The private sector joined with government officials and concerned residents Aug. 16 to brainstorm ideas about future uses of the Red Bluff Recreation Area. Ideas lofted as high as zip lines across the Sacramento River to more rooted calls for expansion of trails in the area. Tehama County Chief Administrator said the private sector input was a dose of reality to the months of ideas being thrown out at recent Sacramento River Discovery Center meetings. I cant see how government [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2012
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Denton Parks & Recreation
Register now for the following sports leagues: Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center’s soccer league for ages 5 to 10; adult soccer; adult flag football and adult kickball. Early registration ends Tuesday for both soccer leagues and Wednesday for flag football and kickball. Late registration is available through Sept. 7, but an additional fee will apply. For details on a league and to register, visit www.dentonparks.com or call 940-349-7275. o Register now for the following preschool-age programs: o Kindergarten Prep, [...]
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Rumor: BMW X4M to compete with Porsche Macan
The BMW X4 wont come to market until 2014, but rumors around a potential M version of the compact Sports Activity Coupe are starting to pop-up. Built under the code F26, the X4 shares the same platform as the new X3, and will be positioned, price wise, below the X5. According to our sources, the X4 is 4.65 meters long (183 inches), same length as the F25 X3. The X4M, if approved, would take on the Porsche Macan, the new [...]
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The Obama kiss: Love and ice cream
Posted at 04:00 PM ET, 08/17/2012 TheWashingtonPost The Obama kiss: Love and ice cream By Judy Howard Ellis Perhaps we needed it, a moment remembered, a footnote about a kiss. Thank the owners of Dorchester Commons, a Chicago shopping center, for a wisp of romance. According to the Chicago Tribune, the owners this week unveiled a granite marker recording the first kiss between Barack and Michelle Obama in 1989. At that time, the couple worked in the same law firm. [...]
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The destructive effects of love
Mephisto Theatre Group is staging the play The Mai in the Town Hall Theatre for nine nights later this month. The Mai, by Marina Carr, is a play about love. It focuses on four generations of women from one family who struggle to come to terms with the destructive effects their love affairs have on themselves, and those around them. The story centres on The Mai, played by Caroline Lynch (Mephisto) and her husband Robert, played by Liam OBrien (Bottom [...]
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More turbulence ahead for Robert Pattinson
Strong willed, stubborn and sensual are all keywords that best describe Robert Pattinson, who was born under the Sun sign of Taurus. Under this cycle, the confusing relationship issues which are plaguing him are part of a karmic pattern due to Saturn having passed through his zone of love affairs over these past few months. His personal difficulties will continue into 2013. After 2014, Pattinson’s personal and professional affairs should start to see a much better state of affairs. Aries [...]
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Love and Politics: Were Geetika and Fiza victimised?
Tags: Geetika suicide case,Gopal Kanda, Fiza Mohammad,Anuradha Bali,Nupur Mehta,Aruna Chadha,MDLR airlines, Love affairs,Politicians,Shehla Masood,Bhanwari Devi,Madhumita Shukla,Chander Mohan,Ankita Singh
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Gaming used as HR strategy
Women in the age group of 32 to 40 years constitute the biggest group of gamers. And, human resource leaders are wasting no time in using gaming, among other innovations, to keep their workforce engaged. At the National Summit on HR Shared Services organised by the All India Management Association, HR experts stressed on the need for greater innovations to deal with new concepts revolving around employee, management and partnership perspectives. HR has become so dynamic that they have no [...]
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MSI Launches GT70 Gaming Notebook With Nvidia GeForce GTX680M
MSI introduced the GT70 gaming notebook with Intels 3rd generation Core i7 quad core processor and Nvidias GeForce GTX 680M discrete graphics card. Nvidias flagship GeForce GTX 680M is touted as the fastest and most powerful discrete graphics card available. This GPU features 1,344 CUDAs (Compute Unified Device Architecture) as well as Optimus display switching technology. MSI is combining the power of the GTX 680M with its own Loading Balance technology to offer a power savings mode that enables the [...]
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iSwifter Reveals Itself As “Agawi,” Announces Second Version Of Cloud Gaming …
The Menlo Park-based company formerly known as iSwifter has announced version 2.0 of its cloud gaming platform to offer more content types and usage on clients beyond iPads. With todays release of capabilities they describe as ”any game, anywhere, instantly comes a new name, the acronym Agawi. Android tablets, Windows 8 tablets, smart TVs, Macs, and PCs will be able to stream games via cloud service (as shown here). While the companys first offering, the iSwifter Flash web browser app available [...]
