Red Bulls
June 19, 2008
HIGHWAY 400 – In this limo pic, we are facing B.C. lass Sara Wark and former Mark Dacey second (and Brier curling champion) Rob Harris, of Halifax.
Looks like that’s Newfoundland’s Steph Ledrew on the left, too.
According to Mike R, “Sara and Rob ate the whole bag of chips and a 12-pack of Red Bull.”
Yikes!
The Photography Studio of Grignano
Contest 37: MUSIC
Theme: The theme is “MUSIC ” in any use or interpretation of the word . Get weird - you know you want to.
Cash prizes.
On the poster: Bitstream Boogie - Real time Internet/SL music jam
Komuso Tokugawa/Japan http://music.sonicviz.com
Hathead Rickenbacker /Canada http://hatheadinc.com/hhi/ (less)
You may make something like an animated texture or other cool thing if you want. You don’t have any tight limits. If you make something cool that doesn’t seem to fit the “textures” requirement just enter it anyway.
Straight snaps or manipulated - it’s all good.
DATES
Enter by: 30 April 2008
Exhibition: 4 May - 24 May 2008 in the Photography Studio upstairs gallery.
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We will have an awards ceremony - time TBA.
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TO ENTER
Enter 3 textures of Second Life screenshots.
Textures can be no bigger than 512×512 - rectangular photos saved as 512×512 regain their proportions once they are put on a prim. Title entries with title + your name < ---= so I don't lose it in my inventory Send them to Osprey Therian with MOD permission and COPY permission. Give me an IM so I know to look for them. >>>>>.Don’t send them in a notecard - I say this as I look at textures every day but I rarely look at notecards.
If I don’t get your heads-up the entry gets buried under the billion spam notecards I get per week.
I hate it when things get lost - the only entries to’ve been lost thus far were in notecards.
NMC Presents……..
June 19, 2008
NMC CAMPUS
Presents …
An Interactive, Kinetic, Holographic, Virtual Art exhibit.
Come explore the possibilities of what can be created,using SL as a medium for art. Many talented SL artists have art on display at this exhibition. Play with the art, interact, touch, watch… enjoy! Now thru April 30th.
Ars Simulacra 223,213,22
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ars%20Simulacra/223/213/22/
Helen and her bottleshop blame game
Helen Clark wants to get rid of some bottle shops. She has had another failing knee-jerk reaction and has made a decision on the grounds of “appearing to do something”. She said that she wanted Parliament to revisit liquor laws to cut the number of liquor outlets in poor areas, after the Manurewa bottle store shooting. Fat lot of good that will do. It’s not how many outlets there are in an area, but the attitudes of the people in an area to crime and alcohol,and what the people in an area do with the booze when they get it that is more important, and how the police respond to crime. According to John Key, the number of sworn officers per head of population in Counties Manukau is the second-lowest in the country.
Figures from Statistics NZ show that in 2006 Manukau City had one off-licensed premise for every 1778 people compared to one for every 942 in Christchurch. But as Cameron Slater notes, in Manurewa ward there are 33 off licence liquor outlets for a population of 80,000 or one booze outlet for 2400 citizens.Clevedon has 11 off licences for a population of 10,000 citizens or one for every 833 citizens.
Going by Clark’s suggestion, there should be nearly three times as many bodies piling up in the streets of Clevedon than Manurewa.
The PM does not comment as to why the knee jerk reaction is this year. It must be election year. She has refused to comment on the fact that attackers of bottles stores have a certain similarity. Here are some recent attacks and killings over the past few years. Spot the similarity. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.
That similarity is a more relevant variable than the number of liquor stores in an area. Richer whiter people are unlikely to attack or kill people in bottle stores.
Rock Report IV
June 19, 2008
ST. JOHN’S – The ice, swingier than it was earlier in the weekend, definitely had both teams vexed. For most of the first seven ends, the story was about crashes, half-shots and opportunities missed. But the game redeemed itself somewhat in the final end, as Amber Holland made a double to count two for the 2008 Tylenol Players’ Championship victory (Insight Sports photo by Anil Mungal).
It wasn’t the crowd I’m sure organizers were hoping to see. Unfortunately, I’m guessing the arena won’t fill up a whole lot more for a Brad Gushue-free quarterfinal draw on a night of nasty weather and playoff hockey on the tube.
The curlers who have played here in the past tell me there’s been a steady ebb in attendance at events in St. John’s since the heady days of the Gushue Olympic run. I know there won’t be a Capital One Grand Slam here next year and while it seems a shame – George Street being a big reason for that sentiment – you can’t bring an event to cities that don’t turn out for it.
But enough about that. A great night of curling is ahead of us, including a Randy Ferbey-Kevin Martin matchup. The men are stretching things out but not jogging on the spot. No jumping jacks either.
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Review: 'Get Smart' - Los Angeles Times
June 19, 2008
Review: 'Get Smart' - Los Angeles Times Review: 'Get Smart'
eFluxMedia
Los Angeles Times -
By Zip Code: By Kenneth Turan, Times Movie Critic "GET SMART" is a film mistaken about its own identity. As a reworking of one of the great 1960s TV comedies, you'd think being funny would be its main goal.
"Get Smart"
Movie review: Get rewrite on 'Get Smart'
The music industry abuses us and we're to blame - CNET News The music industry abuses us and we're to blame
DigitalJournal.com
CNET News -
Many people have celebrated Apple's announcement that it has sold 5 billion songs on iTunes and it's the world's largest music retailer.
Apple Says It Sold 5 Million Songs; Could Movies Become A $100M …
Apple iTunes Music Sales Top 5 Billion Songs
Firefox 3 Download Count Over 8 Million - CRN Firefox 3 Download Count Over 8 Million
eFluxMedia
CRN -
Firefox 3, the recently released open source browser from Mozilla, has claimed that over 8 million copies of the software were downloaded on Download Day.
Mobile Firefox “Fennec” critical to maintaining Mozilla’s momentum
Firefox 3 downloads cross 10 million mark in less than two days
Man's Melanoma Thwarted by Immune Fix - WebMD Man's Melanoma Thwarted by Immune Fix
Turkish Press
WebMD -
By Miranda Hitti June 19, 2008 — Melanoma researchers may have saved a patient's life with an experimental immune system treatment that used the patient's own cells.
Experimental Therapy Beats Back One Patient's Melanoma
Study: Cloned copies of man's own immune cell beat back cancer
Gaza truce takes hold, skepticism abounds - Detroit News
June 19, 2008
Gaza truce takes hold, skepticism abounds - Detroit News
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Guns went quiet as a six-month truce between Israel and Gaza Strip militants took effect early Thursday, but there was widespread skepticism about its ability to hold. The cease-fire, which Egypt labored for months to conclude, aims to bring an end to fighting that has
Floods close 2 Mississippi bridges to Illinois - Chicago Sun-Times
GULFPORT, Ill. — The rising Mississippi River interrupted travel on two bridges between Iowa and Illinois and threatened thousands of acres of farmland Tuesday. People stacked millions of sandbags near 27 levees the federal government said were in danger of overflowing. The river blew a massive
Girl born to ‘Zoey 101′ star Jamie Lynn Spears - International Herald Tribune
A person close to the Spears family confirmed the baby’s birth to The Associated Press. The person asked not to be identified because the family had not yet announced the baby’s birth. The 17-year-old was the star of Nickelodeon’s “Zoey 101″ and is the younger sister of pop star Britney Spears. The
McCain attacks Obama for opting out of public financing - CNN
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. John McCain on Thursday accused Sen. Barack Obama of breaking a promise when the Democrat decided to forgo public financing in this fall’s campaign. Sen. Barack Obama repeatedly broke campaign fundraising records during the Democratic primary season. Obama told supporters in
Continental to team with United in Star Alliance - Houston Chronicle
June 19, 2008
Continental to team with United in Star Alliance - Houston Chronicle
Continental Airlines, which shunned merging earlier this year with United Airlines this year, is joining its rival in an operational alliance. Continental said today it’s moving from the SkyTeam alliance — led by Delta and Northwest airlines, which are merging — to the Star Alliance. That will
Celtics rally starts at 11 a.m. - Patriot Ledger
Boston’s streets will be crowded again with screaming fans celebrating a championship — but this time they’ll be wearing green. A “rolling rally” will start at 11 a.m. Thursday to celebrate the Boston Celtics’ win over the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals. “We’re a city of
McCain attacks Obama for opting out of public financing - CNN
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. John McCain on Thursday accused Sen. Barack Obama of breaking a promise when the Democrat decided to forgo public financing in this fall’s campaign. Sen. Barack Obama repeatedly broke campaign fundraising records during the Democratic primary season. Obama told supporters in
Williams to do `Meet the Press’ Sunday - Newsday
NEW YORK - Top NBC anchorman Brian Williams will host the next “Meet the Press” but the network hasn’t chosen who will permanently replace Tim Russert , an NBC News spokeswoman said Thursday. NBC News will announce the guests for the show with Williams on Friday, spokeswoman Allison Gollust said
Links And Information About The SBA
June 19, 2008
Links And Information About The SBA
1. Small business development centers
2. Small business investment companies
3. Obtaining loans for your small business
4. Obtaining free small business counseling and advice
To locate grants, loans and assistant programs for starting a new business or expanding an existing one, follow these steps:
1. Contact your local SBA office to see what grant and loan programs are available. Click on the link below to locate your local SBA office:
http://www.sba.gov/index.html
Getting The Grant Provider To Say “Yes”
June 19, 2008
Grant seekers do a lot of research and read different articles just so they could get tips or pointers on how to write an effective grant proposal. Grant seekers go through all these to achieve one thing: To make grant making agencies say “Yes!” to their grant proposals!
Hundreds, even thousands of grant seekers are out there waiting for their proposals to be approved. Here are some tips on how to make grant making agencies say “Yes!” to your proposals.
The Top 15 Reasons Grant Proposals Get Rejected
June 19, 2008
The Top 15 Reasons Grant Proposals Get Rejected
While no one can guarantee that you’ll get a grant, there are ways to guarantee that you WON’T get one. We’ve compiled a list of the most common mistakes that people make during the grant writing and submission process. If you read and avoid these pitfalls, your chance of securing a grant will raise dramatically.
The Components Of Grants
June 19, 2008
The Components Of Grants
The first step to writing your grant proposal is to understand first its many components. Although there is no general format to follow when writing your proposal, its most common components are what we will discuss in this section.
A well-written grant proposal is key to any grant application. It must, at all cost, be easy to understand, complete, written in the required format, and brief. Whether the proposal is for your individual need or for your organization, write all the necessary information and details you want your grant maker to know about your proposed project. Remember that grant making agencies will use your grant proposal as a gauge to decide whether to give you funding or not.
