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The City Commission has voted unanimously to prohibit commercial automobile repair work in residential areas.
The ordinance, however, will allow residents to make car repairs in the driveway or garage of their own homes, although there will be a time limitation for such work.
The ordinance adopted Wednesday was an amended version of a stricter one proposed in February by Code Enforcement Officer Harry Hetler.
Hetler said he made his proposal after receiving frequent complaints that people were operating car repair services from their homes and leaving cars, with parts strewn on the driveway, jacked up for weeks.
But at the May 1 commission meeting, residents objected, saying they save hundreds of dollars on repair bills by fixing their own cars.
Commissioners altered the ordinance to allow residents to do all types of repairs, from changing a tire to fixing the engine, as long as they work on their own car on their own property and complete the repair within 48 hours.
Even so, several residents objected to the time restriction at Wednesday's meeting.
"I am hobbyist. I do not repair cars for commercial use. I repair them in my enclosed garage," David Rosonow, of the 7000 block of Southwest 10th Street, told the commission.
City Attorney Steven Josias explained that work inside an enclosed garage is not subject to the new ordinance.
"You can do repair work in a closed garage for as long as you want," Josias said.
Concerning the time limitation, Josias explained that residents actually have four days to complete repair work when doing it in their driveways.
The ordinance says the work should be done within 48 hours, he said, but the city would not issue a citation for a code violation for another two days. The stiffest penalty would be a $500 fine, Josias said.
Dave Wronker, a city resident who runs an auto parts store in Hollywood, said the four-day limitation should be extended to a week.
"It's a good ordinance," Wronker said. "I don't like to see work on a car being done for six months while it's up on blocks -- it's an ugly sight."
But Wronker said that sometimes a person doing work on his own car orders a part and it takes a week to get it.


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New Baby Guts - "Drag" (Plus: New Album Info)
Download: Baby Guts - "Staplegun"
Download: Baby Guts - "Drag"
MPLS punk trio Baby Guts make the kind of music that is so filled with glorious, righteous anger that it just might put the fear of God into you. Since that anger comes with a fuzzed-out guitar and banshee howl vocals, the group has earned a lot of comparisons to (riot)girl groups such as Hole, Bikini Kill, and Call The Doctor-era Sleater-Kinney. Those frames of reference still apply to "Drag", the new single from the trio's upcoming record The Kissing Disease, the release date of which, May 29th was announced through the group's website a couple weeks back. We're quite excited. Here's the tracklisting of the record:
1. Badmouth
2.Tiny Cuts
3. Shark Teeth
4. Asbestos/Esophagus
5. Firetruck Vagina
6. Tarantula
7. Rum & Coke
8. Bedsheets
9. Hamster Bite
10. Dispelled
11. Meat + Gesture
12. Medusa, Stomach Acid, Brain Cancer
13. Drag
14. Cricket Lung
I, for one, am highly curious as to what a "Firetruck Vagina" entails. We will find out soon enough, though. As stated before, The Kissing Disease comes out May 29th via Guilt Ridden Pop
Baby Guts MySpace Page
(Jonathan Graef)
Labels: Baby Guts, New Album Info, New Music, The Kissing Disease

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"Ladies and Gentlemen: rock and roll"
And so it came to pass that with these words, dubbed over the top of footage from the Apollo 11 moon landing, MTV was born on Saturday 1st August 1981. To say that this was the dawning of a new era in both music and television would be no understatement. MTV would revolutionise the way the music industry operated, the working practices of bands and artists, the listening habits of fans, the viewing habits of watchers, and usher in an age of 24 hour specialist programming that would eventually become the norm.
"You'll never look at music the same way again" was the pithy tagline dutifully trotted out by the 'VeeJays', and the whole tone of that opening broadcast is epochal, as if the human evolution had somehow been building to this specific point, something underlined by the use of footage of the first Space Shuttle countdown prior to the Apollo 11 clip. The tongue-in-cheek appropriation of these clips said to viewers 'this is a life-changing moment, don't forget it' as if this wasn't just about music, this was about mankind taking giant leaps forward in to a bold, bright technological age. It was very *now* and yet at the same time was the future being laid out right before the viewers eyes.
The foundations of MTV had been a while in the making. In Europe pop acts were already quite familiar with making what were then still largely referred to as 'clips' or 'promos' for pop music shows such as Top Of The Pops, and as we covered in part 2 of this series a similar thing had been happening in Australia and New Zealand. In the US however radio was still king when it came to getting exposure. The change came about when executives at WASEC (a joint Warner Bros/American Express media venture) and others such as Jac Holzman (Elektra records founder) and Michael Nesmith (former Monkee-turned-video director) began pitching the idea of a 24 hour music station, or as Jack Schneider, then President of WASEC would later put it "If you have a disc jockey with a microphone, a transmitter, and 40 records, you've got your radio station. So why don't we put a disc jockey on TV?". (For a much fuller account of the events of this time see this excellent Vanity Fair article from 2000)
Financial backing secured, and Veejays hired, MTV launched with a roster of about 120 videos many of which were by European acts such as Bow Wow Wow, Adam & The Ants and Stray Cats, all of who would benefit enormously from the sudden exposure. However, it was a video by another British band The Buggles that would end up with the prestigious accolade of being the first ever to air on the channel. Steve Casey, the director of that first programme said "One of the videos we were able to get our hands on was "Video Killed the Radio Star… as soon as I saw it I knew we had to start with this thing". It was almost as if it could have been written especially for the occasion.
In truth the song and video were both 2 years old. The Buggles had actually written it as a kind of nostalgic-cum-futuristic comment on televisual technology and its erosion of more innocent times. Yet the song and the video, with its images of exploding radios, 'spacey' video effects, and shots of the band in shiny clothing playing in a kind of laboratory/spaceship setting, embraced the future at the same time. This was a dichotomous record about the relentless progress of technology and culture, using the medium of video in a self-referential manner. Video is killing the radio star and here's the proof, it said. It helped enormously that it said it in the context of an infectiously catchy pop-song. It was the perfect way for 'radio on the television' to announce itself to the world.
Over the next couple of years MTV would establish itself and through a process of trial and error find both its proper voice and audience. However, it would also begin to attract much criticism for the narrow focus of the music it played and find itself having to deal with allegations of institutionalised racism for it's seeming under-representation of black music. In the next part I'll explore how MTV learnt to embrace a broader range of music, and how one black artist in particular, Michael Jackson, would take the music video to a whole new level…


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Switzerland and Kosovo enjoy close bilateral relations, characterised by strong ties between people. Switzerland is one of Kosovo's main partner countries and donors
Bilateral relations Switzerland–Kosovo
Key aspects of diplomatic relations
During the conflict of 1998–99, Switzerland provided humanitarian aid and set up programmes for the return and reintegration of refugees and displaced persons. These activities were subsequently replaced by reconstruction and development programmes. Switzerland takes part in peacekeeping operations in the country and works to ensure its long-term stability by promoting peace.
Switzerland recognised the new republic of Kosovo and established diplomatic and consular relations with it on 27 February 2008. Since then, Switzerland and Kosovo have signed a number of bilateral agreements, in particular in the areas of technical and financial cooperation, civil aviation, road transport for passengers and freight, trade and investment protection.
Economic cooperation
Trade between Switzerland and Kosovo is modest. In 2016, the Confederation's exports came to some CHF 30 million. In the same period, it imported CHF 12 million worth of goods and services from Kosovo. Swiss investments in Kosovo involve mainly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Trade promotion, Switzerland Global Enterprise
Cooperation in education and training
Researchers and artists from Kosovo can apply to the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) for Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships.
Kosovo is also a partner country in the SCOPES research programme (Scientific co-operation between Eastern Europe and Switzerland).
Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships for Foreign Scholars and Artists, SERI
Swiss National Science Foundation: Scientific co-operation between Eastern Europe and Switzerland
Peacebuilding and human security
Switzerland actively promotes political dialogue, reconciliation, the strengthening of democratic institutions, and humanitarian demining.
In addition, Switzerland makes a number of experts available for secondment to international missions in Kosovo. Since 1999, the Swiss Armed Forces have been involved in the international peacekeeping operation known as Kosovo Force (KFOR), where SWISSCOY is deployed. This military engagement is based on United Nations Security Council resolution 1244.
Swiss Armed Forces: peacebuilding engagements abroad, Swisscoy
Development cooperation and humanitarian aid
Switzerland began providing humanitarian aid in Kosovo in 1998. This has since been replaced by long-term development cooperation programmes. The SDC and SECO cooperation strategy for 2017-2020 focuses on the following areas:
- Democratic governance and human security
- Economy and employment
- Water and climate change
- Health
- Migration
This commitment makes Switzerland one of the most important donor countries in Kosovo.
Development cooperation and humanitarian aid
Swiss Nationals in Kosovo
According to the Statistics on the Swiss Abroad, 591 Swiss nationals were living in Kosovo at the end of July 2017. Members of the Swisscoy contingent are not included in this number.
History of bilateral relations
Kosovo declared independence on 17 February 2008. Switzerland recognised the new republic and established diplomatic and consular relations with it on 27 February 2008.
In 1960, Switzerland began recruiting workers from what was then the Autonomous Province of Kosovo, part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Tens of thousands of refugees arrived in the 1990s, fleeing the war in the region. Since then, Switzerland has been actively involved in the reconstruction and development of Kosovo.


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Shotokan Karate Katas
Shotokan karate katas is a form of karate conceptualized by Gichin Funakoshi from Okinawa, Japan, and has grown to promote the development of many university karate clubs that use kata which is a formal karate exercise emulating defense against an imaginary opponent. Shotokan means pine-waves that reflect pine needle movements when blown by the wind. It is the pen name used by Funakoshi in his philosophy writings and teaching to his karate students. He developed exercise movements which he simply calls karate moves.
Kata refers to the patterns and forms karate moves developed by Funakoshi. There are about 26 katas and each one is designed to produce particular movements, stances, techniques and fighting strategies. These movements are done as if you are engaged in a real fight. Shotokan karate katas are executed with spontaneity. The karate moves involves blocking and attack movements. This can harness a fighting spirit among those who are engaged in the imaginary fight. Those training for Sotokan karate learn to develop stability and powerful movements.
Shotokan karate katas training involves three stages of learning. These are the basic (kihon), forms of movement patterns (kata) and sparring (kumite). The first two stages are designed to develop and improve stability and stance, powerful movements and strengthening. From slow flowing movements, you progresses to the stage of sparring to learn more fluid karate movements involving grappling and aikido-like techniques with better speed and efficiency.
Shotokan karate katas is based on twenty principles. These principles are founded to improve the being of a person with one of humility, patience, respect, calmness and compassion. Many academies offer Shotokan karate katas training. Simulated karate movements are taught in the academy with varieties of katas demonstrated to ward off multiple attackers through pre-set movements. Learning Shotokan karate is a good training for self-defense and learning fighting techniques with discipline.


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As technologies improve and customer demands for quality increase, the tolerances on machined parts are getting tighter and the industry has seen an increase in the need for the filtration of finer debris during processing.
Whether it is process water, cooling fluids, etching solutions, or lubricants, better coolant filtration will extend the life of parts and coolants.
Eaton offer offer many coolant filtration systems for machine tool applications and their industrial filtration systems are used in a number of processes, for example:
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Yahoo News: "In Sickness, Marriage May Not Boost Health":
Marriage is good for the health, but it isn't so beneficial "in sickness," new research finds.
Previous studies have consistently found that people who are married report better health than people who aren't. But marriage may not do much to help people who are seriously ill, the study finds. On top of that, married people overestimate how healthy they are. ...
Married people don't rate their health as poor until they've developed more severe health problems than unmarried people, the researchers found. So someone who is married and says they're in poor health may actually be worse off than a singleton in poor health. The difference could help explain why the benefit of marriage seems to vanish in the poor-health category.
NYT Motherlode blog: "Pregnant Without a Policy in Graduate School":
Pregnancy during graduate school could make sense for many women, and, if studies correlating a variety of increased risks with maternal (and paternal) age are correct, encouraging couples to have children younger could have broad benefits. Women in graduate school also have decreased responsibilities to clients, employers or patients. If a pregnant medical or graduate student is "not a bad idea," then should graduate schools better support pregnant women and how?
Zach Stafford at the Huffington Post: "'Monogamish': Two Is Company, But Is Three Really a Crowd?":
Dr. Jeffrey T. Parsons, director of Hunter College's Center for HIV Educational Studies and Training (CHEST), worked with a team of researchers to investigate a relatively unexplored area of social research: monogamy and commitment among gay and bisexual men. After surveying over 800 gay and bisexual men in the New York City area, Dr. Parsons and his team found that "the diversity in types of non-monogamous relationships was interesting.... Typically gay men have been categorized as monogamous or not, and our data show that it is not so black and white." CHEST explains on its website:
CHEST's survey indicated that about 60% were single. Of those partnered, about 58% were in monogamous relationships. Of those that were non-monogamous, 53% were in open relationships, and 47% were in "monogamish" relationships (i.e., couples that have sex with others as a couple such as "threeways" or group sex).These findings are not unique, and New York City's gay and bi men aren't the only ones engaging in these behaviors. In 2010 researchers at San Francisco State University carried out a similar study that revealed just how common open relationships are among partnered gay men and lesbians in the Bay Area. As The New York Times reported, "The Gay Couples Study ... followed 556 male couples for three years — about 50 percent of those surveyed have sex outside their relationships, with the knowledge and approval of their partners." That figure is remarkably similar to what CHEST found. ...
Dr. Parsons added, "Our findings suggest that certain types of non-monogamous relationships — especially 'monogamish' ones — are actually beneficial to gay men, contrary to assumptions that monogamous relationships are always somehow inherently better."


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Today I received an email from the Marketing and Events Manager of Inc. Magazine, Catherine Daake. Thirty years ago, Inc. Founder Bernie Goldhirsh challenged the editors of Inc. to "think of the business-person as an artist using both sides of his brain."
In celebration of Inc. Magazine's 30th anniversary, the publication has launched "The Great Garage Hunt," an interactive online game.
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A new leaflet on how thinking about RUFUS helps us can be found here.
'A' Team
Our 'A' Team are our Anti Bullying Ambassadors, many of whom attended an event organised by The Princess Diana Award team who train young people to be Anti Bullying Ambassadors in their schools.
Our team promote awareness of issues around bullying and are a 'presence' and a listening ear in the school. There are two members on duty on the playground every day.
They recently organised an anti bullying rap competition. The winners 'Double J' presented their rap in our Friday assembly and at our Academy launch evening. They will be organising other activities to promote awareness.
Our 'A' Team this year are:
Violet Evans, Jaiden Smith, Callie Lewis-Hill, Jodie-Marie Rice, Elysha Jones, Brandon White, Tyler Hoddinott, Tommy Cotterell, Hayden Keedwell, Oakley Bradburn, Ruby Long, Ellie-May James, Cody Hawkins, Lilly-Anna Tripp, Gracie-May Money, Lana Thompson, Maddison Caton, Zuzanna Basta.
This is the new information on our Behaviour & Consequences and this is the Anti Bullying Charter.


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How lucky can Lucky get? How lucky can Cassie and Scooter get?
Lucky, the wayward alley kitten that found her way into my home and heart, has found her way back out again. Not out of my heart, of course - but out of my home.
It didn't happen soon enough for my 6-year-old sibling cats Cassie and Scooter. They're just starting to recover.
As it turned out, my hairdresser Cristy (the one with the fur-less Cyber Pet) fixed Lucky up with a new mom. She called last Saturday, two days after I told her the tearful tale of how I couldn't keep Lucky because she was terrorizing my cats.
I was reduced to tears when I went to get my hair done. I was ready to pull it all out. I have a lot of hair. Cristy advised against removing it. I told her Lucky was great with people - loving and cuddly. But she was a terrorist when it came to other animals. She was making me crazy.


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Paraplegic mum forced to miss son's wedding because her taxi never showed up
A paraplegic mum booked a taxi in advance to take her to her son's wedding – but it never showed up.
Carol Cross, 60, ended up having to miss her son's big day, and was left 'crying inside' at her home when she was supposed to be at the ceremony.Brexit crisis looms with just 100 days left - but MPs are on holiday for 17 of them
At the beginning of November, Emma Ahmed asked people on Facebook if they knew of a reliable taxi firm with a specialist vehicle that would be able to take her mum to Birkenhead Registry Office on November 18.
An employee of Britannia Taxis in Liverpool sent Emma a private message on November 2 saying they could cater to her mum's needs, and Carol called the firm herself later that day to make the booking.
Just to make sure everything was in order, she then called again the day before the wedding to confirm.
But despite taking all the precautions she could, the car was a no-show.
When she called Britannia to find out what was happening, she was told 'all the cars were out' and they wouldn't be able to fulfil the booking.
Because of Carol's specialist needs it was too late to organise another taxi. She was stranded.True scale of post-Brexit NHS staff misery laid bare
Emma said: 'My mum was absolutely in bits and my dad wouldn't leave her as she was so devastated, so they both missed the wedding.
'There is nothing that could ever be done to give her back that moment, so it really isn't money or compensation we are after but it's for other disabled people not to have to go through the same thing.
'If a non-disabled person's taxi didn't turn up, they could book another. Paraplegic people cannot do that – there are so few specialist vehicles in the city. It put a great shadow over the day for all of us.'
Carol added: 'I felt rotten. They knew it was a wedding and they assured me they'd be there.'Couple's £20,000 holiday scam exposed when they're caught dancing poolside
Paul Thomas, the manager of Britannia Taxis, apologised and said the original booking didn't follow the company's usual procedure.
'When the booking was made, the member of staff put the requirements in as a standard wheelchair vehicle, not the specialist vehicle the customer required,' he said. 'The member of staff is a new employee who will be getting re-trained.'
The company has tried to contact the family to offer them 'a goodwill gesture', he added.


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( Brock Frost, Shoeless Joe Owner Gokan Karakus, and Mitch Gagne)
CORNWALL Ontario – River Kings Part Three! The Fat Lady apparently might not have sung in Cornwall Ontario after all as Real Estate Agent and City Council Candidate Brock Frost is attempting to broker a deal to keep the River Kings in Cornwall!
I chatted with Brock and hockey guy Mitch Gagne who were busy working on Brock's big Summer Party and fundraiser for CAS while Gokan Karakus of Shoeless Joe's prepared for the eatery's World Cup event.
They have teamed up with Shoeless Joe's helping feed the crowds expected at his place at 16984 Headline Road on June 28th ahead of Lift Off and Ribfest.
Winston Marley will be performing and much mayhem, merriment; and great eats from Shoeless Joe's should make this a great time and a percentage will be donated back to CAS in Cornwall.
I put the guys on the spot as the River Kings have failed twice now because of the political decisions to give full rink revenues to the Cornwall Colts whose poor players now have to pay to play while the River Kings have to pay full freight and need more revenue to at least break even which the team has not done in two years in spite of the crowds supporting the team.
It should be interesting to see how this plays out at there's lots of time to get prepared for the next season if Mr. Frost can make some magic; or write a really big cheque!
Bernie Villeneuve was the River Kings first owner. Mitch left the team after Bernie sold out to the group headed by David Small which resulted the group of four not finishing the season together and Mr. Small exiting leaving the team hanging in limbo.
River Kings fans are you ready to rumble in 2014/15? You can post your comments below.


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In many ways owning a home has defined our nation throughout its history. Then and now, homeownership has provided pride, security and a place to call home. Often referred to as the American Dream, this ambition remains intact today – with a few challenges.
According to a white paper titled, "Hurdles to Homeownership: Understanding the Barriers," affordability challenges, student loan debt, tight credit conditions and housing supply shortages are key contributors hamstringing the U.S. homeownership rate at a near 50-year low.
Released at the June 2017 National Association of Realtors Sustainable Homeownership Conference at University of California, Berkeley in recognition of National Homeownership Month, the conference addressed the decline and idleness in the homeownership rate, its drag on the economy and what can be done to ensure more credit-worthy households have the opportunity to buy a home.
The report identifies five main barriers that have prevented a significant number of households from purchasing a home. Here is a recap.
The Great Recession of 2007 was a significant and historical game changer for homeownership. Lasting for nearly two years, the ripple effects continue to impact the U.S. housing market. Ten years later, despite steadily improving local job markets and historically low mortgage rates, long-lasting psychological changes continue to impact decision-making for the 9 million homeowners who experienced foreclosure, the 8.7 million people who lost their jobs and young adults who witnessed the hardships of their family and friends.
Second, changes made to credit standards in reaction to lax lending standards leading up to the Great Recession have not normalized. Borrowers with good to excellent credit scores are challenged with tightened lending requirements, hampering approval rates.
Third, student debt repayment for young households makes it extremely difficult for this large pool of buyers to save for a down payment, qualify for a mortgage and afford a mortgage payment, especially in areas with high rents and home prices. A NAR 2016 survey revealed student loan debt is delaying purchases from Millennials and over half expect to be delayed by at least five years.
NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said at the conference, "Low mortgage rates and a healthy job market for college-educated adults should have translated to more home sales and upward movement in the homeownership rate in recent years. Sadly, this has not been the case. Obtaining a mortgage has been tough for those with good credit, savings for a down payment are instead going towards steeper rents and student loans, and first-time buyers are finding that listings in their price range are severely inadequate."
Fourth, the report cited the current and future effects affordability may have on homeownership. A lack of available homes for sale, higher rents and home prices and difficulty saving for a down payment are contributing factors to affordability. According to the report, unless these conditions subside, affordability will fall by an average of nearly 9 percentage points across all 75 major markets between 2016 and 2019, with approximately 5 million fewer households able to afford the local median-priced home by 2019.
Fifth, a shortage of single family homes for sale is still failing to keep up with demand as certain markets see increased migration and population as the result of faster job growth. This insufficient level of homebuilding has created a cumulative deficit of nearly 3.7 million new homes over the last eight years. In these "hot" markets, fewer property lots, difficulty finding skilled labor and higher construction costs are among the reasons the report says housing starts are not ramping up to meet the growing demand for new supply.
NAR 2017 President William E. Brown summarized the reports findings saying, "The decline and stagnation in the homeownership rate is a trend that's pointing in the wrong direction, and must be reversed given the many benefits of homeownership to individuals, communities and the nation's economy. Those who are financially capable and willing to assume the responsibilities of owning a home should have the opportunity to pursue that dream."
Most Americans still have positive feelings about homeownership. Continued economic gains, low mortgage rates and more homes for sale may be the best remedy to restore confidence in the market, increase building, alleviate supply shortages and preserve affordability for prospective buyers.
If you, or someone you know, is considering selling or buying, consult with a Realtor.
This column is produced by Rick Bisson and his family, who own Bisson Real Estate with Keller Williams Realty of Midcoast and Sugarloaf.
This Week's Briefs - Nov. 29
Brunswick photographer to talk about shooting the galaxy, Google Maps
Winter farmers' market getting into rhythm at new Brunswick Landing location
Annual WISE Day supporting vulnerable women, children returning to Bath
Coastal History
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There's something so special about seeing a band or singer you really love perform.
The excitement as the concert gets closer.
That moment when the singer sings their first note and takes your breath away (ok maybe that's just me but I kinda sorta loooove me some Jason Mraz).
That feeling you get when the entire audience stands up, sings along, and dances.
I just flipping love it. =)
Saturday night I went to the Jasion Mraz concert with my brother and Farra, and it was all kinds of wonderful. :)
This is my "I'm on my way to see Jason Mraz face" hehe
The brodizzle and me
Oh Jason
Just a little clip I found from the show on youtube.
And for the record, Jason Mraz is absolutely incredible live. He puts on an insanely good show. If you ever get the chance to see him live DOOOO it. =P
Enjoy your day =)


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August 18, 2014
I would love to draw some cool Star Wars prints to sell on my site. It's something I've thought about from time to time. You know the kind of artwork I'm talking about, a quick Google search of any popular video game or movie franchise will get you hundreds of beautiful fan made posters and prints that you can buy from the artist.
There is one things that's always stopped me from diving into the world of fan art, a college class I took years ago where we covered fair use law. The rules are pretty clear; if you don't own the rights, you can't sell it. Period. There isn't much gray area here. One read of Andy Baio's legal experience and you get a sense of how bad this can bite you.
Since there is so much fan art for sale out there I figured there must be channels to get approval from the IP owners. I had some ideas for a fun Mario poster so I started researching Nintendo's policy on such things. I couldn't find it anywhere on their site, so I wrote to Nintendo's legal department to see if they could point me in the right direction. Here's the reply I got:
Hello Brad,
Thanks for writing to us. I would like to apologize for the delay in our response, and thank you for your patience while awaiting our reply. I appreciate your interest in Nintendo and all our video game products. To us, it represents a great sign of success and recognition of the Nintendo brand.
We are grateful for all the requests we receive for permission to use Nintendo properties; however, we receive thousands of requests and do not have adequate staffing to review them all. Therefore, our general policy is to decline all such requests, no exceptions. Unfortunately, this means there is not a contact that I can refer you to for more information. I realize this isn't what you wanted to hear and thank you for understanding.
Although we are unable to grant permission, use of Nintendo properties without our formal permission may still be allowed depending on the circumstances. You are encouraged to seek your own legal counsel if you have any questions about whether your particular proposed use is permitted without Nintendo's authorization. This is not a comment on whether we believe your particular proposed use is permissible—Nintendo cannot provide legal advice.
Well crap.
Companies like Nintendo are in a strange spot. On one hand the people making fan art are rabid fans, the ones you want to support. On the other hand they are using their intellectual property to make a living. It's probably the fan backlash that keeps many of these companies from clamping down on these sorts of art sales.
In this middle of all this I found this video from a comic convention a few years back. Very enlightening.


text: Kaleido Technology will showcase its capabilities for manufacturing of ultraprecision free-form optics. Kaleido produces ultraprecision free-form mirrors for applications in the automotive, aerospace, space and defense industries. Kaleido Technology can take a CAD file directly from a customer to produce prototype and production quantity free-form mirrors to a high degree of accuracy and surface finish. Working with glass, plastics and metals, the company produces free-form mirrors (up to 700-mm diameter) with a surface roughness of less than 5 nm rms and a slope accuracy of better than 70 µrad. These capabilities are the result of customization of an ultraprecision machining center with sensors to track its long-term temperature stability. With this information, and with in-house developed machine control software to control hardware features, the enhanced system can generate extremely smooth surfaces and complex geometries.


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Marge Simpson to be the face for M.A.C. Cosmetics
M.A.C. Cosmetics has had a lot of iconic faces to front special editions of their make up. From Betty and Veronica of the Archie Cosmetics to real life beauty icon Marilyn Monroe, M.A.C. has impressed us with their choices but their most recent announcement has gotten a lot of us super excited.
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Harry Bates, born in 1850 in Hertfordshire, was an artist of the New Sculpture movement in the late nineteenth century. After years of working as an apprentice in carving and architectural decoration, he began his formal training in 1879 at the Lambeth School of Art in London. Later, Bates profited from a few years of solitary sculpting in Paris, where he produced his best-known piece: The Aeneid (1885). Exhibited at the Royal Academy, this piece launched his career and commenced a string of successful works of archaizing subject matter. Among these is Bates' 1890 sculpture of Pandora, exemplifying the artist's ability to represent an old subject in a New Sculpture.
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Bates crafted the sculpture out of a number of mediums: ivory, bronze, and marble, thus embracing elements of New Sculpture in his polychromic approach. Pandora's body, sculpted out of marble, contrasts the box, sculpted additionally of ivory and bronze. The exterior of the box contains scenes of the myth in sculptural relief. Bates used ivory and bronze in rendering the box she holds, calling attention to its extravagance and perhaps warning against the dangers within via the ornamentation without.
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1. The rendering of Pandora's body exemplifies the naturalistic tendencies of the New Sculpture artists: where life-like representation took precedent over smoothing over of the classic body. What are the implications of depicting a mythical figure with a naturalizing hand? Does it bring the myth to life? Or does it create an uncomfortable paradox between subject matter and style?
2. What can be said about the moment Harry Bates chooses to depict? Would it not be more interesting if he had captured Pandora at the moment she opens the box? Or decides to close it?
3. Compare Bates' sculpture to John William Waterhouse's 1896 painting of the same scene. In what ways do the two representations differ?
4. In her book Victorian Babylon, Lynda Nead discusses the moralizing effect that art could have on the masses. Is there any chance that Bates' Pandora was a didactic work, a warning against the dangers of the newfound freedoms of respectable women?
1. "Pandora: at www.wikipedia.org.
2. Nead, Lynda. Victorian Babylon: People, Streets and Images in Nineteenth-Century London. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2000.
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The Sad Shepherd - Poem by William Butler Yeats
THERE was a man whom Sorrow named his Friend,
And he, of his high comrade Sorrow dreaming,
Went walking with slow steps along the gleaming
And humming Sands, where windy surges wend:
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Wow what a burdened man this was whom Sorrow named his friend... with no solution nor recourse. What an amazing imaginative classic sterling! ! (Report) Reply
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The letter from Prime Minister David Lloyd George's Foreign Secretary to Anglo-Jewry's leading representative was only three sentences long. But it set in motion a series of events which are still political dynamite today. The letter from Arthur Balfour to Lord Rothschild, dated November 2nd 1917, is kept in the British Library. Little did they know that they were setting in play a conflict which seems more intractable now than at any time over the last 100 years.
On the surface the letter can seem uncontroversial. It starts with the sort of officialese language - formal and flowery - that is very much of its time: Dear Lord Rothschild, I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty's Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet.
And then, the pleasantries dispensed with, the single sentence which has caused both celebration and dissent from the moment it was issued, containing as it does two promises, one theoretically backed by the British government, the other unenforceable because dependent on the good-will of the recipients of the first promise.
"His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country."
I want to look at the content of this famous/infamous sentence. But we should note first the concluding, third sentence, Balfour's request to Lord Rothschild: I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation. And after these typed sentences, the author signs off in his own handwriting: Yours, Arthur James Balfour. Not 'Yours sincerely' or 'Yours faithfully', just the more honest, clipped 'Yours'.
More honest because we know that Balfour was neither a faithful friend of the Jews; nor was he quite sincere in the sentiments expressed in this letter. He had been the Conservative Prime Minister at the time of the notorious Aliens Act of 1905, the legislation directly targeting Jews, restricting them from entering the country from Eastern Europe. So hardly faithful to the Jews. Nor sincere: what we don't have in the letter is any hint about the background reasons why it was thought necessary to offer this declaration to the Zionist organisation at this particular point in time.
Remember it is 1917, the 'war to end all wars' has been rumbling on for 3 years and thoughts were beginning to turn in the Government to what would happen afterwards, and particularly in the Middle East, once the Ottoman empire had crumbled. A year before the Declaration, Britain and France had come to a secret agreement – the Sykes-Picot agreement - to carve up Turkey , Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq into separate spheres of influence, although they left undecided who would control Jerusalem and its surrounding territory.
Previous to that, Balfour had made a secret pledge to the Hashemite Arab leader, Hussein ibn Ali, that Britain would support Arab independence in Palestine once the Ottomans had been defeated. But the need to outsmart the French was paramount - and this included using Palestine's strategic centrality to ensure smooth passage through the Suez canal en route to India. So the 3 sentences of the Declaration are just the tip of a rather large and irregularly-shaped iceberg. Britain's post-war national interests are what the Balfour Declaration hides.
Plus there was the need to keep the Jews on side during the War. Balfour hoped that by making a promise of a Jewish national home in Palestine, the Jews of America and Russia, Britain's wavering allies, would put pressure on their governments, in Washington and St.Petersburg, to stay with the war until total victory was achieved. Balfour's words to his Cabinet are worth hearing: "If we could make a declaration favourable to such an ideal [i.e. Zionism], we should be able to carry on extremely useful propaganda both in Russia and in America".
What's fascinating about this is the fantasy of Jewish power and influence on foreign governments. As if Jews have some secret network of international influence with each other and thereby on the governments of the countries where they live. Do you recognise this fantasy? It's a standard anti-Semitic trope, the most notorious example in that same period of history being the Russian 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion' (1903), a fabricated text which described a Jewish plan for world domination. I'm not saying of course that the Balfour Declaration is some spooky shadow twin-sister of that Russian anti-Semitic text, but that behind the Declaration not only is there all that British diplomatic intrigue and political national interest manoeuvrings but also this fantasy that by offering British support for a future Jewish national home, Jews in the lands of Britain's Allies would be able to exert pressure on their governments.
Balfour could have looked closer to home to see how odd this fantasy was. For the only person in the Cabinet who opposed the Declaration was himself Jewish, the Liberal MP Edwin Montagu. He thought Zionism was "a mischievous political creed", and that the Declaration was itself anti-Semitic. His concerns resulted in a change to the text, which added that last part of the sentence, that nothing should be done that would prejudice "the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country".
In a memo to the Cabinet – entitled Memorandum of Edwin Montagu on the Anti-Semitism of the Present British Government – he outlined his dissenting views on the forthcoming Declaration. It includes these paragraphs, which are worth dwelling on for they represented a real Jewish concern about Zionism, and indeed some of his thoughts remain remarkably prescient:
...I assume that it means that Mahommedans [Muslims] and Christians are to make way for the Jews and that the Jews should be put in all positions of preference and should be peculiarly associated with Palestine in the same way that England is with the English or France with the French, that Turks and other Mahommedans in Palestine will be regarded as foreigners, just in the same way as Jews will hereafter be treated as foreigners in every country but Palestine. Perhaps also citizenship must be granted only as a result of a religious test...
...When the Jews are told that Palestine is their national home, every country will immediately desire to get rid of its Jewish citizens, and you will find a population in Palestine driving out its present inhabitants, taking all the best in the country, drawn from all quarters of the globe, speaking every language on the face of the earth, and incapable of communicating with one another except by means of an interpreter. I have always understood that this was the consequence of the building of the Tower of Babel, if ever it was built, and I certainly do not dissent from the view, commonly held, as I have always understood, by the Jews before Zionism was invented, that to bring the Jews back to form a nation in the country from which they were dispersed would require Divine leadership. I have never heard it suggested, even by their most fervent admirers, that either Mr. Balfour or Lord Rothschild would prove to be the Messiah...
...I claim that the lives that British Jews have led, that the aims that they have had before them, that the part that they have played in our public life and our public institutions, have entitled them to be regarded, not as British Jews, but as Jewish Britons. I would willingly disfranchise every Zionist. I would be almost tempted to proscribe the Zionist organisation as illegal and against the national interest. But I would ask of a British Government sufficient tolerance to refuse a conclusion which makes aliens and foreigners by implication, if not at once by law, of all their Jewish fellow-citizens...
...I can easily understand the editors of the Morning Post and of the New Witness being Zionists, and I am not in the least surprised that the non-Jews of England may welcome this policy. I have always recognised the unpopularity, much greater than some people think, of my community. We have obtained a far greater share of this country's goods and opportunities than we are numerically entitled to. We reach on the whole maturity earlier, and therefore with people of our own age we compete unfairly. Many of us have been exclusive in our friendships and intolerant in our attitude, and I can easily understand that many a non-Jew in England wants to get rid of us. But just as there is no community of thought and mode of life among Christian Englishmen, so there is not among Jewish Englishmen.
More and more we are educated in public schools and at the Universities, and take our part in the politics, in the Army, in the Civil Service, of our country. And I am glad to think that the prejudices against inter-marriage are breaking down. But when the Jew has a national home, surely it follows that the impetus to deprive us of the rights of British citizenship must be enormously increased. Palestine will become the world's Ghetto. Why should the Russian give the Jew equal rights? His national home is Palestine. Why does Lord Rothschild attach so much importance to the difference between British and foreign Jews? All Jews will be foreign Jews, inhabitants of the great country of Palestine...
[For the full text of this remarkable document see: www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/montagu-memo-on-british-government-s-anti-semitism ]
Of course, things have not turned out quite like that. Nevertheless I think it is worth recording, amidst all the celebrations in some sectors of Anglo-Jewry, a dissenting British Jewish voice who foresaw some of the complications attendant upon a national home for the Jews. Of course too, the events in Europe a generation after the Balfour Declaration made the moral, spiritual and political case for a Jewish national home incontrovertible. (The relationship between the Shoah and the establishment of the State of Israel is a topic in its own right, but I'm not going to dwell on it here).
What I am going to highlight though is the tragic element within the Balfour Declaration, the element which spells out that the British Government supports the Zionist project "it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine". [Note too the absence of 'political' rights]. The British Government have had no power to enforce that understanding. And it is an understanding that I think we can recognise has not been honoured by either the waves of Jewish immigrants that came into Palestine in the 1920s and 30s or after 1948 by the State itself. One can see why, from an Arab or Palestinian perspective, this British commitment is a source of mourning and protest rather than celebration. It doesn't even give those indigenous Arab Palestinian communities the dignity of a name – they are just "non-Jewish communities".
And this gap between high-minded declarations of intent and the reality on the ground is also there within Israel's own Declaration of Independence when the State was established on 14th May 1948. The Declaration contains this uplifting moral claim:
The State of Israel will be open for Jewish immigration and for the Ingathering of the Exiles; it will foster the development off the country for the benefit of all its inhabitants; it will be based on freedom, justice and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel; it will ensure complete equality of social and political rights of all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex; it will grant freedom of religion, conscience, language, education and culture; it will safeguard the Holy Places of all religions; and it will be faithful to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.
Apart from that first clause – it will be open for Jewish immigration and for the Ingathering of the Exiles – who can put their hand on their heart and say that any of the other proud aims of that paragraph have been enacted or achieved? When we measure all the undoubted achievements of the State, we are duty-bound too to measure the failures. We do this with a heavy heart – because it affects us as Jews wherever we are. Why should we in the UK have to build walls round our synagogues? Why do we need to employ security teams: security for synagogues, security for Jewish schools and buildings?
Do we think any of this paraphernalia of security would be necessary now in 2017 if either the moral intent of the Balfour Declaration or the moral intent of Israel's foundational document had been adhered to with steadfast faith and belief and commitment? A homeland for the Jewish people was supposed to normalise the Jewish condition in the world. Instead the State, sadly, tragically, has become a pariah amongst nations and we have to have CCTV cameras fixed to the walls outside our own building here in suburban Finchley.
Let us hope, let us pray, that by the time the Jewish community celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration we can truly celebrate not just the resilience and survival of the Jewish people, but their capacity to enact in Israel, in Palestine, the "freedom, justice and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel".
[based on a sermon given at Finchley Reform Synagogue, November 4th, 2017]
You may be interested in a film I contributed to on alternative perspectives on the Balfour Declaration: https://youtu.be/a2Y3Pllutjo


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Scholarship Background
The Kapitbahay Grant is given to academically deserving but financially-challenged high school graduates residing in a barangay in the vicinity of Benilde.
Scholarship Benefits
-Full tuition and fees waiver
-School allowance
Scholarship Qualifications
-academically deserving but financially-challenged high school graduate
-Must be a resident of the barangay for at least two consecutive years (from date of application) as certified by the barangay captain.
Barangay 745 Zone 81
Barangay 746 Zone 81
Barangay 750 Zone 81
Barangay 751 Zone 81
Barangay 752 Zone 81
Barangay 753 Zone 81
Barangay 754 Zone 81
Barangay 726 Zone 79
Barangay 727 Zone 79
Barangay 728 Zone 79
Barangay 729 Zone 79
Barangay 730 Zone 79
Barangay 42 Zone 6
Barangay 43 Zone 6
Scholarship Requirements
1. Visit Admissions Center at Taft Campus to obtain application payment slip then pay the non-refundable admission processing fee at Finance Department.
2. Secure an application form from the Admissions Center. Indicate the type of scholarship applied for in the form.
3. Fill out the application form {http://www.benilde.edu.ph/content/scholarships/Benilde_Grant%20Application%20Form%20for%20Incoming%20Freshmen.pdf} that comes with the kit and submit it, together with complete admission and scholarship requirements, to Admission Center.
Only applications with correct and complete requirements shall be processed.
4. Once application requirements are completed, secure the test permit from the admissions staff. This permit specifies the date and time of the entrance exam.
5. Take the entrance exam on the specified date. No test permit, no exam.
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Scholarship Application Schedule
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|July 7 to November 24, 2014
|(BEE schedule) October 19, 2014; November 9 and 16, 2014; December 7, 2014
|released through DLS-CSB Admissions Center, Benilde Website, Senior Guidance Counselor and through your personal mailing address
Scholarship Exam Coverage
- Benildean Entrance Exam (BEE) coverage


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Waxed Canvas All Purpose Knife Roll (5 pockets) Handmade by Hide & Drink
Huge Savings Item! Free Shipping Included! Save 18% on the Waxed Canvas All Purpose Knife Roll (5 pockets) Handmade by Hide & Drink by Hide & Drink at Sara Stage. Hurry! Limited time offer. Offer valid only while supplies last. This Rustic Leather Knife Roll is hand crafted with the finest Full Grain Leather to give a safe and stylish home to your valuable set of knives.
Product Description
All Hide & Drink leather products are handmade from rustic, durable, Full Grain Leather. Our Full Grain Leather comes from the top layer of the hide, and has all the natural full grain characteristics of the hide...hence the name. It's the best leather you can buy and the only leather that we use.
The flesh side of the soft leather is first stained with natural drab tone and finished with our proprietary beeswax conditioner. Our unique treatment helps the leather to retain its shape without the aid of synthetic stabilizers, offering a natural and durable look.
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- 5 Pockets ranging in size for your array of kitchen knives< and a side pouch for files and a notebook
- Rolls up neatly with a leather cord, giving your knives a safe, secure and durable home, lasting you a lifetime
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Hide & Drink is a vertically integrated community-driven brand dedicated to support the local community in La Antigua, Guatemala. Our product is designed, sourced, and manufactured by local artisans for the benefit of local residents. Our wages are fair and we emphasize for-profit development through entrepreneurial education. In addition to creating jobs through the manufacturing and sale of our products, we contribute 5% of our Gross Profits to outstanding non-profit organizations in Guatemala.
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News for Car Shoppers: New and Used Car Listings Now at kbb.com
As part of our editorial mission to focus on the news and information that's most useful to car buyers -- new cars and new incentives, for instance -- we thought we'd drop a quick, self-serving note about the official launch of The Trusted Marketplace, kbb.com's new classifieds section. Here's how the official, executive-approved press release describes it:
"The Trusted Marketplace provides consumers with an unparalleled experience in finding their next new or used car due to its unique search platform, which reveals 'best matches' -- a list of cars that most closely correspond with a shopper's search criteria as well as applied intelligence gained from millions of customer queries and transactions."
In short, instead of reserving top search results for the highest-paying dealers, The Trusted Marketplace returns a list of cars in the order that best match a shopper's needs, at the best price. And it's really easy to filter through colors and features. It's pretty cool, actually.


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A Phase II Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Subcutaneously Administered Alemtuzumab (CAMPATH®, MabCampath®) in Patients With Previously Treated B-Cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Number of Participants With Best Disease Response as Determined by the Independent Response Review Panel (IRRP)
Participants were evaluated by the IRRP according to National Cancer Institute (NCI) 1996 response criteria. The best response observed during the study is summarized. Response categories include Complete Response (CR) with normal physical exam, marrow cells and blood values, Partial Response (PR) with a >= 50% decrease from baseline in lymphocytes, lymphadenopathy and liver or spleen exam, Stable Disease (SD) without significant progression from baseline, or Progressive Disease (PD) with increased size/number of nodes, size of liver or spleen, increase in lymphocytes, aggressive histology.
up to 44 weeks
Medical Monitor
Study Director
United States: Food and Drug Administration
May 2006
August 2011
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|Denver, Colorado 80010
|Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers
|Thornton, Colorado 80260
|Joe Arrington Cancer Center
|Lubbock, Texas 79410
|Mid Ohio Oncology Hematology, Inc.
|Columbus, Ohio 43222
|Wilshire Oncology Medical Group
|Glendora, California 91741
|North Mississippi Hematology & Oncology Associates, Ltd.
|Tupelo, Mississippi 38801
|Moores Cancer Center
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Sony Releases Another Slate of Downloadable Games
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare, released on the original PlayStation, can be downloaded for $6. The game has Edward Carnby investigating Shadow Island with the help of Aline Cedrac to learn the truth about the death of his friend Charles Fiske.
Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock can be downloaded for $20. This adventure-style game has players helping the Doctor and River Song to stop the destruction caused by The Eternity Clock.
Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale can now be downloaded for $15. released last year for the PC and Xbox 360, the title is an action-heavy role-playing game in which players hack and slash their way through the Forgotten Realms.
Monster World IV can be downloaded for $5. This very Japanese game has players taking on the role of Asha, a young adventurer, as she battles evil with the help of her amorphous pet Pepe.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted, previously released on the PlayStation 2, can be downloaded for $10, giving players another chance to evade the police while engaging in street racing.
The Revenge of Shinobi can be downloaded for $5, with players battling the Neo Zeed in this action-rich platformer.
Sorcery, also released to retail stores, can be downloaded directly to the PlayStation 3 for $40. The game has players mastering arcane skills to battle against the nightmare Queen and her magical minions, using the PlayStation Move controller as a magic wand.
Super Hang-On can be downloaded for $5 and is based on the coin-operated racing game released in 1987. The game has players racing across 48 different tracks.
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, released last year, can now be downloaded directly to the PlayStation 3 for $30. The fighting game adds four classic Street Fighter combatants to Super Street Fighter IV.
Table Top Tanks can be downloaded to the Vita for $2, and is an alternate reality game in which Vita owners use AR cards to create a virtual battlefield.
Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain, previously released on the PlayStation 2 can be downloaded for $10, allowing gamers to once again stop the release of the deadly Syphon Filter virus.
Wonder Boy in Monster Land can be downloaded for $5. The game has players defending a generic fantasy landscape from a dragon and its henchmen.
Wonder Boy in Monster World can be downloaded for $5. In case one Wonder Boy game isn't enough for this week, you have another game in which you battle evil to save a generic town.


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MPAs in NWFP play their cards well
Friday, April 25, 2008
Nine districts have no representation in NWFP cabinet
By Khalid Kheshgi
PESHAWAR: Six independently-elected MPAs have won places in the 26-member NWFP cabinet after joining the ruling parties while another switched sides to become a provincial minister.
On the other hand, nine districts of the Frontier province have no representation in the coalition government led by the Awami National Party (ANP) and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) whereas some districts are blessed with more than one ministry.
The Mansehra district, which has six provincial assembly constituencies, has got four ministries while Nowshera, having five seats, will have three ministers in the provincial cabinet. Abbottabad, Kohistan, Battgram, Dera Ismail Khan, Lakki Marwat, Hangu, Tank, Shangla and Dir Upper districts have no say in the NWFP government despite the fact that the ruling parties have their elected MPAs in some of these districts.
In the 26-member provincial cabinet, the ANP has 15 ministers while the PPP has 11. The ANP has accommodated three independently-elected MPAs and the PPP nominated three independents and one PPP-S MPA from its quota.
According to the power-sharing formula between the two major allies, 21 ministers were inducted into the cabinet on April 2 while five others were administered oath on April 23 in the second phase. The PML-N, one of the coalition partners at the Centre, will nominate three ministers in the existing cabinet if it agrees to join the NWFP government.
Mian Nisar Gul Kakakhel from Karak, Amjad Afridi from Kohat and Qazi Asad from Haripur, who were elected as independents in the February 18 elections, had joined the ANP and eventually got the ministerial slots. Two independents, Akhtar Nawaz Khan from Haripur and Maulvi Obaidullah from Kohistan, joined the ANP while Malik Hayat from Dir Upper, Adnan Khan Wazir from Bannu and Khalifa Abdul Qayyum from Dera Ismail Khan extended their support to the ANP, which had 31 MPAs elected on its ticket to the NWFP Assembly.
Muhammad Shuja Khan from Mansehra, Sher Azam Khan from Bannu, Habib-ur-Rehman Tanoli from Mansehra and Pervez Khattak from Nowshera made it to the NWFP cabinet on the PPP quota, which had 17 MPAs elected on its ticket to the provincial assembly.
Baseer Ahmed Khan from Nowshera, Mehmood Alam from Kohistan and Anwar Saifullah Khan, who were elected from two provincial assembly constituencies from Lakki Marwat, joined the PPP soon after the February 18 polls.
Habib-ur-Rehman, who is also the central deputy general secretary of the PPP-S, represents the six-member independent group, comprising Syed Murid Kazim, Sardar Ali, Javid Tarakai, Fazlullah and Syed Qalb-e-Hasan.
The ANP and PPP have the strength of 46 and 29 MPAs, respectively, while the JUI-F has 14 lawmakers, the PML-N eight MPAs and the PML-Q has six parliamentarians in the 117-seat house. By-elections on seven NWFP Assembly seats are to be held on June 18 in Dir Upper, Swat, Charsadda, Lakki Marwat, Abbottabad and Battagram districts.
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Monster, they of the highly successful (and highly bassy) Beats by Dre ear goggles, have just released another pair of headphones – and they're purportedly "virtually indestructible".
Monster Jamz are constructed from 100 percent solid metal and have a scratch and corrosion resistant chrome finish, which Monster says makes them hardier than the average set of earbuds. The metal housing also aids audio performance by cancelling out unwanted vibrations.
You can bag a pair of Jamz for £80, or pay £100 to get them with a ControlTalk cable, allowing you to adjust settings on your iPod or iPhone, and take calls on the latter via a microphone and answer button.
Also being introduced are Lil' Jamz, a lightweight, more compact version of Jamz. These are priced at £70, or £80 with ControlTalk.