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Jan 4, 2010
Rapper and music producer Lil Jon says completing his long-awaited new album has taken him longer than he thought, but sticking to his ambitious idea of mixing crunk music with rock has always been his driving force.
"We're pretty much like 80 percent done," Lil Jon said of "Crunk Rock," his first solo album, slated to be released by early next year. "It's probably one of my best albums to date in the sense that it's got a little bit of everything that I know everybody's going to groove to."
The Atlanta-based entertainer, best known for hits like "Get Low" with the Eastside Boyz, has been working on the upcoming album for about five years. His new single, a disco tune, is called "Give It All U Got."
"I basically got the tracks that I want down, and I just need to make some final touches." Lil Jon said in an interview at a recording studio.
Lil Jon, whose real name is Jonathan Smith, said focusing on other musical projects and the growing demand of his new wine label would tear him away from the recording process of his new album. But he's not complaining.
"We won a silver medal in some California wine competition," he said of Little Jonathan Winery, which distributes its merlots, cabernets and Chardonnays from California and Colorado online. "So, we're doing pretty good."
The "Get Low" rapper added that negotiation issues with his longtime label, TVT Records, which filed for bankruptcy in 2008, was probably the toughest thing he had to go through in his musical career.
Lil Jon, said the stress of it all was too much and forced him to eventually take a break from recording all together.
But it wasn't until Lil Jon found himself recently behind turntables at clubs across the country - a gig he said he mastered before his music career skyrocketed - that he got back on track to finish the album.
"It got me back to my core, and when I started as a DJ, I loved making people dance," he said. "That's what I'm getting back to."


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Prince puts pancake-wielding Dave Chappelle on new single
Prince has truckloads of talent in a lot of different areas. But comedy has never been his forte.
So anyone's first reaction had to be that it couldn't be true when Prince tweeted the cover for his new single "Breakfast Can Wait," which featured a shot of Dave Chappelle dressed up as Prince holding a plate of pancakes.
Chappelle, of course, played Prince in a sketch from "The Dave Chappelle" show, while Charlie Murphy related what he said was a true story of a meeting between the posse of Charlie's brother Eddie and Prince's crew in an L.A. club in the mid-80s. Murphy related a hilarious story of going back to Prince's mansion, where they listened to music and played late-night basketball, followed by Prince serving everyone pancakes.
Apparently, Prince thought it was as funny as the rest of us.

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An atmospheric fantasy about a moving circus that "appears without warning" should be a wonderful backdrop for an intriguing story – unless the characters are flat and the storyline also appears and disappears like a bird in a magician's hand. The plot is elusive and uninteresting, jumping back and forth in time, until predictably merging near the end of the book. There is some nice writing that creates a mood, but you'd think that a circus which not only contains magic but is magical itself would be….well, magical!
Marco and Celia are young magicians who are submitted to a challenge which not only pits them against each other, but magically builds and develops the circus as well. The circus is only open at night and has very little colour besides some splashes of red amidst a lot of white, black, and grey. There is wonder and enchantment for those who visit, not only in what they see, but in how it makes them feel. Not a bad basis for a good story, if it had ever taken off. There was a fantastic clock fashioned for the entrance to the circus that was charming and worth imagining. I think I was secretly hoping for a new Hunger Games, but this certainly was not it. So, unless you are a diehard fantasy fan, I'd take a pass on this one.


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- 1½ cups (325ml) chicken stock
- 20g unsalted butter
- sea salt and cracked black pepper
- ½ cup (85g) instant polenta
- ½ cup (40g) finely grated parmesan
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- ½ punnet (125g) cherry tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons pitted black olives
- ½ cup baby rocket (arugula) leaves
- Place the stock, butter, salt and pepper in a 2 cup-capacity (500ml) ovenproof frying pan over medium heat. Bring to the boil and gradually stir in the polenta. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until thickened.
- Top with the parmesan, ricotta, tomatoes and olives and place under a pre-heated grill (broiler) for 10–12 minutes or until golden. Top with rocket to serve. Serves 2.
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First storyteller Mike Daisey made his way into the Foxconn factory where shiny toys from high-tech manufacturers are made and uncovered harsh working conditions and underage employees. Then the New York Times produced a devastating, thorough report on Chinese gadget suppliers and manufacturers that may have cost it a coveted interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook.
On Tuesday night, it was ABC's turn. At the invitation of Apple, Nightline host Bill Weir was provided what was billed as unfettered access to the big Foxconn factory in Shenzen, China, where Macs, iPads and iPhones are made. The 30-minute episode opened with an appropriate disclaimer: That Disney owns ABC, that Disney's CEO is a member of Apple's board of directors, that the Steve Jobs Trust is the single biggest Disney shareholder. Still Weir said he "only agreed to report exactly what I saw".
While providing an interesting look inside the sprawling facility, Weir didn't uncover anything shocking or different from what Daisey and the NYTimes reported. About the most surprising fact I heard: That 3,000 line up for recruiting sessions each Monday at the Foxconn factory, and that about 85 percent of the applicants are hired.
For the most part, we got shots of row after row of Foxconn workers bent over workbenches as they assembled, inspected and tested Apple products. Weir said he could speak to any Foxconn employee at will, and the ones shown on camera were friendly and cooperative.
He said he heard the types of complaints one often hears at all factories – wages aren't high enough, hours are too long and the work can be boring. Weir also got a glimpse into the overcrowded dorms, where workers sleep 7 to a room. He then ventured into the Chinese countryside to show where many of these young employees come from, and their living conditions back home were much worse.
Weir did not see evidence of underage employees, use of dangerous, toxic chemicals or employees who were despondent. But then, he was invited by Apple to tour at the same time that the Fair Labor Association was making its own, non-surprise inspections, so you wouldn't expect serious problems to be out in the open. In fact, there are now reports appearing that Foxconn gave workers extra breaks and didn't schedule underage employees while inspectors were present.
Not that Weir didn't try. He's shown asking all the right questions, and his narration seemed to include a hint of frustration that he didn't unearth abuses. For example, at one point he asks the head of the FLA if the fact that Foxconn knows the inspectors are coming means the team won't get a real picture of what happens at the plant.
Mike Daisey, the guy who started all this, came to the same conclusion based on a website version of ABC's report posted a few days before it aired:
The story does a lot for actually helping to give a human face to people who have been ignored forever.
But context is everything. Here are some selected quotes from the article that illuminate Foxconn's control and Nightline's methodology:
When Apple first called, I assumed this audit would include a surprise inspection. But Foxconn has known for days that we were coming…there were always five to six people with us as we toured the factories and dorms.
So Nightline had unrestricted access and could talk to whomever they chose, but there were always a group of Foxconn people with them at all times. So workers have a news crew, with cameras and lights, and a number of Foxconn executives shadowing them, and in that environment they were expected to tell their stories.
Frankly, the fact that workers talked as much as they did is remarkable, and congruent with my experiences.
Over three days in two cities, "Nightline" spoke with dozens of Foxconn workers
Let's assume this means 36 hours or so on the ground in each city, and 8 or 9 hours for sleep each night—it's basically a work day (an American one—remember, 12 hour shifts are standard at Foxconn) to do all the interviewing of workers, see the facilities, speak with the FLA, speak with Foxconn executives, do assessments, build trust, and search out labor violations—all while you have the cameras, the lights, and the aforementioned Foxconn executives in tow.
Because of the circumstances, the Nightline report's "meh" factor doesn't come as a surprise. There were, however, some interesting statistics about the gadgets being built there, which The Verge distilled:
- It takes 141 steps to make an iPhone, and the devices are essentially all handmade
- It takes five days and 325 hands to make a single iPad
- Foxconn produces 300k iPad camera modules per day
- Foxconn workers pay for their own food — about $.70 per meal, and work 12 hour shifts
- Workers who live in the dorms sleep six to eight a room, and pay $17.50 a month to do so
- Workers make $1.78 an hour
- New employees at Foxconn undergo three days of training and "team building" exercises before they begin
Do these reports make you feel any different about the high-tech products you're buying that are made here? Is Apple and the rest of the industry doing enough to insist on adequate working conditions for these employees?
Related: The script for Mike Daisey's one-man show, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, has been released under an open license. Download it here.
Update: One other thought . . . the optimist in me would hope that the additional scrutiny on Foxconn means more than just cosmetic or temporary changes. It's possible that what Weir saw and heard from workers during his visit is now the norm, even if it hasn't always been. The FLA's final report is expected to include details from company records and private interviews with lots of employees, and should present a clearer picture.
Of course, the limelight will fade over time, and the real test will be what happens in Shenzen when fewer people are looking.


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AMORPHIS: Third Studio Webisode Available
Finnish melancholic dark metal forerunners AMORPHIS have entered the studio to begin recording their as-yet-untitled 11th album for a March/April 2013 release via Nuclear Blast Records. Production and mixing duties for the follow-up to 2011's "The Beginning Of Times" are being handled by HYPOCRISY and PAIN mastermind Peter Tägtgren, who has previously worked with such bands as CHILDREN OF BODOM, CELTIC FROST, IMMORTAL and DIMMU BORGIR. The recordings are taking place at Petrax Studio (NIGHTWISH, CHILDREN OF BODOM, KORPIKLAANI) in Hollola and 5K Studios in Helsinki.
The third in a series of webisodes featuring footage from the studio can be seen below.
Commented AMORPHIS guitarist and founding member Esa Holopainen: "The recording process is going well. We're done with most of the instruments and now Peter Tägtgren and Tomi Joutsen are working their asses off with vocals
"To reveal something, we have recorded real church organ and our cameraman has witnessed paranormal activity and spent time with Shaman at a Finnish forest. The document we are filming from recording sessions is going to turn out quite a horror movie. You'll see that the album is going to turn out a real spiritual metal journey."
Regarding the direction of the new AMORPHIS material, Esa said, "Over the last couple of weeks we've had some really intense rehearsing for the forthcoming album. Originally we laid down around 20 new songs as demos, now we are proceeding with 14 tracks.
"I'm really thrilled about the idea to take a major step away from the so-called routines that we've had with our last records.
"While promoting 'The Beginning Of Times', we started to feel that we were giving the same explanations over and over again when people asked about the studio process and how the songs came about. Even though the music was very strong, the making process didn't offer any surprises and appeared to be quite secured. Now the addition of a new dimension to the developing process has inspired us to focus on our material even more. The songs are extremely strong, bombastic and skull-pummelling.
"Though it's too early for a statement like this, I'd already love to say that we've created the best AMORPHIS album ever. We'll do our best!"
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Its speed is now 188 instead of 150.
Its cost is now 235 instead of 233.
I want to try using this ship now, but I can't really figure out how to build it. It seems like it should be kept at range to keep using those lances, but maybe I want to boost its maneuverability to get in torp volleys as well.
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Kentucky Goes on the Offensive Against Colorectal Cancer
With decade-long effort to increase screening, experts predict a drop in death rates
FRIDAY, July 1, 2011 (HealthDay News) -- Kentucky has one of the nation's highest death rates for colorectal cancer, surpassed only by Mississippi and Alaska, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Not coincidentally, about a decade ago Kentucky also had the nation's second-worst screening rate for colon cancer.
But the Colon Cancer Prevention Project, based in Louisville, started in 2004 with a mission of turning around those statistics, said Claire Albright, the project's executive director.
A local gastroenterologist, Dr. Whitney Jones, founded the project after years of watching the incidence and death rates for colon cancer rise in his state, Albright said.
"He just got sick of so many people dying of a highly preventable disease," she said. "He had this vision that if more people were aware of the benefits of colon cancer screening, more people would not have to go through the horrible battle with the disease and so many die."
The project attacked the problem on multiple fronts, holding awareness events to raise people's consciousness and lobbying the state legislature to enact laws that would encourage colon cancer screening, Albright said.
Its success has impressed national leaders. Kentucky's screening rate has moved up to 23rd in the state rankings, although its death rate remains high.
"They have been moving quick, and their rates have been raising faster than I've ever seen," said Suzette Smith, the Prevent Cancer Foundation's director of partnerships for colorectal cancer screening.
Kentucky residents have a lot of elevated risk factors when it comes to colon cancer, Albright said. Rates for smoking, obesity and having a sedentary lifestyle are all high in the state.
Screening is the key to overcoming all that, as far as colon cancer is concerned, according to the project.
"Even if you have an unhealthy lifestyle, if you go in and get screened you can remove that polyp before it becomes cancerous," Albright said. "It just seems unthinkable that people would be dying from this disease. We don't want to see people losing loved ones and people suffering when they could undergo this simple procedure."
A stigma associated with discussion of colon cancer is part of the problem, she said.
"People don't want to talk about that part of their body," Albright said. "Our challenge is to break down that barrier, so people can understand it's OK to talk about this type of cancer."
In that regard, the project takes a lot of cues from the breast cancer awareness movement.
"Twenty years ago, they were facing the same situation. People didn't want to be rude and talk about that part of the female body," Albright said.
"Persistence is really the biggest lesson," she said. "Just because something doesn't happen overnight, you need to stick to it and continue reaching out to people."
The Colon Cancer Prevention Project will host its sixth walk/run event in August. The project also will honor its annual tradition of airing a documentary about colon cancer on public television in Kentucky.
But much of the heavy lifting goes on at the state capitol, with advocates trying to secure funding and political support for their goal.
Lobbying has paid off, to a certain extent. In 2008, the state legislature voted to create a program to extend colon cancer screening to uninsured Kentuckians. However, the state has not funded the program.
"We've been working for a long time on this, and we continue to plug away," Albright said. "There's not a lot of money to go around, and a lot of worthy programs."
But she said she's certain that before too long their success in increasing colon cancer screenings will result in a decline in deaths.
"We've done a tremendous amount with very little funding, and the pace is actually quite fast," she said. "When you see our screening rates having increased so much, you know our mortality rates will begin to decrease before too long."
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Using a phone to send a friend money to cover your bar tab, getting your ATM receipt via email and depositing a check by smartphone may seem futuristic, but these online and mobile banking functions are available today from many banks.
While these and other paperless banking practices are practical and environmentally friendly, some consumers wonder if they are compromising their security in the name of convenience. Financial institutions have protections in place as well as recommendations for their customers on steps they can take to avoid financial or identity theft while using their smartphones for making payments and deposits.
While online and mobile banking transactions such as paying bills, checking account balances, receiving electronic bank statements and email alerts, and transferring money between bank accounts are common, there are newer innovations for paperless banking. Here's what banks are offering today and some ways to protect yourself.
Social payment services. About 1,700 banks and credit unions in the U.S. with more than 40 million online customers offer Popmoney, a Web service that allows customers to electronically send payments to friends, family and small vendors, according to Tom Roberts, senior vice president of marketing of CashEdge, a division of Fiserv, which provides Popmoney services.
"Ninety-eight percent of the time, people are still using cash or writing a check for things like splitting the rent between roommates," Roberts says. "Popmoney allows you to send funds with only the information that you already have from someone, like an email address or a mobile phone number."
Bank of America and Wells Fargo customers can use "Send & Receive Money," a personal payment service similar to Popmoney, to send money from one person to another with just an email address or phone number, says Lisa Westermann, a spokeswoman for Wells Fargo.
Paperless ATM receipts. Westermann says Wells Fargo was the first financial institution to introduce an e-receipt option for ATM customers. She says 12 percent of all receipt-eligible ATM transactions result in a receipt being sent to an online banking inbox or a designated personal email account.
In addition to Wells Fargo, Citibank recently introduced paperless ATM receipts for its customers.
Mobile deposits. PNC Bank spokesman Tim Rice says customers using the PNC mobile app can take a picture of a check with their mobile phone to deposit it directly into their PNC account. Many other financial institutions, including Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Citibank, also offer mobile deposit apps for their customers.
Paperless protections
Several layers of protection are in place for users of mobile apps and peer-to-peer electronic money transfers.
Under federal Regulation E, also known as the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, consumers are protected from unauthorized account activity, Westermann says. The regulation covers electronic fund activity on consumer accounts such as checking and savings accounts. The regulation limits consumer liability to $50 or less if the consumer notifies the bank within two business days of unauthorized activity and to $500 or less if the bank is notified after two business days.
Many financial institutions require customers to sign up for online and mobile banking with a username, a password and security questions that can be used to verify the customer's identity. For example, Wells Fargo uses automatic timed logoffs after 10 minutes of inactivity to prevent someone from accessing information from an unattended computer.
"From the moment that account information leaves your computer to the time it enters Wells Fargo's system, all online access and bill-pay sessions are encrypted," Westermann says. "During any transaction, our 128-bit encryption turns your information into a coded sequence with billions of possible variations, making it nearly impossible for unwanted intruders to decipher."
CashEdge's Roberts says that transferring funds with a peer-to-peer service such as Popmoney is safer than carrying cash or sending a check in the mail because of the risk of physical or identity theft from those latter activities. If you enter the wrong email address or phone number, you can cancel or stop a payment to a recipient by using the service any time prior to the recipient retrieving the money. Payments expire if not picked up within 10 days.
Financial institutions typically send an email or text verification of a payment to any contact name or account. Popmoney also requires that you enter a verification code on its website for added protection.
"So if you receive a text message and see that you sent money to the wrong person, you can stop it before it gets picked up. Every transaction generates an email confirmation to the sender and the recipient, so you'll know if something isn't correct," Roberts says.
Wells Fargo's Westermann says that consumers still must be vigilant with contact information when using services such as Send & Receive Money.
"If the mistyped email address or mobile number happens to be valid and registered to someone else, the funds will be delivered to that person," she says.
If the email address or mobile number is not registered to anyone, then the transfer can be canceled.
Roberts says consumers who use paperless banking options should focus on the security of their smartphones, tablets and computers. "Our weakest link is actually the consumer's personal computer," Roberts says. "Probably the most important element of protection is for consumers to keep their antivirus protection in place and up-to-date."
Here are six tips to follow for better online and mobile banking protection, provided by Roberts and the Independent Community Bankers of America.
- Use antivirus software.
- Don't click on a link unless you're sure of who sent it and what it is.
- Don't open an email attachment from anyone you don't know.
- Use strong passwords with eight or more characters and a mix of letters, symbols, numbers and punctuation.
- Don't share your passwords.
- Sign up for email alerts from your bank that will help you monitor your accounts.
Online and mobile banking requires proactive consumers to monitor their security along with their financial institution.
"Paperless banking facilitates moving your money directly without the need of an interim account and leverages the security already provided by trustworthy financial institutions," Roberts says. "Paperless banking is both convenient and safe."


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This week marks the one year anniversary of the ConsumerMan column. It's been a great year!
Thanks to everyone who e-mailed comments, questions and words of encouragement.
In the past few months a number of readers have written to tell me about their pet peeves.
I have many of the same gripes. So I wanted to share them with you.
Gripe: Fine print
Lynette is upset about the paragraphs of fine print that flash on the TV screen during commercials. "It's too small and on too quickly to read," she says.
She's right. This practice, which has gone on for years, is wrong. It's not only annoying; in many cases it is deceptive. For instance, the fine print in car commercials might say that a substantial down payment is required to get that low-financing rate. With weight-loss ads, the fine print advises that you are not likely to lose as many pounds as the happy (and thin) customer on the screen.
I believe any words in a TV commercial should be big enough and on the screen long enough for the average viewer to read. It's time federal regulators cracked down on these fine print shenanigans. If you agree with me, write the Federal Trade Commission and let them know how you feel.
Gripe: Risk-free trial
Chris in Redmond, Wash., bought a bed after seeing it advertised on TV. The infomercial offered a "30 night risk-free guarantee." Chris says she knew right away she didn't like the bed, so she contacted the store to take it back.
That's when she learned it would cost $200 to have it picked up. That was on top of the $150 she paid to have the bed delivered and set up.
"So, this is costing me $350 for absolutely NOTHING," she writes. "This is not a '30 night risk-free guarantee' and it feels like deceptive advertising to me."
As Chris learned the hard way, risk-free doesn't mean cost-free. This marketing technique is used to reduce your normal resistance to making a purchase. It's commonly used with mail-order or telephone purchases.
In most cases, if you don't like what you ordered, you will not be reimbursed for the shipping and handling. And if you need to return the product to get a refund, chances are you'll have to pay to send it back.
Gripe: Super packaging
Pam has a beef about the packing used on toys. "When we were little, you were able to immediately open your toys at birthdays and holidays and start playing right away. Now, kids have to pass their toy off to their parents to get them released from the gazillion twisties, excessive tape and plastic, etc."
"I can appreciate wanting to market and make things look nice," Pam says, "but I also know that I get irritated every time I have to take 20 minutes to break a Barbie or Little Pony from its packaging."
Pam, I feel your pain. Remember, I run a Toy Test every year. You'd think these things were expensive antiques they way they are secured in the package.
In its March issue, Consumer Reports gives out its annual Oyster Awards for "hard-to-open packages."
The magazine says some popular dolls have as many as 50 twists, ties and tapes "that shackle the dolls to their plastic and cardboard prison."
Madeline in Ottawa, Canada has another packaging gripe. She's fed up with those plastic packages that are almost impossible to open without tools.
"This is crazy," she writes. "Why do manufacturers insist on packaging everything as if it were meant to be protected from the air for a thousand years?"
Another problem, once you get the package open you have to be really careful not to cut yourself on the sharp plastic edges.
There are two major reasons for all of this overly-protective packaging. Many of these products have to withstand shipping from overseas and manufacturers are trying to deal with an ever-growing shoplifting problem. But still, things have really gotten out of hand.
Gripe: Hotel charges
Ann wants to know why pricey hotel chains insist on charging their customers for Internet access, while inexpensive hotels are happy to provide the service for free. "$30 for 24 hours of high-speed Internet service sounds like a scam to me," she writes, "when I can get a whole month of it at home for $49."
I don't think I'd call it a scam, but it sure is annoying. I think they do it because they can. The people staying at the pricier hotel can afford to pay the tab or they're traveling on an expense account and therefore are less likely to complain. Also, it's a great way to generate extra revenue without raising the room rate.
By the way, they do the same thing with telephone service. At a mid-level hotel I get free local calls, but at the upscale place they want to ding me 50 cents or more for a local call. Some hotels even charge to make 800-number calls from the room! Not me; I use my cell phone.
Gripe: Poor customer service
Matt in Georgia has had it with "walking into a business and being totally ignored while you stand at the counter and witness the help whining to each other about personal issues … pathetic!"
It sure is. My pet peeve is when the person at the register takes a phone call while I'm waiting to pay. Why is the person on the phone more important than me? Excuse me — I was there first! And I have money in my hand. Put the @#$@% caller on hold and talk to them after you've taken care of me.
Gripe: Complicated electronics
Christine in New Mexico can't understand why manufacturers ignore adults 40 and older. She wants "simpler electronics" that have fewer features.
"We only want our cell phones to make and receive calls," she writes. "Address books are nice. But we don't want to play games, have 40-million ring tones, or play music."
Christine also hates the instruction booklets that come with so many electronic products. The print is so small, and the directions are so complicated. "It requires a Master's Degree," she says, to figure out how to work your digital camera!
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Some alien researchers believe U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly was trying to tell the public about the existence of intelligent extraterrestrials without actually saying anything. Kelly, who is the first person attempting to spend a year in orbit, tweets a picture of India from over 200 miles above the Earth with a message that says "Day 233. Once upon a #star over Southern India. #GoodNight from @space_station! #YearInSpace." But UFO hunters were quick to suggest the photo showed evidence of a space UFO towards the top right.
YouTube channel Sonofmabarker made a video of the photo that Scott Kelly tweeted while in the International Space Station.
The channel informed that the picture was taken while the ISS went over India. Sonofmabarker took notice at the upper right of the picture where there was a large object with two lights on each end.
But UFO hunters were quick to suggest the photo showed evidence of a space UFO towards the top right.
The channel further suggested that the UFO appeared to be gigantic and constructed, and Scott Kelly probably noticed it when he tweeted it. The UFO in the picture looked like a sore thumb and Sonofmabarker thanked Scott Kelly for sending it down to Earth.
Online alien researchers spend hours to a NASA live feed camera on board the ISS that is available publicly on the internet to spot anomalies that likely an evidence of the existence of UFOs and aliens.
Update On Astronaut's UFO Photo in the Space Station
When astronaut Scott Kelly took a photo of South India on the night of November 15, the online world was abuzz over what seemed to be something alien in the picture.
Kelly, who broke the American record recently for the longest time spent in space, tweeted the photo from the International Space Station back to Earth. UFO hunters came out and alleged the astronaut included a tubular-shaped UFO in the upper right of the picture.
Adding to the controversy of the mysterious image was a video posted on November 16 to YouTube by username sonofmabarker, which reached nearly a million views. In the video description, it says that it would be hard to believe that Scott Kelly didn't know that this object was in his frame. It sticks out like a sore thumb. It's got a couple of lights, one on each side, it's obviously some structure and also looks enormous, according to the description.
For years, some people automatically believe that any strange looking lights or glowing objects near the space station can be aliens.
But scientists and the government always find explanations and debunk the ET speculations, particularly this kind of image taken near the ISS. After increasing the contrast level of Kelly's original picture, the UFO turns out to be a UHF antenna, which is part of the ISS. It could be the reason Kelly did not notice it as anything strange.
However, some UFO enthusiasts and researchers say that this could be another cover-up by NASA and the government.
What do you think regarding this and other similar UFO reports from the space station? Are UFOs at the space station just parts of it, space debris, or window reflections that illuminated in unusual ways?


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Much of the Decatur Biking and Running/Walking Trail is asphalt, and some is on-street, but at Point Mallard Park it turns into a shady, well-maintained gravel trail over smooth terrain. The...
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Muscle Shoals Reservation in north Alabama boasts 17 miles of paved and unpaved trails. 1.7 miles of those are of a trail simply known as the Bicycle Trail, an asphalt pathway that bridges the cities...
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The Reservation Road Trail sits within the TVA Muscle Shoals Recreation Area in north Alabama. The trail starts at the TVA Nature Trails parking area on Thunder Road, just off Wilson Dam Highway and...
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The Richard Martin Trail (a.k.a., Limestone Rail-Trail) is best accessed mid-route from a trailhead in the town of Elkmont, where you'll find parking, good signage, a historic depot (used for...
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The Swan Creek Greenway Trail offers natural beauty as winds its way through the forest along Swan Creek. Trail-goers will enjoy views of a covered bridge, gentle rapids and glimpses of wildlife. The...
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We rode the part of this trail which leads from Wilson Morgan park to the Tennessee River. It goes through residential Decatur, mostly along sidewalks which parallel the roads. You must stop or slow continually for crossroads/curbs. The neighborhoods you ride through are sketchy with a lot of trash and poor upkeep. It's certainly not scenic in any way until you reach the old downtown. Also, I'm several places it's poorly marked or not marked at all.
Beautiful ride!! Nice and shaded- several people on the trail. It is working biking, walking, or running. Great place!!
This is one of the most beautiful rails to trails. But, it is a rough bicycle ride. Athens/Limestone need to pave it.
My husband and I have been walking this trail at different entry points for years, we have seen all forms of wildlife from snakes to owls. My only complaint is the people who throw their trash out and expect someone else to pick it up
Rode about 5 miles this afternoon. Relatively smooth gravel pathway with modest elevation changes and turns. Beautiful scenery. Very enjoyable.
A trail with a LOT of potential if maintained properly. The original trailbed is gravel, a mix between no. 57 and no. 67, and for the most part was pleasant, well, the 1/2 mile of the 1.5 miles one way that we rode that wasn't redone in large no. 1 and no. 3 stones (Im talking 1/2" to 3" rocks here) and that was a rough ride. Whoever made the decision to fill the holes with fist sized rocks needs fired. At the end of my brief ride, one of my tires started going flat. This trail as is may be great for hikers and horses, but is bad for bikes. I won't be back.
We have ridden this trail 4 or 5 times in the past and we have really enjoyed it, but not this time. We started at the caboose in town and headed north on the trail. It was very rough. Lots of tree limbs and debris. There were large rocks that made the going very tough. Looks like someone has stopped maintaining the trail. We made it to the northern end after a very rough ride. We decided that we just couldn't head back on the trail so we rode the road back into Elkmont.
We were so disappointed in the trail that we did not try the southern part. We just drove the 2 hours back home.
It is a shame because we have enjoyed the trail in the past. We won't come back unless something is done for the trail.
Swan Creek Trail is a well maintained bike/walk/run trail in Athens, AL. Nice natural features like the creek with small noisy rapids and interesting man made ramps and bridges. Trail travels under all major roads for maximum safety. Good mix of sun and shade connecting Athens shopping to tennis, ball and soccer facilities. Enjoy this quick pit stop with even your smallest or oldest family members and pets.
I'm late with this review, but the previous two reviews prompted me to add mine now. I went for my third on this trail in late 2017. As my earlier reviews stated, I had really nice rides. But not this one. I started at the northern trailhead and only went maybe a couple of miles before turning back because the trail was in such horrible shape. As stated in the two previous reviews by markmoore and Old Terry, there were lots of very large rocks to contend with which made the ride very unpleasant. I kept waiting for signs that things were going to get better, but that didn't happen and finally I just gave it up and turned back and got on the road alongside the trail as soon as possible. I had driven over an hour to get there, so I was quite disappointed. The short stretch of trail on the north end between the trailhead and the woods has always been the roughest section, but it was tolerable. But this time it was really bad even far into the woods. Apparently no trail maintenance at all had been done for quite some time. As the Mad Tweeter might say - Sad!
I would like to try the trail again sometime this year, but will not unless I know it will be in better shape for biking. Hopefully someone can give an update here on the condition of the trail at the north end.
Oh, and there are indeed dogs again at the house by the trailhead. They were in a fenced-in yard and I don't recall having any problems with them - not even being barked at - but they are there again.
It is listed as 10.2 but my GPS came up with 11 miles (22 round trip). It is a good one for solitude for sure. The small town of Elmont is basically right in the middle and makes for a nice rest stop. Except for Elkmont, AL and a couple of covered bridges there isn't much diversity along the entire trail. It's a 1 1/2 hour drive for me so I probably wont be back unless more is added to it.
I started at the Tennessee line TH and went to Athens and back. Within the first 1/4 mile a big black dog ran at me from the front of a house. He didn't have the cardio to keep up but something to watch for when near the Tennessee TH.
The path is compacted gravel like a driveway that's seen lots of use. The Athens half is pretty smooth but I was glad to be on a mountain bike for the other half. Occasional rough spots to beware of with some random big chunky rocks.
There was one road crossing I wasn't sure where the trail went and had to break out the phone to view the trail. Turned out it was straight across the road but hard to be sure because it was more grass than gravel. A little trail blaze would be nice there.
Rode today (Sept. 8, 2017) from the start in Athens to the end at the Tennessee state line and return to Athens. Very enjoyable with plenty of solitude. This type of trail will keep you on your toes as you must look carefully for obstacles (limbs, ruts and one area that had numerous loose fist sized chunks of rock). Very enjoyable trail to ride but I would advise caution.
My wife and I cycled the Richard Martin Rails-to-Trails for a weekend in August of 2017. We prefer the gravel trails and find them to be more interesting with a slight bit of challenge tossed into the experience. We rode the trail on 2 Salsa Vayas ' Multi-Surface' bikes equipped with 38mm & 40mm tubeless CX tires and found them to be perfect for the entire route, which is primarily hardpacked dirt & gravel surface that rolls fast.
We loved the trail due to its slightly remote feeling, overall condition, tree canopy & minimal road crossings. It's quickly become our 'close to home' favorite! We rode it's entire length as out & backs for 2 days. GPS mileage was 22 miles for the total trail out & back.
We stayed up in Veto at the Mill Creek RV Park and found it to be pleasant, clean & quiet. We were the only 'weekend use' campers there, with some sites populated be contract workers working at automotive parts manufacturing locations near by. Most had gone home for the weekend, leaving a quiet & safe campground for us. Note: Please don't ring the bell for Margie prior to 10:00AM. Check in is Noon and Margie doesn't stir prior to check-in time.
All of of this made for a wonderful weekend get-a-way with my wife & bicycles!
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One part of the prosecution's case against Maj. Nidal Hasan, the accused Fort Hood, Texas, shooter, is a series of e-mails between the Army psychiatrist and the now dead radical Muslim cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki.
An unclassified FBI report released Thursday includes those e-mails.
Former CIA officer Bruce Riedel told the Dallas Morning News shortly after the shooting, "E-mailing a known al-Qaeda sympathizer should have set off alarm bells."
While the content of the e-mails was varied, ranging from Islamic theocracy to the search for a wife for Hasan, it was not always alarming. However, the very first one was.
On December 17, 2008, about 11 months before the shooting, Hasan sent his first e-mail to al-Awlaki, to the cleric's website. In it he wrote: "There are... many Muslims who join the armed forces for a myriad of different reasons. Some appear to have internal conflicts and have even killed or tried to kill other us soldiers in the name of Islam i.e. Hasan Akbar."
(The FBI report notes that Hasan's e-mails contained many errors and typos. They did not correct them, nor has CNN.)
Akbar was an American Army soldier who killed two fellow soldiers and wounded 14 others in an attack in Kuwait at the start of the Iraq invasion in 2003.
Akbar wrote in a diary before the attack, "I may not have killed any Muslims, but being in the army is the same thing. I may have to make a choice very soon on who to kill."
Hasan went on to write in that first e-mail:
"Would you consider someone like Hasan Akbar or other soldiers that have committed such acts with the goal of helping Muslims/Islam (Lets just assume this for now) fighting Jihad and if they did die would you consider them shaheeds (martyrs)?"
Hasan's second e-mail was a question regarding whether Muslims should identify themselves as Sunni or Shiite.
At that point al-Awlaki had not responded.
But an FBI agent in San Diego who was investigating the e-mails wrote to his colleagues:
"While e-mail contact with (al-Awlaki) does not necessarily indicate participation in terrorist-related matters, (al-Awlaki's) reputation, background and anti-U.S. sentiments are well known. Although the content of these messages was not overtly nefarious, this type of contact with (al-Awlaki) would be of concern if the writer is actually the individual identified above."
By then, the FBI was trying determine if the e-mailer "Nidal Hasan" was as an American military officer as he hinted in his first message to al-Awlaki. The e-mails were written when Hasan was stationed at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center near Washington, before he was transferred to Fort Hood.
Hasan's next two e-mails focused on Israel and Palestine and the concept of an "eye for an eye."
The two e-mails after that focused on a very different issue: money.
"Please have alternative to donate to your web site. For example, checks/money orders may be sent to. This can assure privacy for some who are concerned."
The next e-mail was nearly identical; a third e-mail sent the same day addressed a different financial question: "A $5,000.00 scholarship prize is being awarded for the best essay/piece entitled "Why is Anwar al-Awlaki a great activist and leader"
Also in that message, for the first time, Hasan reminded al-Awlaki that they had met when the cleric was still in the United States:
"PS-We met briefly a very long time ago when you were the Imam at Dar al Hijra. I doubt if you remember me."
After seven messages from Hasan to al-Awlaki, who by then was in hiding in Yemen, al-Awlaki wrote back.
"I pray this message reaches you at the best state of emaan and health. Jazakum Allahu khairan for thinking good of me. I don't travel so I wont be able to physically award the prize and I am too 'embarrassed' for a lack of the better word to award it anyway."
Within hours of al-Awlaki's reply, Hasan wrote back saying the scholarship contest was running into problems, but he promised to be a help to al-Awlaki.
"If you need any assistance, Allah willing I will be able to help. I believe my biggest strength is my financial situation. Of course, and this goes without saying, that everything should be legal and in accordance with the u.s. Law."
At the end of that e-mail he also wrote for some dating advice.
"I'm looking for a wife that is willing to strive with me to please Allah (SWT). I will strongly consider a recommendation coming from you."
Three days later, al-Awlaki wrote his second and final e-mail to Hasan.
"I kind of felt that the contest would end up running into red tape. People in that part of the world are becoming very timid and it doesn't look it's getting any better.
Thanks for the offer for help."
Al-Awlaki's final thought was about the search for a wife for Hasan.
"Tell more about yourself. I will keep an eye for a sister."
Hasan wrote back with an e-mail that might be confused with a profile for an online dating site.
"In regards to a sister for marriage. My name is Nidal Hasan. If you google 'CSTS and Nidal Hasan' you will see a picture of me. I currently reside in Silver Sping MD; 301-XXX-XXXX. I was born and raised in the U.S. Both, of my parents are from Palestine... If you know someone that you feel that will be compatible and complement my endeavors to please Allah (SWT) please let me know."
Hasan continued to write al-Awlaki. He discussed Muslims in the news in America, more about how to safely send al-Awlaki money, suggesting using PayPal, and he asked al-Awlaki to keep Hasan's information in his Rolodex and suggested that he call collect if need be.
Hasan's next e-mail, on May 25, 2009, seems more ominous in hindsight.
"Allah (SWT) makes it clear that most wont believe and of those that do; the ones who struggle for his cause are greater in his sight then those who sit back and pray."
Six days later, his next e-mail specifically addressed violence, mentioning "a recent incident were an American Soldier jumped who on a grenade that was thrown at a group of soldiers. In doing so he saved 7 soldiers but killed himself. He consciously made a decision to kill himself but his intention was to save his comrades and indeed he was successful. So, he says this proves that suicide is permissible in this example because he is a hero. Then he compares this to a soldier who sneaks into an enemy camp during dinner and detonates his suicide vest to prevent an attack that is know to be planned the following day. The suicide bombers intention is to kill numerous soldliers to prevent the attack to save his fellow people the following day."
On June 16, 2009, Hasan wrote his final e-mail to al-Awlaki, writing in part: "If we ignore Allah (SWT) like Adam we will have no exuse if we end up in hell fire."
Less than six months later, 13 people died at Fort Hood. Hasan will be tried on murder charges in August.
He faces the death penalty if convicted.
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After the war, Rabbi Weissmandel expressed his frustration in "The Holocaust Victims Accuse", a book by Rabbi Moshe Shonfeld (Neturei Karta, USA, New York, 1977):
"Why didn't they try, from their place of freedom, to break through to us and send us a secret messenger? This question becomes greater when we see that the governments of Czechoslovakia and Poland, which were in free lands, sent secret messengers daily to their loyal people in the occupied countries. And therefore our amazement grows. Why don't the great organizers of Jewry use these messengers if they have no other way? And during all of the years since we developed this method, those in the free countries did not once attempt to send messengers to us -rather, WE had to send them and to pay for them. How many did we send them only for the to return empty-handed – because those over there did not have time to answer why?"
In answer to this, Rabbi Shonfeld quotes the Zionist leader Yitzhak Greenbaum, who, after the war, stated:
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The great majority of Muslims are good people because they are "NON-PRACTICING MUSLIMS" once they start following the Koran literally and imitating Mohammed's immoral conduct, merciless, violent, intolerant, cruel behavior they become the same way, just like Mr Hasan, or like most Muslim clerics behavior/conduct. In other words a "PRACTICING MUSLIM" has the potential to commit all kinds of atrocities without experiencing guilt or remorse. Consequently, just by looking at these signals in Muslims can be predicted possible violent actions.
sad, but appears to be the result of being taught hatred instead of tolerance by his parents and religious mentors.
He's hiding something. You know he is.
So is Obama.


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Helsinki, Finland – June 16, 2017 – Finnish AI startup Natify today announced a $4.5M R&D project funded by the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation (Tekes). The 2-year R&D initiative entitled "B2B AI" will deploy artificial intelligence and machine learning to integrate siloed B2B online advertising and marketing automation. Natify is pioneering in the programmatic advertising side of the white-hot Account Based Marketing (ABM) market with its unique engagement performance-driven paid media platform.
"Current state of B2B advertising is archaic because all the innovations in the field are driven by the needs of B2C marketers," says Natify Founder and CEO Markus Stahlberg. As a B2B marketer today, you either need to accept that up to 80% of your ad spending essentially gets wasted on irrelevant audiences or to optimize an insignificant aspect of your business that you can't scale. With the $84B annual digital spending in the US alone, the B2B market poses a huge but complex opportunity because of the lack of a clear market leader from the likes of Google and Facebook.
According to Stahlberg, the very complexity of B2B market with its long buying cycles, big deal sizes and multiple stakeholders in decision making make it an ideal environment for AI. "As opposed to brand building, content is the driving force behind B2B engagement. Content engagement data is the Holy Grail that tells you everything you need to know about the complex B2B buying journey. In B2B AI, the principal idea is to expose this data to an innovative combination of semantic analysis and an AI approach called approximate Bayesian inference to accurately identify the intentions of the B2B decision makers.
B2B AI is a consortium-led initiative from Natify and Aalto University, Finland's highest ranked university in business and technology strongly recognized for their pioneering deep learning and Approximate Bayesian Modelling competencies. Additionally, the B2B AI consortium includes three other Finnish companies.
"We are extremely excited about the initiative and strongly believe that Natify will successfully deliver and financially benefit from the initiative's total budget of over $4.5M", says Natify Co-founder and VP Product Strategy Ville Maila. B2B AI research initiative will help Natify widen its value proposition and further its lead in the performance driven ABM space over well-funded competitors such as Demandbase that recently received funding of $65M to grow its own ABM platform.
Natify was founded by Maila and Stahlberg, who have got previous exits totaling $3.4M under their belt. Without any external funding or significant investments in sales, the company has managed to grow from zero to over $112K monthly recurring revenue. In only 7 months, Natify has added 24 enterprise clients. The two founders believe the only way to stay ahead of the competition, largely coming from the US and to reach the $100M revenue milestone by 2022 will be through bold investment into R&D. Half of the company headcount working on R&D and B2B AI research initiative will boost the focus even further.
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Woman killed in Waukesha shooting identified
Suspect Eddie Donald Callaway considered armed and dangerous
Waukesha police have identified a woman killed in a shooting Monday afternoon.
Police Chief Russell Jack said Shanel Negron, 24, died Monday at a home near Moreland Boulevard and Summit Avenue after being shot in the head.
Police are searching for Eddie Donald Callaway, 26, in connection with the shooting. Jack said he is considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached.
Jack said a weapon used in the shooting had not yet been recovered.
"We don't want anyone making contact with him. We consider him armed and dangerous," Capt. Ron Oremus said. "He had a handgun that was not recovered at the scene, so we don't want anyone to make contact. If you see him, call 911 obviously."
Neighbors were surprised at the events that unfolded.
"We came outside and I heard all the police," said neighbor Cristin Books. "I ran outside and that's when the whole neighborhood was swarmed with police."
Police said Callaway drove off in a 2002 Ford Taurus with Wisconsin license plate Number 394 TVK.
Police said they had been called to the home before, but not on a domestic violence complaint. He said that Negron and Callaway have been living together.
"He never seemed like that kind of person," Books said of Callaway. "I've known him for a long time and he's never ever seemed like that before."
Waukesha police ask that if anyone witnessed a possible argument, fight or shooting in the area to please call them at 262-524-3780.


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Asheron's Call
Ready for the next big game? Well ready or not, here it is. Not only is Asheron's Call revolutionizing MSN's Internet Gaming Zone, but its setting records for the number of players playing a Zone game. For a game that has been in development for over 2 years, and you'll be surprised all you can do in 2 years!
The game is quite different from other games because AC can NEVER be completed, and you can never "win" the game. The game has one of the most expansive gaming world in the business with 500 continuous square miles of land. There's always somewhere you can go. In fact, the game will be changing with a major event every month. December's change will include the temperature change! Lets hope the January change isn't a blizzard!
AC will sell at an estimated retail price of $ 54.95, you not only have to pay for the game, but for the monthly online gaming fee as well (after your free month). The online free will be a standard $ 9.95 per month to play and the only way to can purchase a subscription is with a credit card, however, Microsoft is looking into other ways for customers to pay. ActiveWindows will keep you updated if they add any other ways to pay.
The Features
So what are we getting for our money? Well we've compiled a list of features from a press kit we received and Microsoft's AC website:
These features were received from Microsoft's Press Department and Microsoft's Website.
Installation, Settings and Intro
A setup relatively similar to the AOE2 one, its easy and fast. The setup doesn't ask to register nor to reboot which is always a plus whenever your doing an installation and you need to play now.
However, you can't just start playing the game. You have to enter the Zone, and if you don't know what you're doing, you may be forced to download the whole 10 MB download to use it. You can purposely enter the AC area and try to use a room. You'll be prompted if you're a new user or an existing user option. I selected the existing user option and only downloaded about 200k, however as you venture out into the zone you'll be forced to download more.
The game after that is easy to start. Most of the long updates that were involved in the testing of Asheron's Call are all gone. Something else interesting I found... To save room, Microsoft has disabled the intro movies unless you have the CD-ROM in your CD drive. If you have your CD-ROM in your CD drive, it even including a new startup video that was not included in the beta most likely to save download space. You thankfully don't need the CD in the drive to start up the game anymore though.
Character Customization
After you finally get it up and running, you still can't play, but don't worry the next step is fun. One of the features Microsoft extols itself about is their unique character customization. With more than 16 million different character customizations you can select, you can't get bored!
You can select which nationality, sex, occupation, clothes, and even skills. Microsoft and ActiveWin recommends selecting sorcerer so you can test AC's interesting magic spells and options. However, you are free to pick the occupation you'd like to be, all of them are specialized in a particular area.
After you select your character options. You can name your player, be careful as your character info is your trademark for those settings so choose wisely. After it stores your character name on its server click your character and select enter game.
One of the things that this game lacks is the help for new RPG users. However, with Advocates (helper volunteers) in almost all the starting cities, there's a lot more help to help new gamers to the game.
If you're new to role playing games, as I was when I first started, you're lost in the game. you don't know where to start, what to do or even what the purpose is! After reading the tutorials and all the required text, I was still lost. However, the Official Strategies and Secrets for Asheron's Call was a lot of help! Thanks Rusel DeMaria for writing the book! The book is 20 bucks, but if you are willing to learn the way of Asheron's Call it is a lot of help!
The game sets levels for each player and to the date this review was completed, and once you get the flow of the game you'll start going up in the levels before you know it. However, if your new to Role-playing games, you may have some problems accustoming to Asheron's Call new way of gaming.
Hints, tips and cheats can be found all over the internet if you're interested in them even right here on ActiveWin at http://www.activewin.com/asheron
AC creates one of the most life-like abilities in the gaming world. In fact some friends of mine had a surprise party a few weeks ago for someone. It was a lot of fun, although it started raining. Maybe an ActiveWin party would be good. We'll have to check AC's weather channel.
Other than the problems noted above, AC is a wonderful game, and it has managed to "hook" hundreds into playing, any chance they get. As soon as you get a hand on the game, you'll be joining them.
Graphics & Sound
Asheron's Call has some good points with superb graphics and sound effects for an online role playing game being one of them. The sound effects in the game include raindrops, monsters, and much much more! The main problem I have in the game in terms of sound is that monsters sounds can really start to get on your nerves the more you play the game, this means you end up wanting to turn your speakers off half the time, especially early on in the game.
The magic on Asheron's Call is one of the most fascinating things I have ever seen. The more you play the more you learn about them and you have to figure out the spells yourself. Of course, you can buy spells from your friends if you'd like to. Although all occupations in Asheron's Call have magic, the Sorcerer occupation seems to have the most spells in the beginning. Once you get a hold on your magic, the whole game of Asheron's Call is at your finger tips.
Final Comments
If your interested in a game that's never boring or will never end, Asheron's Call is for you. Because the game is online the world can change at any time. In fact, Turbine Entertainment who developed Asheron's Call says that they will try to make a major change to the world every month. The month of June will see a change in scenery as more plants and trees start to bloom in summer. Next month, who knows! If you'd like to find out what is happening in AC check our home page or gaming homepage daily.
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text: I remember reading a while back on surfingintexas.com about a mysto break that breaks at the end of the Quintana jetty and I think I saw it breaking the other day. The wave looked like it had great form and size but also looked pretty close to some large rocks... Has any one ever surfed this wave or know anything about it? There was a bunch of people out that day but I didn't see anyone surfing the mysto break.


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New Safety Products - Racing Safety Equipment
Highlighting the Latest in Racing Safety
For the new season of racing, we wanted to remind all of our racers of the importance of safety. As you prepare for battle this year, please don't forget to spend a few minutes thinking about all of the areas of safety connected with your racing.
Check each piece of equipment for age, wear, and effectiveness. That old kart suit that worked so well for your Quarter Midget racing won't help you if your Street Stock catches fire. Most of the kart and Quarter Midget equipment might not be fire rated because of the reduced risk of fire in those race cars.
Inspect seatbelts for wear and chafing. If you had a few encounters with other cars or the walls at your speedway last year, your helmet might be damaged to the point that it needs to be inspected and possibly rebuilt. If you ran hot last year, then maybe a cool helmet is in your future.
We always stress the importance of using a quality head-and-neck restraint system and we continue to push for all racers, regardless of the class, to invest in one of these. You won't need it until you need it, and then if you don't have one on, it's too late. Suck it up and shell out the bucks.
If you're the owner and/or major sponsor of a race team, ask if the team has thoroughly planned out its safety situation. In the unfortunate event that an accident happens, bad results reflect on all those associated with the team including the sponsors.
For you track owners and sanctions, if you haven't required proper safety equipment in the past, it's time to rethink your rules for 2011 and with all of the cost saving mandates issued over the past few years, the teams should have plenty of money to go out and buy the proper safety equipment. We just know that was your intent all along, right?
Here are a few companies which offer quality safety products that would like to present some of their latest offerings. The descriptions are provided by the manufacturer.
The Snell SA2010-rated BR.1 from Bell is the first model in the industry that can be used as a traditional helmet, side forced-air or top forced-air helmet. By utilizing an innovative kit system, racers can now customize the BR.1 to adapt to their individual needs, different seat configurations, and other forms of racing throughout their career.
The BR.1 features a lightweight composite shell, leading-edge styling, aero front lip, and a large eyeport. The standard BR.1 is sold in the rear vent configuration featuring a venturi air exchange system. As air flows over the helmet, the venturi effect increases cooling inside the helmet and prevents the shield from fogging by creating a vacuum that pulls airflow through the helmet.
The BR.1's rear-facing chin-bar vents and top vent provide ventilation while preventing dirt and dust from entering the helmet. These features make the BR.1 an outstanding choice for racers competing on dirt.
Thanks to the helmet's versatility, racers no longer have to choose between a side forced-air or top forced-air model. By using the optional kit system, racers can easily switch the BR.1 to the desired forced-air configuration for their type of racing. Installing either the side (left) forced-air or top forced-air kit, the BR.1 becomes a full ventilation forced-air helmet.
The BR.1 incorporates Bell's air chamber technology to increase pressure and accelerate airflow (when used with an external forced-air system) to maximize airflow for improved ventilation and comfort. Bell's 2011 forced-air helmet features the Quick Lock forced-air nozzle that locks the forced-air connector in place yet allows for easy release when it's time to exit the vehicle.
The smaller nozzle design helps accelerate airflow into the helmet. The Quick Lock nozzle can be used with traditional 1.5-inch diameter forced-air hoses by using the air adaptor kits that connect the hose with the Bell Quick Lock nozzle. In addition, customers have the option of using a top or side forced-air kit using the traditional round or standard barb nozzle.
Crow Enterprizes offers a full line of safety gear and tie-downs for your type of racing. Driver restraints are available for Off Road, Quarter Midget, Drag Racing, Sprint Car, Formula, and Stock Cars.
A new item that is available from Crow for harness applications is the Dog Bone tapered design for the shoulder belts. The harness tapers from 3 inches to 2 inches, and then back to 3 inches to accommodate head-and-neck restraint systems.
When ordering your belts, just add $12 and an "H" to the part number to add the Dog Bone harness to any restraint system.
For many racers, head-and-neck restraints have two big drawbacks: they tend to be pricey and they are cumbersome to wear. Well, the new defNder team-issue head-and-neck device addresses the issues of price and fit and still provides great protection.
While it may look similar to other HNR devices on the market, defNder's unique design incorporates flexible formfit belts and a stabilizer bar chassis design that offers drivers unparalleled comfort. The design of the system allows you to put it on straight over your head, just as you would your helmet, and gives you complete freedom of mobility by allowing you to turn your head to the left and right.
The device has easily achieved the SFI-38.1 certification for HNRs in testing. The defNder's figures were very consistent in both frontal and 30-degree tests, a testament to the significant amount of emphasis defNder's design team placed on side-impact protection.
The defNder is constructed from high-performance injection composites, and features the highest grade hardware and technically advanced nylon in the Motion-Max tether system, the heart of the side impact protection. Motion-Max incorporates something the manufacturer calls VST geometry which acts as a stabilizer in side-impact scenarios. This is also the same system that allows you the freedom of turning your head left to right.
A big plus in the design of the defNder are the harness flares which locate your safety belts and keep the device from sliding around. You can easily exit your vehicle in an emergency situation.
Everything you need to set up your defNder, including the helmet anchors, is included in the MSRP of $549.99 (excluding tax and shipping). It comes with a simple-to-follow instruction/owner's manual, a baseball cap, decals for your race car, and is all contained in environmentally friendly packaging.
Features include pull-down lap and shoulder adjustment. Belts come with bolt-in hardware, but can be used as wrap-around or used with optional snap-in hardware.
The RaceQuip SA2010 Full Face helmet is an all new design that incorporates prepreg construction based on steel tooling. In this process, the optimum ratio of resin is impregnated into the composite fabric (a combination of carbon fiber, Kevlar, and FRP) prior to molding.
Next, the prepreg is forced into the steel mold using vacuum pressure, then oven cured to precise thermal specifications. This manufacturing technique eliminates excess resin weight and ensures uniform shell thickness while leaving the outer surface smooth and blemish free. The shell is then mated to an expanded polystyrene (EPS) liner to create a modern lightweight helmet design.
The RaceQuip Snell SA2010 Full Face helmet is loaded with many features you would expect to find in a helmet costing much more. These features include a lightweight composite shell, aluminum pivot kit with an adjustable friction lock, plus a silicone shield gasket to keep out dirt and dust.
Dirt racers will especially like the fact that all the vent holes have been removed from the front of the helmet. A wide eyeport provides great peripheral vision and allows for the use of personal eyewear. The distortion-free, low-fog polycarbonate faceshield is a full 3 mm thick and comes with eight positions and hand ratcheting tear-off posts.
Of course, the SA spec means that both the helmet's paint and interior are fire retardant so it's suitable for use in the highest forms of auto racing competition. The helmet incorporates a Kevlar chin strap for strength, a comfort-fit blended Nomex interior for great feel, and pre-drilled holes for easier installation of head-and-neck restraint anchors.
Wrap all these features in a lightweight aero design composite shell for just $249, and the result is the outstanding value delivered by RaceQuip.
The Simpson Air Inforcer Shark helmet has all new styling with attitude according to the company. The Snell SA2010-rated helmet's design features a stylish top cap designed for better pipe placement and a low profile for multiple roof/driver height, a newly designed shield pivot system, and a newly designed shield latch that opens with ease.
The recessed eye port offers a 100-percent shield seal. This helmet is designed to be head-and-neck restraint compatible, and radio communications are available. The unit is shipped complete with two 3mm shields (clear and smoke) and includes a helmet bag. Best of all it's made in the USA.
However for its 2011 offerings, Simpson didn't stop just at the helmet. With its recent acquisition of Safety Solutions, its new Hybrid Pro is the next generation in head restraints. It offers excellent protection combined with the security of a hybrid design. With its patent-pending triangulated tether design and patented seatbelt anchoring system, this is truly a multiple-angle, multiple-impact device that is undetectable in the seat system for unbelievable comfort. And it's SFI-38.1certified. This is the smallest carbon shape on the market, has a low top, and provides an easier exit from the vehicle.
The Hyrid Pro is easy to use and goes on like a backpack. It has a simple chest buckle and straps that hook to the seatbelts stabilizing the device in angular and side impacts. With it strapped to you, it works with you as opposed to against you.
Also new for 2011 is Simpson's Hybrid Fire Suit, an SFI-5rated, multi-layer fire resistant suit that is all new and will be available around the time you read this. It has contrasting premium V-Quilting and trim with dimension and style. The 360-degree arm gussets allow more freedom of movement of the arms. The suit comes with straight cuffs and the colors are black/white, yellow/black, blue/white, and red/white.
The Simpson Hybrid suit is a multi-layer standard suit that exhibits unmatched breathability in a lightweight and comfortable design and is constructed of Simpson's newest Satin Fire Resistant fabric which exhibits a semi-shiny finish and a smooth even drape.
These are just a few of the many great safety products available to you this season. As I said earlier, please don't forget to spend a few minutes thinking about all of the areas of safety connected with your racing. It'll be better for all of us.


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The Simplest Swim Short
Originally specializing in canvas boat covers, Katin created its first line of basic swim shorts in the sixties. Four decades later, it has teamed up with Club Monaco to craft a limited edition cotton chambray beach short as comfortable as it is simple. The new colorful suits offer a bit less weight and a lot less friction than canvas, while providing the same durability.
The main thing the Katin shorts have going for them is actually something they lack. The designers ripped out the mesh lining after early customers complained about discomfort. But don't worry about a wardrobe malfunction – thanks to a four-snap closure and a rope drawstring, these beach short fit snugly on the hip and hold up to the biggest waves. They may feel like your favorite boxers, but this is an engineered garment.
As if that weren't enough, Katins offer classic style. They're a modernized sailor short, so you can look sharp without looking like a wannabe surfer. They come in navy, red, and purple, which allow you to make a statement without making too much of a statement. You can go from splash about or strut boardwalk with just the one suit, especially if you pair it with your Uniqlo polo, a panama hat, and Sperry Top-Siders. Forget surfing, you're ready to go to the surf club. [$85, ClubMonaco.com]
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Protein link may be key to new treatment for aggressive brain tumor
(23 December 2009: VIDYYA MEDICAL NEWS SERVICE) -- Biomedical researchers at the University of Central Florida have found a protein that could hold the key to treating one of the most common and aggressive brain tumors in adults.
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the type of malignant brain tumor that killed the late U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, is difficult to treat because it spreads cancerous cells to other parts of the brain very quickly. About 10,000 cases are diagnosed in the United States each year.
There is no cure, and treatments have limited success. They consist of surgically removing the tumor from the brain, followed by radiation therapy and chemotherapy. About half of the patients don't survive for more than a year after their diagnosis
That's why the role of the protein TRPC6 discovered at UCF is so promising.
"Collectively, our studies indicate that TRPC6 is a key mediator of tumor growth of GBM. It may be a promising therapeutic target in the treatment of human GBM," said Sic L. Chan, the UCF assistant professor of Neuroscience who led the team of scientists.
TRPC6 is a receptor channel protein found in most, if not all, cells in the body. It promotes cell growth during development of the central nervous system.
Chan and his team ran several experiments with cancerous brain tissue obtained from Florida Hospital in Orlando and Duke University Medical Center. They found that this protein is strongly expressed and functional in brain tumor cells. Further research found that they could stop the growth and spread of tumors by knocking down the expression of this protein.
It is the first time such findings have been made with this particular kind of brain tumor.
"This is very exciting, because our work will help patients in the future," said UCF research fellow Srinivasulu Chigurupati, who worked on the team. "Malignant gliomas remain one of the most devastating cancers despite recent advancements."
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