bit much in terms of requirements..
To see how easy it was to modify I installed the LiveJournal codebase upon a Debian Woody machine last night, this all went fairly well once I patched the database scripts up to work properly.
It's a lot of work installing it, although the steps themselves are pretty straightforward. I'd be almost tempted to write it up, but the target audience is probably minimal and there are an awful lot of different choices users might wish to make wrt installation - MySQl vs Postgres, etc..
for those of you familiar with LiveJournal there were two things I wished to change:
- Remove the emotional connotations of the word "friend", by replacing it with "trusted readers", and "interesting users".
- Update the LiveJournal calandars so that users can only see a count of entries they are allowed to read.
The latter was what I achieved last night, with only a short amount of hacking.
For those of you that don't know LiveJournal every user has a calendar, such as this one.
The calendar shows the number of posts made on each given day.
However when you post to livejournal you can make your entries private, or restricted to only a small group of people - this is not reflected in the calendar.
If I make one public post today, and one that only I can see when you view my calendar you see "2 posts" were made, despite the fact that you cannot see the second entry.
My patch fixes this.
(There's a similar issue with the public nature of calendars vs. private/secure entries which occurs with users "memories" - anonymous users can enumerate the names + number of each memorable entry, even if the entry itself is private.)
(Another interesting privacy issue is the availability of "icons"..)
A long time ago I put together some software which would send you an email if your Debain Stable machine had a pending Debian security alert waiting to be installed.
It seems like there are a million and one variations on this scheme, but nothing good in the archive right now.
Today I received a patch to make it work with unstable which was .. suprising.
I don't think that I could really recommend anybody running unstable, I guess it's just a sign of our "lateness".
I wonder if there's an online multiplayer game idea in the making there ..?
Gang together in groups and try to release. Working virtually .. fighting the evil cabals ..
Only half joking
That probably says more about my reading, voting, and posting skillz than about my perl competance, but I'm happy regardless.
Debian ~ Zeroconf
After my previous errors with libhowl0 I managed to get something working.
Hacking x11vnc to announce itself whenever it starts (with a nasty fork()/exec() combo).
Now when I launch xvncviewer I am presented with a list of hosts upon the LAN which have active VNC servers running.
Nifty :)
So today I saw mention of ZeroConf with libhowl by Marco d'Itri.
Seemed like a nice idea and today is a slow day, so I installed it.
There's a server which is in charge of handling the services which are published and a couple of tools for publishing services and querying them.
All seemed good:
Install:apt-get install libhowl0 howl-utils mdnsresponder
The service gets started and we can publish something:skx@undecided:~$ mDNSPublish gnump3d _http._tcp 8888
From the same machine we can then query:skx@undecided:~$ mDNSResolve gnump3d http resolve reply: 0x2 gnump3d http local. 192.168.1.50 8888
Looks good, I've "published" the existance of a service called GNUMP3d which is running on port 8888 and then queried it.
Lets try the same thing from another machine. Oh dear it all breaks.
When running the query on another machine I first see a "connection refused" message, so I realise that I have to start a deamon on that machine too.
Hmmm that seems weird I thought all the machines found out from the central server? OK install the mdnsresponder too, try again?
Nope. Since there is nothing registered on the local mdnsresponder no results come back.
I can't help hoping I've missed something obvious, because if so I could add zeroconf support to Jabber, but it looks like nothign is working across machines
A long time ago I wrote a simple plugin for the gaim instant messenger client, which would rework the GUI to my liking.
Rather than displaying contacts in a group of trees it would display them in a list control, with user editable fields.
I used to set mine to have three columns:| Login | Name | Location | Notes |
This made it much simpler to keep track of lots of people in different places.
Today whilst clearing up my home area I found the code, which was for gaim .7, and tried to build it against gaim 1.1. No joy.
Sadly most of the things that I learnt about gaim and gtk are both long since forgotten.
Still it was a fun discovery - just one of the things you stumble across when cleaning out ~/Programs I guess!
I still don't understand why so many IM clients group contacts in tree structures - to me it seems much more logical to have fields in a list control. I guess I"m alone.
Update - found the mention in my old diary. Code dates from September 2003.
A work-in-progress: Inside the Debian Security Team.
Yesterday I recieved a "cease and desist" notice from O'Reilly. My first one ever.
It appears that somebody had submitted an article to my site which was a copy of an O'Reilly owned article.
Still they were understanding, and once I'd removed the offending article (replacing it with an explaination of why it had been pulled) they were satisfied.
I guess this means that I'm going to have to vet submissions a lot more thoroughly - probably not a big deal since I don't get many :(
I think that now my diary has ten entries (once this one is posted) that my RSS feed will work.
I've spent a while reading through the code trying to trace this down - just put it down to another Advogato weakness.
Bitter much? Me? ;)
Seems like the security upload I made the other day was incorrect, it should have gone to another queue.
Here's the dupload settings I've got now, which appear to work:$cfg{'security'} = { fqdn => "klecker.debian.org", incoming => "pub/SecurityUploadQueue", dinstall_runs => 1, };
I shall add this to my documentation. (I'm trying to document how things work in the background as I come across interesting things. Nothing finished yet though).
Assuming this upload was correct then I can start making others.
If this entry does indeed trip the magic which allows my rss feed to work I'll add myself back to Planet Debian.
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
Keep up with the latest Advogato features by reading the Advogato status blog.
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Happy Birthday, sweet-pea! Today you are 6! Sometimes you seem more like you are 26-not because of your attitude, but because you seem like an old soul. As dependent as your little brother is, you are equally as independent and always have been. You have such an intense focus and you aren't afraid to put in the time to have things turn out exactly as you want them. I might even go so far as to call you a perfectionist. You have been our "easy" child and I love you for it!
You are such a sweet and compassionate little girl. You recognize the hurt in others and do your best to help them. You are extremely sensitive and empathetic. You genuinely care about the needs of others. You are quick to compliment and slow to criticize. You make others feel so good about themselves and derive such a pure joy in making other people feel happy and loved. However, you are not a people pleaser. You have such a strong sense of right and wrong and are fiercely loyal to the people you love. You have a calm, quiet way about you that just seems to put everyone at ease.
You could color and paint for hours. You can usually be found at the kitchen table, working on some type of art project. You are so creative. You love to read and write and have a passion for words that makes your nerdy, book loving mama proud. You love food- just about anything will do, but some favorites of yours are lasagna, pancakes, green beans, and string cheese. Your favorite books right now are the Little House on the Prairie series, and I love snuggling up and reading them with you! At this current moment, you want to be either a veterinarian or a nail painter or a rock star when you grow up. Whatever you decide to do, I hope it makes you blissfully happy.
You love to play outside. This year you made lots of friends in the neighborhood. You are usually the one who orchestrates the games and group fun. You started school and are doing awesome at it. You had a bit of a rough start because you missed being home with us- but once you got going, you shot off like a rocket. Your dad and I are so proud of you!
You take such good care of your little brother and are over the moon thinking about getting another little brother in a couple of months. You are still holding out hope for a baby sister one day, though! You have such a beautiful smile and a cute, little giggle that can brighten up the whole room. You bring so much joy to my life. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful, beautiful, thoughtful, compassionate daughter. You are amazing! I love you, sweet girl!
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dreamxite necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 13 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
A voting logo is required for a new sports website
Desired Color Scheme:
Up to your imagination
Desired Style:
None in particular, as long it is rectangular bar with vote icon (where ppl will click) on the left and total numbers on the right.
Accepted File Formats:
transparent gif or png
You will need to go to this link to fully understand: http://www.sportsminimal.com/viewga…sportsid=2
As you can see in that particular page, there are 4 '[vote]' in each match, that are exactly the place where the voting logo needs to be.
What I'm looking for is a very simple minimalist design of voting logo, that looks clean and fresh. Not just the icon itself, but including the bracket for the numbers. Example digg.com voting logo, it contain two section, 'digg it' as the vote section, and the total diggs number shown as the second section.
I prefer a rectangular bar style logo. The logo will have vote icon on the left, and the total voting numbers on the right, both are close to each other or attached together. I prefer sign and symbol rather than words such as 'vote here' or any other words.
The height of the logo should be around the height of the font of that particular line in that page, as for length, it is up to you as long it fits into that space.
I need 2 version, one when the icon still active, and another when the logo has been disabled.
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Doing Qualitative Research
SAGE, 24 aug. 1999 - 406 pagina's
Popular in its first edition for its clear delineation of the issues and the way it prepared readers for Doing Qualitative Research, particularly in health settings, this new second edition will show readers new ways of knowing, how to ask questions at multiple system levels (from global to family to the cell) and the incursive interaction between these levels, and ways to expand existing research approaches. New to this edition is more on various collection methods as well as more detail on the interpretive process. Chapters are written by a gifted researchers, many of whom are also clinicians, who define their topic, reveal themselves and the context of their discussion, define the key themes and processes, provide interesting descriptive examples, explore theory, recognize the importance of culture, and share their excitement of discovery. Organized to follow the structure of the qualitative research process, the book begins with an overview of how to decide what methods to use based on aims, objectives, questions, and paradigms of knowing. New, sampling issues and options are highlighted followed by comprehensive coverage of such topics as participant observation, key information interviewing, depth interviews, focus groups, the interpretive process, detailed descriptions of actual analyses using different analysis organizing styles, and the use of computer software for qualitative data management that includes a detailed demonstration of two particular programs, NUD*IST and FolioViews. The last sections of the book covers specific qualitative designs that are relevant to primary care research, a summary of our present understandings concerning standards in qualitative research, and the role of qualitative research in the future of primary care research.
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Vox Populi: The Line Doesn't Lie
My report from line is now live at the ABA Journal:
The line doesn't lie.
By 4 p.m. on Heller Eve two years ago, forty people stood in line along One First Street. At the same time this past Monday, the day before oral arguments in Heller's sequel, McDonald v. City of Chicago, there were only seven of us.
As the sun set over the Supreme Court, we wondered why the line wasn't longer; after all, this was the case that would resurrect the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and introduce a new constitutional order for all fundamental rights! Nevermind where all the gun nuts were—where were all the abortion warriors, railroad robber barons, education rights revolutionaries, and health care socialists?
But the line doesn't lie. We were just too wrapped up in McDonald's hype to listen. This was going to be a simple incorporation case. […]
But none of this is to say that McDonald's twenty-four hour line was not extraordinary in its own right.
Read the rest here.
And if you haven't yet read the NYT's story from the McDonald line, you may do so here.
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Simple incorporation case? When is the last time an unincorporated Bill of Rights Amendment was incorporated? Even lacking PorI, this case isn't simple.


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Dan Carr is owner, lead developer, and trainer for Dan Carr Design in San Francisco. With years of experience developing for Macromediaand Adobe, Dan has created a range of features available in Flash,including e-learning templates, UI components, and Developer ResourceKit extensions. Dan teaches Flash design and ActionScript classes inNorthern California and develops e-learning and web applications forthe public, as well as for Adobe product teams.


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Yingge (鶯歌) [1] is in Taipei County in Taiwan. Meaning "parrot song", the name of the town is derived from the parrot shaped rock outcropping slightly north of the town.
Ceramics enthusiats will love Yingge. The town lies about one hour south of Taipei by train, and is famous for its high concentration of potters. Some potteries offer lessons in basic pot making.
Plan to spend a full day in Yingge to get the full experience.
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Take a south bound train from Taipei Main Station, a journey of about 35 minutes. Trains run approx every 20 minutes (most are local trains). The high-speed rail line does not serve Yingge. Tickets can easily be purchased the day of travel from the automated machines at Taipei main station.
By Driving[edit]
From Formosa Highway (Highway #3), take the exit to "ShanHsia/Yingge". Yingge is the other side of Shanying Bridge and the Ceramic Museum is located on the left.
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Almost all attractions are located within a 10 minute walk of the train station. It is an easy walk, though there is also the option of a bus as the Taoyuan buses make a stop at the Yingge Ceramics Museum.
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Is it better to rent or buy a house? That all depends on you and your unique financial situation. Asking the right questions before you buy a house is a good starting point. This will help you analyze the pros and cons of renting or buying your next home.
Do you have a 20 percent down payment?
Yes = Buy
No = Rent
Although it's possible to secure a loan with a lower down payment (the minimum down payment for a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan, for example, is 3.5 percent) 20 percent is the typical down payment on a house, and is considered ideal.
A higher down payment means lower monthly payments. Consider this: a $200,000 loan at 4 percent interest has a monthly payment is $1,269 when you make only a 3.5 percent down payment. That payment drops to $954 per month with a 20 percent down payment.
You'll also avoid paying private mortgage insurance or PMI with a 20 percent down payment. On that $200,000 loan with a 3.5 percent down payment, PMI is $158 per month.
Finally, a higher down payment could also help you secure a lower interest rate.
Do you have a good credit score?
Yes = Buy
No = Rent
Lenders use your credit score to determine your eligibility for a mortgage and the interest rate on the loan. A landlord may also check your credit score.
A low score might make it impossible to qualify for a mortgage, or if you do qualify, the higher interest rate could put the monthly payments out of reach.
Do you have an emergency fund?
Yes = Buy
No = Rent
If you're thinking about buying a home, it's essential to have a stash of cash set aside for emergencies (in addition to your down payment). Homeowners can't call the landlord if the garbage disposal breaks or the roof leaks, and failing to repair issues or keep up with maintenance can affect the value of your home. (And unfortunately, it can happen more often than you think!)
What's an appropriate emergency fund size? Again, it depends on your situation, but six months of living expenses should keep you stable. This way, if an A/C unit goes out, you can cover the cost and still have money left over for other emergencies, like an ER visit or unemployment.
Do you want your living expenses to remain stable?
Yes = Buy
No = Rent
Even if your monthly mortgage and rent would be about the same amount right now, a 30-year mortgage at fixed rate guarantees your monthly payment will remain stable for decades. In contrast, your landlord could raise the rent at the end of your lease, or rental costs could change significantly in your area. The National Association of Realtors reports that the cost to rent has increased in 75 percent of U.S. markets.
Do you want the flexibility to move or upgrade to a newer/nicer place in the next five years?
Yes = Rent
No = Buy
There are a lot of upfront costs when you buy a house. It takes about five years to offset the costs of a down payment, mortgage application/loan fees and home inspections. Selling comes with its own set of fees, including real estate commissions. Renting offers a lot more flexibility if you're not ready to settle down just yet; buying should be considered a long-term option.
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Amazing piece of one family's history. The John Kaldor Family Collection at the Art Gallery of NSW.
Source: Art Nation | ABC TV
Thanks for sharing this video!
I am working on a directed studies course with my art history professor and we will be tracing my families art collection through 300 years of history. Much of it is now at the British Museum, all donated. I wonder if it had as much hype back then as this family donating their collection.
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The Kaldor is an amazing collection. We'd love to hear more about your family's work as well :)ReplyDelete