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Draft Day: Feel the Excitement! The day Kings’ fans have been looking forward to since the regular season ended is finally here. Draft day. The day when legends are made and spirits broken. I know I woke up with a little bounce in my step. A lot of people like to denigrate this great sport of ours, but I feel no shame in saying that draft day is one of my favorite days of the year. It's like Valentine's Day (but without me crying as much). Rejoice, hockey fans. Of course, I can't say that my spirits weren't dampened a little bit by today's news that the Sharks traded Vesa Toskala. The Sharks and Ducks are supposed to be getting worse while the Kings get better, but with the Sharks possessing a first-round pick now (and the Lightning giving up a #1 pick to the Ducks for Shane fucking O'Brien), it looks like the Kings are going to be #3 in California for a little while longer. No matter, though; today's draft day, and I'm still excited. I have a feeling the Kings will do something shocking tonight during the draft. It just seems like it's their turn to set the hockey world abuzz. But first, I wanted to ask a question: how the hell is Greg Oden only one year older than Kyle Turris? I mean, look at them: I mean come on, Oden’s like 50 and Turris looks like he’s 12. Anyway, the Kings continue to mystify your noble correspondent, because I have absolutely no idea what they are going to do. It is especially difficult because what the Kings do is dependant on what the three teams picking ahead of them decide. As I am wont to do, I’ll post a few scenarios that are plausible and then my bullshit idea. The Kings Play it Safe The Kings hold onto their pick and draft Karl Alzner, the top-rated defenseman in this year’s draft. This is more of a need pick, as it is not believed that Alzner is the 4th best prospect in the draft. However, it would fill a hole in the Kings’ system and give them a solid defensive prospect that could eventually be paired with Jack Johnson. I have a problem with this idea because it seems like the Kings would be wasting a top draft pick on a player that could be picked later. I’m not against drafting for need, but it seems foolish to do so this early in the draft. If you’re just going to play it safe, you might as well trade down. Which brings me to… The Kings Trade Down Rumors abound that a number of teams are looking to trade down, including the Vancouver Canucks (who currently sit at 25). As I mentioned before, the Kings have a pretty elite farm system and it could be argued that they don’t really need to improve it. They would be better off improving the current team with a younger, NHL-ready player that could step in immediately. Maybe the Kings could wrangle someone like Kevin Bieksa or Alex Burrows and the #25 pick from the Canucks in exchange for the #4 pick and one of the Kings' many other picks in this year’s draft. The problem with this idea is that there’s always the risk the Kings would miss out on a great talent by giving up a pick this early in the draft. I don’t think I could bear to watch Jakub Voracek or James Van Riemsdyk light up the Kings knowing that they could have been on the team. This brings up my next point… The Kings Take the Best Player Available This is my favorite option. I think the Kings would best be served by just taking the best forward they can, depending on who’s taken earlier. I personally think that the best player available in this draft is Alexei Cherepanov, the ultra-talented winger from I know my fellow Kings fans are wary of developing another inconsistent winger from I’m going to wait until Monday and then give a run-down of who the Kings drafted, so I hope to see you guys again then. Here's a list of prospects as rated by TSN to reference through the first round tonight. I’m not going to the Kings’ draft party (I have a feeling blogging about the Kings is sad enough), but I’ll be having my own little draft party at my apartment. (It’s not so much a party as me drinking alone, but that’s just semantics.) Have a good time tonight. This is the time of the year when every team gets better; enjoy it. 7 comments: I know there are knocks on him, but that’s what makes him so intriguing to me. Sounds eerily like what happened with Kopitar. Every GM talked himself into "yeah but he's Slovenian so clearly his stats are inflated." I'm with you. Go with the highest upside. You can never have too many scorers. If you think there's a chance the Canucks would trade Bieksa for a pick, you're smoking better stuff than I've got. hahah. Oden does like 30 years old, and Turris looks like a muppet. Bieksa is overrated. Well, if we hold onto the pick, there is a good chance of one of those top three guys slipping to 4. PHI or PHX may decide Voracek is a better bet. If van Riemsdyk or Turris slips, I think you have to take him. If that doesn't happen, I like Cherepanov. Either him or Voracek might be more appropriate for that high a pick than Alzner. If we trade down, I think the hope would be to stay in the top 15 or so and try and land a defender (Alzner could slip down a number of spots, and then there's Ellerby, McDonagh and Shattenkirk still out there likely in that range). I would assume the additional return in a deal like that would likely be an aditional later pick (like a third rounder). You mention that it's the Kings turn to "shake up the NHL", but what exactly do you think we have that anyone wants of consequence? The first is pretty much it, and I don't know if that's going to be earth shattering. We made the big draft day deal last year with Demitra. Pretty much anyone worth a damn on our team now is either nigh untouchable or...actually that's pretty much the only option. Blake? Who would want the salary in return for declining play? We're pretty much only up for that because he has a future in the front office here and as a tutor for Johnson. I'm getting the feeling DL is after a defender and a forward in terms of young veterans to build with. Auccoin going to CAL today could signal Stuart signing with LA as a UFA and there has been talk of Souray also (I'd prefer Stuart). Maybe we send that first somewhere for the forward he's looking for (heard some crazy rumors we were talking to ATL about Hossa today), but it's probably more likely he's looking at Gomez or Briere as a UFA. Considering the strength of the draft and it being widely considered three players deep on the top end, I'n not sure how attractive that pick is to bring in real talent. I'm anxious to find out how it plays out tonight. F'in Versus better not pull another boner like they did with the awards show, because I'm counting on my DVR. Man, I'd galdly have dealt our first rounder for Vokoun... Who the fuck is Thomas Hickey? Goddammit... Thomas Hickey? I mean, he's a great pick around 20-30th... but why the hell did they not trade down? Wow. Interested on hearing what you think of this pick. DL did try and trade down but was unable to get a spot high enough to get the guy they wanted, so they went ahead and took him at 4. He says he talked to another exec with a pick between 10 and 13 whose team was planning on taking him there, so trading down too far would have meant missing this kid. Hey, it's easy to say "who's Hickey", but two weeks ago you likely would have said "who's Kane". And after the first three picks, the field was pretty much wide open. Some teams had Hickey in their top 10, some in their top 20, some out of the first round. It wasn't just the Kings going off the consesus rankings to take the guy they thought was best. I think 4 first rounders weren't even in TSN's top 50, and plenty of guys fell pretty far. This was a wide open draft. Everyone's first reaction is going to be about how little the earth shook, but the proof will be in the tasting of the pudding. It wasn't the safe pick, but we can't really make a call on this being good or bad until Hickey develops or one of the guys we assed on does. I do think DL has an underlying failure here in not being able to trade down, but he probably had to trade down to no lower than 10 or 12 to get the guy he wanted (which would have made for a similar failure if he missed the guy). STL moved their pick at that position, but they were looking to move down. TOR moved their pick at that position also, but they did it to get Toskala. It doesn't look like the option was really there. I geuss we'll see how fans react to DL as GM come July 1.

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An entrancing surprise during my sojourn in Northern Italy: After an early-morning ferry across Lake Garda from my hotel in Bardolino, on the eastern side, I set my sights on the lovely town of Gardone Riviera. Strolling up the hill from the waterfront, I dodged raindrops in anticipation of my visit to the André Heller Botanic Garden. The Keith Haring sculpture is one of the iconic installations among countless artworks in the garden, set amidst lavish plantings & paths enlivened by ebullient water features. * Visit Alice's Garden Travel Buzz to read more. * The magnificent Dolomites loom above the town of Riva del Garda, The magnificent Dolomites loom above the town of Riva del Garda, located at the northern edge of the Lake Garda.

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Engaged as well... Last night Jonathan Rethorn asked our daughter, Elizabeth Bayly, to marry him. We're blessed by God's provision of Jonathan for Elizabeth--he's become a dear friend to our family. Jonathan's parents, Peter and Lena Rethorn, have been friends for years and now we have the joy of sharing Elizabeth and Jonathan with them. We rather hope for several reasons that Jonathan and Elizabeth take more than six months to arrange their wedding. If they don't, well, we have four plane tickets to Europe to sell for cheap.... It became clear that Jonathan and Elizabeth were likely headed somewhere beyond friendship last winter when Elizabeth's MacBook died in Peru and Jonathan FedExed her a new, formatted hard drive with the latest Mac OS already installed, as well as all tools for pulling the old and installing the new drive and a complete step-by-step pictorial guide to replacement. Congratulations! How much for the tickets? Wonderful! Love from all of us, That is great news! Congratulations to Elizabeth and Jonathan. Great news. Happy for both of you. Very excited, what a great couple! Congrats! Add new comment

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Trails At this Park 5630 acre Park managed by: Sonoma Land Trust This 5,600-acre open space overlooking the Sonoma Coast and Russian River was purchased by the Sonoma Land Trust in 2009 and now is on its way to becoming a major public park jointly operated with the Wildlands Conservancy.Official Park Page Get Involved:Become a trailblazer, Review this Park, Log Wildlife Sightings, and Submit Photos.

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Quote of the Week: "Whereas some states possess an army, the Prussian army possesses a state" - Voltaire (real name: Francois-Marie Arouet), French writer and philosopher (1694-1778) View unanswered posts | View active topics Board index » Non-Fiction » News and Politics All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ] Moderators: PeZook, D.Turtle, SCRawl, Thanas, Edi, Stas Bush Users browsing this forum: Col. Crackpot, Flagg, Wing Commander MAD and 1 guest

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: Authorization: BASIC xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx where: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx = base64encoded(username:password) Don’t forget the semicolon as a string in between the username and password (like I did at first)! Before any programming, try debugging using a SOAP tool… it DEFINITELY helps save sanitiy. I got it working using SOAP UI: You need to do the following in SOAP UI: - File –> New SoapUI Project - Name it “SchedulesDirect” or something the like… - Paste in the WSDL location “” - Check “Create TestSuite” and “TestCase” - Expand the project, Under “xtvdBinding” there should be a “download” Web Service call stub, expand that and open Request 1 - Click the little “Auth” tab at the bottom of the Request window (easy to miss… look down next to “Headers” and “Attachments” tabs) - Enter your SchedulesDirect username and password, then click the little green “Run” arrow at the top left of the Request window With the initial testing out of the way as a “sanity check” on your SchedulesDirect account, you can now get started on the coding. TMS Direct Download script In the meantime, here’s a modified version of “tmsfetch.php” which was initially provided by SchedulesDirect as one of the official examples: <?php $username='username'; $password='password'; $wsdl_url=''; $start=gmdate("Y-m-dTH:i:sZ",time()); //today $stop =gmdate("Y-m-dTH:i:sZ",time()+3600*24); //tomorrow (now + 24hrs) $client = new SoapClient($wsdl_url, array('exceptions' => 0, 'user_agent' => "php/".$_SERVER[SCRIPT_NAME], 'login' => strtolower($username), 'password' => $password)); $data = $client->download($start,$stop); print_r($data); ?> -or- Conclusion This script provides a basic way of downloading TV data in Tribune Media Services (TMS) format. It can even provide a translation into XMLTV format (which is slightly different than TMS, but conveys all the same data); however, it won’t help much with the display of the data on the front-end. For that, I would suggest looking into one of the approved applications for actually viewing your XMLTV listings in the familiar grid/list styled EPG. While most of the software there is designed to run on the desktop, I would highlight XSLTV for web-based applications. There is not yet a mobile-friendly XMLTV application but stay tuned for my new jQuery plugin (not yet available), which should hopefully be compatible with jQuery Mobile. Related articles - I feel the need…the need for JSON parsing correctness and speed! (whereswalden.com) - Facebook’s Timeline is nothing but a LAZY and BLUNT marketing data parser (gubatron.com) - Why is JSON so popular? Developers want out of the syntax business (mongolab.com) - Facebook Graph API with Drupal Feeds (darrenmothersele.com) - 36 New APIs: Cloud-Based Video Encoding, Fotomoto, RealGravity (programmable.

http://bcmoney-mobiletv.com/blog/2011/09/25/parser-for-xmltv-format-and-schedulesdirect-data/

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New board to uncover rogue traders The Government has announced plans to make the new Citizens Advice Service a champion for consumer information across a range of sectors and a new National Trading Standards Board. The new Citizens Advice service will take on the responsibilities from Consumer Focus to represent consumer interests in unregulated sectors, while a new technical Regulated Industries unit will work with the energy and postal services sectors. Despite the introduction of a new service, Trading Standards will continue to play a critical role in protecting consumers and businesses, and a Government investment of £10.5 million will help to build on local expertise and strengthen cross-boundary working mechanisms. It is hoped that the new system will make it even easier to catch unscrupulous traders. Consumer Affairs Minister Norman Lamb hopes that the new reforms will ensure that the UK has the right system of help, advice and protection for consumers. He said: “For too long people have been faced with an array of different bodies for advice and support, but its not always clear who to turn to first. ‘The Citizens Advice service will become the publicly-funded voice of consumers, championing their needs and empowering them to make the right choices for themselves. “A new National Trading Standards Board is exactly what we need to combat priority areas such as loan sharks and internet scams.”. Gillian Guy, Chief Executive of Citizens Advice said: “This is good news for consumers. With consumer advice, advocacy and education all under one Citizens Advice service roof, consumers will get a service they know and trust. One that helps them resolve their problem, learn how to avoid similar issues, and get involved in making sure the same thing doesn’t happen to other people. .” Competition authorities are set to play a key role in protecting consumers, following changes announced last month. The new Competition and Markets Authority will now be responsible for ensuring that effective competition is present across all markets in the UK economy for the benefit of consumers, whilst also allowing more effective co-ordination with Trading Standards.

http://bdaily.co.uk/business/11-04-2012/new-board-to-uncover-rogue-traders/

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- More Videos Conn. Commuter Trains Collide; 60 Go to Hospital Did Mariah Carey Lip-Sync on Idol? NM Mom Chases Down Child Abductor Weird Science: Sun takes aim at Earth Three and Out: Knick's Bench 'Pretty Little Liars' Star Admits to Starving Herself Lotto Fever Sweeps the Country Raw: Crash Sends Car Into Fla. Pool $1 Million in Jewels Stolen at Cannes Film Fest Obama: IRS Acting Commissioner Has Resigned MLB Hoping for Large Replay Expansion in 2014 Mike E. Winfield Walks To Carolines Comedy Club Coffee Stop Leads To Arrest Of YouTube Sensation Wanted For Murder

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Shipping & Returns Shipping & Returns At beach candy we use Paypal for all our online payments. You don’t have to be a member of Paypal to make payments from this site. We gladly accept all the regular debit and credit cards in various currencies that are accepted by Paypal. If you have any problems or you would like any advice, please email us at [email protected] or call us on +447796130702 from Monday to Friday (except public holidays) between 10am and 6pm. Although we make every effort to ensure that descriptions and pictures of our goods are as accurate as possible, we hope that you will understand that the uniqueness and hand crafted nature of some of the products means that there may be slight variations in colour or size. 1. Processing your order Goods will be dispatched together with the receipt within 24hours * subject to credit clearance, address verification and availability of stock. In the event that an item is temporarily out of stock, we will notify you of the delay and dispatch it as soon as it arrives. * Monday – Thursday. Orders received after 12pm on Friday will be despatched on the following Monday or the next working day. Orders received on public/bank holidays will be shipped on the next working day. 2. Payment All goods ordered must be paid for in full before despatch 3. Delivery All UK orders: Are sent by “Special Delivery” with the Royal Mail unless requested otherwise. Please note that the Special delivery is a next day delivery service (excluding Saturdays) and is subject to orders being placed before 12 noon on a work day. If required, we can arrange the goods to be sent via CSM Courier International orders: Are sent via the Royal Mail’s ‘Airsure’. It is fast, secure and fully trackable. Overseas deliveries are subject to local import duties and taxes, and may be affected by HM revenues & Customs delays. Please note that it is a legal requirement that we declare the full value of the goods on all packages destined outside the European Union. Beach candy cannot be held liable for any local import duties and taxes imposed. The Royal Mail's Airsure delivery service applies to the following countries:. For European countries not covered by 'Airsure’ we use CSM couriers which costs £25 For the rest of the world, countries not covered by ‘Airsure’ we use CSM couriers which cost £35 Please note that our delivery partners are unable to deliver to PO Box addresses Please also note that due to restrictions beyond our control,. All orders will require a signature and we are unable to be held liable for any delay due to customs. .. 4. Returns policy We hope that you are delighted with your item, however if you are not, please return it to us within 14 days of the delivery date and we will be happy to exchange or refund your purchase. Simply complete and enclose the Returns Form along with the item to: beach candy Returns, Flat 1, 8 Draycott Place, London SW3 2SB Your right to cancel: You may normally cancel your order (once accepted by us) for any reason up to the point of dispatch. If you do cancel the contract within this time, any payments made by you will be refunded in full. The items must be in their original, unused condition and securely wrapped. Our tag must be in its original place and must not have been tampered with. If you wish to, please keep the beach candy drawstring bag – it is a gift from us to you. If there is any sign that the garment or item has been used then we reserve the right to refuse your refund. Once we receive the goods, refunds are credited to the credit card used to purchase. We cannot credit any other cards or persons, nor send cash, make bank transfers or cheques. We will refund the purchase price of the goods and initial delivery costs, provided that they’re received by us no later than 14 days from the delivery date that you originally received them. We will endeavour to process your request for either a refund or replacement as quickly as possible. In some cases however this may take up to 28 days after receipt of the Goods. Exchanging Goods: Should you wish to exchange goods, the same rules apply as in the Returns policy and the goods must also be returned within 14 days of the delivery date. You will be responsible for meeting the costs of carriage which must be sent by registered post / recorded delivery so as to protect you against loss. We cannot be held liable for returned goods that do not reach us. Faulty Goods We will refund you the carriage for faulty goods. None of the above terms affect your statutory rights. Returns for International Customers: For EU Customers: Send your return via a prepaid, insured, traceable method. Please retain your shipping documentation so that we can complete your request in the event that the goods are lost in transit. For International Customers (including US): Send your return via a prepaid, insured, traceable method. You must put 'British Returned Goods' on any airway bill or similar documentation in order to avoid VAT and import duties.. Unfortunately we are unable at present to refund you for the original postage costs if the parcel has been sent outside the UK. Should you have any further queries on duties payable/refundable, please contact your local Customs authority. Many thanks for shopping at beach candy

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Satellite Data is the Chamber’s new payroll processing benefit Contact: Laurene Smith – tel: 440.247.2922 In 1986 Satellite Data was born from a vision of providing the best payroll services possible and that vision is as clear today as it was then. At Satellite Data we specialize in personal attention to every payroll related detail while offering a simple, cost effective service. Clients vary in size from one employee to over four hundred, and are also as diverse in their types of business. All payroll tax filing can be done on the client’s behalf including the completion and the filing of the semi-annual Ohio Bureau of Worker’s Compensation Payroll Report. A relationship with Satellite Data will reduce expenses, improve productivity and make your payroll cycle more manageable. We pride ourselves on doing business face-to-face and on the relationships we’ve established over the years through professional affiliations and business organizations Satellite Data offers you: - Cost Reduction - Convenience - Correct Results - Customer Service - Control - Credibility Payscape Advisors for your Credit Card Processing Contact: Jerry Hammer – tel: 440.591.8602 Get more from each credit card swipe with Payscape Advisors. We provide exceptional payment processing services without “breaking the bank,” so to speak. Payscape Advisors helps provide the discount rates you need to maximize your revenue, while also providing exceptional customer service and support. What to Expect: - Count on competitively priced services - Rely on our experience in the industry - Expand your payment options without extensive in-house product line - Take advantage of our exclusive Gift Card programs

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Two Waubonsee buildings could become lofts for artists AURORA — Two historic buildings on Stolp Island in downtown Aurora that used to be Waubonsee Community College’s downtown campus could become lofts for artists after the college agreed Wednesday to sell them for $1.5 million to a developer known for revitalizing downtown areas. Waubonsee’s … Cops probe man’s drowning in Aurora retention pond Aurora police on Friday night continued their investigation into what a police official said was the possibly alcohol-related drowning of a man in a retention pond on the city’s far northeast side. An autopsy is tentatively scheduled to be performed Monday at the Kane County … - Medical marijuana bill passes Senate, heads to Quinn's desk - Aurora murder suspect Juan Garnica denies killing - Mom keeps up hope that her daughter, missing for 10 years, will be found - Victim’s family sues facility in North Aurora murder-suicide - RiverEdge Park one month from opening day - Aurora man says coyote attacked dogs in yard News RiverEdge Park one month from opening dayMore News Aurora aldermen slated for new City Council committees Cops probe man’s drowning in Aurora retention pond Yorkville Council sworn in Aurora murder suspect is deemed fit for trial Aurora releases final crime numbers for 2012 Two injured in crash in Aurora Connecting West students to business creates success stories Comings & Goings: Couple moves from IT to healing arts in Batavia

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Mixtapes Now A Standard Strategy Releasing free mixtapes may have been a novel strategy a few years ago, but today, they’re standard for the rap music industry. The question is, “Can rap music artists still build and retain fan followings without releasing mixtapes?” Some artists don’t question the strategy much; mixtapes are simply part of the business and a way to put out some music outside of a full album release. Others have deliberately maneuvered around mixtapes and major labels, and have still built a solid fan base. So, are mixtapes strictly necessary? If you talk to artists like Lil Wayne or Drake, the answer is clear. They both release mixtapes religiously and they’re massively successful. If you talk to artists like Tech N9ne and Odd Future, they don’t release mixtapes and they’re arguably very successful, too. Part of the answer depends upon how you define “success.” From a business perspective, success is measured in dull fashion, by counting product sales and performance revenues. From a critical perspective, success is harder to define. Do you put on a good show? Do you get a lot of airtime? Is your music standard on the club circuit? Tech N9ne and other independent artists prove that releasing mixtapes isn’t necessary to build a fan base or keep fans interested. Mixtapes provide a great way to introduce a new artist. For established talent, mixtapes are a good outlet for music that’s stylistically good, but not good enough to be featured on an album. They can also be used to promote upcoming albums without a lot of effort. Ultimately, the mixtape comes down to this: do you want to swing for the fences on every track, or is a base hit good enough? If you want to be a home run king, it’s best to consider each song’s potential as an album and make sure it’s as good as it can ever get. If you don’t want to work that hard, the mixtape is a good way to publish music that’s better than average and keep the fans interested, but you’ll still need to deliver on your album work. Photo Credit: ChicagoFabulousBlog.com, via Flickr

http://beatmaker.net/2011/09/23/mixtapes-or-no-mixtapes-the-rap-beat-goes-on/

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Kim Sears Hair Introducing the Latest It Hair — Kim Sears Kate Middleton better watch out as there's a new hairdo on the block making waves both literal and metaphorical — Kim Sears' flowing honey-coloured mane. Andy Murray's girlfriend has taken the hair world by storm with her luscious locks at Wimbledon over the last two weeks, with the 24-year-old's tresses becoming the most requested look this month and even earning its own name — 'The Kim'. Master stylist at Charles Worthington, Mathew Soobroy said: "As the UK has been gripped watching Andy Murray on centre court, we’ve experienced an incredible uplift in requests for Kim Sears’ style, exceeding requests for other celebrities by over 50%." Kim's bouncy, loose waves and light shade are perfect for Summer, do you agree?

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Hello, everyone! I am sure most of you have been awaiting this post and today I shall be revealing the winners of the Dior Addict Extreme Lipstick Giveaway I ran last week. I had a blast reading all the entries and some of you were so creative! Love it The winners are as below. Are [...] { 5 comments }

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February's question of the month is inspired by Valentine's Day: "What are your favorite pink items?" Once opposed to it, I now love pink! Well, hot pink and a soft peachy blush in particular. Beauty 1. Viktor & Rolf La Vie En Rose - More citrus and in my opinion, much softer than the original scent. This is my second bottle and I really hope I'm never without it. This will be my wedding day perfume. 2. Revlon Colorburst Lipstick in Fuchsia - Bright and bold, but very pretty if you want a statement lip and bare face. 3. MAC Hot Gossip lipstick - I wear this on a regular basis and highly recommend it! It's a very flattering, neutral pink. 4. Orly Fancy Fuchsia nail polish - My absolute favorite nail color for hands and feet. Ever. 5. China Glaze in Shocking Pink - The ultimate neon for Summer. 6. Essie Cascade Cool - One of my favorite bloggers introduced this shade to me. It's a cool-toned pink with hints of lilac. It's very wearable. Fashion 1. J.Crew Factory Bag - I love this for a pop of color. It's starting to get a bit stained and the natural suede does discolor after wear, but I'm still in love with it. So much so that I want another one in a different color! 2. J.Crew Mona Suede Pumps - They are an identical shade to the factory bag, but you do get what you pay for. The suede is much better quality. I've never worn the two items together, but maybe I will this Spring :) Are any of you obsessed with pink? What are your favorite pink items? - Alison*Elle - Alison finally found her perfect pair of boyfriend jeans. - Beautygirl24 - Noelle said yes to a wedding dress! She also started decorating her new home. - Ella Pretty - What Ella's been wearing and an update on her shopping ban! - Lindsay J Everyday - Lindsay has a new love. - Love, Lipstick & Pearls - Kristen shared her Beauty Wishlist for spring. - Schnelle Couture - Danielle shares her birth story in her final BUMPdate. - Sequins and Stilettos - Skylette of course wore red for Valentines - see the dress here. - The Currently Obsessed - Mehreen reveals the gender of her baby ... And gives us a bumpdate ! ♥ Noelle Great pink picks - I love all the nail colors and both the J. Crew items are so pretty! They would look fab together! Love the bag and pumps so hot! xo Meg<3 Meghan Silva's Blog I love the J.Crew bag! Those pink pumps get me everytime, love them! Lindsay LindsayJEveryday.blogspot.com Thank you ladies! The pumps definitely dress up any outfit! The bag is great too, love them both to add to my neutral outfits :) I love that Essie color! xo Josie I love all the pink!! I would rock the shoes and bag together, but make sure there are others colors in there so you're not focused on the colors being too matchy-matchy. -AJ FitTravelerAJ.blogspot.com I have the Revlon Fuchsia lipstick as well - it's amazing isn't it? Such a bright & pigmented formula - I love it :-) Loving all the bright pinks. Girlie Blog Seattle | Casual Chic Fashion I love that outfit!! Much love, Wengie

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Things I Love A smattering of some things I LOVE… - Elana’s Pantry - This is a great site for Gluten Free recipes. I’ve learned so much from Elana, although I’ve never met her. She’s taught me that you can make delicious treats that are low glycemic and gluten free and still VERY delicious. I don’t know what I do without her Almond Flour Cookbook or her Gluten Free Cupcake cookbook. Thank you Elana! Maybe someday I can thank you in person!! - Justin’s Chocolate Almond Butter - Gluten Free and Dairy Free almond butter on top of a perfectly ripe banana…who could ask for anything more. If my daughter ate a banana all by itself her BG (blood glucose) would skyrocket but adding this high fat (good fat), high fiber goodness slows the effect of the carbs.

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My wonderful friends Aunt K and Aunt Texas threw me a shower last weekend. It was lovely- alphabet themed and colorful and fun. And Aunt Texas did double duty as hostess and photographer. So the best pictures of the day are definitely hers. And here they are! Thank you, awesome friends! If I ever get the opportunity, I'd like to shower you in style someday! (For those of you who either couldn't make it, don't know me "IRL," or just feel particularly generous, we still have need of a few baby items- they're on the Buy Buy Baby registry {#6231682}.)

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Coconut pancake rolls/Dadar gulung is Traditional Indonesian snack that genuinely well-liked to most people in Indonesia, especially in Java. Dadar literally means “pancake” while Gulung means “rolls” (to roll). A thin layer cake made of Pandan-flavored batter and then filled with the sweet grated coconut. The snacks are normally green color which comes from pandan leaves as it added as natural food coloring. The combination of the coconut milk and Pandan extract that hold in the batter are make the snacks extraordinary exotic! Above all, we have so many different kind of traditional Indonesian snack which particularly called as Jajan Pasar. I made my effort and promise to my self-my family to always be presenting them as precious after the meal, as a companion to our tea/coffee or as our snacking ritual. My husband and I both grew up with these delicious and beautiful traditional snacks. His most wanted sweet rolls that forever charming, he says, however I should keep them go on as our sweetie which absolutely would beautify our days. His most wanted sweet rolls that forever charming, he says, however I should keep them go on as our sweetie which absolutely would beautify our days. Frankly, it isn’t hard at all to make it home, perhaps if you run short of time, you could make the filling of the coconut pancakes rolls ahead, so in the next day, it would easier for you to call up a work and presenting the snack to your loved one. I flawlessly write up the recipe of my mother’s one, as you may notice that most parents or elderly would give you a completely different measurement, such a bit of this, a bit of that, just half from quarter, somehow not to make it too thick, that should be enough for you to hold the dough and some other unique quantity, roughly timing and funny tipsy. Well, strangely their food no doubt be the best flavor in the world, its magic! Well, strangely their food no doubt be the best flavor in the world, its magic! As I only have thick coconut milk in hand so I just diluted with plain water to make specific light batter while my mother calls for only a thin coconut milk for the batter. Coconut Pancakes Rolls (Dadar Gulung) makes 13 pancakes Ingredients 2/3 cup flour 1 whole egg 1 whole egg 2/3 cup coconut milk (160ml) ½ cup warm water ½ tsp salt 1 ½ tablespoon vegetable oil ¼ cup pandan extract * see how to make homemade Pandan extract Classic sweet coconut filling (Unti kelapa) 2 cups fresh grated coconut ½ cup shaved coconut sugar/palm sugar (gula merah), substitute brown sugar 5 tablespoons water 2 Pandan leaves, wracked and knotted Good pinch of salt Make the filing Place the coconut sugar, pandan leaves and water in a pan over low heat, cook until the sugar completely dissolves, shimmer until the liquids starts to thicken and become syrupy. Add grated coconut and salt, cook over low heat for about 10 minutes or until the coconut filling is thick and glossy. Set aside and cooled. Sift the flour and salt into mixing bowl. Make a well in the center and pour in the eggs, coconut milk and water. Using a whisker or wooden spoon, gradually incorporated the flour into liquid, *make sure making a smooth batter free of lumps (strain out the batter if there any lumps using a sieve) Add in pandan extract and oil, mix well until the batter perfectly colored Allow the batter to stand for 15-20minutes. To cook the pancakes Heat a medium skillet or griddle over medium heat ( preferably a non-stick surface) *Ensure that the skillet sufficiently hot. Stir the batter, Use ¼ measurement cup as a ladle, pour the batter onto the skillet. Immediately swirl the skillet so that the batter covers the base completely with a thin layer. Allow the batter to set and cook until lightly browned. Flip the pancake and cook the other side for a few seconds. Immediately swirl the skillet so that the batter covers the base completely with a thin layer. Allow the batter to set and cook until lightly browned. Flip the pancake and cook the other side for a few seconds. Turn the pancake out onto a tray, repeat the process with the remaining batter. Place a spoonful of the coconut filling in the center of each pancake, fold both sides towards the middle over the filling and roll the pancake up, neatly enclosing the coconut filling to form a little parcel. fold both sides towards the middle over the filling and roll the pancake up, neatly enclosing the coconut filling to form a little parcel. Cook’s Note If using dried coconut flakes for the filling, you will need to add more water. Truly beautiful snack, I would have difficulties eating, as it is that beautiful. Coconut filling, mmmmmm, sounds so good. Wow thats a lovely and beautiful recipe. Very tempting The pictures are stunning. beautiful dadar gulung ....yummm for sure :) I keep seeing pandan everywhere on the internet, now I just need to find some in real life to try. Beautiful! We have a same sweet from western parts of India except that there is no pandan! Love how different cultures have similar recipes. I want few of those rolls! :) Uuuenaaaknya Mbak Ira...mebayangkan legit dan wangi pandan asli *ngeces* Ra, I think you forget to invite me for the afternoon tea. Pasti itu dadar gulung udah abis deh! Cantik sekali fotonya. I love this recipe, thanks. Have saved for another day. I just need to be able to get Pandan leaves. Ira - you seem to know what I will be missing! We are leaving for the States in two days and seeing all the wonderful treats make me all nostalgic already. Hopefully I will get to make them once we settle in, so thank you for the recipe in advance. For now, I will have to run to the opposite street to grab a few rolls of these delectable treats! Lovely traditional dessert! I so much love the coconut filling that I can eat non-stop! I completely forgot to comment although I've been to this post many times drooling over this coconut & pandan dessert as well as your gorgeous photography (I was studying your styling. :-)). I am such a big fan of your work... =) We also have many traditional sweets and fillings made from jaggery and coconut in Sri Lanka. It's truly a match made in heaven. One of my favourite Malay/Indonesian sweets are dodol. Although I haven't tasted these, your beautiful pictures perfectly convey how delicious those dadar gulungs must be. Your photos look stunning! Wish I knew how to take photos like you. The recipe sounds fantastic as well, love the colours and love coconut! Your photography is simply amazing! So glad that I came across your blog. Ira .. your photography is like a work of art. Absolutely gorgeous! I think I will like this dish . We make something very similar but we wrap it instead of rolling. Must try this one sometime. @Natasha @Bite and Sip lol. Heavenly coconut filling :) @Priyanka Thank you Priya! @Food and story its one of my fav jajan pasar too! @Justin (@CutSquash) Good luck Justin, i hope you could find them, they are the plan of paradise! natural and gorgeous! @Hesti HH. Bener hes, I truly adore a Traditional snack! @Vaniahaha, I cant wait to see you again in the Island! will have dadar gulung together :) @Debs @ The Spanish Wok You are most welcome :) i hope you can manage to find them and let me know how it works. thx @Reese@SeasonwithSpiceoh, you have moved to US already. Hopefully everything is settled by now, cant wait to know your story on your blog, Take care Reese! @mycookinghut We all love traditional treat, my hubby could eat this snack like peanuts :) @Nami | Just One Cookbook Thank you nami, Your works is gorgeous too! @Rathai *if you keen to try on my dadar gulung recipe, You could tried it using jaggery and let me know how it works. Thx Rathai @Jenny @ Ichigo Shortcake Thank you for the kind feedback Jen! happy cooking @kankana Thank you Kan. Dont forget to let me know how you turn them into a wrap instead of rolls:) Hi, you mentioned eggs in the method but not in the ingredients. How many eggs do you use? Thanks for such a beautiful post. @Extra Virgin Chef Thank you for the correction and I did add up the egg in the ingredients--the recipe only calls for 1 whole egg, Happy cooking! Ira, Your photography is work of art! Gorgeous! Enjoy browsing through the posts always..

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Those rejecting a future independent Palestinian state as an Iranian proxy must have missed the history lesson of the establishment of a strikingly similar small country not far away. By Ron Ben-Tovim In "The Revolt," his seminal depiction of the Jewish resistance against British rule in Palestine, Irgun chief and future Prime Minister Menachem Begin often returns to his interrogation at the hands of the Soviets. These references apparently are intended to counter a contemporary communist argument raised during these interrogations, that the Zionist movement was a hoax, a "puppet show," meant to divert attention from the Jews' revolutionary role in Europe and turn them into a tool for British imperialism in the Middle East. "This talk of a State conceals the true purpose of Zionism - which is to divert the Jewish youth from the ranks of the revolution in Europe and put them at the disposal of British imperialism in the Middle East. This is the kernel of Zionism. All the rest is artificial shell, deliberately made to deceive." Begin, of course, repeatedly balks at these claims, referencing centuries of Jewish craving to return to their historical homeland and flee from the kind of persecution and massacre made manifest at that time by the camps and furnaces of Europe. Later, Begin repeatedly cites the deep chasm running between British imperialist objectives – for which, he said, they were more than willing to sacrifice the Jews – and the very real, heartfelt Jewish desire for freedom from both persecution and foreign rule. In one famous metaphor, Begin tells his Soviet interrogator that the need to establish a Jewish state was not a purely theoretical ambition, one motivated by either a revolutionary or a counter-revolutionary movement, but was like saving a family from a burning house. In other words, urgent and real. Begin is asking his Soviet interrogator to disregard for a moment the political powers at play, undoubtedly necessary for the creation of Israel, and look the hopes and dreams of real people: People that care for their children, that cry out against injustice, that find life hard, if not sometimes impossible, when lived under the specter of constant foreign occupation, exile, and persecution. Real people that crave real self-determination. Yet as convincing as Begin's arguments were, the tendency (typified here by the Soviets) to subjugate human needs with purely geopolitical considerations have far from disappeared from the Middle East. Indeed, they have become the official line of the State of Israel. Objections to the creation of an independent, viable Palestinian state often run the gamut of the kind of conspiracy theories realized by Begin's interrogator, opinions made strikingly evident since peace talks with the Palestinian Authority lost momentum (if indeed such momentum ever existed) late last year. "A Palestinian state would function as an Iranian proxy," one version of this argument goes. In another: "A Palestinian state would in effect act as a place holder, allowing weapons and terrorist groups to flow uninterrupted, putting larger cities such as Tel Aviv in range of rocket fire and closing crucial buffer zones protecting central Israel from bombing attacks." These arguments have). The Palestinians, they say, seek a stronghold - one erected by faceless Arabs. And once completed, one which could be filled with the kind of faceless Arabs that seek Israel's destruction, if not the annihilation of the entire Jewish people. The beauty of Begin's nuanced commentary on the criticism of Zionism, what I would term his turn toward the human, seems completely lost on proponents of the aforementioned positions. The consequence of this blindness to a facet of nationhood so close to our own is - as the unshakable leader of the dream of an Israel on both sides of the Jordan River must have understood - tantamount to a loss of humanity. It is a faceless doctrine that crushes individual lives.. The dangers of foreign influence, whether Iranian or other, are of course real. They are, however, as real to us as the fear of Western imperialism and exploitation was real to every other country in our region over Israel's creation. To understand that, finally, is to let go of the fears of an Iranian outpost. Not because those fears are unfounded, but because they are not what should determine how Israel treats its neighbors. To mistrust those who, in good times and bad, live alongside Israel and share its fate is to perpetuate those nefarious motivations for Israel's foundation, to prefer blind dogma over the real and the human. This is something Begin understood, and his nearsighted followers of today do not. We must live with those who share our fate, not rely on a culture that while instrumental in establishing Israel, should have been discarded immediately after. And that is why the former prime minister remains the only Israeli leader to sign a peace deal that actually had substance, both in terms of Israel's integration in the region and its security. Begin's vision should help us understand that as long as we refuse to come to terms with both our own desires and those of the people around us and among us, we shall never be fully here. That to be fully here is to sever the umbilical cord of dogma and start - as Begin himself did in 1979 - to live with our neighbors, whether they are truly the proxies of the Islamic Republic of Iran or not.

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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7466591705634648673.post5430236690320194145..comments2010-09-12T11:45:32.562-04:00Comments on Begin with 'Craft': Where Were You... 9/11Valerie Craft was working at AMC that day. There were only a f...I was working at AMC that day. There were only a few customers, and we just stood around talking about it. Scott Redmond was the manager and after getting an email saying it was optional to close, he did pretty much immediately. <br /><br />Phil, I had forgotten about the restrooms.Sarah Farr 18 closed early that day. And AMC never c...Colonial 18 closed early that day. And AMC never closes early.<br /><br />The official reason was 9-11. But I'm pretty certain that if there wasn't some sort of sewage issues with the toilets it would have remained open . . .<br /><br />Seriously. You could smell stuff in the lobby. It wasn't pretty.Phil Presley vivid and beautifully written account.Very vivid and beautifully written account.Greta Koehl

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Facts: Ritchie claimed injury at work. The first providers to treat him, including a Dr. Robinson and a chiropractor, requested an independent orthopedic exam authorized by Paula Insurance, the worker's compensation carrier. Orthopedic surgeon Krasner, the examiner, opined to Paula that Ritchie had suffered only a strain and needed no more treatment for any industrial injury. Paula terminated worker's comp benefits, and Ritchie failed to seek further care for 8 months despite continued symptoms, until he qualified for medical insurance, when his own physician, a Dr. Solomon, diagnosed spinal cord injury and recommended surgery. Residual symptoms were blamed on the delay, so Ritchie sued, first for malpractice, but then died of "accidental" overdose, so his family added wrongful death. The jury verdict awarded $5 million to the plaintiff against several defendants, including Krasner, who appealed. The Arizona appellate court affirmed the verdict (appellate opinion). Duty: Ordinarily doctors who conduct independent examinations for employers and insurance companies are not considered to owe a duty to the examinee, who is not their patient. In fact, often the questions asked of the doctor have little to do with practice of medicine. For example in worker's comp cases like this one examiners are routinely asked whether the cause of the illness or injury was work related. Such a question is rarely if ever relevant in medical practice. In its opinion the court acknowledges that in many cases of independent examination a duty to the examinee may not exist, but upheld the finding of duty in this case apparently because Ritchie claimed that he relied upon Krasner's opinion in "deciding" not to pursue treatment with his own providers. According to the opinion "Krasner’s report prevented Jeremy [Ritchie] from seeking treatment either because he relied on Krasner’s report or because Paula relied on the report, causing it to terminate Jeremy [Ritchie]’s workers’ compensation coverage.(¶28) But it appears that Ritchie's ultimate diagnosis was delayed, not because he did not seek treatment, but because he delayed seeking treatment either because coverage by AHCCCS was delayed (because he did not qualify financially) or because Ritchie chose to spend his money on something other than a physician or health insurance. He did in fact seek another medical opinion, this time from his own physician, as soon as he obtained medical benefits under AHCCCS. Ritchie's failure to obtain benefits was not the responsibility of Kranser or any other physician. If Krasner was negligent in opining that there was no industrial injury, for that aspect of his services his only duty, and his only dereliction of that duty, was to Paula. Only Paula should have cause of action against Krasner for such negligence. One wonders why Ritchie did not name Paula in the suit. ERISA? Some other sort of immunity? Although the opinion may not have addressed the issue directly it appears that the appellate court allowed that Krasner's duty flowed through Paula to him by way of denied benefits. This was wrong. Doctors have no duty to obtain benefits for an individual, regardless of the nature of the relationship. The role of a physician is to diagnose and treat illness. Krasner's liability should have been limited to what would have occurred had Ritchie had access to care. This issue has become a problem in states where treating physicians must claim that a condition was work related in order to obtain reimbursement. Even though most states exclude mental-mental or stress claims, physical-mental claims (mental disorders arising out of physical injuries) commonly arise creating role conflicts for psychiatrists. Independent examiners, not treating psychiatrists, should determine causality. Damages: The jury may have erred in finding that Krasner's presumed negligence was the proximate cause of Ritchie's death. Ritchie's history of alcoholism and other substance abuse suggests that he had already established a pattern of ignoring directions in taking drugs he knew or should have known would be dangerous in overdose. He may also have been able to obtain the same drugs illicitly. Furthermore, it is likely that he used the drugs, or used too high a dose of the drugs, not to treat injury-related pain, but to get high. Once more this could not reasonably be blamed on Dr. Krasner. The logic in the appellate argument applying a foreseeability test is flawed. It is in fact also foreseeable that "from time to time" anyone to whom opiate agonists are prescribed will lie to physicians to obtain drugs or use the drugs to get high. This does not require negligence on the part of the prescribing physician. It is also of course foreseeable that any individual with or without a history of addiction will "from time to time" (¶26) overdose on any of a variety of drugs (obtained from any source) and die. What is particularly unjust in this case is that Ritchie's family and attorneys should receive a $5 million award while others whose family members died of overdose of the same or similar drugs receive not a penny simply because the decedent did not have the consideration to visit a doctor beforehand. Implications for independent examiners (Good news and bad news): The good news: HIPAA requires covered entities to provide records to examinees. Insurers often demand that examiners refrain from releasing reports, and some state statutes support that position. Examining physicians are caught in the middle. This appellate opinion suggests that independent examiners should inform examinees of important findings. In my experience most examinees obtain copies of reports eventually anyway. Making release of such records standard practice would simplify the work of independent examiners. Of course while this sounds simple in theory, attempting to establish policies for putting this into practice raises more questions. Physicians may no longer be caught in the middle, but given that a physician intends to share a finding with an examinee, how will this be accomplished without establishing a physician-patient relationship, further muddling the line between the two roles? This could lead to reduced credibility and objectivity in examiners and, worse, sloppy attempts to fulfill the role of treating physician. Will it be sufficient to provide a copy of the report to the examinee? Standard of care may require that the physician meet face to face with a patient to deliver bad news about diagnosis, and answer questions. How will examiners accomplish this? Who should pay for the contact? How should it be documented? Will this create added duty? and added liability? Will it suffice to recommend that the examinee seek follow up care with another physician who may have access to the examiner's report? The remedy for independent examiners: - Warn all examinees not to rely upon the opinion. - Warn all examinees to obtain second opinions from their own physicians. - Professional liability premiums and worker's comp insurance premiums will increase. - The cost of independent examinations will rise. - Physician's fees will increase. - Physicians will seek to avoid entanglement in similar cases by whatever means they can. Had Mr. Ritchie applied for insurance after his injury and described his symptoms on the application, the insurer might deny coverage because of the preexisting illness or, if he concealed the symptoms, argue that he should have sought medical care for his symptoms in canceling his policy or denying coverage for a preexisting condition. Is it fair to apply a different rule where Dr. Krasner is concerned? Hardly. As I write this Congress moves toward health care reform which could prevent cases like this. This case might never have occurred were it not for the fact that Ritchie lost his coverage, presumably while losing his job. He would not have had to prove an industrial cause of his symptoms in order to obtain care from his own physician. Independent examiners for worker's compensation should not have to determine whether a worker will have medical insurance or not. They should determine only who will pay: the industrial fund or ordinary health insurance.

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Anyone? Thursday, June 21, 2012 Whatcha ya'll think of this idea? Like it. Do it. I would totally participate. Just the other day I was thinking that I want to bring back the phrases "cool beans" and "cut. it. out." a la Full House. I was also sleep deprived at the time. Coincidence? I think not. "how rude" and "have mercy"! I would participate especially if you keep the rules kind of loose. I do some link ups when I can match a post to their topics but I'd really love something that was just a good frugal ideas without it being so strict. Besides I truly enjoy your blog and would love to share. Loose and easy is my nickname! Wait. No. That's not right. But yes, it wouldn't be a strict kind of link party. What are some of the natural food blogs that you enjoy? I have been searching for some good ones and can't seem to find a whole lot. Thanks! I can send you some via email if you'd like to email me. Basically there aren't a lot that I "enjoy". I do get information from them, but I always feel like a piece a shit most of the time because I don't chug cod liver oil and I occasionally buy Annie's bunny crackers. I would link up! I love link parties :) And yep... I totally remember Jesse and the Rippers. I didn't realize there was a cost involved with hosting... I've done a few "link up" posts using Simply Linked and never had to pay a fee. Just created my own button and asked my readers if they participate to include my image in their post. I must be missing something here (or I've been doing it wrong!) With the company I was looking at, there is a cost ($24 per year). I'll look in to Simply Linked. Thank you! I'm in. Trying to get more involved with linky parties... considering hosting our own "whole foods" weekly party as well. Or possibly just things related to natural living. I'm in! :) I'm IN! I think! I'm pretty new to this so as long as it doesn't require me having to actually know HTML...I'm IN! I remember Jesse and the Rippers, but I have had to block out most of my Full House memories after seeing the movie "Half Baked" and hearing Bob Saget shout, "I've sucked d*** for coke!". That's the kind of moment that can retroactively spoil a childhood. If you can copy and paste, you can participate in a link party! You don't make your own olive oil?!?! O_O I'd link in! :) I love linky parties. Im in I would link in! You use OLIVE oil??? I press my own coconut oil from the organically grown trees in my yard. It's the ONLY healthy way to eat. :-) Oh wait...I live in Alabama. Nevermind.... I would love to participate in a less intimidating link party! I'm pretty sure I would be blocked from most of the sites that you mentioned. I sometimes even use things that come out of a CAN! lol (I do bake my own bread now though, so it all evens out...) You use stuff from a can?! There must be a block feature somewhere around here...;-D

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So how big was it? Watching the attached YouTube video will tell you more than words about this giant yellowfin tuna caught off Baja, California, and Phil Friedman Outdoors has the full story. He reported the weight as 445 pounds, and writes: "Art Soriano drove all the way from Los Angeles with his three children to watch the weigh-in. “'How often do you get to see history being made?'” he remarked to Friedman. “'What an awesome day.'” Other bloggers such as Pete Thomas report that local anglers and charter boat captains have been buzzing about it ever since that Dec. 3 weigh-in, which drew a crowd that chanted and cheered. But an updated weight, based on a 'tape' measure, puts the fish even heavier: 449 pounds. What's the biggest fish you've ever caught? Tell us

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Welcome to the Best Places to MeetGreen® Scorecard. Destinations offer a large range of green services and as a planner it can be difficult to know which cities are actually walking their talk. The Best Places to MeetGreen® Scorecard is a list published by MeetGreen that recognizes the ability of cities to provide green meeting services. Each city's score has been independently verified by MeetGreen. The Scorecard ranks cities according to environmental programs in place at the convention and visitors' bureau, convention center and hotels in the city's conference package. Below you will find how each city scores in these three areas. You can sort the cities at the top according to your search criteria, to help make finding the right city easier. Please click on the links to learn more about each city and let them know you found them through Best Places to MeetGreen®.

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Roger Hudson All Posts SolarCity: Making Dollars-and-Sense...almost! By Roger Hudson - January 19, 2013 | Tickers: BP, FSLR, SCTY, WPRT Introduction There's excitement around the campfires of the Triple-P this winter. SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY) just might be one of those green disruptors that gets it right --- makes a Profit while caring for People and Planet. Picture SolarCity from 10 000 feet up, as one writer suggests, and you see a green power company brilliantly decentralized onto the rooftops of the very customers it sells power to more » Rolling Out the Red Carpet for This Green Disruptor By Roger Hudson - January 9, 2013 | Tickers: TILE Consider. What does the Zoological Society of London (est. 1826), InterfaceFLOR Corporation (NASDAQ: TILE) of Atlanta, and beautiful coral reefs in the Phillipines have in common? Well, perhaps you! 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It aims to be a sustainability platform for "everyman," helping investors and consumers add more » Mackey, Schultz, Anderson and Ells - "Trail Bosses" of the Triple P By Roger Hudson - July 11, 2012 | Tickers: CMG, TILE, SBUX, WFM If there's a "golden hour" on the Triple P, this morning it yields a golden moment! Quail and pheasant calls leave my bird dog quivering beside me. Distant thunder promises early summer rains to help green the grasslands of the cattle on the back forty. And cooing doves herald, not just the new day and greener pastures, but a new economic dawn - the syncing of the business cycle with more » Chuckwagon of the Triple P By Roger Hudson - July 2, 2012 | Tickers: CMG, JACK, M, YUM The Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG), chuckwagon of the Triple P*, parked its wagon recently in Spokane, Washington. With cooking fires burning on the corner of Division and E. Cataldo Ave, this fast-food restaurant arrived to deliver healthy food locally, and to do the Triple P thing - make a Profit while caring for Planet and People. With a One-World Triple-P-Rating of TP-331(7) [3 out of 3 more » “A Colossus Shaking Hands with 2 Billion People a Day...". By Roger Hudson - May 25, 2012 | Tickers: TILE, UL, WFM Unilever (NYSE: UL) intends to double the size of its business in 10 years. That makes it a stock worth watching. But there is more. Much, much more! Unilever intends to double the size of its business AND reduce its environmental impact at the same time. That doubles the value for me of keeping an eye on this dividend paying company. Clearly this is a vanguard organization that understands which more » Whole Foods, Whole Person, Whole Earth - This Market Shines By Roger Hudson - May 7, 2012 | Tickers: WFM Some companies shine. Others $hine. Still others SHINE with an elegance far beyond the reach of the dollar. And this company does just that, announcing both a blowout quarter with soaring profits, and, the growing success of Eco-Scale, a way of helping shoppers make "smarter, greener choices for their families and the planet" in purchasing cleaning products. Which is why Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM) is the star of the more » Making "Mission Impossible" Possible - Interface Rocks! By Roger Hudson - April 30, 2012 | Tickers: TILE, NKE, SBUX It's not quite the magic carpet, but the company making this rug is soaring to new heights and weaving the triple threads of sustainability - profit, planet and people - into the present, one purpose-driven throw at a time. For investors looking to profit (grow Economic Capital), that's good news. It has been for me! Having bought low in March 2009, a return of 318% isn't bad. But to more » "Fracking" Craziness By Roger Hudson - April 18, 2012 | Tickers: CLNE, UPS, WM, WPRT Too much gas hasn’t yet raised enough of a stink to prompt action to clear the air. And I’m not talking about the benefits of a good sized bean burrito from Chipotle Mexican Grill (a favorite company of mine with an estimated One-World-Rating, of OW-223(7)), though I wish I was. The truth of the matter is the time has come to raise the red flag higher on more » What's in Your Wallet? By Roger Hudson - April 16, 2012 | Tickers: TILE, SZYM, SBUX, WFM Rating porfolios, not only companies, for their commitment to sustainability, would help investors determine whether their wealth is either helping, or not helping, to care for planet and people. That's a metric that could revolutionize the role business plays in society. And it matters! The trend is becoming self evident. Companies committed to caring for the one world we have are those that people increasingly want to share their more » From Dangerous Red, to Indifferent Amber, to the “Go” of Green – Color Coding the "Right" Companies By Roger Hudson - April 13, 2012 | Tickers: XOM, GS, SBUX, WFM Many investors want to do the right thing. They want to invest their money not only where it will make a profit, but where it will also both make people’s lives better and care for the planet. There is a growing megatrend amongst investors (and consumers) to move from supporting the vampire capitalism of Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) to the “conscious capitalism” (listen here) of Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFMmore »)

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Why Verizon Should Be In Your Portfolio Joel is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited. Verizon (NYSE: VZ) reported yet another quarter of spectacular revenue, proving its consistency in terms of growth and performance. Its Q2 revenue is commendable at $28.5 billion and earnings per share of $0.64, up 3.7% and 12.3% respectively from the comparable quarter last year. To talk about the future of this New Jersey based company is to talk about strong long term goals: The company has added 134,000 fiber optic internet and 120,000 fiber optic video subscribers. Verizon has not only invested in its FIOS network, but has also cracked a precious spectrum deal for $3.9 billion after negotiations with the FCC. Spectrum, a precious and scarce resource is the key to success in the coming years for any telecommunications provider. Verizon has been considered as the best telecom service provider given that its churn rate has dropped from 1.2% in the year-ago quarter to 1.1% . With the advent of the tablets and with the surge in sales of smartphones, the crowd has gone berserk over doing virtually everything on the go. From downloading and surfing the internet to streaming multimedia content. Consumers with data hungry tech devices are creating an ever increasing pressure on service providers to offer higher quality services at faster speeds. Verizon finds itself in a favorable position as it now has a nation-wide chunk of prime spectrum which it bought from cable companies recently. But that’s not all… Verizon is also competing with Canada based ‘on demand’ internet streaming provider Netflix (NFLX) and Apple (AAPL) (iTunes services) by partnering with Coinstar. This deal brings additional revenues considering how big the online movie business is. With the acquisition of Hughes Telematics, Verizon has entered into manufacturing wireless devices for vehicles. The growth prospects are huge and this deal will open up a world of opportunities in vehicle GPS, safety and entertainment and help it compete in the fields of satellite system operations, telecommunications equipment manufacturing, satellite & broadcast network, equipment manufacturing and telecommunications services. No, it doesn’t stop here. For all those investors going gaga over dividends, the company has been gradually increasing its D/P ratio: from $0.46 per quarter to $0.50 per quarter. Verizon has been rated as one of the highest dividend paying companies. What about the competitors? While Verizon managed to get its paws on prime cable spectrum, AT&T (NYSE: T) was busy floundering with the T-Mobile deal which ultimately got disapproved by the FCC. Hence, Verizon is able to effectively compete today, in providing 4G LTE services. Now I’d like to highlight Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S), which has experienced a speculative 121% rise in its share since May this year because of the billions of dollars of debt ($10 billion in net debt and almost $38 billion in total debt) that it has to service leading investors to believe the company is heading for a probable takeover. Furthermore, it has actively invested and partnered with Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) which has a lot of spectrum to spare. But the problem is that Clearwire's 2.5 GHz spectrum is not of the highest quality and is a lot more prone to service disruptions. The Foolish Takeaway It is true that Verizon’s stock has been dipping for the past 2 months. But there’s no concrete reason to see why that should happen. Over the last 10 years, Verizon has only had 4 unsuccessful quarters. The company has shown consistency in earnings and a profit margin of over 5% in most quarters. Having said that, Verizon’s future looks great as it continues with its 4G LTE ambitions. Verizon is definitely a good buy. Firstly because the company has a lot of growth potential, and secondly because its stock is trading at low valuations, that too topped by an annual dividend yield of 4.7%. Sounds interesting? Well, what do you think about Verizon? rahelg.

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Android 4.1 extends language support, and this developer loves it [video] Yesterday, at Google I/O, I spoke with one developer waiting to get his big goody bag -- Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7 and Nexus Q -- about his reaction to the first day's keynote. Like many other developers here, to my surprise, he develops for Android before iOS. Among Jellybean's new features: Broader support for languages, including Arabic, and that makes this Google I/O attendee smile.

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You have served us well. You’ve given hope to Earthlings of all shapes and sizes, ages and interests for almost 30 years. You are the third spacecraft to join the Space Shuttle fleet, and the first to be retired. You were born on August 27, 1979 and took four years to roll off the assembly line. You were named after two exploring ships of old. One of your namesakes carried Henry Hudson to explore the Hudson Bay in the early 1600s, searching for a northwest passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Your other namesake carried British explorer James Cook on his adventures to the South Pacific in the 1770s. On this voyage, he discovered the Hawaiian Islands. Discovery, we thank you for taking us back to space after both our Challenger and Columbia tragedies. You were the first US spacecraft to meet up with the Russian Mir orbiting space station, and the first to be flown by a female pilot, Eileen Collins — who later became the first female commander. You returned Astronaut John Glenn to orbit as the oldest human to fly in space. You traveled 148,221,675 miles in space for a total of 365 days off the planet. You orbited Earth 5,830 times, and gave 242 humans the ride of their lives. I’m sorry I wasn’t one of them, but I was with you in spirit as you soared through the heavens at 17,500 miles per hour. I look forward to seeing you fly over us today as you piggyback your way to Dulles for your final retirement home at the Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy facility in Chantilly, Virginia. Look down. I’ll be waving wildly and snapping your photo with my iPhone. Discovery, we love you. We’ll miss seeing you break the Earth’s gravitational boundaries. But, I know you’ll continue to break hearts (in a good way) as long lines of Earthlings come see you for the first time. Enjoy your retirement. You deserve it. Final Godspeed to you, old girl! 7

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Three-year-olds are more secure, and ready for a higher level of challenge. Intermediate teachers weave together fun and learning in a way that helps young students begin to acquire pre-reading and pre-math skills. Skills learned during this period include recognizing letter names, catching a bounced ball and beginning to understand the concept of yesterday, today and tomorrow. Your child will continue to explore simple number concepts such as more and less. Center activities will allow your child to practice comparing, classifying and measuring.

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diversity rankings::Washington, DC::asian (from betterlegalprofession.org)The chart includes all firms with 100 attorneys in their Washington, DC office. An asterisk indicates that the firm did not provide this information. We treated missing data as if it were zero. See How We Did This for more information on our methodology. Bold denotes the most prestigious law firms in Washington, DC, according to vault's 2011 regional rankings

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Freebie Friday - Summer Cat Cross Stitch Pattern 15 hours ago Throughout "Between the Stitches" I will share snippets of my favorite needlework hobbies, what I enjoy about them, my involvement in the craft and my evolvement in techniques. Many of my collections will be featured with hopes of meeting others with similar interests. Most of all, I share with you my labours of love in hopes that someday it will inspire others to try. Enjoy!! 1 comment: Good luck finding your mojo again...I'm sure it will turn up LOL. Hope you like your new job or at least getting used to it.

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Ordered 4 pairs of heels from Charlotte Russe two weeks ago after seeing a pop-up window promoting its shoes sale and received my orders this Monday. Guess what, none of them fit, either my size or my expectation. It's not my first time buying shoes online but first time shopping with Charlotte Russe, an U.S. clothing retail chain that shares the same target consumers as Forever 21 (but I personally like F21 slightly better), and I think this will be an once-an-for-all thing, won't order anything online from Charlotte Russe anymore. Gonna return them tomorrow and right now, I'm only hoping that I'll get full refund (fingers crossed) although I already paid US$15 for the shipping & handling fee, which is definitely not refundable T____T Since they are here with me still I might as well show you what I've bought. They may look okay in the pics but they kinda look cheap in reality... #1 #2 Expected these to be more like a striking neon green though :( #3 #4 Placed high hope in these. I mean, how could you probably go wrong with such simple peep-toes pumps? I was so wrong. Poor quality and the platforms are uneven, how to walk? @.@ #5 So ugly and super pasar-malam-ish! A complete eyesore. They have to go for sure! #6 #7 Super into fuchsia color lately, I'm still thinking whether to keep this one or not. They are the most comfortable ones compared with the rest, but still I'm not totally sold... Sigh. Really don't mind paying for the shipping fees at all but it's such a bummer that none of these heels work and thus my 15 bucks just unfruitfully went down to the drain. Maybe I'll just keep the fuchsia wedges then, argh, dunno lah. Anyway, lesson learned. Never ever, ever buy anything online when you are shopping deprived, you will end up making impulse decisions you'll later regret. Banging my head against the wall, Bev 3 comments: The fuchsia ones look really good. You should keep them ;) And you're lucky they accept returns in the US. I think the Fuchsia ones look really good as well. :D I always experience the same. Either poor quality or the shoes are not comfortable at all. But one thing is different in U.S. - things can be returned for refund.

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Flowers For An Edible Garden Posted in Garden & Gardening on April 27th, 2012 A garden that produces food does not only mean that it is growing fruits and vegetables. Planting edible plants and flowers can add color and life to your garden without reducing the number of your fruits and vegetables. It will also provide something new for your appetite. You can include them in your desserts, soups and salads. - Nasturtiums. Nasturtiums are quick growing flowers that require little maintenance. They are completely edible that you can eat the seeds, flowers, leaves and stems. The leaves and blossoms are perfect for salads because of its somewhat spicy taste. It is packed with iron and vitamin C. The buds can be utilized as capers. Beginner gardeners can grow this flower easily because it can survive even a poor soil and can grow in little or full sun exposure. This flower needs regular water and can thrive in bare area in the garden or plant container. - Violets. Violets are considered weeds and they grow in yellow, white and purple flowers that can be used for dessert such as jelly and salads as well. Because it is a weed, it spreads fast and easily and is perfect as ground covers. Violets are delicate flowers that need shade. It can survive full sun exposure with regular watering. There are other flowers that look like violets and are poisonous so you better be careful in eating them. - Daylilies. This is common in almost all states in the U.S. and is considered as a happy flower. Regular watering and ample sunlight is all they need to thrive. They may grow in your garden without you knowing they exist. It is like squash blossoms that have delicate but tasty petals which is good when deep fried or battered. It is commonly used in Asian dishes but can also be included in your soups and salads. Make sure to consume them right away because they can be bad when left for so many hours. You can sauté the young buds with oil and garlic and the tuberous roots is as great as potatoes. Most lilies should not be eaten because they are not edible so make sure that what you are eating are daylilies.

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The Christian bible describes a behemoth as any huge or powerful animal or thing. It is very safe to say…Well, maybe “safe” isn’t the way to put it… It is very “reverent” to describe the band, Behemoth, as a huge, powerful beast. More powerful than we have seen in a long time. Yet I’m sure that this Behemoth will not be mentioned in any Christian tomes, nor spoken from any Christians’ mouths any time soon. As one of the acts featured on the Mayhem Festival Tour, alongside bands such as Slayer, Marilyn Manson, and Job For a Cowboy, Behemoth has opened the eyes, mouths and ears of many crowds. Their stage performance is stunningly accurate. Their music is as potent as pure LSD. Mainman Nergal is ferocious in his guitar attack, and even fiercer with his throat. Orion’s bass thunders with pure demoncy. Inferno is crushing, yet technical on the drums. Even (touring guitarist) Seth has perfect fretwork. As an added treat, they look creepier than Linda Blair at the height of her exorcism as she growls, “I can smell your cunt.” No, you will not find this type of blackened death metal as true to form, nor will you soon find a band that is as talented, as you will find with Behemoth. Workhorses on the road, Behemoth were at an off-date in Omaha, Nebraska featuring other Mayhem acts God Forbid, The Black Dahlia Murder, and Cannibal Corpse. I caught up with Nergal to talk to him about the new album, Evangelion, and the response from the crowds on the Mayhem tour. I want to thank my wife, Danya, for taking pictures, and John Eddy for his assistance. [powerpress url=""] Thank you! Great fucking interview! I like how you asked about the art since I am a fan of wood cut artists like Gustave Dore and Albrecht Durer…I wanted to ask Nergal about the Hex-7, his signature axe from ESP but had a great conversation with Orion instead. Hails!!!

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Workout Posts - Calendar - All Activity - Workout Posts - Journals Benchmarks 27 Workout Posts - CrossFit Total : 800 lbs | Rx'd 70 lbs1 Back Squat 280 lbs 1 Shoulder Press 140 lbs 1 Deadlift 380 lbsDante Puliatti PandemoniumGreat Work, Dude!!!Dante Puliatti PandemoniumNice video! I need your help making my CFT video :) - 60 Burpee (Bar Facing)s 5 mins 50 secs 22 Overhead Squats 120 lbs 4 mins 10 secs 0 Muscle-ups Great Work, Man! Your OHS were crazy good. The fact that you nailed 11 in a row at 120 is incredible... after stumbling on the first two!!! Great job! - CrossFit Games Open 11.4 : 0.667 rounds | Rx'd 0.089 rounds60 Burpee (Bar Facing)s 30 Overhead Squats 120 lbs 0 Muscle-ups You are the man! there is no way I could do 90 reps. Too trashed by the time I get to the OHS to do them with any authority! You are the man! - 1 Snatch 145 lbs - 3 Hang Power Cleans 155 lbs 2 Hang Power Cleans 165 lbs 2 Hang Power Cleans 175 lbs 2 Hang Power Cleans 185 lbs 1 Hang Power Clean 195 lbs 1 Hang Power Clean 205 lbs 1 Hang Power Clean 215 lbs 1 Hang Power Clean 225 lbs 0 Hang Power Cleans 230 lbs - 3 Overhead Squats 155 lbs 3 Overhead Squats 165 lbs 3 Overhead Squats 170 lbs 3 Overhead Squats 175 lbs 3 Overhead Squats 185 lbs Good job, buddy!! Quite impressive!!Liv said, turm down the volume. I don't want to listen to him breath hard. Lol!!!Lol....I will put some music on next timeLOL!! No she was just kidding.Huge Effort, Man! How are you getting the weight to back? I start with a snatch, which is not limiting because my OHS is so weak...my new power rack is awesome. i can put the bar in the 3 different locations. one of those locations is on the outside. i unrack from there and walk it over to my mats. worked out perfectly!!Totally agree!!! A power rack is a must have. - 1 Overhead Squat 205 lbs are you kidding me? Dude, that's Awesome!!!!Lol....it felt good! I'm pretty sure I can do more - 2 Push Jerks 155 lbs 2 Push Jerks 175 lbs 2 Push Jerks 195 lbs 2 Push Jerks 205 lbs 1 Push Jerk 215 lbs ok, now I'm intrigued. I've never tried this without having to clean it first, which always limited my max. I think I'll try this tonight. Pretty sure your number 1 ranking is NOT in jeopardy!!HA! i'm pretty sure your shoulders have always been a LOT stronger than mine. get it done man! i'm sure you'll destroy 215!Well, you've been doing this a lot longer than I have so your core is a lot stronger than mine. I'll have to wear my fashionable knee brace for sure. Jerking is how I dislocated my knee the last time, but that was about 3 years ago and I'm stronger nowyou'll be fine...just concentrate on form. video it too :)Well I videoed it but I've never posted to YouTube so I'll have to work on it. Your record is safe!! - 1 Squat Snatch 135 lbs 1 Squat Snatch 135 lbs 1 Squat Snatch 155 lbs 1 Squat Snatch 135 lbs 1 Squat Snatch 135 lbs 2 Squat Snatches 120 lbs 2 Squat Snatches 120 lbs 2 Squat Snatches 120 lbs Not Applicables Not Applicables 3 Squat Snatches 110 lbs 3 Squat Snatches 110 lbs Not Applicables Not Applicables Not Applicables 1 Squat Clean & Jerk 185 lbs 1 Squat Clean & Jerk 185 lbs 1 Squat Clean & Jerk 185 lbs 1 Squat Clean & Jerk 185 lbs 1 Squat Clean & Jerk 185 lbs 3 Squat Clean & Jerks 150 lbs 3 Squat Clean & Jerks 150 lbs Not Applicables Not Applicables Not Applicables video coming soon....nice work!! Love the form!So where did you find this WOD at? Was it something like the leg program I'm going to start next week? I may try this one this weekend. I think I'm getting addicted to the power aspect of all this!i love these aspects for sure! i got it from the same website. we need to actually talk sometime. here is the link:, so that's pretty advanced for me right now. I'm guessing I really need to focus on my technique before jumping into that or I'll hurt myself. I agree we do need to actually talk sometime! Mike's website is my new favorite!definitely! i use it more for repetition of the oly lifts to get that form down. let's talk this weekend or something and we can chat about all of this. i have done so much research on all of this, i would be happy to share :)sounds great!! I work Saturday until 1. After that I think I'm free but I never know from one minute to the next!CF Animals!!!!That should have been the name of our gym!!!!i can change it!! let me know :) - 1 Snatch 155 lbs 0 Clean & Jerks 0 Front Squats 0 Front Squats 0 Front Squats 0 Front Squats added video proof of my stubbornness and humility. i did actually get one rep of 160, but it wasn't pretty and my squat wasn't full depth...therefore, no rep. Disappointing day.well, i sorta subscribe to the same addage fishermen do. A bad day at the gym beats a good day at work anyday!!! Still amazing.Ok, I will admit, Austin and I actually started laughing at your stubborness. Loved the effort and it was WAY more than I would have given. Still great job and you looked great doing it!!lol! i know right?! i was so close i just couldn't get it done....so frustrating. 155 was no problem at all...160 has to be in my head.Yeah, that's frustrating when it's just 5lbs. You know what they say about the proverbial "straw?" - 3 Deadlifts 315 lbs 2 Deadlifts 325 lbs 2 Deadlifts 335 lbs 2 Deadlifts 345 lbs 1 Deadlift 390 lbs 1 Deadlift 390 lbs 1 Deadlift 315 lbs 1 Deadlift 315 lbs 1 Deadlift 315 lbs - 5 rounds of: 7 Muscle-Up (banded)s 21 Sumo Deadlift High-pulls 95 lbs Nice!! Now I need bands!!bands are incredible! the wod was still crazy hard.....that many muscle ups was nutsAMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!This is sick watched your video, freakin beastly I can't hardly even do one muscle up!lol...thanks, the bands are a magical thing.That video is really awesome! You just power through them, but the transition into a dip is still ugly and unassisted... which has to be one of the worst parts of the MU. Killer! - 3 Hang Squat Cleans 135 lbs 3 Hang Squat Cleans 155 lbs 3 Hang Squat Cleans 165 lbs 3 Hang Squat Cleans 175 lbs 2 Hang Squat Cleans 185 lbs Dude, that really sucks. The cold is horrible and helping us old guys hurt ourselves. Nothing like cold muscles. Sorry if I was the inspiration for you to try this one. Get some ice. - 6 rounds of: 2 Front Squats 235 lbs That's awesome!!! Dude, you're just killing the leg work!!Yeah my legs are feeling strong! I've only got 2 more weeks on my squat program and then I wil attempt a new pr! Can't wait!Any guesses as to what that will be? Oh, I tried to watch the vid but the last two you've posted are listed as private and we can't watch.not sure what the max will be...i will shoot for somewhere around 255. we'll see. i fixed both videos, let me know if you can see them now...Ok that is inspiring!!MONSTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - CrossFit Total : 885 lbs | Rx'd 85 lbs1 Back Squat 320 lbs 1 Shoulder Press 150 lbs 1 Deadlift 415 lbs Damn mike!! Awesome numbers!!! He-Man!!!This is awesome! You destroyed previous glass ceilings, Dude! 320BS and 415DL is nothing shy of monstrous! - Load next 15 workout posts

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Please help out the victims of Katrina by clicking one or both of the links below and giving even a small donation: Red Cross Hurricane Disaster Relief -- or -- Salvation Army Disaster Assistance I borrowed this list/meme from Lilith at Spinster War Diaries. She has a very enjoyable blog, so go visit her site soon. As always, I'll answer these as Cassie would at 24. 7 things to do before I die: 1. Go to college 2. Visit Europe 3. Go to college 4. Get a better job than a secretary in the Yale library 5. Go to college 6. Move to New York 7. Have kids (but NOT NOW!) 7 things I can do: 1. Get a job at a strip club (but P. would never let me) 2. Make men and women want to sleep with me 3. Pick up hot things and not get burned 4. Sew. I make my own clothes (when I can sit still long enough) 5. Make strangers want to talk to me, especially old people 6. Function on a few hours of sleep a night 7. Dance 7 things I can't do: 1. Write. When I have to. When I write in my journal, it pours out 2. A chin-up. No upper body strength. Couldn't climb the rope in gym class, either 3. Bake cakes: mine all come out flat 4. Sit still (and wouldn't you know, I'm a secretary). I should be a carpenter or something 5. Reduce the size of my stomach. It's not fat, it just sticks out 6. Not come if I have sex; my pussy has betrayed me, too 7. Play sports 7 things that attract me to a man: 1. Good eyes 2. Tenderness 3. Broad shoulders 4. Teasing. P. is so serious, while S. is all fun 5. Politness. Why do guys think a girl will want them if they have the manners of a gavone? 6. Being a good listener 7. Strong hands 7 things I say most often: 1. Who'd a thunk it? 2. F'nable (literally "go to Naples" in Italian) 3. Ah-ite (means "all right" in South Philly-speak) 4. Do I hafta? 5. Oh, God, Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssss! 6. Fuck (said as a response to something unpleasant) 7. Does this make me look fat? 7 celebrity crushes: 1. Bobby Clarke of the Flyers 2. Alexis Smith 3. Grace Slick 4. Prince Charles (please don't laugh) 5. Johnny Callison of the Phillies 6. Marilyn Chambers 7. Jack Nicholson 7 people I'd like to do this list: 1. Demon Queen 2. Freya 3. Odd Wife 4. Alice 5. O 6. Wilma 7. Magdalena

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- Buying Guides - Reviews - Tips and Solutions - Announcements - Online Videos. The heart of the new camera is a 33-megapixel, 48 x 36mm, 16 bits/channel CCD, which is mounted on a revolving back, which enables you to switch from portrait to landscape mode without having to reposition the camera. If you currently own an RZ system, you’ll be pleased to know the RZ33 makes full use of all existing RZ lenses, prism finders, waist-level finders, and other RZ imaging accessories. Because the RZ33’s imaging sensor is smaller than the camera’s native 6x7 design you have to consider a 1.48x magnification factor when choosing lenses. As an example Mamiya’s 50mm/4.5 ULD wide-angle lens has an effective field-of-view of a less-wide 74mm lens, a 150mm portrait lens has the effective field-of-view of a 222mm lens, etc.) The RZ33 records 16bits/channel RAW files that open up to 190MB, 16 bit TIFF files that display little if any artifacting and/or moiré patterns. This capablilty makes it an attractive tool for shooting beauty and fashion, jewelry, textiles, or any other subject matter that requires sharp, clean detailing. IOS levels can be set from a native 50 through 800, and frames can be captured at a rate of 1.1 frames per second. Images are captured onto CF cards (the faster, the better), and the resulting images can be viewed and edited using the camera’s 2.4 x 2.7 inch (6 x 7cm) LCD touch screen, which is also used for selecting camera and menu settings. For processing your image files, the RZ33 comes with both Capture One DB and Leaf Capture, which are two of the finest image processing programs available today. As with earlier generation RZ optics, you have a full range of shutter speeds from 8 to 1/400-second (and ‘T’ for time exposures up to 32 seconds) with full flash sync at all speeds, which makes the camera equally ideal for studio and location shooting alike. Another RZ feature pro shooters take advantage of is the close focusing abilities of the RZ-system with all RZ optics. And yes, the RZ33 also accepts Mamiya RZ 120/220 film backs for those who still swing both ways.

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New Living Translation (©2007)May he remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings. Interlude English Standard Version (©2001)May he remember all your offerings and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah New American Standard Bible (©1995)May He remember all your meal offerings And find your burnt offering acceptable! Selah. King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah. Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)May He remember all your offerings and accept your burnt offering. Selah International Standard Version (©2012)May he remember all your gifts, and may he accept your burnt offerings. Interlude NET Bible (©2006)May he take notice of your offerings; may he accept your burnt sacrifice! (Selah) Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)Lord Jehovah will remember for you all your offerings and he will accept your burnt sacrifices. GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)He will remember all your grain offerings and look with favor on your burnt offerings. [Selah] King James 2000 Bible (©2003)Remember all your offerings, and accept your burnt sacrifice; Selah. American King James VersionRemember all your offerings, and accept your burnt sacrifice; Selah. American Standard VersionRemember all thy offerings, And accept thy burnt-sacrifice; Selah Douay-Rheims BibleMay he be mindful of all thy sacrifices: and may thy whole burnt offering be made fat. Darby Bible TranslationRemember all thine oblations, and accept thy burnt-offering; Selah. English Revised VersionRemember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah Webster's Bible TranslationRemember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt-sacrifice. Selah. World English Bibleremember all your offerings, and accept your burnt sacrifice. Selah. Young's Literal Translation He doth remember all thy presents, And thy burnt-offering doth reduce to ashes. Selah. Remember; continued.... Remember all thy offerings - The minchah, which is here mentioned, was a gratitude-offering. It is rarely used to signify a bloody sacrifice. Remember all thy offerings, and {c} accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah. (c) In token that they are acceptable to him. accept: Heb. turn to ashes: or, make fat 3. all thy offerings-or gifts, vegetable offerings. accept-literally, "turn to ashes" (compare 1Ki 18:38). Continued... Psalm 20:3 Parallel CommentariesBible Hub: Online Parallel Bible Alphabetical: accept acceptable all and burnt find he May meal offering offerings remember sacrifices Selah your OT Poetry: Psalm 20:3 Remember all your offerings and accept your (Psalm Ps Psa.) Christian Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools Psalm 20:3 Bible AppsPsalm 20:3 Bible SuitePsalm 20:3 Biblia ParalelaPsalm 20:3 Chinese BiblePsalm 20:3 French BiblePsalm 20:3 German Bible

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Washed (113 Occurrences) Mark 7:4 And when they come from the market-place, they take no food till their hands are washed; and a number of other orders there are, which have been handed down to them to keep--washings of cups and pots and brass vessels. (BBE DBY) DBY WBS) Luke 11:38 When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner. (WEB KJV DBY WBS NAS) John 9:7 and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means "Sent"). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) John 9:15 Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, "He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see." (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV) John 13:6 So he came to Simon Peter. Peter said, Lord, are my feet to be washed by you? (BBE) BBE DBY WBS) John 13:12 So when he had washed their feet, put his outer garment back on, and sat down again, he said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV) John 13:14 If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV) Acts 9:37 It happened in those days that she fell sick, and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in an upper chamber. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV) Acts 16:33 He took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV) Acts 22:16 And now why lingerest thou? Arise and get baptised, and have thy sins washed away, calling on his name. (DBY) 1 Corinthians 6:11 Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV) Hebrews 10:22 let's draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water, (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV) RSV NIV) Revelation 1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood; (WEB KJV DBY WBS) NAS RSV NIV) Revelation 19:13 And he is clothed in a robe washed with blood: and his name is The Word of God. (BBE) Revelation 22:14 A blessing on those whose robes are washed, so that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may go in by the doors into the town. (BBE) Genesis. (BBE) Genesis 43:24 The man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet. He gave their donkeys fodder. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV) Genesis 43:31 He washed his face, and came out. He controlled himself, and said, "Serve the meal." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV) Genesis 49:11 Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey's colt to the choice vine; he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes. (WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT) Exodus 19:10 And the Lord said to Moses, Go to the people and make them holy today and tomorrow, and let their clothing be washed. (BBE YLT) Exodus 19:14 Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV) Exodus 29:4 And let Aaron and his sons come to the door of the Tent of meeting, and there let them be washed with water. (BBE) Exodus 29:17 and the ram thou dost cut into its pieces, and hast washed its inwards, and its legs, and hast put 'them' on its pieces, and on its head; (YLT) Exodus 30:19 and Aaron and his sons have washed at it their hands and their feet, (YLT) Exodus 30:20 Whenever they go into the Tent of meeting they are to be washed with water, to keep them from death; and whenever they come near to do the work of the altar, or to make an offering by fire to the Lord, (BBE) Exodus 30:21 Their hands and feet are to be washed. so that they may be safe from death: this is an order to them for ever; to him and his seed from generation to generation. (BBE YLT) Exodus 40:31 Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet there. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV) Exodus 40:32 When they went into the Tent of Meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as Yahweh commanded Moses. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV) 6:27 Anyone touching the flesh of it will be holy: and if any of the blood is dropped on any clothing, the thing on which the blood has been dropped is to be washed in a holy place. (BBE) Leviticus 6:28 But the vessel of earth in which the flesh was cooked is to be broken; or if a brass vessel was used, it is to be rubbed clean and washed out with water. (BBE) Leviticus 8:6 Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV). (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Leviticus 9:14 He washed the innards and the legs, and burned them on the burnt offering on the altar. (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV) YLT) YLT) Leviticus 13:54 Then the priest will give orders for the thing on which the mark is, to be washed, and to be shut up for seven days more: (BBE YLT NIV) WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Leviticus 13:56 If the priest looks, and behold, the plague has faded after it is washed, then he shall tear it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: (WEB YLT NAS RSV NIV) NAS RSV NIV) YLT) Leviticus 14:9 And on the seventh day he is to have all the hair cut off his head and his chin and over his eyes--all his hair is to be cut off--and he will have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and he will be clean. (BBE YLT) Leviticus 14:47 And anyone who has been sleeping in the house will have to have his clothing washed; and anyone who takes food in that house will have to have his clothing washed. (BBE) Leviticus 15:5 And anyone touching his bed is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening. (BBE) Leviticus 15:6 And he who has been seated on anything on which the unclean man has been seated:8 And if liquid from the mouth of the unclean man comes on to him who is clean, then he is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening. (BBE YLT):11 And anyone on whom the unclean man puts his hands, without washing them in water, is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening. (BBE YLT) Leviticus 15:12 And any vessel of earth which has been touched by the unclean man will have to be broken and any vessel of wood washed. (BBE):17 Every garment, and every skin, whereon the semen is, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) YLT) Leviticus 15:27 And anyone touching these things will be unclean, and his clothing will have to be washed and his body bathed in water and he will be unclean till evening. (BBE YLT)) Leviticus 16:26 And the man who takes away the goat for Azazel is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and then he may come back to the tent-circle. (BBE) Leviticus 16:28 And the man by whom they are burned is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water, and then he may come back to the tent-circle. (BBE) YLT) Leviticus 17:16 But if his clothing is not washed and his body bathed, his sin will be on him. (BBE) Numbers 8:7 And this is how you are to make them clean: let the holy water which takes away sin be put on them, and let the hair all over their bodies be cut off with a sharp blade, and let their clothing be washed and their bodies made clean. (BBE YLT) NAS RSV NIV) Numbers 19:7 and the priest hath washed his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and afterwards doth come in unto the camp, and the priest is unclean till the evening; (YLT) Numbers 19:8 And he who does the burning is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening. :21 This is to be a law for them for ever: he who puts the water on the unclean person is to have his clothing washed; and anyone touching the water will be unclean till evening. (BBE) Numbers 31:24 and ye have washed your garments on the seventh day, and have been clean, and afterwards ye come in unto the camp.' (YLT) Judges 19:21 So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder; and they washed their feet, and ate and drink. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV) 2 Samuel 11:8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house and let your feet be washed. And Uriah went away from the king's house, and an offering from the king was sent after him. (BBE) 5:10 and Elisha sendeth unto him a messenger, saying, 'Go, and thou hast washed seven times in Jordan, and thy flesh doth turn back to thee -- and be thou clean. (YLT) 2 Kings 5:12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not be washed in them and become clean? So turning, he went away in wrath. (BBE) 2 Kings 5:13 Then his servants came to him and said, If the prophet had given you orders to do some great thing, would you not have done it? how much more then, when he says to you, Be washed and become clean? (BBE) KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS) Nehemiah 4:5 Let not their wrongdoing be covered or their sin washed away from before you: for they have made you angry before the builders. (BBE) Job 9:30 If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap; (BBE DBY YLT NIV) Job 14:19 The stones are crushed small by the force of the waters; the dust of the earth is washed away by their overflowing: and so you put an end to the hope of man. (BBE) Job 22:16 Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream; (See NAS RSV NIV) Job 28:1 Truly there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is washed out. (BBE) Job 29:6 when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS RSV) Job 33:9 I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me: (BBE) Psalms 51:2 Let all my wrongdoing be washed away, and make me clean from evil. (BBE) Psalms 51:7 Make me free from sin with hyssop: let me be washed whiter than snow. (BBE) Psalms 58:10 The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer. (BBE) Psalms 73:13 Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence, (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV) Proverbs 6:33 Wounds will be his and loss of honour, and his shame may not be washed away. (BBE) Continued...

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With a header like that, I have to start and say I am not so conceited as to call anything I blogged ”The One Egal Article You Simply Have To Read.” Nope. But I want to link to a great one, by Kristen Rosser. Here is a quote from it: …But what does it actually mean, that a woman must be restricted, under male authority? Why must she be? Either women are not equal to men, because God created them with a certain lack of authority over themselves, or ability to lead others, that men do not lack… This makes women, in their essence as women, inferior to men… Or women are equal to men, but God simply decided that women, because they are women, despite lacking nothing that He gave men for authority over themselves or leadership of others, may not use that authority or leadership…… I first wanted to quote the penultimate and ultimate paragraphs which are even better, but those should be read as a powerful conclusion, and I do not want to take them out of context. Please, those who restrict women for Bible reasons, go to that short article, and think about the simple idea of justice and ”do unto others” presented in it. Comments on: "If you read only one egalitarian article ever, read HERE" (1) Wow, I’m honored. Thanks so much for this.

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February 1st, 2010 Stybar, Vos win World Championship at Tabor After taking the World Cup, Czech Republic’s Zdenek Stybar wins the Cyclocross World Championship. Dutch rider Marianne Vos wins her third Worlds victory. Elite Men Racing in his home country in front of 30,000 spectators, Czech Republic rider Zdenek Stybar earned his country its first World Cyclocross elite title Sunday by conquering icy conditions and tough competition on the frozen course in Tabor, Czech Republic. Stybar, 24, took the rainbow stripes for the first time in the third Cyclo-cross World Championship after second place finishes in 2008 and 2009. His strong performance comes only one week after a second place finish in Hoogerheide earned him the World Cup. Runner-up Klass Vantornout finished 21 seconds behind and Sven Nys outsprinted Czechis Bina for the final spot on the podium. Stybar was unable to hold off his tears coming down his face. “It is something incredible to win here in Tabor. It is a lifetime experience. I think that the fans were amazing. They were along the whole track and I really enjoyed,” Stybar said after the medal ceremonial. American Jonathan Page, who took second place in the World Championships three years ago, had a promising first lap until getting stuck behind a crash involving Niels Albert, then suffering back-to-back mechanical problems in the second lap left him playing catchup for the remainder of the race, finishing in 30th. His American teammates fared better. Tim Johnson used shoes equipped with sheet-metal screws that helped him pass other riders during running section, finishing 14th. James Driscoll finished 19th. UCI course officials added large amounts of sand on top of the frozen course to try to make the course safer to ride, but the resulting conditions were now muddy and slippery. The icy course challenged some riders more than others, with defending champion Niels Albert dropping out of the race half way through. In the first lap, Stybar took off, with Vantornout chasing. Stybar lost his early lead when he had to deal with a flat tire, but he caught up quickly with race leaders after exchanging his bike at a pit stop. After three laps, Stybar jumped out of his saddle and broke away from a group made up of Vanotornout, Christian Heuele and Franics Mourey. His efforts brought him an 18-second gap that he was able to sustain for the rest of the race. “I was fairly calm throughout, and even when I lost time and places because of a tire problem in the first lap, I stayed calm and came back without too much problem,” Stybar said in a statement. “After that, everything went very well up until the last few hundred metres: when I saw the finish line and my country’s flags in front of me, I experienced sensations that I will never forget, and I nearly lost control. ” From the fourth lap on, a group of four riders formed behind Stybar: Nys, Vantornout, Heule and Martin Bina. Halfway through the race Stybar had the advantage of 20 seconds and the Swiss rider Heule was dropped from the chasing group. Vantornout took off in the seventh lap, shaking BÌna and Nys, who spent the remaining lap fighting for third place. Nys managed to take the third-place finish from Bina in the final straightaway. Bina, who won the World cyclo-cross title in 2001 in Tabor, attempted to outsprint Nys but he safely held off his pressure. Elite Men’s standings 1. Zdenek STYBAR (CZE) 1:08:58 2. Klaas VANTORNOUT (BEL) 1:09:19 3. Sven NYS (BEL) 1:09:36 4. Martin BINA (CZE) 1:09:38 5. Francis MOUREY (FRA) 1:09:54 6. Martin ZLAMALIK (CZE) 1:10:00 7. Christian HEULE (SUI) 1:10:05 8. Radomir SIMUNEK (CZE) 1:10:16 9. Gerben DE KNEGT (NED) 1:10:47 10. Bart WELLENS (BEL) 1:11:11 11. Marco Aurelio FONTANA (ITA) 1:11:23 12. Nicolas BAZIN (FRA) 1:11:24 13. Steve CHAINEL (FRA) 1:11:26 14. Timothy JOHNSON (USA) 1:11:26 15. Marcel WILDHABER (SUI) 1:11:35 16. Erwin VERVECKEN (BEL) 1:11:43 17. Thijs VAN AMERONGEN (NED) 1:11:45 18. Marco BIANCO (ITA) 1:11:52 19. James DRISCOLL (USA) 1:12:05 20. Lukas FL‹CKIGER (SUI) 1:12:07 Elite Women Marianne Vos’ victory was as clear-cut as that of Stybar. After just a few meters, the Dutch rider began her flight toward her third World Championship title, after her victories in Zeddam and Hoogerheide. In doing so, she again relegated the German Hanka Kupfernagel to second place, and her compatriot Daphny Van Den Brand – who has just won the UCI World Cup – to third. Despite crippling leg cramps, Katie Compton, who hadn’t raced since Zolder three weeks ago, decided to attempt competing at Worlds. The pain ended up being too much, and she dropped out after just one lap. American teammate Meredith Miller led the U.S. effort, finishing in 12th place. Amy Dombroski finished 14th. Vos jumped ahead to an early lead on the frozen course, setting a quick pace and soloing for the remainder of the race. Kupfernagel followed and sustained a similar strong effort for a second place finish. Her Dutch teammate, Daphny Van den Brand, had to deal with constant attacks from behind for third place. Czech Rider Katerina Nash was one favorite to win the race, but was involved in a pileup on the first corner. She moved up throughout the race, but was unable to overtake Daphny Van den Brand for the final spot of the podium. Elite Women standings 1. Marianne VOS (NED) 42:59 2. Hanka KUPFERNAGEL (GER) 43:44 3. Daphny VAN DEN BRAND (NED) 44:01 4. Katerina NASH (CZE) 44:19 5. Eva LECHNER (ITA) 44:40 6. Christel FERRIER-BRUNEAU (FRA) 44:46 7. Caroline MANI (FRA) 44:52 8. Pauline FERRAND PREVOT (FRA) 45:10 9. Sanne VAN PAASSEN (NED) 45:27 10. Lucie CHAINEL-LEFEVRE (FRA) 45:30 11. Annie LAST (GBR) 45:36 12. Meredith MILLER (USA) 45:54 13. Sabrina SCHWEIZER (GER) 45:59 14. Amy DOMBROSKI (USA) 46:15 15. Sanne CANT (BEL) 46:17 16. Linda VAN RIJEN (NED) 46:22 17. Rocio GAMONAL FERRERA (ESP) 46:29 18. Maureen GUICHARDOT (FRA) 46:38 19. Nikki HARRIS (GBR) 46:48 20. Elisabeth BRANDAU (GER) 47:01 See all the Bicycling.com blogs. [...] was ill-advised, since she was already feeling pain from leg cramps even before the race. Via Bicycling.com Related Posts : Cameron Meyer Wins Australian Time Trial Championship Andre Greipel [...] [...] Stybar, Vos win World Championship at Tabor | MB Word bicycling.com/blogs/mbword/2010/02/01/stybar-vos-win-world-championship-at-tabor/ – view page – cached After taking the World Cup, Czech Republic’s Zdenek Stybar wins the Cyclocross World Championship. Dutch rider Marianne Vos wins her third Worlds [...]

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In other words, how many of the teams whose records are in the top five of 54-game winning percentages go on to the playoffs? How many of the teams in the top ten slots wind up in the post-season? When we take it down to the top ten, 71% of those teams make the playoffs. The team that has won the World Series over the past sixteen years has had an average won-loss record in the first third of the season that is just a hair under .600. Only one team (the 2003 Marlins) has posted a sub-.500 record over the first third of the year and gone on to win the Fall Classic. But there are some other interesting tidbits. Teams that have the best 54-game record but fade away and don't make the post-season (as shown in the column marked "+54, -162") actually play a tad bit better than the eventual World Series winnners during the first third of the year (.603 to .599). Teams that languish in the first third of the season and rebound from that point onward (as shown in the column marked "-54, +162") break out into two distinct groups: those who make the playoffs play a good bit closer to .500 (.463) than those who don't (.414). So it clearly doesn't pay to fall too far behind in the first third of the season...only the 2009 Rockies and the 2005 Astros had truly rough starts and were able to lift themselves into the playoffs. What about the rest of the season? How does the "last 108 games" look in terms of this formulation? Well, it's probably not surprising to find out that the level of certainty for teams in the Top Five and Top Ten of WPCT over two-thirds of a season is extremely high. Teams with a WPCT in the Top Five over the last 108 games make it to the playoffs in just under nine out of ten cases (89% to be exact). Teams in the Top Ten are a bit better (91%). The aggregate winning percentage, however, declines a bit, down to .587--which makes sense given the long haul of the season. We've been on a streak of sub-par performances for World Series winners in this area over the past six years--only one team (the 2009 Yankees) has played really well in the last 108 games. Conversely, you might wonder what type of indicators are in place when we go down into smaller sample sizes. We took a look at slices of the season at the one-sixth (27 games) and one-ninth levels (18 games). Those results can be seen below. What we see is that the level of correlation drops a good bit, but it seems to stabilize when it gets down into these smaller slices. Yes, we are going only on one year's worth of data for these, but the aggregate percentage of Top Five and Top Ten teams in any given "sixth" or "ninth" slice seems to stabilize at or around 55%, though the totals do move around a good bit from slice to slice. There's an interesting little reversal in the WPCT distributions for these slices. 27-game slices tend to tip toward teams that play a bit under .500, while the 18-game slices go the other way. The distributions are not uniform in nature, since the average WPCT in each category isn't necessarily that orderly, but it's still striking that the tilt in each slice is so dramatic between the teams that play .500-.599 ball and those who post WPCTs between .400-.499. It's interesting to know that a team that makes the Top Five in WPCT over an 18-game period has more than a 50% chance of being a playoff team. We wouldn't necessarily think that to be the case, but there it is. We'll take a look at the teams who fit that definition in 2011 in just a few days from now.

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- Saturday, February 25 2012 - Vanderbilt - 74 (Head Coach: Kevin Stallings) - [Unranked] Kentucky - 83 (Head Coach: John Calipari) - [Ranked 1st by AP and 1st by ESPN/USA Today] Halftime Score: Vanderbilt 37, Kentucky 36 Marquis Teague (#25) slips past Vanderbilt's Kedren Johnson (#2) Anthony Davis (#23) shoots a jump hook over Festus Ezeli, en route to a career high in scoring Michael Kidd-Gilchrist tracks down the ball in front of Vanderbilt's Brad Tinsley

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Friday, May 17, 2013 02:17 AM ET Asia stocks trade mostly higher as Japan swings up MarketWatch Friday, April 05, 2013 05:36 AM ET Japan stocks jump; Hong Kong hit by bird flu fears MarketWatch Monday, March 11, 2013 06:41 AM ET Japan, Australia stocks up; China data weigh MarketWatch Friday, March 01, 2013 04:03 AM ET Shanghai, Hong Kong stocks sag; Tokyo rises MarketWatch Monday, February 18, 2013 03:16 AM ET Japan stocks soar as yen retreats; China slips MarketWatch Thursday, November 15, 2012 05:22 AM ET Asia stocks fall sharply, but Japan gains MarketWatch Monday, October 29, 2012 04:11 AM ET Most Asia stocks drop; developers weigh Hong Kong MarketWatch Monday, October 01, 2012 03:44 AM ET Tokyo shares drop after China data, Tankan survey MarketWatch Friday, May 25, 2012 04:35 AM ET China stocks drop in Asia amid credit fears MarketWatch Wednesday, August 17, 2011 04:38 AM ET Hong Kong stocks rise but Tokyo slides.

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Ted O'Brien Wins In 55th State Senate Race By: WROC-TV Updated: November 7, 2012 Final numbers show O'Brien ahead of current Assemblyman Sean Hanna, 52% to 48%. The 55th Senate seat is currently held by Republican Jim Alesi, who is retiring. This seat is a gain for the Democrats, who are hoping to gain a majority in the state legislature.

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Texas Rangers Comb Through Hailey's Belongings--> By: Priscilla Luong Updated: January 7, 2011 "It's frustrating that it's been nine days," said Billie Dunn, Hailey's mother, "but I know that they're working hard, and they're working long hours." But still no sign of the missing girl. "I want Hailey to know that I just want her to walk through the door," said Dunn. Texas Rangers also spent the day giving several polygraphs to people including Shawn Adkins, Hailey's mother's boyfriend who was the last person to see her alive. "Those tests are going to be helpful, and the if the investigators trust them, I trust them," said Dunn. Nine days ago, Adkins says Hailey told him she was going to her father's house, then to a friend's house down the road, but on Tuesday night's episode of the Nancy Grace SHow, it was revealed that bloodhounds, traced Hailey's scent to the Western Suites Hotel. "I heard that they traced her to the front door of our hotel," said Bonnie Lane, who works at the Western Suites Hotel, and once coached Hailey in softball. Many people believe a hotel so close to the highway poses a red flag, but Lane says it's still a lead. "It shows that there's hope," she said, "I just pray that someone will come forth and say something," As authorities narrow down the persons of interest in the investigation, all eyes turn to Colorado City.

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13 Big Country Schools In Harris Top 25 By: David Robinett Updated: August 27, 2012 The Abilene High Eagles are the highest ranked team in District 2-5A by 36 places. Head coach Steve Warren's team is ranked 9th. The Cooper Cougars are the next closest at 45. The Wylie Bulldogs and the Brownwood Lions are in the top 25 in Class 3A to start the new season. The Wylie Bulldogs are tied with district favorite Monahans at #15. Brownwood starts 2012 as the 24th ranked team in the state. 5 Big Country teams are in the Class 2A ratings. Merkel is #5 in Class 2A Div. I in the preseason. Eastland is next among the area schools. The Mavericks are 14th in the state. Breckenridge is 16th heading in to Week 0 in Division 1. The Class 2A Div. II rankings start with 2011 state finalist Cisco. The Loboes are ranked 4th. Colorado City start the 2012 campaign as the 13th ranked team. 2 area schools are in the top 3 of the Class A Div. I ratings. 2011 state finalist Stamford is ranked 2nd as the Bulldogs get ready to open the season against McCamey. Goldthwaite is 3rd. The Munday Moguls were 1 win short of the state title last year. They are expected to finish 2012 with the state championship this year. The Moguls are ranked #1 in Class A Div. II. Albany is just 2 spots back. Denney Faith's squad is 3rd. The Hamlin Pied Pipers are 20th in the state to start 2012.

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Child Dislikes Riding Bus because of Bullying Off School Premises By: Marlisa Goldsmith Updated: November 8, 2012 Some, however, are running to get away from problems on the bus. "He's real hesitant to get on the bus and real hesitant to leave out the door in the morning. You know, just real hesitant to do anything that has to do with the bus, and he used to love buses," says one mother. Five-year-old Michael says he has been getting bullied on the bus ride to and from his elementary school. "They're big kids," Michael explains. He is scared because the kids he says are picking on him are twice his age and twice his size. Megan continues, "I've talked to the principal several times and it's just not working. It keeps going on, it keeps going on, it keeps going on." Michael says he's not the only one. "They say bad words to other people and they hit them," Michael continues. Micheal's grandmother says she wants the best for her grandson but is running out of options. "I just get frustrated. I just want to take him and not let him ever go anywhere but I can't do that realistically.They have to go to school, they have to learn," says Kim Hosier. The family says something needs to be done about the issue of bullying... And it needs to be done soon. "Maybe there will be less kids committing suicide because of bullying. Maybe there will be less kids coming home crying because they got hit," says Kim Hosier.

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Smart Woman: Heart Healthy Meditation By: Maxine Ridling Updated: November 14, 2012 Study participants who meditated for 20 minutes, twice a day, over a five-year period were 48 percent less likely to have a heart attack, stroke or die as compared to African American heart patients who did not meditate. The non-meditating group attended a health education class. They were told to engage in heart-healthy behaviors at home for at least 20 minutes a day, such as exercising, preparing healthy meals or relaxing. In the end, those who meditated also lowered their blood pressure, along with their levels of stress and anger. Researchers say transcendental meditation appears to be a "technique that turns on the body's own pharmacy to repair and maintain itself." While this study was looking at African Americans specifically, anyone can benefit. Experts say that transcendental meditation may reduce heart disease risks in healthy people as well.

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Bulldogs Prepared for Close Games By: Eric Boynton Updated: February 25, 2013 Now they have their sights set on the regional quarterfinals. Wylie has been blowing past just about every team this year. Since district, they are winning games by an average of 35 points a game, but head coach Russell Perkin's team knows it's going to get tougher as the playoffs continue. "Those are the games we look forward too. We don't look forward to the teams we know we're better than. We're looking forward to getting better than the teams we know are ranked, and are good. That's something we look forward too," said senior guard Patrick Walker. "I think that starts with coach and bringing the intensity, and knowing it's not going to come easy. I mean everybody is going to show their best in playoffs and especially against us," said senior forward Duane Hopper." The Bulldogs take on Seminole next in the playoffs. The Indians beat Monahans by 5 points to advance. Wylie and Seminole meet in Big Spring at 7.

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Doctor Who - Bonus Releases - Released Items 2. Music From The New Audio Adventures Vol 2 Music Scores: The Last of the Titans, The Shadow of the Scourge and The Fires of Vulcan Synopsis A new selection of music composed by Alis... ... 8. Music From The Excelis Audio Adventures 6. Music From The Sixth Doctor Audio Adventures 5. Music From The Fifth Doctor Audio Adventures VIII. Doctor Who: An Earthly Child Starring Paul McGann and Carole Ann Ford Thirty years on from the Daleks' invasion of Earth, the scars still haven't healed. The survivors inhabit a world thrown back two hundred years,...... Big Finish Talks Back: Paul McGann (DVD) Starring Paul McGann with India Fisher The Marriot Bristol Royal Hotel, December 2001. Actor Paul McGann met up with Big Finish producer Gary Russell to discuss, in depth, his c......

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By Nadeem F. Paracha Now how bad can it be for a president to be criticised by a monarch who is alleged to have asked the Americans to bomb Iran and whose countrymen are still thought to be one of the leading donors to terror organisations like Al-Qaeda? Well, that's what the recent US intelligence documents uploaded on WikiLeaks suggest. To a lot of Pakistanis, the leaks were a big fat disappointment. For example, a colleague of mine was wagging a finger at me saying, 'NFP, these new leaks will expose your president in the worst way possible.' He was 'my. Smokers Corner: Leaky logic - Nadeem F. Paracha | Opinion | DAWN.COM Current Status: Published/No Action (12) Seeded on Mon Dec 6, 2010 1:34 PM keyboard shortcuts: V vote up article J next comment K previous comment

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tlawrence 11-27-2007, 08:54 AM I was riding my Specialized Sirrus down Lovejoy a few months ago when my front fork snapped on both sides. I was thrown forward landing on my right arm. i had a bad compund fracture, after two surgeries they were able to secure the bones with a couple metal plates, but i haven't been able to return to work since, and don't know if I ever will be able to. I realize that anything can be faulty, but I have to say my next bike purchase definitely won't be a Specialized!!!

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Nadine Dorries, poster-girl for the Christian Right, and hate-figure for just about everyone else, has been attracting even more flack than usual in the last day or so, always supposing that such a thing is possible, for her success in persuading the Department of Health to to back the campaign to ensure that women seeking abortions are offered advice that is “independent” of agencies that also conduct terminations. The claim is that there’s a financial conflict of interest if an organisation which charges for abortion services (charges not to the woman in question, usually, but to the health service that purchases the care) is also giving advice to women wondering what to do about an unwanted pregnancy. For a government generally committed to “one-stop shops” and critical of disjointed service provision in which several agencies are taking on different parts of a single service, this conversion to a sort of “fire-wall” between advice and subsequent care is a little odd. But it’s not odd, because it’s a smoke-screen. The debate is not really one about formal independence, but one about the rights and wrongs of abortion per se. And insofar as independence comes into the debate at all, the independence in question is not financial, but ideological. Anti-abortionists want advice to be independent of those who believe that abortion is a right, a matter only for individual women and the choices they wish to make. Pro-abortionists want advice to be independent of those who believe that abortion is morally wrong. Both sides are dissembling, engaged in a skirmish about a technicality because we’re not able to have an open debate. It’s simply not possible to think about the rights and wrongs of abortion, its tensions, its moral and social dilemmas, without being accused either of moral decadence, or (if you’re a man, at least) misogynistic and reactionary authoritarianism. That’s not all. The debate about abortion has become embroiled in other debates, most notably about homosexuality, that the Christian Right are also obsessed about. The antics of Nadine Dorries and her crew are for Christians what the Stalinists were for communists. Anyone who, like me, is open about their Christianity has to spend most of their time distancing themselves from a variety of crack-pot notions that are not only unpleasant, but very unchristian to boot. So, for the avoidance of doubt, I do not believe that homosexuality is a sin, nor that abortion is always wrong. Which doesn’t mean that it’s always right. And there’s the rub. Absolutism is pretty much always wrong, dangerous and unhelpful. I don’t distinguish between the absolutism of the Roman Catholic Church, and the absolutism of those who claim that in abortion it is only and always about a woman’s individual right to make whatever decision she sees fit. Absolute truths are generally absolutely mistaken. The idea that a fertilised human egg is already a person is fanciful, and to pursue that fancy in the face of a woman who does not want to continue the pregnancy no matter what the circumstances (abusive relationship, rape, foolishness even) is entirely unreasonable. On the other hand, to suggest that an individual woman has no responsibility to wider society, is entirely free to do whatever she likes, is to flirt with an individualism that is reminiscent of Thatcher’s infamous denial that society exists at all. We are all members one of another. We have responsibilities to one another that transcend our individual desires. To be sure, the desire of a woman not to have a baby requires a very high standard of proof indeed if it’s to be over-ridden, but that doesn’t make it impossible in principle. Ultimately it is not a woman’s right to choose. It is society as a whole’s balance between competing rights that must prevail, in this as in anything else that affects others beyond the individual. By making it impossible even to question, for example, the maximum legal limit on abortion without accusing the questioner of being some kind of oppressive ogre bent on crushing women and returning them to back-street abortions, we disable debate on things that matter to us all. I have no right whatsoever to impose my religious commitments on you. None. But I am a member of this society, and I’m entitled to raise questions without being abused, or accused of supporting things I do not support. So, for the record. I support abortion in principle. I worry about the balance between foetal viability and the legal maximum for abortion. I do not believe that the balance is a matter only for the woman in question. There. I’ve said it. A woman’s right to choose is not an absolute right. String me up if you want to. And Nadine Dorries is still an idiot. I think you’re going to have to justify your entire penultimate paragraph if you want to avoid being labelled as an oppressive ogre. In what circumstances would you over-ride a woman’s desire not to continue with a pregnancy? What standard of proof would you need? What is the “competing right” that society has to balance? You’ve indicated it can’t be the foetal right to life which is the standard for the pro-life movement, so you need to articulate this right, and from where it derives. The major problem when moderates and liberals say that we’ve got to be able to talk about these things is that we do it so nebulously we give the extremists carte blanche. By raising the possibility that a woman’s right to decide whether to undergo a legal medical procedure is not actually her decision but society’s, you leave an open goal to Dorries and her ilk. Rather than society, how about we let biology decide? The current legal limit on abortion is predicated on natural viability and foetal development. If medical science created an artificial womb that could develop a foetus from conception to term, would that mean the limit for abortions should be 0 weeks? I think not. There is a difference between natural viability and intervention by medical science; we cannot alter the length of gestation, and the time limits as they stand reflect that. On the topic of smokescreens, what thoughts on the likelihood that the “independent counselling” is simply a delaying tactic to ensure some women hit the time limit? At the risk of being pedantic, as an individual I would not presume to be able to “over-ride a woman’s desire not to continue with a pregnancy”: such a constraint must be mediated by society at large. However, I think you mistake the source of “rights” when you imply that only individuals can have them. There are many people who are discomforted by late abortion, and lots of us do not support Dorries in this or in anything else. Society has already set limits, and I think that those limits are open to change as viability changes. The issue of natural vs artificial womb is irrelevant. Even an artificial womb is not going to produce a viable 10-week foetus. I believe that if society at large were to find abortions earlier than the current legal limits to be unacceptable, than society’s right to determine those limits would over-ride an individual woman’s right to choice. To establish what “society at large” finds acceptable we need a debate that’s more open to challenge of all kinds than we currently have. Just because some very undesirable characters want to join in the debate is hardly a cogent reason for not having it. I have not disposed of foetal rights in what I wrote: I’ve disposed of the person-hood of a bunch of cells derived from a fertilised egg. I do think that foetal rights are a very difficult problem, and one which can’t be dealt with simply by denying that they exist. At some point between conception and birth we have, I think, to accept that something qualitative has changed. You say, “Let biology decide.” I agree, but biology is not independent of human intervention. A moment’s thought exposes that argument as ridiculous. Left to “nature” many people would die who, as a result of medical intervention, do not in fact die. We’d hardly be justified in killing them because biology left them unviable, would we? Finally, if independent counselling is merely an expedient to make abortions illegally late, then it’s pretty obviously wrong on every count. I can’t see into the souls of its proponents though, so I can’t help you there! Why are we debating abortion? The number of abortions remains stable whether or not they’re legal. The only difference is more women die when abortion is illegal. The decision to abort or not is made in private. I should think that, short of a medical emergency, very few women choose to abort late in their term. Logic would lead one to believe that the decision is made soon after they find they are pregnant. I find it arrogant that some seek power over the decision against the woman’s wishes especially since children are not well treated in this country and mothers have little support. I don’t recall anyone celebrating all motherhood or every childhood in any meaningful or egalitarian way. A lifetime of criticism awaits. The only impact abortion law can have is whether we protect women or kill women. That is the debate. For the record, because of the above, I find the “pro-life” tag offensive and misleading in the extreme. You won’t find the expression “pro-life” in this or any other thing I’ve written, so whilst I agree with you, I’m not sure it’s relevant here. If you can find the merest scintilla of a suggestion from this post that I support the idea of making abortion illegal, I’d be interested to know where. I do not. And to imply that I do is exactly the kind of misuse of argument that I’m trying to point out. It may well be true that women would not choose to have a late abortion, and certainly I’m not suggesting otherwise. It seems to me that if we had better abortion services more readily available earlier in pregnancy, then late abortion would be less of an issue. Presumably women would welcome that too. All I’m arguing for is the right for society to determine the limits, and to change them for lower limits if medical advance changes the point of foetal viability. And my right to have the temerity to raise the issue without people accusing me of wanting to criminalise abortion, to oppress women, or any other fantasy about me. Is that OK? No Billy, it isn’t OK. Changing the limits downwards will only drive more women to seek illegal abortion. It still doesn’t have any impact on the abortion decision. You have yet to explain how you would have the state stop women from seeking abortions if that’s their decision. How exactly would the “rights of society” be enforced? Place all pregnant-above-the-legal-limit women in special prisons? Or just some women? What would the criteria be? Explain yourself. Also, it seems you apparently have zero conception of the pressures on women or you wouldn’t be wanting to add another. Did you know the leading cause of death for pregnant women is murder? Or that, as it is now, in some states, if a woman doesn’t deliver a perfect baby, she may be arrested in the maternity ward because she must have done something criminal, careless or desperate: taken drugs, had too much to drink, fallen down, tried to kill herself, etc. Women who miscarry are equally at risk. Motherhood carries with it the threat of prosecution for all manner of things until the child turns 18. It’s not much better for children. They’re funneled into the military or private prisons or some other service to the the global financial elites as the environment crumbles around us. No real jobs but fodder is always needed. The federal guarantee of a “free, appropriate education” is a horrible joke. Our tattered education system is nonetheless under attack from all quarters. How many children have you adopted or fostered? Does the ‘right to life’ end at birth? I really think you are seriously out of your depth. “Ultimately it is not a woman’s right to choose” is where you come unstuck. I also think your argument is in reaction to a non-problem. I am not aware of a crush of women demanding late-term abortions. If you have the statistics that reveal such a problem, please publish them. I do think your post is “rubbish”. If you choose to believe that opinion is “easy” and “abusive” as you tweeted earlier, then we have a difference of opinion. Trying to narrow the reactions to your post to those that make you feel comfortable is what limits the debate. Trying to discuss the issue without awareness of the larger societal issues women face limits the debate. If you spent your time and energy achieving the goal that every pregnant woman, all mothers and their children have, not just real support and safety, but are celebrated in this society I would listen to your abortion rights arguments. But I think you’ll find that they have become moot. You seem to want to take issue with everything except what I’ve actually written. You put up a series of arguments that I haven’t made, and then knock them down again. This has nothing to do with what makes me “feel comfortable”; you needn’t be so concerned on my behalf! It just so happens that I agree with almost all the points you raise, which isn’t especially surprising since I never disputed them. And just to be absolutely clear, I’m not recommending prison; I utterly abhor conscription; and I’m not remotely sympathetic to the right-wing would-be theocrats that seem to infest the United States, where fortunately I do not live. Your argument with me seems to add up to this: because I have raised one issue amongst many in the abortion dispute, my position must be false because I haven’t discussed every one of the other issues. And where I’ve not offered a view, you’ve kindly filled in the blanks with a caricature of some crazy people’s views, and then ascribed those views to me. Forgive me if I don’t accept that attempt to smear me. You do raise one very fair and important point. What is to be done if the legal limit for termination is exceeded? Of course, that problem exists now since there’s already a limit. I have not created that problem simply by pointing out that if the gestational age at which a foetus is viable falls, we should not simply ignore the moral dilemmas that raises merely because it’s inconvenient. In any individual case, we need to proceed with compassion, and that may well include not pursuing the letter of the law, just as we currently do with “mercy killings” which are technically murder. As in most legal development, I suspect it would need to proceed by case-law and precedent. So no, remarkably enough, I don’t recommend special prisons. What would you do? Just ignore the problem and hope it goes away? And of course the best answer, as it is now, is to ensure free, easy, compassionate access to quality counselling and abortion care as early as possible to minimise the issue of late abortions that no-one in their right mind wants to see anyway. It is possible to have a reasoned debate, albeit that you think it’s an unnecessary one. In focusing on the issue of maximum time limits for abortion, I do not pretend that there are no other issues. I’m also sorry that if, in raising this issue, I have one small area of overlap with people that in every other respect I have no time for. It’s embarrassing, I accept, but it hardly makes me one of them. not sure how an individual woman has a responsibility to wider society to carry a child to term that she doesn’t want? I don’t think that’s quite how I’d express it. Society has already set limits to abortion (in lots of areas, but here I’m specifically talking about the limit to how far a pregnancy can continue and abortion still be lawful) and I think society has the right to do that because this is both an intensely personal issue and a public one. The admittedly narrow point that I’m making (but I believe an important one nonetheless) is about how society should respond to medical advances, specifically in the case of foetus viability. I think this is a legitimate matter for public debate, and that there are matters other than “a woman’s right to choose” that come into play. My concern over the Dorries furore is that the reaction from some quarters seems to be saying that even to raise questions about abortion is somehow an affront. I don’t agree with that. I’ve made it clear that I’ve no time for Dorries: but equally I’ve no time for the notion that because she is a pretty offensive and hypocritical person, anyone who dares to wonder about the current state of abortion law and care in this society must also be offensive and hypocritical. It feels like a kind of collective punishment! Society has the right, and the responsibility in fact, to set the legal framework for abortion, and women have to operate within it, even if they might also seek quite legitimately to change it. Only in that sense does an individual woman have “a responsibility to wider society”. aah, now I see. Thank you for going so fully into my point and yes, I agree that it is for society to set the time limits and for these to be observed. Hats off to you for a genuinely brave post for someone in left leaning circles. Frankly I usually keep my mouth shut. I don’t want to be associated with the conservative right yet I feel so distant from the abortion on demand position… I think that the tone of some of the response you have received here but especially on Twitter demonstrate the validity of your assertions. Regarding unfettered rights how do people feel about only wanting a termination because the mother wants a baby boy? It’s hardly a mere hypothetical scenario either

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Posted by Kenneth Lee on August 11, 1998 at 00:07:05: I was going through BMW NA website look at the technical spec on the current 5 series. I notice the 528i, 540i and 540iA all have slightly different brake setup. Front Rotor Rear Rotor 528i 11.7,aluminum calipers 11.7,aluminum calipers 540i 12.8,cast-iron calipers 11.8 ,cast-iron calipers 540iA 12.8,cast-iron calipers 11.7,aluminum calipers I thought all 5 series have the alumimum calipers. Is the different brake setup in the 540iA and 540i a misprint? Kenneth Follow Ups:

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Model Petra Nemcova channeled Old Hollywood style with red lips and a Rita Hayworth inspired hairstyle. Actress Mischa Barton wore a white pearl necklace as a hair jewel along with diamonds flowers earrings. The 10th Annual White Tie and Tiara Ball to Benefit the Elton John Aids Foundation in association with Chopard was held at Sir Elton John's home in Old Windsor, England. Some of the other celebrities who attended were Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Denzel Washington, Chris Tucker, Zhang Ziyi,Kelly Osbourne,Elle Macpherson, Liz Hurley and Agyness Deyn. Former president Bill Clinton also attended with his daughter Chelsea Clinton. Supermodel Elle Macpherson also wore hair jewelry to the ball while actress Liz Hurley wore a tiara. UPDATED: Click here to read more details about the event.

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McCOOK, Anson George, a Representative from New York; born in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, October 10, 1835; attended the common schools of Lisbon (then New Lisbon), Ohio; employed as a drug clerk in Pittsburgh, Pa., 1850-1852; returned to Ohio and taught school near Lisbon; crossed the Plains to California in 1854 and engaged in mining in that State and also in Nevada; returned East in 1859 and at the outbreak of the Civil War was engaged in the study of law; entered the Union Army as captain of the Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, April 17, 1861, and served until October 21, 1865; returned to Steubenville and was admitted to the bar in 1866; appointed assessor of internal revenue for the seventeenth Ohio district in November 1865; moved to New York City in May 1873, and was admitted to the bar of that State in 1875; founded the Law Journal, and became president of the New York Law Publishing Co., which position he held until his death; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1883); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1882; Secretary of the United States Senate 1883-1893; appointed by Mayor William L. Strong city chamberlain of the city of New York and served from 1895 to 1898; died in New York City December 30, 1917; interment in Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio.

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Hydrology of the Bow River There’s a word beneath the water, and the Bow River belongs to God. Have you been listening? ><< Being Fruitful Many people use the words "dominion" and "subdue" as "unconditional permission to use the world as they please." I came to realize, like many, that such an interpretation is contradicted by the rest of the Bible. >. >.

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An Italian Groundbreaking Novozymes partner Mossi & Ghisolfi Group conducted the groundbreaking ceremony for a 13 MMgy multifeedstock cellulosic ethanol plant in Crescentino in northwestern Italy in April. Production is set for 2012. Novozymes, the world’s largest producer of industrial enzymes, has collaborated closely with M&G for the past couple of years and will supply the enzymes for the plant. Poul Ruben Andersen, marketing director bioenergy at Novozymes, says, coproduct extracted from biomass during the ethanol production process, is burned in an attached power plant that also feeds excess electricity back to the grid. The plant will employ approximately 100 people and generate many more jobs in the local community. —Ron Kotrba 0 Responses Biomass Magazine encourages civil conversation and debate. However, comments containing personal attacks, profanity, business solicitations or other advertising will be deleted.

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What's On Search Events by Venue Select by Venue for more details. To see the events sorted in a different order, select one of the other views. Views: By Date | By Event Type | By Venue | By Area Served | By Target Audience - Alcester Road South - Apres - Birmingham City Centre - Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery - Bull Ring Rag Market and Open Markets - Central - Edgbaston Priory Club - Edgbaston Ranger Hub - Highbury, Moseley - Lacanta Restaurant - Plantsbrook Local Nature Reserve - Portofino - Sarehole Mill - Sheldon Country Park - Sutton Ranger Hub - Turnberry Park - Upper New Street, near Victoria Square, Birmingham City Centre, B1 - Woodgate Ranger Hub

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76 to 79 of 79 Comments I see less printing happening at my office as well. Partly it’s the inconvenience (my company has so reduced the number of printers that they are “far away” and you have to sift through everybody else’s stuff to find yours. (Which of course is an excellent way to find out what’s going on, but I digress… ) So using the printer at work wastes time. On top of that, printing less material is the new normal. It’s all what you’re used to, and we’ve become used to working paperlessly. JJC— Jil Cherpack ray will it make sense to purchase a new printer every time the ink runs out because the ink is for more money than the printer.— kel If printing pictures is not why you have a home printer, don’t forget that you can get a home laser printer (printing in black and white) for $100-$150. A toner cartridge for my home printer costs about $70 and lasts about a year. I don’t print very much, but at least the “ink” doesn’t dry out. And, black-only laser printers are faster and usually have better resolution than ink-jet printers. I gave up on the only home ink-jet printer I ever had because the ink kept drying out since I don’t use it every day. An inexpensive home laser printer is a better choice than an ink-jet for many people.— David Walker I agree. The advanced technology brings us a lot of convenience also brings the environmental problem. We may use the electronic sources more often to reduce the use of printers.— lucie

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As I mentioned yesterday, I accidentally left my current cartoons at home so I'm using stuff that is on my laptop, hence the date of this cartoon. This is one that never ran in the papers because it was feared that people with OCD would rise up against newspaper editors all across the land and cause trouble for me. One might be tempted to say, "Don't give in, Dan. To hell with them if they can't take a joke." But editors don't like losing a day of work answering angry emails, letters and phone calls and may decide to replace Bizarro with a less controversial clone. That would be bad for me. So this isn't really censorship as much as it is my personal editor advising me against it and me agreeing. I experienced a bit of this last week when I ran a cartoon about dyslexia. I didn't lose any papers over it (that I know of), but some folks complained. I have OCD and dyslexia in my family (and a touch of OCD myself) so I feel I have the right to poke a little fun at me and mine. Humor is an age-old human device for getting through tough times and situations, so I am not as sensitive about it as many people apparently are. God knows that vegans get regularly grilled in humor venues of all kinds, but I take it with grain of salt (or a salt lick) and laugh at myself and my kind. My folks taught me that. Laughing at ridicule and teasing takes the fun out of it for the other guy, and the sting out of it for you. The blog is good for this kind of cartoon, which will likely never see wider publication. Glad I had this opportunity to share it with you, hope no one has taken time off from checking the door locks and stove handles to get offended. 20 comments: God knows that vegans get regularly grilled in humor venues of all kinds Vegans getting grilled, heh. I laughed! But then again, I have UPLS, uncontrollable pathological laughing syndrome. Most cartoonists have OCD anyway I think our society is getting out of control with people taking offense. Of course, I say that only until someone says something way offensive and then I think our society is getting out of control with people saying offensive things. Sometimes people are stupid and sometimes stupid people say stupid things. Apart from all that, though, I thought the comic was very funny and was not poking fun in a malicious manner. It's weird, how people don't get humour. Or they get it until it's about them and they forget that it's not for real. I don't think anything is off limits, I might not like it, it might suck, I might even be offended, but it's not off limits. I was offended once when I saw a black stand-up comedian making jokes about being black in Sweden and picking apart myth after myth. Then he went over to making fun of eastern european (like me) pilots, but only building the jokes upon prejudice (stupidity, illetarcy, alcoholism), and not conterclaiming them once. In contrast to his anti-racist theme I was offended by his hypocracy. The jokes themselves were only old. Some of the best jokes are funny because they're true. And I think the more truth a joke has, the more (some) people get offended. Some people just can't handle the truth, I guess. motto of the day - laughter is life...god knows in what order your cartoons they run...the sj-r ran a substitute cartoon today. BUT like i said i came to your cartoonery late so i enjoy the old one too. I'm so weary of, "As long as *I* laugh, it's funny. If I'm not laughing, then you shouldn't, either." Blarh. This was funny. I've got mild OCD and I GET IT... as do my other friends with OCD. Some people are just strung waaaay tooooo tight. BOOORING! Sheesh! If only people put all that unused energy towards something worthwhile... I've always appreciated your weekly reminder e-mails to check this blog, but now I don't even need them! Great blog, outstanding commentary, nonpareil cartoons! i concur! it made me giggle because i want to hang that sign in the bathroom at work hoping it will make more people actually wash their hands. (yuck!) aside from not washing at all, my (gross) favorite is the person that answers their cell phone in the stall and, while still on the phone, they go to the sink and merely rinse the fingertips on their free hand. no wonder cell phones are so nasty, right? i generally open the door with the paper towel and toss it to the trash from the door so i don't have to touch their yuckiness. anybody queasy yet? Strange how people can be so sensitive. Still, the line between humour and being offensive is very thin, grey and random. Even if I have a hint of OCD I still find this cartoon very funny. :-) I have major OCD and I laughed out at this. Now ask me how many times I had to spell and respell the word verification before I accepted it and pressed "Publish Your Comment." HAHAHA! Checking door locks and stove handles! Because that's what they do! HAHAHAHA! That's some low-level humor there, Danny. Try aiming for funny next time. =v= I am terribly offended and must leave a comment. Hundreds and hundreds of times. I have OCD and I loved this toon :) Maybe it's all the soy protein that gives us such tough skin. In any case, the idea of an OCD uprising in hilarious in and of it self. Great Comic! You can get lost in it. Ha! Just imagining all of the people who have OCD uniting and rising against makes me laugh. "Oh no! I have to go back and make sure I put out food for my cat before I start this riot!" BTW - I have OCD and this made me laugh. I have OCD and thought the cartoon hilarious. Especially since my handwashing is the worst part of my compulsion. I don't think the joke about OCD was done in bad taste at all. Sometimes I think people complain about these things just because they want to make a noise.

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Piro Paving & Petroleum is here to tell you that you don’t need to be locked in to complicated contracts to get the lowest pricing for your premium home heating oil. With PIRO you can get one delivery or sign on for automatic oil delivery and the price remains the same low price, saving you hundreds of dollars a year. Whether you live in Norwalk, Westport, Wilton, or anywhere else in Fairfield County, oil delivery is prompt and reliable and they offer 24 hour emergency burner service. PIRO keeps its overhead costs down by being a COD company — cash or credit card on delivery so they don’t carry billing costs. And by working with an affiliate service company that expertly handles all heating and cooling service calls and annual cleanings, PIRO is able to work at approximately half the margin of other oil companies, so customers gain the cost advantage with lower oil/service pricing. PAVING/MASONRY For residential and commercial paving and masonry projects, PIRO, licensed by the state of Conn. for home improvement, is your first and best choice for installing oil and stone driveways or beautifying and enhancing the entryway or courtyard of your home with the Belgian block they are known to be specialists in installing. They are also the experienced and expert masons to call for installing flagstone and paver walkways or retaining walls. Once you view the gallery of their highly regarded masonry work at, you’ll have no doubt that PIRO is the call you want to make to arrange your no-obligation consultation and estimate. PIRO PETROLEUM is your hometown choice for home heating oil at the most affordable prices. Oil when you need it . . .

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I have been reading a lot about how OAuth works. For me, where my projects are in Java, what turned out to be the best way to learn about OAuth was articles by Xiaobo Yang. Here’s the link to the first of three: “Accessing social networking Web sites through OAuth“. I worked through the examples in the first two articles. What I liked: - The author explains OAuth very well, especially the overview of OAuth and why you should use the OAuth protocols. - The examples are easy to follow. He builds just what you need to see it work. - There are many screenshots, and that makes it easy to see when you’ve taken a wrong step. The only thing you need to watch out for is the version of Twitter4j that you get. Since the time the article was written, Twitter4J has changed. I was worried that I might have to work out how to upgrade to the new version. I found that the sample code from Mr. Yang worked just fine even though some of the methods it used in Twitter4J were deprecated. My thanks go to Mr Yang and the developers of Twitter4J. Recent Comments

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WWE WrestleMania 28: 5 Reasons Why Triple H Will Crush Undertaker One of the biggest matches going into WrestleMania 28 is Triple H vs. the Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match. It would take several attempts by the Undertaker to even get Triple H to agree to this match. But has the Undertaker bitten off more than he can chew? Triple H left him pretty beat up at last year's WrestleMania, and it would take the Phenom more than a year to recover. Triple H on the other hand has been much more active since there last confrontation at WrestleMania 27. We know that Triple H is in good shape, but how much has the Undertaker actually recovered? The Undertaker was able to get the victory over Triple H last year, but this time it will be much, much different. Here are five reasons why Triple H will crush the Undertaker at WrestleMania 28. Hell in a Cell Record Triple H sent Cactus Jack through the ring in his first Hell in a Cell match. Do you know how many times Triple H has lost a Hell in a Cell match? Once. Triple H has faced the likes of Mick Foley, Kevin Nash, Shawn Michaels and even Chris Jericho in Hell in a Cell matches. He would defeat all of them, and would finally be handed his first and only loss by Batista in 2005, five years after the Game's first Hell in a Cell match. Undertaker on the other hand has lost a total of four Hell in a Cell matches. Even though Hell in a Cell in the Undertaker's match (he would first debut in it going against Shawn Michaels in 1997) Triple H is clearly the King of Hell in a Cell. When these two superstars clash at WrestleMania 28, Triple H is going to show the Undertaker why he thrives in the cell. Triple H Is Not Intimidated Try as he might, the Undertaker doesn't scare Triple H. Every year around WrestleMania time the Undertaker plays the same mind games to try and intimidate his opponent. He comes out in complete darkness, rolling his eyes backward, and in general just tries to scare his opponent before their WrestleMania match. It's a huge mental advantage going into WrestleMania. However this year it didn't work. Triple H was not at all intimidated by the Undertaker's dark entrances or his promos. For a couple of weeks he was ignoring the Undertaker, and denying him the match he so desperately wanted. The Undertaker would then try to get under the Game's skin by comparing him to Shawn Michaels, and telling him that he was afraid he couldn't do what Michaels couldn't do. Instead of intimidating Triple H, the Undertaker enraged him. With the mental advantage now lost, and a Triple H determined to prove he can do what Michaels couldn't, can the Undertaker survive this Hell in a Cell match? The Sledgehammer Triple H is extremely dangerous with his trusty sledgehammer. The Hell in a Cell structure is a weapon in itself, but when you throw in other objects like chairs and sledgehammers, the match goes from dangerous to deadly. Being able to use these weapons effectively, and being able to take the pain that these weapons cause can be a huge factor in a Hell in a Cell match. Triple H is no stranger to dealing out, or receiving pain. In his first Hell in a Cell match for example, Triple H would have a 2-by-4 wrapped in barbed wire grind on his head by Cactus Jack (Mick Foley). He would however also use that weapon against Cactus, hitting the hardcore legend repeatedly with the weapon. But that 2-by-4 is the least of the Undertaker's worries. As we all know by now the sledgehammer is Triple H's weapon of choice. The Game was about to use the sledgehammer on the Undertaker at last year’s WrestleMania (before being pulled into the Hells Gate Submission), and more recently fought Kevin Nash in a sledgehammer ladder match at the TLC Pay-Per-View last year. Weapons, more specifically the sledgehammer, will more than likely be used in this WrestleMania 28 match. Triple H has a high tolerance for pain, but what about the Undertaker? Will the Deadman be able to survive a beating once Triple H gets his hands on his signature sledgehammer? WrestleMania 27 Triple H may have lost the battle, but he won the war. At last year’s WrestleMania the Undertaker was able to lock in the Hells Gate submission and force Triple H to tap out. He was able to push the streak to 19-0. The Undertaker however had taken a massive beating. He was left helpless in the middle of the ring when the match was over. Triple H on the other hand, was able to walk away. He went so far as to hit the Undertaker in the head with a steel chair, something that took a lot of us by surprise. Triple H was about to use a sledgehammer to put the Deadman down but was pulled into the Hells Gate submission. The Undertaker still remembers the beating he took at last year's WrestleMania. He remembers the embarrassment of being left motionless in the middle of the ring. Now these two enter a Hell in a Cell match at WrestleMania 28, which is a much more dangerous environment than last year's match. If Triple H was willing to go as far as he did last year, imagine how far he will go this year in the cell. The Undertaker Is Running on Empty How much longer can the Undertaker continue? It would take a full year for the Undertaker to recover after last year’s WrestleMania match against Triple H. He is of course getting older, and it is clearly becoming an issue. With that in mind, how much longer can the Undertaker really last? Hell in a Cell is an extremely demanding match. Triple H himself is getting older, he is 42 compared to the Undertaker's 47, but we know that Triple H can still wrestle. Last year Triple H wrestled some demanding matches against CM Punk (no DQ match) and Kevin Nash (Sledgehammer match) and would win both of them. But what about the Undertaker? As mentioned before the Undertaker was gone for a whole year after WrestleMania 27. Hell in a Cell will be a much more dangerous, and exhausting match than the previous one these two superstars had. We really don't know what type of shape the Undertaker is in, and how much longer he can last. Triple H still has a lot of fight in him; the Undertaker however might be running on empty. 23 Comments This comment and all replies have been deleted This comment has been deleted Undo delete

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Pittsburgh Penguins: Should They Have Overpaid for Jaromir Jagr? The Pittsburgh Penguins get ready to face off against their hated rivals, the Philadelphia Flyers, twice in the last four games of the regular season. The way the playoff matchups are set up, the Pens and Flyers will most likely square off for another seven games between the two teams. How sweet would it be for Jaromir Jagr to lead his new team to victory against the team he became famous with that refused to overpay to sign him this past summer? Which leads one to think, with Sidney Crosby out most of the year, could the Penguins have won the division had they signed Jagr? Jagr has 18 goals and 52 points with the Flyers, and he's missed 10 regular-season games. He has shown he still has it this year. Also, he loves playing against Pittsburgh. He's scored three goals against his former team in four games, and who knows what he has in store for the last two games and playoffs? The Flyers are a solid offensive team with 251 goals on the season and it's been a conducive environment for No. 68. Pittsburgh might've been an even better situation for Jagr, considering all the stars they have on that team. He would've most likely been playing with James Neal and Evgeni Malkin. There's no doubt he would've been able to replicate his scoring numbers with the Pens. Although Steve Sullivan has been an awesome alternative for Pittsburgh, scoring 15 goals and 31 assists, there's no doubt that Jagr is the better player. He would've had more scoring opportunities skating with Geno and Jordan Staal. And now with Crosby back, this team would be even more explosive. With Jagr due for free agency once again this summer, the Pens would be wise to give him another shot—there is no reason why they shouldn't consider bringing him back. There were questions heading into this season whether Jagr would be able to play a full season at the NHL level. He hadn't been in the league for several years and, it goes without saying, the Russian KHL is not on the same level as the NHL. Would you consider signing Jagr this summer? Jagr, however, has shown that he's barely missed a step. Sure, he's not leading the league in scoring, but he's 40 years old and he's providing positive offensive contributions for a playoff team. Only guys like Nicklas Lidstrom and Teemu Selanne can say the same. Also, speaking of Lidstrom and Selanne, they're playing at a high level well past their 40s. Why can't Jaromir? He's showing that he's good for another two or three years and that it doesn't matter how old you are. If you play with Sid and Geno, you're going to put up fantastic numbers. Plus, he'll still be able to repair his legacy with Pittsburgh fans, as he tarnished it to a great extent this by signing with the rival Flyers. Jagr has shown that signing him won't be just a PR move for teams. The dude can play, and he's going to be around for a little while more. What is the duplicate article? Why is this article offensive? Where is this article plagiarized from? Why is this article poorly edited? 6 Comments This comment and all replies have been deleted This comment has been deleted Undo delete

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Jon Jones vs. Vitor Belfort: What Can Jon Jones Do to Get Some Fans? For the first time in his UFC career, Jon Jones walked out to a chorus of boos prior to his UFC 152 title defense against Vitor Belfort. This wasn’t exactly shocking to the MMA world, especially after the debacle that was UFC 151, but for a fighter to go from loved to hated as quickly as Jones has over the last six months has been a rather extraordinary situation. The fall from grace began for Jones shortly after his UFC 145 title defense against Rashad Evans. Going into that bout, Jones was still a heavy fan favorite over nearly everyone in the UFC’s light heavyweight division, but you could feel the crowd start to turn against Jones for the first time leading up to that fight. Most chalked it up to fans getting sick of the dominance that Jones had displayed during his recent destruction of the division, but it turned out to be more than that once the light heavyweight champion of the world was charged with a DUI just weeks after his successful defense against Evans. The immediate public backlash following the DUI was harsh and ended up lasting far longer than a lot of people anticipated, but it seemed like the criticism of Jones had finally died down leading up to his scheduled title fight against Dan Henderson at UFC 151. However, an injury to Henderson forced the UFC to go into panic mode just a week prior to the event, and when Jones deemed former middleweight challenger Chael Sonnen an unsuitable replacement for Henderson on just a week's notice, the card was cancelled and the hatred for Jones amongst fans grew considerably. Now that Jones survived the initial blowback last night, it’s time for him to start attempting to rebuild his image. After all, Jones is one of the most well-known fighters in the sport, and with the ink still drying on his contract with Nike, it seems doubtful that anyone connected with Jones wants him to remain the villain for long. The UFC could set Jones up against Dan Henderson or Lyoto Machida and let him slowly gain back his fanbase by taking out a few more top-tier fighters, but if Jones is truly looking to get back into the fans' good graces, there’s only one fight that could set him back on the right path to be loved again. This is where Chael Sonnen comes in. No matter how many fans tried to make Chael Sonnen the conquering hero of the UFC 151 situation, the fact remains that Sonnen has used his mouth to become one of the most despised fighters in the history of our young sport and it will take someone of Sonnen’s skill set to help Jones rebuild his image. All it will take is for Sonnen to take to the media and start going after a few MMA legends to get the ball rolling, and when he takes another cheap shot at Jones, the champion can respond with a challenge. This makes Jones the good guy all of a sudden, the champion of the future stepping up and defending the fighters who allowed him to get to where he is today, and he’ll end up back in the hearts of fans just as quickly as he left. This may sound a but too much like a pro wrestling-style “work,” and I can understand why a lot of hardcore fans would be able to see through the smokescreen and call the situation what it is, but in the end, the only fans that Jones needs to convince to side with him again are the casual ones. Without Sonnen it will take a long time for Jones to win over the fans again, and while there’s little doubt that eventually the public will end up back in his corner, the sooner it happens the better it will be for Jones and the UFC. Whether anyone likes it or not, Jon Jones is well on his way to becoming a superstar and all it will take to get the fans back on his side is a few verbal barbs from a “Gangster” from West Linn, Oregon. What is the duplicate article? Why is this article offensive? Where is this article plagiarized from? Why is this article poorly edited? 18 Comments This comment and all replies have been deleted This comment has been deleted Undo delete

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Notre Dame Football Recruiting: Top Instant Impact Recruits for Fighting Irish USA TODAY Sports After an undefeated regular season, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish should remain near the top with a number of instant impact recruits projected to join Brian Kelly’s team. Just four years ago, the Fighting Irish snagged 5-star linebacker Manti Te'o out of Hawaii. Although he came up short in leading his team to a national title, Te'o was a bona fide star as soon as he stepped foot on campus. Fast forward to 2013 and it appears the Fighting Irish will have secured their first 5-star linebacker since they brought Te'o to South Bend. Let's take a look at the top instant impact recruits for the Fighting Irish. Jaylon Smith, LB, Bishop Luers HS Jaylon Smith, the No. 2 overall player in the class of 2013, is regarded as a can't-miss prospect. Blessed with an incredible 6'3", 218-pound frame and 4.44 speed, the consensus top outside linebacker is a physical freak. Anyone who watched the U.S. Army All-American Bowl realized just how special this kid can be. Lining up at both outside linebacker and with his hand in the dirt, the best player in the state of Indiana displayed impressive pass-rushing skills and even blocked a field goal. With his frame and athleticism, Smith could fit at any linebacker position. While he should ultimately end up as a premier 3-4 outside 'backer, Smith should make an instant impact on passing downs. His pure speed and freakish first step should make him a pass-rushing nightmare, while his fluidity and pass-coverage skills will make him a valuable third-down defender. As he continues to grow into his frame, Smith will evolve into an All-American player, but he'll certainly make noise as a third-down defender as a freshman. Max Redfield, Safety, Mission Viejo HS The strength of Notre Dame's recruiting class goes far beyond its top player. With safety Zeke Motta graduating, the Fighting Irish are in need of a playmaker on the back end. Ask and you shall receive. Fellow 5-star recruit Max Redfield should step in immediately at Motta's free safety spot and become a first-round pick. Pound for pound, Redfield might just be the best athlete in the country. Checking in at 6'' 3'', 195 pounds, the California native could dominate at receiver or defensive back, but looks like a lock at safety. A consensus top-five safety, Redfield draws high marks for his hands, instincts and coverage skills. Combined with his fantastic frame and 4.50 wheels, Redfield should be an upgrade over Motta. Like Smith, he could bulk up a bit, but he should find his way onto the field early in his career. His incredible skill set should give Fighting Irish fans plenty to cheer about in 2013. Greg Bryant, RB, American Heritage HS While Smith and Redfield should anchor the defense for years to come, running back Greg Bryant should be a staple on offense. And with leading rushers Cierre Wood and Theo Riddick both departing for the NFL, the time is now for the 4-star tailback. Checking in at 5'11", 196 pounds with 4.48 wheels, Bryant clearly has the size and speed to be an excellent college back. When watching the tape, it's evident that the star out of Delray Beach, Fla., runs with conviction. He isn't the shiftiest back, but plays with power behind his pads and breaks tackles consistently. Notre Dame hasn't been able to reel in a running back with his talent in quite some time, so the Fighting Irish shouldn't be coy in showing off their new toy in 2013. What is the duplicate article? Why is this article offensive? Where is this article plagiarized from? Why is this article poorly edited? 21 Comments This comment and all replies have been deleted This comment has been deleted Undo delete

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Hoyas Close Big East's Best Rivalry with Sad but Satisfying Rout of Syracuse As the final Big East matchup between longtime rivals Syracuse and Georgetown was set to tip off Saturday afternoon, the emotion the game inspired was visible all throughout the Verizon Center. What is the duplicate article? Why is this article offensive? Where is this article plagiarized from? Why is this article poorly edited? This comment and all replies have been deleted This comment has been deleted Undo delete

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NBA Midseason Awards: All-League First Team Steve Nash is averaging 17.4 points per game and 12 dimes. Nash has won back-to-back MVP awards and should have won three. Nash flies down the court with tremendous vision and blows past slower defenders to dish it to anybody who is open. It doesn't matter if you’re in the highest seat in the house, he could hit you in the nose with a no-looker. And with a good supporting cast like Amare Stoudemire, Raja Bell, Shawn Marion, and Grant Hill, Nash is even more dangerous. Nash isn't afraid to get flashy to deliver pin-point pass to the hoop for an alley-oop to any one of his teammates. Shooting Guard Kobe Bryant has been known for his clutch performances and his stingy defense. He's dropping 27.4 points per game and 5.1 assists. For a while, it was thought he was carrying the team, but with Andrew "Baby Shaq" Bynum growing up right before our eyes, Kobe has become even more dangerous. Bryant will pull up a jumper from anywhere with complete confidence that he is going to knock it down. He will also take a defender one-on-one and break his ankles. A veteran, Bryant is still one of the best, if not the best player in the league. Small Forward LeBron James, the only player on the Cavs worth mentioning, is averaging 30.5 points and 7.1 assists. He may not be the best shooter but dang-it if he wants to win, he will. After coming off a big performance in San Antonio, James is looking to do the same back home tonight against the Wizards. He amazed us last summer in the playoffs and now I look forward to seeing how he plans on bettering this year’s attempt at a NBA title. Power Forward: Dwight Howard is a beast with 24 points and 9.4 rebounds in the past few games ; he is looking to send the Orlando Magic back into the playoffs for the second straight year. Since being drafted straight out of high school, Howard has been an awesome player for the Magic as they look to build a franchise around. But he is not alone on the team, Jameer Nelson is the second go to guy on the team and looks to be more of a factor in the offense this year. Center Amare Stoudemire is joining his teammate Steve Nash on this list simply because he is the future of the Power Forward/Center position; and with 22.4 points a game and 9.3 rebounds this season it’s hard to argue with that. This kid has a bright future and he clearly is going to become one of the most dominant players of all-time if he stays healthy. Put up a shot near him and he is throwing it into the 7th row of the stands … then laughing at you for your stupidity. His versatility is what makes him so great. Coach What good is a team without a good head coaching staff. At this point in the year, I believe the best coaching staff has been the Los Angeles Lakers. Phil Jackson and Co. have gone from being just a annoying fly in the west to becoming the flyswatter. This year the Lakers have improved from seventh in the west last season to third this season. Coach Jackson is looking forward to returning to the playoffs for the third consecutive year and hopes to win another NBA title. Does he have enough fingers for all of his rings? What is the duplicate article? Why is this article offensive? Where is this article plagiarized from? Why is this article poorly edited? 5 Comments This comment and all replies have been deleted This comment has been deleted Undo delete

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♫ Listen to free music by Jay Gruska Blip.fm is internet radio made social. It's easy to search for, play, and discover free music recommended by real people. Join today to create your own free station. katemulqueen @HerBloodyHeart This is really beautiful (reblip) Jay Gruska – Americana Supernatural OST| play Jan 6, 2011 at 4:14 pm via YouTube | AMAZON | ITUNES HerBloodyHeart When I listen to this & remember "Swan Song" I get teary-eyed. {Jay Gruska - Americana (#Supernatural OST)} #VAMP101 Jay Gruska – Americana Supernatural OST| play Jan 6, 2011 at 12:05 pm via YouTube | AMAZON | ITUNES Artists Like Jay Gruska Blip.fm DJs who play Jay Gruska Friends: MerchantCircle | Charity Blossom | Website Load Testing

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Discover Your Blip. What do you want to watch? Every week we serve up easy meat-less recipes prepared by our top chefs. Check out Toni Fiore with her Veg-EZ recipes like Hot Jamaican Jerk Tofu and savory Tempeh Club Sandwiches. And watch Yoli Ouiya whip up delectable treats like Strawberry salsa. Stay tuned for more top vegan chefs. Get more info at

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Discover Your Blip. What do you want to watch? Today's song is called Just a Waste of Time. ;Listen to it on MySpace: YouTube: script:...日本語訳＋番組詳細 1293 Friday 3 SeptemberThe Daily English Show The Daily English Show is the world's first daily online English language show. Produced and presented by Sarah - a New Zealander based in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Reading Submissions We are reading fiction, nonfiction and poetry. If you’d like to submit, please follow the link below, leave a short bio note and anything else we might need to know. We are happy to read work of any kind, any length. Many thanks for your interest. Submit to New World Writing Posted in Uncategorized Comments Off

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Note: While the last "balance" is the accurate number of bitcoins available to this address, it is likely not the balance available to this person. Every time a transaction is sent, some bitcoins are usually sent back to yourself at a new address (not included in the Bitcoin UI), which makes the balance of a single address misleading. See the wiki for more info on transactions.

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Security On Entropy Depletion & Related Links0 I had to dig these up in the context of a conversation around the (in)security of currency regimes such as BitCoin where presumed ownership of currency is built solely upon asymmetric cryptography. You may find some of these links to be of interest as well. Textbook RSA is insecure and other interesting observations.... Invasive sideband attack. Presentation on Exploring 'Distributed' in DDoS Exploring Distributed in DDoS - Social Engineering aspects of an 'Anonymous' style DDoS attack Recorded 24 April 2013. Abstract: With the proliferation of social media and mobile devices to masses, protecting against distributed denial of service attacks has become an arduous technical challenge. Even though we expect much more sophistication, research reports show that majority of anonymous style hacktivist attacks originate from distributed denial of service. During analysis of the largest-known hacker forums with roughly 250,000 members, impervia's hacker intelligence report states that social networks today pose a major interest for hackers. In this talk we discuss the technical challenges and potential remediation of such denial of service attacks. The presentation will elaborate on key tenets of defense in depth, web application security and do's and outline potential threats for financial application domain. The Cultural Knowledge Consortium (CKC) is a joint and inter-agency effort established to provide a Socio-cultural Knowledge Infrastructure (SKI) to help provide access and connect multi-disciplinary, worldwide, social science expertise and support collaborative engagement efforts in support of Combatant Command (COCOM) socio-cultural analysis requirements. CKC supports and complements the alignment and synchronization of DoD analytical efforts, operational information requirements, and training programs Hacking Web Apps - Book Review Hacking Web Apps - Detecting and Preventing Web Application Security Problems - by Mike Shema is a contemporary guide on web application security. Mike's labor of love, as he likes to call this book, contains very relevant and distilled information on modern day web application attacks. The book is different from your garden variety web-application-top-n-style verbose texts with template vulnerabilities and hello-world solutions; Hacking web apps is a book with strong personality which shows in the eight chapters covering diverse topics from HTML5 security, XSS, CSRF, platform weaknesses to browser and privacy attacks. Starting with HTML5, author discussed security issues surrounding "new" DOM, CORS, web sockets, web storage, web workers in a concise and concrete manner. This first chapter, however brief, makes this book quite unique since very few books in my knowledge have dealt with security issues pertaining to HTML5. The book provides a nice knowledge upgrade to exploits and vulnerabilities when it comes to web 2.0 technologies. Packed with tips, epic failures and notes providing security anecdotes from the real-world, this text keeps you involved and entertained throughout. Going beyond usual CWE-SANS/OWASP top x vulnerabilities, author elaborates on design issues and draw parallels on how to apply these issues to other similar problems. The text tends to be language agnostic and code samples are in multiple languages (python, php etc) but I do miss the examples with specifics of libraries such as AntiForgeryToken in ASP.NET MVC. Since I have not read any of Mike's previous books, I cannot comment on how much is shared between his writings but for any web and server side developer interested in security, I'd highly recommend reading this book. Slides from 11th Annual SecureIT conference- “OWASP Web Services Security - Securing your Service Oriented Architecture” I recently spoke to 11th SecureIT conference on "OWASP Web Services Security - Securing your Service Oriented Architecture". This annual event was hosted by UC San Bernardino at Sheraton Fairplex Hotel. This SecureIT Conference conference provides focus and opportunities to higher education staff meeting the challenges of providing a secure information technology environment for campus communities. The event was well attended with distinguished speakers, including Pradeep Khosla, UC San Diego’s chancellor, Michael Montecillo, IBM Security Services Threat Research and Intelligence Principal and Eric Skinner, VP of Mobile Security for Trend Micro. The slides of my presentation can be found below..

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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. _ Something just didn't feel right about that Purple Heart medal up for grabs in an Illinois garage sale. The conviction led the buyer on an information quest that ended in Gurley last week when the medal was presented to the family of the long-deceased soldier. The recipient. private first class Veer M. Krause, was killed in action in the Korean Conflict - often known as the Forgotten War. Thank goodness the medal purchaser had the fortitude to track down its history so Krause's valor would also not be forgotten. Such medals are earned, not bought in garage sales for a buck. This one had been paid for in blood. A priceless keepsake for family members of the deceased. Krause was killed in the Battle of the Naktong Bulge in South Korea on Sept. 8, 1950. The medal was awarded on Jan. 2, 1951. He was living in Norfolk County, Va. with his grandmother when he joined the military in 1949. How it wound up an east-central Illinois yard sale remains a mystery. Judy Krause-Mobley of Gurley had been looking for information about her late father and her deceased uncle, Veer M. Krause. She had submitted an e-mail to the Korean War Veteran's Association newsletter last year after learning of their military service. Meanwhile, a bargain hunter stumbled across some medals encased in a faded black box in a garage sale in Jacksonville, Ill. Veer Krause's name was inscribed on the back of the Purple Heart. The other medal and a presidential proclamation also belonged to him, The medal purchaser, insisting on anonymity, contacted a newspaper reporter for the Jacksonville Journal-Courier in Jacksonville, Ill. The reporter gleaned details about Krause's military service through a congressman. The buyer said he thought it "sad" that the seller had told him the box of military honors was from a family friend and didn't mean anything to her. A further investigation by the Journal-Courier led to the newsletter inquiry by Gurley's Krause-Mobley. The newspaper sent the Purple Heart and other keepsakes in a package to The Huntsville Times, which set up an official handover last Friday from local officials with the Military Order of the Purple Heart. So now, a Madison County family can relish in the valor of a loved one who served his country honorably. Other items given the family include Veer's Good Conduct Medal, a box of family photographs and a proclamation signed by President Harry Truman that reads: "Freedom lives and through it he lives, in a way that humbles the undertakings of most men." By most accounts, Veer, a member of the 38th Infantry, had been in Korea for less than three weeks when he died. A salute to the garage sale purchaser who didn't want this Purple Heart recipient's service to go unnoticed. By John Peck for the editorial board. E-mail: [email protected]

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Top 30 airport in the world renovation renderings feature ArchVision RPC Content. Over and to view additional renderings visit the official CVG airport website.

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Beowulf manuscript (c) Michael Bodian “The British Library aims to digitise its 25,000 medieval manuscripts, so readers around the world can see them. Here are six of the rarest” including the Beowulf manuscript (shown above; photo (c) Michael Bodian). via Lines of beauty: British Library’s medieval manuscripts go digital – FT.com.

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Are your hands getting tired yet? Today's prompt: write a poem in honor of baseball's Opening Day! I'd write one about how my head must have a ball magnet inside of it, because no matter where I am, if balls are flying around (!), I'll be out cold before the seventh quarter. GOOOOOOOOOAL! Lake Sketch —For Brian Ang What will impress the death cult? The beautiful, vacant water’s canto, her cinema, What will impress the cult of death? The empress of the lake is here, all 90 degree angles. To move five stones to the right is to enforce the odds. To pepper-spray a toddler in the springtime, Printemps Paris. Posted here. * Spring Thursday Everything doesn't need To smell like egg For your day to be shitty But it doesn't hurt Meanwhile the city Is not one for pity Still it feels good to ask Maybe I should move To a permanent lunch The fulcrum of every day Balanced there you see What happens everywhere Doesn't stay there Hey self here's an idea For your idea museum Let's forget we ever Breathed without singing Into each moment of Shirtsleeve weather Posted here. *

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Introducing Davidoff Coffee We are proud to introduce you to Davidoff coffee. Like a fine blended whiskey, Davidoff selects its beans from the world’s best growing regions and then perfectly roasts and blends to create the perfect cup of coffee. Davidoff cafe received its name from its founder, Zino Davidoff, a Swiss entrepreneur . His motto is “Having a taste for Quality is Having a Taste for Life”. He starts his morning with 2 espressos and has always had a taste for fine coffee. The brand strives to maintain the highest quality and flavor to ensure that even the most discriminating aficionado is pleased. The coffee is a blend of quality Arabica beans from various fertile soils from around the globe. When perfecting the blend acidity, aroma, flavor and body are put into the equation to get the perfect balance of each. It is roasted with carefully controlled temperate and time to get it just right. Davidoff has a variety of blends: - Rich Aroma: This is a full body coffee made from South American and East African beans, giving it a full body and rich aroma. It comes as whole bean, ground or instant to meet the individuals brewing preference. - Fine Aroma: Uses beans from Central America and Colombia, giving it a delicate aroma and taste. - Espresso 57: Made from Arabica beans from Africa, Latin America and Pacific to create a rich, dark roast with a mellow finish. It is named 57 after the specific roasting temperature. This is available as wholebean, ground or instant, allowing it be made it with an espresso machine or simply by adding hot water - Cafe Creme: This is a blend of South American and Central American Highland beans is designed to be made with an espresso machine. It guarantees a perfect crema every time. So why not indulge and try our Gourmet coffee’s by blending coffees you get that perfect cup of coffee to start of your day!

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What a sweet & perfect wedding day for Amy & Alex! They had their wedding & reception at a family friend’s house with lots of land and a beautiful lake – completely breathtaking! The details were amazing & fit them so well – perfect for a good, southern wedding. We were excited that Amy was willing to hop into a paddleboat while still in her dress – yay, for adventurous brides! Endless blessings to you guys – enjoy married life! Stunning bridesmaid dress color – love it! Beautiful! Love this moment… Such a perfect day! Simple but cute! Chalkboard nameplates! Sweet moment with her dad…

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Addressing the “summer break’s here” attitude! May 8th, 2011 by Cathy Jo Nelson I sent this in an email to staff, and shared via facebook too. This is a snippet from my reader (Jenny Lucca’s Lucacept–Intercepting the Web) about a recent Ted Talk (Formal Title — Ted: Ideas Worth Sharing). Ted is pretty much a favorite video blog, and I’m always playing catch up with it. The snippet below is where Jenny Lucca, who is from Melbourne, Australia, and (and a member of my PLN) blogged about it. Of course as soon as I read it there I had to go view. Jenny wrote: … personalized search, where organizations. To add to this commentary, I am sharing with my staff that I certainly will be adding this to my instruction on searching, and also add it as a good reason to use the DISCUS (and now EBSCO,) the vehicles to databases we use as the primary source for information for research, and not the favored search engine. I am a Google FREAK no less than most students, but I understand that it is not the best source for authoritative research that is accurate, unbiased, often refereed, current, and reliable. Many of our kids do not yet understand this. I wrote to certain ones on my staff this added comment as well: Since I feel you challenge your students to think critically, this would be a wonderful ten minute video that could spur debate or more in your classes. The video is located at: (directly form the Ted Talks site) as well as from Youtube If Ted is blocked, we need to work to have it unblocked–it is that powerful (but that’s another soapbox for another day.) Please share in your department where you think this is relevant. At this time of the school year, when most standardized testing is done (the only thing left to my knowledge is AP Exams, and they are almost done) it is difficult to kindle interest in much schoolwork–among students and teachers. I think Ted Talks could drive our entire curriculum for these last fifteen days of school. [...] and/or the Ted Talks video. Oh my, only maybe THREE acknowledged awareness of it. I blogged it May 8, 2011 and again September 4, 2011. I am happy to report that I DO teach about this, and have for now over [...]

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For businesses looking to implement their first supply chain integration systems, or those looking to improve that which they already have, the future of the methodology will remain of interest. The continued explosion of hosted systems (also known as Software as a Service – SaaS), has already begun to radically alter the supply chain integration landscape. As discussed elsewhere throughout this short series of articles, supply chain integration is currently a job requiring extensive (expensive) expertise due to the complexities inherent in joining multiple computer systems. As with most technological advances, implementation of integrations should get inherently easier as on-site complexity is reduced. Suppliers will be faced with the choice of rolling out the exact same ERP system in each of their own businesses, or to outsource the EDI functions required to communicate between disparate systems to a third-party. As cloud-based software and services continue to mature, the use of on-site systems becomes more expensive and effectively redundant. By outsourcing functions to the cloud such as invoicing and billing, businesses immediately benefit from a reduction in complexity and duplicated effort. An ideal Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) platform will take input from any ERP or accounting system, as Celtrino’s Smart Admin product does, and seamlessly convert and transfer the data to a receiving system. The onus for translation and EDI connectivity becomes the responsibility of the hosted service provider. In such a scenario, the cloud service provider configures and maintains the EDI connectors for the systems of all of their service users, for the same subscription fee. The clients are then able to make savings on the costs of hiring EDI consultants every time a reconfiguration of the data interchange layout is required. Business Process Outsourcing as part of a Supply Chain Integration is a hot topic and looks set to remain so for some time. As demand for BPO increases, service providers will be forced to further tune and improve their offerings. All this is great news for the customer and their customers in turn. If you would like to know more about how Celtrino’s Smart Admin platform can be used to assist your business in Supply Chain Integration, please do not hesitate to contact us. Supply Chain Integration Part 1 Supply Chain Integration Part 2 Supply Chain Integration Part 3 Supply Chain Integration Part 4 Posted on October 26, 2011 in B2B Platform in the Cloud, Business Process Outsourcing, Integrated Supply Chain Management Platform, Supply Chain Integration, Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Performance by Tagged as Comments Off

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- Making water safe to drink: discussing different methods of turning dirty water into safe, drinkable water for different communities. - Hand washing: explaining how hands carry germs and encouraging correct hand-washing procedures. (Today, by the way, is Global Handwashing Day.) - Handling human waste: explaining how improper disposal leads to contamination and offering suggestions for improving specific community conditions. - Facilitating interpersonal communication: identifying the need for better communication between families and community members on water, health and sanitation issues. .

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ShowYouSuck x Stefan Ponce - Girls, Girls, Girls [Free Ep] ShowYouSuck has been making rounds in the music biz repping Chi City and its budding hip-hop scene. His latest project is a hot new collabo with producer Stefan Ponce for a 5-track EP, Girls, Girls, Girls (dare you to guess what it’s about). Stream it and download below and tune in back for more!

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Submit Your Own Image Already own a part that we sell? Now you can submit photos of your Mustang with these parts installed or just the part by itself! Remember, high quality images will have the best chance of making it to the website! Remember, high quality images will have the best chance of making it to the website! Images or other communications transmitted to CJ Pony Parts will be treated as non-confidential and nonproprietary. All images submitted to CJ Pony Parts become the exclusive property of CJ Pony Parts, Inc. You agree that by transmitting any communication you relinquish all rights and interests in same.

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Story Provided by: Cleveland Engineering Society. Engineers are in demand in NE Ohio, and more are needed. With more than 300 current openings for engineers and 86.7% of engineering leaders saying they plan to hire more engineers this year, the Cleveland Engineering Society (CES) and its member companies are working hard to find both the current and next generation of engineering and technical professionals needed in the local workforce. CES announced today that it has completed its first annual "Pulse of the Profession" analysis of the NE Ohio engineering and related professions. The effort uncovered more than 300 engineering positions open today, and identified 200 positions that companies plan to hire for in the remainder of 2013. The needs span across all engineering disciplines, with the Civil and Mechanical disciplines leading the way at 26.7% and 20% of the identified future needs respectively. Although the NE Ohio region has its own subset of needs, these results align, generally, with a recent national survey published by Engineering News Record (ENR) which identified Mechanical and Electrical as the disciplines expecting the largest shortages by 2014. According to the CES survey, 46.7% of engineering leaders in NE Ohio believe there is a shortage of engineers in the region with 38.5% of those believing that not enough young people considering engineering or technical based career paths is a primary reason for the shortage. The survey also uncovered that the demand for engineers is not driven solely by retirements. Although the retirement of a generation of experienced engineers is a significant concern facing the profession as a whole, it appears that organizations in NE Ohio don't see this issue as an immediate near term concern or driver for their openings. 60% of engineering leaders indicated that they do not anticipate a significant portion of their engineering workforce to retire in the next five years. So why the big demand for engineers? What do engineers do and what are they involved in anyways? The answer: everything. This week, February 17 – 23 2013, is national engineers week, an annual celebration that many corporations and organizations participate in to help promote the positive impacts engineers have on society and bring more recognition to the profession while also acting as an inspiration for outreach to encourage young people to consider careers in engineering. "Engineers are a true catalyst to the economy and society, generally not a single product gets invented or produced, or a building or facility gets built, or a bridge or road is opened without some type of engineer, and often many types of engineers, being involved", said Brandon Davis, Director of Industrial Manufacturing at URS, Cleveland's largest engineering firm, and member of the board of directors at CES. "It is a profession that helps turn dreams into reality, and engineers are a key part of nearly everything we do in our daily lives", he continued. He is right; engineers are involved in manufacturing, building, government, research & development, medicine, education, and even on Wall Street. They are everywhere, that car or bus we rode in today, the house or building we live in, that iphone or computer that has revolutionized our lives, the water we drink, the lights we use, that new medical device that saves lives, even the sports we watch, engineers are quietly at the center of it all and have been since the pyramids and before. No wonder there is such a demand for them. "Engineering remains a good profession in NE Ohio, with something like less than 3% unemployment amongst engineers, it is clear that people who have an engineering background are in demand" said Ron Czaplicki, Principle at Barber & Hoffman, a local engineering firm, and current President of the CES board of directors. "Cleveland has a history of invention and innovation, and I think we are going to continue that tradition, but only with the help of great engineers", he continued. The CES "Pulse of the Profession" analysis looked at current openings within a 60 mile radius of Cleveland's public square, and surveyed senior managers who oversee an estimated 3,000 engineering and related professionals in the region. The respondents were primarily members of CES, which includes manufacturers, contractors, technical consultants, and members of Build Up Greater Cleveland (BUGC), which represents public agencies in the region. About Cleveland Engineering Society The Cleveland Engineering Society (CES) is a non-profit professional (NSPE), it is among the oldest of America's professional outreach efforts.

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Archaia Entertainment Expands Relationship with comiXology for Digital Delivery of the Graphic Novel Publisher’s Acclaimed Library of TitlesPosted on July 15th, 2011 - 09:57 AM by tracecohen1 comiXology Becomes Ultimate Online Resource for Archaia’s Celebrated Collection of Graphic Novels LOS ANGELES / New York, 7/15’s vast catalog of titles, including such Archaia staples as the Eisner Award-winning Mouse Guard, The Jim Henson Company’s Fraggle Rock, the fan-favorite Gunnerkrigg Court, and the Harvey Award-nominated The Killer, as well as digital versions of Archaia’s newest and upcoming graphic novel releases, including An Elegy for Amelia Johnson, Miranda Mercury, and Bleedout. This past May, Archaia debuted its critically acclaimed science fiction title, Days Missing (a partnership book with Roddenberry Productions), on comiXology to much success. New titles will be made available every week as part of comiXology’s regular release schedule, with subsequent new releases that will include The New York Times 2010 Gift Guide selection Return of the Dapper Men, the Eisner Award-nominated Tumor, the first multi-language book (English / Spanish) Feeding Ground, and digital breakout hit The Grave Doug Freshley. “We are excited and eager to see Archaia’s entire library and future offerings on comiXology,” said Bickett. “Fast on the heels of entering into our association with Archaia Entertainment to offer select titles on our platform, we are thrilled to expand our relationship to serve as a one-stop online destination for the acclaimed graphic novel publisher’s respectable catalogue,” said Steinberger. The new regular release partnership between Archaia and comiXology will begin with a three-day sale of the popular, aforementioned Roddenberry series Days Missing,. # # # (For Archaia Entertainment) SSA Public Relations David Syatt (818) 907-0500 (For comiXology) Ifluence Public Relations Trace Cohen (516) 225-7417 Tagged: Archaia Entertainment · Days Missing · digital comics · Elergy for Amelia · Fraggle Rock · Gunnerkrigg Court · mouse guard · The Killer Recent Comments

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Looking for a tasty appetiser to add a bit of pazazz to a festive dinner? Try this delicious and easy to make fish dish to bring a taste of the Maldives to your home this Christmas. Serves 4 Ingredients: - 500g clean fillet of fresh white fish (firm flesh) - 1 soup spoon of fresh passionfruit per person (scoop out the pulp and seeds from the shell) - 20cl good extra virgin olive oil - juice of 1 small lime - chopped herbs to taste (mint, basil, flat parsley, coriander, chives) - small onion or shallot, thinly chopped - salt flakes and freshly ground pepper - chopped chilli to taste 1. Brush four flat plates with olive oil. Sprinkle with salt. 2. Cut the fish fillet into slices of approximately 3mm thick (don’t slice it too thinly so you can enjoy texture of fish). Lay the slices evenly on the 4 plates as you go. 3. Leave the plates in the fridge, and then prepare the dressing. 4. In a bowl, place the passionfruit pulp and seeds. Add lemon juice and onion to taste. 5. Season with salt and pepper. 6. Mix together with a whisk, and add the olive oil slowly to the mix. 7. Check seasoning. 8. Add the fresh herbs to the marinade. 9. Spread the marinade evenly on the fish and leave it to marinate for 10 minutes at room temperature. 10. You can finish the dish with your choice of toppings such as small croutons, pomegranate, fresh tomato, toasted pine nuts, rocket, lambs lettuce… Enjoy!

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Who do Tanzanians have to bribe before they get a service? Which institutions demand the most bribes? What actions to citizens take if asked for a bribe? And do citizens think corruption is increasing or declining? Last week the Kenyan chapter of Transparency International published the East African Bribery Index, to provide answers to these questions and promote debate on corruption within the region. They've certainly succeeded in the second part of this, getting a fair bit of coverage in the press and drawing responses from the heads of several of the institutions found to be most corrupt, including the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Blandina Nyoni.

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