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I think the major thing about Comiket, in the end, was seeing the level of skill and effort put into these things. People work on their doujinshi for months, you arrive at their table, flip through briefly, smile, and usually bow and walk away. (At least, that's what I did. I don't exactly have the killer instinct when it comes to retail.)
Perversely enough, I found it inspiring. You work hard, and your work evaporates, | and you'll make something even better next year. I found myself really wishing that I had more time to draw. Thinking, perhaps, that it wouldn't be so bad to have a table at Comiket someday.
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Checking applicants’ backgrounds before you hire them is important, but what happens if they commit crimes after starting work?
Across the board, the media focus on background screening is on pre-employment checks: whether and why you should do them, which types of checks you should do, and so on. While these questions are undeniably important, they miss another whole aspect of screenings that can be equally important: post-employment background checks, most commonly seen in the form of ongoing criminal monitoring.
Ongoing criminal monitoring is exactly what it sounds like: a process by which you screen your current employees on an ongoing basis to confirm the employee’s continued eligibility for employment under your criminal background policy. So, if you require an employee to have had no violent felony convictions in the previous seven years in order to begin work, you then check on a periodic or ongoing basis after the employee has begun work to verify that he still has no violent felony convictions.
While important in every company | , those organizations that have a good retention rate particularly need ongoing criminal monitoring. If your company only screens on a pre-employment basis and has a good retention rate, some of your employees may not have been screened for 10 years.
The possibilities of what could have happened in those 10 years are endless. Maybe an employee in your accounting department has been convicted of credit fraud since he started there. Maybe an employee who works with kids has been convicted of child molestation. These types of employees can get out on bail before you find out they were arrested; if it is their first offense, they can receive probation | [
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Dangers of misguided tags in retargeting program
Putting aside the entire consumer privacy debate – if that's possible – there are more ‘insider baseball' dangers in display retargeting, chiefly that most brands are almost certainly bidding against themselves for inventory.
Consider one particularly large and well-regarded online retailer, indeed one that is infamous for its retargeting program. It has 62 different display tags/pixels running on its site. A dozen of those are for the same ad exchange; they are the tags that fire a bid on the exchange for a piece of display inventory when a cookied-user shows up on the network. Given that all those dozen tags are for the same exchange, this means our retailer is bidding against itself 12 times every time it tries to ‘buy' retargeted inventory.
The root of this rather significant problem – at least for the retailer – is tags. This retailer has 10 tags hard-coded | into its pages serving 62 pixels, including the 12 offending exchange tags. With so many tags ‘native' on the site, crossed wires are certain to occur. It's partly a reflection of the pace of innovation in our sector; with every new tool to | [
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Joe Rogan is returning to the "Fear Factor" set.
The UFC color commentator, who hosted "Fear Factor" from 2001 to 2006, has signed on for a relaunch of the show, network executives recently announced.
Eight new episodes of the show will be produced beginning next month and are expected to debut on NBC in September.
Additional episodes could be ordered depending on the ratings. NBC decided to do the relaunch after reruns scored surprisingly strong ratings on NBCUniversal | 's Chiller cable station.
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A total of 142 episodes were produced during that first run, which was known for mental and physical challenges. But it became most popular (and a bit controversial) for things such as having cast members eat insects and other unsavory fare, as well as sometimes-dangerous, nerve-wracking and stomach-churning stunts.
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Obviously, back in the early days of the republic, education was a family affair closely connected to religious practice. A nation built on Biblical principles had to be a highly literate one. And all of this high level of literacy was achieved without any government involvement, without any centralized bureaucracy, without any professors of education, or accrediting agencies, or teacher certification. And, most significantly, without any compulsory attendance laws.
These laws not only violate the parents' unalienable right to determine how their children are to be educated, but they violate the 13th Amendment, which prohibits involuntary servitude. No child should be forced to serve the state and the interests of the education establishment | . No child should be forced to undergo brainwashing and indoctrination by a self-serving monopoly of facilitators and change agents.
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Print version ISSN 0103-4014
KURZ, Robert. As luzes do mercado se apagam: as falsas promessas do neoliberalismo ao término de um século em crise. Estud. av. [online]. 1993, vol.7, n.18, pp. 7-41. ISSN 0103-4014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0103-40141993000200002.
With the end of state socialism in Europe, neoliberalism is presented as an universal solution, but it can not resolve many practical problems and its "miracles" are very problematic, because of low salaries, asymmetrical exchanges, artificial credits and ecological destruction. Its theory can not elaborate the structural contradictions of capitalism. Economy is internationalised, it is growing up a general crisis. The United States can not be again the locomotive of international economy, because its private debt has duplicated in the last 10 years and reacches in average $70.000 per family and export can just be maintained with the devaluation of the dollar. Japan and Germany have developed through artificial credits, without a proportional increase in production. The latin-american countries could not | increase their participation in the international market like the asiatic tigers, but those can not serve them as models: Brazil is not like Corea, has not a very developed neighbour like Japan, has a bigger population and a potentially great internal market. The theories of dependence have insisted on the asymmetrical exchanges, but have not considered enough the intrinsical contradictions and limits of capitalism. So, many dependentists are now defending the theories and practice of neoliberal | [
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this would be nice - I agree also.
We have 3 admin and 5 moderators.and the only way we know who does what..is thru your mail..anytime a mod or admin shares or adds discussions will show thru mail..unfortunatly as far as a mod banning someone out of chat or off site.has to own up to it..and give good reason for doing so..we have a mods group and admins group..and anytime anything happens on site we ask them to make reports to let the rest of team know whats going on and that way we receive thru our mail when something is added to a specific discussion in those groups..banned,warnings,spam watches etc,,and these groups are closed to members and only team have access..
I would love to see something like this in the future. :)
This is a VERY important feature when you have a large site.
bump, any update here?
Anyone else here agree this is important?
This is needed so we don't have to offend our moderators and admins who devote themselves to helping volunteer to grow and strength our community. We shouldn't have to send an email to the group trying to figure out why a users comment was deleted. - (happened today).
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Village officials are pondering requiring residents to post an easy-to-read address on their residences.
Some structures don't have addresses posted and that's a problem for emergency personnel responding to calls.
Firefighters are having a hard time locating some homes where no numbers are posted, said Jon Gochenour, village administrator.
James Bushong, chairman of council's safety committee, said he would talk to the fire and police chiefs about ways to remedy the problem.
Houses in wooded areas and homes built back long lanes can be | difficult to find, particularly at night, officials said. Some communities in Fulton County, including Archbold and Wauseon, have laws requiring residents to display house numbers. Violators typically aren't hauled in to court, but officials said that residents are contacted to remind them about the law.
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Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966). Bust of a Man, plaster, 1965. When Giacometti left Paris on December 5, 1965, his brother Diego offered to make a mould of his latest statue in order to cast a bronze from it. “No,” Alberto told him, “it is not finished yet. I must do some more work on it.”
Ana Mendieta (1948–1985). Untitled, 1985. Semi-circular tree trunk carved and burnt with gunpowder, for a proposed project for the MacArthur Park Public Art Program in Los Angeles, which was not completed before her death.
Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944). Unfinished painting, 1944.
Piet Mondrian (1872–1944). Victory Boogie Woogie, 1944. “Three days before he was taken to the hospital he had begun a drastic revision of his latest painting which was practically ready for exhibition and to which he had already given more than nine months constant | work.” –Art Chronicle, 1944
Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968). Cheminée anaglyphe, 1968. A 3D stereoscopic (anaglyph) drawing of a chimney.
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Ava Thursday: Spaceships and Mommy
Click on image for a closer look at the alien onslaught!
And now, another edition of Ava Thursday, wherein I showcase a drawing by my 4 1/2 year-old daugher, Ava, every Thursday. She's a talented little girl, and I'm a very proud father.
This week's drawing is from November of last year, when Ava's cousins, Naomi and Matt, came into town to visit for the holidays. Up until the visit, Ava's drawings were getting a bit more elaborate with the attention to detail increasing slightly. But when she and Matt sat down one day with some paper and crayons, the creativity in her drawings afterwards increased ten-fold. Ava's always been an observant one, often mim | icking various shapes and character details from my drawings into her own. So here, she watched Matt draw these fantastical scenes of buildings being attacked by UFOs and aliens in spaceships, which was quite a change from Ava's own usual scenarios of girls in dresses, flowers, and spark | [
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The Last of Us delayed until June, retailer listings suggest
An updated product page and email from Best Buy has informed customers that Sony and Naughty Dog's upcoming apocalyptic adventure, The Last of Us, has been delayed until June 18, 2013. The highly anticipated game was previously set to release on May 7, 2013 for the PlayStation 3.
Speculation | began after a Best Buy customer tweeted that he had received a notice that his pre-order has been delayed. The retail giant updated the official The Last of Us product page to reflect the new June 18th date. Walmart soon followed suit, all but confirming the game's new release date. Interestingly enough, GameStop still has The Last of Us listed as releasing on May 7th.
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DID AMERICANS BEHAVE BETTER BACK THEN?
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Spanish bank crisis crushes southern Europe's property deals
LONDON (Reuters) - Spain's banking crisis shattered confidence in southern Europe's property market last quarter, pushing the value of transactions to below half that seen in the aftermath of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, property consultant CBRE said on Wednesday.
A total of 725 million euros (566 million pounds) of deals for shops, offices and warehouses was done in Italy, Portugal and Spain in the three months to June, compared with 1.6 billion in the first quarter of 200 | 9 when world markets were still reeling from the collapse of the U.S. bank in October 2008.
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Almost no drink welcomes warm weather the way a good mojito does. It’s simple and refreshing! I mixed up some basil mojitos. An easy way to change up your cocktail is to substitute ingredients. By using basil instead of mint, we found a whole new drinking experience without much work.
Try it out with basil or any of your favorite herbs! You can learn more about substitutions and creating new cocktail recipes in our book, … Read more
Spring is here! In honor of this beautiful season, here’s a low-calorie cocktail inspired by Thai flavors that’s perfect for this time of year. This drink clocks in at about 90 calories as-is but you can adjust it to your own taste by adding more liquor and more sugar to make it more similar to a classic mojito.
This week we’re giving the classic mojito a Springtime twist! Mixology Monday XXXVIII is being hosted over at the Wild Drink Blog, and the theme is “Superior Twists.” The idea is add a twist to a classic cocktail that sends | it over the top of cocktail goodness.
Strawberries and basil make a great combination—each has its own brand of sweetness. The two complimentary flavors are an ideal match for the light and refreshing mojito. What … Read more
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Lotz, H. and Sohn, K. and Brunner, H. and Muhlschlegel, F.A. and Rupp, S. (2004) RBR1, a novel pH-regulated cell wall gene of Candida albicans, is repressed by RM101 and activated by NRG1. EUKARYOTIC CELL, 3 (3). pp. 776-784. ISSN 1535-9778.
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The transcription factor Rim101p of Candida albicans has been shown to play a major role in pH-dependent gene regulation. Rim101p is involved in cell wall biosynthesis, since it regulates PHR1 and PHR2, two almost functionally redundant cell wall glycosidases important for adaptation to either neutral or acidic habitats within the human host. To identify additional cell wall components regulated by Rim101p, we performed transcriptional profiling with a cell wall-specific DNA microarray. We showed that Rim101p contributes to the activation of known hypha-specific genes such as HWP1 and RBT1 but is also required for repression of the | previously uncharacterized potential cell wall genes RBR1, RBR2, and RBR3. Further characterization of RBR1 revealed that it encodes a small glycosylphosphatidyl inositol protein that is expressed under acidic conditions predominantly at low temperature. Deletion of the gene resulted in a filamentation defect at low pH. Most interestingly, NRG1, a transcriptional repressor of hyphal growth in | [
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Repairs to a crumbling section of roadway that has kept Albion Road closed for more than a year were supposed to start Tuesday.
But the work was delayed again because the materials needed for the project are not yet ready, City Engineer Ken Mikula said.
Mayor Tom Perciak promised, though, that the long | -in-coming project would begin soon.
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DENVER In a time of widespread worry over pandemic flu and bioterrorism, the case of Andrew Speaker offered a prime chance for international health agencies to show how they would prevent the spread of a potentially deadly disease.
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Rap artist Tyga's manager confirmed that he will not be performing on Wednesday in Lewiston, Idaho.
“We are not doing it,” manager J Erving said in an email to The Daily Evergreen.
Pullman Events Presents (PEP), the group responsible for the show, posted Friday on the Springbash Facebook page that Tyga would be performing at Boomer's Garden in Lewiston. However, the owner of the venue said Tyga's performance is not confirmed.
“As far as I know, it is not happening,” owner Jay Starnes said. “The show has not been confirmed by (Tyga’s management.)”
Starnes said Boomer's Garden is prepared to hold the concert and PEP has a signed contract with the venue. However, without confirmation from his management, they cannot be sure Tyga is coming.
Students at both the University of Idaho and WSU have voiced complaints about the confusion regarding the Springbash concert.
Starnes estimated that 1,400 people bought tickets for the concert
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“(Pullman Entertainment Presents) are very unprofessional and reply rudely,” said Yousef Ali, a freshman business management major who planned on attending the concert. “I calculated that they have at least $23,760 of people's money.”
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There’s Canadian content in a new brochure that was hand-delivered Wednesday to Utah state legislators by a group that opposed to the decriminalization of polygamy. The brochure quotes from the decision of B.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Baumann’s decision in 2011 that concluded that Canada’s anti-polygamy law is constitutional.
The constitutional reference case was started by the B.C. government in response to concerns about the polygamists in Bountiful, who are members of two separate fundamentalist Mormon groups. The one group follows Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; the other follows former FLDS bishop Winston Blackmore.
The Utah group called the Sound Choice Coalition is led by Kristyn De | cker, a former polygamist. In an interview with Fox News, Decker said if Utah moves to decriminalize polygamy it will allow the state to become a haven for the abuses that come along with the practice.
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Buried under that tumble of apples, almonds and onions is half of a Cornish hen. I was feeling rather fallish even though our weather has warmed recently, so I decided to roast a Cornish hen with a fall flair.
The hen went into a 350 degree oven stuffed with a quarter of a small lemon, the stump of an onion and a small celery top, nestled alongside half of our potato crop and smeared with bacon fat to roast for about an hour. It is a continuing mystery to me why it takes just as long to roast a tiny Cornish hen as it does a full-sized chicken - but never mind, I digress.
While the hen was roasting, I chopped an onion, an apple (Fuji - fairly sweet), a stalk of celery and sautéed them in bacon fat with some fresh thyme and oregano from the garden and just a few red pepper flakes. When they were | all nicely soft, I squeezed over a healthy shower of fresh lemon juice, a sprinkle of sherry vinegar and tossed in a handful of salted Marcona almonds.
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Welcome! Today is the first day of the Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Blog Tour! Make sure that you pop over to Quiltmaker's site to join in all of the fun, meet other designers, and enter the planned and the sometimes surprise giveaways! Otherwise, run out and buy this awesome issue. It hits the newsstands on November 16, 2010. Please check out my block #139, Hugs & Kisses, on page 40. I had just received some sample pieces from my latest fabric line, Hugs & Kisses and I had fun putting it together for this volume of the magazine!
For those who are first-time visitors, my name is Linda Lum DeBono. I am the designer behind block #139, Hugs & Kisses, on page 40 of the magazine. I had just received some sample pieces from my | latest fabric line, Hugs & Kisses and I had fun putting it together for this volume of the magazine!
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'On a scale of one to 10...' is a classic prompt that has been used to measure just about everything: emotions, the success of a new film or employee performance during reviews. And why not? The scale is concise. It's simple and succinct. It can capture complex data from a variety of sources into condensed, easily transferable and comprehensible numbers.
Now the 'one to ten' scale is helping classify how applications are performing across networks via the Application Quality Score (AQS) metric.
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What is AQS?
Today there is no standard indicator | for application performance across networks - and with good reason: there are very few standard applications. AQS confronts this issue by operating as a composite indicator. By combining a variety of sub-metrics (such as round trip time, server response time, transaction activity and TCP retransmits) and unique 'one-way' network metrics (such as transit delay, loss and jitter), the 'one | [
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Tom Yorke was born a parasitic twin.
“Craniopagus parasiticus” results when one part of a set of conjoined twins fails to develop. As a result, Bryan Yorke (Thom’s brother) was born with a second head attached at the base of his skull.While Thom’s head could blink and smile, it was not capable of independent life without some severe intervention by the noted Oxford surgeon Mando Mangdhed. The weight of the appendage (Thom) would prevent Bryan from crawling or sitting upright, prompting the parents to give the green light to the surgeon to remove it when he was ten-months-old.
In order to remove the head (Thom), which shared a blood vessel with Bryan’s brain, the surgeons cut off the blood supply to Thom’s head. Fortunately, the risky procedure did not cause a fatal surge of blood to Bryan’s heart. The prognosis was good following surgery and Bryan showed no | signs of paralysis and could move all of his limbs. Thom’s head, meanwhile, was discarded in a basket for future disposal.
While awaiting cremation in the basement of the hospital’s crematorium, Thom began to stir. The caretaker of the crematorium was a man by the name of Chuck Mangione, who was enjoying a vegemite sandwich when he heard a rustling in the newly delivered medical waste basket. He glanced over and saw a twisted mess of flesh | [
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This brought up the subject of do our beloved pets go to heaven when they die and will we see them again? Which makes one wonder if animals have souls? They are God’s creatures and when we bond with them, they become part of our family. Personally I believe death is not the end for them; that when they die, they leave this dimension and go to another place where we will reunite with them when we die. Some scholars believe that our pets are actually guardian angels sent to us by God | to accompany us on our journey through this earth.
DURING my lifetime, I have been privileged to have the companionship of many animals, all of which still have a special place in my heart. Be it a dog, cat, horse whatever, we form such a close bond with them until we actually grieve when they die, as do they when we precede them in death.
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No. 13 ranked Lady Knights knockout Cougars 108-48!
The No. 13 ranked (NJCAA DII poll) CCRI Lady Knights basketball team hosted the 2013 CCRI basketball invitational over the weekend at the Vincent A. Cullen Fieldhouse located on the CCRI Knight Campus in Warwick. On Saturday the Lady Knights faced the Cougars of Genesee Community College from Batavia, NY. The Lady Knights easily defeated the Cougars 108-48. With the | victory CCRI improves to 15-2 on the season.
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Do you have what it takes to save the world from an Alien Invasion dedicated to stopping Christmas? Do you dream of driving Santa’s Sleigh, and using massive firepower to save defenseless Christmas Penguins? Then this is the game for you! Defend the arctic wastelands, battle into the urban frontier, and finally face the final Boss! Arrows to move (up, down, forwards, backwards) and the space bar to shoot. Plan to wear out your space bar!
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The bang ball always wants to move right and fall down. Your mission is to keep the bang ball floating by hitting the bars. Bars gain speed, reduces length after certain intervals of score. So be alert..: Up arrow to start game..: Up arrow for a jump in the air..: Right arrow [...]
Combine the pieces into complete worms by connecting each head to a tail. Longer worms earn more points and more extra time. Click on the pieces with the mouse to rotate them.
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Hello w19! I hope the past week has found you well. Aside from a couple events of interest (that I will get to later), it has been a fairly quiet week on w19. Between the triple whammy of 6.0 updates, premium increases, and an April Fool’s joke, however, the TW forums have been on fire the last few days =D
First, the maps!
So, the obvious big change since last week is in the Northeast! Pandas as we know it is gone, and there are some new tribes in the area, EPIC and TNT. Lots of changes are still going on, | hopefully we can get some feedback from the players in the northeast as things mellow out and settle down =)
Power Rankings (courtesy of Persempai):**
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**As a whole, the dems don't get it. Sadly the republicans are only slightly better, as a group. Until the US awakens to the war we are in, very little to address the threat will be accomplished.**http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/305a06fd-9024-4fc0-ac05-f9ca707bb100
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Leave No Congressman Behind!
Posted by Dean Barnett | 6:15 PM
Yesterday the blogosphere?s series of interviews with the leadership candidates for the Republican House Conference came to a close. Mercifully.
The last member to walk into our virtual | interrogation center was John Boehner, a candidate for minority leader. Boehner is generally unpopular in the blogosphere because he was a ranking member of the last leadership team whose record was Cleveland Indians-esque. Other pundits don?t like Boehner for more substantive reasons; I?ve received a couple of emails today running down a rather exhaustive list of disastrous legislation Boehner supported | [
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As we look back at our accomplishments this year and plan for an exciting 2012, we want to thank you for your continuous interest in our efforts and involvement with us. Your work around the country to identify needs, potential solutions for addressing them and ongoing support of diverse communities makes our work possible.
Multicultural Action Center Highlights of 2011
Preview of Plans and Projects of the Coming Year
In 2012 we will continue to build on success | of the current and previous years.
Highlights of our plans include the following focus areas (click here for details):
- Renewal of GLBT Focus
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Reading and Resources (in case you missed it!)
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Jury Weighs the Curious Case of Easter Peeps Eviction
Carol "Chay" Burdick, 60, gained fame last year when details of her case became known. She appeared on Stephen Colbert's Comedy Central show in a skit titled "Easter Under Attack."
Aimco, a Denver real estate investment trust that owns the apartment, | initially filed suit, contending that Burdick was evicted for failure to pay rent. It is seeking $2,300 in unpaid rent as well as attorneys' fees.
Burdick countersued, claiming Aimco breached its contract with her by throwing her out because she would not remove the decorations, which included a pyramid made of purple, yellow and green Peeps. She is seeking up to $1,000 to cover her relocation expenses.
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Waldo: put Windows on first, then Redhat, and be sure to tell Redhat's LILO setup screen about your Windows partition. (I think the newer Redhats actively look for Windows installs on the disk.) If the installer sees the Windows partition it should set you up with a LILO stanza that will do the job. If for some reason you must have Redhat on first, the Windows install will kill LILO when it installs its own MBR. Boot from a rescue disk, mount the Linux partition, and rerun lilo with the "-r" flag.
Or wait, are you dealing with multiple hard drives? Ah, that is sufficiently more complex. Contact me.
cdent: when the restlessness overcomes the intertia, I shall go. The vaguely dissatisfied rumblings I occasionally air out are the seeds of that restlessness. And the hostile takeover may be closer than you think...
Kernels are fairly low level pieces of code, in which the common code paths are traversed a lot. There is probably plenty of justification there for micro-optimization. As | you move up the "code ladder" i.e. kernel, libraries, servers, apps - optimization gets less emphasis. It seems to be an article of faith among | [
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I first fucked a married woman whilst I was still in school. If her husband didn’t know that, when the mood took her, she was enthusiastic and keen to experiment, he was possibly the only man in the village. If I had to guess, he probably did know. Some people nowadays would call him a cuckold. So far as I know, they didn’t give it a name or have a great debate about it – they just got on with it, as she did, and for that I was, at the time, generally grateful.
I also suspected that | many of the married men who were part of the local gay scene had wives who knew, or suspected, what their husbands were up to. The fact that those men were, in practice, bisexual, was at very least unspoken. Or to put it another way, a cock in the mouth tastes the same no | [
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Tornado WarningMon, January 7, 2008 - 1:24 PM
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To qualify for graduation with a Lehman College baccalaureate degree, students must complete the following requirements:
- completion of at least 120 credits, including all degree requirements;
- completion of at least 30 credits in coursework at Lehman, including at least | half the number of credits in the student's major and half in the minor or half of the credits in an interdisciplinary program;
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The US government is mandating that all new DVD and Blu-ray discs prominently feature warnings and new copyright “education”.
This means that all future discs will have two unskippable notices: the first being the standard FBI anti-piracy warning. The second is a notice from the National Intellectual Property Coordination Centre that seeks to educate people on the negative effects of piracy.
| The education “campaign” hopes that people will begin to understand that piracy adversely affects the economy; the irony being that the policy will likely have a torporous effect on DVD and Blu-ray sales.
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SAN FRANCISCO – Obstructive sleep apnea may be associated with an increased risk of cancer incidence and death, according to two studies presented here at the annual meeting of the American Thoracic Society.
In one, researchers led by F. Javier Nieto, MD, PhD, of the University of Wisconsin Madison, found that both the interrupted sleep and | hypoxemia associated with sleep apnea were linked to an increased risk of dying from cancer.
In the other, investigators led by Miguel Martinez-Garcia, MD, of the Hospital General de Requena in Valencia, Spain, found that hypoxemia was associated with an increased incidence of cancer.
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Everything Skinnytaste I've made has been excellent. We've tried the Carne Guisada, the Asian Crockpot pork with Mushrooms (one of my very favorites), spaghetti and meatball soup, chicken pot pie soup (maybe one of my favorite soups ever), Chicken and broccoli noodle casserole, and Chicken and White Bean Enchiladas with Creamy Salsa Verde. I'm pretty picky and consider myself a good cook, and these were all keepers.
WW Bacon Ranch Crockpot Chicken - It was easy, but I thought it was just ok. The yogurt made it too tangy for my tastes.
Chicken pot pie cups- I saw these floating around a lot. They were very easy and kid-friendly, but I thought they were a little bland.
I've made these Ham and Cheese Poppyseed sliders 3 or 4 times. They are very kid-friendly and a great meal to take to new moms | along with some soup. I personally skip the mayo and miracle whip step (saves a lot of time and IMO doesn't affect the flavor). I also use dijon mustard instead of yellow mustard.
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When a woman who was once married to a billionaire decides it is time to part with the jewels he gave her over the course of their marriage, you can rest assured that you are going to be dazzled by the magnificence of a collection comparable to one that might belong to royalty.
The collection that belonged to philanthropist and vintner Patricia Kluge certainly lives up to that image. This week, her jewelry was sold by Sotheby's during its Magnificent Jewels sale, with many pieces selling for above pre-sale estimates. The collection well-represented Kluge's sophisticated appreciation of workmanship and her refined taste.
| Ms. Kluge is the former wife of mogul John Kluge, who's Metromedia Inc. pioneered independent TV stations operations through the 1960's and 1970's. Kluge became one of the richest Americans after he sold his company to Rupert Murdoch during the mid-1980's for nearly $2 billion. Kluge made a second fortune in telecommunications | [
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Location & Hours of Operation
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|Joe Nobles, Fire Chief
To protect the lives, health, and property of the citizens of Moody from fire, hazardous situations and trauma.
The Moody Fire and Rescue Department was established in April, 1972 as an all voluntary fire service. In 1980, the City of Moody hired the first full-time firefighter. The department was the first in St. Clair County to have Advanced Life Saving Equipment in service. This began in 1983.
- October is Fire Prevention Month. The department gives | lectures and hands on activities to all schools and preschools in the city of Moody.
- Months of November and December the department is active in the “Toys for Kids” Campaign. Angel trees are on display in several city offices for toy donations.
- Blood pressure checks for walk-ins.
- Car seat inspections
- Fire inspections yearly for businesses
- Fire inspections on request for residential
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Accoring to the US Census Bureau, WILSON ranked #8 in frequency out of 88,799 surnames for which statistics were released from the 199 | 0 Census. Approximately 1 in every 295 individuals in the US had this surname in 1990.
Occurring Surnames from Census 1990", US Census Bureau.
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Catholics in Political Life
Here are what Catholics are saying on the passing away of Edward Moore Kennedy around the web (updates from around the web have ended as of 8-26-2009 AD at 6:32 pm CST):
It’s Already Started: The Party of Wellstone Uses Kennedy’s Death for Political Opportunism by Jay Anderson of Pro Ecclessia
Mixed Record?! my hind end by Rich Leonardi of Ten Reasons
I had been praying for his spiritual health by Jean M. Heimann of Catholic Fire
[Update at the bottom of this post as of 8-26-2009 4:38 pm CST]
A brief statement was released from his family:
“We’ve lost the irreplaceable center | of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism, and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever,”
Requiescat in pace Teddy.
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The trio were believed to be on their way to protest at the game between the co-hosts and France, but were arrested by local authorities and released without explanation
The trio were believed to be on their way to protest at the Group D fixture, but were followed by plainclothes policemen and held in Donetsk while the game was being played out.
The activists have been named as Alexandra Shevchenko, Yana Zhadanova and Anna Bolshakova, and it is thought that local authorities used force to prevent the women from getting to the match.
No explanation was | given for the women’s detainment, who were eventually released without charge.
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After a mostly flat trading day, the Dow and S&P 500 climbed during the last hours of trading Friday to finish the week at their highest levels since December 2007.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.4% while the S&P 500 rose 0.3%. The Nasdaq finished the day in the red.
All three major indexes logged a third straight week of gains. | The Dow gained 1.2%, the S&P 500 rose 1% and the Nasdaq added 0.3%.
Markets will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Stocks spent most of Friday near the breakeven line as investors analyzed several corporate earnings reports.
A 6.3% drop in shares of Intel weighed on all three indexes, particularly the tech-heavy Nasdaq, after the chipmaker reported that quarterly profits fell 27% from a year earlier.
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A Nuclear Family Vacation: 10 States, 4 Nations
LIANE HANSEN, host:
Nathan Hodge and his wife Sharon Weinberger are journalists who write about defense policy for a living. Two years ago, for a vacation, they decided to tour the world of atomic weaponry. Their adventure took them to 10 U.S. states and four foreign countries, and their itinerary included a uranium conversion facility in Iran and the bunker thought to be the vice president's undisclosed location on 9/11. Naturally, they wrote a book about the trip. "A Nuclear Family Vacation" was recently published. And one half of the writing team joins us. Nathan Hodge, welcome to the program.
Mr. NATHAN HODGE (Journalist; Author, "A Nuclear Family Vacation: Travels in the World of Atomic Weaponry"): Thanks for having me.
HANSEN: First of all, how did you arrange the trip? I mean, this kind of trip is not something a travel agent or a | travel Web site can do easily.
Mr. HODGE: Right. There's not a lot of top-secret tourism out there. But you know, interestingly enough, as we traveled through the nuclear complex, we discovered that this is sort of a source of natural pride for all the countries that do possess nuclear technology or nuclear know-how. And interestingly, we found that a lot of them have, for instance, open tours.
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Cautionary tale, case study, or tragicomedy of errors? Even years after his death, the saga of the English translations of Mann has failed to find a satisfactory ending, and presumably for some considerable time to come, if not indefinitely, two Thomas Manns will continue to coexist in our midst: the German original, read chiefly by academics and some students of German, and the Lowe-Porter ‘adaptations into English’, which offer the unsuspecting general public access to another, a pseudo- Mann that Thomas, warned of the shortcomings of | his would-be translator, had feared might result from her being appointed. For his ‘pact’ with the prestigious publishing house of Alfred A. Knopf, which would bring him royalties and recognition in the English-speaking | [
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Space shuttle Enterprise, NASA's original prototype orbiter, is sitting exposed and appears to have been partially damaged by Hurricane Sandy after the severe storm passed over New York City on Monday night (Oct. 29).
On public display aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, a converted aircraft carrier, since July, Enterprise had been protected from the elements inside | a pressurized pavilion. Based on photos posted online, the inflatable structure appears to have first deflated and then been torn by the winds of the now post-t | [
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Yesterday's record of what I ate and what I bought...
First stop - marche President Wilson near Metro Ilena.
Why can't I leave the house before 11:30? Lunch time.
I've had this before. A kind of pita with thyme + sesame seeds. On top brochette of poulet + taboule + hummos = MIAM
Then heated and rolled up like a buche de noel or jelly roll.
The dog of the day.
Nearby a stop into the Palais de Tokyo
The observers look like sculptures...
Further on a bit - musee Guimet with a special exhibit on tea.
At the end a sniffing display somewhat like The Art of Scent...
On Champs-Elysees a Christmas marche is still going on...
Time for a warming cup of chocolat chaud. Not Le Meurice but still good.
Bus 42 to rue de Rivoli for a fast stop into the Apple store - this has become a daily habit.
Browsing on Rivoli a look through the window at Angelina - just a look. Too crowded to go in.
But not to crowded to stop inside | Fromagerie Laurent Dubois.
A petite piece de Roquefort - bleu de Laqueville for dinner.
Bleu + apple cider + grainy bread = heaven.
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YORK, PA – On a breezy, sun splashed early fall afternoon the York College field hockey squad picked up a thrilling 3-2 victory over Susquehanna University. | The Spartans now move to 4-3 while the Crusaders mark now stands at 1-5.
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"Low rent" Chanelle shown the V by festival
Big Brother singer told she can't perform at V Festival
11 August 2008
The blonde pop pretender, a | regular in the pages of Nuts and Zoo, has reportedly been snubbed after requesting to sing in the Virgin Louder Lounge VIP area.
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California -- South San Francisco Bay Wetlands Restoration Project, Knapp Tract, Santa Clara County
The South Bay Region of the San Francisco Bay consists of approximately 75,000 acres of public and private wetland and associated upland habitats. This project will restore 332 acres of wetlands by reestablishing estuarine tidal flows between the South Bay and remnant tidal sloughs within the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Restored tidal exchange will facilitate marsh development which will provide habitat for waterfowl and many other species of wetland wildlife, particularly endangered species such as the California clapper rail and salt marsh harvest mouse. Work activities by DU will include survey and engineering services, procurement of materials, and management of earthwork activities to breach levees and plug artificial ditches. This area is owned and managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
California -- Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge Wetland Restoration and Enhancement, Imperial County
Ducks Unlimited is working with Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge managers to restore and enhance emergent wetlands and associated uplands to benefit a variety of wildlife. Work will also give refuge managers additional tools to maximize their management capabilities while conserving water.
Habitat | units on the refuge are in need of a new water control infrastructure to better maximize and conserve water. In addition, wetland topography on some units is currently inadequate to provide the diversity of shallow water habitats necessary for resident and migratory wildlife species. This project seeks to restore 60 acres of wetlands and associated uplands and enhance 345 acres of wetlands by restoring wetland topography and hydrology and | [
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Originally Posted by Tulli
Originally Posted by myurkus
Are there any special rules for correctly
playing an uncompressed LPCM track on a Blu-Ray without some sort of corruption or downsampling?
I have a special version of MPC setup that bitstreams DTS-MA and TrueHD tracks. But since there are so many limitations, from maintaining the PAP to using the ArcSoft Audio Renderer, that I run a different version of MPC for most files. This one has all of the fun filters such as ffdShow, ReClock, etc.
Since my first step with lesser DD or DTS streams is to decode them to PCM, can I use this with an uncompressed LPCM source without any loss in sound quality or does this need to be bistreamed straight to the receiver like DTS-MA or TrueHD files?
Thanks much in advance | !
It should work with Arcsoft Audio Renderer + LAV audio decoder
(set it to decode). You also need to copy Arcsoft dtsdecoder.dll to the LAV filters (x86) dir.
Thanks for the response!
That actually hits the core of my confusion - since the Blu-Ray is already LPCM, it is already
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SOPA and The New Gatekeepers
I’ll admit that on a scale of 1-10, my following of the SOPA/PIPA escapades is only about a 6. This may seem low for someone who runs a platform that hosts 50 million unique visitors a month; all of whom are able to post user-generated content which potentially violates SOPA/PIPA principles.
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GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WYMT/WVLT)-- TripAdvisor has announced the top 10 destinations for 2013 travel in the United States, and Gatlinburg has made the list.
TripAdvisor made the list based on feedback from actual travelers. Gatlinburg has been recognized as one of the top destinations on the increase for 2013. The awards recognize the destinations that have seen the greatest increase in positive traveler feedback and traveler interest, year-over-year.
U.S. Destinations on the increase
1. Austin, Texas
2. Memphis, Tennessee
3. Colorado Springs, Colorado
4. Portland, Maine
5. Denver, Colorado
6. Portland, Oregon
7. Fort Myers, Florida
8. Phoenix, Arizona
9. Dallas, Texas |
10. Gatlinburg, Tennessee
"These rising hotspots around the world are increasingly gaining the attention and admiration of travelers on TripAdvisor," said Barbara Messing, chief marketing officer for TripAdvisor. "For those looking to be inspired for vacation planning for 2013, these | [
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'Downton,' 'Girls,' 'Idol' and more this JanuaryJanuary 8, 2013 @ 4:47 pm
NEW YORK (AP) - Where once the post-holiday schedule was a blizzard of chilly reruns, January is aburst with premieres and finales.
Already, the adored British miniseries "Downton Abbey" has made its much-awaited season return Sundays on PBS.
On IFC on Fridays, the hilarious "Portlandia" is back for its third season of sketch comedy poking fun at the peculiarities of Portland, Ore., starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein.
And NBC's mystery melodrama "Deception" has arrived on Mondays. Meagan Good stars as a detective going undercover at the home of a rich family to investigate a murder within the clan.
On Tuesday, PBS' "American Experience" begins a three-week documentary miniseries, "The Abolitionists," spotlighting Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown and Angelina Grimke.
Also on Tuesday, the FX drama "Justified" is returning | for its fourth season of Kentucky hill-country crime-fighting led by Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (series star Timothy Olyphant).
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BOCA RATON — Last spring, when sophomore wide receiver Derek Moise first saw the new Florida Atlantic playbook, his eyes lit up.
In it, he saw five-wide sets, shotgun formations, big-play routes — | there were some downright receiver-friendly schemes in there.
"Guys who were out here last year, we knew sometimes, we barely had one receiver [on the field,]" Moise said with a sheepish grin after FAU's Tuesday practice. "So to go five wide? It's awesome to be a receiver | [
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Back at Busch Stadium for another round of torture. I felt a little better today. My mind was slightly more clear, which always made a difference. When I cant think straight I get frusterated, and thats when things go south. The weather was supposed to rain all afternoon, and into the early evening. When I got to the stadium it was overcast, windy, and slightly humid from last nights thunderstorms. Miserable conditions. I really thought they would cancel batting practice. I figured when I got to the stadium the tarp would be over the field, and that would that.
If you look close enough you can see the batting cage was on the field, and Cardinals BP was in full force. The rain threatened off, and on. I thought at one point it would let loose, and they would t | arp the field. They never did. ( Sorry about the picture. I use my iphone camera ) I panicked though. I witnessed a Cardinal player throw two baseballs into the seats behind home plate. What should I do?! I continued to ask myself that question. I | [
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Parking Banned on Deerhaven Drive
A popular spot for parking near Ken Bird Park is being banned on the inside curve of Deerhaven Drive.
City council members voted March 15 to ban parking on the west and north side of Deerhaven Drive after residents complained that parents visiting Ken Bird Park for youth sports games caused traffic congestion by parking on both sides of the street.
That section of Deerhaven is adjacent to the west side of the park; a parking lot is provided on the grounds on the east side of the park. During the autumn months youth sports teams practice at the park and street parking on Deerhaven becomes an issue.
“A lot of people park there and they | should park in the parking lot,” said Deerhaven resident Emily Craigen. “It’s a hindrance to us that we can’t use that ourselves.”
Residents say the additional parking caused visibility problems and difficulty maneuvering through a hairpin turn where the street is only 25-feet wide.
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State employment changes, August 2008–August 2009
September 22, 2009
From August 2008 to August 2009, the largest statistically significant job losses among the states occurred in California (‑741,000), Florida (‑ | 372,700), Michigan (‑329,900), Illinois (‑306,100), Texas (‑296,300), Ohio (‑272,000), Georgia (‑244,400), and North Carolina (‑214,000).
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Three Stores, Three Thefts: Clean Getaways
It appears a mini crime wave in Haverford has thieves awash in a certain type of bounty.
Haverford Police are investigating three crimes where thieves made a clean getaway.
| In each incident thieves reportedly targeted only personal hygiene products.
The first case was reported at 1:07 p.m. on Feb. 21 at the CVS in the 1100 Block of West Chester Pike. A store employee told police that a man and two women "stole approximately 20 bottles of Nivea body wash and fled | [
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Baker insane at time of fatal beating, psychiatrist testifies
BY DAN ROZEK Staff Reporter email@example.com October 22, 2012 1:24PM
Updated: October 22, 2012 6:10PM
Beset by three serious mental illnesses, Daniel Baker was an insane “nerd on steroids” when he allegedly beat his girlfriend’s mother to death with a baseball bat, a psychiatrist testified Monday.
His mental problems made the 24-year-old Deerfield man “an extremely eccentric individual” who was abnormally sensitive about appearing “odd,” said Dr. Alexander Obolsky, the first defense witness called by Baker’s attorneys.
“Mr. Baker is a nerd on steroids,” Obolsky said.
Baker is charged with fatally beating 50-year-old Marina Aksman in her Vernon Hills home after first ramming his car into the front of her house.
Lake County prosecutors contend Baker carried out the April 1 | , 2010, attack because he was irate after Aksman moved to end his romance with her 20-year-old, developmentally disabled daughter.
Baker almost took the witness himself Monday, saying he wanted to “clear up some misunderstandings” about Aksman’s slaying.
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International Climate Hearing with Desmond Tutu at the UN Climate Talks
- Copyright: Oxfam
- Date: 16 December 2009
This is the first ever international climate hearing and it took place inside the conference centre at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen. Former Irish President and UN High Commissioner summerises the hearing and gives the official verdict. There is also | a speech from Archbishop Desmond Tutu about how climate change is affecting us all and we are all in this together.
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101st ESB conducts largest commercial airlift Bliss has seen in years
Claudia R. Kennedy,
DoMaD Public Affairs:
More than 450 National Guard Soldiers of the 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion from New York state and New Jersey arrived at Fort Bliss Aug. 19 to conduct pre-deployment training.
The unit arrived with a large amount of specialized communications equipment such as satellites, nodes, generators, trucks and containers of accessories required for training to conduct their mission in Afghanistan. As the unit conducts their mobilization training at McGregor Range, the 101st ESB unit movement team works double-time preparing | for the largest strategic commercial airlift Fort Bliss has seen in years.
Capt. David Myones, 101st ESB unit movement officer, worked hand in hand with Kevin Williams, unit movement coordinator for the Directorate of Mobilization and Deployment, as well as the Fort Bliss Unit Movement Branch, to ensure proper training, planning and execution of this gargantuan task.
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Church of Scientology seeks 'ban' against HIV+ protesters
Takes aim at Pope and Smurf
Opponents of the Church of Scientology have accused the controversial organisation of attempting to ban a pair of HIV-positive protesters.
Lawyers acting for Scientology are allegedly using medical information about two protesters picketing a Scientology facility near Hemet, California in an attempt to prevent the duo's attendance at further demos. The two protesters Angry Gay Pope and Happy Smurf, a former Scientologist, are contesting the legal action, which would prevent them protesting at the important facility (known internally as Gold Base). The pair, both openly gay, have the representation of attorney Graham Berry.
The ongoing battle between the Church of Scientology and the loosely-affiliated Anonymous collective has seen an explosion in protests over the last year. Scientologists have allegedly used false reports to the police, physical attacks and loudspeakers to curtail or frustrate protests at Gold Base.
The Scientologists' legal petition against the protesters alleges that they pose a " | threat" to the wellbeing of 500 Scientology workers. Critics portray the move as a continuation of the organisation's hostility to homosexuality, which has included claims that it is able to "cure homosexuality" and providing financial support for Proposition 8, a law in California that bans the marriage of homosexual couples.
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[linux-dvb] about to buy a FusionHDTV5 Gold Plus card
mkrufky at m1k.net
Wed Nov 2 21:02:12 CET 2005
Todd Ignasiak wrote:
>FYI -- XvMC is the Linux equivalent to Windows DxVA. They both do
>the same function, using the same video processor hardware. MythTV,
>mplayer, and xine all implement the XvMC API to support accelerated
>XvMC is only available with NVidia's drivers or the VIA/S3/Unichrome
>drivers. ATI does not provide linux support. And, I have not found
>XvMC to be as stable/reliable as DxVA is. But, the capability is
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Thomson Rotarians took a graduate course in campus planning Thursday.
Ben Liverman, the campus planner for the University of Georgia, outlined the environmental initiatives at the Athens campus | .
"A lot of times, what is ecologically sustainable is economically sustainable," Liverman said.
He said pedestrian greenways have replaced narrow streets, storm water is being funneled into fountains and decorative channels, and rainwater is being captured for irrigation and even to flush toilets.
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Our special guest author today is Dwayne G. Anderson, author of the young adult science fiction novel, PARTIALLY HUMAN!
Dwayne Gerald Anderson was born at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Humboldt, Saskatchewan on September 23rd, 1982. Raised in Naicam, he was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome at age 16, and as a result, found his life changed in a new direction. His experiences with being different and trying to make an impact on the world has given him the inspiration to communicate his deepest thoughts and concerns through written works.
Dwayne's first book "Alien Conflict" was published in 2002, dealing with the issue of world peace and that it can be realized. Inspired by the events of 9/11, Dwayne wrote this book to help others understand that there are ways to solve our conflicts without violence.
His second book, Hellfire Apocalypse, published in 2004, dealt with the issue of survival of the fittest, with an unlikely hero as protagonist, and how he | saves his world from disaster.
His third book, Partially Human, deals with issues that are very real to many teens and young adults in society and being different. His experiences with Asperger Syndrome gave him the inspiration to write his most ambitious work so far.
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Rondout Valley school district seeks $1.2M science grant
KYSERIKE, N.Y. — The Rondout Valley school district on Tuesday applied for a nearly $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant to bolster applied sciences in the classroom.
In addition, Rondout Valley High School is likely to be the venue for a new Ulster BOCES pre-engineering and robotics program, school officials said.
District Superintendent Rosario Agostaro told the school board that if the district is awarded the grant, part of it would fund a middle-school program called Project Lead the Way.
The nationally recognized engineering, science and math program, developed by a nonprofit organization, typically offers two units in middle school and a wide array of programs for high school students. However, Agostaro said the high school programs are too costly for the district to consider at this point.
If the district is awarded the grant, bringing Project Lead the Way to Rondout Valley Middle School would cost about $90,000 per year over three years, with the money going toward training and supplies, he said.
The rest of the grant would finance staff training in project-based learning, development of after-school programs designed to allow students in grades 5-8 to explore career | options, and field trips to higher educational institutions and math, science, and technology companies.
Ulster BOCES Superintendent Charles Khoury, meanwhile, said the New Visions program is starting a pre-engineering and robotics program, and he and Agostaro said they are close to a deal for Rondout Valley High School to host it.
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MANATEE COUNTY — East County schools appear to be leading the way in education in Manatee County.
Data released by the Florida Department of Education last week shows 13 of the 16 East County elementary, middle and high schools earned an “A” grade on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. The two remaining schools earned “B” grades, and one — Imagine Charter School at East Manatee — does not show an overall grade.
In total, 51% of Manatee schools earned an “A” grade compared to 47% last year.
Manatee County Public Schools Superintendent Tim McGonegal said he was pleased with the scores, although he was disappointed the district just fell shy of receiving an overall “A” designation.
“In math, we scored a little lower than we hoped,” he said.
One of the most significant improvements district-wide was seen at Tara | Elementary School, which jumped from a “C” in 2008 to an “A” this year.
Principal Dr. Linda Fouse said she screamed when she got the news.
“We felt we had shown great progress, but you never know the total formula,” Fouse said. “The staff and the students and the parents and I just thrilled.”
Fouse said Tara implemented a school-wide writing program to prepare for the test and teachers conducted individual and group remediation with students.
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Serves 4 / By using light coconut milk and a low-sodium red curry paste, this curry recipe has all the flavor of takeout, without excess fat or salt. Prep tip: Make the brown rice ahead of time, and plan for extras; having it on hand makes fast dinners easy. View recipe.
Serves 4 / This popular Korean dish, called bulgogi, is often dished over rice. Prep tips: To keep beef strips from falling through the grill grate, you may need to use a grill pan or basket; or sear drained beef on the stove in a cast-iron skillet. View recipe.
Serves 6–8 / Full of | immunity-enhancing ingredients like shiitake mushrooms, ginger, and garlic, this soup warms the soul and fights infection the natural way. View recipe.
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The bygone days of catching fireflies, riding bikes, and being home by dark may be behind us, but the memories and feelings are still very much alive. These were simpler times, when meals were made with love, patience, and ingredients fresh from the garden.
Wag More Bark Less dog treats are all natural, no wheat treats that you can feel good about giving your dog.
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| Ingredients: Chickpeas, barley flour, bacon, maple syrup, millet flour, pea starch, rice bran, vegetable glycerine, apples, oatmeal, salt, natural smoke flavor, sunflower oil, phosphoric acid, sorbic acid (as preservatives), citric acid, mixed tocopherols (natural preservative), rosemary.
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Secret apartheid-era papers give first official evidence of Israeli nuclear weapons
Secret South African documents reveal that Israel offered to sell nuclear warheads to the apartheid regime, providing the first official documentary evidence of the state’s possession of nuclear weapons.
The “top secret | ” minutes of meetings between senior officials from the two countries in 1975 show that South Africa’s defence minister, PW Botha, asked for the warheads and Shimon Peres, then Israel’s defence minister and now its president, responded by offering them “in three sizes”. The two men also signed a broad-ranging agreement governing military ties between the two countries that included a clause declaring that “the very existence of this agreement” was to remain secret.
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1. Install this Firefox add-on by clicking this link and following the instructions: http://bit.ly/dnCc8I
2. Copy the following into a.txt file and save it somewhere on | your computer. The easiest way to do this is Start, All Programs, Accessories, Notepad. Come back to your browser, then select the following text with your mouse, and pull down the Edit menu and pick Copy. Then go back to Notepad, and pull down Notepad's Edit menu and pick Paste.
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Today’s technology is transforming life and the way we communicate. New communication networks are replacing traditional telephone conversations and face-to-face meetings.
According to the Radicati Group, each channel - email, instant messaging and social networking – is expected to reach nearly 4 billion accounts worldwide by 2015. Platforms like Google+ Hangouts, Gchat, Yammer and Skype empower people to communicate anywhere, anytime. Most of these conversations occur in written form where the message can be spread around the globe within seconds. Therefore, exercising proper etiquette online is just as important as practicing good behavior offline.
Words Impact Image
“When communicating online, be authentic, relevant and don’t post anything you wouldn’t want your grandmother to read,” said Kent Lewis, president and founder of Anvil Media and Formic Media. "Always keep the conversation clean and civil. When crafting a message, choose your words | wisely and be aware of the tone. Keep in mind that reading a message electronically lacks the non-verbal cues and lends itself to misinterpretation. Depending on the nature of the business and relationship, emoticons may or may not be appropriate. Know your audience. Follow suit and use them sparingly."
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what does a dream mean if there is kissing involved
We often have visitors write in with solutions to each others' problems. Here is a visitor's solution to one of our visitor's questions.
Original Visitor's Question from a 31-40 year old Female
I had a fantasy last night that my 21 yr old friend of five years kissed me. It all started he was sitting on the bus on the way to somewhere, he all of a sudden kisses me | and then he kisses my roomate. What do you think it means for me and him and what will happen in the future. I know you only give advice and not a phsyic
User Submitted Advice from a 21-30 year old Female
This may be late but hopefully it can still help. I have been analyzing my dreams since I was about 13. I always kept a dream journal. I also realized I | [
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Entering this hockey season, the idea of talking about James Reimer as a backup plan by January would have seemed odd. The only way I could have thought up such a scenario would’ve been to include the Leafs signing or trading for a veteran netminder to settle things down. It didn’t happen, and the team is tied for a playoff spot regardless due to some timely performances by Jonas Gustavsson to kick off 2012.
The Leafs have the luxury (I guess) of not being constrained by a large goalie contract. There’s no true ”number one.”
When teams throw around huge cash to goaltenders | , it goes without saying that there’s risk involved. By paying Ryan Miller or Ilya Bryzgalov upwards of 5-6 million per season, the Sabres and Flyers, respectively, are basically saying ”that’s our guy.” And in the case of both, this season has been a lot of wasted money.
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December 31, 2012
Commits talk Chesapeake Bowl experience
West Virginia had eight future Mountaineers participate in the 2012 Chesapeake Bowl Saturday afternoon and the experience is one that they believe will only help them as they continue their careers at the next level.
The Chesapeake Bowl pits the mid-Atlantic's top talent against one another dividing the teams by geography with the North made | up of prospects from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware and the South represented by Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C. and West Virginia.
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The Social Security Act currently provides secondary benefits to the wives or widows of covered workers who retire, become disabled, or die. To qualify, a woman must have been married to the worker for a short period and must be old (sixty-two, dropping to sixty in the case of a widow, fifty in the case of a disabled widow) or caring for children under sixteen. If a wife’s or widow’s primary retired-worker or disability benefits equal or exceed her secondary benefit entitlement, she receives only the primary benefits. However, if her secondary benefit amount is greater she receives both her primary benefit and enough of the secondary benefit to bring the total up to its level.
Men can also qualify for benefits based solely on their status as husband or widower of a worker; but spouse benefits go overwhelmingly to women.
No additional payroll tax is levied on the employee-spouse to cover spouse benefits nor do they constitute a shift in the payout pattern between spouses of a set amount of benefits. These are quite simply additional payments based on marriage.
Appended to Social Security in 1939 and dramatically liberalized since, spouse benefits represent a discrete and | increasingly problematic feature of the program. At a time when analysts and politicians of nearly all persuasions agree that the long-term fiscal health of Social Security calls for legislative revision | [
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Analog Devices long-term commitment to the Blackfin Processor means each subsequent generation of Blackfin-based designs will benefit from increases in speed, power efficiency, and cost reductions across a broad range for single and dual core processors | . The Blackfin processor family includes devices that target a wide range of applications in the consumer, automotive, industrial, instrumentation, and communications markets. To address these markets, the Blackfin processor family offers scalable performance from the 200Mhz ADSP-BF535 to the Dual Core 600 Mhz ADSP-BF561. Blackfin products also offer very low power consumption with products using as | [
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|Comparing Adult & Juvenile Offenders
||What time of day are adults and juveniles most likely to commit violent crimes?
||Unlike violent crime by adult offenders, violent crime by juvenile offenders peaks in the late afternoon.
Note: Violent crimes include murder, violent sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault. Data are from law enforcement agencies in 35 states and the District of Columbia.
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- In general, the number of violent crimes committed by adults increases hourly from 6 a.m. through the afternoon and evening hours, peaks at 10 p.m., and then drops to a low point at 6 a.m. In contrast, violent crimes by juveniles peak in the afternoon between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., the hour at the end of the school day.
- Nearly one-third (29%) of all violent crime committed by juvenile offenders occurs between 3 p.m. and 7 p | .m. In comparison, 26% of all violent committed by adult offenders occurs between 8 p.m. and 12 p.m.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book
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If wearing stars and stripes just isn’t your thing, consider this cute floral-print dress to celebrate our national birthday. It’ll let you proudly wear the colors of the flag without feeling too kitschy. And if you’re headed to the shore or the pool, you’ll love these nice-priced go-withs...Cooperative drawstring dress, $29.99, available at urbanoutfitters.com
So where ya’ headed over the holiday weekend? And more importantly, what are you planning to wear? Let’s talk!
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Sometimes blogging is exhausting. Generating ideas, research, experimenting with recipes, taking pictures, editing pictures, writing posts, getting good sources, coming up with catchy phrases and titles….it’s a lot of time and effort.
In light of that, I am only going to be | blogging Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. I feel that this will give me a much needed break and provide consistency for you.
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Barrel headed Suga Bear just lost his mansion and the checks have really stopped coming in for him.
Suge Knight has just lost another asset. The former Death Row Records mogul’s Malibu mansion has reportedly been auctioned for $4.56 million through Bankruptcy Court, according to the Los Angeles Times. Knight estimated the mansion at $6.2 million just last year. The | 8, 272 square-feet house was built seven years ago and has 9.5 bathrooms, a pool, a spa and mountain and ocean views. Knight has been a mainstay in the news as of late. As previously reported, he recently sued Kanye West over a Miami shooting in which he was wounded three years ago. Knight also accused cops of stealing his diamond studded earring in the | [
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