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Sunday, April 03, 2011 MACON, Ga. (April 2, 2011) - Following a strong performance against Kennesaw State yesterday, the ETSU men's tennis team finished the weekend with a perfect record after defeating Mercer, 6-1, Saturday afternoon in the final A-Sun regular season contest of the year. In addition, the victory earned the Bucs a share of the A-Sun regular season championship. With the victory, the Bucs move to 15-6 on the season and 9-1 in the A-Sun, while Mercer falls to 7-11 and 4-5 in the A-Sun. ETSU has now won the A-Sun regular season crown in five of the last six seasons. The Bucs finished in a tie with UNF for the top spot in the league standings. "Obviously none of the matches this year have been easy, because the conference has a lot of parity," said ETSU Director of Tennis Yaser Zaatini. "Everybody thinks they can shoot us down and they are very close to doing that. We are struggling to win at several positions and there are a lot of three set matches where two or three years ago we were able to dominate and win easily, but nowadays it's a thing of the past." The Bucs got off to a strong start in doubles play after earning victories in all three matches. Juan Ramirez (Asuncion, Paraguay) and Robin Akser (Ornskoldsvik, Sweden) picked up the first win by knocking off Fernando Armendaris and Guilherme Frias, 8-4, at the No. 3 position. ETSU clinched the doubles point at the No. 1 spot as Grega Teraz (Mojstrana, Slovenia) and Charles Bottoni (Bois Guillaume, France) defeated Peter Tauchner and Evandro Rosindo, 8-6. Sander Gille (Kuringen, Belgium) and Jesus Bandres (Caracas, Venezuela) closed out doubles play with a hard fought 9-8 win over Pierre Tafelski and David Barton at the No. 2 position. ETSU kept the momentum rolling into singles play as Bandres earned a quick 6-0, 6-3 win over Tauchner at the No. 3 position, putting the Bucs up 2-0. Just minutes later, Bottoni extended the ETSU lead as he blanked Rosindo at the No. 4 position, 6-0, 6-0. The Bucs clinched the match at the No. 1 position when Gille defeated Tafelski in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1. Ramirez and freshman Jorge Varon (Valencia, Venezuela) closed out singles play with tough three set victories. Ramirez defeated Armendaris, 6-7, 6-3, 10-5, while Varon edged Barton, 6-7, 6-3, 10-8. "The guys need to understand that and they need to put in the work in the future in order for us to regain our position in the conference," said Zaatini. "The guys need to just work hard and prepare for the conference tournament." The Bucs will take some time off before competing at the A-Sun Tournament in DeLand, Florida later this month. ETSU will be the No. 2 seed in the tournament due to tiebreaker rules. For more information on the ETSU men's tennis team please go to ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's tennis link. Also, be sure to follow ETSU Athletics on Facebook and Twitter. ETSU 6, Mercer 1 1. Sander Gille (ETSU) def. Pierre Tafelski (Mercer), 6-3, 6-1 2. Juan Ramirez (ETSU) def. Fernando Armendaris (Mercer), 6-7, 6-3, 10-5 3. Jesus Bandres (ETSU) def. Peter Tauchner (Mercer), 6-0, 6-3 4. Charles Bottoni (ETSU) def. Evandro Rosindo (Mercer), 6-0, 6-0 5. Guilherme Frias (Mercer) def. Roger Ordeig (ETSU), 3-6, 6-1, 10-8 6. Jorge Varon (ETSU) def. David Barton (Mercer), 6-7, 6-3, 10-8 1. Teraz and Bottoni (ETSU) def. Tauchner and Rosindo (Mercer), 8-6 2. Gille and Bandres (ETSU) def. Tafelski and Barton (Mercer), 9-8 3. Ramirez and Akser (ETSU) def. Armendaris and Frias (Mercer), 8-4 Order of Finish: Doubles (3, 1, 2) Singles (3, 4, 1, 5, 6, 2)
Known for its uber-classic orange and black covers, Rhodia is breaking out of the box with their new Rhodiarama Webbies! Spice up your Rhodia collection with your choice of cover color: Anis Green, Poppy Red, Regal Purple, Sultry Taupe, Turquoise Blue, or Canary Yellow. This pocket-sized A6 journal is perfect for traveling or just journaling at home. Filled with functionality such as the classic Rhodia orange elastic closure, ribbon bookmark, and convenient expanding rear inner pocket, the Rhodia Webnotebook is a simple and sophisticated notebook for everyday life. The hard leatherette cover is embossed with the iconic Rhodia logo, and each Rhodiarama Pocket Webnotebook is filled with 90 gsm, ivory-colored, acid-free and pH neutral paper for a wonderfully smooth and enjoyable writing experience. Brighten your days with Rhodiarama! Shop Rhodiarama or you can shop all Rhodia! What do you think of the Rhodiarama Journals? Do you love to pick out your personal cover color, or do you prefer Rhodia’s normal orange or black covers?
haleigh asked: Hey Eva, I am looking into internships for the upcoming summer up north (Georgia just isn't cutting it anymore) and I'm wondering if you have any advice as to how to go about landing the dream internship be that in fashion, or the entertainment industry in general? carry on. bash on. keep ‘em thinking. keep ‘em asking– Diana Vreeland. I’m reading her biography right now and it’s absurdly entertaining prettyinkiwi asked: Hi Eva! I have two, totally unrelated questions. First, I have been following almost all of your tips for great skin, and it's helped a lot, but I still have some scarring (ghosts of acne past -.-). Is there any way to get rid of that? Second, I'm going to Palm Springs in about a week, and I seem to remember you posting on here that you've visited. I was hoping you had some... abloominglullaby asked: Hi eva! The cold weather and the dry air indoors have officially taken a toll on my skin. I already switched to a more gentle cleanser but my face dries out minutes after applying my moisturizer. At the end of the day, my skin is uncomfortably tight, irritated and sometimes even flaky in certain spots. Incredibly attractive ;) Any tips or product recommendation for a 15 year old? Thank you so much... its-exo-babe asked: Eva, I'm your huge fan and I really need your advice, so which bag you would get Celine trapeze bag or PS1 Large(Proenza Scholer)? I wish I could buy two, but for now I really need to choose, and you are my guru p.s. also name your current obsession( bag wise)
Peace Corps Walk-In Office Hours, hosted by Career Services Date (Start and End): Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 1:30pm to 3:30pm Career Services, E334 Student Union Check in at the front desk when you come to visit the Peace Corps recruiter during walk-in office hours. No appointment necessary! Get personal attention to your questions about service in the Peace Corps, work assignments available in the Peace Corps, and benefits of Peace Corps service. Prepare for your conversation - review the Peace Corps website Assistant Director, Career Services, Employer Relations liaison
Exodus 1.23 / 1.24 / 1.25 \| Top scenes from the beginning of the episode to the end WALT: I think you should take Vincent. SHANNON: Are you serious? WALT: He’ll take care of you. SHANNON: What makes you think I need a dog to take care of me? WALT: Vincent took care of me when my mom died — and nobody would talk to me. They pretended like nothing happened. So I had to talk to Vincent. He’s a good listener. You could talk to him about Boone if you want. SHANNON: Alright, but only until you get us rescued, okay.
Led Zepagain performs the music of classic rock legends, Led Zeppelin. Bonfire and L.A.vation also perform. Bonfire is known as one of the best tributes to AC/DC. Since 2001, Bonfire's perfect recreation of a high energy AC/DC show has captured the attention of music fans of all ages. L.A.vation has faithfully crafted an amazingly accurate show, incorporating memorable stage elements from past U2 concerts with spot-on musical execution, all the while emphasizing the pride and passion of the four… Show more Created by StubHub \| Claim this event 2200 E. Katella Ave. Anaheim, CA 92806 Don't Miss This Hot Tickets More » \|5/28\|\|8:00p\|\|Insane Clown Posse\| \|5/29\|\|7:45p\|\|Lamb of God\| \|5/31\|\|8:00p\|\|Great White and Slaughter\| \|6/2\|\|6:30p\|\|2013 Cappies Gala\| \|6/14\|\|8:00p\|\|The Piano Guys\| \|7/5\|\|7:00p\|\|J2X: Project Radical\|
Michael Bordo and John Landon-Lane have a new NBER working paper that conducts a historical analysis of the Federal Reserve’s exit strategies from 1920 – 2007. Here is the abstract: In this paper we provide some evidence on when central banks have shifted from expansionary to contractionary monetary policy after a recession has ended—the exit strategy. We examine the relationship between the timing of changes in several instruments of monetary policy and the timing of changes of selected real macro aggregates and price level (inflation) variables across U.S. business cycles from 1920-2007. We find, based on historical narratives, descriptive evidence and econometric analysis, that in the 1920s and the 1950s the Fed would generally tighten when the price level turned up. By contrast, since 1960 the Fed has generally tightened when unemployment peaked and this tightening often occurred after inflation began to rise. The Fed is often too late to prevent inflation. Non-gated link here.
Johannes Brahms was the son of a double-bass player in the Hamburg orchestra. Brahms’s talent was recognized very early. The famous violinist, Joachim, soon introduced Brahms to Robert Schumann who, together with his wife Clara played a major role in establishing Brahms as a major composer. Brahms spent most of his life in Vienna, where he was generally considered the Beethoven’s successor. Brahms’s compositions combine the best of the traditional classical form with the innovative romantic harmonic ideas. More Johannes Brahms sheet music download on EveryNote.com
"I can't help feeling wary when I hear anything said about the masses. First you take their faces from 'em by calling 'em the masses and then you accuse 'em of not having any faces." Social commentator, playwright, essayist, novelist, politician. J. B. Priestley was all of these things, and his legacy remains with us to this day. He was born John Boynton Priestley in Bradford, England to a schoolmaster and a mother who died when he was still young. A promising student, he attended Bradford Grammar School, but left at 16 to pursue a career as a writer. He began by working as a junior clerk, where he began to write poetry and letters for leisure. He was encouraged by other workers at the firm to continue writing. Like so many other 20th Century writers, the wars made their mark on Priestley. In 1914, he was called up and served in the Duke of Wellington's and Devon regiments, surviving the trenches, but just barely - a friend standing next to him at one point in the war was killed, while he survived. After the Great War, Priestley studied literature, history and political science at Bradford and Cambridge, attaining an M.A. in 1921. From 1922, he worked as a journalist in London, writing essays for various journals, including the New Statesman. In the 1920s, he also wrote some novels, but it was not until his offering of 1929, The Good Companions, that he acheived great success. He followed this with Angel Pavement, probably his most famous novel. Not content with success as a novelist, Priestley began in the 1930s to write plays, beginning with light comedies such as Dangerous Corner and Laburnum Grove. During the war, he gained the reputation, through his weekly radio broadcasts, as the voice of the populace. In these he aired his political opinions, which were largely left-wing. At the end of the war, Priestley wrote his best-known stage work, An Inspector Calls, a social fable and morality play with a strong warning at the end: "I tell you the truth, unless men can learn this lesson now, the time will come when it will be taught to them in fire and blood and anguish." This warning is made all the stronger when one realises that the play was set at the turn of the century, and Priestley had just seen the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan. After the war, Priestley stood for Parliament, but was not elected. He was, however, made UK delegate to UNESCO from 1946 to 1947, and was well-known for his vocal support of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. He wrote many essays at the early stages of the Cold War on various topics, but in particular, socialism and nuclear disarmament. He aimed his essays at the middle brow audience he had become so popular with through his plays and novels. Priestley married Emily Tempest in 1919, but she died in 1925. After her death, he married Mary Wyndham Lewis (commonly known as Jane), with whom he wrote Angel Pavement. In 1953, he married Jacquetta Hawkes, an archaeologist and writer with whom he wrote Down A Rainbow, a travel book about New Mexico. He refused both a knighthood and peerage, but accepted the Order of Merit in 1977. He published over 120 books and numerous plays. He died on August 14, 1984.
He was an old farmer. The days of making war were over, yet he knew that he could still wield his great-grandfather's sword with more pure, exquisite skill than any of the young men who'd been styling themselves "knights" these days. He was old, that was true, but he'd been anointed by the King himself, and he still knew - no, he was absolutely certain! - he could still swing his sword with more assured grace than that with which he tilled his soy His modestly complicitous sons simultaneously praised and berated him whever they would tell stories of the zealous, legendary knight he was. He did not know if he was being served a backhanded compliment some days, or if the praise he received was for true. His weapons and armor were kept inside, near a warm fire, easy to notice even from the front door. Travellers stopping in for a meal (of these there were many; the old knight's hospitality had also weaved its way into the legends that the old man scarcely believed) would always notice his great-grandfather's sword above the mantel, its place of honour. The traveller would ask him, by all the gods, is that the greatsword Caliban, Slayer of the Scarlet Prince, and he would be forced to affirm it, indeed, that is the sword. In truth, he would much sooner avoid reliving tales of king and country, preferring instead to regale his guests with tales he'd heard as a boy, tales of dragons and kingdoms of beauty. Nevertheless, he was a gracious host, and would call his sons in from the field to recount his own stories of warring and whoring and thrones. It never failed - he would nod in the right places, laugh at a friendly jape, or laugh at the tendency his sons had to embellish small details to tell the stories in a more positive, more interesting light. As always, he would say, Aye, that was me, and that is the very sword you see above my mantel. After sufficient wine, and only after etiquette allowed, he would close the door on his suit and armor, and gaze emptily upon his soy fields. It was a fulfilling life. Still, not a day passed that he did not long for living: the clatter of hoof, the clash of steel, and the trumpeting of warhorns appealed to him. He knew that he enjoyed almost nothing more than preparing a good table for good friends, but his sons always molested the proceedings, deeming it necessary to bring in strange, outlandish foods to supper. His eldest son had taken a liking to a strange dish from the far lands called "pizza", and was of a mind to eat it once a week. The same son would find the same uneaten pizza in his father's place in the morning, when he rose to break his fast. The old man had nothing to do with new foods. But when the summer days grew so long that there was scarcely three hours of night, he would stand as straight as an arrow, gazing without seeing his fields, his mind hearkening back to the days of glory. Pizza would never do - great hunks of meat and cheese and bread, and large, stinking jugs of dark, eye-watering ale. Now there was food! And what better food to have after a day of hard work, be it cutting down fields, or cutting down men! Embittered by such thoughts, the old man glanced over his shoulder at the heavy oaken door of his modestly palatial house. His soy fields fled from his mind: all that remained was the urge to fly through the forests atop a horse, any horse, with only his sword and armor as company. There were inns and taverns along any and all roads, and he was well-known. He could still command. He knew it in his heart. Perhaps the days of being in the midst of battle were done - but that did not mean he had to relegate himself to a life of emptiness and small talk. Why do that, when he could just as easily command a force of freeriders into battle, and be so close to the battle that he could smell the blood and sweat of men? He did not want to dishonor the importance and fierce beauty of his great-grandfather's sword by leaving it to become a relic, a souvenir from times long past. Gods be damned, he was a knight, and though he was old, his mind was still as sharp as his blade, and he was strong enough of voice and body to wear his armor and become the knight he once was. Seeing the old farmer, his sons would call it lunacy that he would show a desire to wear his armor, and to sheathe his sword again. He shoved open the door, and went inside to stare at his sword. Taking it down from the mantel was like coming home after a long journey in a strange land. He closed the door on his soy fields, and began to search his house for his armor.
Recently my apartment toilet was replaced with a low flush toilet and I HATE IT. I don't hate the low flush part, I hate that its lower and longer and they took out two pipes from our tile wall to install it and left the two damn holes! It drives me nuts to say the least. I mean clearly they didn't measure anything when they went and bought a new one, ugg. Anywoo, I was browsing online this morning and I came across the prettiest, loveliest toilet I've ever seen. I want it, and I wont rest till I own my very own place and I can have this toilet. Enter the Duravit 1930's Series Toilet The shape is so pretty and different and it had me at hello. OK these are hexagons, but they are pretty pretty! I could use some octagon shaped cabinet and drawer pulls and lastly, I would throw a few octagonal shaped monograms on some hand towels, bath towels or maybe even a shower curtain. All this day dreaming because of a toilet shape. PS- don't forget about the Lily on Blue chinoiserie pillow giveaway- get your entry in HERE
Science -- Asher et al. 307 (5712): 1091: We describe several fossils referable to Gomphos elkema from deposits close to the Paleocene-Eocene boundary at Tsagan Khushu, Mongolia. Gomphos shares a suite of cranioskeletal characters with extant rabbits, hares, and pikas but retains a primitive dentition and jaw compared to its modern relatives. Phylogenetic analysis supports the position of Gomphos as a stem lagomorph and excludes Cretaceous taxa from the crown radiation of placental mammals. Our results support the hypothesis that rodents and lagomorphs radiated during the Cenozoic and diverged from other placental mammals close to the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. Lagomorphs are rabbits, hares, and pikas. This might be referred to as a "missing link" of the rodents. Why do we care? Most mammals are rodents, and this tells us about the evolution of the most successful group of mammals. Cool!
Office of Financial Aid Before you borrow please review the following questions and answers. If you have already borrowed on a student loan, pay attention to this Q&A as it will provide valuable information. This Q&A will help answer most of your questions and give you resources to assist you while in school, during a leave of absence/withdrawal and after completion of your program. - How much should I borrow? - How do I track and manage my loans? - How do I consolidate my student loans? - How do I repay my student loans? - What repayment plans are available to me? - What is loan default? - What if I default on my student loans? Eastern Wyoming College (EWC) strongly encourages borrowers to carefully weigh the need for loans and to borrow only what is actually needed. We encourage you to estimate and plan your repayment obligations prior to borrowing. Borrowing in excess of what is actually needed means you must repay more at a later date. 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If you are expecting to borrow a Federal Direct Student Loan or Federal PLUS Loan for this coming year and also have a Federal Family Educational Loan (FFEL), Stafford or PLUS Loans from prior years, you will have at least two lenders to repay when you graduate: your selected FFEL lender and the federal government. The Direct Lending Consolidation program offers a way for you to combine both loans into one consolidation loan with one point of repayment. This loan consolidation program will be available to you once you graduate and begin thinking about repayment. There are advantages and disadvantages to loan consolidation and we recommend that you research this option carefully before proceeding. If you have questions about whether or not consolidation is right for you, please contact the Direct Loan Consolidation Loan Information Center at www.loanconsolidation.ed.gov. 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However, you may pay more in interest because you’re taking longer to repay the loans. Remember that the longer your loans are in repayment, the more interest you will pay. To calculate your estimated loan payments, go to the Extended Repayment plan calculator. With this plan, your payments start out low and increase every two years. The length of your repayment period will be up to ten years. If you expect your income to increase steadily over time, this plan may be right for you. Your monthly payment will never be less than the amount of interest that accrues between payments. Although your monthly payment will gradually increase, no single payment under this plan will be more than three times greater than any other payment. To calculate your estimated loan payments, go to the Graduated Repayment plan calculator. Income Based Repayment (IBR) – Effective July 1, 2009 Income Based Repayment is a new repayment plan for the major types of federal loans made to students. Under IBR, the required monthly payment is capped at an amount that is intended to be affordable based on income and family size. You are eligible for IBR if the monthly repayment amount under IBR will be less than the monthly amount calculated under a 10-year standard repayment plan. If you repay under the IBR plan for 25 years and meet other requirements you may have any remaining balance of your loan(s) cancelled. Additionally, if you work in public service and have reduced loan payments through IBR, the remaining balance after ten years in a public service job could be cancelled. For more important information about IBR go to IBR Plan Information. Loan default is failure to repay a loan according to terms of the Master Promissory Note. There can be serious legal consequences for student loan defaulters. There are different options to prevent falling into default status. The following are some options: Deferment = a postponement of payment on a loan that is allowed under certain conditions and during which interest does not accrue for subsidized loans. This request can be made if you are returning to school and are enrolled in at least half-time status. Please contact your loan servicer for more information. Forbearance = a period during which your monthly loan payments are temporarily suspended or reduced. You may qualify for forbearance if you are willing but not able to make loan payments due to certain types of financial hardships. A complete list of Direct Loan forbearances and their eligibility criteria can be reviewed at www.dlservicer.ed.gov. Repayment Plan = Changing repayment plans is a good way to manage your loan debt when your financial circumstances change. For example, you can usually lower your monthly payment by changing to another repayment plan with a longer term to repay the loan. There are no penalties for changing repayment plans. If you default, it means you failed to make payments on your student loan according to the terms of your promissory note, the binding legal document you signed at the time you took out your loan. In other words, you failed to make your loan payments as scheduled. Your school, the financial institution that made or owns your loan, your loan guarantor, and the federal government all can take action to recover the money you owe. Consequences of Default National credit bureaus can be notified of your default, which will harm your credit rating, making it hard to buy a car or a house. You will be ineligible for additional federal student aid if you decide to return to school. State and federal income tax refunds can be withheld and applied toward the amount you owe. You will have to pay late fees and collection costs on top of what you already owe. How do I get help with my loan problems? If you are having a problem with your federal student loan, contact the FSA Ombudsman at the U.S. Department of Education. The FSA Ombudsman is dedicated to helping students resolve disputes and other problems with federal student loans. You can contact the FSA Ombudsman by phone at 1-877-557-2575, by fax at 1-202-275-0549, by mail at U.S. Department of Education, FSA Ombudsman, 830 First Street, NE, Fourth Floor, Washington, DC 20202-5144, by visiting fsahelp.ed.gov or by e-mail at email@example.com. For more information and to learn what actions to take if you default on your loans see the Department of Education’s Default Resolution Group Web site. Important: Remember, you are responsible to repay your student loans as agreed on your signed Master Promissory Note(s). Please keep your contact information up to date with your loan servicer to ensure you receive important correspondence. When in doubt, contact your loan servicer. Staying in touch with your loan servicer will maintain a good relationship and decrease the chances of loan default.
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Impala Platinum says they do not have a mandate for wage levels yet. The collision of the two Metro North trains forced Amtrak to shut down service. Alex Ferguson says David Beckham has had a very lengthy career that he should be proud of. The City of Cape Town says it presented a compelling against Sanral and its e-tolls plans. Ian Bredenkamp takes a look at the music that's making headlines. Things aren't looking good for the Chief Of State Protocol... Sending failed. It's possible that the address you are trying to mail is unsubscribed from EWN mailers. For more Jerm cartoons click here.
Up until now I could often be heard saying that I have suffered every breastfeeding malady save low supply. And while I am producing enough technically, pumping has suddenly become a struggle. It would be fair to say that I am freaking the fuck out. - Those are old school cool! They've been around since I was like 1 or 2.\| 4 days ago
Takashi Uesugi, who says he is an ex-journalist and now a "hyper golf creator" (whatever that means), went inside the no-entry zone in Fukushima (I believe it was in May or June) with his dosimeters to ostensibly visit his favorite golf course in Fukushima. Mr. Uesugi, former New York Times reporter, created the bilingual (Japanese/English) video below, which is on his website, as a teaser for the longer, full version to be released later. In the early days of the Fukushima nuclear accident, he was more active, accusing the government and TEPCO for withholding the information about the accident, particularly about the "meltdown" of the reactors. On his visit to his favorite golf course, Uesugi also dropped by near Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant. His dosimeter showed 106.87 microsieverts/hour. What's astonishing to me about the video than the radiation level (yes it is high) is that Uesugi visited a family who continues to live inside the no-entry zone because of the very old mother who is bed-ridden. The daughter, herself in her 60s or 70s, says even the doctors tell them it was a good choice to remain there, because her mother wouldn't have made it in the temporary shelter. But there is no water, no gas, no propane delivery, nothing. How do these people survive? Why should they suffer like this? Because of the arbitrary circle that the inept government marked on the map in March last year. But the daughter is reassuring the mother, "This is your house, you don't need to go anywhere." Many who saw this video are crying "TEPCO lies!" on Twitter because one of the monitoring posts at the plant on July 12 was only 9.3 microsieverts/hour, nowhere near 106 microsieverts/hour that Uesugi measured. That is an unjust accusation, though. TEPCO says on its webpage that summarizes the monitoring post data that the company did the thorough decontamination from February to April this year around the the monitoring posts MP2 through 8 in order to reduce the background radiation levels to better monitor the radiation fluctuations. The radiation level near the Main Building has been extremely stable around 220 microsieverts/hour.
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One of the most iconic parts of the James Bond series in the pre-credit sequence, also known as the teaser. Stumbled upon almost by accident, the teaser is now a locked in ritual, a (hopefully) fine and taut mini-movie that puts the audience into the Bond frame of mind before the credits and theme song kick in. Sometimes it ties in directly to the movie's plot...sometimes it's completely unrelated. Hell, sometimes Bond is not even in it!! So ingrained is the form in our Bond souls that we panic when we think they've tinkered with the format (TWINE) or don't start out with the gun barrel (CR 2006). The idea of Bond without a teaser is well nigh unthinkable by now. (Hey, Sony/MGM, here's a brilliant idea. You've managed to takes heaps of our money by getting to re buy constantly upgraded VHS & DVD & Blu-Ray versions of the Bond movies...money which we've willingly and joyfully parted with. Well, here's another way to empty our pockets: how about a DVD compiling all the teasers? C'mon, you know we'd all buy it...) So when sitting down to rank the teasers, I was a little bit surprised to see how few GREAT ones there were. In my mind, there is a huge gap between the top 4 or 5 and the rest. The problem in making a mini-movie, I guess, is that you have just as many things that can go wrong as you do in a regular movie, but in a much smaller space. And as a result, finding the right balance of action and gadgets and humor and romance and panache is more difficult than one might think. (And of course, they're being judged against other Bond teasers, so it's stiff competition) So, with no further ado, my rankings of the Bond teasers. As always, it's a personal list, and your mileage may vary. Dr. No and Never Say Never Again had no teasers, so aren't included. Casino Royale (1967)...well, the less said of the, the better. 20) Live And Let Die. No Bond in Roger Moore's first teaser? Even worse, no story--just a much of seemingly unconnected white people being murdered by nefarious black people. Just terrible. 19) The Man With The Golden Gun. Again, no Bond (get a feeling that the Roger Moore era is going to hell for teasers?). I suppose it's a good intro for Scaramanga, but it's over-impressed with it's own cheap fun house gags and "action," going on far too long for something with no stunts and no 007. 18) You Only Live Twice. After some amazingly loooooooooong shenanigans in space, we catch up to Bond, only to see him "die" almost immediately. 17) Diamonds Are Forever. A mostly unseen Bond punching out people in close-ups, Bond strangling a woman with her own bikini top, and Bond drowning a fake Blofeld in mud. Uninspired at best. 16) A View To A Kill. Aside from the Beach Boys' song, not performed by the Beach Boys, a lot of snow stunts that had been done better in previous movies. Almost completely unmemorable. 15) For Your Eyes Only. Nice to see the shout-out for Tracy. Otherwise? The helicopter stuff wasn't particularly exciting, and by now you all know what I thought of Wheelchair Man. 14) Die Another Day. The surfing was, shall we say, unconvincing. The hovercraft chase was poorly filmed and edited, hard to follow. And the whole thing just looked soooo dreary... 13) Licence To Kill. Meh. 12) Octopussy. Not a lot to say here. Not much to recommend it, not a lot to condemn it. Demerit for being so silly at the end (what, you take this plane on a mission without a full tank of gas?). 11) The World Is Not Enough. I'd give it some points for innovation, but it wasn't really trying to be innovative. Some good stunts, but the plot they weave through it is baffling at best, and it's way overlong, turning what should be an appetizer into a main course. 10) Moonraker. Wonderful, wonderful skydiving stuntwork. Knocked way, way down in the rankings by having Jaws flap like a bird and survive by falling on a circus tent, which completely subverts any sense of danger the stunts might have had. 9) On Her Majesty's Secret Service. A good intro for Lazenby, but fairly unambitious. 8) Thunderball. Sean is suave and wonderful, good fight with S.P.E.C.T.R.E. #6. Sets up the theme of the movie nicely (Bond rocks, S.P.E.C.T.R.E. sucks). Not great, but understands the panache a teaser should have. 7) Tomorrow Never Dies. Exciting, fun, lots of great action, some great lines, good stuff for M. But is it too "Rambo" for Bond? 6) From Russia With Love. The first teaser, and even if it's not the real Bond, we don't know that. Good suspense, and sets up the main action of the film nicely. A teeny bit of extra credit for being the first. The top 5 are all brilliant, and on a different day this order could be completely rearranged. 5) The Living Daylights. Fun with M, a logical set-up with an MI-6 training mission, climbing and driving and fighting and explosions. A brilliant introduction for Dalton. 4) Casino Royale (2006). Perhaps still early to judge it...but the noir take on Bond earning his Double-O, the brutal bathroom fight...and unlike TWINE, a deliberate attempt to shake up the teaser, in service of the movie's "Bond's early adventures" idea. 3) Goldeneye. A well-nigh perfect mini-movie, that more perfectly than any other teaser sets up what is to come from the rest of the movie--his relationship with Alec, and what a Double-O means. (But, like all the other Brosnan teasers, where's the romance??) 2) The Spy Who Loved Me. The Asgard Jump. The Union Jack parachute. Oh, James...not perfect, but its flaws are easily forgivable. 1) Goldfinger. The one that set the mold. The perfect blend, the silliness, the action, the fight, the woman, the death quip...if you were to have to put one sequence in a time capsule to explain what Bond was to our simian masters in the future, this would be it.
Error. Submission of this item to your trip planner may have timed out. Please try again or check your trip planner to make sure it has been added. Albert Lea also known as "The Land Between the Lakes" is nestled between Fountain Lake and Albert Lea Lake providing year around activities including boating, fishing, golfing, camping, snowmobiling, biking, canoeing, kayaking & skiing. Enjoy breathtaking wildlife and beauty along the Blazing Star Bike Trail, Myre Big Island State Park and Edgewater Park. Take a scenic tour aboard the Pelican Breeze II. Tour the Historical Museum and Village and Albert Lea Art Center. Shopping enthusiasts will love our unique specialty gift and antique shops in Historic Downtown Albert Lea. Don't miss our annual events: The Big Freeze, Land Between the Lakes Triathlon, Eddie Cochran Weekend, Battle of the Bands, 2nd of July Car Show, 3rd of July Parade, 4th of July Fireworks, April Sorensen Memorial Half Marathon Live Laugh Love Run, Freeborn County Fair, BIB Barbeque Cook-off, Downtown Fall Festival and Big Island Rendezvous!
Carondelet Health Network has announced the addition of Dr. Donald Denmark to its senior leadership team in the role of Chief Medical Officer at Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital, effective Jan. 10. He will serve as a liaison with the medical staff and administration in all facets of medical staff affairs and hospital operations. Denmark comes to Carondelet from the Bay Area after more than two decades of distinguished leadership in healthcare administration, research, academics and family medical practice. Previously, he served as vice president medical affairs of NorthBay Healthcare Group in Solano County, Calif., where he provided expertise on medical staff affairs, healthcare delivery issues, clinical informatics and oversight of its Disease Management Division. Denmark also served as medical director for NorthBay’s Managed Care Plans, a role that included oversight of the Case Management, Utilization Management and Quality Assurance departments. In addition, he spent 13 years with Integris Health in Oklahoma City, where he served as both medical director and director of clinical research for the Physician Services division. “Dr. Denmark will be a wonderful addition to our leadership team. His vast knowledge of medical affairs is integral to our collaboration with our physician partners,” said Odette Bolano, Carondelet St. Joseph’s chief executive officer. “His solid background in utilization and case management will be a key component in our commitment to elevate Carondelet St. Joseph’s to a tertiary facility, where Southern Arizonans can feel confident that all their specialty care needs can be met with the highest quality care.” Dr. Denmark received his medical education and early training in Canada. He earned his Doctor of Medicine at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, and completed a rotating internship and family practice residency at University of Western Ontario/St. Joseph’s Hospital, London, Ontario. Board-certified in Canada and the U.S., he is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice and College of Family Physicians of Canada. Dr. Denmark also earned a Masters of Medical Management from Tulane University earlier this year.
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I purchased some good sized (3-5 gallon) blueberry plants yesterday. I was reading the OSU extension pub EC 1304, which emphasizes heavy pruning upon planting (and removing all fruit buds to prevent berries the first year). I really want to ignore this advice because the plants have nice flowers on them now and I'm eager to get fruit this year. I thought I could ignore the recs since the plants are so big already -- at least 2 ft tall and around. Unwise?
Photo Courtesy of Steve Dewey, Utah State University, bugwood.org Thermopsis montana Nutt. Scientific Name Synonyms: Life Span: Perennial Growth Characteristics: Mountain goldenpea is an erect forb, growing up to 2 feet in height and spreading by rhizomes. It blooms between May and August, depending on the elevations. Flowers: Pea-like lemon-yellow colored flowers in a raceme. Flowers are ½ to ¾ inch long. There are five to fifty flowers which make up the inflorescence. The flower spikes arise from the leaf axils Fruits/Seeds: The seedpods are long, thin, blue/green and covered with downy hairy. They project vertically from the stem. The pods grow quickly in the late spring and early summer, and mature in late summer. There are two to five seeds per pod. Leaves: Leaves are alternate, palmate, with 3 leaflets, which are oval in shape. Stems: Multiple stems up to 2 feet tall. Mountain goldenpea is found in montane and subalpine zones. It is common in woodlands and meadows. Soils: Sandy, well-drained soils. Associated Species: Aspen, lupine, snowberry. Uses and Management: Mountain goldenpea is poisonous to cattle. The principle toxin has not been isolated, but is thought to be similar to quinolizidine alkaloids found in Lupines. The toxin causes acute muscle degeneration – cattle become weak, ataxic, and unable to stand. Animals die from hunger and thirst. Mountain Glodenpea will remain toxic in hay, especially if seed pods are present.
Uveitis is inflammation of the uvea, which is made up of the iris, ciliary body and choroid. Together, these form the middle layer of the eye between the retina and the sclera (white of the eye). The eye is shaped like a tennis ball, with three different layers of tissue surrounding the central gel-filled cavity, which is called the vitreous. The innermost layer is the retina, which senses light and helps to send images to your brain. The outermost layer is the sclera, the strong white wall of the eye. The middle layer between the sclera and retina is called the uvea. The uvea contains many blood vessels — the veins, arteries and capillaries — that carry blood to and from the eye. Because the uvea nourishes many important parts of the eye (such as the retina), inflammation of the uvea can damage your sight. There are several types of uveitis, defined by the part of the eye where it occurs. - Iritis affects the front of your eye. Also called anterior uveitis, this is the most common type of uveitis. Iritis usually develops suddenly and may last six to eight weeks. Some types of anterior uveitis can be chronic or recurrent. - If the uvea is inflamed in the middle or intermediate region of the eye, it is called pars planitis (or intermediate uveitis). Episodes of pars planitis can last between a few weeks to years. The disease goes through cycles of getting better, then worse. - Posterior uveitis affects the back parts of your eye. Posterior uveitis can develop slowly and often lasts for many years. - Panuveitis occurs when all layers of the uvea are inflamed. Next Page: Uveitis Causes
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Friday it is "ready to annihilate" South Korea's stronghold if its sovereignty is violated even a bit, raising already high tension after the two countries exchanged artillery barrages earlier this week. "We will show a firm and merciless example to whichever provoker encroaches on our dignity and sovereignty," the North's Committee for Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland said in a statement released by the official Korean Central News Agency. Posted 11/28/2010 3:37 am As much fun as it would be to watch the gooks kill each other, I'm still hoping for a Eastern-Europe style revolution in North Korea. As a sex tourist, I think the opportunities there will be AMAZING. Back in the early 90s, we could get full service from beautiful Czech supermodels for $40. If North Korea falls, it will be a paradise of cheap oriental pussy. TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese coast guard has spotted two Chinese vessels attempting on Sunday to enter waters near islands in the East China Sea that are disputed by the two countries, Kyodo News reported. Two Chinese fishing patrol ships were sighted around 7:45 a.m. on Sunday (6:45 p.m. EST on Saturday) repeatedly trying to enter waters 44 kilometers off a group of islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, Kyodo reported, citing the Japanese coast guard. Relations between Asia's two biggest economies soured in September after Japan detained a Chinese skipper whose fishing boat collided with Japanese patrol vessels off the disputed islands, which are near potentially rich maritime gas reserves. He was later released. Posted 11/28/2010 3:42 am Former Miss Universe Alicia Machado closed her Twitter account after backlash arose when she confused the Koreas with China in a tweet. The winner of the 1996 pageant, concerned about North Korea's artillery attack on a South Korean island, had tweeted on Tuesday, "Tonight I want to ask you to join me in a prayer for peace, that these attacks between the Chinas do not make our situation worse." A flurry of insulting posts followed Machado's mistake, prompting her to call it a day on Twitter.
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I am using xsl-fo to render a PDF. I need to create a table header for my TOC that has one element("Chapter Contents") on the left and the other element("Page") on the right, and the two elements appear on the same line. Currently, I create two fo:inline elements to wrap the text, which are then be wrapper under a fo:block element. I have my xslfo code looks like: <fo:block text-align="left"> <fo:inline color="#0082C8" font-size="8pt" font-family="serif" font-weight="normal" >Chapter Contents: </fo:inline> <fo:inline font-size="8pt" font-family="serif" font-weight="normal" alignment-adjust="alphabetic" >Page </fo:inline> </fo:block> This code will simply put both two elements on the left-hand side. If I did make two in-line elements into two separate blocks, they will be on different lines! Also, adding in text-align="right" into the second will have no effect. Could experts offer some help? I want both elements appear on the same line and one on the very right while other on the left. Thanks!
I have noticed a number of video online (YouTube, etc) where people appear to have taken a MIDI file (ie: instrumental music in a note form, not raw audio), and managed to use a sound-font such that they can use a sound effect as a specific note, and then have the song use that same sound at various pitches to play the WAV file as an instrument. One example of this in action is here, where the Inspector Gadget theme is played, but the word "BONK" from a WAV file is used in place of a bass guitar (Inspector Bonk): Here is another example, "Kirby Falcon Punch Remix": A friend told me the type of software is called a "tracker", but I can't find anything that fits the build. Any help is appreciated. EDIT: I could possibly just tear apart a MIDI file, parse it with MATLAB, and then create a script to rebuild the song, but given the number of these types of remixes on Youtube, I'm guessing there is a simpler way to do this.
I know a Facebook page ID and I’d like to get a full URL to the page. The full URL looks like this: I don’t know the page-title. If I drop it from the URL and just use the numeric ID, I get a 404. I can call the Graph API to get the full URL from the ID, but that’s too heavy (one extra HTTP request, JSON parsing). Is there a better way?
Depends, but usually its quite dangerous nowadys. If your using a T2 Indy, tank it or use the cloaking device and if you are tansporting something valuable don't fly AFK! Originally Posted by Mea Formula to work aout a reasonable max valua of cargo is: And esp. between Amarr and Jita, DO NOT FLY AFK if you have something rmotly valuable onboard! (Cost of ship hulls + T1-Artillery-Fitting needed to alpha you) - Insurance = maxvalue you should transport It can behelpfull, but their data gets spoilt (or at least was back then) by malicious people before DT now and then . Do you guys use any tools to know what items to haul, like eve-central? So use it with discretion! Depends on how good you're at marketPvP. It can increase your profit BUT if its trade by someone where you are selling, your better of just selling to buyorders (if you wanna avoid the hassle) Do you sell directly to buy or setup sell orders? Hard to tell and depends on what you exactly wanna truck around. I guess some hundred m's are ga good start. How much capital do you need starting out? If you're really like space trucking, aim for a freighter and contact one of the known transportcorps (Red Frog, but there are others) and they will help you i reckon.
Maggie Gundersen: Hello Mr. Hirose and hello people of Kansai. I am Maggie Gundersen. I am the President and the founder of Fairewinds Associates and the founding director of Fairewinds Energy Education non-profit. I am here today with Arnie Gundersen, my husband, and Chief Engineer for Fairewinds Associates. We are here today to talk to you about the triple meltdown at Fukushima-Daiichi. We hope to answer all your questions. I wish we could have joined you in person, but I thank you for watching this video and please send us any follow-up questions. We will be happy to answer them. Now let's bring Arnie into this conversation. Arnie, how dangerous is the situation now at Fukushima-Daiichi Unit 4, particularly in Japan with its continuous danger of earthquakes and seismic activity and chance for an additional tsunami. Arnie Gundersen: Unit 4 has always been my biggest concern. If you watched our website on the very first week of the accident I was saying that if Unit 4 were to catch fire, you would have to evacuate Tokyo. As a matter of fact the book that we wrote talks about that a lot. It is really important and it remains the biggest concern that I have about the Fukushima site. Unit 4 has more fuel in it than any of the other units in the complex, but more importantly it has the most recently used nuclear fuel. And all of that fuel is outside of the containment. So that would make it dangerous enough. Except that also, of course, Unit 4 has had a series of explosions and is weakened structurally. Before it might have withstood a 7.5 earthquake. I believe that the structural damage to Unit 4 is so great that if there is a 7.5 earthquake, it will not withstand it. Here is what would happen if Unit 4 were to crack and the water were to drain out of the nuclear fuel pool. The fuel is hot enough that it needs to be water-cooled. If air is all there is cooling the fuel, it will burn. It will burn the zircaloy cladding on the fuel, (and) will react with the oxygen to create a fire. And it is a fire that once it starts, cannot be put out by water. Water would make it worse. So the nuclear fuel would have to burn completely before the fire would ever go out. In the process, all that radiation would go up into the atmosphere and blow all over Japan and all over the world. There is as much cesium in the fuel pool at Unit 4 as there was in all of the atomic bombs dropped in all of the tests in the 1940's, the 1950's, the 1960's, and into the 1970's. All of the above ground testing has less cesium in it than is in the reactor pool at Fukushima 4 right now. So it is a grave situation. I don't believe that the Japanese Government is moving fast enough. If there is no earthquake, the plan to remove the fuel slowly is going to be adequate. But we cannot wait on Mother Nature. We have to quickly move that fuel out of that pool and onto the ground. The key here is quickly. The Japanese Government finally just this month came up with a plan to build a building around the fuel pool building and begin removing the fuel in 2013 or 2014. I said that that is what they needed to do on the Fairewinds site in an interview with Chris Martenson a year ago. These things have been evident, but TEPCO is not moving fast enough and the Japanese Government is not pushing TEPCO to move fast enough either. I think the top priority of TEPCO and the top priority of the Japanese Government should be to move the fuel out of that pool just as quickly as possible. And in the meantime, they need to strengthen that pool to make sure that it can withstand an earthquake. Remember, that pool is not in a containment. You can look down in a satellite and see the nuclear fuel. The roof is blown off. And that is what makes it dangerous. In America, we had the Brookhaven National Laboratory do a study to examine what would happen in a fuel pool fire. Brookhaven National Labs determined that there would be 187,000 people who would develop cancer from a fuel pool fire. It is a serious concern and I do not believe that Tokyo Electric and I do not believe that the Japanese Government is taking it seriously enough. For the last year I have been working with Akio Matsumora and finally it appears that the world community is listening to Akio Matsumora's concerns about the pool. We need to tackle this as a concerned world community and encourage the Japanese Government and encourage Tokyo Electric to solve it quickly. Maggie Gundersen: Arnie you mentioned cesium in your earlier discussion. Why is it important? What is the health effect of cesium and are there any other radioactive isotopes that would have been released during the triple meltdown? Arnie Gundersen: Cesium is one of many radioactive isotopes that are created in a nuclear reactor. It has got a 30 year half life which means that it hangs around for 300 years and biologically it mimics potassium. You might remember that if you have a muscle cramp, you eat a banana and it goes to your muscles and relieves the cramp. Well, cesium also goes to your muscles. It is called a muscle seeker. When it goes to your muscles, it can cause cancer, but it can also cause a variety of other illnesses. The Brookhaven study only looks at cancer. It does not look at all the other things that radioactive cesium can do. In young children with rapidly developing muscles, especially their heart muscle, it can create something called Chernobyl Heart which is damage to the heart muscle, which once it is damaged, never ever recovers for the life of the child. So cesium is just one of many isotopes, but it is relatively easy to measure and also biologically causes almost the most damage of any of the other isotopes that are in that reactor. Maggie Gundersen: Arnie, you have said that you believe the explosion at Unit 3 was a prompt criticality. What is a prompt criticality and why do you believe that? Arnie Gundersen: I developed my concern about a prompt criticality because of the nature of the explosion in Unit 3. Unit 1, when it exploded, blew sideways and with relatively low energy. You can measure the rate at which it moves and it moves less than the speed of sound. And that is called a deflagration. It does not do anywhere near as much damage. When I looked at the explosion on Unit 3, however, it was entirely different. You can see it, it is not hard to see. It is called a detonation. The speed at which Unit 3 exploded was faster than the speed of sound. And the important thing is not how Unit 3 exploded. What is the most important thing is that it exploded with a detonation, not a deflagration. The nuclear industry is not paying attention to this now, but it should be, because a nuclear containment can handle the slow moving deflagration, but it cannot handle the fast moving detonation. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the international community are absolutely ignoring the fact that a detonation occurred in Unit 3. Well how did a detonation occur? That was the question I asked myself. I checked with chemists and atmospheric pressure and hydrogen will not create a detonation. Like on Unit 1 it will only create a deflagration. So I needed to figure out how a detonation could occur. But there are a couple of other clues here. One clue is that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission way back in March of last year, wrote a report that is on our website, that talks about nuclear fuel being deposited on the site and nuclear fuel being discovered as far away as two kilometers. How can nuclear fuel get blown out of a nuclear reactor? The fuel that is inside the reactor is also inside the containment and there is no indication of a massive containment failure and a massive reactor failure that could have thrown the nuclear fuel out. So I had to come up with a reason that the nuclear fuel could have been released in pieces, not little fine atoms, but in pieces which is what the Nuclear Regulatory Commission says was discovered. The only way that could happen is if the explosion occurred in the fuel pool at Unit 3. Now if you look at the video of Unit 3, the very first frames show the explosion occurring on the side of the building and that is the side of the building that has the nuclear fuel pool. It started on the nuclear fuel pool side and then worked it's way up into the massive cloud that you see. So what could have caused that? That is the question. Hydrogen would have been above the nuclear fuel, it would have been a gas above the nuclear fuel and if it had exploded, it would have pushed the nuclear fuel down. That is not what happened. Remember, we have fuel fragments found off-site. Something had to lift the nuclear fuel up. The only thing I could determine is that it was a criticality in the fuel pool that caused the fuel to lift up. The division I ran built nuclear fuel racks for boiling water reactors exactly like Fukushima. The dense fuel racks that are now in every reactor everywhere are very close to becoming critical anyway. And in the accident situation where there was seismic event and explosions occurring, it is likely that they were very near to becoming critical. And what that means is that they were very near to becoming a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. Way back in college 40 years ago, we watched a movie called the Borax Experiment. You can find it on the web today. The explosion at Borax was a prompt moderated criticality. It looks almost exactly like the explosion in Fukushima unit 3. So an image I had from 40 years ago led me to conclude that the same thing happened in Unit 3. That a criticality occurred in the fuel pool and it pushed some of the nuclear fuel up into pellets and the pellets wound up scattered around the site. Now, the criticality is called prompt moderated criticality. It is not a bomb. A bomb is a prompt fast criticality. This reaction occurs slower than a bomb, but faster than what occurs inside a nuclear reactor. The Borax experiments were designed to test just how violent that reaction could be. I think if you look at Borax and compare it to Fukushima Unit 3, you will see that there are an awful lot of similarities. Again this is a theory, but it is the only theory that accounts for the explosion occurring on the side where the fuel pool is, and it is the only theory that creates the uplift force that caused the fuel particles to be thrown about the site and discovered as far as 2 kilometers away. Well there is one more piece of evidence and that is that the roof over the fuel pool has been totally destroyed whereas the roof over the nuclear reactor and the containment, collapsed downward. We talk about that in a video on the site as well and I think that is another important indication that whatever it was that caused the fuel to lift occurred on the fuel pool side of the building, and not in the middle where the nuclear reactor was. The videos after the accident and after the explosion show containment leaks as well. You will see in the weeks afterward, steam coming from the center of the building. And I believe that the containment lid lifted on Unit 3 and never went back down straight, so it has lifted and twisted sideways and radioactive gasses are lifting from that containment lid. But there is not enough evidence to say that that is what caused the explosion that we saw during the accident. The jury is still out and will be for 10 years until we get inside the Fukushima reactor to see what the damage is. But right now, I think my theory accounts for the damage, the speed of the shock wave, and also the fact that the contamination has been found as far away as 2 kilometers. Maggie Gundersen: Arnie, let's talk about the Unit 4 spent fuel pool. There have been a lot of questions about that and a lot of concerns right now. Was there a hydrogen explosion at the Unit 4 spent fuel pool and if there was, what is a hydrogen explosion and why would it have occurred there? Arnie Gundersen: One of the biggest mysteries at Fukushima is how did Fukushima Unit 4 explode? There are a couple of very, very grainy videos that clearly show it did explode. It was a different type of explosion and perhaps a fire and an explosion that went on for a period of days. So exactly how it did explode is one of the big questions about the Fukushima accident. There are 3 competing theories. Tokyo Electric says that the radioactive gasses over in Unit 3 went through a pipe that connected Unit 4 and entered Unit 4 causing Unit 4 to explode. So Tokyo Electric's position is that the radioactive hydrogen that was created in Unit 3 went through a pipe, entered Unit 4, and there it exploded. There is one piece of evidence that supports that. There is some contamination in some filters in Unit 4 that would indicate that gasses did come from Unit 3. So that is a possibility, but I do not think it is accurate because I believe that the containment was so damaged on Unit 3, that there was no pressure to push those gasses into Unit 4. I can't understand how the gasses, what the mode of force was to push those gasses into Unit 4. I think the hydrogen explosion came from something in side Unit 4 itself. There are two possibilities there. One is by Dr. Gen Saji and it is an excellent analysis. He believes that the hydrogen in the water in the pool that was dissolved because of the radiation in the pool over months and months and months, was enough to cause the building to explode. As the water got hot in the fuel pool, it liberated the hydrogen that was in the water and that hydrogen was enough to cause the explosion. The second possibility, and this is my theory, early on in the accident, there is some video that is up on our site, that shows that the top of the fuel racks were exposed to air. I am not suggesting that the entire fuel pool ran dry. But the top of the nuclear fuel I believe was exposed to air and I think the photos show that. So if the top of the fuel was exposed to air, it is possible that a reaction could have occurred at the top of the fuel that would have created enough hydrogen to blow the building up. Dr. Saji and I agree that the hydrogen came from the Unit 4 fuel pool. He believes it was dissolved in the water. I believe it came from the fuel. Only time will tell when we get in to analyze the reaction. But there is an important lesson here that the nuclear industry is not taking into account. And that is the fuel pool temperature. The fuel pool is a large pool and it can boil locally. And that is something the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the international community is not looking at. You can get local boiling in a pool even though the bulk temperature of the pool may be at 80 degrees Celsius. In portions of the pool, it can be boiling. That supports Dr. Saji's comment that as it boiled it would liberate hydrogen, even though the bulk temperature never ever exceeded boiling. My theory is that I do believe that the entire pool had drained to the point where there was boiling occurring. But the real issue here is that the nuclear industry is not looking at the fact that localized boiling can occur even though the bulk temperature might be less than 100 degrees centigrade. That is an important distinction moving forward. We have about 23 of these Mark I reactors in the United States and there are another 10 or so around the world. I think that we need to design these pools so that the hydrogen generated by dissociation can be accommodated without exploding the building. No one ever designed for that because no one ever anticipated it happening. But it did happen at Unit 4 and we need to prevent that in the future. Not just on these Mark I reactors but on the 400 reactors that all have fuel pools that are all susceptible to that identical type of failure. Maggie Gundersen: Arnie, I want to follow up with a few more questions. In your discussion of Unit 4, you have talked about its hydrogen explosion. Is there any chance of a prompt criticality or a hydrogen explosion now at Unit 4? Would anything cause it to release more fuel or more radioactivity? Arnie Gundersen: The fuel in the fuel pool at Unit 4 has now been cooled for about a year after the accident and it had been removed a couple of months before that. So the fuel is becoming cooler. It still needs to be water-cooled for another 2 years, but it is much cooler than it was at the beginning of the accident. So the chances of hydrogen generation are much, much lower now than when the accident occurred. So I do not believe that we are going to see an explosion in the pool now, no matter what happens. My biggest concern is that if the pool loses water, then it is an entirely different story. So if there is a large seismic event that causes the building to topple, or the pool to crack and the water to drain out, there is not enough cooling in the air of that fuel, and it will start to burn. Now the consequences of that are depending on which way the wind is blowing, it could mean the evacuation of Tokyo as a worst case. It could also mean cutting Japan in half so that the northern part is separated from the southern part by a band of contamination. So this is a very serious accident waiting to happen and we just all have to pray that an earthquake does not happen before that fuel is removed. Maggie Gundersen: Arnie, compared to the accident at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, how dangerous are the radioactive releases from the four reactors at Fukushima-Daiichi? Arnie Gundersen: Three Mile Island was a level 5 accident and Chernobyl and Fukushima are level 7 accidents. That means roughly that Three Mile Island was a 100 times less than the accident at Chernobyl and the accident at Fukushima. People did die as a result of the accident at Three Mile Island. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says no, no one died, on their web page. But the evidence is clear that there was an increase in cancer. I refer you to Dr. Steve Wing's report that is also on our site that talks about it. And in addition some reports coming out of the University of Pittsburgh indicate just now that we are beginning to see leukemia as a result. So while Three Mile Island was much less than either Chernobyl or Fukushima, people did die as a result of the radiation released. At Fukushima-Daiichi the evidence tells us that at least three times more radiation in the form of noble gasses were released from Units 1, 2 and 3 than from Chernobyl. We have seen radioactive gas clouds, noble gas clouds to the northwest, that are much worse than we ever anticipated to have been released. So we know that the noble gasses were larger than Chernobyl. Now iodine, which is another gas that is released, and also cesium and other gasses, seem to be roughly on the same level as the releases from Chernobyl. There are 2 issues here. As terrible as it is, it would have been much worse but for 2 things. The first is that most of the time the wind was blowing out to sea. And of course Chernobyl was surrounded by land, so whatever way the plume meandered after Chernobyl, it contaminated the land. So when we compare Fukushima to Chernobyl, the total releases from Fukushima are likely higher than they were at Chernobyl, but because most of it blew out to sea, that is a good thing for the Japanese people. The second important thing that happened that was lucky, if we can call it luck in such a severe accident, was that it happened on a Friday and not on a weekend. There were a thousand people at the Daini site and at the Daiichi site, because it was a weekday, who could respond to the accident. If it had happened on a weekend, there would have been a small crew of people there and the accidents at both sites would have been much much worse. Now that has an implication worldwide, because on weekends and in the evenings, we have very small crews at these nuclear reactors. And should there be a major accident, there is no way to respond quickly enough with the small crew of people that are working on the shifts, other than the main shift in the middle of the day. The international community needs to look at that and it is not a matter of well, we can get people there in a half a day. That is too late. The staff on site has to be larger at the beginning of the accident to mitigate the potential for a serious accident. But yet it all boils down to money. The utilities that run these power plants really do not want a large staff because they have to pay for it. But in fact, it was the large staff at Daiichi and the large staff at Daini that likely saved the world. So the important take-away here is that the releases from Fukushima are as serious if not more so than Chernobyl. And that they would have been much worse if the accident had happened on a weekend. Maggie Gundersen: Arnie, thank you. How significant is the danger of hot particles and why? <strong>Arnie Gundersen:</strong> I am really concerned about the hot particles that were released after the Fukushima accident. Now a hot particle is more than just a single atom. An atom of cesium decays once and it is over, it is no longer radioactive. A hot particle though, contains thousands or hundreds of thousands of atoms of cesium or other radioactive material and they, of course, decay for many, many years and decades. So if a hot particle is lodged inside you, either in your lung or in your liver or in your gastrointestinal tract, it can cause a constant bombardment of radiation over a long period of time to a very small localized part of your tissue. And that is exactly the conditions that can cause a cancer. So we have seen in Mr Kaltofen's analysis to the American Public Health Association: he shows what an air filter looked like in a car in Fukushima and what an air filter looked like in a car in Tokyo. Those air filters are no different than our lung, our lung acts as an air filter, and that causes that radiation to get trapped in our lungs or in our livers or elsewhere in our bodies, and will constantly, over decades, cause cellular damage. It is particularly a concern in young children because they have a longer life, and because their cells are rapidly developing. So it is important that we monitor the children at Fukushima and throughout Japan over the next 3 or 4 decades to make sure that they do not develop cancers as a result of the hot particles that were released from Fukushima-Daiichi. Maggie Gundersen: So Arnie, in closing, what do you want people to remember from your review of the accident at Fukushima-Daiichi? Arnie Gundersen: About a month before the accident, we were walking and we were talking about an accident and where it might occur. And I said I did not know where it would occur, but I thought it would occur in a boiling water reactor of the Fukushima design, I said a Mark I reactor. And it turned out to be true. But I think the bigger lesson from Fukushima is that this is a technology that can destroy a nation. After Fukushima I was reading Mikolai Gorbachov's memoirs and he says it was the Chernobyl accident, not Perestroika, that destroyed the Soviet Union. So we had that information for 30 years but yet we really did not realize that it could happen elsewhere. So we know that the accident at Chernobyl was a cause in the factor of the collapse of the Soviet Union. And we know that the cost alone from the Fukushima-Daiichi accident will easily go to a half a trillion US dollars over the next 20 years. That is enough to bring Japan to its knees. Japan is at a tipping point. You have an opportunity here to change the way we use energy. Or Japan can go back and turn on all its nuclear reactors again and continue business as usual and of course risk another accident. So you have a choice, you have the opportunity to change the way you use energy and to change the way you distribute energy. You can create smart grids that share power from the north to the south and from the east to the west, where the frequencies are different. We can distribute our generation, instead of having massive power plants in locations like Fukushima-Daiichi and Fukushima-Danai. We can distribute those power plants throughout Japan, throughout the world, with windmills, with solar power, with conservation and with distributed small sources of generation. Those are all one way of doing it compared to the other which we are presently using, which is central station power. We needed central station power in the 20th century. Now with computers, we do not need central station power anymore. We can do it another way. And Japan can lead the way if it chooses to. If it leads the way, it will have an export commodity that the rest of the world will want desperately. You have an opportunity here to change your country. And you also have a business opportunity here to sell to the rest of the world a product that we all desperately need. So the Fukushima-Daiichi accident is the worst industrial accident in history: it is a half a trillion dollars. But it also can be an opportunity for Japan to change the way it does business and to create the economy for the 21st century and beyond with distributed generation and smart grids. I hope you choose that choice. Japan is at a tipping point and it is your choice to make.
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Yep I think its time someone tarred and feathered me. Maybe its the drywall dust and paint fumes that are getting to me, or maybe its the lack of sawdust I have been making lately. I am not sure but I am about to make the most egregious, naughtiest, nastiest mistake any woodworker can do, and I am about to do it knowing full well I know better... Yep I am going to use White Pine for my baseboards. The problem is, I realized while I have tons of hardwood, I don't have tons of hardwood of the SAME SPECIES. I got Ash, Oak, Basswood and Popular, but not a thousand feet of he same stuff and that is what its going to take to do all the baseboard in my new house. Now the questions... Do you think its a good idea to use pine for the baseboards, then do something else for the door trim? What I mean is, I could use a good hardwood like Cheery or Ash for the door trim, but how would that look getting tied into the baseboard? I am even tempted at using white pine for the door trim too. Its just that its easy to obtain. Here in the Pine Tree State they practicably give it away and it comes surfaced on all four sides. If I use my rough lumber, I will spend the majority of my time getting it into a finished board. I got one more temptation too, and that is adding curves and brackets to make the baseboard and door trim look seemless, kind of like I did on the outside of my house. Its hard to describe, but basically the top of the baseboard would be horizontal, then sweep upward in an arch as it entered the vertical stiles of the doorframe. In the end the baseboard and door trim would look like it flowed around each room in an un-ending ribbon of straight and curved wood.
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Deep Space Claw Kill the Spare How come you don't want to write it yourself? Personally, if I had an idea of a story and left it for someone else to write and they butchered it, it would make me die a little inside. I would be willing to help you out if you choose to start the story, but I'm already elbow deep in two novel-length fics and various smaller projects. Originally Posted by annaqtjoey What's With Mars? I find this idea really, really interesting. I have never ventured into abuse and such, so it would be very interesting to write, and it would expand my writing abilities and I would learn a lot while writing. I would definitely make it a chaptered fic. Trying to fit the whole plot, as well as each of the events into one or two chapters would be hard. They would probably be short chapters (about 2000 words) but I would make them as quality as possible. You can do the story yourself, if it was my idea, I would. But, if you would like me to do it for you, I would be really happy to. We could trade AIM names as well, it would be a lot easier to discuss ideas. Also, I would have you as my co-author when I got the story up. I would absolutely take all of your ideas into account and I would only change them if I had an idea I thought was much, much better than yours. And, of course, I would ask you first. Take note, though, I am inexperienced writer. I would definitely try to make the story the best as I possibly could, but it may not be as good as someone else, like Jess, for example. But I imagine she is way to busy to take on this idea. So, yeah, I would be happy to do this for you. If you want me to, just PM me with your email and AIM name if you have one. And, if you want, post in this thread anything else you would like to say/tell me. ~ Annalise x Ronnie, Lyss, Becca, Andi, you guys are amazing. <3 I'M BACK, BABY! evil laugh Deep Space Claw Kill the Spare Don't worry about being 'inexperienced'. Myself, I only have 2 posted fics on Mugglenet, so I'm technically inexperienced as well. Before starting my current WIP, I hadn't written since secondary school, so essentially, it's like starting all over. Originally Posted by Annalise28 If you do decide to do this, Annalise, I would be more than willing to help you out if you get stuck. It'll be touching on a sensitive issue, so it's nice to have someone with which to exchange ideas so you can handle it with the care that it needs. Good luck, and congratulations on your adoption of a baby plot bunny. Nice to meet you Annalise! Of course you can adopt the idea, I've been looking forward for someone to give a home to it for a long time. It's been collecting cobwebs in my brain for three years and I'm glad that I'm finally cleaning that area for additional space. I wanted to write the story myself but I'm afraid I quickly get bored of typing and I'd feel bad for my readers if I suddenly stopped writing and posting. (I'm currently feeling that right now as I stopped updating my profile over at FFNet for a long time. Busy, busy...) I do appreciate you asking me first but I am completely giving all the decision making to you (just point out that you got it from me.. wink) I have no problem with some changes, I actually welcome it since it could be a good idea that I hadn't thought of before. I also liked to thank Not to be Gryffindor for his input about the plot during the first couple of posts. It sounds better now rather than the other way around. And don't worry about being inexperience. waves hand dismissively I'm having problems with grammar myself. I tried to post a story two years ago at Mugglenet FFiction but its always rejected due to wrong grammar. I'll look forward to the first chapter. For some reason, I didn't received a notification about your post. If it wasn't for your PM, I wouldn't have read it at all. Exchanging ideas are also good but I'm afraid I don't have an AIM. I'm active at yahoo and facebook. I'll PM you my account... I'm also elbow deep to two novel-length fics and I haven't updated yet for six months. Busy, busy over at thesis... I hate college. If I can only have Hermione's Time-Turner, I'll turn back time and repeat high school. I wouldn't mind going all over again but the upside is that I now can change every embarasing moments during those years... hmmmm..... Originally Posted by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor I wouldn't mind if the story is written by others as long as the ideas I presented are there for me to see it. Adding other scenes or details aren't a problem if it's turning the story better than what I have thought of. Mod Edit: Please do not triple post - use the edit function to add details you may have forgotten. Posts have been merged.
I had the loveliest weekend in Belfast, SPEW, but I'm exhausted now. My cousin's one-year-old daughter is adorable but so tiring - she's just a little bundle of energy. And why are you all finishing your reqs so early this month?!? You are all scaring me and my procrastination. But uni is so about a complete lack of responsibility!Originally Posted by Jess
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Summary: 6th year (Pre-HBP) Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny are happy to be staying at Hogwarts over Christmas. However they are forced into hiding when Harry's deadly enemy comes after him. Secrets are shared, the past is retold and a foe is fought. Summary: Harry just coming to terms with the death of Sirius on the train ride home, can't deal with the new attacks on his friends. Ginny, bound by her love won't give up on him. Summary: Just three words… by themselves they were perfectly harmless. But put together a deadly combination. Completed Summary: Times are getting too dark for taking chances and friendships are either strengthened or broken. James approaches Sirius with a favor to ask for him and his family. Summary: Song fic based on Take That's "Pray". Draco knows that they're over, but he still can't forget the girl who helped him see the light for the first time...
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In the meantime, I thought I'd share this little passage from a letter Williamson wrote about the appropriateness of women wearing trousers, which is from the SSPX website: Girls, be mothers, and in order to be mothers, let not wild horses drag you into shorts or trousers. When activities are proposed to you requiring trousers, if it is something your great-grandmother did, then find a way of doing it, like her, in a skirt. And if your great-grandmother did not do it, then forget it! Her generation created your country, your generation is destroying it. Of course not all women who wear trousers abort the fruit of their womb, but all help to create the abortive society. Old-fashioned is good, modern is suicidal. You wish to stop abortion? Do it by example. Never wear trousers or shorts. [source]Not his most serious problem, but it is revealing. Williamson's recent comments denying the Holocaust on Swedish television are being well-publicised. Less is being made of previous things he has said and/or written, which show that this is not coming out of the blue. This is from John L. Allen at the National Catholic Reporter: In 1989, for example, police in Canada briefly considered filing charges against Williamson under that country’s hate speech laws after he gave an address in Quebec charging that Jews were responsible for "changes and corruption" in the Catholic church, that “not one Jew” perished in Nazi gas chambers, and that the Holocaust was a myth created so that the West would "approve the state of Israel."Incidentally, Ernst Zundel should no longer be called a "Canadian immigrant," as he has been deported (and imprisoned) in Germany. Also, he did not write Did Six Million Really Die?, though he did publish it. Which takes nothing away from Allen's point, I just wanted to be accurate. Williamson also praised the writings of Ernst Zundel, a German-born Canadian immigrant whose works include Did Six Million Really Die? and The Hitler We Loved and Why, both considered mainstays of Holocaust denial literature. In 1991, Williamson issued a letter from Winona, Minn., where he served as rector of a Lefebvrite seminary, stating, "Until [Jews] rediscover their true Messianic vocation, they may be expected to continue fanatically agitating, in accordance with their false messianic vocation of Jewish world dominion, to prepare the Antichrist’s throne in Jerusalem." [source]
Fuel economy and power are the selling points of Arctic Cat's new 700 cc diesel-powered ATV, designed to run on conventional diesel fuel or bio-diesel. The 700 Diesel is powered with a twin-cylinder in-line, single overhead cam engine capable of 50% better fuel mileage than competing gasoline models. Peak torque comes in at 2,300 rpm. Arctic Cat's new 700 Diesel brings low-rpm torque and significant fuel economy to the large ATV market. AC's latest entry into the market boasts true multi-fuel capability, giving users six fuel options. The new multi-fuel ATV runs efficiently on DF1 or DF2, DFA Arctic, JP5, JP8 and up to B20 biodiesel, with a glo-plug preheater assist for starting. The 700 Diesel has a suggested engine life of 10,000 hours before rebuild, or about 100 years of riding for the average ATV user. Company officials say in testing the 700 Diesel was also run efficiently on vegetable oil and animal fat fuels.
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association has criticized a review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter. Conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the study was done as part of a required review of the coarse particulate matter standards. In effect, EPA is looking at the impact of duct. According to a statement from NCBA, coarse particulate matter is "nothing more than dust kicked up by cars and trucks traveling on dirt roads, a tractor tilling a field or cattle moving around on dirt," says Tamara Theis, NCBA's chief environmental council. "Studies do not show that rural dust is a health problem." EPA, back in 2006, set a coarse particulate matter standard of 150 micrograms per cubic meter of air, and when reviewing the standard in 2008, determined that the evidence on health effects from this level of dust was inconclusive. However, in July 2009, EPA reinterpreted what NCBA calls "the inconclusive evidence" and made use of what the group calls a flawed study to suggest that there are adverse health effects from dust at leves that are 10 times lower than the current standard. Theis says EPA is suggesting 12 to 15 micrograms of dust per cubic meter of air, which is below the naturally occurring levels of dust through most Western states - including "pristine National Parks," she says. If EPA were to set air standards at this level, much of the country would be over the limit. Cattle producers are concerned because it would limit the ability to raise livestock, but the issue goes beyond agriculture, Theis says. "States would be required to impose extreme control requirements and limitations on many businesses to ensure that the standard is met." The group is urging EPA to reject the study results and refrain from tightening the dust standard further.
Cattle prices are expected to set new records in 2013 while hog prices are expected to have their second highest year ever. High feed costs have led to lower numbers of animals, which University of Missouri Extension agricultural economist Ron Plain says is why meat prices will be going up. "The U.S. meat supply per capita has been steadily declining," Plain said. "It's expected that 2013 will be the seventh consecutive year with less meat per person, down 22 pounds from 2006 and the lowest per capita supply since 1991." Slaughter steer, yearling and slaughter cow prices all reached record highs in 2012. It was the third straight year for steers to set record prices and the second consecutive year for both yearlings and slaughter cows. "The expectation is that all three will set new price records again in 2013," Plain said. "We are not yet to the peak in cattle prices." Hogs have also been hit by the high cost of feed. Plain says there is a high correlation between the price of corn and the break-even cost for hog production. Even so, surveys show some producers are looking to expand. "If we look out ahead of us and anticipate good crops and lower feed prices, there is reason to think hog producers will want to expand despite the tough financial year last year," Plain said. "On average, the typical hog sold for a $12 loss in 2012, but it looks like if you give the hog industry more feed they'll expand hog numbers." The number of farrowing sows this spring is forecast to be down 1.9%, a modest reduction. "It looks a bit down this year in the number of litters to be farrowed," Plain said. "But pigs per litter keep going up, so most likely any reduction in the number of sows being farrowed will be covered by more pigs per litter, so we'll end up with the same to maybe a few more pigs born in 2013 than what we had last year." The calf crop is expected to be smaller than last year. Plain says that 2012 was the 17th consecutive year with a smaller calf crop. With the shrinking herd and tightening supplies, Plain thinks 2014 prices will be even higher than 2013. "The forecast for the coming year is 4.3% less beef than a year ago, 0.2% more pork, 0.4% less chicken, and 0.3% more turkey," Plain said. "Total meat production is forecast to be down 1.3%. The population will grow about 0.9%, so it's about 2.2% less meat per person, unless we see a big jump in meat imports." Source: University of Missouri
Hollands new T1110 Boomer compact tractor sports 28 horsepower and ratings sufficient to put it well above the "mower" status. Larger than a sub-compact tractor, the T1110 has a longer wheelbase and larger tires to handle rough terrain and bigger loads, plus it comes with a two-range hydrostatic transmission with two-pedal controls. Power for the new Boomer comes from a three-cylinder diesel engine with two powertakeoffs to motivate front and rear-mounted implements. A mid PTO turns at 2,200 rpm and the rear PTO is rated at 540 rpm. New Holland's new 28 horsepower Boomer T1110 is a compact tractor that acts bigger than its size. Larger than many competitors, this 3-cylinder diesel uses front and rear implements and can lift 1,000 lbs on its hitch, or 900 lbs. with a front-end loader. The hydraulic system includes a three-point hitch that will lift 1,000 lbs., enabling the T1110 to operate rotary tillers, snow blowers, mowers, blades, brooms, front-end loaders and many other attachments. Front-end loader lift capacity is 900 lbs. and the optional loader mounts with the Quick-Latch system for easy installation without tools. For more information on the T1110 Boomer visit www.newholland.com/na.
Grain farmers could make more money be switching to organic grain crops according to a new study released at last week's American Agricultural Economics Association's annual meeting. Records showed that organic crops fetched much more than conventional crops: soybeans, up to $14 more per bushel; corn, up to $3 more; and wheat, up to $5 more. Organic alfalfa hay is too new to have a track record, so researchers recorded it as selling for the same price as conventionally grown hay. Over four years the study analyzed both economic risks and transition effects of switching to organic farming of the Agricultural Research Service's Swan Lake Research Farm near Morris, Minn. The 130-acre Swan Lake farm is representative of typical corn-soybean farms in Minnesota. ARS economist David Archer and soil scientist Hillarius Kludze compared an organic corn-soybean rotation and an organic corn-soybean-spring wheat/alfalfa rotation - half grown with conventional tillage and half with strip tillage - with a corn-soybean rotation using conventional tillage. Strip tillage involves tilling only the middle of the seedbed. The scientists found that when strip tillage is used with organic farming, one of the transition risks is an increase in weeds until farmers learn to manage the system. Computer simulations projected costs, yields and risks over a 20-year period, using yield and economic data from the four-year study, as well as crop price records of recent years. Another computer model projected that farmers would net an average $50 to $60 more per acre a year by going organic, even with the highest transition costs. The premium price advantage would outweigh the initial higher costs and possibly lower yields, even if organic prices were to drop by half.
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There may be a new one every day. But I for one am still a fan of the pop-up shop. Especially when it involves great vintage pieces, and is conveniently located down the block from our office. From November 1st through January 1st, Only Hearts will be setting up OH: PoP in Nolita with a huge inventory of 70s and 80s “inner outerwear”, lingerie and pjs, which couldn’t be more of the moment. I’m totally feeling this outfit pictured above, with some styling tweaks. Those socks are amazing with the ballet slippers. See you there! Details after the jump. 230 Mott Street (between Prince and Spring) Open until January 1st, 2010
The qualification criteria for the U.S. Ski Team’s National Training Group now includes a top-three finish from NCAA Championships, signaling a change in the way the national team involves collegiate skiing in its development pipeline. After a one-year hiatus, our Skier of the Year awards are back. We start with the collegiate category, where for the first time in FasterSkier’s history of giving such prizes Americans took both of the top honors: NCAA freestyle champions Miles Havlick (University of Utah) and Joanne Reid (University of Colorado). We know, we know: it’s FAHL-IN. But still. The World Cup wrapped up with spectacular races and plenty of sun in Stockholm and Falun, with Justyna Kowalczyk and Petter Northug winning the season-long titles and Kikkan Randall taking home not only the Sprint Cup but also third place in the overall. Plus, racing on this side of the pond at Whistler and Craftsbury. Sorry, New Hampshire: the Vermont-based teams of Craftsbury, Stratton, and UVM had a lock on the podium at the Craftsbury Spring Tour after 10/15 k pursuits based on the previous two days’ results. Sophie Caldwell consolidated her lead to win by a mile, while Pat O’Brien worked some slick skis through the sunny snow to edge out Eric Packer. Recently back from Europe, Sophie Caldwell has dominated Craftsbury’s mini-tour so far, winning the 3.6 k prologue by over 30 seconds and the sprint qualifier by ten. The men’s field is tighter, after Pat O’Brien and Paddy Caldwell dueled it out in the prologue and then the sprint final came down to a drag race between SMST2 teammates Eric Packer and Skyler Davis. Cross-country action at the 2013 NCAA Championships kicked off on Thursday at the Rikert Touring Center with the men’s 10 k individual classic. Rune Ødegård helped move CU into second overall at the halfway point of the championships by winning the event in 26:00.2, five seconds ahead of University of New Mexico’s Mats Resaland. Our photos from the race. Last season Anja Gruber wasn’t on the University of Vermont’s NCAA squad, this year she’s the 5 k classic national champion. “It’s pretty unbelievable right now — I’m not sure if this actually just happened!” she said. Dartmouth’s Mary O’Connell claimed second and Marine Dusser (UAA) took third. UVM leads CU after the first two NCAA Championship events at Middlebury College. Men’s and women’s giant slalom kicked off the 2013 NCAA Championships on Wednesday at the Snow Bowl in Middlebury, Vt. The University of Vermont leads the team scores after the first of four events; nordic races begin on Thursday with a 5/10 k individual classic. Here’s a preview of who to watch as the East vs. West showdown heats up at Rikert Touring Center. Weekly Race Roundup: Golden Americans, Historic Bronze for Harvey and NoCo, Another Birkie in the Books Marit Bjørgen of Norway and Nikita Kriukov of Russia both have two gold medals to their names so far this Championships, and Dario Cologna finally got the title he’s been search for; but Americans made a splash too, in every discipline, with Sarah Hendrickson winning jumping, Kikkan Randall and Jessie Diggins the team sprint, and the nordic combined team bronze in the team event. Alex Harvey also made history when he took bronze in the classic sprint, the first individual World Champs medal for Canada.
David Leonhardt’s column in yesterday's New York Times makes a great case for a new way forward in transportation funding. Leonhardt believes, as do I, that what’s needed to improve our transportation network isn’t just money. We need results-driven decision making processes, and a funding system that doesn’t rely on political influence to get projects across the finish line: “….the bigger problem has been an utter lack of seriousness in deciding how that money gets spent. And as long as we’re going to stimulate the economy by spending money on roads, bridges and the like, we may as well do it right…So if you talk to people who spend their lives studying infrastructure, you’ll hear two reactions to the attention that Mr. Obama, Nancy Pelosi and even some Republicans are now lavishing on the subject. The first is: Thank goodness. The second is: Please, please don’t just pour more money into the current system.” Read the entire column here, and let me know your thoughts.
Basic Use To make a new number, a simple initialization suffices: var foo = 0; // or whatever number you want foo = 1; //foo = 1 foo += 2; //foo = 3 (the two gets added on) foo -= 2; //foo = 1 (the two gets removed) Number literals define the number value. In particular: They appear as a set of digits of varying length. Negative literal numbers have a minus sign before the set of digits. Floating point literal numbers contain one decimal point, and may optionally use the E notation with the character e. An integer literal may be prepended with "0", to indicate that a number is in base-8. (8 and 9 are not octal digits, and if found, cause the integer to be read in the normal base-10). An integer literal may also be found with "0x", to indicate a hexadecimal number. The Math Object Unlike strings, arrays, and dates, the numbers aren't objects. The Math object provides numeric functions and constants as methods and properties. The methods and properties of the Math object are referenced using the dot operator in the usual way, for example: var varOne = Math.ceil(8.5); var varPi = Math.PI; var sqrt3 = Math.sqrt(3); Methods random() Generates a pseudo-random number. var myInt = Math.random(); max(int1, int2) Returns the highest number from the two numbers passed as arguments. var myInt = Math.max(8, 9); document.write(myInt); //9 min(int1, int2) Returns the lowest number from the two numbers passed as arguments. var myInt = Math.min(8, 9); document.write(myInt); //8 floor(float) Returns the greatest integer less than the number passed as an argument. var myInt = Math.floor(90.8); document.write(myInt); //90; ceil(float) Returns the least integer greater than the number passed as an argument. var myInt = Math.ceil(90.8); document.write(myInt); //91; round(float) Returns the closest integer to the number passed as an argument. var myInt = Math.round(90.8); document.write(myInt); //91;
The National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (NRFC) produces series of resources dedicated to furthering the work of fatherhood professionals, the research and information available to the fatherhood field, as well as providing resources to help fathers take time to be better dads. This section of the NRFC website highlights these resources. Spotlight on Dads For fathers and families, these short articles help dads think about the ways their involvement affects the lives of their children. NRFC Quick Statistics Written with researchers and program development in mind, NRFC Quick Statistics are brief research-based pieces focused on specific topics related to responsible fatherhood. Responsible Fatherhood Spotlights Responsible Fatherhood Spotlights are research-based, narrative pieces focused on specific topics related to responsible fatherhood. Promising Practice Reports are research-based compendiums examining issues faced by responsible fatherhood programs and determining where, if any, promising, emerging, and developing practices are occurring. Practice Briefs accompany each Report and highlight findings. NRFC Tips for Professionals NRFC Tips for Fatherhood Professionals are written specifically to support fatherhood professionals, focused on topics to help fatherhood programs operate more effectively. NRFC State Profiles These fact sheets highlight State programs and strategies to promote parenting and responsible fatherhood. This section includes fact sheets and Research Reviews.
Our first day at Fall Market was packed full of walking, talking, inspiration and beauty. Each booth was extremely creative and we are so full of ideas for each fabric collection. Here is a look at the well crafted booths, the talented designers and the Fat Quarter Shop staff at Fall Quilt Market. To top it off, we will be giving away a bundle from our Sample Spree loot! And if nightly recaps aren't enough, be sure to follow us on Twitter for live Market coverage and check out our Fall Market Flickr set for tons of photos! The Fat Quarter Shop team heading to Market from a breakfast of champions. What is your favorite color? This market, my favorite color is Moda! Love their paint themed booth! Sarah and Megan make great mummies at Me and My Sisters' booth at Moda! Sweetwater's Noteworthy is bright, sweet and contains adorable text prints! Minick and Simpson show off Indigo Crossing! They make a blue, white and neutral statement with this collection, but trust us, the Aurifil threads go with each and every Minick and Simpson collection! Kansas Treasures of Moda shows off her newest line Pheasant Hil! We love these traditional colors! We love Avalon by Fig Tree Quilts! We can't wait for this collection and can't hardly wait for the pattern! Eric and Julie Comstock showing off their new collection 2wenty Thr3e! Deb Strain's gorgeous blue and white artwork stand so far out in the crowd. Hand painted drawings are such an inspiration! Sarah has gone Glamping! We love Mary Jane Butters' new collection with Moda! Check out her book (Glamping). PB&J by BasicGrey quilt at the Moda booth! Jan Patek shows off her new collection, Audra's Iris Garden! Lori Whitlock's Hello Sunshine is bright, floral and makes me want to sunbathe! Jina of Riley Blake showing us how to use Lori Holt's new circle ruler! We can't wait to make circle quilts! Adorable set up at the Andover Fabrics booth! Julie Herman of Jaybird Quilts shows off the Hex N More Ruler at her demonstration! Angela Walters at her book signing! Pat Bravo of Art Gallery Fabrics shows off her edgy side with Rock 'N Romance! Jocelyn and Anna Griffin looking lovely at the Blend Fabrics booth! Jocelyn and Sarah with Mary Fons at the Fons and Porter booth! Red Crinoline Quilts booth at Market! Argh! Climb abord with Jamie Wood's new collection, Shiver Me Timbers! Crazy Old Ladies' fun, bright booth! The Windham Booth! The ladies of Abbey Lane showing off their new patterns! Some of the Fat Quarter Shop gang hanging out at Tula Pink's booth! We love Saltwater! Gudrun in her festive booth at Fall Market! Patty Young of Michael Miller discusses Textured Basics with Chelsey! As if the events of the day weren’t exciting enough, we capped the night off with some fantastic parties. To give one lucky reader a taste of what’s new at Fall Quilt Market, we are giving away another bundle from Sample Spree! One of you will win a bundle of Zen Chic’s new collection, Comma. To win, comment below guessing two people we will be interviewing at Fall Market. Contest closes 10/30/12. Good luck!
AP – In a sudden political shoving match, President Barack Obama asked Congress to convene an extraordinary joint session next Wednesday to hear his much-anticipated proposals to put jobless Americans back to work, but House Speaker John Boehner balked and told the president he ought to wait and speak a day later. Filed under: Rihanna, Celebrity Justice When you drop $6.9 million on a Beverly Hills mansion … you expect a quality place — but Rihanna claims all she got was a leaky piece of crap … and she’s blaming the woman she bought the home from for allegedly lying to her. Rihanna just filed a lawsuit in L.A. County Superior Court, claiming she bought a 2-story home in Bev Hills in 2009 for $6.9 mil … after the seller claimed she was not aware of any major defects with the property. But Rihanna claims the woman was lying — and knew about all sorts of problems with the home … including numerous waterproofing defects, evidence of water intrusion and other construction defects. According to the docs, Rihanna’s home was hit by a “moderate rainstorm” in January 2010 … but because of the defects, water leaked into multiple rooms … causing some serious damage. Rihanna claims she got screwed — because “the actual value of the property at the time of purchase, taking into consideration the extensive construction defects … was millions of dollars less” than the price she paid for it. Rihanna is now suing the former owner … along with the inspector, the real estate agents involved with the sale, and engineers who worked on the house. From The Rock to Vin Diesel, none of our modern-day musclemen have quite pulled off the Schwarzenegger binary. As big as Arnold was, he was practically asexual, a cop wholesome enough to teach kindergartners if he had to (Dwayne Johnson as a hockey-playing tooth-fairy is a distant second). Which is why we so love the nostalgic glory of The Schwarzenegger Trilogy, a 1,600-frame animated film made on commission by L.A.-based animators Harry McGowan and Jimmy Thompson for the Standard Hotel’s short film festival, (and which Arnold is watching right now). Drawn entirely in highlighter and black pen, the Trilogy’s part one (aptly titled “5 4 3 2″) tackles Arnold’s explosions, part two, “Galleria,” recreates the “Terminator” scene when John Connor meets the Terminator and part three, “come on…get down,” re-cuts famous Arnold lines into a pseudo-rap. There’s none of the philanderer here, or the lousy governor. This is Arnold in his prime — half-robot, half-man, all movie star. We recently spoke with animator Jimmy Thompson about how the Trilogy came to be. (As a note: At the time of the interview, Arnold hadn’t actually seen the Trilogy, as reflected in one of McGowan’s answers…but then came Arnold’s tweet! Success.) Read on to find out why Arnold is both an illustrator’s dream and a modern-day Shakespeare. More on Arnold Schwarzenegger Gasoline made from the tar sands gives a Toyota Prius the same impact on climate as a Hummer using gasoline made from oil. The pipeline President Obama is considering would be an enormous mistake. Your ability to ascertain what is important to your teachers and how to conduct yourself in their classroom will translate directly to your transcript. But how to unravel the academic mysteries that are your professors? We want this to be real – and then again, we don’t. The part that does is more interested in the music that would be on this album. A whole record just of Britney Spears remixes?! C’mon! It doesn’t get any better than that! All the new jams off Femme Fatale are just aching to be reworked! The part that doesn’t is looking at this AWFUL photoshopped cover! Seriously, what is this? Brit Brit deserves so much better than this! Get back to the drawing board and come up with something better, Jive! NOTE: Jive has yet to confirm that a remix album is even in the works, but so much stuff as “leaked” at this point that it seems pretty obvious. Overwhelmed by high rents and the stressful pace, I sometimes wonder why I stay here. Then I unexpectedly uncover a San Francisco treasure. More on San Francisco Around Town History.com – Early humans were creating and using advanced stone tools 1.8 million years ago, much earlier than previously thought, according to archaeologists who unearthed an illuminating new cache of artifacts in northwest Kenya. But Homo erectus didn’t export the technology behind these sophisticated hand axes, picks and flakes when the species migrated out of Africaâ??if the traditional narrative is correct, that is, the researchers wrote in Nature this week. Taller and more robust than modern humans but with a smaller cranial capacity, Homo erectus appeared roughly 2 million years ago and spread across Africa, Asia and parts of southern Europe before vanishing from the fossil record some 70,000 years ago. Thought to be our direct ancestors, these hominins probably mastered fire and were the first to develop cutting and butchering instruments known as Acheulian tools, named after an archaeological site in Saint-Acheul, France. Made from chiseled stone, Acheulian tools improved upon the pebble-like chopping implements wielded by Homo erectusâ?? more primitive cousins such as Homo habilis. According to some scientists, the symmetry of Acheulian tools-epitomized by teardrop- and oval-shaped axes-suggests that Homo erectus might have used language to communicate, since the same regions of the brain control aesthetic awareness and speech. Others have pointed to the artifactsâ?? sophistication as evidence that their manufacturers could innovate, think ahead and understand spatial relations better than their ancestors. WASHINGTON — Hours after President Barack Obama pressed Congress to extend surface transportation funding before it runs out next month, a key House Republican announced Wednesday that he’s on board for a short-term fix one more time. “As Chairman of the House Transportation Committee, I will agree to one additional highway program extension, this being the eighth of the overdue transportation reauthorization,” said Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) in a statement. The current authorization, which provides funding for highway construction, bridge repair and mass transit systems, expires on Sept. 30. During a Rose Garden event, Obama said failure to pass “a clean extension” of the measure before then would mean more than 4,000 workers would immediately stop receiving paychecks. And if an extension were delayed even by 10 days, the government would lose nearly $1 billion in highway funding from uncollected tax revenue. More on Transportation
Jack Britt has made three previous trips to the state championship game. Here's a quick look at those contests: 2004 - Greenville Rose 19, Jack Britt 17 Maurice Weaver scored on a 1-yard run with 9:17 left to rally Rose to victory in the 4-A title game in Chapel Hill. Weaver rushed for 182 yards on 21 carries and led Rose to its second consecutive championship. Britt had rallied from an early 13-3 deficit to take a 17-13 lead on the strength of two touchdown passes from Alex Butler to Brandon Ghee. Butler was 9-for-22 passing for 160 yards. 2008 - Richmond 38, Jack Britt 35 Tedarrius Wiley hit Lovell Joy with a 4-yard pass with 53 seconds left to lift the Raiders to the 4-AA title in Chapel Hill. Britt was trying to run out the clock but lost the ball to the Raiders on a fumble in the waning minutes by Eric Johnson that set up Richmond's game-winning drive. Britt had rallied from a 21-14 deficit to take a 35-24 lead. Everett Proctor threw a 58-yard scoring pass to Chris Maheu and Tremale France scored on runs of 23 and 3 yards. Proctor finished the game with 75 yards rushing and 215 yards passing. Wiley threw for 325 yards and four touchdowns for the Raiders. 2009 - Matthews Butler 48, Jack Britt 17 In Raleigh, Matthews Butler broke open a close game in the second half and rolled in the 4-AA finals. Butler's Christian LeMay threw three touchdown passes, giving him 44 for the season, and finished with 189 yards passing. The score was tied briefly in the first half when touchdown runs of 80 yards by Britt's Greg Bryant and 7 yards by Eric Johnson made it 14-all. Butler held a 27-17 halftime lead before pulling away in the second half. Johnson and Bryant both top the 100-yard mark in the game. Johnson had 139 on 23 carries while Bryant had 108 on 11. Britt completed only 11 passes. - Earl Vaughan Jr.
The Wannsee Protocol This English text of the Wannsee protocol is based on the official U.S. government translation prepared for evidence in trials at Nuremberg, as reproduced in John Mendelsohn, ed., The Holocaust: Selected Documents in Eighteen Volumes Vol. 11: The Wannsee Protocol and a 1944 Report on Auschwitz by the Office of Strategic Services (New York: Garland, 1982), 18-32. Substantial revisions to the Nuremberg text have been made to add clarity and, in some cases, to correct mistakes in an obviously hasty translation. These revisions were made by Dan Rogers of the University of South Alabama. This document is in the public domain and may be freely reproduced. Stamp: Top Secret 30 copies 16th copy Minutes of discussion. I. The following persons took part in the discussion about the final solution of the Jewish question which took place in Berlin, am Grossen Wannsee No. 56/58 on 20 January 1942. Gauleiter Dr. Meyer and Reichsamt- Reich Ministry for leiter Dr. Leibbrandt the Occupied Eastern territories Secretary of State Dr. Stuckart Reich Ministry for the Interior Secretary of State Neumann Plenipotentiary for the Four Year Plan Secretary of State Dr. Freisler Reich Ministry of Justice Secretary of State Dr. Buehler Office of the Govern- ment General Under Secretary of State Dr. Luther Foreign Office SS-Oberführer Klopfer Party Chancellery Ministerialdirektor Kritzinger Reich Chancellery SS-Gruppenführer Hofmann Race and Settlement Main Office SS-Gruppenführer Mueller Reich Main Security SS-Obersturmbannführer Eichmann Office SS-Oberführer Dr. Schoengarth Security Police and SD Chief of the Security Police and the SD in the Government General SS-Sturmbannführer Dr. Lange Security Police and SD Commander of the Security Police and the SD for the General-District Latvia, as deputy of the Commander of the Security Police and the SD for the Reich Commissariat "Eastland". II. At the beginning of the discussion Chief of the Security Police and of the SD, SS-Obergruppenführer Heydrich, reported that the Reich Marshal had appointed him delegate for the preparations for the final solution of the Jewish question in Europe and pointed out that this discussion had been called for the purpose of clarifying fundamental questions. The wish of the Reich Marshal to have a draft sent to him concerning organizational, factual and material interests in relation to the final solution of the Jewish question in Europe makes necessary an initial common action of all central offices immediately concerned with these questions in order to bring their general activities into line. The Reichsführer-SS and the Chief of the German Police (Chief of the Security Police and the SD) was entrusted with the official central handling of the final solution of the Jewish question without regard to geographic borders. The Chief of the Security Police and the SD then gave a short report of the struggle which has been carried on thus far against this enemy, the essential points being the following: a) the expulsion of the Jews from every sphere of life of the German people, b) the expulsion of the Jews from the living space of the German people. In carrying out these efforts, an increased and planned acceleration of the emigration of the Jews from Reich territory was started, as the only possible present solution. By order of the Reich Marshal, a Reich Central Office for Jewish Emigration was set up in January 1939 and the Chief of the Security Police and SD was entrusted with the management. Its most important tasks were a) to make all necessary arrangements for the preparation for an increased emigration of the Jews, b) to direct the flow of emigration, c) to speed the procedure of emigration in each individual case. The aim of all this was to cleanse German living space of Jews in a legal manner. All the offices realized the drawbacks of such enforced accelerated emigration. For the time being they had, however, tolerated it on account of the lack of other possible solutions of the problem. The work concerned with emigration was, later on, not only a German problem, but also a problem with which the authorities of the countries to which the flow of emigrants was being directed would have to deal. Financial difficulties, such as the demand by various foreign governments for increasing sums of money to be presented at the time of the landing, the lack of shipping space, increasing restriction of entry permits, or the canceling of such, increased extraordinarily the difficulties of emigration. In spite of these difficulties, 537,000 Jews were sent out of the country between the takeover of power and the deadline of 31 October 1941. Of these approximately 360,000 were in Germany proper on 30 January 1933 approximately 147,000 were in Austria (Ostmark) on 15 March 1939 approximately 30,000 were in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia on 15 March 1939. The Jews themselves, or their Jewish political organizations, financed the emigration. In order to avoid impoverished Jews' remaining behind, the principle was followed that wealthy Jews have to finance the emigration of poor Jews; this was arranged by imposing a suitable tax, i.e., an emigration tax, which was used for financial arrangements in connection with the emigration of poor Jews and was imposed according to income. Apart from the necessary Reichsmark exchange, foreign currency had to presented at the time of landing. In order to save foreign exchange held by Germany, the foreign Jewish financial organizations were--with the help of Jewish organizations in Germany--made responsible for arranging an adequate amount of foreign currency. Up to 30 October 1941, these foreign Jews donated a total of around 9,500,000 dollars. In the meantime the Reichsführer-SS and Chief of the German Police had prohibited emigration of Jews due to the dangers of an emigration in wartime and due to the possibilities of the East. III. Another possible solution of the problem has now taken the place of emigration, i.e. the evacuation of the Jews to the East, provided that the Führer gives the appropriate approval in advance. These actions are, however, only to be considered provisional, but practical experience is already being collected which is of the greatest importance in relation to the future final solution of the Jewish question. Approximately 11 million Jews will be involved in the final solution of the European Jewish question, distributed as follows among the individual countries: Country Number A. Germany proper 131,800 Austria 43,700 Eastern territories 420,000 General Government 2,284,000 Bialystok 400,000 Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia 74,200 Estonia - free of Jews - Latvia 3,500 Lithuania 34,000 Belgium 43,000 Denmark 5,600 France / occupied territory 165,000 unoccupied territory 700,000 Greece 69,600 Netherlands 160,800 Norway 1,300 B. Bulgaria 48,000 England 330,000 Finland 2,300 Ireland 4,000 Italy including Sardinia 58,000 Albania 200 Croatia 40,000 Portugal 3,000 Rumania including Bessarabia 342,000 Sweden 8,000 Switzerland 18,000 Serbia 10,000 Slovakia 88,000 Spain 6,000 Turkey (European portion) 55,500 Hungary 742,800 USSR 5,000,000 Ukraine 2,994,684 White Russia excluding Bialystok 446,484 Total over 11,000,000 The number of Jews given here for foreign countries includes, however, only those Jews who still adhere to the Jewish faith, since some countries still do not have a definition of the term "Jew" according to racial principles. The handling of the problem in the individual countries will meet with difficulties due to the attitude and outlook of the people there, especially in Hungary and Rumania. Thus, for example, even today the Jew can buy documents in Rumania that will officially prove his foreign citizenship. The influence of the Jews in all walks of life in the USSR is well known. Approximately five million Jews live in the European part of the USSR, in the Asian part scarcely 1/4 million. The breakdown of Jews residing in the European part of the USSR according to trades was approximately as follows: Agriculture 9.1 % Urban workers 14.8 % In trade 20.0 % Employed by the state 23.4 % In private occupations such as medical profession, press, theater, etc. 32. 7% Under proper guidance, in the course of the final solution the Jews are to be allocated for appropriate labor in the East. Able-bodied Jews, separated according to sex, will be taken in large work columns to these areas for work on roads, in the course of which action doubtless a large portion will be eliminated by natural causes. The possible final remnant will, since it will undoubtedly consist of the most resistant portion, have to be treated accordingly, because it is the product of natural selection and would, if released, act as a the seed of a new Jewish revival (see the experience of history.) In the course of the practical execution of the final solution, Europe will be combed through from west to east. Germany proper, including the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, will have to be handled first due to the housing problem and additional social and political necessities. The evacuated Jews will first be sent, group by group, to so-called transit ghettos, from which they will be transported to the East. SS-Obergruppenführer Heydrich went on to say that an important prerequisite for the evacuation as such is the exact definition of the persons involved. It is not intended to evacuate Jews over 65 years old, but to send them to an old-age ghetto--Theresienstadt is being considered for this purpose. In addition to these age groups--of the approximately 280,000 Jews in Germany proper and Austria on 31 October 1941, approximately 30% are over 65 years old--severely wounded veterans and Jews with war decorations (Iron Cross I) will be accepted in the old-age ghettos. With this expedient solution, in one fell swoop many interventions will be prevented. The beginning of the individual larger evacuation actions will largely depend on military developments. Regarding the handling of the final solution in those European countries occupied and influenced by us, it was proposed that the appropriate expert of the Foreign Office discuss the matter with the responsible official of the Security Police and SD. In Slovakia and Croatia the matter is no longer so difficult, since the most substantial problems in this respect have already been brought near a solution. In Rumania the government has in the meantime also appointed a commissioner for Jewish affairs. In order to settle the question in Hungary, it will soon be necessary to force an adviser for Jewish questions onto the Hungarian government. With regard to taking up preparations for dealing with the problem in Italy, SS-Obergruppenführer Heydrich considers it opportune to contact the chief of police with a view to these problems. In occupied and unoccupied France, the registration of Jews for evacuation will in all probability proceed without great difficulty. Under Secretary of State Luther calls attention in this matter to the fact that in some countries, such as the Scandinavian states, difficulties will arise if this problem is dealt with thoroughly and that it will therefore be advisable to defer actions in these countries. Besides, in view of the small numbers of Jews affected, this deferral will not cause any substantial limitation. The Foreign Office sees no great difficulties for southeast and western Europe. SS-Gruppenführer Hofmann plans to send an expert to Hungary from the Race and Settlement Main Office for general orientation at the time when the Chief of the Security Police and SD takes up the matter there. It was decided to assign this expert from the Race and Settlement Main Office, who will not work actively, as an assistant to the police attache. IV. In the course of the final solution plans, the Nuremberg Laws should provide a certain foundation, in which a prerequisite for the absolute solution of the problem is also the solution to the problem of mixed marriages and persons of mixed blood. The Chief of the Security Police and the SD discusses the following points, at first theoretically, in regard to a letter from the chief of the Reich chancellery: 1) Treatment of Persons of Mixed Blood of the First Degree Persons of mixed blood of the first degree will, as regards the final solution of the Jewish question, be treated as Jews. From this treatment the following exceptions will be made: a) Persons of mixed blood of the first degree married to persons of German blood if their marriage has resulted in children (persons of mixed blood of the second degree). These persons of mixed blood of the second degree are to be treated essentially as Germans. b) Persons of mixed blood of the first degree, for whom the highest offices of the Party and State have already issued exemption permits in any sphere of life. Each individual case must be examined, and it is not ruled out that the decision may be made to the detriment of the person of mixed blood. The prerequisite for any exemption must always be the personal merit of the person of mixed blood. (Not the merit of the parent or spouse of German blood.) Persons of mixed blood of the first degree who are exempted from evacuation will be sterilized in order to prevent any offspring and to eliminate the problem of persons of mixed blood once and for all. Such sterilization will be voluntary. But it is required to remain in the Reich. The sterilized "person of mixed blood" is thereafter free of all restrictions to which he was previously subjected. 2) Treatment of Persons of Mixed Blood of the Second Degree Persons of mixed blood of the second degree will be treated fundamentally as persons of German blood, with the exception of the following cases, in which the persons of mixed blood of the second degree will be considered as Jews: a) The person of mixed blood of the second degree was born of a marriage in which both parents are persons of mixed blood. b) The person of mixed blood of the second degree has a racially especially undesirable appearance that marks him outwardly as a Jew. c) The person of mixed blood of the second degree has a particularly bad police and political record that shows that he feels and behaves like a Jew. Also in these cases exemptions should not be made if the person of mixed blood of the second degree has married a person of German blood. 3) Marriages between Full Jews and Persons of German Blood. Here it must be decided from case to case whether the Jewish partner will be evacuated or whether, with regard to the effects of such a step on the German relatives, [this mixed marriage] should be sent to an old-age ghetto. 4) Marriages between Persons of Mixed Blood of the First Degree and Persons of German Blood. a) Without Children. If no children have resulted from the marriage, the person of mixed blood of the first degree will be evacuated or sent to an old-age ghetto (same treatment as in the case of marriages between full Jews and persons of German blood, point 3.) b) With Children. If children have resulted from the marriage (persons of mixed blood of the second degree), they will, if they are to be treated as Jews, be evacuated or sent to a ghetto along with the parent of mixed blood of the first degree. If these children are to be treated as Germans (regular cases), they are exempted from evacuation as is therefore the parent of mixed blood of the first degree. 5) Marriages between Persons of Mixed Blood of the First Degree and Persons of Mixed Blood of the First Degree or Jews. In these marriages (including the children) all members of the family will be treated as Jews and therefore be evacuated or sent to an old-age ghetto. 6) Marriages between Persons of Mixed Blood of the First Degree and Persons of Mixed Blood of the Second Degree. In these marriages both partners will be evacuated or sent to an old-age ghetto without consideration of whether the marriage has produced children, since possible children will as a rule have stronger Jewish blood than the Jewish person of mixed blood of the second degree. SS-Gruppenführer Hofmann advocates the opinion that sterilization will have to be widely used, since the person of mixed blood who is given the choice whether he will be evacuated or sterilized would rather undergo sterilization. State Secretary Dr. Stuckart maintains that carrying out in practice of the just mentioned possibilities for solving the problem of mixed marriages and persons of mixed blood will create endless administrative work. In the second place, as the biological facts cannot be disregarded in any case, State Secretary Dr. Stuckart proposed proceeding to forced sterilization. Furthermore, to simplify the problem of mixed marriages possibilities must be considered with the goal of the legislator saying something like: "These marriages have been dissolved." With regard to the issue of the effect of the evacuation of Jews on the economy, State Secretary Neumann stated that Jews who are working in industries vital to the war effort, provided that no replacements are available, cannot be evacuated. SS-Obergruppenführer Heydrich indicated that these Jews would not be evacuated according to the rules he had approved for carrying out the evacuations then underway. State Secretary Dr. Buehler stated that the General Government would welcome it if the final solution of this problem could be begun in the General Government, since on the one hand transportation does not play such a large role here nor would problems of labor supply hamper this action. Jews must be removed from the territory of the General Government as quickly as possible, since it is especially here that the Jew as an epidemic carrier represents an extreme danger and on the other hand he is causing permanent chaos in the economic structure of the country through continued black market dealings. Moreover, of the approximately 2 1/2 million Jews concerned, the majority is unfit for work. State Secretary Dr. Buehler stated further that the solution to the Jewish question in the General Government is the responsibility of the Chief of the Security Police and the SD and that his efforts would be supported by the officials of the General Government. He had only one request, to solve the Jewish question in this area as quickly as possible. In conclusion the different types of possible solutions were discussed, during which discussion both Gauleiter Dr. Meyer and State Secretary Dr. Buehler took the position that certain preparatory activities for the final solution should be carried out immediately in the territories in question, in which process alarming the populace must be avoided. The meeting was closed with the request of the Chief of the Security Police and the SD to the participants that they afford him appropriate support during the carrying out of the tasks involved in the solution. A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust Produced by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology, College of Education, University of South Florida © 2005.
They were the ones you would kick it with almost everyday and laugh at the most random shit with. The people you would go anywhere and everywhere with just to fuck shit up. And the people that made your social life so much more interesting. It’s so heartbreaking knowing that everyone in that group went their separate ways and moved on to different cliques. I’m not really sure what happened, but I wonder if they miss it as much as I do.
Down and dirty IT jobs: Grime and punishment Flame wars, leakage, nasty Polish texting - six more tales of dirty duty in IT By Dan Tynan \| InfoWorld \| Published: 17:20, 17 April 2012 Dirty IT jobs don't always look so dirty at first glance. Dressing up like Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible" and breaking into a secured facility sounds like a blast - until you're trapped for two hours in the freezing rain waiting to be rescued. Think writing sexy games would be fun? Imagine poring over endless photo sets of explicit anatomical closeups. Whether you're trying to squeeze big data into tiny spaces, moderate arguments between angry geeks, or hack code that's so old it qualifies for Social Security benefits, you're doing a dirty but necessary job. Related Articles on Techworld This fifth installment in our Dirty Jobs series features tech jobs that can be physically challenging, mentally debilitating, or just plain irritating. Be thankful that these people are doing them - otherwise, you might have to. Dirty IT job No. 1: B&E artist Dressed in black camo, hiding in the woods in the dead of night on the edge of a Pennsylvania mountain; it's not your typical IT job. But that's where Matt Neely found himself more than a year ago. As vice president of consulting for SecureState, an information security management consulting firm, Neely's job is to test the physical security of his firm's clients, which include large federal agencies, major retailers, energy plants, and even entire countries. Trained in the art of lockpicking by his previous employer (a bank), Neely uses his breaking-and-entering skills so that organizations can find holes in their perimeter and fill them. On this cold December night, Neely and a colleague were asked to break into a mining facility just past midnight and steal "trophy data," while two other SecureState penetration testers social-engineered their way in via the front gate. The coal mine was concerned about environmental activists breaking in and tampering with its SCADA systems, causing the mine to shut down. They had good reason to worry. According to Neely, the mine's external security was so porous that he and his partner were in and out in 10 minutes, or about two hours and 20 minutes less than he'd bargained for. The area around the mine was so remote there was no cellphone coverage, so he had no way to reach the other SecureState team. He and his partner had to hunker down for two hours in a freezing rain before they got picked up. Roughly 75 percent of the time, Neely says he's able to break in to a facility without getting caught. On the other hand, he says his social-engineering comrades succeed about 90 percent of the time - and when they fail it's usually because somebody got tipped off a test was coming. Neely always carries a "get out of jail free" card on his jobs, listing the names and numbers of company personnel who've authorised the security test. So far, he's never had to use it - even when caught red-handed breaking into a power plant by the cops. Fortunately for Neely, SecureState's policies prohibit performing tests on facilities where the guards carry weapons. The dirtiest part of his job? The ensuing paperwork, he says. "The biggest difference between a criminal and a penetration tester is that a criminal doesn't have to spend half his time writing reports," he jokes. "You get a job breaking into facilities to steal data and you think you'll be doing all sorts of cool crazy stuff all the time. Instead you wind up spending hours looking for a security hole, there's a couple of minutes of excitement when you get to break in, and then you spend the rest of your time writing about it." Dirty IT job No. 2: Big data backup slave Stephen Roubelet has seen the ugly side of big data firsthand. As IT/IS manager for engineering design firm RDK Engineers, part of his job is to manage 8TB of data over five locations. In fact, RDK had so much data there wasn't time to do a full backup every weekend. "We had built a small server network so that we could spool our data to disc and then to tape," he says. "We'd start on a Friday night and not finish until Tuesday or Wednesday. With the backups running so long, there would invariably be problems, so I and my staff were constantly checking in over the weekends to make sure the jobs were still running." Eventually Roubelet began doing one full backup a month and nightly incrementals, hoping none of the tapes in the series got damaged or the entire set would be lost. But about 15 months ago RDK adopted Actifio, a protection and availability storage platform that allowed the firm to virtualise its data management and simplify the backup process. "Being the backup guy is like the hazing program for new IT workers," says Ash Ashutosh, CEO of Actifio. "No one gives you credit for doing a good job, but screw up once and you're fired. And when you bring that process to a big data environment people usually just give up. The data slave puts on a brave face and claims he's keeping the data secure, but he's hoping and praying no one ever asks him to recover something." The dirtiest part of being a big data backup slave? Searching for old tapes when you need to do a restore, says Roubelet. "The first question you have to ask: Is it on tape?" he says. "If so, what tape is it on? Did it spool over two or three tapes? If so, you have to find the whole sequence. Is it stored offsite? You'll have to contact the storage facility. Did the backup fail on the particular weekend when the file was saved? Our backup software may have crashed and restarted four times that weekend, and maybe one server didn't fully restart. Inevitably that's the server where the files you need were stored." Dirty IT job No. 3: Sexy games producer You spend all day staring at pictures of naked women and talking dirty in three languages. Sounds like dream job, right? Not exactly, says Patryk Bukowiecki, a game producer and manager who worked for a maker of "sexy" J2ME mobile games in the late 2000s. There he produced games like Lessons of Passion Blackjack, in which game players engaged in simulated sex talk with scantily clad models. Bukowiecki's job was to comb through 300 explicit photos of each model, pick eight of them to use in the game, write "sexy" chat for each girl, then translate it from English into Polish and German. "I had to make sure the girls talked dirty enough so that guys would play as long as possible and then buy other editions of the same game," he says. "The texting part was actually pretty fun." But those hot models? More sad than sexy, says Bukowiecki, especially after you've seen their passport photos, which each model had to provide to prove she wasn't underage and was doing this of her own free will. "I had to approach my job kind of like I was an ob-gyn," he says. "You have to get some distance on these things or you will go mad with all the ideas running through your head. You might be tempted to try and find these girls and save them. Don't do it." The dirtiest part of this job? Telling people what you do for a living. "You sit in an open space in the office looking at these pictures on your computer surrounded by 20 people," he says. "They're all passing by your desk, sneaking peeks at what you're doing. Then you get home and your wife or girlfriend asks, 'What did you do at work today, dear?'" Dirty IT job No. 4: Tech forum flame warden Tugging on Superman's cape. Spitting into the wind. Pulling the mask off the Lone Ranger. None of those tempt fate like becoming the moderator of an online tech forum. Bill Horne discovered this when he naively volunteered to take on the job of moderating The Telecom Digest, the oldest continuously published mailing list and Usenet forum on the Internet, back in 2007. Horne is no stranger to dirty jobs, having done stints as an IT mortician ("Even dirtier IT jobs: The muck stops here") and network sherpa ("The dirt locker: Dirty duty on the front lines of IT"). But this post tested even his mettle. "I discovered that the Digest was running on a 1980s-era computer and outdated software," he says. "I thought upgrading the hardware and software would be the most difficult part of the process. But those issues paled in comparison to the people problems. I often feel like I've taken on a job that calls for Henry Kissinger's negotiation skills, Stalin's ruthlessness, and Roosevelt's charisma." Horne's job is to evaluate and edit dozens of reader contributions each day, then choose which ones to publish. He quickly discovered that major contributors were spending most of their time hawking products, while others were using multiple identities in order to argue with themselves. For two hours a day, Horne attempts to douse flame wars fueled by a combustible mix of arrogance and ignorance, snuff out personal attacks, and deal with threatening emails complaining about his own performance - all for free. The dirtiest part of the job? Dealing with oversize egos seven days a week. "The hardest part isn't the mechanics of editing, it's the politics of dealing with people's opinions," he says. "I can't escape the feeling that some Internauts hang around Usenet just because they've found out that it's a safe place to act like a jerk. If they said some of these things at home they'd be divorced in a month, and if they held forth at work with these poorly thought-out, knee-jerk reactions they'd be fired in a minute." Dirty IT job No. 5: Orphaned code debugger Programming is challenging work. Working on another developer's code adds yet one more level of complexity. But cleaning up after someone else's programming mess with nothing other than their badly written code as your guide? That's when things get really dirty. Joe Emison is vice president of research and development for BuildFax, which maintains contruction records for more than 70 million U.S. buildings. But seven years ago he did some freelance programmer work for a pair of Web developers who insisted on using ClickCartPro, a shopping cart app written in Perl. ClickCartPro was a wet hot mess, says Emison. Among its flaws, the code had no indentation, no comments, and no documentation, which means he had to hunt for subroutines and guess at what the original coders had in mind. It used only global variables, so changing the values in one place changed it everywhere else that variable appeared. It made extensive use of eval(), which hides error messages from end-users but also from developers, making it nearly impossible to locate the source of a failure. And the code was more than 100,000 lines long. "I had to go line by line in a text editor trying to figure out where things failed and why," he says. "I kept saying to the developers, 'This program is crap; stop using it.' But they had invested a lot of time in customizing it, and they had a lot of legacy customers who were unwilling to pay for a new cart." Emison says this kind of dirty job is something many programmers encounter, especially when dealing with Web code written at the turn of the last century. Still, it could be worse. "You couldn't pay me enough money to work on vBulletin," he says. "Whoever created that code is some crazy whacked-out psycho." The dirtiest part of this job? Unless you're being paid big bucks, there's little incentive to do things the right way -- which means leaving a mess for someone else. "If you're dealing with awful code and you're just being paid to fix one thing or add one feature, you don't have much reason to use any kind of good practices in your own edits or additions," he says. "It's a bit like stopping at a gas station with a filthy restroom. You're not going to spend too much time cleaning the toilet. You just want to get in, do your business, and get out as quickly as possible." Dirty IT job No. 6: Content hussy Warning: The following dirty job may prove disturbing to readers with more delicate sensibilities. Please proceed with appropriate caution. There are now more than 550 million websites on topics ranging from apiphobia (fear of bees) to zygomycosis (fungal infections), with everything in between. Someone has to generate copy for all of those sites, no matter how gross it gets. One of those people is Kari DePhillips, owner of The Content Factory, an online PR and social media marketing firm that offers ghostwriting services for a variety of sites. It's not a job for the squeamish. "We frequently get weird writing projects, but the weirdest had to be when we were asked to create an entire website about vaginal discharge monitors," she says. "Pregnant women wear them to tell if they're leaking amniotic fluid. On the surface, it may seem as though we were just writing about different types of hoo-ha leakage, but what we were really doing was saving lives. I mean, somebody has to do it." That dirty job fell to one of her male staffers, a 26-year-old copywriter named Ben DeMeter. But DePhillips' copy-producing career never seems to stray too far from that, umm, area. For example, DePhillips says her first writing gig after college was blogging about adult videos for a well-known men's site while pretending to be a man. Even after she started her own company, she was hired by a mom-and-pop shop that made large-format stick-on decals. That shop had an order from a fetish site that specialised in female body builders who were extremely well developed in a region of the anatomy not usually on display to the general public. She found herself writing about wall-size images of, well, you get the picture. "It was like they were injecting steriods directly into their lady bits," she said. "I was happy when that project was over." The dirtiest part of her job? Avoiding lawsuits. "Recently a writer we hired posted this photo of downtown Omaha to a blog he was ghostwriting," she says. "It turns out that image was copyrighted. We ended up getting sued $9,000 for this crappy photo of Nebraska. That was a big wake-up call for us. Since then we've strengthened our contracts with writers and double-check every image. And we carry cyber liability insurance in the unlikely case that happens again."
Saturday, April 07, 2012 Easter Egg Bread Loaves I started with a bread recipe that uses pumpkin. The recipe started with raw pumpkin but I had a can of processed pumpkin so I used that. I added some garlic since I once made a yam bread that included garlic and it was a great flavor combination so I figured that this bread could profit from a little garlic, too. The pumpkin gave the dough a lovely golden color. For the decorations I decided to use a flour and water paste as is sometimes done to make the cross on hot cross buns, but I divided it into two ZipLoc plastic bags. One was flavored with finely minced parsley and colored with a few drops of green food color. The other one was given a shot of catsup and a drop of red food coloring. As you can see in the photos the green kept its color better than the red during baking. Each egg was sliced across toward the top and bottom to give the dough room to expand in the oven. I put a band of the red paste across those, then added a green zig-zag and dots and then some red dots, too. The end result was two colorful loaves that look a bit like colored Easter eggs and smell like the best bread. I intend to wait until tomorrow to slice up the one I made for Sweetie and me and I look forward to surprising Grandma with her own loaf of colorful Easter cheer. This bread is supposed to make a fine soft bread that toasts well. We will see. Happy Easter to those who celebrate it! Savory Easter Eggs Based on Pumpkin Bread in Flavored Breads by Linda Collister 14 oz. canned pumpkin puree (Not pumpkin pie filling) 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 1/2 teaspoons sea salt 2 teaspoons sugar 1 packet (about 2.25 oz.) active dry yeast proofed in 1/4 cup lukewarm water 3 cups (more or less) bread flour extra flour for dusting 1/2 cup flour Mix the pumpkin puree and olive oil in a a large bowl. Mix in the sea salt and sugar. Set aside. Add the proofed yeast to the pumpkin mixture. Stir in 1 cup of flour. Let sit 2 minutes. Stir in another cup of flour. Let sit 2 minutes. Stir in enough additional flour to make a shaggy dough. Turn out onto a floured board and knead in additional flour. Dough will be soft but not sticky. Put into an oiled proofing bowl or container, turning dough over to coat with oil. Set in a warm draft free place, lightly covered with plastic wrap or a shower cap, until double in bulk. (I had to leave the dough for 3-4 hours, so I set it in the fridge and did the proofing when I returned. It was time to cook dinner, not shape bread, when it had doubled, so I punched it down in the proofing container, pulled the edges of the dough over the ball of dough a few timed, made sure it was still coated with oil, then let it rise again. In general, you can do this a number of times and the bread will be better for it if you have the time.) Turn the dough out onto a floured board and divide in half. Shape each half into an egg shape, being sure to pull the edges of dough under the dough ball to form a 'skin'. It may be necessary to knead in additional flour as you shape the loaves in order to have a dough firm enough to retain the egg shape. Place shaped egg (loaf) on baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a Silpat silicon mat, cover lightly with plastic wrap and let rise until almost doubled. While loaves are doubling, mix together the 1/2 cup flour with just enough water to make a thick paste. Divide in half and put each half into a plastic bag that can be sealed. To one bag add 1 tablespoon finely minced parsley and a few drops green food coloring. Mix the paste with the parsley and coloring until completely. Mixed. Repeat with another bag, the rest of the paste, about a tablespoon catsup and a drop or two of red food coloring. Once loaves have doubled, use a sharp knife to score each egg towards the top and towards the bottom across the egg shape. Cut a small corner out of the red paste bag and pipe the paste over each score. Cut a slightly larger corner out of the green paste bag and pipe a green zig-zag shape across the center of each egg, then pipe dots toward the top and bottom of each egg. Pipe some dots from the red paste bag if desired. Shortly before loaves have doubled preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Decorate the eggs as described above. Bake the decorated loaves in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes. Loaf will sound hollow when the bottom is tapped. Let cool before slicing. If you want to make yours a gift, too, you can place the egg(s) in a basket that has been lined with the Easter grass that is shredded paper. Add a bow if you like and watch the recipient's joy at having an Easter present that isn't candy (or give them candy, too). Makes two small loaves.
When Satyajit Ray introduced a new Bengali detective in Feludar Goendagiri (ফেলুদার গোয়েন্দাগিরি) in the Bengali periodical Sandesh in 1965, he did not have any plans for continuing the series. Details on how the story originated can be found in Sandip Ray’s piece in a Feluda commemorative issue published 30 years later and also in a report published in The Telegraph. The short story involves a case quite simple compared to some of Feluda’s more intricate adventures. We also learn some facts about Feluda, some of which change in future stories. In Feludar Goendagiri, Topshe’s name is Tapesh Ranjan Bose, and Pradosh Mitter (Feluda) is a cousin related to him on his mother’s side. Topshe’s name changes to Tapesh Ranjan Mitter (Mitra) in subsequent stories and so does the relationship. Tosphe is a little over thirteen, and Feluda is twenty-seven years old in the story. We also learn that Feluda’s father’s name is Jaykrishna Mitter (Mitra). Although Feluda is as sharp as ever, in my opinion, he does seem a bit more impatient with Topshe than in future stories. From reading Sandip Ray’s reminisces we know that Satyajit Ray was fond of traveling and making sure Bengali readers could share his experiences through the Feluda adventures. Satyajit Ray directed Kanchenjunga, his first completely original screenplay a few years earlier. Kanchenjunga (which has always been one of my all-time favorite movies in any language) was shot in Darjeeling. For the first Feluda story, Feludar Goendagiri, readers were transported back to Darjeeling. Feluda would come back again for Darjeeling Jomjomat and Sandip Ray mentions that this was one of Satyajit Ray’s favorite places. Through Topshe’s first-person narrative, Feluda also educates as well as entertains. From the outset, he explains his thought-process and shares tidbits of information with readers. For example, in Feludar Goendagiri, readers learn some facts about differences in Bengali type-fonts Equally important, Feluda’s acute sense of observation is evident in Feludar Goendagiri. He notices minute details that others fail to detect. However, his acute powers are not limited to visual observation, since the sense of smell, plays a major part in this story. Feluda uses this sense to great effect in future stories such as Bombaiyer Bombete as well. As discussed, many of the key features of future Feluda stories are already present in Feludar Goendagiri. (If you’ve already read the story, please check out the quiz.) ©2010-2012 Feluda.net. All rights reserved.
Study: More Women Using Longer-Acting Birth Control A new federal study from the National Center for Health Statistics released today finds that the pill and sterilization are still the most popular birth control methods, but other hormonal methods like the patch, the ring, and the IUD are on the rise. The National Center for Health Statistics surveyed approximately 12,000 American women ages 15-44 about their use of birth control between 2006 and 2010. They compared the new data to a similar sample of about 10,000 women from 1995. The study found that women's use of daily birth control pills and sterilization remained almost constant, both hovering around 27% each. However, condom use as a sole form of birth control is on the decline, while the use of other hormonal methods like the patch and the ring, and other "long-acting" methods like the IUD, are on the rise. In fact, use of longer acting hormonal birth control like the patch and ring has increased 75% since 1995, and IUD use has increased by an astounding 600%. "There is some shift toward more effective contraception. The shift is also toward methods that require less user intervention," Lawrence Finer, director of domestic research at the New York City non-profit Guttmacher Institute, said to USA Today. Finer also published a study earlier this month, finding that the proportion of women using long-acting birth control methods "increased significantly" since 2002. This shift occurred among women in almost every demographic. Despite the drastic jump in use of these longer-acting and more effective methods of birth control, the reality is that these methods still make up a relatively small percentage of birth control use- with only 7% of respondents using the patch or ring and only 5.6% using the IUD. The author of the report notes that the form of birth control used by women varies depending on their insurance coverage and income. Although the long-acting IUD is a more effective form of contraception than the pill, co-pays for IUDs have not typically been covered under insurance plans, which caused them to cost up to a thousand dollars up front and out of pocket. Under the Affordable Care Act's birth control provision, employer-based insurance plans are required to cover all forms of birth control without a co-pay. This provision of the Affordable Care Act went into effect on August 1st, 2012. The Guttmacher Institute also released a study finding that IUD use is increasing among US women, and that removing cost barriers significantly increases the number of women choosing the most effective method of contraception, rather than the most cost-effective. Media Resources: USA Today 10/18/12; ThinkProgress 10/18/12; National Center for Health Statistics Study -Current Contraceptive Use in the United States; Testimony of Guttmacher Institute Submitted to the Committee on Preventive Services for Women
MOUNT DESERT — Concerns about the stability of the cliff above Peabody Drive (Route 3), on the opposite side of the harbor from the marina in Northeast Harbor, has prompted the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) to look at ways to shore it up. “Pieces of the ledge face tumble down to the side of the road at times, likely loosened by the freeze-thaw cycles,” said Mount Desert public works director Tony Smith. Paul MacDonald, a MDOT highway project manager, said plans have been developed for “preliminary engineering” for stabilizing the “rock back slope.” But that doesn’t mean anything will actually be done any time soon. “This is not a high problem area,” Mr. MacDonald said. “This location is being evaluated for severity compared to other similar rock slopes throughout the state. The data collected will enable the department to prioritize the spending of its limited construction dollars.” For more environmental news, pick up a copy of the Mount Desert Islander.
Two High Ridge Women Injured in Separate Car Crashes. Reports from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Two women from High Ridge were injured Monday in separate one-car automobile accidents. Corrinne M Baldridge, 25 was travelling eastbound on Highway 30 near Forest Hills Drive at about 7:20 p.m. Monday when her 1999 Ford Escort went off the right side of the roadway and struck a utility pole and guidewire. A Missouri State Highway Patrol Report (MSHP) stated Baldridge sustained moderate injuries. she was taken to Mercy Hospital. At about 10 p.m. Monday, Ruth Miller, of High Ridge was travelling on Highway D near Bumper Hill Road in Camden County when her 1998 Ford Mustang failed to negotiate a curve, travelling off the right side of the roadway. The MSHP report stated Miller's vehicle overcorrected and then ran off the left side of the road before overturning and striking a tree. The report stated Miller sustained moderate injuries.
Princeton Man Arrested for Alleged Drug Possession in Northeastern Bookstore Police responded to the bookstore for a suspicious person, and made an arrest on possession of drugs and an outstanding warrant. Boston Police arrested a Princeton man on Tuesday night for allegedly being in possession of prescription drugs not prescribed to him in the Northeastern University bookstore. Officers responded to a report of a suspicious person in the Northeastern University bookstore at 360 Huntington Ave. at 3 p.m. on December 11. Officers spoke with the caller, who stated that a person was acting suspicious while shopping in the bookstore. The suspect had been seen placing two textbooks into a bag. Officers ran the suspect’s information and discovered that there was a warrant out for his arrest out of Roxbury District Court for Uttering and Forgery. Police arrested the suspect for the warrant. While booking the suspect, officers discovered that the suspect had 23.5 pills on him. The suspect did not have a prescription. An query revealed that the pills were Citalopram Hydrobromide, a Class E substance. William Soske of 150 Mountain Road, Princeton, MA was arrested and charged with the outstanding warrant and Possession of a Class E Substance. Information in this article was supplied by the Boston Police Department. Charges listed to not imply a conviction.
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Announcer: [cue peppy marching music] Here it is, the exciting TV game all America is playing . . . whether they like it or not . . . Worldwide Preemptive War, where members of our studio audience compete for fantastic prizes, like getting out of here alive without a serious injury. Our first contestant is Joe Grunt, from the Topeka, Kansas National Guard . . . COME ON DOWN! Contestant 1: Hey, wait a minute, I just signed up for a weekend a month. Announcer: [laughing] Read your contract, son, including the part about stop loss extensions. And our second contestant is George W. Bush from the Texas Air National Guard . . . COME ON DOWN! Announcer: George W. Bush, COME ON DOWN! . . . [pause] Now they're telling me he never reported for duty after he was transferred out to Alabama. OK then, Dick Cheney, COME ON DOWN!! Announcer: [pause] What do you mean he said he had other priorities? Hell, just grab three more people without an "R" after their name . . . And now . . . here's the star of our show . . . Booooooooob BURKA! Bob Burka: Welcome to Worldwide Preemptive War, and the first item we have up for bid is an invasion and occupation of Iraq, estimated to take 6 days, or 6 weeks, I doubt 6 months. Who will guess the closest to the real cost plus, without going over? Contestant 1: I don't even want to go. I bid 100 billion, Bob, it could never possibly be that much. Contestant 2: 5 billion. Contestant 3: 20 billion. Contestant 4: One dollar, leave me out of it too. Bob Burka: And the actual final cost of the Iraq war and occupation to the American taxpayer is . . . at least 2 TRILLION DOLLARS. Contestant 1, you WIN! You get to play our first game, "Kill An Insurgent." And if you do, what do we have to give you today? Announcer: It's a NEW CAR!! . . . The latest model armored Humvee with stylish V-shaped underbody to try to deflect some of the many roadside IED explosions you're sure to encounter in your daily patrols. The fact is, you'll be getting one of the very few of these actually out there. A prize worth 150,000 dollars, for which the Pentagon paid five times that much. Bob Burka: You know how the game is played, you have 15 seconds to open fire on anything that moves, and if you kill an insurgent, you WIN! Go. Contestant 1: STOP! [rat-tatta-tat] HALT!! DON'T MOVE!! [ker-pow, boom] Bob Burka: Well, let's see how you did . . . Oh, I'm so sorry, you killed 19 civilians, including a family of four who could not understand the commands you were shouting at them in English, but you didn't get any insurgents. But wait . . . our judges have ruled that because some of their RELATIVES will now join the insurgency . . . you WIN! Let's have another contestant. Announcer: Rush Limbaugh, COME ON DOWN! Announcer: [pause] What are you talking about he had an ingrown hair follicle on his butt, and can't have a job where he has to sit for extended periods of time? Look, just draft . . . uh, I mean take, some high school student with no other chance of sustaining employment in this globally outsourced economy. Bob Burka: Let's tell our contestants the next item up for bid. Announcer: Now that we're in Iraq, next we want you to guess how many more years we're going to have to stay there. Contestant 1: One year, Bob. Contestant 2: Three years. Contestant 3: Two years. Contestant 4: Bring the troops home now! [gets tackled by a dozen security guards and dragged off the stage] Bob Burka: And the actual length of the occupation is . . . at least 10 years, since none of the leading presidential candidates will even promise we'll be out of there by 2013. You're a winner, Contestant 2! And what do we have for you in our next game. Announcer: It's a fabulous vacation in sunny Ramadi! . . . Yes, you will be sent on an ENDLESS deployment to the city where the action never stops, conveniently located in the famous Sunni Triangle, with all your expenses paid EXCEPT for long term medical care and rehabilitation, courtesy of the Walter Reed Army Hospital bureaucracy. Estimated cost to the American taxpayer 36 thousand a year, unless you're a contract mercenary, in which case as much as ten times that. Bob Burka: Now, to win this prize all you have to do is guess which of these quotes is a lie. [Recording 1] We don't torture. [Recording 2] We don't eavesdrop without a court order. [Recording 3] We have not yet decided to bomb Iran. Contestant 2: But, Bob, they're ALL lies. Bob Burka: See how easy it is. You're going to Ramadi! And now we come to our final Showcase. Behind one of the doors is an exit strategy, but behind the other is yet more senseless and counterproductive death and destruction. Contestant 1, you have selected door on the left. Let's see what you've won. Announcer: It's a hopeless quagmire!! . . . The proportion of the Iraqi people who approve of attacks on Americans will increase ultimately from the current 60 percent to a full 100, while the homegrown insurgency continues to defeat billion dollar technology with weapons improvised from the massive explosives stockpile they looted just after the initial invasion. Bob Burka: And behind the door on the right, what do we have for Contestant 2? Announcer: It's a full on regional conflagration precipitated by an attack on Iran without evidence or justification, including the possible fall of Pakistan to jihadist militants, putting operational nuclear weapons in their hands immediately, plus collapse of the global economy from skyrocketing oil prices, and asymmetric terrorist attacks against American interests all around the world. Bob Burka: Hey, let's give everybody BOTH showcases! Contestant 2: But you promised there was an exit strategy. Bob Burka: So I lied. We're not planning on leaving ever. Bob Burka: [cue music out] Be sure to tune in tomorrow for another Worldwide Preemptive War show. Until then, rest in peace! I mean, bye bye!
Categories > Celebrities > My Chemical Romance > I've got a dirty, little secret.. Or maybe one to many.7 Reviews Just an explanation.. sorry to disappoint you! - I'll Beta. I beta for a few people, am getting beta's by ShortGirl. :D I actually LOVE betaing (Awkward Word.) And would love to beta this, assuming it IS my fav fic right now. Lots of love, from me. Author's responseWow, your favorite fic, really? Thank you! I'll Email if I decide to use you. Thanks so much. :) xo - Yup. :3 I love it. :D Author's responseAh wow, thanks so much! xo (#) YourFamousLastWords 2011-07-28 07:03:14 PMHahaha, all is well. As long as you haven't died D: I think that this is gonna build up the suspense for when we do find out o: holds out cupcake with vanilla filling Author's responseNah, I haven't died! :) Yeah, I'm hoping it will build suspense, but ah well.. OH YAY, CUPCAKE! XD (#) microwavedhamster202 2011-07-28 07:18:45 PMJust wanted to say that I started reading your story today and it's incredible! I know what Frankie has but I won't say it :3 Author's responseOh wow, thanks! Okay, I'm sure many people appreciate that :3 Tell me if your right when I post the next chapter! xo - Please just don't like abandon it or else ill be totaly heart broken... seriously! And whatever has kept you from it I hope it ges better :) Author's responseI wont, I love writing this story. The response I get is simply amazing. Yeah, it will, I think. xo - I could beta if you want. (I've never done it before just so you know) But if you want, I can. I love the story btw, it is one of my favorites. :) Author's responseAh yeah, I'll Email you if I decide I want you! :D :D (#) kirrahdiviney 2011-07-29 10:07:15 PMoh god, you're killing me! haha. this story is amazing and i REALLY want Frankie to get better! - kirrah xx Author's responseOh sorry! D: XD I'll post soon, Imma post the next chapter without a beta, so.. xo
Categories > Original > Poetry2 Reviews A Christmas gift poem I wrote two years ago. A reflection on Christmas. The cacophony of sounds and tunes, Of candies sold in brightly colored packs, Of crowded malls and elbows rubbing, Of festive lights, brightly shining, Of gifts and thanks changing hands, Of tired arms and feet aching, Of the rush of joyful feeling, Of many a moment to delight... Let's take a moment to reflect... A moment to pause and think back, To the past year, of trials and joy. Give thanks for the moments that made you smile: For the festive celebrations amidst woes and toil, For rewards worth the extra mile, For the great food and greater company, For simple things, such as a child's laughter... And for friends, who will be true forever. Give thanks to God for His Son He gave, A gift so great... that all may live. And raise his name in praise and silent prayer Emmanuel, the Christ Jesus, our Deliverer. A year has passed, a new year dawns... We may not know what the future brings But in our hearts, I hope the words would sing: "A blessed Christmas, one and all! Peace, hope, and love... forever more." --Mark Poa, December 22, 2004
Monday, April 23, 2012 "NEW YORK -- During the past several months of the Republican primary campaign, presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney received a mix of positive and negative coverage, while President Barack Obama got "consistently negative" coverage, according to a new study from Pew's Project for Excellence in Journalism. The PEJ study, which examined coverage from the period between Jan 2 and April 15, found that "Obama's negative coverage exceeded positive coverage in 14 or 15 weeks studied, while positive coverage outweighed negative coverage for Romney in six of the 15 weeks and was fairly evenly divided in four more." While former House Speaker Newt Gingrich often railed against the "elite media" and former Sen. Rick Santorum famously called out a New York Times reporter, Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, generally steered clear of media bashing. But as he pivots to the general election, Romney has begun taking jabs likely to play well with the Republican faithful. On April 15, Romney told attendees at a closed-door fundraiser held in Palm Beach that most TV commentators "tend to be liberal." Two days later, Romney said in a Breitbart.com interview that "many in the media are inclined to do the president's bidding and I know that's an uphill battle we fight with the media generally." He also spoke of a "vast left wing conspiracy" against him." [Source] Well someone needs to alert the "vast left wing" and fast, because it appears they haven't gotten the memo. Of course, over at the news network for dummies, they are just flat out making up quotes to fit their narrative as they continue to cheer on their boy, Flipper. "They say a lie can get halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on, but having a top-rated cable news network on its side helps the lie out even more. TPM points out that Fox and Friends host Steve Doocy got creative with a President Obama quote, adding the words “unlike some people” to the President’s “I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth.” It must be nice to be able to just "creative" a quote while you are a host on a cable N-E-W-S network. No wonder the average A-merry-can is so clueless. Speaking of clueless, WTF was this guy, Michael Bullerdick, thinking? (Yes, that's really his name: Buller-dick) Dude gets a job with Essence Magazine and ends up clowning himself. "Essence Magazine’s editor-in-chief, Constance White, was forced to back pedal when one of her editors, Michael Bullerdick (pictured below), forgot that even a “private” Facebook page (pictured below) can still end up embarrassing you in public. SEE ALSO: Two Shows Present Black Women In Positive Light Bullerdick, the infamous White guy hired at Essence as a Managing Editor last summer, has turned out to be the kind of Right Wing, Fox News watching, Tea Party attending, first Black president hating, extremist that we hear about in scary racist bedtime stories. Bullerdick isn’t just a man with a few conservative viewpoints, he’s the kind of Republican who is so angry at Black people and civil rights, that he puts it all over his Facebook page. I wouldn’t be surprised if Bullerdick owns one of those “Don’t Re-nig” bumper stickers that are all the rage among Right Wing nut jobs. Bullerdick was busted after the website Journal-isms sent a screenshot of his page to the editor. On the page, Bullerdick attacked civil rights leader Al Sharpton as a “Race Pimp”; went after President Barack Obama as a radical; and touted videos by the late Andrew Breitbart, who was responsible for getting former USDA official Shirley Sherrod fired; and attacking Attorney General Eric Holder. The commentary wasn’t just a matter of simple disagreement on policy, but was the kind of racial hatred that one would expect from the kind of Right Winger that even other Republicans might find embarrassing." Yes, but why would you discriminate against Mr. Bullerdick just because he is white? Shouldn't the best person get the job regardless of his color? How do you answer that Mr. Watkins? "Let’s be clear: Bullerdick being White is not the issue, although one could argue that there are thousands of talented Black female journalists locked out of White organizations who would be quite qualified to speak to the Black female experience in America. What is most problematic is the fact that Bullerdick is a guy who identifies with the values and beliefs of those who work night and day to preserve our nation’s long-held commitment to racial inequality. The union between Bullerdick and Essence Magazine was the kind of awkward arranged marriage that leaves the bride sobbing in the dressing room when she realizes she has no choice. One can also easily argue that this man has absolutely no respect for Essence Magazine, its readers or what the magazine represents to the black community. By showering his Facebook page with borderline racist, inflammatory rhetoric, while taking a paycheck from Essence, he is effectively saying, “I don’t care what any of you people think.” [Source] OK, I guess if you put it that way. Sorry Mr. Bullerdick, I think you might have to go.
LAW Aug. 9 Update - Punk Slams The Rock John Pollock / August 9, 2011 - 4:26pm The newest edition of Review a Raw is up online with Wai Ting and myself recapping last night’s show and going through all of your feedback (and we appreciate all the comments we are getting Monday nights). The show is available at http://www.thefightnetwork.com/data/podcasts/819/2011-08-09.mp3 and you can also get all of our shows on iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/live-audio-wrestling/id334244254. The ‘Smackdown’ television tapings take place in Sacramento, California tonight featuring Christian making an announcement and inviting Triple H. They have also announced Christian and Randy Orton will be in individual singles matches just as they did with CM Punk and John Cena on ‘Raw’. Plus the character of Sin Cara returns tonight but not the same performer for now. TNA is in Orlando, Florida for their third straight night at the Impact Zone and will be taping the August 18th edition of ‘Impact Wrestling’. The next cycle of TNA television tapings will take place on the road in Huntsville, Alabama and should be a breath of fresh air for the show. CM Punk appeared on Mark Madden’s radio show Monday in Pittsburgh to promote ‘SummerSlam’ and will likely get a lot of attention for his thoughts on The Rock. Punk stated that The Rock shouldn’t be taking credit for the amount of buys for WrestleMania 27 (1,058,000 buys this year worldwide, up from 885,000 the prior year) stating that Rock didn’t do anything entertaining on the show and is sick of Rock getting credit for the success of the show. The criticism is not a very valid one as the people purchasing the show obviously purchased the show without any knowledge of what would occur on the show and the content of the show isn’t dictating the buys for a show. It was a letdown of a WrestleMania in my opinion but there was significant buzz heading into the show (and to say The Rock was not responsible for that is just not correct in my view and Rock was a giant reason why ‘Mania was up this year, taking Rock out of this year’s show there was nothing marquee on this show that would have made this the most successful wrestling show in history from a revenue stand point – which it did with The Rock’s inclusion). Punk also said that The Rock’s promos are corny and old and he is not saying this to disrespect The Rock but hopes that it gives him motivation to step it up when he returns and that one day hopes a young kid in the business will criticize Punk for being old and stale. Punk also spoke about a pending feud with Triple H and that they cannot make the same mistakes they did 10-years ago and must focus on the future of the business because he is concerned about the future and whether there will be a business in 30-years. He said he would loved to have dragged out his return to television, he got tons of outside offers but the bottom line was that had a pay-per-view to sell. Despite being released on Friday Melina travelled to all of the WWE ‘Raw’ house shows on the weekend with boyfriend John Morrison. However on Monday night Melina was not allowed in the arena by WWE officials and Melina posted that on Twitter. The company also took a shot at Melina with the promo by Beth Phoenix to Eve Torres saying ‘no more splits’. I was amazed at the lack of a card for ‘SummerSlam’ coming out of ‘Raw’ last night as have four matches and one match that will draw on this show. This the definition of a one match show on Sunday and in 2011 you need all hands on deck for a WWE pay-per-view to draw and I really feel this show is going to under perform buy wise. The closing angle was tremendous Monday night but will it be enough for people to spend that amount on one match? There was an incredible excitement for ‘Money in the Bank’ and that show only managed 135,000 domestic buys (approximately), in this case you do have the ‘SummerSlam’ name but you don’t have the lineup that suggests anyone is going to spend $55 for one match. They announced on ‘Raw’ Monday night that Rey Mysterio would take on the winner of the CM Punk Vs John Cena match next Monday from San Diego, California. This could all end up with an angle so the match doesn’t occur as Mysterio’s knee is in bad shape right now and he could be out for some time once he receives the results of his MRI. Mysterio has quietly had an amazing run this year since coming back to ‘Raw’ and has been the MVP of that show on a consistent basis and will definitely be a blow to lose him right now when the depth is so thin. TNA has signed Long Island based wrestler Tony Nese to a contract. Nese came in prior to the ‘Destination X’ event to work a three-way and got good reviews. He was originally trained by Mikey Whipwreck. Gail Kim’s profile has not been removed from WWE.com as they are not letting her out of her contract until it expires in a few months. This is the reason there was no announcement regarding Kim on Friday by the WWE when all the other releases were announced. Kim officially quit last Monday and explained her comments on Twitter. It would seem like an easy decision to bring Kim back to TNA and help the Knockout’s division, which has never recovered from he loss of Kim and Awesome Kong, who put the division on the map and became ratings draws for the company when ‘Impact’ expanded to two-hours in late 2007. Melina is an interesting one because she does have a name and has been on WWE television since 2005 but I think it’s a real problem when you tune into ‘Impact’ as a new fan and you see all these faces that were cast offs from the WWE and it starts to define the TNA product. Paul Heyman always had the philosophy of taking name stars from the past with the sole purpose of transferring their star power to his own talent and create his own stars and it is a different philosophy in TNA where they feel the show needs names people are familiar with (showing little faith in their own ability to create stars) but as we have seen there is just about nobody TNA can realistically acquire that is going to make a difference, it all comes to presentation of these stars and the context in which the people see them in. For those that missed it, here is my full 18-minute chat with John Morrison when he was in Toronto promoting ‘SummerSlam’: Jay Lethal has signed a contract with Ring of Honor. Hulk Hogan received some publicity on Tuesday appearing on BBC Radio 5 and discussing the current riots going on and that perhaps these rioters need to be leg dropped. He also compared the struggles going on in London to when he body slammed Andre the Giant in 1987. It’s Hogan everyone, you just have to enjoy this man. PETA is launching a new campaign and will feature Brooke Hogan posing nude for the campaign. Chris Jericho made his WWE debut on this date in 1999 at the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois. It is still remembered as one of the greatest debuts in company history where he was instantly positioned in a top spot by interrupting The Rock’s segment and got the elaborate countdown each week leading to his debut. As Jericho described in his book he ran into tons of issues later that year where he the company lost faith in him, was chewed out by Vince McMahon (and had his political adversaries within the company) but rebounded to become one of the top stars the company has ever had. In a funny note that same night on ‘Monday Nitro’ they returned Hulk Hogan to the red and yellow (the first time they did it since turning him in 1996) and Jericho’s quarter did better than anything on Nitro, which was in a tailspin at this point in mid-1999 during the Kevin Nash era of WCW. DOWNLOAD THE AUG. 8TH REVIEW A RAW (John Pollock and Wai Ting review the go-home edition of 'Raw' heading into 'SummerSlam') DOWNLOAD THE AUG. 7TH EDITION OF THE LAW (Dan Lovranski and John Pollock recap ‘Hardcore Justice’, fmr WWE Diva Melina, Dave Meltzer and more) DOWNLOAD THE AUG 7TH EDITION OF REVIEW A WAI (John Pollock and Wai Ting review the 1989 ‘SummerSlam’ event) DOWNLOAD THE DAMIAN ABRAHAM INTERVIEW (John Pollock and Wai Ting chat with Damian Abraham of the band Fucked Up) JOIN THE LAW’S NEW FACEBOOK FAN PAGE JOIN THE NEW REVIEW A WAI FACEBOOK FAN PAGE John Pollock can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.org and http://www.twitter.com/lawradio
Monday, June 11, 2007 There's a celebration of Grease 2 going on over at Moviezzz. Today marks the 25th anniversary of that Michelle Pfeiffer milestone (her first headlining movie role) and the sequel to Grease. Normally I would've contributed (it's my girl you know) but there's my own long since scheduled 'action heroine' blog-a-thon tomorrow and I'm too swamped. But if you love Stephanie & the Pink Ladies head on over and sco--ohh-ohh-ore tonii-iight.
Film Fatale, Ireland’s most glamourous film event, is delighted to announce its Cork launch 25 August in The Half Moon Theatre. August marks 50 years since the passing of one Hollywood’s most iconic stars, Marilyn Monroe. To celebrate the silver screen’s most famous platinum blonde Film Fatale will screen Marilyn in her most sizzling role — as Sugar Kane in Some Like it Hot. This will be a night of cinema nostalgia and old–style Hollywood glamour that will transport the audience back to 1950s Hollywood for an evening of film, vintage music, cocktails and dancing. Opening the festivities, chanteuse Derby Browne will reprise her role from 2010s National Concert Hall show ‘Let’s Make Love’ for a Marilyn-inspired tribute. The show will include songs from Some Like it Hot, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, There’s No Business Like Show Business and Let’s Make Love. The screening of Billy Wilder’s hilarious comedy will be followed by a 1950s party mirroring Hollywood’s greatest decade with Film Fatale’s resident DJs, The Andrews Sisters’ Brothers, playing hits from the era. The audience is invited to help set the scene by dressing up in their vintage finest, paying homage to the 1950s or dressing like Marilyn and her co-stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. One of Hollywood’s most treasured classics and the American Film Institute’s number one in its list of America’s 100 Funniest Movies, ‘Some Like It Hot’ stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as Chicago musicians who accidentally witness a gangland shooting and quickly board a southbound train to Florida, disguised as Josephine and Daphne. The two then become the newest and homeliest members of an all-girl jazz band, which includes a never-better Marilyn Monroe. While Curtis falls for Monroe and creates another alias to woo her, Lemmon gets stuck fending off the affections of millionaire Osgood Fielding III. Marilyn Monroe’s charm, perfectly matched by the pairing of Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon’s comic duo, makes Some Like It Hot Billy Wilder’s most sizzling comedy. With her famous humour and charm, Marilyn transcended the dumb blonde image that made her famous to become not only an icon of Hollywood glamour but one of its greatest actresses. According to Film Fatale producer Anna Taylor, “Film Fatale is about celebrating the glamour and old-fashioned fun of classic Hollywood films and their stars. Marilyn is the epitome of glamour but it was her playful sense of humour that made her so loveable. We’re delighted to be celebrating a true Hollywood star and that Some Like it Hot will launch Film Fatale Cork”. Saturday the 25th of August at 8pm, Half Moon Theatre, Cork Opera House, Emmet Place, Cork. Tickets €14 are available at Entertainment.ie/tickets After-party from 11pm with tickets at the door (€5). For more information see filmfataleevents.blogspot.com ,http://corkoperahouse.ie , facebook.com/filmfataleevents or www.facebook.com/pages/Half-
Gali Gali mai Choor was released on Feb 3, 2012 and it seems the film has already fizzled out at the box office and all the great expectations concerning this comic flick have turned to dust. The film is in perfect sync with the anti-corruption drive that went on for many weeks last year and grabbed a lot of attention. Similarly, Gali Gali mai choor went on the floor with a lot of fan fare dealing with the issue of corruption in civil departments and shared the same fate as the anti-corruption drive, fizzling out without achieving much. The film is directed by Rumy Jafry who is well known for block busters like Golmaal Returns, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan and Hero No.1. The cast includes Akshay Khanna, Mugdha Godse, Shriya Saran, Satish Kaushik and Annu Kapoor and all these actors have nothing to write home about due to the mediocre script and storyline the film follows. The main plot is that politician wants a room in the home of bank cashier Bharat (Akshaye Khanna) to set up his election office in. When the latter refuses, he influences the cops to harass him and so the movie continues. Veena Malik did her bit to set the bar of item numbers high with the item track, Mehngi hui hai angraee, jab se Chhanno hai khirki pe aayee, whether she succedded or not is not yet known. A special screening of the movie was held for Anna Hazare, what this achieved for the film’s promotion is yet to be seen, but it dosen’t seem to be making much of a difference with how things are looking at the box-office at the moment for Gali Gali Mai Choor! After setting an example for non-violent means of protests by the Indian Against Activist Anna Hazare, director Ganesh Shinde is now set to make a Marathi language movie on the veteran. Shinde will be concentrating on Hazare’s non-violent methods, which have proved fruitful for pursuing goals. The director has also named the movie as ‘Mala Anna Vhaychay’ (I Want To Become Anna). The film will be spreading the message that the non-violent Gandhian ways of spreading the message and pursuing goals are more effective and healthy than terrorist ideologies. Shinde has set the story around a teenager, who is inspired by the ways of Mahatma Gandhi and belongs to a poor family. The boy then begins to follow the Gandhian principles and overcomes his personal frustrations too. The director said that he had thought of the idea of the film even before Anna’s agitation for eradication of corruption. Shinde has also said that he will be requesting Anna Hazare to take part in some of the scenes of the movie. Bollywood actor Salman Khan has been recently criticized by the supporters of Anna Hazare. The body guards of the actor had beaten up the activists of Hazare, who were trying to approach the actor to ask his support. Salman was returning from a function in Kanpur after which some of the supporters of the Indian Against Corruption activist were trying to approach the actor for their support in the campaign. The activists had alleged that they were pushed by the body guards. Salman was in the car and the body guards were surrounding the car, who had then pushed the activists and even hit some of them. One of the activist in the group, Deepak Bharat, had told the reporters that the bodyguards had hit them as soon as they had approached the actor. Bharat said that they just had the intention to gift the actor with some Anna topis. The activists have now lodged a complaint against the actor.
\|Relm: I couldn't miss the chance to practice my drawing!\| \|This article is in need of a few pictures. Perhaps you can help by uploading and adding a picture or two.\| - "The gigas Ramuh himself infused this staff with a bolt of lightning." - —Description, Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift The Judgment Staff (裁きの杖, Sabaki no Tsue?), also known as Judge Staff, Judgement, Judicer's Staff, and Staff of Judgment, is a recurring weapon in the series. It is often a high-level staff, mainly used by the magical classes, and boosts Magic Power. - "A staff that casts Flare when used." The Judgment Staff is the second strongest staff in the game, only being surpassed by the Sage's Staff. It has an Attack and Accuracy of 25 and casts Flare when used as an item. It is only equippable by Black Wizards, and can only be obtained from Atomos. - "Staff intended to render judgment unto evil. Full power from back row." The Judgment Staff has the highest Attack Power of all staffs, though Sage Staff is still stronger otherwise. It has an Attack power of 57, and can only be obtained through stealing from Black Warlock or Istory Lythos, and during the first battle with Exdeath. It increases Magic by 5 and casts Dispel when used as an item in battle. Judicer's Staff is a high-level staff, it gives the character 43 Attack power and 8 Evade and a 15% chance to inflict Stop on hit. The license Staves 3 is required to use it. It can be bought in Archades, and it is a rare steal from the monster Golem. - "A toy weapon made to resemble a serious staff." Staff of Judgment is an adornment and as such is available only to monsters changing only their appearance without changing its battle performance. - "This staff was struck by Ramuh's lightning." The Judge Staff is a low-level staff that is Lightning-elemental. It teaches Ramuh to Summoners, Shell to White Mages, and Aero to Bishops, and has an Attack of 21, Magic of 3, and Magic Resistance of 5. It can be bought for 1,500 gil in shops. The Judicer's Staff is a low-level staff that provides +23 Attack, +3 Defense, and +5 Resistance, as well as again being Lightning-elemental. It teaches the same abilities as before to the same classes, and can be bought in the shop for 500 gil after sending a Storm Stone, a Recall Grass, and Waltwood to the Bazaar. - "A mighty gavel capable of judging the gods themselves. Use at your own risk." The Judgment Staff is the second strongest staff in the game, being surpassed by the Kitty Staff. It has an Attack of 80 and a Magic of 100. - "The rod held by the god of death. It was once considered a very trendy item among the dead." Judgement Staff is the second strongest staff in the game in terms of Magic, and can be used by any race. It provides 57 attack and 85 magic at level 1 while providing 77 attack and 127 magic at level 30, gives +10 to Stun and +5 to Thunder, has one empty slot, and comes with the ability Fast Charge 1. It can be created for 1,620 gil by using up one Adamantite and three Abyssians. When turned into a jewel, a level 3-9 Judgment Staff makes a Charjade, level 10-19 makes a Magic Stone 4, and level 20-30 makes an Amethyst. \|This section of the article about Final Fantasy Type-0 is a stub. You can help Final Fantasy Wiki by expanding it.\| Judgement Staff is a high level staff. It provides 55 attack power, +3 Intelligence, and +9 Wisdom. It casts Dispel when used as an item. The Judicer's Staff is an high-rank staff which adds 28 to base Bravery, 39 to Attack, and increases EX Mode duration by 20%. It can be obtained by trading 17,810 gil, a Flamescepter, a Mistletoe, and two Quality Lumbers in at the shop. - "Though normally wrong to judge others, holding this staff authorizes you to do so." Judicer's Staff grants +8 to Attack. It can be equipped by White Mage, Devout, Sage, Rydia, Krile, Eiko, and Yuna.
\|Final Fantasy Tactics Character\| - "I am a machinist. Do you know the history of my trade?" - —Mustadio Bunansa Mustadio Bunansa, also known as Mustadio Bunanza, is a character from Final Fantasy Tactics whom Ramza Beoulve and Agrias Oaks must rescue from Baert Trading Company. He is the first unit available in the game that can wield a gun. His birthday is October 15. Trouble With Baert Trading CompanyEdit Mustadio and his father Besrudio Bunansa come into possession of the Taurus Zodiac Stone which Cardinal Alphonse Delacroix is seeking. Delacroix hires Ludovich Baert, leader of Baert Trading Company to obtain the stone by force. Baert's minions capture Besrudio, but Mustadio escapes. He is later cornered by the mercenaries, but rescued by Ramza and Agrias on their way to Lionel Castle. After fighting their way to Lionel, the three meet with Delacroix, unaware of what he is up to. Agrias stays behind to guard Princess Ovelia, while Ramza accompanies Mustadio back to his hometown of the Clockwork City of Goug to rescue his father. Mustadio separates from Ramza, and gets captured. Ramza is then accosted by Baert himself, who has both Mustadio and Besrudio brought before them. Baert threatens to kill Besrudio if Mustadio does not divulge the location of the Taurus Stone. Mustadio tells him that it is in the chimney near Ramza, and Baert forces Ramza to retrieve it for him. After revealing that the Cardinal is complicit, Baert leaves with the stone, and his minions attack Ramza. A completely disarmed Mustadio struggles to hold his own, but is rescued by Ramza and his forces. Back to LionelEdit Upon regrouping, Besrudio bemoans the loss of the stone, but Mustadio reveals that the stone in Baert's hands is actually a fake, and that he has the real stone. As Ramza and Mustadio make their way back toward Lionel by an alternate route, Baert returns to Lionel with the fake stone, unaware that he goes to his own death at the hands of the Cardinal. Agrias escapes from Lionel and rejoins Ramza and Mustadio, but the trio run into trouble with mercenary Goffard Gaffgarion. Finally, Ramza defeats Gaffgarion in a one-on-one battle at the gate of Lionel, allowing the trio to finally confront the Cardinal. Cardinal Delacroix pulls out the Scorpio stone and changes into Cúchulainn, one of the Lucavi demons. Cúchulainn proves to be a formidable opponent with powerful moves like Nightmare and Biora, but Ramza and Mustadio prevail, defeating the monster and recovering the Scorpio Zodiac Stone. Mustadio remains with Ramza throughout his quest to defeat the Lucavi. Two New GadgetsEdit After defeating Belias, Ramza and Mustadio return to the Clockwork City of Goug and learn that Besrudio has discovered an unusual-looking device, with a strange symbol on it. After helping a warrior named Beowulf Cadmus rescue Reis Duelar from the Mining Town of Gollund, they are rewarded with a Zodiac Stone, which they use to power up the device, which is actually Construct 8. Construct-8 tells Ramza to give it an order, and Ramza, wanting to test out his new ally, tells Construct-8 to attack Mustadio. Construct-8 attacks Mustadio, and Ramza is forced to scramble to resurrect him with a Phoenix Down. This is a rare instance of comedy in the otherwise grim story of Final Fantasy Tactics. After the fight with Zalmour Lucianada, they once again return to Goug, where Besrudio has come up with another unusual device. Once again, a Zodiac Stone is required to activate it. At Nelveska Temple, Ramza and Mustadio defeat another bot, Construct-7-New and gain another Zodiac Stone. Taking it to Besrudio, they manage to activate the device, which causes Cloud Strife to appear. He immediately runs off, but Ramza and Mustadio later catch up with him after defeating Adrammelech, when he runs into trouble at the Trade City of Sal Ghidos, where Ramza had previously bought a flower from an unusual girl. Equipment and StatisticsEdit Mustadio first appears as a guest in Chapter 2, starting at level 10 with 60 Bravery, 62 Faith, and equipped with the Romandian Pistol, Headgear, Mythril Vest, and Battle Boots. He will always start with the Aimed Shot ability, while his other abilities are always randomized. When fought in Rendezvous Missions #11: All-Star Melee, he is 2 levels higher than the highest level deployed character, and starts with 60 Bravery and 62 Faith. He is still in his Machinist class, and is equipped with the Blaster, Thief's Cap, Black Garb, and Japa Mala. He has access to the commands Aimed Shot and Arts of War, as well as the abilities Soulbind, Defense Boost, and Move +3. When fought in Rendezvous Missions #14: Brave Story, he is level 99 and starts with 68 Bravery and 65 Faith. He uses his default job and comes equipped with the Blaze Gun, Thief's Cap, Luminous Robe, and a random accessory. He has access to Aimed Shot, Arts of War, Soulbind, Defense Boost, and a random movement ability. - With the release of Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions, Mustadio and his father share the last name of "Bunansa" with the Final Fantasy XII character Cidolfus Demen Bunansa and his son Balthier.
Pew: US Won't Avoid Fiscal Cliff Due to GOP A majority of Americans expect the U.S. to go over the fiscal cliff at the beginning of 2013 and would blame Republicans if that happens, according to a poll published Tuesday. Yeah, seeing as how we're still living with most of the damage done by his utterly corrupt and utterly incompetent administration. When it's all fixed, maybe we'll be a little nicer to that idiot, but not a minute sooner. Bush spent money we didn't have, on things we didn't need. His economic policies led to the housing bubble, which gave the illusion of prosperity to millions for about six years, before the bubble burst. At the end of his term most Americans were much worse off than when he was inaugurated. All politicians need to work together to resolve the issues at hand. The 1st step would be to stop the bickering and trying to make to other look bad. Both sides have to be mature and responsible the country should come 1st not the politicians. I love that idea, but I really think that we need to clean house in Washington, and, clean up the system of legalized bribery referred to as "campaign financing", before it will be possible for that to happen. i'm referring to radical right-wing intransigents, unwilling to negotiate balanced, common sense legislation on behave of the american people.......getting things done.....actually executing their duties to serve the people over their own interests. have there been violators on both sides?.....you bet there have.....but the lions share for the time exist on the republican side of the isle...........if this should change......the people will have to take care of that as well. Forty-five percent of Americans favor an approach to reducing the deficit that relies equally on spending cuts and tax increases, up from 32% in July 2011. Americans tilted more toward an emphasis on spending cuts last year. LOL....that 45% along with you get more out of the system than you put in so of course you favor raising taxes. I keep asking when you will get on board with my 45k a year for everyone....period. No more and no less.....we can call scrape by on that especially since our healthcare will be free. That is probably the 45% that don't pay taxes. LOL. Oblunder agreed to the fiscal cliff and now we should go over it before only the middle class get taxed...yes, $250K in some parts fo the country is middle class.
Insiders making their +/- 10M shares available; Downgrade of the company; Can't figger out anything else, assuming that there won't be any (other) dilution. Things that might happen in favor of longs: Bigger international growth; (non-binding) Buy-out offers; A 'small' institutional buy, triggering an upside swing; Company buying back own stock (12.5 M cash would decrease the float with 7%);
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Vivendi Divestiture of Telecom Assets will Pave Way for Activision Minority Share Buy Out - Q2 2013 PARIS \| Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:16pm EDT (Reuters) - Vivendi (VIV.PA) has received four expressions of interest in its 53-percent stake in Maroc Telecom (IAM.CS) from which it hopes to garner at least 5.5 billion euros ($7.13 billion), two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Regional rivals Qatar Telecom QTEL.QA, Etisalat 7020.SE and Saudi Telecom 7010.SE, as well as South Africa's MTN (MTNJ.J) have spoken to Vivendi's bankers about acquiring the stake in Morocco's biggest operator, the people said. There is no official deadline set for offers, but Vivendi hopes to sign a deal before the end of the first quarter of 2013, one of the people said. Maroc Telecom is Vivendi's second largest contributor to earnings but its growth has slowed in recent years under tough competition in its domestic market. Vivendi is seeking to sell assets to cut debt and revive its flagging share price, which is near 10-year lows. The kingdom of Morocco, which owns a 30 percent stake, would need to approve any sale. Led by Chairman Jean-Rene Fourtou, Vivendi has been reviewing its strategy, and has also put its Brazilian telecom operator GVT on the block. Earlier it tried to sell video games unit Activision Blizzard (ATVI.O) but failed to attract bids at the price it wanted. Vivendi shares, which had been trading down 0.3 percent, closed up 2.2 percent after the Reuters report. Maroc Telecom, in which Vivendi first bought a stake in 2001, offers fixed-line, mobile and internet services. It is one of Africa's main telecom operators with units in Burkina Faso, Gabon, Mali and Mauritania. Qatar Telecom is seen as the best-placed potential bidder because they have the funds to back the acquisition and internal agreement on the strategic rationale, said one of the sources. The group, which has expanded in 16 countries from Indonesia to Algeria over the past decade, is already in talks with two banks on a mandate to bid, the person said. Qatar Telecom declined to comment. Etisalat Chief Executive Ahmad Julfar told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday that the global economic crisis would create opportunities for the Gulf operator to expand in the next 18 months. Asked whether Etisalat was mulling a bid for Vivendi's Maroc Telecom, he said: "We are not part of that yet". Saudi Telecom is interested in expanding in Morocco having earlier looked at buying second-biggest player Meditel. But it may not be able to move on a bid soon because of an ongoing strategy review after a management reshuffle. Saudi Telecom was not immediately available for comment. MTN is a surprise name in the race because observers had seen the South African group as unlikely to be interested for political reasons linked to Morocco's occupation of Western Sahara. "We thought it wouldn't be possible for them but they are showing great interest and they promise that they will handle the political issues," the person said. MTN declined to comment specifically on its interest in Maroc Telecom with its spokesman Rich Mkhondo saying: "MTN is always looking for value-enhancing opportunities but we never comment on speculation about those opportunities until the right time." Any bidder for Vivendi's stake would be required under local stock market rules to make an offer to buy-out minority shareholders. But the state is not interested in selling all of its 30 percent stake, the two people said. The state could, however, sell a small portion of its stake so as to keep roughly 10 percent of Maroc Telecom traded on the Casablanca exchange, one of the people said.
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The long running industrial dispute was resolved in June 2001 when a collective agreement was signed with the Professional Firefighters Union. Firewise, the flagship fire education programme was launched in the same year. The programme was targeted at year one and two primary school students and years seven and eight intermediate students and has continued (with some changes) since. In 2002, a spate of fatal house fires in Northland lead to the establishment of Te Kotahitanga, an interagency programme with Work and Income New Zealand, Housing New Zealand, ACC and People Potential. Northlanders under the Taskforce Green programme were trained to become ‘fire safety advisors’ and visited ‘at risk’ communities providing fire safety advice, installing smoke alarms and completing escape plans for households. In 2003, the ‘Speed of Fire’ advertisement was launched. This ad was used to show people how quickly fire spread. The success of the ad is still felt today. The ad won numerous awards including a Gold Award at the Cannes International Advertising Awards. In 2006, the National Training Centre was opened in Rotorua. The centre has the latest state of the art training tools and is the international benchmark for fire training facilities. In 2008 the Fire Service took part in the 50 year celebration of the 111 Emergency phone number. You can check out the website to read more about the history of 111. March 2008 saw the launch of the new television campaign to raise fire safety awareness in New Zealand. These ads feature firefighters giving 15 second safety messages that help prevent fires in the home.
[Ed. Note: Attackerman has more on this morning's White House meeting/teleconference/debate. As Spencer notes, diversity of opinion is healthy in policy discussions and journalism!] It has been a consequential last 24 hours for the future of the US mission in Afghanistan. Karl Eikenberry, the current US Ambassador to the country, has dissented from the prevailing [...] \|By: David Dayen Thursday November 12, 2009 7:50 am\| \|By: Siun Thursday November 12, 2009 6:05 am\| It’s unclear whether Obama’s displeasure with the McChrystal options actually represents an unwillingness to send more troops or simply a desire for a different escalation timeline or additional conditions on the Karzai government, but Eikenberry’s cable and its leak suggests a significant shift in policy may be developing. \|By: Spencer Ackerman Wednesday November 11, 2009 6:50 pm\| [UPDATE: Within the hour, Rachel Maddow has spoken with an AP reporter who has a "senior administration official" saying that President Obama has rejected all four options for a change in Afghan War strategy presented to him by his national security team. The sticking point: Obama reportedly wants more planning for how and when control [...]
Artwork of Nailah from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. “I am Nailah, Queen of Hatari, and this is Volug, my loyal servant. Our kingdom lies far east of here.” Nailah (ニケ, Nike) is a playable character in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. She is the ruler of the lost nation of Hatari, located to the east of Daein. She is a white wolf and through the skill Formshift has the ability to transform (and keep her wolf form) whenever she wants. She first becomes playable in Part I, Chapter 8: Glory Unwanted and helps Micaiah along with Volug and Rafiel. She is required in that chapter. After the end of Part I, she goes with Tormod, Muarim, and Vika to Gallia. After the last battle, she returned to Hatari with recent events graven in her heart; she hoped to migrate her people across the desert. Nailah truly has the pride, air, and manners of a Queen. She can be distant, serious, and blunt. Despite this, however, she is very quick to form bonds with others, be they Laguz, Beorc, or even Branded, forming a lasting friendship with the elegant Heron Prince Rafiel and a fast friendship with Micaiah. She refuses to ever let Rafiel go anywhere alone and orders her trusted vassal, Volug, to pose as a 'pet dog' for Micaiah during and after their adventures together. She puts great trust in her vassal Volug, though she can be quite blunt with him, likening him to a mere dog when he is in his unique "half-transformed" state. In battle, she is virtually unstoppable, able to kill almost anything in one strike of her Great Fang. She has incredible attack speed, skill, and avoid. It won't be until Part 4 Endgame until certain enemies are even capable of landing hits. She adores Rafiel as he is, and grows quite angry at Ike when he suggests that he be more like his brother Reyson and emulate the Hawk King Tibarn, a suggestion that Rafiel is certainly willing to try. \|Part 1\|\|Part 2\|\|Part 3\|\|Part 4\|\|Endgame\| ◎=Forced ○=Available □=Available for selected △=Reinforcement \|Starting Class\|\|Aff\|\|Lv\|\|HP\|\|Str\|\|Mag\|\|Skl\|\|Spd\|\|Luk\|\|Def\|\|Res\|\|Con\|\|Wt\|\|Mov\|\|Weapon\|\|Skill\|\|Starting Items\| \|Strike - SS\|\| Glare\| \| Great Fang\| In Part I of Radiant Dawn, Nailah is very powerful, but already trained. She can kill the entire enemy army, but doing so will drain your other characters of valuable EXP opportunities. However, she can be used during emergencies or for rescue and protection of weaker units. - Rafiel: 10% Part 4, Chapter 4 Nailah: I... overestimated my limits... Rafiel: Your Majesty, fall back. Don't fight any longer. I will take care of you, as you have done for me. Please... You must stop fighting. Nailah: Rafiel... I will do as you say. I wouldn't want you out there dying without me. Nailah: ...Maybe...I should not have been so cocky... Nailah: Stop squawking, Rafiel, I'll be all right. ...It makes me happy that you worry for me as you do. But I'll have to retreat for now. Nailah: I am...defeated... ...Rafiel. Forgive me... Nailah: Betrayal is the coin of the gods. I was aware of this. All things... are predestined... ...Rafiel. Forgive me... Nailah: I've been defeated? Here? Gah, the vagaries of war... Rafiel... Forgive me. Some promises cannot be kept... Rafiel: ...My queen... Please wait... Please permit me... to...accompany you. Mistress of the Evil Eye (邪眼の主) Returning to Hatari with recent events engraven in her heart, Nailah hoped to migrate her people across the desert. Nailah's only left eye has been similar to the historic one-eyed dragon of Oshu, Date Masamune. 'Nailah' is the feminine version of the Arabic name 'Nail,' meaning 'attainer.' Nailah was a queen of the Rashidun Caliphate. During a rebellion against her husband, Caliph Uthman, rebels broke into the palace and attacked him; Naila attempted to stop the blow, but merely had her fingers cut off. She remained politically active after her husband's death. Naila is also a city in Bavaria, whose original name was 'Neulins' and probably meant 'small new settlement.' Nila is a Creek name meaning "victor", which relates to her Japanese name. Nike is the Greek goddess of victory.
From NBC's Ken Strickland In a speech on the Senate floor, Sen. Hillary Clinton says if President Bush has any plans for military action against Iran, he must first get new authorization from Congress. Her speech responded to all the recent developments with Iran, including evidence presented by the Administration last weekend suggesting that the Iranian government is supplying insurgents with bomb-making materials. She said the evidence was "by no means conclusive," and later added that Congress needs "a steady stream of real verifiable" intelligence, while recalling the ramp-up to the war four years ago was based on "faulty" intel. "It appears the Bush Administration still doesn't "understand the facts on the ground," she said. Clinton's language was strong, but echoed remarks made by others on Iran. She called for direct talks with Iran, but insisted "no option be taken off the table." She added that the Administration needed to "deliver a strong message ... and not tolerate this behavior" from Iran.
From NBC's Domenico Montanaro Once fierce rivals for their party's nomination, Obama and Clinton will make their most public display of unity to date next Friday. The two Democrats will campaign together then, the Obama campaign announced. No word yet as to where they will do it or how. The e-mail release simply stated, "Further details to be announced soon." * UPDATE * In a conference call today, the Obama camp said, it is "still hammering out some of the logistical details, and when we have those we'll let you know."
From NBC's Ken Strickland Some details of what occured in the Senate chamber during and after today's vote: -- During the roll call vote, Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid stood up and first voted "no" before instantly realizing he meant to say "aye." Laughter erupted in the chamber... Reid dropped his head on his podium and then finally said, "Aye." He sat down looking red-faced and embarrassed. -- While every other senator responded to the roll call vote with a simple "aye" or "no", Sen. Robert Byrd (D) lifted his finger in the air an said in a booming voice: "This is for my friend Ted Kennedy. Aye" -- Bernie Sanders (I) was late for the vote and wasn't in his chair when the clerk called his name. A few minutes after all the names had been called, Sanders burst through to chamber doors and quickly walked the distance of the room giving a thumbs up to indicate his "aye" vote. When he finally got to his desk, the clerk called his name. He stood up and loudly pronounced "YES!" The chamber laughed and applauded. -- Vicki Kennedy, the wife of the late Ted Kennedy, sat in the front row of the visitor's gallery one floor above the Senate floor. She cried during the vote. And when the vote tally was read, she shock her head with her hands over her face as in disbelief. -- Republican Sen. Jim Bunning was a no-show and didn't vote. * UPDATE * Per NBC's Lauren Selsky, Ben Nelson (D) spoke on the Senate floor this morning defending his health-care vote. He mentioned multiple times that he "stuck to his guns" and in no way compromised his pro-life principles. He stated that he did not look for weaker language, rather he looked for clearer language in the bill. Nelson also stressed that the bill does NOT cover abortion, and that in order to have abortion covered a rider must be purchased with own funds, not federal money. He stated that both in the Stupak and Senate language, no federal funds can be used to purchase a plan that covers abortion saying "in short, the Senate bill assures that no federal funds be used for abortion."
OBAMA AGENDA: Siding with Volcker The Wall Street Journal: "President Barack Obama proposed new limits on the size and activities of the nation's largest banks, pushing a more muscular approach toward regulation that yanked down bank stocks and raised the stakes in his campaign to show he's tough on Wall Street." More: "With former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker at his side, Mr. Obama said he wanted to toughen existing limits on the size of financial firms and force them to choose between the protection of the government's safety net and the often-lucrative business of trading for their own accounts or owning hedge funds or private-equity funds. Mr. Volcker has been an outspoken advocate of such rules; until recently Mr. Obama's top economic advisers, including Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers, were less than enthusiastic." The New York Post: "Obama laid blame for the financial crisis squarely at the feet of the banks, railed against their "excess and abuse," and laid out far-reaching new regulations on them that instantly drew sour reactions from Mayor Bloomberg and others concerned about the vitality of the financial industry." There's your transparency... "The Obama administration on Friday is posting to the Internet a wealth of government data from all Cabinet-level departments, on topics ranging from child car seats to Medicare services," the AP writes. "The mountain of newly available information comes a year and a day after President Barack Obama promised on his first full day on the job an open, transparent government. Under a Dec. 8 White House directive, each department must post online at least three collections of 'high-value' government data that never have been previously disclosed."
Some liberals see President Obama’s concession to Republicans on the Bush tax cuts as the latest in a series of failures: the public option, card check legislation, the list goes on. But how much is his agreement to extend the Bush tax cuts for two years really hurting his 2012 chances? Plus, Mark and Domenico discuss the strategy behind Obama’s passing an extension now, so that Democrats can campaign against it in two years. Special thanks to Mixed Bag and Salt Grass for the questions! Edited by Ali Weinberg. Video was shot by Alexandra Moe and Ali Weinberg.
A report by economist Mark Zandi from Moody’s says that Republicans’ plan to cut spending would cost 700,000 jobs through 2012, the Washington Post reports. Republicans, however, are pushing back, trying to discredit Zandi (who was an economic adviser to John McCain's campaign), calling him the "chief architect" of the stimulus. "When considering the latest study from Mark Zandi on the GOP’s efforts to rein in government spending, let’s not forget that he was the chief architect of the Democrats’ failed stimulus plan," wrote Brian Patrick, a spokesman for Majority Leader Eric Cantor. "Even as unemployment climbed into the double digits, Mr. Zandi continued to defend this failed policy. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that he would come out against the GOP’s common-sense efforts to put an end to more stimulus-style spending."
This morning I took my last three capsules of Milk Thistle [as directed]. That last bit is in brackets because it was recommended to take 1 -3 capsules a day and I chose to take all three capsules at once in the morning with either 100% pure cranberry juice or water. You see as a part of my plan to get back in shape and on track for marathon training I planned to subject myself to a 7-10 day... Wake Up Call Though I really love it I’m not talking about the Maroon 5 song that was my personal anthem for a long while a few years back. I’m talking about the wake up call I got from getting my ass handed to me on the basketball court last night. I finally got the chance to see what years of neglect has done to my lung capacity. The short answer: nothing pretty! No real reason to make this a...
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FitLinks: An Ab Challenge, CrossFit Workouts to Do at Home & More! Yep, it’s been a long day…why not kick back with these links? Looking for an ab challenge? This looks like a goodie. —Strong Like Susan See, you can be the nerd and the jock. —HuffPost Healthy Living Yep, you can do CrossFit at home. —Carrots ‘n’ Cake Should sugary drinks be banned? —The FitStop Nutrition for race day! —HealthyU Um, yes, please. —Healthy Tipping Point Read anything else good? Share those links in the comments! —Jenn
1/4 cup bottled vinaigrette salad dressing, at room temperature 4 cups fresh spinach leaves 1 clove garlic, minced 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese (substitute this with soy or rice cheese if vegan or lactose intolerant ) 4 hamburger buns For onion topping, cut onions into 1/2-inch-thick slices. On the rack of an uncovered grill, grill onions directly over medium coals for 15 to 20 minutes or until tender, turning once. Grill burger patties directly over the coals alongside the onions for 4 to 5 minutes per side or until heated through. Brush grilled onions with the salad dressing. Meanwhile, for spinach topping, in a large skillet cook and stir the spinach and garlic in hot olive oil over medium-high heat for 30 seconds or until spinach is just wilted. Remove from heat. Stir in feta cheese. To serve, place onion slices on bottom of buns. Top with grilled burger patties, spinach mixture, and bun tops. Makes 4 servings.
But they also added interactive menu items and the ability to add hypertext links in the “Bio” section of Google+ Profiles (a great place for keyword-rich links). Changes like these can happen several times a year as social networks continue to innovate and upgrade their platforms (Facebook is reportedly planning more changes to their Profiles/Pages in the coming weeks as well). Fixing Your Google+ Cover Photo - The new Google+ cover photo size is 2120 x 1129 pixels, and it takes up about 95% of the viewable screen area. - Images need to be higher-resolution – you can’t just stretch low-res images to make them bigger. This will pixelate the image and make it look blurry. - Don’t jam too much into your cover photo; keep it simple. - Make sure your logo doesn’t conflict with the cover photo. Your logo needs to stand out and not get lost in the patterns, colors, or textures of the cover photo. If you would like help updating your Google+ account and creating new cover images, you can find more information (and a special offer) HERE. Always monitor your social profiles (on all social networks) to make sure that new features, updates, or changes haven’t affected the way your pages display to visitors. As of last week, Google+ has changed the way your profile looks – so make sure you update your Google+ Profile and Business Page to conform to the new specifications.
Re: RAND_egd() blocking -- despite contract that states otherwise? Ben Sandee wrote:[color=blue] > Hello Lutz and thank you for your informed response. > Unfortunately I don't know exactly which version of prngd was being > used because I'm not the first-tier responder for this issue. What > I'm doing is preparing a portfolio of information so that we can > analyze exactly what may have happened and how we can prevent it in > the future. From the ChangeLog of prngd it seems that hangs have been experienced with Solaris with versions before 0.9.28 and delays in replies to queries could occur with versions before 0.9.27. (The latest version 0.9.29 is from July 2004 and details slowly vanish from my memory...)[color=blue] > It is immensely helpful that you have explained the actual behavior of > OpenSSL's EGD reading because it confirms that prngd was likely > behaving unexpectedly on that particular configuration. > In answer to your question about timeouts, given that the reads are > usually on the order of 30-40 bytes. a timeout of a few seconds > (five?) should be sufficient to allow even the most heavily-loaded > system to respond. If prngd isn't responding in that timeframe then > there is probably something else wrong. That said, the specific > timeout value isn't important to me as long as a timeout does occur at > some point so that our process continues and we can issue a reasonable > diagnostic message. I will think about it. > For what it's worth, I had investigated setting blocking socket > timeout recv/snd options but these don't seem to be supported on some > (all?) platforms for UNIX Domain Sockets. Yes. Hence the correct solution would be non-blocking with select()... OpenSSL Project [url]http://www.openssl.org[/url] User Support Mailing List [email]email@example.com[/email] Automated List Manager [email]firstname.lastname@example.org[/email]
Died Sumter Co. Fl Cert#23157 Listed on 1930 Coleman, Sumter Co. FL census as Step-son of Young Fortner and wife Billie with twin brother Eldon Stokes, also listed as stepson, Also in household was Agnes Wilkerson listed as stepdaughter with Walter Wilkerson listed as grandson and Jewel Wilkerson listed as granddaughter. Died Sumter Co. FL Cert#6343 Died Lake Co. FL Cert#40482. Listed on 1930 Coleman, Sumter Co. FL census with parents William and Iva, sisters Ellen & Alice Died Union Co. FL Cert#58911 Died Marion Co. FL Vol#3159 Cert#61696 Census info with son Billy. Lillie C. "Billie" Died Alachua Co. FL Cert#68401 Samuel Elden "Stokey" Died Lake Co. FL Cert#32838. Twin of Aldon Stokes Died Lake Co. FL Cert#27501. Listed on 1920 Coleman, Sumter Co. FL with wife Iva, daughters Alice and Ellen and son Billy Wayne This page updated 20 May 2012
Task Force Stands Its Ground Against Changing Florida’s Castle Doctrine Law FlaglerLive \| February 25, 2013 The panel charged by Gov. Rick Scott with reviewing the state’s ‘stand your ground’ self-defense law did not recommend any major changes to the statute, although it did make suggestions for tweaks by the Legislature in the upcoming session. The basic premise of the law isn’t challenged in the final report released Friday. Scott’s Task Force on Citizen Safety and Protection included lawmakers, prosecutors, defense attorneys, representatives of minority communities and law enforcement. Scott appointed the panel amid outrage over last year’s shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teen who was killed by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in Sanford. Zimmerman wasn’t arrested for months, until after national protests. Senate Democratic Leader Chris Smith, who asked to be on the task force but wasn’t appointed, said he’d expected this result. “When you put a task force together of people who wrote the bill and full of people who support ‘stand your ground,’ I knew that the task force wouldn’t come up with anything earth-shattering,” he said. The law basically allows those who feel their life is in danger in public to meet the threat with deadly force. If they claim that was the situation, they can go to a hearing before a judge and get a ruling on that issue without ever going to trial. The task force issued a draft report in December that urged lawmakers to look more carefully at a few areas of the law that might be vague. Smith, who convened his own task force after being left off Scott’s, has maintained that the law gives cover to those who attack others for revenge or as part of a crime. “Anyone who looks at all of the data and all of the misuses of ‘stand your ground’ – from Miami, where people are chasing someone down the street and stabbing them to death, to Tampa, where people are getting shot on playgrounds, all the way to Tallahassee, where gangs are using ‘stand your ground’ as they shoot up the streets – anyone who looked at that data realistically would have come out with stronger recommendations, as my task force did,” Smith said. Rep. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, the original sponsor of the bill and a member of the task force, said the statewide hearings and public debate helped to clarify that the law doesn’t cover those who assault someone they have pursued. “The greatest benefit of the task force was a thorough review of what our self-defense law is and is not. I think it has brought understanding,” Baxley said. “I think moving forward, we’ll all see ways to make clearer application.” The panel wants lawmakers to look more carefully at the part of the law that says the presumption of justifiable self-defense doesn’t apply when the person who uses defensive force is engaged in “unlawful activity.” Also at issue: how law enforcement officers should proceed in situations in which shooters claim to have stood their ground in self-defense. Baxley said people will always try to claim that ‘stand your ground’ covers their cases. “And there will always be close calls near the foul line no matter where you put that line,” he said. “But to automatically arrest people and detain them and they have to go on defense and prove their innocence is not consistent with our standard of legal care, which says you are innocent until proven guilty of something.” Smith said Sen. David Simmons, R-Altamonte Springs and a co-sponsor of the law who also sat on the task force, will file a bill to make minor changes in the upcoming session. –Margie Menzel, News Service of Florida

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