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To all you supermoto boys out there. I am now stockists for Sidi Boots. Any size any colour give me a shout all sizes stocked in warehouse ready for dispatch. The new Sidi supermoto boots look trick with interchangeable soles for changing track conditions. PM me for details. Or call me on 07799225267 and leave a message if I don't answer.
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I sent you a pm but no reply. I am interested in the new sidi crossfire 2 supermoto sole size 45
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Doll Stamps & Tag Pad
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Try Color Me papers for the dresses..
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What a brilliant idea. Thanks!
Thank you so much for the tip on using a 'used' C-plate from your Cuttlebug to handle the height of the doll stamps. This works great with the dolls and the borders. The dolls are so much fun!!
Just adorable. If you don't have an acrylic stamping block big enough for the dolls, you can use a Cuttlebug C plate. :-)
Wow! The designers really went to town with these supplies! Such beautiful, multi-media creations. The doll stamps looked kinda cutesy at first glance, but you have done a marvelous job of showing how versatile they can be. Oui, oui, indeed!
Paper Dolls and tags is a great way to create beautiful cards, wow!! Love all the ideas shown to us, thank you.
you have done it again! taken away my breath and filled my head with dreams of beautiful card making and scrapping. thanks so much for inspiring me to create outside of my comfort zone.
My sister called me and said I had to see the new paper doll stamp set. I love it-had to order ASAP. I can't wait to design cards for my family and friends.
What wonderful stamps. I didn't realize how big they were until you gave the measurements for each one. Gives one some excellent ideas. Great projects, ladies. The bride's my favorite.
Love the Girl stamps, and the tags. Now that I have seen what the border stamps look like I am going to have to have them too. They are so neat--that little bow border can be used so many ways. I have the tags and love them they are a great wt. and so versital. Love the embossing tinsel too. You gals are just filling my mind to the limit. Thank U so much for showing us what these tools can do, and giving us the heads up on your designers tips and tricks.
It would be so great to create "dress up" dresses for my granddaughter and make them magnetized so she can dress them up on my fridge.
Im so excited that these doll stamps are here! Ordered mine as soon as I saw them available!
Going to have so much fun with these little ladies!
What a wonderful set of stamps. The bride card took my breath away!
How cute!! I collect dolls so I guess I'll have to start collecting doll stamps (they take up less room)!! And what cute scrapbook pages they'll make for my two granddaughters.
Wow! These are Stunning! I especially love the bride! Your design team did a great job with these projects! Thanks for highlighting the tinsel embossing powder.
I love, love, love these stamps! What beautiful products everyone at Paper Wishes created. I adore the Mom scrapbook page with the rolled flower.
Holy smokes...spectacular projects! Thanks for the inspiration.
I want them like yesterday! Beautiful! Will u b getting more different shapes? I saw more in pininterest.
Thank u ladies u got me in trouble....here, hee
What fun projects! Thank you for all the sweet ideas.
Oooo-ouuu so girly and feminine! Bright idea... use the clear plates from your die cut machines...for the big clear surface to mount the stamps on! Gail, your Mom is beautiful!!
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The suit, filed Monday in federal district court in Columbus, accuses Ohio State of Title IX and civil rights violations when it failed to prevent repeated sexual assaults, abuse and molestation by Dr. Richard Strauss.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Four former Ohio State University wrestlers have filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court, alleging the university knew about abuse by physician Richard Strauss but failed to stop his misconduct.
The suit, filed Monday in federal district court in Columbus, accuses Ohio State of Title IX and civil rights violations when it failed to prevent repeated sexual assaults, abuse and molestation by Strauss.
The plaintiffs in the case, listed only as "John Does," seek punitive damages, pre- and post-judgment interest, attorney fees and other relief as the court deems proper. The suit did not state a specific amount the plaintiffs were seeking.
The lawsuit alleges that despite being repeatedly informed of Strauss' "sexual assault, abuse, battery, molestation, and/or harassment, OSU failed to take appropriate action (or, in fact, any action whatsoever) to stop or prevent Dr. Strauss from continuing his rampant sexual misconduct."
"Dr. Strauss used his position of trust and confidence to regularly and systematically sexually assault, abuse, batter, molest, and harass male students and student-athletes over the entire course of his career in his capacity as an employee, agent, and/or representative of OSU," the suit said.
The legal complaint calls Strauss a "prolific sexual predator." It states that two wrestlers met with former Ohio State Athletic Director Andy Geiger in the mid-1990s, where they complained about "the voyeuristic and lewd conduct of the men in the lockers and saunas of Larkins Hall, including that of Dr. Strauss." The suit said the wrestlers offered drawings of potential changes to the wrestling and gymnastics locker room that would enhance safety, but Ohio State did nothing.
Each of the former wrestlers in the case was sexually assaulted by Strauss in some way, the lawsuit said. Two plaintiffs were abused during an exam in the 1990s. Another was sexually assaulted during "multiple physical examinations and in the locker room of Larkins Hall," the suit said. And a fourth was sexually assaulted during approximately 50 examinations by Strauss in the late 1980s and 1990s, the suit said.
Attorneys representing the athletes are asking other sexually abused athletes or witnesses to come forward. According to athleteabuse.com, the attorneys in the case — Rex Sharp, Robert Allard, Jonathan Little and Stephen Estey — are part of a coalition of law firms that have spent years fighting for compensation for sexually abused athletes.
Columbus attorney Simina Vourlis is also listed as an attorney for the plaintiffs.
"We just thought it was time to get this thing teed up for a lawsuit so that there would be vehicle for everybody to try to figure out how to deal with it, how to compensate victims and how to change what OSU's been doing so this doesn't happen again," Sharp told The Dispatch in a phone interview Tuesday.
Sharp said the case is somewhat unusual because the man accused of the abuse is deceased. Strauss killed himself at his California home in 2005.
But the issue is bigger than one doctor; it's about the "callous and reckless indifference to the safety of the athletes," he said.
"Ohio State is an institution that chose to protect its image and its brand rather than protect its students and its athletes from the sexual misconduct of the team doctor," Sharp said.
The Dispatch has reached out to Ohio State for a comment on the lawsuit.
Ohio State first announced in April that it would launch an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct involving Strauss, stemming from initial reports of abuse during Strauss' time as a physician with the men's wrestling team in the 1980s. Seattle-based law firm Perkins Coie is handling the independent investigation into the allegations for the university. Since the investigation began, the firm has interviewed more than 150 former students or witnesses, and former student-athletes from at least 14 men's sports teams have alleged sexual misconduct by Strauss.
Jennifer Smola is a reporter for The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch.


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Who's Most Vulnerable? A Look at Chinese Borrowing Overseas
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New disclosures from two of Asia's largest lenders provide a glimpse of global banks' rising exposure to China's fast-growing foreign debt.
HSBC Holdings PLC said in its latest financial report that outstanding loans in China grew 12% in the year ended June 30, to $36.2 billion. Standard Chartered PLC said in its interim statement for the same period that its overall exposure to Chinese customers rose 30% to $58.3 billion.
Both disclosures offer insight into a recent surge in foreign lending to China as tighter lending conditions there and low global interest rates push more Chinese companies to borrow offshore. According to the latest data from the Bank for International Settlements, outstanding foreign loans to China rose 38% on year in the first quarter of 2014 to a record $795.7 billion, a fourfold increase since 2010.
Of the 25 countries whose banks report lending data to BIS, the biggest surge in new loans in the year ended March 31 — $50 billion — came from banks based in the United Kingdom, a group that includes HSBC and Standard Chartered, both British-domiciled banks with most of their assets in Asia. French banks were the second-largest source of new credit, extending $20.6 billion in new loans to China. Japanese banks were third, raising their exposure by $15.8 billion over the same period.
The rapid growth in credit to China left British banks as China's largest foreign lenders, with a record $221.2 billion in outstanding loans to China. U.S. banks were second with a record $86.5 billion and Japanese banks third, with a record $77.4 billion.
China's overall external borrowing remains relatively small and economists say it poses little threat to its economy or financial system. With nearly $4 trillion in foreign-exchange reserves and tight control over flows of money in and out of the country, China's central bank is in a strong position to offset any sudden retreat of foreign credit, they say.
Still, the rapid increase in borrowing has boosted China's vulnerability to global capital flows and economists warn that an anticipated rise in global interest rates could lure funds back out of China, raising borrowing costs and pushing heavily indebted borrowers toward default.
The run-up in lending to China by Hong Kong-based banks has prompted the local monetary authority to demand more robust funding requirements. Outstanding loans from Hong Kong-based institutions to China, including units of foreign banks, grew 8% on year in the first quarter to $317 billion, according to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.
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Reconciling all this lending data is impossible since they cover different periods and capture different types of lending. BIS doesn't break down lending by individual banks, only by nationality. Few banks disclose where they lend, and HSBC and Standard Chartered's China numbers are not identical measures.
Standard Chartered's is a more comprehensive measure of its exposure. Standard Chartered said credit to China-based customers account for slightly more than 8% of the bank's $690.1 billion in total assets, according to its interim financial report. Of that exposure, which includes loans issued to Chinese customers outside China, 74% are less-risky short-term loans that mature in one year or less, mostly trade finance loans or loans to China's banks.
"We are comfortable on China asset quality; our exposures are predominantly short-dated to the Top 5 Chinese Banks and we have fine-tuned the portfolio following stress testing," Standard Chartered spokesman Shaun Gamble wrote in an email. "Our exposure is largely to investment grade clients, whom we expect will weather an economic slowdown."
Still, Standard Chartered said it took a $175 million impairment charge in connection with a commodities fraud scandal in China. The bank last month began legal proceedings in Hong Kong against the head of a Chinese commodities-trading firm that Western bankers allege illegally pledged the same stocks of commodities multiple times as collateral to get loans. The bank said it had $62 million in commodities-backed loans.
HSBC said its number doesn't include loans made outside China to Chinese borrowers, only those issued by its branches in China. Those loans represent just over 1% of its $2.75 trillion in global assets. And of that $36.2 billion in loans, $24.3 billion are commercial or trade-related loans. Only $11.7 billion are mortgages or property-related lending.
-- Wayne Arnold


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A report says the number of deaths by firearms in Brazil has remained stable over the past decade, which represents a partial victory after yearly increases were seen during the 1990s.
The report examining shooting deaths was released Wednesday. It was prepared by researcher Julio Jacobo Waiselfisz, with the Brazilian Center for Latin American Studies and the Latin American College of Social Sciences.
From 1990 through 2003, gun deaths in Brazil rose an average of 7.3 percent every year, peaking in 2003 at 39,300. The number of annual deaths has remained at around 39,000 in the years since because of disarmament campaigns launched in 2004.
The report says that although current policies have helped stop increases in gun deaths, they have not been aggressive enough to reduce the numbers.


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A federal district court recently ruled in Dow AgroSciences favor in a patent infringement lawsuit with Bayer CropScience. The lawsuit was filed in December 2010 by Bayer CropScience alleging that Dow AgroSciences' herbicide tolerance technology in Enlist Weed Control System infringes on one of its patents.
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I realize that I can simply make a note of the specific bible/commentary/dictionary used to prepare a thought. But if it is possible, I would like to suggest a shortcut.
I would like to know if it is possible to use the 'file/save-as' OR 'file/save-a-session' ("com.OakTree.Accordance.document") and embed it into a Word document. In that way I could keep all resources used for a specific 'sermon seed' in a single concise package. The final Word file might have several such embedded links or files back to specific sessions in Accordance.
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Chris Brown Feels Sad, Paints the Jesus Crucifixion
Volatile, violent, rage-filled Chris Brown loves getting in fights — most recently with fellow rapper Frank Ocean. And then, after he has bandaged his hands and taken a nice long shower to cool down, Brown likes to release his remaining, suppressed feelings by whipping out the tempera paint. On Monday night, Brown posted to his Instagram account a painting of a rather burly Jesus being hung on the cross (pictured below) along with the caption, "Painting the way I feel today. Focus on what matters!"
While the parallel Brown is drawing between his current predicament and one that a certain religious figure faced approximately 2013 years ago may be a bit melodramatic and of questionable taste, the real issue at hand is: Why didn't we know that Chris Brown painted?! Not only is the account Brown used to share his painting (titled f**kyopictures — only, uncensored) filled with his artwork and followed by over two million fans (so clearly we're late to the game here), but Brown headlined his first art exhibition in California last May (pictured above). Our invites must have gotten lost in the mail, because we know that's one event we wouldn't have missed for the world.
To help us get over the shock of learning that Brown has an easel stored somewhere in his home, we've dug up the secret artistic pursuits of other celebrities.
David Arquette is apparently a graffiti artist. Which means he likes to, like, tag stuff.
The Jersey Shore's JWOWW (née Jenni Farley), was once a student at the New York Institute of Technology, where she specialized in still-life portraiture, as demonstrated below.
Viggo Mortensen (or, as he will forever be known in my brain, Aragorn) is a regular Renaissance man. He not only acts, but writes poetry, records music, and dabbles in modern art.
Steven Tyler, meanwhile, likes to work with dark themes in dark colors.
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Jane Seymour is inspired by heavenly beings at the beach. But really, aren't we all?
All Paul Stanley (of Kiss) wants is peace and love. In fact, that's the name of the below work of art, Peach & Love No. 1. And, in case you were wondering, I am like 87% certain the below is not a finger painting.
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MALMO, Sweden — Murphy's law was in full effect on Saturday night for Team Canada as they extended their gold-medal drought at the world junior championship to five years.
The Canadians lost in the semifinal 5-1 to Finland in a game where very little went right.
Canada now plays Russia for bronze on Sunday. It marks the third-straight tournament Canada will play in the bronze-medal game.
Finland, which finished seventh last year, gets the host Swedes for gold. Sweden beat Russia 2-1 in the earlier semi.
Canada allowed the first goal against Finland 4:19 into the second period as a result of a bizarre bounce.
Finnish defenceman Julius Honka rimmed a shoot-in along the boards, but the puck jutted in front of the Canadian net.
Joni Nikko got there first before Canadians Mathew Dumba or Frederik Gauther could.
Goaltender Zach Fucale barely realized where the puck was before it went in.
The next two Finnish goals came immediately after great stops by Fucale.
Fucale stopped a redirection by Saku Maenalanen on a Finnish power play, but Artturi Lehtonen cleaned up the mess in front.
Jonathan Drouin closed the gap to within in one for Canada, but Rasmus Ristolainen restored Finland's two-goal lead.
Ristolainen's marker came seconds after Fucale dove back to rob Otto Rauhala of an open-net chance following a three-way passing play. It will likely be the save of the tournament.
To top off the scoring, Teuvo Teravainen scored on a penalty shot with 3:12 remaining.
Canadian defenceman Derrick Pouliot hauled down Henrik Haapala on a breakaway, but the shot was given to Teravainen after Haapala seemed to indicate he was too hurt to shoot.
Teravainen then scored into an empty net in the final minute. His three points on Sunday give him 12 in the tournament, tying Swede Filip Forsberg for most in the event.
Canada also took two 10-minute misconduct penalties.
Nic Petan was called for abuse of an official, while Jonathan Drouin was called for checking to the head. It was his second such penalty of the tournament. He was called for that infraction against Slovakia.
Canada was also 0-for-5 on the power play. Finland had killed off 95 per cent of its penalties entering the game, best in the tourney.


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Like any tinhorn pundit, I hate to be proved wrong by events.
Reality is such a stubborn thing.
My premier prediction for 2013, presented with pomp and sanctimony, was that the new year would not bring the decommissioning of North County's landmark nuclear plant.
"Time is short, but nuclear history is long," I intoned in Nostradamus mode.
With eyes closed, I foretold that Southern California Edison and its main partner, SDG&E, would hang tough with regulators, running out the clock to wring more juice out of these broken-down nuke lemons.
Well, I was dead wrong — the news hit like a nuclear bomb Friday that the fat lady had sung for SONGS.
I'm disappointed in my myopic foresight, of course, but I take some comfort in my longer-term prognostication of doom for San Onofre:
"Before the end of the decade, I see the natives (some of them nude on the beach) dancing with joy, throwing bottles of emergency iodine into Dumpsters."
So the bell has tolled a little early for the old-school model of nuclear power. (If there's a new school, like the portable breeder-style reactors under development at General Atomics, it's unlikely to find a campus in North County.)
The weird thing about human nature is that, like the iconic Encina power plant in Carlsbad, we'll miss the familiar outline if and when the nuclear plant's dismantled.
It was never so much a pure industrial site as a visually erogenous zone at the northern gateway to Camp Pendleton.
Several years ago, when I was compiling the Seven Wonders of North County, one reader offered this fanciful view:
"My nominee is the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station," he wrote. "Specifically, it is the view that a commuter on Interstate 5 gets while up to and past Reactors 2 and 3. My experience is of seeing a giant concrete bra or bikini top arising from the shoreline where a Brobdingnagian beauty lay sunbathing below the power plant."
In the 1988 movie "The Naked Gun," the outline of the plant's two reactors pops up in the background when detective Frank Drebin (the late Leslie Nielsen) is reminiscing about his ex-girlfriend.
"Everywhere I look, something reminds me of her," he sighs.
In a variety of ways, the double-domed beauty — and its apocalyptic menace — have captured artistic imaginations.
In "Fallout," a 2001 thriller by James Huston, an Escondido author and former Top Gun pilot, Pakistani pilots training at Miramar turn out to be Muslim terrorists who fly F-16s over San Onofre and drop bombs on the radioactive pools.
The resulting explosions kill a few hundred people and leave the area contaminated for a century. The Wasteland comes to North County.
In a "West Wing" TV episode titled "Duck and Cover," San Onofre was renamed San Andreo, presumably after the major fault line.
Because of a faulty valve, coolant stopped flowing into the reactor's core. President Bartlet makes a "24"-style decision to vent radiation into the air to avoid an explosion. The screenplay stoked the fear that human and/or mechanical error could force millions of panicked North County and Orange County residents onto gridlocked highways and roads.
With the tsunami-driven disaster in Japan glowing on TV screens, I was asked on the radio if plans were in place to evacuate sections of Orange County and North County if San Onofre blew.
I conceded there have been plans in place for years, but if San Onofre were to melt down, the result would evoke a compound word with "cluster" in the first position.
By far my favorite creative treatment is the 1982 rock video "Nuclear Surfer," a six-minute film (check it out on YouTube) featuring Bill Donati's Talking Heads-style song.
"I'm a combination of a nuclear nation," Donati sings as he walks toward SONGS, "and a leak at San Onofre, a genetic test tube at sea, yeah, that's me."
Donati's vintage video conveys a bouncy brand of gallows humor with a beat you can dance to.
Thanks to faulty parts and Edison's cutting of its losses, North County can now rest easy.
We're not all going to die.
At least not all at once.


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Plenty fish in sea, new Scottish fishermen's group says
A group of Scottish fishermen have formed a pressure group to convince people that North Sea fish stocks are healthy.
The Real Fish Fight said boats have reported large catches of cod.
Peterhead skipper Peter Bruce said conservationists wanted to turn the North Sea into an aquarium.
WWF Scotland said it was possible the big catches were the result of boats passing over large groups of spawning cod.
Mr Bruce said there was scaremongering over fish stocks.
He recently hauled his largest ever catch of cod - 30 tonnes in a single net.
The fisherman said: "There is some of the green lobby that is actually trying to finish the fishing industry.
"They are wanting the North Sea left as an aquarium and we just can't have that."
He added: "We would like the scientists to come out with us and see what we are seeing on the grounds."
WWF Scotland said at this time of year cod were grouping in large numbers to spawn.
A spokeswoman said it could be that the large catch was made in one of these areas and that this could not be read as a sign that numbers of the fish had recovered.


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What if Foster the People picked you up on a bus… then took you to a location to volunteer and help the community? That's exactly what's happening as the band tours and partners up with the Do Good Bus to inspire community service and volunteering across the nation. As the band tours the country, so is the Do Good Bus--volunteers can just hop on and help with a special cause within each city. From feeding the homeless to recycling mattresses, the "Do Gooders" have really made a difference.
We talked to co-founder Rebecca Pontius (also drummer Mark Pontius's sister) about the Do Good mission, how a party bus brought about this charitable organization, and what the "Pumped Up Kicks" guys are doing to help!
Tell our viewers and readers a little bit about the Do Good bus and why think it's working as an effective model for other organizations.
The Do Good Bus is a mobile volunteering opportunity that combines a sense of community, giving back and lots of fun. Volunteers on our bus are whisked away to a mystery volunteer activity to get involved and meet like-minded people in their neighborhoods. We've visited over 40 causes across the U.S. and had over 1500 volunteers ride the bus. We truly believe in the power of teamwork and a community coming together to make a difference.
How did the idea of a bus come to be and where did you get the bus?
The Do Good Bus was an idea inspired by a party bus on my 30th birthday where groups of friends from various circles came together to celebrate. By the end of the trip, whether they initially knew each other or not, the group had created a little community. My business partner Stephen and I met volunteering and over the years have continually been asked, "How do I get involved? How do you know where to volunteer? How do you do it?". So, we took the idea of creating community among strangers and giving back in your own neighborhood, and threw people on a bus to show them how to do both.
We rent a different bus for each trip depending on our needs and how many volunteers we need to accommodate. We'd love to own a great old school bus someday and get a makeover from Pimp My Ride.
Each trip is different and the locations are different with each ride--how are volunteers responding to this aspect?
In general, people are excited about the mystery and the idea--all they have to do is show up. We also like to keep the destination a secret to ensure people don't have any preconceived ideas about the cause. This way, we show up to our location and people just have to dive in, they don't have time to think about it.
What has been the biggest surprise for the Do Good founders and team in putting this enterprise out there?
The biggest surprise has been response from all over the world. We get emails every day from people asking when the bus will be in their city. We also have people who want to start a similar project in their own neighborhoods… and they have! The best example is a couple in Utah who have already done their first ride by gathering friends in an SUV train of sorts. They're calling it SUV--Serve Ur Village. We are really excited the bus is inspiring people to get involved.
How did the Foster the People ride come about?
Since the band's inception, Foster The People wanted to incorporate a charity element in everything they do. They decided early on if they had an opportunity to use their voice and popularity for good, they will hopefully inspire anyone who might listen. Foster The People's drummer, Mark Pontius, is my brother and the two of us have always wanted to make a difference, so the band's newfound fame was a great leap into making a difference worldwide someday.
What are some future plans for the Do Good Bus?
We'd like to continue doing local rides in Southern California, but also looking into other tour options across the U.S., and hopefully some day internationally. We'd also like to branch out to other forms of doing good, sans bus.
How can our viewers and readers help if they're not in the L.A. area?
We are always in need of funds and support to keep the bus on the road. If there are Los Angelinos with skills they can offer or ideas for new causes to visit, we'd love to hear about it!
What is the one last thing that you would want people to know about the Do Good Bus?
Do Good Bus is an easy way to get involved in your community and have fun at the same time. You literally hop on and we do the rest.


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Mark1 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 293 diseños de 69 diseñadores freelance.
Redleaf Moulding
Forward thinking, full of idea's. I know where the business is and know what marketing can do for a business - everything - I like modern trends and design and that is what the picture framing business is about. The industry hasn't changed much in decades and I want to be the one that bucks the trend and market my business better than the competition. I like professionalism in the way I go about things because it shows through in your product and service. I work hard to give my clients what they want! I want to look great doing it. The logo is just the start albeit an important start.
Retail art galleries, custom frame stores & artists. They like to deal with people they trust. They say people decide within seconds from going to a website if they want to buy. I want a logo that new clients will trust so the subliminal message is important.
Redleaf Moulding is the name of the company and I need a modern redleaf icon design. I think it may be best to stay away from a tag line but if I was going to have one it would be - Service - Quality - Value. We have to be seen as a modern, professional company. I'm looking for a polished and professional logo that will be used to co-ordinate my new branding package. The logo will be iconic and will translate well for calling cards, stationary, e-signature and as watermark.(Modern leaf icon prefered) Ideally the logo will be compact and easily constrained into boxes / circles. It needs to look good on clean, white (or black) backgrounds.
Try to stay away from the mapleleaf as we don't want to be tagged as being just Canadian. The logo will be used on all corporate materials so I need it created on files that are easily transferable to website etc.
The text can be two colors max and doesn't have to match the leaf. I am open minded about all colors.
redleafwater.com is ok but not modern enough and I don't think the maple leaf is the way to go. I have seen leaf logo's I like on logomaid.com in the nature section.
All rights to the winning design will be fully transferred to Redleaf Moulding at the end of the contest, once payment has been made. All work must be original!
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text: One of the major projects this last Christmas has been the AppVentCalendar. An initiative, organized by Blacksmith Games and joined by a number of developers, each of which made their app free for one day. The results were so succesfull, that Blacksmith games, together with: ICS Mobile, creators of Navy Patrol: Coastal Defense; Tapjoy, creators of TapDefense; and the leading iPhone social platform, OpenFeint, have decided to launch FreeAppADay.com – where the same principle is going to run 365 days each year.


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Tagged: Juan Uribe
Kindling The Hot Stove
By: Cody Turner
For many baseball fans, the excitement of the baseball
season doesn't end after the World Series; it begins again. Following the
anticipation of the postseason awards, fans eagerly await the fate of some of
the key players from their organization, as well as what newcomers might become
significant contributors next spring.
At the minor league level, while many spectators suspect a
vacant ghost town for a stadium, front office staffs across the country have
begun the diligent preparation for the six-month marathon of a season that lies
ahead. Similarly to fans, many members of the Minor League Baseball family
enthusiastically await offseason transactions, and how those moves affect which
exciting young talents they'll get to feature come Opening Day.
The most examined teams during the winter are often those
coming off postseason runs. The expectations of a defending champ are particularly
high, and the value of available top performers from such an organization is
increased. It's always interesting to see how the chemistry of a championship
caliber team may be altered, especially a clubhouse that meshed as well as the
2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants.
In their first month since their World Series victory, a lot
has happened in the world of baseball. The activities thus far have had an
affect on multiple levels. What most don't realize is how the re-signing of a
free agent, or loss of another, can change not just the outlook for a league or
a division, but also an entire organization from the top down. While the elite of baseball's top
prospects participated in the Arizona Fall League and the Giants focused on
some of their higher priority free agents in November, the fortune of the
Fresno Grizzlies' 2011 Opening Day roster awaits.
Each time the Scottsdale Scorpions took the field in
Arizona, and every negotiation made in San Francisco shifted which developing
players Fresno fans were likely to see come April. With the young talents of
Brandon Belt, Charlie Culberson, and Conor Gillaspie making their cases for a
shot at the next level with an exceptional display of development in the AFL,
the eventual home of Giants free agents will play a crucial part where these
prospects land.
By the end of Belt's steady rise through the system in 2010–
culminating in the Scorpions' AFL Championship— talks of the lefty starting the
upcoming season in San Francisco began to surface. The small glimpse of the heaving-hitting
first baseman in Downtown Fresno at the tail end of last season left fans eager
to see the rising star lead the Grizzlies into 2011. Little did we know that
despite a championship lineup in San Francisco, Belt might end up with the
Giants without stepping foot in Chukchansi Park again.
The immediate future of the Giants' fifth-round selection of
the 2009 First-Year Player Draft was highly dependent on whether San Francisco
would sign Free Agent first baseman Aubrey Huff. Even after the news of the deal
that would keep Huff in orange and black for two more seasons, the possibility
of Belt being a Giant this spring was not necessarily diminished.
Huff's experience in the outfield, his willingness to do
whatever it takes to help the team win, and his desire to be an everyday player
didn't count out the possibility of Brandon Belt starting the 2011 season in a
Giants uniform. The Huff signing inched Belt closer to an assignment to Fresno,
but it wasn't until San Francisco's latest signing of Pat Burrell that made Belt's
immediate future in a Grizzlies uniform seem more probable than that in a Giants
one. Nevertheless, the winter has just begun. How the next four months play out
will determine where we see Belt come Opening Day.
Similarly to the starting first base job, the rest of the
Giants infield is in question for the spring as well. The immediate decision-making
rested on the free agent status of World Series hero Juan Uribe. With the
sure-handed infielder headed to Southern California after signing with the
division-rival Dodgers (and the Giants' concern with the fitness of Pablo
Sandoval), the opportunity for a young upstart from the minor league system
making an impact appeared as conceivable as ever.
Whether the Giants looked to a more established player like
Emmanuel Burriss or Ryan Rohlinger to step up, or the fresher faces of a
Gillaspie, Culberson or a lesser-known Brandon Crawford to emerge, infield
opportunities were seemingly wide open. However, shortly after Uribe's
departure, the Giants acquired veteran shortstop Miguel Tejada, who helped
boost San Diego in the divisional race last year.
While the return of Freddy Sanchez and Mark DeRosa to the
Giants infield, along with the attainment of Tejada and re-signing of backup
infielder Mike Fontenot will help fill some vacancies with some veteran
assurance, there are still some questions to be answered this winter. With the uncertainty of Sandoval and the increased progress and
productivity of Culberson and Gillaspie, each offseason move dramatically
impacts what baseball fans in the Central Valley can expect to see in Fresno.
The outlook for Triple-A baseball in Fresno seems bright
with the likelihood of some impressive young talent making their way though at
some point in 2011. As always though, the length at which they stay may vary.
With the recent immediate success of Rookie of the Year Buster Posey and lefty
hurler Madison Bumgarner, the urgency to see a Brandon Belt as a Giant sooner
rather than later will be astronomical.
(Ryan Rohlinger and Madison Bumgarner Photos: Don Davis; Aubrey Huff Photo: AP)


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Nestled along riverbeds and amidst luscious forests, lies a region called Yame, where we source our Ceremonial Matcha. This city in Fukuoka is known as one of the leading tea producers in Japan. In this scenic oasis, premium green tea called Gyokuro is shade-grown for 20 days. Harvested during the spring, these fresh and young leaves are picked and steamed. The veins and stems are meticulously removed from the leaves to produce tencha. The leaves alone or tencha is stone ground by granite into a fine, vibrantly jade green powder. Since Zen Buddhist Eisai introduced matcha to Japan in 1191, matcha has become a significant part of the Buddhist tradition. Today, ceremonial matcha is used in traditional Japanese tea ceremonies called chadō or "the way of tea". We can partake in our own chadō tea ceremony or drink this tasty matcha daily.
How to Prepare a Sublime Cup of Ceremonial Matcha:
You Will Need:
–Art of Tea's Ceremonial Matchasticks
-Freshly drawn water
-Bamboo spoon or teaspoon
-Teapot or water heater
-Cleaning cloth or chakin
-Sifter or strainer (recommended)
Art of Tea's Complete Matcha Set includes everything you need to prepare ceremonial matcha!
First, pour hot water into the bowl to preheat and awaken the cells, aromas, and flavors currently in the bowl. Pour out the water and dry the bowl with a clean cloth or chakin. Then, heat your freshly drawn water to about 140 to 170 degrees Fahrenheit. Since this is a delicate tea, water temperature is important and will affect the tea's flavor. Use your bamboo spoon to measure about one-quarter of a teaspoon and pour it into the bowl. It is recommended that you sift the powdered tea with a strainer to remove any clumps. Carefully, pour the water into the bowl. Use your whisk in a brisk W motion starting at the bottom of the bowl and slowly make your way upward in the same W motion. Whisk until the matcha provides a frothy consistency. Enjoy this creamy and sweet cup of Yame Ceremonial Matcha! It's delicious!


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Stanczyk, long ago realized the value of knowing the terrain of his ancestral villages as an aid in reading and understanding records and in how these data points, just like family names and dates. In fact genealogy is all about "who" did "what" at the "where" on "when". We are practically journalists. In fact, we collect those four data points (who, what, when, and where) precisely so we can can infer the "why". Then we write these journalistic facts down in a family tree or a family history, etc. So today's blog is about where.
Two blog posts ago, on May 27th, this jester wrote about PIESZCZOCHOWICZ. I was trying to learn about Boleslaw Pieszczochowicz who along with a Stanley (a brother ?) lived at 3224 Maple Street, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. When I examined Boleslaw Piesczochowicz 's World War I Draft Registration card, I was rewarded with S???rajowice (or S???rajowiec), Russian Poland. Unfortunately, I could not read the handwriting and, it was a village I was unfamiliar with.
So I had made a logical leap. If this PIESZCZOCHOIWCZ was mine then this village would be near my ancestral villages. Keep in mind that this works further back in time when social mobility was a lot less than the present time. So in 1917/1918 this idea is viable. So I went to my Atlas: "Marco Polo POLSKA Atlas Drogowy" [Polish Road Atlas, which is 1:200,000 scale], on page 196. Anything with that scale would work. You do not want it so "zoomed in" [say 1:50,000] that your field of view is too small. Now, as I said, page 196 because, almost every village where I have found records of my family is on that page — hence my idea. So I scanned that page starting close to Biechow and Stopnica (my locales for Pieszczochowicz). Knowing that Konstanty Pieszczochowicz (the most mobile) also had residences in Strozyska and Chotel Czerwony. Nonetheless, all four of those villages were on page 196. So I scanned all areas around these villages and what do you know? I found SUSKRAJOWIEC. I went back to the WWI Draft document and yes, I could see that was what the clerk was trying to record.
Now I had to find what parish it belonged to. The Road Atlas clearly marked the surrounding parishes for me. No surprise, there were more than a handful of possibilities. OK, now it was time to use a Gazetteer that provides the mapping of a locale to its parish. I turned to my trusted source: Skorowidz Miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej [Index of Placenames of the Republic of Poland] circa 1931. I looked up 'Suskrajowice' and quickly determined that the only Suskrajowice in an area that was previously the Russian Poland partition (and furthermore was in Kielce Gubernia or wojewodztwo) was mapped to a parish named BALICE. OK, now to see if I had any records online for Balice and maybe I could find Boleslaw in his birth year. In fact, when I went to the PRADZIAD database to check what was available, I saw that the Balice parish, I was researching (there were two) only had birth data 1900-1905. So now I went Googling for Balice Mertyki. I found the Balice parish page. Turns out that Balice was erected as a parish only in 1923; early enough to make my Gazetteer, but Boleslaw was born in 1880's/1890's so his parish would not have been Balice. The Balice parish page said it was made up from Gnojno and Janina parish territories. OK those were two of the villages I had noted as possibilities for Suskrajowice. Back to the online records: and success both had online records. Now I just had to find which one had Suskrajowice listed in its birth records. I found out that GNOJNO was the one. The year range I needed was not online so I could not verify Boleslaw's parentage yet. But I know where to look. So if you are seeking Boleslaw Pieszczochowicz (and probably a Stanley/Stanislaw too) then you need to seek in Suskrajowice in: wojewodztwo: Świętokrzyskie (made from Kielce Gubernia), powiat: Kielce, gmina: Chmielnik, parish of GNOJNO (1923 forward in Balice).
The takeaway from this article is that a Map and a Gazetteer, along with a little Googling and some PRADZIAD data can get you the 'WHERE' with certainty. But you have to have a methodology for the search of parishes. So I detailed my thought process for you to use. Notice also that I used the 'Russian Poland' to limit possibilities when you are seeking a village name that frequently occurs in Poland. I also knew the rough area from prior data points and I used these all to understand a poorly handwritten document.
I forgot to mention two comments. First, when I find a parish in the Gazetteer, it is very uncommon that the parish was erected after the Great Immigration era that brought our Polish ancestors to the USA. The second comment I should have made, was that I made a 2nd leap when I did not find any Kielce Gubernia metryki online for Balice. I thought the reason for that must be that there was none and that either the parish was new or the data was destroyed (more uncommon than believed to be).
Gazetteers – See my Gazetteers page (on right).


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One of the most debated issues in modern music today may have just been resolved. According to Reuters news service, an agreement was reached Tuesday on how money should be split between companies and artists from streaming music on the Internet. With the agreement, large music streaming companies will pay artists and copyright owners up to 25 percent or on a per song basis, whichever equals more money. Smaller streaming companies that make less than $1.25 million will pay a smaller percentage. The nonprofit group SoundExchange, in charge of collecting and distributing music royalties, made the announcement Tuesday. SoundExchange includes Warner Music Group, Sony BMG and 2,500 independent labels.
SoundExchange Executive Director, John Simson said in a statement Tuesday:
"'It gives certain pure play webcasters the opportunity to flesh out various business models and the creators of music the opportunity to share in the success their recordings generate."
Avid users of music streaming sites like Pandora shouldn't stress about forthcoming charges from the deal. Pandora users will be only charged 99 cents if they listen to more than forty hours of music per month. Anything less than forty hours is free.


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Welcome to the 18th Pretty Wednesday Link Party! For those of you that are new to my Blog, Linky Parties aren't something new around these parts.. WYWW had a strong 124 weeks, and as most of you know, it was one of the very few linky parties out there that allowed SHOPS to link up. I never wanted that option to go away, for I know, many of you truly appreciate it! I mean.. who doesn't like Free advertizing, right? So why the change? The main reason is, WYWW was just really all over the place/disorganized and that definitely needed to change.
With saying that, you could now link up all your pretty DIYS, Crafts and Recipes in the First linky section and link up all your Shops in the Second linky section!
1. Only family friendly links
2. Fave Fun! :)
Please remember not to link up the same link over and over again every week :) I'm sure you understand why…Thank you!
All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right.
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Immanuel: KDE Introduces New Server
With a donation of a new Poweredge server from Dell Inc., and a successful hardware fundraiser for disks last month, the long-suffering ktown.kde.org site gets a welcome upgrade, and a new hosting package from the Leibniz-Rechenzentrum. Read on for the details on the new server, Immanuel.
For several years, ktown.kde.org has carried the burden of hosting the KDE bug tracker. Furthermore, it is the FTP master that synchronizes new releases and hosts developer content. With the growth of the KDE project and surrounding community, it isn't surprising that over time, this server has become increasingly overloaded.
The server
Since this server plays such an important function for KDE, we had to make sure that a new server would be powerful enough for current loads and would anticipate future growth. Thanks to a generous donation from Dell, the KDE project can now move the bug tracker to an new host. The new server is a Dell Poweredge 1750 with 4GB RAM. It is powered by two 3GHz Xeon processors with hyperthreading. This chassis will handle its tasks more responsively than the previous Pentium 3 server with 1.5 GB of RAM.
The hosting
With the new Dell Poweredge server, the next step for an improved bug tracker was the hosting, and associated bandwidth. Enter the Leibniz Computing Centre (Leibniz-Rechenzentrum) in Munich. The LRZ has kindly offered to host our new server, giving us secure, stable and high performance hosting.
The community
Finally, to make sure that the new server has the storage capacity to meet KDE's needs for the foreseeable future, we looked to upgrade the hard disks. On July 19, a Dot story announced a hardware fundraiser.
The response from the community was immediate and overwhelming. What we intended as a short fundraiser turned into an flood of donations that continues weeks later. To date, 7,000 Euro have been donated by both individuals and businesses. Parts of the fundraiser have been used to purchase and install a new 250GB RAID array in the Poweredge server, the rest will be spent on further hardware purchases.
What can you say about our users and community? Sincerely, we are amazed by your generosity.
The results
So without any further ado, please welcome Immanuel. Immanuel has already become KDE's new FTP master site, an upgrade that will make the roll-out of new releases faster than ever. Further, work has begun on porting over the current KDE bug tracker. A new version of Bugzilla will be installed, and our web team is preparing an up-to-date user interface to accompany it.
As KDE continues to flourish and expand, our ability to release timely bug-free software is critical. The previous bug tracking and ftp solution was showing the strain of supporting a popular Open Source Desktop, and many responded. The KDE team would like to thank Dell Inc. for the hardware donation and the Leibniz Computing Centre for the hosting opportunity. And finally, a massive Thank-you goes to the community for the donations.
KDE has now secured a server solution that will result in tangible benefits for all of our users. The KDE infrastructure team is really happy that when KDE asks for help, the response from businesses and individuals is deafening. We at KDE are grateful and hope to repay your support with a continuing stream of quality Open Source desktop software.
Permanent Donate button on the KDE home page
How about putting a permanent Donate button on the KDE home page (KDE.org)? A lot of people visit only the home page to find out what's new, and I'm sure some will be willing to donate especially if they are please with a particular release or application.
Another idea is to have a "Friends of KDE" page, similar to what gnome has. Perhaps put a button on the KDE's home page saying "Friends of KDE: Donate now!".
By AC at Tue, 2006/08/22 - 5:00am
Re: Permanent Donate button on the KDE home page
By Anonymous at Tue, 2006/08/22 - 5:00am
Re: Permanent Donate button on the KDE home page
Not many users get KDE from KDE download page but through their favorite distribution. Having it on main page would be better.
By lure at Tue, 2006/08/22 - 5:00am
Re: Permanent Donate button on the KDE home page
And how many users having KDE coming with their distribution visit the KDE home page?
By Anonymous at Tue, 2006/08/22 - 5:00am
Re: Permanent Donate button on the KDE home page
How many users visit the KDE homepage at all? I love and support KDE, and it hurts me to say this, but the KDE Homepage is terrible. That's just my opinion, of course. I go straight to the DOT and Planet to get news. The home page seems to have been designed to bombard the visitor with information. I personally think it should have a more 'marketing' feel to it. Introduce visitors with some sexy, must-have stuff, and let them navigate to details on their own. Some not-so-plain graphics and design would be nice. I have no web design talent at all, but I know a well designed page when I see one.
By Louis at Tue, 2006/08/22 - 5:00am
Re: Permanent Donate button on the KDE home page
There's a web-team (available via [email protected]) who *is* working on it. Design is just one part; getting to organize the content of the KDE site is a far bigget matter. What we really need is people who have the perseverance to sit through such an entire redesign.
By Adriaan de Groot at Tue, 2006/08/22 - 5:00am
Re: Permanent Donate button on the KDE home page
I understand. I know that it is a huge job. It just brings me down a bit that KDE and the KDE apps don't have sweet websites that show off their great features. I know this forum isn't the place for this discussion, but I've been thinking about it for a while, and the previous comments finally brought me to putting it down.
Congrats on the new server hardware. Has anyone considered some type of automatically recurring donation program? I do this for other org's.
By Louis at Tue, 2006/08/22 - 5:00am
Re: Permanent Donate button on the KDE home page
By hill at Wed, 2006/08/23 - 5:00am
Re: Permanent Donate button on the KDE home page
Well, i could imagine many people want to donate money, if it helps the project in a more direct way (like hardware instead of general donating). What about a monthly donation membership of which developers can be paid?
By mi at Tue, 2006/08/22 - 5:00am
Re: Permanent Donate button on the KDE home page
KDE user groups so to speak.
Or a KDE industry association.
By hill at Thu, 2006/08/24 - 5:00am
pron on the dot?
The server she has no clothes!!
By ac at Tue, 2006/08/22 - 5:00am
Halo effect on donations
Blogger.com wanted to sabotage my blog and at the same time butcher planetkde.org, but I wanted to mention a blog entry from a couple of days ago:
The donations have just kept rolling in.
By Wade Olson at Tue, 2006/08/22 - 5:00am
250GB RAID array
How do you fit an array in that little case?
By AC at Tue, 2006/08/22 - 5:00am
Re: 250GB RAID array
It could be an external array (SCSI and SATA disks make that possible).
By Gleb Litvjak at Tue, 2006/08/22 - 5:00am
Re: 250GB RAID array
I guess 2*250GB SATA as RAID1. BTW: Some 1U cases has 4 drive bays...
By dm at Tue, 2006/08/22 - 5:00am
Re: 250GB RAID array
A Dell PowerEdge 1750 has 3 hot-swap SCSI bays that can accept low-profile UltraSCSI drives.
I've configured several for RAID-5 and while it is noisy, it works nicely.
By Charles Hill at Thu, 2006/08/24 - 5:00am
This is great news, we've been looking forward to a more responsive bugs.kde.org for a long time. Thanks to everyone who donated :)
By Mark Kretschmann at Tue, 2006/08/22 - 5:00am
It's us that's saying thank you!
It's is very nice to see that our donations are being put to good use! The donations is a small price to pay for all very cool desktop software you guys are producing :)
Thanks a lot! I hope to be able to help out someday too.
By Joergen Ramskov at Tue, 2006/08/22 - 5:00am
Installation on the floor
Hmmm, looks like the box is sitting on the floor with carpet?!?
Surely, if you're carefull enough not to touch any component (MB, CPU, RAM, etc.) that's OK, however ESD is a bitch...
All the best!
By Tom at Tue, 2006/08/22 - 5:00am
Re: Installation on the floor
You can rest assured our administrators only choose special carpet, designed for server installation. :)
By Rainer Endres at Wed, 2006/08/23 - 5:00am
Dell upstages us
We donated 7000 EUR and Dell disposes an outdated machine. With such many money it is posible to buy a much faster computer...
I hope the money will be used for something usefull.
By a donator at Tue, 2006/08/22 - 5:00am
Re: Dell upstages us
I mostly donated my work but I think fast server for KDE wiki could be highly usable (as well as moving e.g. to nicely cached media wiki engine).
That said, it's no problem to use a load-balanced system in the future if needed, so the money are not wasted even if not everything is spent right now.
By Jaroslaw Staniek at Tue, 2006/08/22 - 5:00am
Re: Dell upstages us
youre probably right, but i think it went the following:
We need a new bugtracker, lets ask the community and manufactures (dell,hp..)
Dell responded: here we donate this machine.... (4gbb ram, 2*3ghz)....
ok now we have 7000 euro what do we do... ??? ok 250gb raid array (scsi) 700 euro, so we have left ~6300 euro for something else.
NOW, what i want to know, where is the rest money spent?
By ch at Wed, 2006/08/23 - 5:00am
Re: Dell upstages us
i want to add: the dell machine is not really bad!
Thanks DELL, i will purchase a lcd (24'' or 30'') from you in the near feature.
But its not the *besT* machine , like www.kernel.org has it from HP.
By ch at Wed, 2006/08/23 - 5:00am
Re: Dell upstages us
> NOW, what i want to know, where is the rest money spent?
More hardware. Most of the KDE server infrastructure has been around unchanged for many, many years (never touch a running system, after all), and a number of them face performance problems at this point. The Bugzilla server was certainly the most overloaded, but we can project fairly well when the other boxes are going to become critical, and will invest in new gear accordingly. Which is possible thanks to your donations.
By Eike Hein at Wed, 2006/08/23 - 5:00am
ktown - remember?
That's when the old ktown machine went online...
By thomas at Wed, 2006/08/23 - 5:00am
Totally off-topic but...
Can anyone comment on the status of the www.kde.org redesign? The existing site is an eyesore IMHO (no offense to the original designers) with its "designed by committee look".
By ac at Wed, 2006/08/23 - 5:00am
Re: Totally off-topic but...
Working on it, but due to lack of manpower, it may take some time. Wanna help? :-)
By Sebastian Kügler at Wed, 2006/08/23 - 5:00am
Re: Totally off-topic but...
Unfortunately I lack the skills for web design. I wish I had something to offer more then the few bucks I donated. :(
Best of luck.
By ac at Wed, 2006/08/23 - 5:00am
Re: Totally off-topic but...
... help?
Indeed I do! Where should I/we be looking for more info?
By Pet Tau at Wed, 2006/08/23 - 5:00am
Re: Totally off-topic but...
I've replied in private email.
By Sebastian Kügler at Thu, 2006/08/24 - 5:00am
Don't forget the admins :)
Thanks to the donators! And thanks to those who are spending their time and efforts to set the new machine finally up! Any names we could put on our banners? ;)
By Anonymous at Wed, 2006/08/23 - 5:00am
Yay, IPv6
Finally an open-source project server with decent IPv6 connectivity
$ host immanuel.kde.org
Yay! :-)
By Anonymous at Wed, 2006/08/23 - 5:00am
Names Listed?
Nice to see al those names listed on the server, but it seems incomplete? Is this only the donations you used for this server? Will the other donors get recognised on the other hardware?
Another donor :-)
By Anonymouse at Thu, 2006/08/24 - 5:00am
New bugzilla
Will the new bugzilla be a 2.0 web thing?
To be in last and great new side of tech, people should place his locaton in google map, put screenshots from flickr, get new app bugs via RSS and tag everything. Don't forget the round corners.
PD: Ironic
By mcosta at Thu, 2006/08/24 - 5:00am
Dell and positive PR
Nice that Dell gave a server. Thank you for
Considering how big company Dell is and especially
In my work, I constantly see and hear how much
How about dedicating few engineers to look at those
By supporting the Linux projects you acknowledge that
Owner of two 2045FPW
(I know that you've different departments and opinions
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Then let us in his footsteps tread,
For thus alone can we be one
With God's own loved, begotten Son.
2. "Come, follow me," a simple phrase,
Yet truth's sublime, effulgent rays
Are in these simple words combined
To urge, inspire the human mind.
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Roy Hibbert collects 24 points, 8 blocks as Pacers move to 9-0
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana's Roy Hibbert had the perfect knockout combination Friday night.
On offense, he made all but two shots. On defense, he protected the rim. At the free throw line, he couldn't miss and no matter what the Bucks tried to stop the former All-Star center, nothing worked.
Hibbert finished with season-highs of 24 points and eight blocks and added 10 rebounds to lead unbeaten Indiana past Milwaukee 104-77 -- the Pacers' most lopsided rout in a 9-0 start.
"We have expectations and we want to win," Hibbert said. "We want to play deep, deep into the playoffs. You gain confidence with your teammates when we're all on the same page and we all have one goal. Some guys on this team before were just trying to get a paycheck and go home and then chilling on the beach and sip mojitos or something like that. That's not us. "
Hibbert was referring to the teams he played on when he first arrived in Indy.
There's no doubt that philosophy has changed. On Friday, the Pacers followed the same blue-collar script they've used to win their first nine.
Milwaukee had a season-low point total, finished well below its season average of 93.7 points, and shot just 34.1 percent against the league's No. 1 defense. It's the fourth time Indiana has held an opponent to 80 or fewer points this season and it's the second time this week.
Now, after becoming the first team in the league to start 9-0 since Dallas in 2002-03, Indiana has a chance to reach even more milestones.
The defending Central Division champs head to Chicago on Saturday with a chance to become the 14th team in league history to go 10-0, and they can break the longest winning streak in the franchise's NBA history. Indiana also won nine straight from Nov. 2-22 in 2002. Another win also would put them on the precipice of the longest winning streak in Pacers history (11), which stretches all the way back to 1972-73, when they were still in the ABA.
About the only bad move coach Frank Vogel made Friday was pulling Hibbert early rather than allowing him to try and become the second Pacers player this week to post a triple-double.
Hibbert, true to form, didn't care. He'd rather beat Chicago anyway for the second time in 10 days and at least lock up a tie in the season series against their fiercest division rival.
"You know what? I look at the bigger picture. We have Chicago tomorrow, might as well just get a little bit a rest," Hibbert said. "A triple-double would have been great, but one of these times, everything's going to line-up, the stars, moon, sun, everything's going to line up and I'll have one of those."
So Hibbert focused on his job.
While Indiana's top scorer Paul George struggled to get open in the first half, Hibbert scorched the Bucks for 14 points, seven rebounds and five blocks in just 15 minutes. After making halftime adjustments, the Bucks still couldn't stop the 7-foot-2 center, whom Vogel called the early front-runner for defensive player of the year.
And this time, Hibbert was just as proficient on the offensive end. He knocked down 8 of 10 shots from the field, made all eight of his free throws and dominated the matchup with feisty Zaza Pachulia, who played with a sore right foot.
"We threw what we had at him, but it didn't seem to affect him at all," Bucks coach Larry Drew said. "You try to take something away and you give something else up. They played well. That team's playing really well."
George finished with 22 points, 17 in the second half. Lance Stephenson, who had his first triple-double Monday night, had 11 points and four rebounds during a game in which the Pacers fell behind twice in the first quarter, for just 64 seconds.
Injury-riddled Milwaukee (2-6) has now dropped four straight. O.J. Mayo led the Bucks with 20 points, and his only teammates to reach double figures were Khris Middleton and Gary Neal, who each had 11.
They just didn't have a chance against the league's hottest team.
Coming off of a three-day break, Indiana started sluggishly, then used an 11-2 run to put Milwaukee in a 21-14 hole. The Pacers never looked back.
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Milwaukee never got closer than 11 again.
"Every game could be the difference between home-court advantage and not having home-court advantage," Vogel said. "It doesn't matter. We're on a mission and we're trying to put ourselves in best possible position come playoff time. "
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Indiana has already beaten all four of its Central Division foes. ... Milwaukee played without Caron Butler, Carlos Delfino, Ersan Ilyasova and Larry Sanders. ... The Bucks have lost five straight in Indy.
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Great Post. But can't help get frustrated and angry though because of American foreign policy.Look, racism exists everywhere. I have faced racism in Australia..A landlord refused to rent me his place after he heard my name. Especially today when we live in such a polarised and volatile world, identity has become such a serious issue in politics..these are extremely volatile times and everyone's experience is going to be different..which is why it is so difficult to understand a situation unless you are actually there. There might be Muslims/Pakistanis who faced racism in America..The situation last year during the whole 'Ground Zero' Mosque fiasco, add that with American foreign policy and it is very easy to conclude that America as a nation is out there to hurt Muslims or Islam or Pakistan. Not true. The moment it becomes an issue of religion, or nationality, or identity, its over. I know it is extremely difficult to not make it an issue of identity especially when politicians and the media exploit identity politics, but we would be making a grave mistake if we succumb to that. You have to remember that most people in this world are just plain dumb and lazy. They do not want to exercise their minds and they succumb to the kind of trash the mainstream corporate media feeds them. Its not that they are inherently hateful or racist. I do not doubt the experiences faced by Faisal1985 at all because I know people are dumb and they behave like that in times like this. But that is just human nature.. Most people are neither tolerant or intolerant..they are just in the middle..yet when the times change, and the situation becomes volatile, they react in ways that might be considered intolerant. I hear incidents and experiences mentioned by Faisal1985 all the time but they do not surprise me because I do not expect a great deal of intelligence and sense from most people..regardless of race, nationality or religion. Most people are not very well read, have a lot of their own personal frustrations, watch the news for 1 hour where they are fed bull crap, and they react in the way they do. But it would be unfair to give it any more importance than it deserves and conclude that an entire nation is out there to attack Muslims.
At the same time I do not like Fusion's argument of comparing the treatment of minorities in Pakistan or the Muslim world with that of America. That is very bad argument precisely because America has to be better than them. The Muslim world is not known for its human rights. There is a reason why most of the Muslim countries have such strong Armies rather than air force or navy...because they need that army against their own people. That's how they have been functioning since colonialism. But America is the leading country of the world and it is known for its human rights (at least inside America) and its constitution. The day America starts comparing its own human rights record with that of the Muslim world's, then its a very sad day indeed.
American foreign policy is not at all different to any of the ruling empires in history. If you read history enough, you will realize that the world has always been the same, on the verge of tearing itself apart. At the same time it is important to realize that America is a nation is still the greatest nation on earth because of its civil society. I have never seen a civil society like that of America anywhere in the world. Yes certain post 9/11 laws in America are a bit draconian, but once again if you look at history, you will see that most empires have reacted with laws like that when under threat.
So from Pakistan's perspective, yes American foreign policy is dreadful, and yes America treats Pakistan like ****, and yes Pakistan dug its own graveyard by getting involved in the war, but we should not let that cloud our judgement and ignore the fact that America is the nation that respects and values its own citizens the most, regardless of colour, race and religion. It is the nation where immigrants have been the most successful.
Ok I admit..I have a soft spot for America ..its been my dream country since childhood..I can't help it..its been the number 1 country since my childhood..I love American movies..I love American music (not the current ones)..how can I hate America just because its foreign policy is imperialistic