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Here is my card the Sketch challenge. I added CC227 as well. Not a color I would put with a pickup, but...
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BURLEY -- A vice principal at Burley High School wanted for having sexual contact with minors has been arrested near St. George, Utah.
Tara Bagley was taken into custody by Hurricane City Police without incident Friday morning. She is currently being held Washington County Jail. Her bond is set at $250,000.
Lt. Chris Jensen with the Cassia County Sheriff's Office says a warrant for Bagley's arrest was issued this week after detectives began investigating reports of inappropriate conduct with a teenage girl.
Prosecuting Attorney Al Barrus says the warrant is for seven counts of sexual battery of a minor under 16 or 17 years of age. He confirmed there were two victims, but declined to provide further details due to the ongoing investigation.
Investigators say the encounters did not happen on school property | . They began in summer 2011 and continued until this December.
Bagley will be extradited to Idaho to face the seven felony charges.
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Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, Jan 30, 2006
Money & Banking - Insight
Governor's survey of macroeconomy India must be on guard
But, what survives is the general indications of policy revealed by the competent and exhaustive survey of the economy, which accompanied the Credit Policy. It is, in fact, a mini economic survey, recording the various features of the economy as they have evolved through the year. A look at a few significant aspects of the survey.
The survey of macroeconomic and | monetary developments starts with an analysis of the farm situation. It remarks that kharif production in 2005-06 will be marginally higher in respect of foodgrains. In respect of commercial crops, the output of cotton, oil seeds and jute is expected to decline, while that of sugarcane is estimated to increase.
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February Food Events In and Around Vancouver
Image by Flickr | Beraldo Leal (http://www.flickr.com/photos/beraldoleal/5318081458/)
Nothing says romance like a glass of wine by candlelight, and you can discover new favourites at the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival
Whether it's hot chocolate, international wines or craft cocktails, there's plenty to wet your whistle on the Vancouver food scene this month, as well as cooking classes, specialty dinners and rustic Neapolitan pizza
It's February. Love is in the air and romance, of course, is on the plate – and Vancouver has | a variety of events to connect with the object of your affection over a cooking class, wine tasting, craft cocktail or decadent meal.
January 14 to February 14 – 2nd Annual Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival
The Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival is celebrating its second year with more participating venues and more flavours. Fifteen chocolate wizards from across the city – including Bel Cafe, Bella Gelateria (featuring It's to Die For Banana Bread), CocoaN | [
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Efficient Forest Fire Detection System: A Spatial Data Mining and Image Processing Based Approach
The drastic ascent in the volume of spatial data owes its growth to the technical advancements in technologies that aid in spatial data acquisition, mass storage and network interconnection. Thus the necessity for automated detection of spatial knowledge from voluminous spatial data arises. Fire plays a vital role in a majority of the forest ecosystems. Forest fires are | serious ecological threats that result in deterioration of economy and environment apart from jeopardizing human lives. Thus forest fires need to be detected as early as possible in order to inhibit from being spread. This paper intends to detect forest fires from the forest spatial data. The approach makes use of spatial data mining, image processing and artificial intelligence techniques for | [
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Something changed for me on May 8 as I was traveling north on the Yellowhead Highway just before Valemount. I was enjoying a mid-afternoon drive on a sunny and warm day. It was a perfect day for a drive...
The RCMP has produced a 37-point action plan to address serious concerns about the recruitment and retention of primarily female officers, according to a report obtained by Postmedia News that suggests a number of the initiatives have already been introduced and are already achieving results.
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews | ordered the action plan in a tersely worded letter to RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson in November after he leaked details about gender-based audit that concluded women account for just one-fifth of the workforce, are more likely to drop out of basic training and are generally jaded about the promotional process.
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Two Axis Magnetoresistive Sensor.
NEW ULTRA SMALL TWO AXIS MAGNETORESISTIVE
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Inertial Aerosystems announces the availability of a new ultra small
two axis magnetoresistive sensor on a single silicon chip manufactured
by U.S. based Honeywell Solid State Electronics Centre.
Designed for compassing and position sensing applications that
require ultra small size, low power and high performance, | this patented
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A bunch of the boys were shmoozing about the economy at a local cantina the other day, when in walks my old buddy, Herman Geltenfelter. He looked as if he had been hit by a flower pot dropped from a 10th-floor window.
"It's an outrage," sobbed Herman. "The market fell 175 points in one day. There goes my whole windfall in stocks. Goodbye, nest egg. I feel like taking gas."
"Now just a darn minute," I replied. "Explain your sudden Chicken Little behavior."
"Look," says Herm, waving newspaper stock tables in my face. "All three of | my investments took a dive: Upper Mongolia Lead, Recalcitrant Tech and Amalgamated Horse Farms. I dumped $100,000 into those babies three years ago and things were going fine. Now this!"
"For heaven's sake, friend, chill out," says I. "Let's take a look at your investments and the topsy-turvy Dow. You're better off than you think | [
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So I had a marvelous vocation. Two beautiful weeks of sun, relaxation and a constant fear of being bitten by a mosquito.
When you travel to such a place,You HAVE to follow some tips.
The first and the most important tip “Use ONLY registered Money Exchangers” you will see the difference. It always will be a decent office and they never charge you the tax %. The ones near or in the markets WILL charge you extra tax and they more likely WILL fuck you over and you will realise you are missing like 10-50$ ish. depends on how much you going to exchange.
Registered ME’s:_________Unregistered ME’s:
1. Will always use 100,000 Rp__1. Will use 50,000 Rp
bank notes._________________bank notes
2. Will count the money out____2. Will count the money out,
ONCE and won’t touch it again!__then they will touch it A LOT
___________________________to confuse you.
3. Will NEVER talk____________3. Will talk A LOT, to distract you
| to distract you_______________while touching your money
4. WON’T say anything if you___4. WILL ask you to exchange
want to exchange 50$ only._____more and more money at once.
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The TSP is the government's equivalent of a 401k plan. It has 4 million plus | investors ranging from U.S. senators, generals and admirals to the lowest paid feds and lowest rank soldier, sailor or airman. Retirees can also remain in the TSP, as can people who leave federal | [
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Natalie's greatest passion outside of golf is helping children. Find out more >>
5’9”...Started playing golf at the age of 4...Credits her father John Gulbis as the individual most influencing her career...Hobbies include working out and running...Has her own calendar...Created The Natalie Gulbis Foundation in 2005…Qualified for the Tour on her first attempt…Has her own Web site, www.nataliegulbis.com.
2012 in a Nutshell
- 22 events, 16 cuts made, $321,472 (42)
- 3 top-10 finishes including a season-best tie for fourth at the Evian Masters Presented by Societe Generale
In 2011, best finish was a tie for 15th at the LPGA State Farm Classic.
In 2010, best finish was a tie for 12th at the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia.
In 2009, qualified for her third U.S. Solheim Cup Team after finishing 10th in the points race, posted a 1-1-1 record for her winning squad | ; best finish was a tie for seventh at the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill; also finished tied for 10th at the SBS Open at Turtle Bay.
In 2008, best finish was a tie for ninth at the RICOH Women's British Open; received the William and Mousie Powell Award.
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Cole Hamels' pair of overpowering outings last week has earned the Phillies left-hander his first career National League Player of the Week honor.
Hamels started the week with a seven-hit shutout of the Marlins on Monday, marking his second straight complete-game shutout. He then pitched a scoreless first inning Saturday against the Brewers to extend his scoreless streak to 23 innings, making it the longest by a Phillies pitcher this season.
Though that streak came to an end in the second frame, Hamels went on to allow just three runs | over 7 2/3 innings en route to his 14th victory of the season. He also tied his season high with 10 strikeouts Saturday.
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I saw a photo of these cars in the back of a video game magazine a few months back and knew I had to have them. They turned out to be surprisingly cheap on Ebay. I picked these up for $2 each (new) and my friend Scott got an even better deal on his set. These cars must be older than I first thought, because the bottom of them reads "Mattel 2001".
Can you guess what games inspired these cool designs? If not, they are Space Channel 5, Super Monkey Ball, Jet Grind Radio, Shinobi, and my personal favorite, House of the Dead III. Click on the images below for closer views.
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|Course||Course Title||Credit Hours|
|COMA 200||Interpersonal Communications||(3-0) 3 Cr. Hrs.|
This course provides study and practical application exercises in the basic elements of interpersonal communication with emphasis on self-concept, perception, meanings, listening, feedback, defensive communication barriers and nonverbal communication. Special attention will be given to improving interpersonal communication skills.
(A requirement that must be completed before taking this course.)
- COMA 103 or consent of instructor.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- Explain basic terminology of interpersonal relationships, with an emphasis on self-concept and overall relational effectiveness.
- Explain basic concepts of interpersonal relationships, with an emphasis on self-concept and overall relational effectiveness.
- Explain characteristics intrinsic to effective interpersonal communications.
- Demonstrate proficiency in working within a community using effective, efficient, ethical and collaborative conduct.
- Differentiate the key factors necessary for effective listening.
- Different | iate the various types of listening (critical, creative, sympathetic and therapeutic).
- Explain principles of managing interpersonal conflict.
- Demonstrate effective interpersonal communications in the work place and professional arena.
- Explain barriers to defensive communications.
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The taco salad is awesome. Ask for extra PD Sauce. The sweet tea is the good Southern style.
Little known gem in Memphis. It may not be the best quality, but it's my guilty pleasure. Keep an open mind, this place is one of a kind.
Best cheese dip ever!!!!
This is probably the worst taco and rice I have ever had. There are so many better places with good prices and speed. Also, look for broken equipment holding music playing phones.
Gross food. If you insist on eating here ask for no sauce on | their tacos. They have a sweet salad dressing they top them with. This place is a disgrace to texmex food.
Cheese dip - it's famous!
The beef taco salad! Can't go wrong.
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In this video, Jeff Wettlaufer, a Sr Technical Product Manager for System Center at Microsoft demonstrates Configuration Manager 201 | 2. In this demo, Jeff shows how to improve IT effectiveness through new efficiencies for both the Administrator and the network.
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One of the largest federally mandated programs ever is coming down the pike and it will impact every aspect of U.S. steelmaking.
It's expected to become the law of the land soon after a new president moves into the Oval office. When the law is signed, as most expect it will be in early 2009, U.S. manufacturers will have to cap their emissions, probably | at 2009 levels. At that point, depending on the bill's language, they will either be sold or given emissions "credits." The credits will be bought and sold among emitters, and as the price of carbon rises so too will the incentive to accumulate more credits. It will be in the economic interest of manufacturers, therefore, to reduce | [
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By Quentin Fottrell
Elmo toys are a huge seller every holiday season, but after the resignation of Elmo voice and puppeteer Kevin Clash, some industry pros wonder if thousands of the lovable furry red monsters will be left on the shelves this holiday season.
Clash resigned Tuesday in the wake of a new allegation that he previously had sexual relationships with underage individuals. He was first accused last week of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old named Sheldon Stephens, now 23, but the man later withdrew the allegation — Stephens’s attorney said in a statement that the affair was “an adult consensual relationship.” However, just as Clash stepped down as the voice for Elmo Tuesday, another man, Cecil Singleton, filed a lawsuit alleging that he had a two-week relationship with Clash in 1993, when he was 15 years of age.
But will the scandal damage Elmo’s holiday sales? “This is a kind of existential question,” says Adam Hanft, CEO of marketing firm Hanft Projects. “Does the puppet exist outside of the domain of the puppeteer? | Children think so, that’s for sure.” That, he says, will be enough. Toymaker Hasbro — which sells its new giggling $40 LOL Elmo and music-playing | [
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Digital Solid State Propulsion LLC
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Newly developed hardware and electrically controlled extinguishable solid propellants are a first of their kind, capable of multiple ignitions-extinguishments with burn-rate | controlled digitally by electrical power input. These “propellants” are insensitive to flame ignition, do not produce toxic combustion gases and are low in particulates. We have demonstrated: 1) casting into thin layers; 2) vacuum casting into complex geometries; and 3) the basis for solid-state “pneumatic batteries” with this environmentally friendly, low hazard propellant. Initial military | [
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Left: image from catalogue for the Zastava 101 automobile, 1971. Right: image of Zastava 101 from Mladen Miljanović’s installation Sound of Utopia, 2010.
Perfect Strangers: Triple Canopy in Sarajevo! Between June 21 and July 6, Triple Canopy editors will work with five artists and writers from Bosnia | on a series of workshops and discussions dealing with idiosyncratic sites, figures, and objects with ambivalent relationships to the region’s traumatic recent history and concurrent forging of national identities. Among them: the Olympic bobsled track turned front-line barricade in the mid-90s; the popular Serbian | [
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Since it is, apparently, National Poetry Month, here is a poem for your enjoyment.
I DREAM’D this mortal part of mine
Was Metamorphoz’d to a Vine;
Which crawling one and every way,
Enthrall’d my dainty Lucia.
Me thought, her long small legs & thighs
I with my Tendrils did surprize;
Her Belly, Buttocks, and her Waste
By my soft Nerv’lits were embrac’d:
About her head I writhing hung,
And with rich clusters (hid among
The leaves) her temples I behung:
So that my Lucia seem’d to me
Young Bacchus ravished by his tree.
My curles about her neck did craule,
And armes and hands they did enthrall:
So that she could not freely stir,
(All parts there made one prisoner.)
But when I crept with | leaves to hide
Those parts, which maids keep unespy’d,
Such fleeting pleasures there I took,
That with the fancie I awook;
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Russians reacted with amusement, disbelief and a heavy dose of irony to the news that the Kremlin has granted citizenship to French actor Gerard Depardieu to solve his tax woes.
In a letter broadcast on Russian television, the former Oscar nominee declared his love for President Vladimir Putin and called Russia a “great democracy.”
“He is impressed by our democracy — he has completely lost his marbles,” wrote one Facebook user, Vladimir Sokolov.
Far-left politician Eduard Limonov suggested Depardieu could reprise his famous film role of French revolutionary Georges Danton and risk detention by riot police at a regular unsanctioned rally against Putin.
“Gerard, come to Triumfalnaya Square on January 31 with your new Russian passport in your pocket,” Limonov wrote on his blog. “Our French friend: here’s an | invitation to a real historical role.”
Depardieu seemed unlikely to take up this offer after Putin praised their “very friendly, personal relationship” at a recent news conference.
Russia has used Depardieu’s request to preen itself over what it sees as an endorsement of its economic policies.
“Depardieu’s case shows that financial and economic stability are often the most important factor in choosing a | [
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POSTED: Monday, December 3, 2012 - 10:03pm
UPDATED: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 - 11:25am
Ft. Hood, Tx — In an opinion dated Dec. 3, the highest military appellate court ordered the removal of Col. Gregory Gross, trial judge in the Maj. Nidal M. Hasan court martial, here for the appearance of bias.
The Court of | Appeals for the Armed Forces, which sits in Washington, D.C., said in its 10-page opinion that because of a variety of factors, a reasonable person “would harbor doubts about the military judge’s impartiality.”
The court did not say that the trial judge was actually biased, but instead ordered the removal for the appearance of bias. The court also set aside the six previous contempt convictions against Hasan.
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Even if, internationally, Austria is not considered to be a special case, there is still widespread agreement on the fact that cooperation and the coordination of interests between the federations is one of this country’s distinctive features. The common definition for this type of cooperation is “social partnership”.
The federations and chambers work in close contact with one or other of the two political parties, the Austrian People’s Party or the Social Democratic Party of Austria. The considerable economic growth and rise in employment and wages during the 1950s and 1960s created a favourable basis for the exchange of economic and socio-political interests. All this contributed to the wide-spread establishment of the Austrian system of | social partnership in the 1960s. If the 1970s could be regarded as its heyday, the 1990s, in particular, have witnessed a change in this system’s significance.
Social partnership is neither anchored in the Austrian constitution nor laid down in any specific act. It is rooted in the free will of the players concerned. To a large extent, it is implemented informally and confidentially and is not normally accessible to the general public.
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Diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in pregnancy
Macklon, Nicholas S. (1999) Diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in pregnancy. Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 5, (4), 233-237. (PMID:10407693).
Full text not available from this repository.
Accurate diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism is required because treatment can be lifesaving, although inappropriate anticoagulation exposes the mother and fetus to hemorrhage and other hazards. Clinicians must be aware of which patients are at risk, as deep venous | thrombosis is frequently asymptomatic. Clinical diagnosis is unreliable for deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary thromboembolism; therefore, objective tests are required. Venography is the gold standard test for deep venous thrombosis but is invasive. It has been superseded by less invasive tests such as compression ultrasound. This test, although not yet rigorously scrutinized in pregnancy, is now the first-line investigation. Where doubt remains, venography, CT, and magnetic resonance imaging have a role. | [
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METRO VANCOUVER - The turnaround came at about 2 p.m. Tuesday, when a helicopter searching for a snowboarder lost in the North Shore mountains since Sunday morning spotted fresh tracks in the snow.
They weren’t where they were supposed to be, outside the main search area, and a long way from where 33-year-old Sebastien Boucher had split off from friends after getting off the Sky Chair at Cypress Mountain ski resort to go for a solo run out of bounds.
Since then, tracks had been spotted at midday Monday, and there had been a call from Boucher’s dying cellphone Monday afternoon, but there was also 49 centimetres of fresh snow and the terrain was rough and treacherous.
By noon Tuesday, Boucher’s mom, stepfather and six childhood friends who had flown in from Gatineau, Que., were waiting anxiously in the ski resort’s parking lot for any shred of good news.
The new tracks reinvigorated the rescue crews about to rotate Tuesday afternoon after a futile shift traversing the mountain.
“We have not had these | fresh tracks for 24 hours, so this is very encouraging for us now and quite critical,” search manager Bruce Moffat said. “If this is our guy, he’s just been an Energizer bunny who’s been going through some real tough stuff.”
The tracks led to a small creek closer to Howe Sound than the ski resort, where Boucher first went out of bounds.
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Justice? If that's justice than the sooner French guns blow the English out of America the better it will be for the people here!
You do not know what you're saying, girl!
Yes I do, I know exactly what what I'm saying, and if it is sedition, than I am guilty of sedition too!
My father's people say that at the birth of the sun and of his brother the moon, their mother died. So the sun gave to the earth her body, from which was to spring all life. And he drew forth from her breast the stars, and the stars he threw into the night sky to remind him of her soul. So there's the Cameron's monument. My folks | ' too, I guess.
You are right, Mr. Poe. We do not understand what is happening here. And it's not as I imagined it would be, thinking of it in Boston and in London...
Sorry to disappoint you.
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Computer Systems And Facilities Use
The following policy contains the governing philosophy for regulating the use of Lycoming College's computing facilities and resources. Access to the College's computing facilities and resources is a privilege granted solely to Lycoming College faculty, staff, registered students, and those with special accounts. All users of the computing facilities must act responsibly and maintain the integrity of these resources. The College reserves the right to limit, restrict, or extend computing privileges and access to its resources. Those who do not abide by the policies listed below will be subject to disciplinary action.
The Office of the Dean of Student Affairs and/or the Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) should be notified about violations of computer laws and policies as well as about potential loopholes in the security of its computer systems and networks. The user-community is expected to cooperate with ITS in its operation of computer systems and networks and with the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs in the investigation of misuse or abuse. Should the security of a computer system be threatened, user files | may be examined under the direction of ITS.
The College's computing policies include, but are not limited to the following:
- You must not use a computer ID that was not assigned to you, unless multiple access has been authorized for the ID. You may not try in any way to obtain a password for another's computer ID. You may not attempt to disguise the identity of the account or | [
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek publisher faces a new trial under privacy laws for printing an alleged list of Greeks with bank accounts in Switzerland after prosecutors appealed his acquittal.
The Athens prosecutors' office argued Friday that Costas Vaxev | anis' acquittal in a closely followed trial earlier this month was based on legal error.
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Rosh Hashanah and
By Richard H. Schwartz
Rosh Hashanah is the time when we take stock of our lives and consider new beginnings. Perhaps the most significant and meaningful change that Jews should consider this year is a shift away from diets that have been having devastating effects on human health and the health of our increasingly imperiled planet. While many Jews seem to feel that the holiday's celebration can be enhanced by the consumption of chopped liver, gefilte fish, chicken soup, and roast chicken, there are | [
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Please enter the e-mail address for your account. A verification token will be sent to you. Once you have received the token, you will be able to choose a new password for your account | .
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Ying is a PhD student in Marketing. She has earned her BS in Automation from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (China) and MS in Industrial Engineering from Florida State University. Before joining in Bauer, Ying has gained some experience in engineering, sales and marketing. She finally chose | to be a researcher who would like to devote her lifetime to discover the answers to the basic question: how firms and consumers behave both rationally and realistically. She is currently interested in | [
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Chris Wright employed a steady dose of ground-and-pound and stifling top control en route to a lopsided unanimous decision victory in his XFC debut over Len Cook.
Cook attempted to get the fight to the ground early but was thwarted by the takedown defense of Wright, ending up with his back on the cage and absorbing a flurry of knees to the body. Wright continued to pressure Cook, keeping him against the cage and alternating between knees and short right hands in the clinch. Cook again looked for a way to get the fight to | the mat by attempting a throw, but ended up on his back midway through the first round.
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Conference on World Affairs
Founded in 1948, this conference "about everything," encompasses the arts, media, science, diplomacy, human rights, and more. One hundred participants will join in discussions and debates | centered around this year's theme, What Matters, an exploration about what issues are most relevant in our information-bombarded culture. Activist and author Harvey Wasserman will deliver a talk called “Dead and Deadly Nukes: From Fukushima to Solartopia,” and musicians Crosby and Nash will give the closing plenary. Mon-Fri 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.Date: Apr 4, 2011 9:30 am - Apr 8, 2011 5:00 pm
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In the beginning, there was a daydream of a woman who was strong and stubborn and more than a little broken. I couldn’t get her out of my mind. She occupied my daydreams and stalked me while I slept until I finally started to put her on the page. And even then, there was no evading her. For more than five years now, there has only been Mira with the flaming red hair and explosive temper.
Recently, Wait for Dusk: the fifth book in the Dark Days series was released into the world. It follows Mira and Danaus along with a couple nightwalker companions to Budapest where they have to not only face a familiar enemy that has been haunting Mira for most of her existence, but she and Danaus also have to escape a plot that nearly claims their life and destroys their budding relationship.
Today | , I thought I would take a step back and wander down memory lane for a moment to talk about where and when Mira was born, because she had a somewhat rough and unusual start in comparison to other stories that I’ve written.
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Derrick Favors was named the ACC’s rookie of the year Tuesday. The shock would have been if he hadn’t been named the ACC’s rookie of the year. He’s a big-time talent who has had big-time moments and a few big-time games.
But if you’re thinking that might not be enough for Favors next season, when he’ll surely be working in the NBA, think again. Because this one collegiate season has been a red herring. We’ve gotten to see a lot of what Favors can’t yet do. Soon we’ll see what he can do.
Some will interpret this as a swipe at Favors’ college | coach. It really isn’t. Favors happened to sign with a school that had an approximation of Derrick Favors. Had Gani Lawal remained in the 2009 NBA draft — he withdrew his name before the deadline — we’d be seeing Favors through different eyes. We’d see him as a guy who plays with his back to the basket and overmatches defenders, as opposed to a guy who stands in the foul circle and tries to figure out what next to do.
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CHICAGO (CBS) – A man who demonstrated outside Chicago’s Church of Scientology last year is pleased that the citation he received has been deemed unconstitutional.
The city decided to quit enforcing an ordinance forbidding protests outside churches while services are being | conducted, spurred in part by the protest last year outside the Church of Scientology in South Lakeview.
Eight or nine protesters gathered outside the Church of Scientology location at 3011 N. Lincoln Ave. In response, church members taped a sign to the front window that announced services there are held virtually all day — from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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I have been scouring the net for help, I realise this is a low level question for this forum and apologise.
I have downloaded the 10g instant client and odbc driver so that I can create an ODBC connection for a third party app to connect to an OracleXE database. I believe this is what I need to install.
I have unzipped the ODBC driver and instant client to the same directory (C:\Oracle). I have amended the PATH statement and run the install ODBC exe from the unzipped DIR.
When I try to create an ODBC connection I get the message | "The Oracle client and network components were not found. The components are supplied by Oracle Corporation and are part of the Oracle version 7.3 or greater client software installation. You will be unable to use this driver until these components have been installed"
Can someone point out the obvious error I must have made or point me in the direction of any further config changes I need to make? Information appears to be sketchy or else I am going blind in my old age and I cant find it...
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The No. 25 Yale women's tennis team completed a successful road trip with a 5-2 win at No. 32 Arkansas Sunday.
As they did Saturday in their 6-1 win over No. 31 Oklahoma, the Bulldogs claimed the doubles point and then kept momentum going in singles play.
Indeed, Yale swept the three doubles matches, starting with an 8-3 victory by junior Elizabeth Epstein and sophomore Annie Sulivan at No. 2 over Catherine Parenteau and Kate Lukomskaya.
Next to finish was the No. 16 ranked duo of senior Vicky Brook and freshman Hanna Yu, who beat Claudine Paulson and Laurie Gingras 8-5.
Finally, the No. 39 ranked pairing of sophomore Blair Seideman and senior captain Steph Kent won their fourth straight match, topping Stephanie Roy and Emily Carbone 8-3.
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MADISON, Wis., May 8 (UPI) -- Wisconsin officials projected a 30 percent to 35 percent turnout for the primary to choose a Democrat to face Republican Gov. Scott Walker in a recall election.
The projected turnout, amounting to about 1.5 million voters, would be short of the record 38.9 percent voting in a 1952 primary, the highest primary turnout on record in Wisconsin, state Government Accountability Board said.
The state has an open-primary system that doesn't require voters to declare a party affiliation. This creates the possibility Republicans may try to sabotage the vote by casting ballots for Kathleen Falk, a former Dane County executive, The Christian Science Monitor said.
Polls indicate Falk is the | weaker candidate against Walker, while Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, the other leading Democratic candidate, is polling in a dead heat against Walker.
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In my haste to get the family back in the house after a long evening, I misplaced my keys.
I was sure they would reappear shortly, but it's been a month now. Fortunately we had an extra set.
I have been stunned at how expensive it is to replace these keys. $180 at Delray Honda! I bought a key online for $4 that promised to match my car, but when I brought it to Honda, I was told it wouldn't work.
So I am hunting for a way to copy complicated car keys at a moderate price. Let me know if you have found a way to avoid these high fees.
Photo: AP photo/Ford Motor Co.
From left, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Tom Staggs, Ginnifer Goodwin (Snow White, ABC’s “Once | Upon a Time”), pop star Jordin Sparks and Mickey Mouse cut the ribbon to officially open New Fantasyland at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom.
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AN acrimonious falling out between Paul Nicholls and owner Clive Smith led to the legendary Kauto Star’s abrupt removal yesterday from the champion trainer’s yard.
Nicholls had offered a home for life to the recently retired 12-year-old whose record-breaking career included two Cheltenham Gold Cups and five victories in the King George VI Chase.
Yet Smith had indicated earlier on Monday that his horse of a lifetime would be joining European bronze medallist eventing rider Laura Collett as he explores avenues to keep his now-retired superstar chaser active in retirement.
Collett, 22, is due to be assisted by Yogi Breisner, the long | -time Great Britain manager and coach, who has overseen medal success at Olympic, World and European level.
The disagreement meant some staff, or those closely involved with the Ditcheat stable, were not present to say farewell to Kauto Star who has been ridden out every day for the past eight years by the trainer’s widely-respected head lad Clifford Baker.
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Moeletsi, Motheba Gwendoline (2000) Grassroots diplomacy between Lesotho and South Africa : the district liaison committees. Masters thesis, Rhodes University.
ross-border conflicts on the African continent have increased tremendously in the post-colonial years. The widespread border conflicts on the African continent have been attributed to the arbitrariness with which Africa’s national boundaries were drawn during the colonial period. The colonial boundaries have left the doors open for perpetual conflicts among African states. This thesis proposes to investigate the prospects of grassroots diplomacy as an option of dealing with border conflicts with specific reference to the case of Lesotho/South Africa border relations. This is done by critically evaluating the role the District Liaison Committees (DLCs) have played in border relations between Lesotho and South Africa. The Lesotho and South African governments have institutionalised the resolution of border conflicts at grassroots level through the establishment of the DLCs. The DLCs consists of representatives of border communities in Lesotho and South Africa. The paper introduces a not so familiar concept of involving people at grassroots levels in the conducting of diplomacy between the two neighbouring countries. The | central issue implicit in this paper is that grassroots diplomacy is succeeding in the case of Lesotho and South Africa. The DLCs have managed to reduce tension between the two countries along the borders which had existed over a long period of time, thereby, relieving the central governments of some of their duties. The thesis contents that high level conventional diplomacy is not always the | [
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A draft of the TEKS was released on September 22nd and I have reviewed the Biology TEKS. Although I’m not a biologist, I certainly am familiar with how the creationist culture warriors might try to sabotage the standard. While all science TEKS have the suspect phrase, "Science may not answer all questions," the standard looks pretty good with respect to evolution. There is no taint of the old "strengths and weaknesses" wording that they had slipped in in the past, opening the door for casting doubt on evolution and thus leaving the door ajar for “intelligent Design” pseudoscience that is just religion in a lab coat.
Unfortunately, the SBOE has been stacked with creationist members with a not-so-hidden agenda of sabotaging the teaching of evolution | . More recently, the SBOE has appointed a creationist-friendly review committee to review the science TEKS. It’s not clear what mischief will come of these developments, | [
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Highway hijackers held in Odisha
Cuttack (Odisha): Two persons were arrested for allegedly abducting the driver of a diesel tanker and his helper at Cuttack in Odisha.
The police arrested Kanhu Charan Choudhury and his associate Dipu Gocchayat of Tangi area in Cuttack who along with four other associates had kidnapped the tanker driver and his helper after looting the tanker.
According to police, the tanker carrying over 18,000 litres of diesel was on its way to a Keonjhar-based filling station from Vizag when it was stopped around midnight on Tuesday at Manguli Square on NH-5 by a group of persons coming in a car from behind.
"The interceptors asked the driver and helper to come down from the vehicle alleging that they had committed a hit and run case while the tanker was crossing Mahanadi bridge," police said adding | the interceptors then hijacked the duo in their car.
The hijackers then freed the driver and his helper near Puri sea beach on Wednesday morning from where the duo returned to Manguli square only to find the tanker missing from the spot.
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Mel Lindauer wrote:Hi Taylor:
Happy Birthday, dear friend!
What a great treat it's been for me to know and work with you all these many years as we've built two financial forums and co-authored two books together, as well as starting the annual Bogleheads Conferences which will be celebrating its 13th reunion this October.
This Marine salutes his paratrooper friend and wishes you many, many more happy birthdays.
LadyGeek wrote:Happy Birthday, Taylor!
Like the others, I don't have much more to say except Thank | You for helping me with my very first post on this forum (help with my portfolio). You PM'd me to say who you were and that the advice given here could be trusted. So, I hung around and followed the member's advice. That was one of the best investing decisions I have ever made.
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From a Special Correspondent
IT is confidently expected in Royalist circles that the King of the Belgians will return to his throne in a few days. The Government, pledged to bring the King back to the throne, enjoys a majority in both the Senate and Chamber, and it has so far secured the traditional vote of confidence in each.
At this moment both Houses are sitting in joint session to vote the end of the Regency and the return of King Leopold.
The Opposition, Socialists, Liberals and Communists, know they have lost the fight against the Throne. No longer do they threaten strikes and disturbances.
They have adopted the tactics of systematic obstruction in Parliament to delay the final vote. Therefore the joint session may last some days more.
Down with priests'
The first joint session was held last week, and here is a picture I take from the report in the Libre Belgique:
" The public in the gallery, the Diplomatic Corps, the Prince Regent's private secretaries, and all the national and international Press representatives were witnesses of the Socialist. Liberal and Communist vociferations.
"They heard—and clearly, too— the Left choir singing (not to use the other word) in one single voice with their whole anti-clerical souls their | rally-cry: Down with the clergy! Doan with the priests!" The public manifestation organised by the Socialist Party, with Liberal participation, on a grandiose scale last week end in Brussels to render homage to the Prince Regent —without the Regent's consent or approval—is widely considered as a doubtful compliment.
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HIRI gets down to data
Oak Brook, Ill. -- Researchers in the home improvement industry gathered for a day of trends and forecasts Wednesday at the 27th Annual Fall Conference of the Home Improvement | Research Institute (HIRI).
Falling under the umbrella title of “Understanding the Future of Home Improvement,” the diverse slate of presentations took on various degrees of optimism, pessimism and -- in the case of an aging in place discussion -- opportunism.
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Trojan Horse pt 2
The second part of Trojan Horse.
Aromatic Hydrocarbons of Heaven had been discovered six weeks previously, by the ancient, automated wide-baseline array that kept a wary - and largely ignored - eye on those stars on the other side of the Gulf of Cinders. Exactly what it was, was very difficult to say: all that could be gathered from the telemetry was that it was a massively blue-shifted object, travelling so close to c that it would arrive within a matter of weeks; that it showed no | signs of deceleration; that said object came from the other side of the Gulf of Cinders; and that it was very, very big.
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Gayle Fallon, president of the Houston Federation of Teachers, tells me her push for exclusive negotiating is off the table for now. She had four board members who committed support in a letter last month — Diana Davila, Paula Harris, Carol Mims Galloway and Manuel Rodriguez Jr. — but it appears she has lost a fifth vote: board President Larry Marshall.
Fallon said Marshall plans to withdraw the item from the agenda at Thursday’s board meeting. I couldn’t immediately reach Marshall for comment. He told me for a story last week that he was inclined to support Fallon’s | proposal, but never committed publicly.
In recent days, parents and some in the business community have been strongly lobbying against Fallon’s proposed change (which, as we’ve reported, would ask employees to vote whether they wanted one group or multiple groups at the negotiating table with the HISD administration and, if they wanted one, which one).
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This essay does not describe an existing computer program, just one that should exist. This essay is about a suggested student project in Java programming. This essay gives a rough overview of how it might work. I have no source, object, specifications, file layouts or anything else useful to implementing this project.
This project outline is not like the artificial, tidy little problems you are spoon-fed in school, when all the facts you need are included, nothing extraneous is mentioned, the answer is fully specified, along with hints to nudge you toward a single expected canonical solution. This project is much more like the real world of messy problems where it is up to you to fully the define the end point, or a series of ever more difficult versions of this project, and research the information yourself to solve them.
Everything I have to say to help you with this project is written below. I am not prepared to help you implement it; or give you any additional materials. I have too many other projects of my own.
Though I am a programmer, I don’t do people’s homework for them. That just robs them of an education.
You have my full permission to implement this project in any way you please and to keep all the | profits from your endeavour.
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Trios of tungsten atoms are greatly influenced in their migration across the wilds of a tiny particle by the shape of the particle, according to a team of experts, including Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Dr. Fei | Gao. The U.S. and China team performed complex computational simulations to determine the energetics involved in the tungsten cluster migration. They found that the 3 to 4 adatom, or surface atom, clusters prefer to form close-packed islands. The reorientation is the dominant migration mechanism for the dimer, while the net migration | [
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Onetime water adventures can be experienced safely now by taking a two to three hour voyage on a wooden raft constructed by Tha Rafting tourist association Splavar of Z | idani Most to the confluence of the Sava and Savinja rivers, meanwhile being taught the history of work done by raftsmen in the past and admiring by-passing places along the river bed.
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Much of what we do is driven by the needs of the Listed building and working with traditional materials and methods is the norm for us.If you are more familiar with the modern construction processes we are happy to | provide traditional craft skills training, we just ask that you are interested in this area and enthusiastic to learn.
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SLJ Friday Links
What book from childhood influenced you the most? Share your story on The Sensible Nonsense Project.
Here are 10 things that might surprise you about the Brothers Grimm.
Learn air safety tips from Frodo! Air New Zealand flights include a Lord of the Rings-themed safety video.
Taking a page from Harry Potter’s playbook, | “Researchers at Duke Are Perfecting an Invisibility Cloak.”
Just for Fun, “Turn Your Browser into a Typewriter.”
Even Ann M. Martin has her favorite “Baby-sitter’s Club” books.
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I Timothy 41 Now the spirit explicitly says that in the latter seasons1 () some will withdraw from the faith, giving heed to deceptive spirits and teachings of demons, 2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, their own conscience seared, 3 hindering2 to be marrying, [commanding] to be abstaining from foods, which God created for sharing with thanks to those believing and having known the truth. 4 For every creation of God is good, and nothing [is to be] rejected, being received with thanksgiving. | 5 For it is made holy through [the] word of God and thankful prayer. 6 Having made these [things] known to the brothers, you will be [a] good | [
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Army Gen. Martin Dempsey (AP)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The escalating violence in Afghanistan -- including a NATO airstrike that killed eight Afghan women and girls gathering firewood -- is straining the military partnership between Kabul and NATO. And it comes as the U.S. begins | to withdraw thousands of troops sent three years ago to route the Taliban from southern strongholds.
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Forty is the New Forty
Ten years ago, I turned thirty and the seven days later I got married. To say that I was out of my mind nervous, crazy, and excited is understatement. Turning 30 weighed heavy, heavy heavy on my brain, so much so that I made everybody swear that I was 29 at the wedding, not 30.
My husband of ten years (we say HA! to all the nay sayers!) is even more wonderful than the day I married him. I do not regret my choice for a second, though when I married him it was a huge leap. Yes, marriage is always a leap and my personal leap seemed rather large even by marital leap standards.
Turning 40 has been fantastic. Nary a qualm. | For a minute I thought maybe I was pushing the thoughts away and I was wrong. From where I stand today, life is sweet. Being a wife and a mother is soul satisfying in a way I never knew it could be.
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Shotgun Party Live – September 1, 2009
The original Shotgun Party trio met in a little Texas dive bar in 2006. They got their start performing weekly at Austin’s own Continental Club. Sparks flew and now Shotgun Party, the Austin based trio, really knows how to fire up a crowd! Their original songs are beautiful and timeless, | drawing influences from early blues, country, bluegrass and depression era swing. They will be celebrating the release of their new album Mean Old Way at the Continental Club this Thursday night. Listen | [
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Railroading Merit Badge Program
Next workshop: TBA
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So, I was running behind today with my VeganMoFo post and was trying to find something superquick to make up for it. As I wandered into my kitchen, I immediately spotted two of my favorite foods: potato chips and chocolate chips. I considered today’s post done!
I know this isn’t exactly a recipe… at all. It’s much more of an assemblage. | But, chocolate covered potato chips are BIG where I come from (holla, Midwest!), so any of you unfamiliar to this insanely unhealthy flavor explosion: this post is for you. ♥
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Fast National ratings for Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013Ho-hum -- another Thursday, another series-best performance for "The Big Bang Theory." The CBS comedy scored nearly 20 million viewers and posted a 6.3 rating among adults 18-49 in leading the network to a more
It was an emotional reunion in the works on " Mobbed " (Wed., 9 p.m. EST on Fox) when 37-year old Art asked Howie Mandel and his team to help him meet his father for the first time. But Mandel decided to try and do things a little differently. Especially more
Fast National ratings for Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012ABC's comedy-plus-"Re | venge" lineup returned with new episodes Wednesday, and since the other networks mostly took the night off, the Alphabet walked away with a decent-sized ratings win. Led by "Modern Fami more
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While it is certainly not breaking news that people act like total jackasses when they’re on their cellphones, we nevertheless felt compelled to bring to you the following clip of WGN’s Pat Tomasulo acting like said jackasses on the streets of Chicago.
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HHS Mandate Creates Absurd Results, Bishop Lori Tells House Judiciary Committee
'Without change' suddenly means 'with change'
'Choice' means 'force'
Liberalism becomes illiberal
Sterilization, contraception, abortifacients essential; 'essential health benefits' not
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Health and Human Services mandate that would | force virtually all employers to pay for sterilization and contraceptives, including abortion-inducing drugs to employees has "absurd consequences," Bishop William E. Lori said February 28.
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One of the most amusing quotes I came across when recently reading Hammerin' Hank, George Almighty and the Say Hey Kid, John Rosengren's engrossing portrayal of the 1973 baseball season, was this one from then-newcomer George Steinbrenner: "I am dead set against free agency. It can ruin baseball."
I'm tickled by the irony of that statement, particularly in light of yesterday's announcement that the Yankees have inked Mark Teixeira to a staggering eight-year, $180 million contract. Between Teixeira, C.C. Sabathia and A.J. Burnett, the Yanks have now committed 20 years and $423.5 million to three premium free agents, handing out massive contracts that few other teams could even consider offering. Ol' George is no longer in charge, but the free-spending philosophies that watermarked his tenure clearly persist. Through a sheer ability to | outspend everybody else, the Yankees have made themselves favorites for the AL pennant, nearly ensuring that they'll return to the playoffs in 2009 after seeing their 13-year streak come to an end in '08. Is it any wonder so many people dislike the Yankees?
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My New Favorite App – Overdrive Media Console (Free eBooks!)
I am in heaven after Mr. Wonderful bought me an iPad for Christmas. The techie in me can’t get enough of all the cool things I can do on it. I put his picture on it as | a screen saver and asked him if I could disappear with it for a month to a remote cabin in the woods that had WiFi (of course), and be left alone to it. I would talk to his picture every day, so I wouldn’t really be neglecting him…right?
Just kidding. I would not survive a month away from him. But I do seem to spending a lot of time with my iPad.
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Painters zap Bolts with sizzling rally
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Rain or Shine pulled off the biggest comeback win in the Philippine Cup last night—and the second biggest in franchise history—by fighting back from 26 points down to nip Meralco in overtime, 102-98, after a rugged and tense action at Smart Araneta Coliseum.
The Bolts had the Elasto Painters seemingly beaten by taking a 56-30 lead in the third quarter before Rain or Shine mounted a sizzling rally to even take a 95-92 lead in the dying seconds before Sol Mercado extended the contest with a long three-pointer.
Rain or Shine coach Yeng Guiao not only had the last laugh on the floor against Meralco | but rubbed more salt into the Bolts’ wounded egos after the game.
“Coach Ryan (Gregorio of Meralco) said last week that they were complacent when they lost to us by 25 points—they might have been complacent again today,” added Guiao after the Elasto Painters rose to 8-3.
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Sometimes I struggle with getting to the point and saying things succinctly. It’s the curse of being a verbal processor.
I would make a bad politician, my mouth would always be in my foot
Getting to the point SHOULD be | the sole objective behind any rewriting process.
Rewriting is not about changing things, it’s about establishing deeper clarity, finding more power, saying what you really want to say!
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Tornado takes 'Mrs. Bonnie,' animal lover
Wynn Westmoreland, a media coordinator for CNN, offers this personal remembrance of two victims from the weekend's severe weather.
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- I met Bonnie Turner seven years ago when I was looking for a puppy.
Bonnie Turner and her husband, Michael, on their farm.
There was just simply no one better to turn to than the eccentric grandmother who loved animals so much that her 86-acre North Georgia farm was home to donkeys, goats, high-priced show dogs and even a few wayward deer.
On Saturday, nothing was left of that bucolic sanctuary after a 130-mph tornado ravaged it. Bonnie died, thrown 50 feet from her home as her husband | Michael cried out her name, their neighbors Joe and Jamie Wheeler said.
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So I ended up getting my ultrasound early since I had the history of IUGR and THIS baby is measuring in the 56th percentile! YAY! He's breech, but I'm sure he'll turn (I hope anyway).
I | ended up having some horrific abdominal pain, and although I don't think it's related to HELLP/PE, I still mentioned it to my DR because it causes anxiety attacks and tears at night time! They took my blood yesterday for liver/pancrease/etc function and did an ultrasound this morning of my gallbladder/liver/etc. During the ultrasound, the tech noticed that I had hydronephrosis of my right kidney... he then checked my left kidney (although wasn't planning | [
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Event Coverage: Kundiman Retreat 2011
From June 15th-19th, two Lantern Review staff members (Editor Iris A. Law and Staff Writer Henry W. Leung) attended the 2011 Kundiman Poetry Retreat at Fordham University in New York City. What follows are our reflections on our experiences there.
* * *
A few weeks ago, I stepped out of a D train in the Bronx and trundled my suitcase up the hill toward my very first Kundiman Retreat. Fordham Road greeted me with its jumble and racket: taxis honked their way down the street; motorcycles revved; teenagers laughed over the tinkling of a Mr. Softee van; | shop owners shouted from behind racks of merchandise that spilled colorfully onto the sidewalk; a child descended uneasily from a bus and promptly vomited on the pavement. It felt strange to enter the gated, manicured space of the Rose Hill campus—ostrich-like; irresponsible, almost. But once swaddled into this beautifully (even eerily | [
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Florida Partnership for Success (PFS)
The Florida Partnership for Success (PFS) is a grant program funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
PFS helps targeted communities reduce underage drinking and substance abuse-related problems | through a public health approach to creating community-wide change. The program enables substance abuse prevention systems to work with community partners and prevention-related resources to set and achieve measurable goals to reduce substance abuse among youth. The Department’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH) Program Office and SAMHSA provide technical support, training opportunities, and oversight for participating community substance abuse prevention coalitions.
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Stradling Yocca Snags Sony Counsel for Silicon Beach OfficeStradling Yocca has added Stephen Kong, former senior corporate counsel at Sony Computer Entertainment America, as a shareholder in its Santa Monica, Calif., office. Stradling Yocca is one of a number of firms boosting their presence in the so-called "Silicon Beach" region, where high-tech companies have expanded recently.
The National Law Journal2012-11-20 12:00:00 AM
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth has added Stephen Kong, former in-house counsel at Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC, as a shareholder in its Santa Monica, Calif., office.
Kong, who was senior corporate counsel at the Sony division, will focus on technology transactions and intellectual property licensing. While at Sony, he was lead attorney for the research and development and strategic business groups responsible for Sony PlayStation matters in North America and Latin America.
Stradling Yocca | , with about 110 attorneys, is one of a number of firms boosting their presence in the so-called "Silicon Beach" region, where high-tech companies have expanded recently. Google Inc., Hulu LLC and Demand Media Inc. have offices in the Santa Monica area. A convergence of technology and entertainment is driving much of the growth, which includes expansion in Los Angeles.
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Thursday, July 1st @ 8:00pm
Guitarists MARK MAZENGARB and LOREN BARRIGAR
Mark Mazengarb – is a professional musician and guitarist currently based in Auckland, New Zealand. He is an experienced performer in a wide variety of genres including Classical, Jazz, Celtic, Popular, Rock, Ragtime, Bluegrass, Gypsy, Country, Blues and Folk. At the Auckland Folk Festival in 2008, he was the recipient of the Frank-Winter memorial Award, given to aspiring young musicians with clear musical goals. This award enabled him to travel to Nashville to attend and perform at the Chet Atkins Convention, along with several other workshops and festivals. Currently Mark has a busy performing schedule around the Auckland area where he plays in several bands and also as a soloist. His latest project has been the completion of his debut album: Acoustic Affair.
Loren Barrigar – exceptionally clean technique | , reminiscent of the late Chet Atkins, is complemented by sensitive timing and fluid phrasing. On stage, he has a relaxed but energetic presence while moving easily among rock songs, old-time standards and original tunes. At six | [
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Be Prepared: Have a Graduation Emergency Fund
21. February 2011
The transition from college to the real world is a big adjustment. Gone are the days of studying for tests, writing papers, and registering for classes. After graduation, it’s about getting a job and keeping yourself financially afloat. The problem is that for many graduates, the job market isn’t looking so hot. Many college grads can go for months without getting a job offer, and most of them don’t have a backup plan to pay their bills while they are waiting to land jobs. So how can soon-to-be college graduates make sure they are financially prepared for life after graduation? If you are in your junior or senior year of college, here are three key steps to follow to ensure your post-graduation financial survival:
Savings Mistakes You’ll Make in Your 20’s – and How to Avoid Them
23. February 2011
By Dave Clarke
Dave Clarke is the Communications Strateg | ist at Churnless, a company that helps entrepreneurs. He originally wrote this article for EndangeredSavers.com. Follow Dave on Twitter: @thedaveclarke.
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my skin’s been really | shit recently. think it might be stress cause i’ve had a lot of things to do recently and i’m...
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Charlie Hunter: Right Now Groove
In the parlance of their parents' times, they are "waiting for a miracle." A good number of the young people loitering in front of the Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts in Richmond, Va., tonight are sitting patiently in their tie-dyed shirts or apron tops, holding one finger in the air. At a sporting event, this gesture would mean "We're No. 1" or perhaps "Hot dog over here," but in this context it signifies "I had neither the means nor the foresight to purchase a ticket to this event, and it would greatly benefit your karma should you deign to give or sell me one." Elsewhere, some gyrating young women are honing their Hula Hoop skills, much to the distraction of the venue's security guards, who completely ignore the flagrant scalping going on underneath their noses.
Inside, the theater is more opulent than P. Diddy | 's bathroom, resplendent with heavy maroon curtains and gilded doodads sticking out from every wall. A curious haze hangs over the proceedings, especially curious since the Carpenter Center is a nonsm | [
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Outgoing Cook County Board President Todd Stroger wants to set the record straight -- again -- about the brief, and icy-sounding, transition meeting he had last week with Chicago Ald. Toni Preckwinkle, who will take his job next month.
"Alderman Preckwinkle, getting in the newspaper, and suggesting that I asked her about positions is not true," Stroger said during a stretch of Tuesday's regular board meeting.
The board | on Tuesday approved a resolution calling for commissioners to receive a status update on the transition from the Stroger Administration to the Preckwinkle Administration. A similar resolution was passed in September, but Preckwinkle and her transition team have complained about a lack of cooperation from Stroger and his department heads.
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Become a fan of h2g2
Daniel Boone, a legendary American frontiersman, was once quoted as saying, 'I ain't never been lost, but I may have been confused once or twice'. With all respect to Mr Boone - who was born in Pennsylvania, incidentally - it's incredibly easy to get lost and confused in the forests and mountains of Pennsylvania.
In the course of the state's 300-plus year recorded history, many people have gotten lost and confused. And they | 've lost plenty of things while stumbling around in the Pennsylvania woodlands - including a surprising amount of gold and silver.
Late in the 1690s, a group of French Canadians, led by Louis Frontenac, departed New Orleans and headed towards Montreal. They sailed up the Mississippi River to the Ohio River turn-off. They then went up the Ohio to the location of present-day Pittsburgh and took the left fork | [
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Get involved: send your pictures, video, news and views by texting BWT to 80360 or you can email us »
Braintree: New campaign after 412 piles of dog mess collected
11:09am Tuesday 30th October 2012 in News
'Poo patrollers’ are set to name and shame irresponsible dog owners after more than 400 piles of dog mess was collected in just four hours.
Braintree Council is calling for users | of the Flitch Way to report offenders in a bid to keep the path clear of dog mess in its latest public campaign.
Five of its staff collected 412 piles of dog mess in four hours just one month after the last clear up.
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Funny enough, for this tutorial, it wasn't hard AT ALL to use all drugstore products. Most of these products I use all the time and love anyway. The only thing I was worried about was the foundation/concealer combo which worked beautifully | and is now my preferred combo over anything else.
Gotta love affordable makeup tutorials that deliver glam and gorgeous results. ;)
Skin MD Naturals moisturizer
Loreal Lumi Illuminating Liquid Foundation
Revlon Photo Ready stick concealer
Cover Girl TruBlend pressed powder
Maybelline Age Rewind Eraser under eye concealer
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For the Process, the Products and all the
Relationships, Respect Keeps PPL on Track
by Ellen Rogers
It’s not Robert Kingston’s place to say what a good extrusion
is, but he does so anyway. Every extrusion that that comes into Kingston’s
company, Premier Profile Lamination (PPL) in Youngstown, Ohio, is inspected.
“I come from the vinyl side of the extrusion industry, so I teach my people—this
is a good extrusion and this is a bad extrusion. It’s not my responsibility
as I don’t own that product but I do it. The cost of the product is usually
somewhere around six times the value of what I am going to do to it, and
I respect that,” says Kingston. “But the huge difference between me and
others … is the moment that material comes in and it’s bad, I will tell
you it’s bad. And if | that means, at the end of the day, I save you $100,000
because we don’t laminate it … you can reject it back to the extruder
and they can grind it up and make it back into a profile, but the moment
it’s laminated, its scrap. Everyone loses.”
PPL is not a traditional company. The company does little to promote or
market itself—it doesn’t even have a website. And even as a small business,
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Warnings grow over unpatched IE flaw
Stop us if you've heard this before
Security experts warn a new, unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer might be used to spread malware. A flaw in Microsoft's Direct Animation Path (daxctle.ocx) ActiveX control, rated as critical by Secunia and other security watchers, has spawned proof | of concept code but has not yet become the subject of widespread, hostile attack. Memory corruption is possible even on a fully patched Windows XP system.
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President Barrack Obama is leading the Democrats in Congress and asking them to pass a bill which will create government takeover of health care and health insurance. He is doing this to save cost and reduce deficits-so he says. Anyone who has any knowledge on these subjects clearly knows that this is a bald-faced lie. It's going to cause higher deficits in the future. The deficits are going to be higher than, well, now. And this year's deficit in his quadruple what it was for the previous deficit. Even higher than the Bush administration.
Government takeover is also going to mean rationing for the regular citizens. That means anyone who is not in Congress or the executive branch. If America's health care system is so bad, why doesn't Ted Kennedy go to Canada? Why doesn't Chris Dodd go to Canada? Those hypocrites are going to seek medical care here in the United States where they know it is the best healthcare | in the world but want you as a citizen to think otherwise.
In President Obama's famous press conference, he stated that he wants to do what he can to control costs. To illustrate this, he says that the most expensive year for medical costs in a persons life is their last year. Obama himself did not come up with this statistic, so it's okay to believe it. But here's where the savings comes in; the United States government which will have | [
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Hugh’s the man?
Daily Times Monitor
LAHORE: Imran Khan’s ex-wife Jemima and actor Hugh Grant met up four times this week, fuelling speculation in British tabloid The News of the World that the two are “much, much more than just good friends”.
Amanda Evans writes that the couple met up four days running this week and spent the whole of Wednesday night together at Jemima’s home in Fulham, West London, with some Indian food. Grant, 43, was seen leaving the next day at | 1.30pm. “He emerged wearing a bizarre bull mask as a disguise and was driven away in a chauffeured Lexus 4x4,” says the paper.
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S E A R C H D V D B e a v e r
The Invisible Man (complete series) [Blu-ray]
(Steven Bochco, Harve Bennett, 1975-76)
Review by Gary Tooze
Theatrical: Universal TV
Video: First Look
Region: 'A' (as verified by the Momitsu region FREE Blu-ray player)
Runtime: 13 episodes (1.5 hour Pilot and av. 48:21.064 per episode X 12 = 10:52:48 in total)
Disc Size: 49,997,944,389 bytes
Feature Size: 49,763,868,672 bytes
Video Bitrate: 9.44 Mbps
Case: Standard Blu-ray case
Release date: June 19th, 2012
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 (original 1.33:1)
Resolution: 1080p / 23.976 fps
Video | codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -4dB
Description: Dr. Daniel Westin is a scientist at government think-tank KLAE Corporation until he is rendered invisible by a formula he concocted. Upon discovering that the government intends to use his formula for evil, he destroys the only batch. With no way to become visible again, he dons a realistic face mask and gloves and becomes a crime-fighting agent for KLAE while also working in the | [
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“So…you won’t go out with me because of the God thing?” Chip Martin crossed his arms and took a step back in disbelief. She looks beautiful even when she’s rejecting me. He wanted to be around this smiling girl with eyes that looked like they were cut from blue crystal.
“We are just too different, Chip. Yes, the “God thing” as you call it makes us too different. It wouldn’t work.” Mary Lee loaded the last of her things into the trunk of her car, college bound the next day.
“Okay, I have showed up at that church of yours all summer. Why isn’t that enough? We are going to different colleges, if you don’t remember, and who knows what will happen after that. Can’t I convince you to just go out to dinner with me tonight?” He closed the trunk of her car and grabbed her hands.
Mary’s eyes brim | med with tears. “It’s not about church. It’s about a relationship with Jesus Christ. You’ve heard it from me and from Pastor Weatherby, but you don’t seem to see your need for it. It would come between us, it already does.” Her trembling lip crushed him. He had to get that smile back. He lived to see | [
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MAY 11 VHS MOVIE REVIEW : CONTAMINATION
WRITTEN BY SAUCERMAN AT BLOODSPRAYER.COM
Greetings, readers. This marks the beginning of something new we’re doing here at the Blood Sprayer; you see (and Kristy or Wes could explain it better than I can, but I’ll give you the gist) in the 1980s in England, the VHS boom and the open availability of violent films on VHS led to something of a scare fueled by religious groups under the rallying cry of “Think about the children!” This led to a putsch, of sorts, and the passing of the Video Recordings Act of 1984, enforcing stricter censorship on VHS. Some 72 films were put on a list of “Banned Films” and over the coming year we will be profiling each of them in turn. By luck of the draw, my number came up first, and so I present to you, Luigi Cozzi’s | 1980 sci-fi/horror clas-sick, CONTAMINATION (sometimes listed as ALIEN CONTAMINATION).
A cargo ship, out of control, drifts into the New York City Harbor. It’s forward momentum checked, a Coast Guard team boards the vessel. The crew is discovered to be dead, and horribly mutilated in a fashion suggesting they exploded. The cargo hold is discovered to contain box upon box upon box of “coffee,” though upon further inspection it’s discovered that this coffee has been replaced, not with Folger’s Crystals | [
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There's an interesting piece here that suggests HP may make a major acquisition to expand its data center offerings in an effort to ward off Cisco's broadening ambitions in that market. The names of the usual suspects -- Brocade, Juniper, NetApp -- emerge, however, so it's a bit of old news.
But what is interesting is the comment that HP is a $120 billion company that has to grow through acquisition in order to, well, grow:
"They have to grow through acquisitions | because it's just difficult to move the needle when you have almost $120 billion in revenue," said Shannon Cross, an analyst at Cross Research Group LLC in Livingston, N.J. "They're very competent in buying companies and integrating them into their businesses."
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Reporting on the State of the North American Environment
The North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation obliges the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation to “periodically address the state of the environment in the territories of the Parties.”
To meet this obligation, the Secretariat has developed this report—The North American Mosaic: An Overview of Key Environmental Issues—with the support of environmental reporting experts from the governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States. This report describes current environmental conditions and trends across North America. The breadth and diversity of the subject are astounding: from tiny invasive zebra mussels to global greenhouse gases measured by the teragram; from the last remaining vaquita porpoises to vast expanses of boreal forests and marine ecosystems; from invisible molecules of toxic chemicals to the | all-too-visible smog and haze that blanket our cities from time to time.
As a mosaic of existing information, this report prompts us to consider the following questions:
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation welcomes your feedback <email@example.com>.
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THREE MEN AND A LITTLE LADY
Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson
Touchstone Pictures; Directed by Emile Ardolino
Rated PG; 100 minutes; 1990
Itís the blockbuster sequel to the smash 1987 hit, "THREE MEN AND A BABY." This delightful new comedy resumes the story of those three handsome bachelors five years after baby Mary was left on their doorstep. Your audience is certain to be charmed, once again, by this endearing story of the bachelor dads and Mary, the one woman who was able to steal their hearts.
"THREE MEN AND A L | ITTLE LADY is a downright charmer, likely to warm, if not melt the hearts of even the surliest cineaste. A certain boxoffice bonanza... [a] bright and beaming sequel."
ó THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"A sunny, exuberant confection... "
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MARTIN GUITAR ANNOUNCES THE 2010 DEBUT OF THE ''PERFORMING ARTIST SERIES'' OF ACOUSTIC/ELECTRIC GUITARS
Nazareth, PA - January 4, 2010 - C.F. Martin & Co. is proud to announce the launch of the "Performing Artist Series," an innovative line of acoustic/electric guitars set to debut in 2010. The three models that form the foundation of the new series include the "DCPA1" Dreadnought, "OMCPA1" Orchestra Model, and the new Grand Performance "GPC | PA1." These acoustic/electric models provide flexibility and professionalism for guitarists, from small coffee houses to large arenas to simply recording with your laptop or in a professional studio.
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