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Shanghai PPTV Grand Slam | 29 avril - 4 mai 2014
Shanghai, China, May 2, 2014 – Reigning world champion Xue Chen and her teenager partner Xia Xinyi crashed out of the US$800,000 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Shanghai Grand Slam after dropping two matches in a row here on Friday.
The ninth-seeded Xue/Xia lost to the Netherlands' Madelein Meppelink/Marleen Van Iersel 2-1 (21-12, 16-21, 15-13) in a last round pool H match before being knocked out by Summer Ross/Emily Day of the United States 2-0 (21-18, 24-22) Friday afternoon in the first round of the women's single elimination stage.
Trailing by one set, Xue/Xia fought back to take an narrow lead most of the way in the second set against Ross/Day, but the Americans steadily pulled it back at 18-all before running off four of the last five points to secure the victory and a berth in the women's top 16 round.
"We know we have a lot to improve," said Xue, who started to pair with Xia at the end of last season after winning the gold medal with Zhang Xi at the World Championships in Poland in July. "The bronze medal in Fuzhou was kind of surprise to me, we have to work really hard to play well together."
The 17-year-old Xia was struggling with her reception in the two losses, especially the match against Meppelink/Van Iersel. "I think we have a lot of service pressure that was in our advantage, so we played a clean game," said Van Iersel.
Despite the losses, Xue was confident in the future of the new combination. "We are a new team and we got a long way to go," Xue said. "Xia has improved very quickly and we just need more time and more games."
Australian qualifiers Nicole Laird and Mariafe Artacho secured their best finish in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour as they rallied past Russia's Evgenia Ukolova/Maria Prokopeva 2-1 (13-21, 22-20, 15-9) Friday morning for their fifth straight win in the Shanghai Grand Slam and a spot in the women's top 16 round.
With two victories in the qualification tournament and three more in the round robin pool play, Artacho/Laird, who were seeded 31st in the 32-team Main Draw, earned a bye in the first round of the knock-out stage as the surprising winners of pool B over Germany's second seeds Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst.
Artacho attributed the come-from-behind victory to her teammate. "It was tough, you know, but Nicky was so supportive, she really pushed me alone," she said. "I was really slow at the beginning of it. Obviously Nicky was great teammate right there, she did really well."
Having made sure a ninth finish in their first Grand Slam event together, the dark horses remained to be calm and cool. "It's pretty exciting, but it's just taking one step at a time for us at the moment," said Laird. "It's exciting to have that guaranteed, but we still got one game to go. We'll take it game by game, point by point."
Top seeds Talita Da Rocha Antunes/Taiana Lima and sixth seeds Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas De Freitas from Brazil and Fuzhou Open champions Kerri Walsh and April Ross of the United States also advanced to the top 16 round directly after winning three straight matches in pool play. Juliana Felisberta Silva and Maria Antonelli of Brazil withdrew from Friday morning's last round pool match due to an existing injury of Antonelli, but still went to the women's top 16 round as pool E winners with a 2-1 win-loss record and points ratio advantage.
The 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar features a record purse of US$10.2 million with a season that extends from late April to mid-December competing at 21 venues in 18 countries. This year's FIVB World Tour includes a record 10 FIVB Grand Slam events, the inaugural Grand Slam Finale and 11 FIVB Open Tournaments throughout the world, helping expand the door for development of the sport even further.
The 10 FIVB Grand Slam competitions, all double-gender, have eight with $800,000 in total purses while both The Hague, Netherlands and the Long Beach, Calif., USA event will have $1 million each in prize money, the most in FIVB Grand Slam history.
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[The title has a year included because some of this prose is being recycled from a similarly-named piece in 2011. Not all of it is old, though, and the photos are new, so you can't just skip to the end and say, "I saw this last year, you slug!"]
[Well, you could, but then I'd know you were the shallow sort of person who doesn't actually read all of my carefully-chosen words, poring over them for hidden meanings and universal truths.]
[I'll let you know, however, that there aren't any hidden meanings in this piece. It's just my usual murdering of the language. There may be a universal truth or two, but they probably snuck in without paying.]
[And now that I've satisfied my compulsive need to preface the obvious with superfluous explanatory parentheticals, here we go!]
Yes, this is The Very Lovely Silver Tree I told you about, but did not have a photo of, way back when. As usual, my photography does not do my subject justice. I truly think it's the most beautiful Christmas tree I have ever seen. MY WIFE bought it this Christmas as a present for me. She did exceedingly well in doing so.
She also bought a spinning color wheel that throws lights of varying shades onto The Very Lovely Silver Tree. Due to my ineptitude with a camera, you probably can't see much of that effect. That's OK. The Very Lovely Silver Tree is still damn nice. Here's the spinning color wheel, though.
As I've mentioned in years past, MY WIFE and I celebrate Little Christmas. That is, while we have our allotment of standard-issue Christmas merriment with relatives and friends during the traditional December holidays, we wait until January 6th to exchange presents with each other.
Some of you may wonder why we do this. That's certainly understandable, given that January 6th receives little play from the merchants and media. As far as those people are concerned, the Christmas holiday is over at midnight on December 25th and it then becomes time to push Valentine's Day candy out onto the shelves. January 6th, however, is The Feast of the Epiphany on the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar. It is sometimes known as The Feast of the Magi (the "Three Kings" of Christmas carol fame) or, by some, as Little Christmas. It is the date when, according to tradition, the wise men visited Jesus and bestowed upon Him the gifts of Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh.
Are you one of those people who wondered why there were twelve days of over-the-top gift giving in the song "The Twelve Days Of Christmas"? Well, the actual Christmas season, at least in some European civilizations, runs from December 25th until January 6th. This being the case, it can reasonably be argued that the 6th of January is a more correct time to exchange presents in honor of The Lord's nativity.
MY WIFE and I decided years ago that it made eminent sense to delay our own gift giving until that 12th day of Christmas. In that way, we would eliminate much of the stress associated with what should be a joy-filled celebration with friends and family. We would concentrate on others, during the more secularly-traditional Thanksgiving through December 25th time period, and then devote our efforts to each other during the 12 days following.
(This is, of course, another one of the reasons why I get so amazingly pissed off when Christmas advertising and holiday music begin in late October or very early November. Not only does it do a disservice to the wonderful American celebration of Thanksgiving [which occurs on the fourth Thursday of November]; it also utterly ignores the rightful 12 days of festivity that occur at the end of December and beginning of January. My Christmas runs through January 6th, so if I acquiesce to their greedy mercantile demands, I'll be singing a stretched out and thinned-to-absurdity Hallelujah over perhaps a 75-day period. That's far too much water in anybody's holiday soup.)
Before our "Little Christmas", though, there is time with family on the 25th. Here are the only photos I took worth publishing.
(I actually shot about 35 of them. That there are only six [including The Very Lovely Silver Tree already seen] that I feel are worthy of publication should tell you all you need to know about my mad photographic skillz. Remember, these are the good ones.)
That's My Mom on the left, and my stepfather, Bill, on the right. Notice the somewhat doubtful expression on My Mom's face? That's the general look of trepidation that everybody in my family gets when I drag out the camera. They know that, more often than not, their reputations will not be done any favors by my photography.
The shot was taken at my Uncle Rick's house. All shots, except for The Very Lovely Silver Tree, are from there. Not only am I a crummy photographer, but I am also a forgetful one. I didn't take a single photo of any of the festivities which took place with MY WIFE's side of the family at our home. I exclaimed "D'Oh!" about four hours after everybody had gone home. Truly a shame, too, as it was a fun time with wonderful people, and even if the photos would have been as ridiculously inept as most of mine eventually end up being, I still would have liked to have had some for my personal recollection of the events.
My Mom and Uncle Rick.
This was the first Christmas since My Grandma (aged 105) passed away. She lived in that house for quite a bit more than sixty years, I believe. Uncle Rick did a magnificent job of decorating the place and making it a warm and wonderful home to be in for the holiday. I truly wish I could have captured that on film. Unfortunately, most of the shots I took are similar to this one...
... in which we see Uncle Rick's lovely tree destroyed by my tendency to not focus before clicking.
Honestly, I do try. I think I'm doing it correctly at the time. It's only when I see the shots, after the fact, that I realize a chimp on meth could have done better.
Speaking of chimps on meth...
This photo is decent because I'm in it. Not that I'm stunningly adorable or anything, but me being in the picture guarantees that I'm not the one taking the picture.
I'm a huge fan of Fred Rogers, as many of you are aware. I love the shirt. However, can you imagine my mug coming at you, wearing a shirt that says "Won't You Be my Neighbor?" Property values would dive as quickly as have Rick Perry's hope of becoming our next president.
This shot, of Bill opening a present, probably gives the best overall sense of how nice a place Uncle Rick's was that day. It looks comfy and friendly, doesn't it? Well, it was. Uncle Rick is sitting next to Bill, while my Cousin Scott and his lovely wife, Andrea (two of my favorite people, and that would be even if they weren't related to me) are in the background.
Finally, we have this...
MY WIFE despises having her picture taken. Surprisingly, it is not just when I'm the one behind the camera. In her lifetime, she has acknowledged, I believe, one good photo of herself (and, personally, I think she looks like she was just released from Dachau in that one, but I digress.) Anyway, in deference to her desire not to be shown on this blog, I have cleverly disguised her here. You probably can't even tell which one is her, and I hope she appreciates my hard work.
Merry Little Christmas, my friends. See you (relatively) soon with more better stuff.

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I am looking at Revelation TV's theology at the moment and note that it has a satement of faith on its web site. It claims the following:
"That Christ is the vine and Israel is the true branch(es). The church is the wild branch that is grafted into the true vine. That God has not rejected His people Israel, but there is a remnant chosen by grace for it is written that "all Israel will be saved - Romans 11:26." That Jesus Christ, The King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, will return at His second coming to rule for 1,000 years."
Would I be right to conclude that this is a statement of dispensationalism and Christian Zionism? It is not one I have come across before.


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Skiing — or as I like to think of it ever since being pushed down a double-black diamond in middle school, Old Man Winter's broken bone roulette wheel — can be dangerous. Just ask Larry Miller, who, in his 1992 HBO comedy special, Just Words, offers the most succinct advice for anyone considering a skiing trip: Don't go skiing. I'm sure that's what Miller's Walter Stratford would be warning his daughters about in 10 Things I Hate About You if they lived in Denver, say, instead of Seattle, where teen pregnancy seems to pose the biggest threat to girlhood, and while the budding slope bum in this video might benefit from some more safety-first parenting in her life, she's so clearly intimidated by this imposing jump (and so exhilarated when she makes it down the hill in one piece) that the risk-reward ratio seems tilted in her favor. Then again, there's always the chance that she'll get hit by the lift because she's never worn skis before and her friend's parents never told her how hard it was to walk in skis and everybody will laugh at her, even the lift operator, as she's sprawled helpless on her back, wriggling her limbs in the air like a flipped turtle...which is the kind of emotional accident one never quite recovers from.
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UH Manoa ranked in US News & World Report "America's Best Colleges 2007"University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
UH Manoa Chancellor's Office
The University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa is listed in the third tier of America's Best Colleges 2007 as compiled by US News & World Report. That places Manoa in the top 300 of the national universities surveyed by the publication.
"The annual rankings are a useful tool as we assess the effectiveness of our academic and student life programs," said Interim Manoa Chancellor Denise Konan. "We believe that the significant changes we are currently making to improve the student experience at Manoa will begin to affect our ranking over the next few years."
"I'm pleased to note that our faculty indicators are comparable to those of top tier universities," she added. "For example, fully 98 percent of our faculty are full time, and our student-faculty ratios are still quite favorable.
"It's obvious we have some work to do to improve our student retention and graduation rates. The total learning and living environment will improve with the changes we are making in student housing and expanded student academic support services," Konan said. "We are working on a campus renewal effort that will not only improve our physical environment, but also reinforce the vibrant intellectual climate that is present on any university campus."
The US News tables also list UH Manoa among the universities whose students complete college with the lowest debt. About a third of students graduating have student loan balances when they graduate, with the average indebtedness at approximately $12,500.00.
The print edition of the magazine's college rankings issue is scheduled to appear on newsstands on Monday, August 21, 2006.
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Joe:If St Photius was canonized before the definitive schism in 1054, or before Council of Florence, St Photius is a saint of the Latin Church too! God bless
Quote from: Remie on December 02, 2002, 08:16:49 PMNo, because even before the schism there were local saints. The Latins did not always add Saints to their calendar and vice-versa. Of course since Photios is a saint in a Church that the Latins are in communion with (the Byzantine Catholic Church) they have to recognize him, but they don't have to commemorate him).In Christ,anastasios
quoted from EWTN Q&AOne may perhaps sum up Photius by saying that he was a great man with one blot on his character---his insatiable and unscrupulous ambition. But that blot so covers his life that it eclipses everything else and makes him deserve our final judgment as one of the worst enemies the Church of Christ ever had, and the cause of the greatest calamity that ever befell her.If you read the correspondence between Photius and Pope Nicholas and his personal correspondence to his friend and relative Bardas you find no suggestion of ambition. He considered his being made bishop an act of violence against himself, since it placed a huge burden upon his shoulders and took him away from that which he desired to do most of all, quietly study the books in his library.
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Hi Eric, Tomas and all
It is only a few days since Eric concluded one of my topic threads in the Barca section (Empty Barca Folders) by giving me advice on general security. I wonder if we might start a 'Security' section on here that we can all contribute to and benefit from?
If this is of interest, I can start the ball rolling with reference to this very useful webpage I have come across, which has good advice on security layering - the topic that Eric raised with me:
The issues Eric helped me sort out in relation to Barca 2.8 all began after I received a Trojan attack via a website I innocently opened in my browser. This was a "FakeAlert" Trojan. Not long before that I had been attacked by the dreaded "Virtumonde" Trojan. Last night, I experienced another such attack!! This time from the Win32 /Rootkit.agent.ODG Trojan - a very nasty item indeed.
I was surfing (using the latest version of Firefox) on the subject of email synchronisation (an old chestnut for Poco/Barca/MITG users!) and a site I clicked on was infected and things went wild immediately!
The Trojan disabled my ESET Smart Security (one of the best AV & firewall options around, which I had just upgraded to the latest version), took over the computers memory, and overrode all my anti-malware .exe files (including the wonderful Malware Bytes and the long respected Spybot S&D) so I couldn't go on the counter attack.
A very nasty experience, having just thoroughly cleaned the PC after my last problem, moved from XP sp2 to sp3 and installed all the latest Windows updates and security fixes, and downloaded the latest versions of my ESET, Browser and security software as mentioned above.
Fingers crossed, I have now got the latest Trojan killed off, but it has taken me 24 hours and I had to take the day off work to find a solution and go through all the procedures needed! I got rid of the Trojan by using a serious bit of software called "CombiFix" (see www. bleepingcomputer. com / combifix / how-to-use .. etc), plus Malware bytes, and HijackThis.
By searching help forums I found some of the 'bad' registry entries associated with this Trojan and I used HJT to 'fix' the one I could see in my registry.
The next problem was how to get the CombiFix .exe file dowloaded to my Desptop (you have to save it there with a changed name, or the Trojan 'sees' it and stops you)? I phoned a mate who works in IT. He downloaded it to his Desktop with the fake name "Notmalware" and used remote viewing of my PC to deposit it on my Desktop. Fortunately, I managed to open and run it from there, and CombiFix creates a 'restore point' before it does its work. You have to leave it completely alone to move through over 50 stages of analysis, deletions, resettings etc.
Once the Trojan was disabled and my various .exe files could be activated, I did a full scan with Malware Bytes and it presented me with a large number of the Trojan's infections for zapping.
All seems OK now, but I'm left feeling shaken and very disturbed that these Trojans have become so capable of disarming our well regarded security defences! I spoke with ESET and they said some of these Trojans revise themselves several times a day and keep attacking, so it is quite a challenge for AV companies to keep up with them, let alone get ahead and into a 'prevention' position.
I first switched to Firefox because everyone said Microsoft's Internet Explorer was vulnerable. I'm now going to start my learning curve on how to shore up Firefox's defences.
What's that "Sandboxie" thing you were trying to tell me about Eric?! It's more than a 'walk on the beach' I hope ... ('8)')


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In addition to our Distinguished Visitor Program, Lewis and Clark is also drawing national attention as the host of Once Upon A Legal Time: Chapter Two, the second international conference on Applied Legal Storytelling. Building on the success of the first conference, held in London in 2007, this conference seeks to foster collaboration and dialogue about the skill of storytelling in law and about teaching storytelling and other skills to law students and practitioners.
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Published February 7, 2013
The UB Gender Institute invites the entire campus community to an open house and book exchange in the institute's newly renovated space, 207 UB Commons, North Campus.
The event will take place from 3-5 p.m. Feb. 11. Refreshments will be served.
"We are holding the open house during the week of Valentine's Day to celebrate the many forms of love, friendship and solidarity that exist among women," says institute Director Kari Winter, professor of transnational studies, College of Arts and Sciences.
The open house will feature a book exchange at the open house because, Winter says, several faculty members have donated dozens of books related to women and gender to the institute in recent months.
"Visitors are invited to take home any of the books on hand, as well as donate any books on women and gender. These can be brought to our offices on the day of the open house or any time before that," she says.
"We also invite those attending who would like to assist women and children going through difficult times, to bring along a donation for the Family Justice Center of Erie County."
The center always welcomes financial contributions, and also has provided a "wish list" of items that it uses regularly. The list can be found on the center's website. Any of these items will be accepted at the Gender Institute's open house by Tiffany Szymanek, the center's director of development.
For additional information about this event, call 645-5200.
The Gender Institute is a university-wide research center funded by the Office of the Provost that supports and promotes research and teaching related to women, gender and sexuality. It offers fellowships, grants and co-sponsorships to faculty and students to encourage and support their research on women and on the intricate connections between gender and other social constructions, such as sexuality, race, class, health, age, nationality, religion and nature.
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Typed this out for my Free Company website to, hopefully, help better explain certain stats. Thought I'd post here too.
(note on the Miner and Botanist notes on STR/DEX/INT/MND; I can't remember exactly which bonuses these stats will give when you have the value or higher needed for Tree/Stone Whisperer, so I only listed "enhances gathering" rather than what they do exactly. Sorry.)
Main Attributes
Strength - Increase melee attack power. (Weapon Skills/Auto Attack)
Increases the % of damage mitigated when you parry. For Miner, enhances gathering should Stone Whisperer conditions be met.
Dexterity - Increases ranged attack power. (Ranged Weapon Skills/Ranged Auto-Attack). Increases chance of parrying and/or blocking an attack. As Botanist, enhances gathering should Tree Whisperer conditions be met.
Vitality - Increases HP. Does NOT increase Defense, nor does it affect MRD's attack power like it did in 1.0.
Intelligence - Increase magic attack power. (Fire/Ruin/Stone etc.) For Botanist, enhances gathering should Tree Whisperer conditions be met.
Mind - Increases Cure Potecy. (Cure and Physick for Arcanist.) For Miner, enhances gathering should Stone Whisperer conditions be met.
Piety - Increases MP.
Battle Stats - These stats are not affected by your main attributes at all. Example; DEX in FFXI would increase Critical Hit Rate. In FFXIV, Critcal Hite Rate can only be increased or decreased via armor/food/skills/status effects. The only exceptions to this are STR/DEX for attack power, Dex for Parry, INT for magic attack potency, and MND for Healing Magic potency.
Accuracy - Increases Physical/Ranged/Magical hit rate. The higher the number, the less likely you are to miss. (and spells can miss in this game)
Critical Hit Rate - Increases Physical/Ranged/Magical critical rate. The higher the number, the more likely you are to crit.
Determination - Increases attack power of all skills/spells you use. Also, increases HP restored when Cure/Physick are casted on you. (Meaning your determination and the caster's Mind affect cure potency)
Defense – Overall physical damage reduction. (Mainly gained through equipment/certain actions/Protect.)
Parry – Your chance to parry. Parrying reduces incoming damage by a certain percentage. (Chance to parry increases via actions, armor and Dexterity. Amount of damage% mitigated increases via actions, armor and Strength.)
Magic Defense - Overall Magical damage reduction. (Mainly gained through equipment/certain actions/Proshell (Protect from a Lv16+ CNJ/WHM.)
Attack Power – Your overall physical damage capability. Increased via actions and equipment (weapon being used being the main factor)
Skill Speed – Reduces recast time of weapon skills.
Slashing - Resistance to slashing type damage. (Swords, Axes, certain monster attack types.)
Piercing – Resistance to piercing damage. (Polearms, Arrows, certain monster attack types.)
Blunt – Resistance to blunt type damage. (Fists, Staves, Clubs, certain monster attack types.)
Attack Magic Potency - Your overall magic damage capability.
Healing Magic Potency – Your overall healing capability.
Spell Speed – Reduces cast time of magical skills.
Morale - PVP only stat. Decreases damage taken while engaged in PvP.
Gathering stats
GP(Gathering Points) - Acts as MP for Miner/Botanist. Recharges by 5 GP every 3 seconds while not gathering. While gathering, GP recovery only happens when you gather something successfully, and increases with each EXP chain. (Say you have 5 attempts at a gathering spot and you successfully gather 5 times in a row. GP would recover 1>2>3>4>5 for 15 GP; assuming you did not use any GP that gathering attempt. Now, suppose you did 5 gathering attemps, but missed the 3rd one. GP recovered would be 1>2>0>1>2. GP recovery chain resets with EXP chain while gathering.)
Gathering - Increases chance to successfully gather an item. Will also provide a bonus to certain gathering nodes with Tree/Stone Whisperer.
Perception - Increases HQ gathering rate. Will also provide a bonus to certain gathering nodes with Tree/Stone Whisperer.
Crafting Stats
CP(Crafting Points) - Acts as MP for all crafting jobs. Gauge fills completely when you change to a crafting class and when you finish crafting an item. CP does not recover during synthesis unless a CP recovery skill was used. Allows use of special crafting skills. Skill effects include increasing durability of an item, increasing Control stat each time quality of an item is increased (to increase chance of HQ item), etc.
Craftsmanship - Increases the amount of progress gained when using Basic/Standard Synthesis.
Control - Increases the amount of quality gained when using quality increasing actions. The higher quality is for a synthesis, the higher your odds of making a High-Quality version of the item is. (Using HQ materials while crafting will also boost quality prior to starting the craft. The more HQ mats used, the more the quality bar will be filled at the start.)


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An iOS developer reported that Apple's App Store is updating its apps -- which then immediately crash.
Marco Arment, creator of Instapaper, wrote about the instance on his blog and found that other apps were crashing on Macs and iPhones. The affected apps:
U.S. & World
News from around the country and around the globe
It's a far cry from Apple's message that the iOS and Mac App Stores are safe places to download, according to the Verge. Although the apps were vetted, they still crashed immediately at launch.
Arment said that what he submitted to Apple worked fine, but when he received the 4.2.3 update it still crashed upon opening. The problem is now fixed, but other users of different apps have reported similar issues. So far, the only cure is to delete the app and reinstall a working version which may be harder than it sounds.
As of this writing, Apple hasn't issued an explanation or a fix, so App Store buyers should beware before downloading any new apps.


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Death of Mrs. Farmon Scramlin.
Mrs. Mary Scramlin, relict of the late
Farmon Scramlin, died at her
home in this city last Sunday evening
at 8:20 o'clock, after an illness of
several months.
Her maiden name was Mary Lamport
and she was born near Momence
on February 4, 1849, being at the time
of her death 57 years, 3 months and
18 days of age. On October 3d, 1872,
she was united in marriage to Farmon
Scramlin, who died June 30, 1904. To
them one child was born, Lura, now
the wife of Jay Sanstrom.
Mrs. Scramlin was a woman whom
everyone who knew her cherished with
high regard. She was possessed of a
true womanly spirit that never failed
to win her a place in the hearts of
those who made her acquaintance.
She was devoted to her home and family,
caring little for that which is called
society. The most of her life was
spent in or near this city, a few years
However, being spent in Grant Park,
where her husband was in business.
She leaves besides the daughter, one
Sister, Mrs. H. C. Reins of
, Kankakee
And three brothers, Henry Lamport of
this city, T. V. Lamport of
, Kansas
And Benj. Lamport of
, Stonington
The funeral services were held from
The M. E. church on Tuesday after
noon conducted by Rev. Pittenger.
Those from out of town who came to
Attend the funeral were Mrs. Metta
Woollett and Miss Grace Scramlin of
Chicago, Mrs. O. B. Coleman of
, Brazil
John Wilkinson and Mr. and Mrs. E.
Copy of obituary from Gary Hanna
Mary was the wife of my first cousin, Farmon Scramlin, 4x removed.


text: It's being claimed as a first for the industry: Sony Ericsson has teamed up with FHM to shoot a professional ad campaign using nothing but the camera in the C905 Cybershot handset. Rumored to be a five-figure deal, the ad spread will run in the December issue of FHM to promote the camera phone during the holiday shopping season. The advertorial makes perfect sense for the 8.1 megapixel camera-equipped mobile, which has done much to further blur the line between digital cameras and mobiles. It's also a topic we've hit here at Gizmodo is the recent past, including the LG panel convened in September to hawk the convergence of HD video, cameras and cell phones.The new FHM ad campaign is the brainchild of Bauer Media, which developed the creative using professional lighting, models, makeup and an expert fashion photographer. It was exactly the same scene you'd expect from a typical pompous "lad mag" marketing campaign, but with a cell phone camera doing the heavy lifting instead of some high-powered DSLR. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to the Boston subway to take a few clandestine modeling pics with my iPhone 3G. [Mobile Marketing Magazine via Textually]


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Occupy's Pledge to FIGHT BACK
We Didn't Start the Class War
Sheri Long pledged on to fight back against the 1% by doing the following:
- Come out in the streets when Occupy calls for a day of action.
- Help promote #occupy news and actions via social media.
- Donate what they make in one hour to an Occupy-related project.
- Attend a direct action / civil disobedience training session.
3873 others also signed the pledge. Will you pledge to fight back too? Click Here


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New: Alameda District Attorney Charges a Second Man in Berkeley Homicide
Berkeley police announced this afternoon that another person has been charged in the October 26 shooting of Gary Ferguson, Jr. on Sacramento Street. The Alameda County District Attorney charged Coleon Lee Carroll, 20 years old, with murder and attempted murder last Friday, October 29. Carroll had been arrested in Antioch on October 27 on an unrelated warrant by Berkeley and Oakland police officers. -more-


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(BREAKING) South Carolina Black Foot Soldiers from around the state are joining in the condemnation of reparations offender Beverly Hope Melton, in rebuking white denial of the racial karma 'their conscienceless race' is due and in condemnation of the state's near three million white citizens for their continued racist denial of Trans Atlantic slave trade reparations.
"Slain SC woman was 'loved by everybody' stunned friends, family say," a Wbtv.com headline reads. But, according to Chesterfield County Black Foot Soldier Hampton McKenny Melton wasn't not only not loved by everybody, but she was not loved by those it's most important to be loved by: God, Karma and her (black) neighbors.
"That these filthy creatures who call themselves humans that are white could and do think they are above the universal laws of nature, God and karma bespeaks the psychological sickness that is now inherent in them because of their unwillingness to change.
"Generation, after generation, after generation after generation of their kind have had opportunity to change and abandon the morally degenerate thinking of their conscienceless forefathers," McKenny says.
"Yet, with their denials that restitution is owed for their racially terroristic atrocities against blacks and other members of those within the family of the people of color, every generation of these hypocrites has embraced their forefathers' racism."
"Beverly was a Holocaust denier and a reparations offender who denied restitution is owed too. Those who live off their fore-bearers' crimes yet tell the victims who are the descendants of their forefathers' crimes they are owed nothing and to get over it are the worst kind of hypocrites on the planet.
After allegedly being kidnapped, rapped and beaten to death with a baseball bat, Melton's body was found in a field near the Mount Pisgah area of Kershaw County.
"The wrath of our ancestors, whose justice continues to be denied, is released, our God says. The hunger of spiritual & sincere young, black men like Nickolas Miller who aspire to do the will of God is great. The kidnapping, rape & baseball bat beating your forefathers purchased for her, white America.
"Your continued denial of restitution sealed her fate. Not only according to God did she deserve it, her blood is on your hands. The white race has broken all of the Universe's Divine Laws & will be held accountable for this," South Carolina Penitentiary Islam elder Denmark Vesey is quoted as saying.


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Mr. Deity is a humorous/satirical web show about God and the Universe.
Website: http://mrdeity.com
Location: The known Universe and beyond
Members: 514
Latest Activity: Aug 30, 2017
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How about having an auction to auction off a bit part on a Mr. Deity episode? I for one would love to play Mary Magdalene!
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Clever videos....shared them on my site..thanks
Thanksgiving Day: an excerpt from "The Holy Family" by Alan Michael Wilt.
#AtheistNovel #religion #atheism #writing http://bit.ly/TY6ACv
Mr. Deity is a great inspiration to this writer. Empowerment!
Mr. Deity appeared on an episode of "Skeptically Yours" which can now be downloaded from iTunes!
Our website: www.SkepticallyYours.net
The show is just to damn good. Love it, love it, love it.
Let's get some Lucy swag in the store.
(In particular, Lucy coffee mugs... pretty please!)
Love the show!* I'm finally caught up with all of Seasons One, Three, and Four (so far) and will pray for the lesser gods at Sony and/or Apple to make Season Two available for viewing again.
The press conference at the end of "Mr. Deity and the Magician" was hilarious (the crawls, including "New spelling of 'intended' angers some", were great). It must be hard to keep things fresh in season 4, but so far the episodes, extras, and begging segments are still as enjoyable as "in the beginning." Thanks for the thought-provokingly funny series!
(*When I said "Love the show", I meant, "I love the show", but I guess it works equally well as a command to those who have yet to show their love for Mr. Deity by either subscribing and/or donating!)
@Brian will do i love to support the good in this world
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STRANGE BUT TRUE- Dr. Dog: Bowzer helps bid blues bye-bye
DRAWING BY DEBORAH DERR McCLINTOCK
Q. Do dogs have a role in psychotherapy? –L. C. Giannini
A. Sigmund Freud, founder of psychoanalysis, certainly felt they do, and kept a chow-chow Jo-Fi in the room during sessions, says psychologist Stanley Coren in What Do Dogs Know? As a judge of the human state of mind, the dog would lie down nearby relaxed patients but across the room from those who seemed tense. It's been said that Freud put a lot of stock in these reads.
Another key Jo-Fi function: Sensing a session's hour was up, the dog would unerringly get up and move toward the office door. Maybe Freud was on to something, as recent studies have confirmed the relaxing effect of pets, and one even showed dog owners live longer and require less medical attention.
Q. What common affliction has at various times been cured–or not cured– by pushing on closed eyelids, pulling on or spoon-pressing the tongue, putting fingers in the ears, massaging the rectum or diaphragm, swallowing dry bread crumbs or sugar, eating ice, sucking on a lemon, sipping water, burping, breathing into a paper bag, holding the breath, or being scared by a sudden loud noise– boo? –W. B. Hickock
A. The hic-hic-hiccups (hiccoughs), or involuntary spasms of the diaphragm, triggered by overeating, over-drinking, nerves, or rarely disease. Exact cause is unknown. Hiccups occur singly, or they can repeat for– the Guinness record– 69 years! Most creative cure, tried on a guy who had been going for over an hour: "I'll give you $5 if you hiccup again right now." He didn't hiccup again for two weeks.
Q. If a huge vat were filled somehow with human stomach acid and an automobile dropped in, would it dissolve? Assume the vat doesn't dissolve. –H. Ford
A. The hydrochloric acid of the human digestive process is so strong it will easily eat through a cotton handkerchief and even through the iron of a car body, says Isaac Asimov in his Book of Facts. The stomach walls themselves are protected by a thin film of sticky mucus. In one actual case, says Daybreak magazine of the University of California-San Francisco, a penny swallowed four days earlier by a two-year-old was found riddled with holes, and an ulcer had developed where the coin was lodged.
Most swallowed coins pass harmlessly, but in some cases the metals react with the acid to form toxic substances that cause inflammation. Curiously, U.S. pennies minted after 1982– of mostly zinc– have been found to cause more stomach damage than earlier ones– 95 percent copper, only 5 percent zinc. Coins made of nickel do little harm in this way.
Q. Let's hear it for amniotic fluid! This little-appreciated intrauterine stuff the embryo floats in is a big part of the fetal bliss and relaxation so popularly envisioned. Detail its remarkable features. –U.G. Turner
A. Floating is the key, secret swimmer in a secret sea, the embryo is lightened by liquid buoyancy and would be able to do nothing if this were not true, for "no newborn, not even the future Arnold Schwartzeneggers of this world, is able to stand or even sit up at birth, let alone do the gymnastics that the mother can so easily feel it carrying out in the womb," says David Bodanis in The Body Book.
No hot bath, beach or heated Jacuzzi can come close to the sense of gentle surround this fluid affords, for it is swallowed and "breathed" by the embryo, in a way that even scuba divers cannot breathe the water in which they float.
Frequent bladder-emptyings into the fluid pose no problem, as the urine is diluted to non-irritating levels and then carried away, ultimately via the umbilical cord and placenta back to Mom's own blood, kidneys and bladder.
Finally, amniotic fluid is a shock-absorber nonpareil– with experimental mouse fetuses able to withstand up to 3,000 G's– so countless abdomen bangings from falls, carpet slips or car accidents are far more likely to injure Mom than the embryo, "who sits them out, floating peacefully away from the shocks, safe and weightless in its warm womb."
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With the introduction of Windows 7 Microsoft has made a change in policy and they have not included a desktop email program. That is to say there is no Outlook Express, no Windows Mail.
They do offer the option though to install - for free - Windows Live Essentials, which includes Windows Live Mail.
First point: Windows Live Mail has been made to look like a desktop mail program, but it isn't one.
I'll explain the differences and why you need to know these differences!
Second point: you are not obliged to use Windows Live Mail - there are other options.
Ok, concerning the first point.
Windows Mail and Outlook and Outlook Express are the desktop emailprograms Microsoft has offered us so far.
A desktop email program is a program that is installed on your computer and which stores the emails you have received and the ones you have send and concepts you have made ON YOUR COMPUTER.
Windows Live Mail has taken your program 'into the cloud'. That means it is a webbased application.
So the emails you've send, your concepts and your received mail are stored on a Microsoft server.
There are advantages to computing 'in the cloud':
- you can access your email where ever you are as long as there is a computer with an internet connection and you remember your password.
- your emails and contacts are stored on servers who generally keep good backup options themselves, so you need not worry about loosing your data if you suffer a computercrash.
But there are also disadvantages and you need to take note of these!
- your personal data is stored out of your reach. Microsoft tries to tell you your data is safe, but a lot of supposedly secure data servers get breached. Just recently there was a topic here on this very forum (will add link when I find it again) that a list of passwords had been made public and thousands of people had to change their password and hope they would not be the victim of identitytheft.
- and how morally just is Microsoft? Will it give up your data to some government, just because they ask for it?
These are the big moral questions, but there are smaller issues too.
- you need to use Hotmail, MSN or Live to be able to use Windows Live Mail. Other email won't work.
(So if your DSL server provides you with a free emailaddress you can't add it to Windows Live Mail like you could to Windows Mail).
- and this last point allows Microsoft to add advertisements into your personal mail whenever they feel like it.
- and for those who like to give their email a nice look: webmail just doesn't cut it. And since it is clear that Incredimail is a bunch of spyware nicely formatted eml files will be a thing of the past.
Ok, now what about your other options?
If you have upgraded / are going to upgrade from Vista you can take your Windows Mail folder with you to Windows 7, paste it in the folder Program Files and voila, you have Windows Mail on 7 :)
Another desktop emailprogram is Mokummail. I haven't tried it myself, but Carol Oyl offered it as an alternative and she is the queen of fancy email:)
Thunderbird might be a good option (haven't tried this one either, since I use Windows Mail myself. I'm about to give his one a try though - will post back on that later. Edit: tried it and it is rather ok, but what I like most is the icon and there it ends LOL. I prefer Windows Mail, but that is just a personal choice.).
There are more out there - just google a bit :)
Some links of interest concerning this are:
Live Mail risks
Windows Live Mail
Safe in the Cloud
Real Stationary
And what I plan to do?
Well I guess I wíll be using Windows Live Mail.
But not as my primary emailclient.
It has it's advantages and I use msn and hotmail a lot, so this is a logical step to take.
It's good for casual contacts and quick, not-so-important messages.
But next to Windows Live Mail I will be using Windows Mail of a similar app for my personal email.
The more serious stuff like correspondence concerning my place of work, correspondence with friends on a more personal level, where I include personal pictures etc. etc. Or when I want to send someone a really nice email with a specific font used and beautiful stationary etc. etc.
My main point being:
* don't think Windows Live Mail is your only option
* don't be fooled to think Windows Live Mail is "safe"
Best Regards,


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UTD Scientist Co-authors Nature Paper Describing Undersea Volcanic Eruptions
University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) Geosciences Professor Dr. Robert J. Stern is co-author of an article in the May 25 issue of the prestigious journal Nature that describes the first direct observations and sampling of an eruption of a submarine arc volcano.
Stern was one of a number of scientists who took part in one of several National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)-led expeditions to explore the erupting volcano, located on the seafloor in the Mariana Islands in the Western Pacific Ocean. Additional information about the expeditions' findings may be found on the NOAA website at http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2635.htm.
Stern is the former head of UTD's Geosciences Department. He is on a faculty development leave this academic year. He spent the fall semester teaching and doing research at Stanford University, and is currently doing the same at the California Institute of Technology. Stern will resume his teaching and research duties at UTD in the fall.
News Contact: Steve McGregor, UTD, (972) 883-2293 May 25, 2006
- Updated: May 25, 2006


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The doctor told the truth. The days are numbered.
Why me and why now?
A man leaves wife and children behind, parents, friends, neighbours and yesterday's lover, the people in his life.
Day by day a little farewell.
Words are getting rare, longer the silence.
In front of the window the year changes its colours.
Dying is a final work to do.
Not being alone while you are left behind alone, maybe that's a good thing. –Cannes Film Festival
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Hi All,
This is just a quick progress update on the new Rank Tracker…
1,218 Market Samurai Owners Have Tested The New Rank Tracker:
Thanks to the 1,218 Market Samurai owners who have generously taken time out of their schedules to test the new Rank Tracker — the beta program has been a huge success!
So far we've received over 550 emails jam-packed with positive comments and actionable feedback, that we're working hard to incorporate …And we're very close to completion.
Our Beta Testers just love the new Rank Tracker! Here's just a few of the new Rank Tracker features that our users are excited about:
- Automatic weekly updates: No longer do you have to remember to check your rankings every week, and then manually click update buttons to retrieve your new ranking data. Now you can just sit back and relax as our new Rank Tracker automatically updates your campaigns for you each week, without you having to lift a finger.
- Email notifications: Not only does the new Rank Tracker update your campaigns automatically each week, it also sends you an email notification as soon as your ranking data has been updated. So you can now focus your undivided attention on your business, until your notification email arrives.
- A simpler interface: Unlike the old Rank Tracker, which drowned you in a sea of numbers, our new Rank Tracker's simple new interface makes analysing your rankings a breeze — especially if you manage multiple websites, keywords and campaigns all at the same time.
…And here's just some of the feedback we've received for the new Rank Tracker…
"LOVE LOVE LOVE the fact that it tracks rank automatically behind the scenes. You guys have turned this into something really great." Craig Harte
"I absolutely love the new Rank Tracker, and will continue to be a Noble Samurai customer for life." Jeff Monson (JLM Merchandise Support Team)
When Can You Get Your Hands On The New Rank Tracker?
With over 60,000 Market Samurai owners eager to get their hands on the new and improved Rank Tracker, we want to be sure that it's 100% solid, and will provide you with a great user experience .
This means that we need to incorporate as much of our Beta Tester feedback into our product as possible before we go live. The good news is that we're only a week or two from finishing the last few important feedback items on the list.
However, because Rank Tracker provides weekly updates, we also need to allow at least 2 or 3 weeks of scheduled ranking updates to pass, to ensure our Beta testers have a chance to test these final changes before we roll it out for everyone.
So based on these estimates, we're currently aiming for a public release around mid-to late July, although this could change depending on what our Beta testers say — of course.
In The Meantime Here's A Quick "Sneak Peek" Into The New Rank Tracker
You Can Manage Multiple Campaigns At The Same Time
With the old Rank Tracker, your ranking data was stored within your Market Samurai project file on your computer. This meant that if you managed more than one campaign, you were forced to close down and re-open each project file every time you wanted to review a different campaign.
In the new Rank Tracker your data is now stored in the cloud, instead of clogging up your project files, making them slow to load, and cumbersome to switch between. This means you can now view all of your current Ranking campaigns in one unified campaign panel, without having to switch between different Market Samurai project files.
You'll Receive Ranking Update Email Notifications
In the past, every time you wanted to view your latest rankings, you had to open up Market Samurai, click an update button, and then wait patiently while it slowly gathered your data.
With the new Rank Tracker, your rankings are updated for you automatically each week, without you even needing to leave your computer turned on. And the second it's finished retrieving your data, we'll send you an email notification to let you know that your new ranking information is ready to view.
This means you can now just sit back and relax until you update email arrives.
View Your Previous Ranking Position At A Glance
It's always been a bit tricky to work out exactly how many ranking places you've gained or dropped since your last ranking update. You'd have to open up a graph of your ranking history and interpret the data points to understand what was really going on.
The new Rank Tracker makes it much easier to see exactly what the change to your ranking has been. You can now just hover your mouse over your current ranking position, and a pop-up box will appear to show you how much it has moved.
This gives you instant access the exact information you need, precisely when you want it.
(In the image below, you can see that the ranking page has dropped four positions, to its current location in position five.)
Snapshots Of The Search Results Where Your Rankings Were Found
Market Samurai's Rank Tracker has always allowed you to view the page where your ranking data had been found, by storing the URL of the search query it used to find your ranking.
However due to the rise of "localisation" and "personalisation" in the search results, this has meant that more and more users were reporting inconsistencies between the results they saw in Rank Tracker, and what they saw when they clicked through to see the page in a browser.
In the new Rank Tracker we save a snapshot of every page where your rankings were found, so you'll always be able to see the exact results that Market Samurai used to display your rankings.
What About The FREE 50 Keyword Plan, And The LIFETIME 50% Discount On All Higher Keyword Plans? Have I Missed Out Yet?
In previous blog posts we detailed a special offer for existing Market Samurai and Article Samurai owners which included a FREE 50 keyword Rank Tracking plan, and LIFETIME access to a 50% Half-Price discount to our entire range of higher keyword plans.
As we're still a few weeks away from launching the new Rank Tracker we will also be extending the deadline as well.
This offer will commence as soon as the new Rank Tracking system goes live (around mid to late July), and we'll send you three reminder emails to let you know exactly what you need to do to take advantage of it.
You can rest easy knowing you'll receive plenty of notice to claim your FREE 50 keyword plan, and lock in your LIFETIME discount on all higher keyword plans before this offer expires.
Be On The Lookout For Your "Rank Tracker is LIVE" Notification Emails…
Remember to keep an eye out over the coming weeks for your 'Rank Tracker is LIVE' notification emails, to make sure you don't miss out on your FREE 50 keyword plan, and your LIFETIME 50% half-price discount on all higher keyword plans.
Talk Soon,
Eugene Ware
CEO Noble Samurai


text: Pop singer Ricky Martin is set to give his first television interview since coming out-- on today's Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah's website says: "Ricky shares why he kept silent about his sexuality. Then, meet his 2-year-old twins! Plus, the world premiere of his new song with Joss Stone. Tune in today." GLAAD helped with this episode, placing our Chicago constituent Ricardo Torres on the program along with his mother Antonia Torres, from Odessa Texas. Oprah producers were looking for people who had been inspired or changed by Ricky Martin's decision to live his life openly. Ricardo Torres and his mom Antonia fit the bill. Ricardo is openly gay and his relationship with his mom (Antonia) improved greatly after Ricky Martin came out. After the taping last week Ricardo told us: "We loved meeting Oprah and Ricky and felt so blessed for every moment. More importantly, I felt like we were all vehicles used to deliver a message to the world about love and acceptance especially in the Latino Community." GLAAD thanks Ricardo and Antonia Torres and for telling their inspiring story as part of the Ricky Martin Oprah episode. We're looking forward to watching.


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The Age of Web 3.0
The last few years have seen social media evolve in more ways than one can imagine. The rapid growth of major social media players (in size, shape, and reach) and their increasing use by marketers and businesses makes us wonder "where is this heading and what will it look like in the years ahead?". With the close of H12011, it is time now to take a look at some of the future trends in social media and see what industry experts have predicted for the age of web 3.0:
- Customers will no longer spend precious minutes searching for information. The vast amount of data collected by marketers will ensure the information finds the right customers at the right time.
- According to Gartner, by 2016, 40% of all new Fortune 500 contacts will be sourced from social media.
- The Forrester Research Interactive Marketing Forecast (2009-2014) estimates social media marketing spend to grow up to 3.1 billion in 2014.
- Brian Solis (Altimeter Group) calls 2011-2012 as the 'Era of Social Commerce'. According to Solis, during this phase, social networks will eclipse corporate websites and CRM systems.
- eMarketer's studies show that, by 2014, approximately 2/3rd of all internet users (or 164.9 million people) will be regular users of social networks.
- Tablets will lose their 'niche' status. A study conducted by the Online Publishers Association (OPA) and Frank N. Magid Associates expects 54 million Americans to own or use tablets every day by 2012. This means more people will be accessing social media via iPad like devices.
- Mobile social networks are likely to make between $28 to $52 billion dollars in ad revenue by 2012. With more and more users preferring smartphones to PCs, this is an area that is likely to see exponential growth.
- Privacy Expectations will Change: Freddie Laker, the director of digital strategy at Sapient, foresees a cultural shift in privacy expectations, whereby people will be more open to the idea of sharing their personal details, likes, etc, online.
What Does this Mean for Marketers? Keeping up with current trends and knowing what to expect in the future will open up endless opportunities for marketers and brands. As a marketer, having an awareness of how social media will evolve will not just help tweak your marketing strategies accordingly, but will also keep you informed of your target markets' needs and expectations.
- Facebook:
With nearly 750 million active users, Facebook currently occupies the position of the most popular network in 119 out of 134 countries. Statistics such as these indicate that Facebook has a promising future ahead and is not likely to give up its title of 'social networking king' anytime soon. Among the top predictions for Facebook is that the networking giant is likely to go public in 2012. Here are some more:
- eMarketer expects 62% of web users and almost half (47.6%) of the overall US population to be on Facebook by 2013. However, after 2013, the dramatic growth will slow down and the networking giant's growth rate is likely to be in single-digits, says the study.
- Research by eMarketer also estimates significant increase in Facebook's US display revenues (by another 80.9% to $2.19 billion) by the end of 2011; so much that it will oust Yahoo! to take on the position of No. 1 display ad-selling company in the country.
- Predictions for 2012 indicate that Facebook's display ad market will rise to 19.4%.
- F-commerce is set to grow; we expect Facebook to become one of the major channels of online shopping in the future with more businesses setting up storefronts on the site itself.
- According to the Social Media Marketing Industry Report 2011, 75% of marketers are planning to increase their activities on Facebook in the future.
- The growth of the 'Why Don't You Facebook Me' phenomenon shows that Facebook is likely to dominate the future web. In addition to fans and friends, millions of brands and business who are not in customers' 'friends' list will nevertheless establish a strong relationship with them.
- Facebook's recent growth spurt suggests that it is looking to position itself, not just as a website, but as an essential piece of the internet; Facebook-led social web will make online browsing more convenient.
- Following its partnership with Bing, it will not come as a surprise if Facebook becomes a much bigger part of the search market picture.
- Twitter:
If 2011 has been a good year (so far) for Twitter, then 2012 will be even better, says eMarketer in a recent study. According to eMarketer's forecasts, Twitter's revenues will reach $250 million by 2012. Although this may not be as much as Facebook, it is still a healthy figure. We can also expect:
- To see a shift from 'tweeting' to 'searching'. The Twitter search tool will function as an easy way to find useful information.
- To witness the transformation of Twitter from a microblogging site to a news powerhouse. With Twitterians being the first ones to report breaking events, the concept of citizen journalism will add to Twitter's value as a news source in the future.
- To see an increase in users: As Twitter usage gains traction, eMarketer expects to see almost 28 million Americans tweeting by 2013.
- 73% of marketers to increase their activities on Twitter in the years ahead.
- The future of Twitter to be mobile: With an upsurge in smartphone users, the future of Twitter may gradually shift from the web to mobile devices. What is that? Mobile is fast and simple, and so is Twitter (its 140 character limit makes sharing effortless).
- An increase in Twitter's role as a customer-service channel: Companies such as JetBlue and Whole Foods are already serving their customers successfully via Twitter. We expect more brands to follow their footsteps in becoming more 'customer-centric'.
CEO Speak: During the CES 2011, Twitter CEO – Dick Costolo, spoke about the company's business plans for the future and said that Twitter will neither go public, nor will it be up for sale. What he hopes is that Twitter will become a successful independent company soon.
- LinkedIn:
A leader in professional networking, we can expect LinkedIn to become more influential in this space. With +100 million users (as of March 2011), the future for this networking site looks promising. However, LinkedIn's rapid ascend has prompted skeptics to ask if the company can maintain its growth rate. This is what LinkedIn's future is likely to have in store:
- A popular site for recruitment, LinkedIn is expected to give other job portals a reason to worry. LinkedIn's growth in the future is likely to depend on the hiring solution segment.
- The launch of the 'Apply with LinkedIn' plug-in for employers' websites is something to look forward to. We expect this to be introduced sometime in the near future. The company claims that that this app will allow job seekers to apply for various positions using their LinkedIn profiles as resumes. Experts project a 20% annual growth rate, with LinkedIn likely to become a $500 million company by 2015.
- Analysts at JP Morgan are of the opinion that LinkedIn, with its current 16% penetration of the professional network market worldwide, is just at the beginning of its growth curve; the company is projecting the site's member base to reach more than 250 million by the end of 2015, which would suggest a 42% penetration rate off the current professional market.
- What distinguishes LinkedIn from other networking sites is that it currently owns the professional networking space; while imitators will come and go, we don't expect LinkedIn to face major competition anytime soon.
- So far, 2011 has been a successful year for LinkedIn; however, the company does have the task of keeping shareholders happy. This means we can expect to see the introduction of new services in the future.
The CEO of LinkedIn, Jeff Weiner, is optimistic about the company's future. Investments in hiring solutions will continue, he said. Meanwhile, the company does have acquisition plans in the pipeline, especially after 'ringing the bell on the New York Stock Exchange' earlier in May.
While the road ahead for the 'big three' (Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn) shows great potential, the smaller players in this space have lately been 'in the news' for various reasons. Let's sneak a quick look into the future of the other players in social media:
- Social Media Today recently chalked out a list of social networks that are on the rise and those witnessing a decline. Tumbler, Weibo, Reddit, StumbleUpon are poised for growth, while Friendster, Ning and Hi5 may have some difficult years in store.
- The initial few months of the year saw skeptics predicting the decline of MySpace; however, recent developments including its acquisition by Specific Media and the entry of Justin Timberlake as MySpace's de facto creative consultant has made the social media world sit up and take notice. The networking community seems to be closely watching for further developments.
- Foursquare recently become the first location-based network to surpass the 10 million user mark. In addition to this, the social location startup raised a $50 million funding round with the solid backing from its existing investors. What does this growth spurt mean? Company founders said that they will 'try a ton of new things' including expanding globally and adding more features for businesses and venues that are using Foursquare.
- The New Entrant: Google+
Although Google's Buzz and Wave were not as well received, the unveiling of Google+ shows that the search giant latest attempt to go social is not only bold and ambitious, but is also set to redefine the future of social media. Despite invoking mixed reactions, Google's latest project has definitely created considerable buzz among the big players. While there is a lot of speculation on how it will evolve, let us look at what is facing Google+:
- Following the launch of Google+, one of its main competitors, Facebook announced something 'awesome'. Facebook, in a deal with Skype, launched a video chat service in early July. The networking community is eager to see how this move, which is expected to strengthen Facebook's position in the social networking market, will impact Google+.
- Now that Google has made its big move, the big question is if it can convince loyalists to make the switch from existing social networks.
- Google's efforts to become more 'people-centric' may finally pay-off. In addition to innovative features such as 'Circles', 'Handouts' and 'Video Chats', the company's mobile application for Android devices shows its futuristic approach to social media.
- Though Google+ has a long way to go, many industry specialists are calling this the 'next generation social network'. According to popular venture capitalist Fred Wilson, there's space for Google+ to sit alongside its competitors as an alternative for those who don't want a Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr style experience.
According to Google, this is not the final product, but more of a constantly-evolving entity. As Google slowly rolls out the invites (Gmail style) we can't wait to see how the new entrant impacts the networking landscape.
Meanwhile, as more and more brands leverage social media for marketing, there will be a greater need to have a deeper understanding of human conversational behavior. We expect marketers to increasingly rely on social media monitoring tools to know what is being said about them in the digital space. Our research suggests that the social media monitoring field will witness some interesting developments ahead:
- An audio option as part of a social media monitoring dashboard suite could be a future trend.
- The use of unpaid social media monitoring tools will increase.
- In addition to sentiment and volume analysis, competitor monitoring will become one of the major requirements of companies.
As Facebook gets closer to the 1 billion mark, industry experts foresee the networking giant to witness huge growth in Asia. Until recently, Facebook had little to worry as far as competition was concerned; yet, with the recent introduction of Google+, the equation appears to have changed. Although, Google's new social media tool is currently on trail, the networking community expects it to revolutionize the social media experience. On the other hand, Facebook's launch of its video chat, even before people could fully familiarize themselves with Google+, shows that timing of Facebook's announcement is more than a coincidence. Meanwhile, Google will have to keep an eye on Twitter. We expect the microblogging site to emerge as a relevant and updated source of information, besides evolving as a social search tool. For Google, this could mean less search users. We wonder if this will prompt Twitter to break the 140 character limit. While we wait for launch of the 'Apply with LinkedIn' app, it will be safe to assume that smaller players like MySpace will not be left behind as expected earlier. Foursquare, which until now, was in the same league as the smaller players, will be a tough competitor to Facebook Places and Google Latitude. It will be interesting to watch how the big names react to this.
That said, M-commerce has been termed as one of the biggest emerging trends in social media. The recent spurt in smartphones' sales means marketers will leverage the tremendous potential of smartphones for M-commerce in the future. We expect M-Commerce to take consumer-engagement and user experience to the next level.
Social media is dynamic; although the above predictions are the outcome of extensive research and opinions of social media experts, it will not come as a surprise if the road ahead has some unexpected detours.


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Serves 5 | Prep Time 5 minutes | Cook Time 10 minutes
1 Tbsp Eden Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 1/2 Tbsp Eden Red Wine Vinegar
1/2 tsp Eden Sea Salt
1 clove garlic, pressed
1 cup Eden Black Soybeans, drained
or Eden Black Beans
2/3 cup Eden Vegetable Alphabets
1/4 cup pimento stuffed green olives, finely chopped
1/4 cup fresh parsley, minced
Combine the oil, vinegar, sea salt and garlic. Stir to blend, add the beans, toss and set aside.
Bring 1 quart of water to a boil, add the pasta and cook over a medium flame for 4 to 6 minutes until done. Place in a strainer, rinse and drain.
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Apple has updated it's MacBook Air laptop promising boosted performance in an elegant and slim design. But is it enough for you to want to upgrade from your current MacBook model or ditch your Windows machine altogether? We got the 13-inch Core i7 1.8GHz model in to see what's what.
For the most part the design is identical to the previous version of the MacBook Air. There are two models - an 11-inch and 13-inch - and they both come with a full-sized keyboard, large glass touchpad and very thin design. For the purpose of this review we are going to focus on the 13-inch model rather than the 11-inch version. Differences include on SD card slot on the 11-inch model, a shorter battery life, and slower processor; 256GB flash memory is an upgrade rather than standard.
For those that need a quick recap, the 13-inch MacBook Air is an all metal laptop from Apple that measures 32.5 x 22.7 x 1.7cm that tapers down to 0.3cm (h). It weighs 1.35kg. If you've ever found yourself overcome with envy at how thin your mate's MacBook Air is, nothing will have changed. That all metal design is thin, it's light, and whether you agree with Apple and the way it does things or not, it's very impressive.
Ports, spilt down both sides of the laptop, include two USB (one for each side) a headphone socket, SD card reader and new for 2011 is the addition of a Thunderbolt port replacing the DisplayPort. There is still no Ethernet socket - a pain if you travel a lot to hotels with only an Ethernet socket in every room - however you can get an optional Ethernet dongle, just remember to pack it in your bag.
While the keyboard is the same as you'll find on any of Apple's laptops, it is now backlit allowing to you see the keys when the lights go down. It sounds stupid, but it's amazing how much it makes a difference when on the sofa watching television. Meanwhile the touchpad is very good. It is responsive and more than big enough to cope with the plethora of gestures you'll now be performing thanks to Apple's new operating system, Mac OS X Lion.
The screen is still the same glossy 1440 x 990 pixel resolution display as found on the 2010 Apple MacBook Air. Yes, it is still reflective in the sun, however the brightness is able to combat most problems outdoors or next to windows. It would be nice to have a matte option here like you can opt for on the MacBook Pro models, but that's a niggle for the select few.
Above that luscious screen is a "FaceTime camera" for video calling - don't worry it works with Skype as well of course. Performance is dependent on your broadband speed, however those that we have called via Skype have been impressed with the quality. The angle is fairly wide allowing you to get lots in, but disappointingly it isn't Apple's FaceTime HD camera found in the MacBook Pro range.
The biggest change to the MacBook Air range is on the inside with the range getting a considerable performance boost. We've been testing the daddy of the lot, the MacBook Air 13-inch 1.8GHz dual core Intel Core i7 processor, 4GB of onboard 133MHz DDR3 SDRAM and the 256GB flash hard drive. This model, which isn't a pick up in store model, will cost you £1449.99 in the UK ($1599 US) and is available from Apple's online store.
If you aren't able to push the boat out completely, or merely want to walk in store and grab one, there are more affordable options. The standard off the shelf model comes with a 1.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i5. While you can opt to have a smaller 128GB hard drive with the Core i5 model, you can't with the Core i7 offering. All configurations come with wireless 802.11n and Bluetooth connectivity.
On the graphics front Apple has ditched the Nvidia GeForce 320M graphics card found in the 2010 MacBook Air and replaced it with Intel's HD Graphics 3000 processor with 384MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with the main memory (that 4GB number from earlier). Unless you are a heavy gamer we suspect you won't notice. HD video playback at 1080p via YouTube or film downloads from iTunes was flawless. Videos certainly look nice on that crisp high-res screen. The MacBook Air just about coped playing Half Life 2 with all the settings turned to maximum, running at the native 1440 x 990 resolution.
As you might expect the speakers are rather lacklustre in their performance, but not excessively so. They are good enough to listen to music while you work, or provide the soundtrack to that movie you're watching in bed, but it's not going to beat a pair of cheap desktop speakers or be enough to provide the soundtrack to a party in your hotel room. Positioned in the same place as the 2010 model, the sound comes out the back just beyond the keyboard and bounces off the screen back at you.
Thunderbolt is Apple's new port that allows you to write to Thunderbolt hard drives considerably faster than you would with a standard USB 2 or USB 3 connection. Sadly Thunderbolt drives aren't out on the market yet so we've been unable to test the new MacBook Air at home with any to see if they work. However have seen them demoed at various Apple events - they are as fast as all involved claim.
Where Thunderbolt will also come into its own when used in connection with the new Apple Thunderbolt Display. If you can stretch the budget a further £849 you'll not only get a 27-inch LED-backlit screen, but the mother all of docking stations too. That Thunderbolt cable is enough to power the FaceTime HD camera, FireWire 800, Gigabit Ethernet and a further three USB 2 sockets in the Display, all via a single cable. Of course we plan to review the Apple Thunderbolt Display when they go on sale in September.
Needless to say, our Core i7 model is beefy. Beefy enough to cope with most tasks that we've thrown at it. Be it editing video, editing photos with Adobe Lightroom or just about playing Half Life 2 (old school). Unless you've bought a brand new MacBook Pro in the last couple of months, chances are this will be faster than older models and that's an impressive feat given the MacBook Air 2010 model which many felt made you give up performance for that thin design.
To really test the MacBook Air we've been running a mirror of our standard system on it and using it as our sole computer in the office. Only when we asked it to run Half Life 2 with everything turned on did we see the "spinning beach ball of death", but for the most part it's taken everything we've thrown at it with ease even when we've had a series of applications open - Mail, Safari with multiple tabs, Twitter, Spotify, Adobe Lightroom, Skype, Pages and Word, as well as Fireworks, Fetch, and TextMate open all the time and occasionally other programmes too including iMovie and other Adobe products.
As you might expect, running all that at the same time did occasionally cause the fan to kick in - mainly when we were downloading large files from the Internet while exporting photos in Lightroom while playing a HD video (we like to push things to the limits). Incidentally we also noticed that the MacBook Air didn't run as hot on the lap as our 2009 MacBook Pro.
Unless you are really doing some "heavy lifting" this will suffice for most of your office-based tasks with some casual gaming thrown into the mix too.
Battery is always a funny one and will vary massively depending on what you do with it and how you use the laptop. Apple claims over 7 hours from a single charge for the 13-inch model. Small print will give you a slightly different picture. That 7 hours is wirelessly browsing 25 popular websites with display brightness set to 50 per cent.
If you're doing video editing, watching movies, playing games, and have that brightness whacked up full that 7 hours quickly becomes a lot less. Even then, in general office and home use since we've got the laptop, we've been able to get a good 5 hours worth of battery out of a single charge. If you turn off the Wi-Fi and just use an app like Pages with the screen brightness down really low you can push this much even further.
Mac OS X Lion
The MacBook Air comes with a spanking new operating system - Apple Mac OS X Lion - and that means a whole host of goodies to enjoy, learn and in some cases get annoyed by. We aren't going to go over the operating system here in any detail. If you want to see what we think about the new OS from Apple we would recommend you read our detailed review of Mac OS X Lion.
Needless to say the Air makes good use of the new OS. As we've said, the big touchpad has plenty of space to perform those gesture commands, and the addition of a new Launchpad button (F4) in place of a dedicated Dashboard button will appeal as well.
The new OS only enhances the experience rather than detract anything from it.
The MacBook Air 2011 model is now a worthy challenger to the MacBook Pro range and certainly worth looking at if you aren't fussed about some of the features found on that range. Yes you will lose the DVD drive, Ethernet, and FireWire connectivity, and have to settle for a non HD webcam (the horror), but rather than the Pro being the only option for those that want speed, the MacBook Air is now a laptop that gives you speed, style, and slinkiness in one package. The days of having to be penalised for wanting something ultra portable are over.
For many the new MacBook Air is going to be a winning option making this the MacBook to have, costs not withstanding. It perhaps cements the larger MacBook Pros as a laptop designed for the "professional" market who need the horsepower to do video processing and the like, although if costs are a limitation, then you can still get the powerful MacBook Pro 13-inch for less than this model of MacBook Air.
If you're in the market for a new Mac this is certainly worth the upgrade. We for one will be going out to buy one once our review model goes back, and you can't get better praise than that.


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Contingency is a term that occurs in philosophical discourse as well as in theology in a number of contexts and with a number of meanings. In its modern sense the English term contingency refers to events, processes, or properties that may occur, but are not certain to occur; or that have, but might not have, occurred, because they depend on factors beyond our knowledge or which themselves are contingent. Generally speaking, it refers to events, objects, and properties that could be otherwise, that do not have to be as they are, and that do not have to be at all, and for whose existence we cannot give a sufficient cause. Thus contingency covers a whole range of meanings, including "not necessary," "by chance," "random," and "unpredictable."
In the discourse on science, the debate pivots on questions of determinism vs. indeterminism in physics (especially in quantum physics and in systems theory), on the contingent character of the cosmos and its fundamental physical laws, and on the question of whether the development of evolution and the actual forms of life that result from it are merely coincidental in biology. Some have referred to the first form of contingency as nomological and to the second as local contingency (Robert J. Russell, "Contingency in Physics and Cosmology: A Critique of the Theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg," Zygon 23.1 [1988]). The alternative is between physical determinism (all events necessarily follow from prior initial conditions, so that contingency only refers to a lack of knowledge) and indeterminism (some events are not determined by prior conditions, hence contingency is an ontological fact). In religion and theology, contingency often marks the fundamental difference between the Creator and creation. It is used in ontological and cosmological proofs of the existence of God in the sense that all created beings cannot account for their own existence, but—in their contingency—point to a Creator, who is not contingent, but the necessary ground of his or her own being. However, it is disputed whether such a conclusion is valid or itself contingent. Another divide is between those who argue for total divine predestination (God determines everything that happens; again contingency is only a human category regarding insufficient knowledge and insight) and those who argue that God leaves some things to chance or to being determined autonomously by created entities. A consequence of the latter view seems to be that God cannot have sufficient fore-knowledge with regard to the process of creation so that God's omniscience and omnipotence seem in danger. On the other hand, the option of total predestination faces the problem that in its view the Creator seems to be responsible for everything, including all evil.
Keywords: creation, contingency, chance, modality, evolution, cosmology, purpose
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WASHINGTON – Nearly two-thirds of people in the Washington area believe highways in the region should be widened, and there also is very strong support for expanding mass transit, according to a WTOP Beltway Poll.
The survey, conducted by Heart+Mind Strategies, indicates commuters want a broad approach to dealing with the region's growth and traffic problems.
Asked whether they agree with the growth strategy of widening existing regional highways, 65 percent percent say they favor the idea. There is little difference among residents of Virginia, Maryland and D.C. on that issue.
But the region is more divided on whether to build new regional highways. Fifty-one percent agree with that growth strategy, while 48 percent oppose it.
The greatest opposition to building new regional highways comes from the District at 59 percent. The most support comes from Virginia, 56 percent. Forty-nine percent of Maryland residents support the idea, and 49 percent oppose it.
There is virtually universal support for expanding public transportation options. Ninety-one percent support the idea. Nine of 10 residents also think walkable neighborhoods should be encouraged, and 9 of 10 believe jobs should be located closer to where people live.
The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percent.
The D.C. metro phone survey was conducted among 551 adults age 18 and over, between Feb. 20, 2011 and Feb. 23, 2011. This included representative samples of 200 people in Virginia, 251 in Maryland and 100 in the District.
Heart+Mind Strategies is a non-partisan market research consultancy based in Reston, Va.
WTOP's Mitchell Miller contributed to this report. Follow Mitchell and WTOP on Twitter.
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