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Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) is the main international airport in the city. Amsterdam is also easy to reach from neighboring countries via trains to its main station, Amsterdam Centraal.
Amsterdam is nearly free of cars other than the occasional taxi. Most popular areas can be reached simply by walking. In fact, one of the most romantic activities is getting lost among the city's streets and canals. But if you need to get somewhere fast, the Amsterdam public transportation system, which mostly consists of trams, is cheap and easy to use.
Amsterdam provides the perfect idyllic setting for a European getaway and is often an option that is more affordable than cities like Paris and Rome. From its storybook canals to its laid-back open-air restaurants, Amsterdam might just be one of the most romantic cities in Europe. Despite its naughty rep for its lenient drug laws and raunchy Red Light District, if you stay away from seedy areas, Amsterdam is filled with just as much culture, history and luxury as other popular European honeymoon destinations. Amsterdam's luxury travel market is booming yet offers competitive pricing. Added bonus? Most of the locals in Amsterdam speak English and are extremely friendly and pleasant.
The InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam has been revered for its palatial and classical grandeur for over a century. Its staff is professional and attentive, and its rooms are warm, traditionally decorated and extremely spacious. Don't be surprised if you spot a celebrity holed up at this famed hotel as this is where many choose to stay. Plus, the InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam is home to Michelin-starred restaurant La Rive.
If your tastes lean toward contemporary styling, the Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam is the perfect option. Guests can luxuriate in an indulgent spa and enjoy a fabulous location that is only steps away from many of the city's most popular attractions.
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When a disk is provisioned to your server in control, occasionally you will get this warning "Manual intervention required". This indicates that manual intervention is required to complete the process of expanding your disk.
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- Access to CenturyLink Control Portal: https://control.ctl.io
- Access to the server that being re-sized
- No server snapshots in place.
Detailed Steps
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- Log into the server
- Launch server manager, and expand Storage
- Right click Disk Management, and click Rescan Disks.
- In the details pane, right-click the volume that you want, and then click Extend Volume.
- Follow the instructions in the Extend Volume Wizard to extend the partition.
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Ewing, NJ (11/1/11) – Less than 24 hours after their thrilling contest against William Paterson in the opening round of the NJAC Tournament, the Red Hawks battled toe-to-toe with No. 21 and second seed The College of New Jersey before falling 1-0 to the Lions in the semifinals at Lions Stadium on Tuesday evening.
Nikki Migliori scored on a direct kick from 34 yards out 54 seconds into the second half as the Lions knocked off Montclair State for the second time this season while advancing to the championship game on Friday, November 4 against fourth-seeded Richard Stockton. The Ospreys upset No. 1 seed Rowan 4-3 in the other semifinal.
Freshman goalkeeper Gina Policastro (East Brunswick, NJ / East Brunswick) made six saves for Montclair State, which fell to 13-5-2. The Red Hawks will now play the waiting game to see if it can claim an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament when pairings are announced on Monday, November 7. MSU was ranked ninth in last week's NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional rankings.
After a scoreless first half, Migliori took a direct kick from 35 yards out. She hit a hard shot to the right corner that was partially screened by senior forward Brittany McGinley (Cranford, NJ/Cranford) just before it rippled the back of the net. It was Migliori's second goal of the season.
The first 35 minutes of play offered limited scoring chances as both defenses were able to stave off any serious offensive threats. The Lions heated up in the final ten minutes as McGinley had a pair of quality attempts on net. She ripped a shot on goal from just outside the box with 41:08 mark, but Policastro was there to make the save.
With less than 30 seconds on the clock, Migliori sent a corner kick that bounced around in the box to the feet of McGinley. She quickly got off a shot that just cleared the crossbar as the opening half ended deadlocked at zero.
TCNJ pushed hard for a second goal to provide breathing room, but the Red Hawk defense would bend but not break. Sophomore Sloan DePiero (Ramsey, NJ/Ramsey) blistered a shot in the 66th minute, but Policastro dove to her right to make the save. In the 75th minute, junior Allyson Anderson (Point Pleasant, NJ/Point Pleasant) came close again, firing a low shot that grazed past the right post.
Lions' freshman Cristina Gacos (Sea Girt, NJ/Wall) earned her eighth shutout of the year and first post-season win. She made three saves in the game.


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I'm with Conscript. MJ is just a competitive maniac who won't give anyone respect. He's like the 2003-2005 version of 50 Cent. LeBron is more like Jay-Z: he collaborates with people if both parties can benefit.
Omg. KD technical and then he goes down hard. Holy fuck that fall looked so horrible omg. He has to be injured from that. It's just bad karma, OKC is getting raped as usual by Heat and lol.
Why is the OKC crowd chanting "ref you suck"?
Kevin Durant's fall is his own fault...
LeBron needs to hit one more basket or his 30+ points on 60% shooting ends. He only has 39 points and 58% shooting tonight. WTF LeBron.
Anyone surprised that the Spurs 42-12 record at the All Star break is the second best of their tenure under Pop? As completely retarded good as they are you'd think they would have a couple 8-10 loss breaks in there. I think they have won 14 of 15 with their only loss being the game they forfeited to the Pistons. The Spurs are incredible.
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Spurs since 07 are like the Patriots in that same time period: consistently dominant teams that fall short for one reason or another in the playoffs.
I don't think the Spurs will win another championship while anyone on their current roster is still playing for San Antonio. Partly because OKC and Memphis (and possibly even the Clips) are better, and partly because even if they do win the west they'd have to face the Heat.
If I said you had to bet all your money on this, who would you chose to win the championship?
The Miami Heat or Everybody Else
Cause right now its hard for me to decide
Lol Jibb, that's pretty funny. I'm going with Miami.
That's an easy one. I'd bet Miami in a heartbeat.
If they make 11 3s like they did last night you can forget about beating them. In order to have a chance you need bricks all game from Battier/Allen/Chalmers. Replace Miller for Allen and those 3 were cold in the Indiana and Boston series last year, which they were almost beaten.
Chris Bosh to replace Rondo in East starting lineup. East is so fucking unbalanced toward Miami Heat Big 3.
Wonder if we'll get another nose breaking incident this year.
Last year's Rondo could not make a jump shot if his life depends on it, so Lebron just stayed infront him leting him jump, easy to guard that way. While Cp3 can make the shot, so he have to close guard, and CP3 can go past him. I'm a Lebron fan, and I would love to watch him trying to take the challenge, as we dont have the greatest PG in the league (Miami that is), and he might need to do it in the playoffs aswell
In the regular season, yeah, but in the playoffs Rondo was killin it with his jumper. There was only one game where he was cold (went 3/15, 7 pts) but that was game 5 and the C's still won that game.Originally Posted by otyknip


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So, here it is: my cabled sweater vest. All done, and quickly being broken in with wearing.
you can read more about it on my blog:
Thanks to everyone who helped me work this guy out! I feel like a budding designer with this thing, haha!
WONDERFUL!!! Love the
Love the intertwined cables!
...is there some silk in the wool...it has an interesting texture.
Beautifully designed!
The shawl collar turned out
The shawl collar turned out beautifully. Did you have to do a lot of ripping back or did it just sort of fall into place? The sweater is lovely.
Looks incredible! Great
Looks incredible! Great design!
If some sissy tried to kick my ass I would say, "Hey, Mary, go knit me a sweater before I slap you in the face!"
--Eric Cartman, South Park
Lovely vest, it looks great.
Lovely vest, it looks great.
Really beautifully designed
Really beautifully designed and done, Willy- I'm very impressed!
Willy, I hate you! I blew up
Willy, I hate you!
I blew up your attatchments in the attempt to find a flaw and now I'm pissed.. couldn't find a one! Good work and a heck of a nice color! I honestly think that the collar makes the vest.
Jelous in Texas, and that don't happen too often...
"If a man has cream at home in the refrigerator he won't go out looking for 2% butterfat"
............Erma Bombeck
1Vest looks Great! and you
1Vest looks Great! and you look Great in it!
It looks great, and I love
It looks great, and I love the detail on the back!
Keep it up :-)
Grace and peace,
You have an amazing sense of
You have an amazing sense of style and this is a perfect example.
Plus, you look great in the things you make...quite fine work.
Really nice work, Willy. I
Really nice work, Willy. I like that cluster knot on the back. And the collar is very nice. I've been working on shawl collar designs based on the baby sweater I designed last summer. The ribbed version you have would be fun to adapt to my pattern as well. [So far, the variations I've come up with are all in garter stitch.] -- Books, knitting, cats, fountain pens...Life is Good.
Books, knitting, cats, fountain pens...Life is Good.
Very good looking vest.
Very good looking vest. Terrific job!
Love both the cables and the
Love both the cables and the shawl collar Willy! That's really creative.
My favorite store-bought sweater is a button front, but I really like your shawl collar. I'll definitely look at making a full sweater similar to this if I can even vaguely figure out the cables.
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Last week we covered a 13-way Radeon GPU comparison on Ubuntu 14.04 and we also looked at the state of Nouveau on Ubuntu 14.04 with many NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards. In concluding our latest round of open-source graphics driver tests from the upcoming Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr", here's a 20-way graphics processor comparison using AMD Radeon, NVIDIA GeForce, and Intel HD Graphics hardware.
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Paris - Ousted Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on Tuesday denounced his "legally insane" 35-year jail sentence for embezzling public funds, his Paris-based lawyer said.Ben Ali said that "after less than two hours of hearings... the court [in Tunis] delivered a sentence that is judicially insane but politically opportune", lawyer Jean-Yves Le Borgne said in a statement.The ousted strongman viewed the court's speedy verdict - after six hours of deliberations - on the first day of the landmark trial as a "parody of justice", the statement added.The "political liquidation... expresses the blind hatred of the past that fails to hide the lack of any vision of the future", it said.Ben Ali and his wife Leila Trabelsi were charged with embezzlement after the discovery of money and jewellery at their palace on the outskirts of Tunis.The ex-president was also fined 50 million dinars ($36m) and his wife 41 million dinars.Judge Touhami Hafi said the sentences, which exceeded the 20 years that had been widely predicted, would take immediate effect despite the couple living in exile in Saudi Arabia, which has so far ignored Tunisia's demands to extradite Ben Ali.
If that happens in South Africa, you will more MP's in prison than in parliment.
35 years for embezzling??? here you get early retirement with full pay and a golden handshake....
Too bad, so sad for you bud, you should have been tried here in Sunny ANC South Africa
A corrupt African leader?? This is news to me! It must have been the whites. Bloody agents...
Bloody Agents, Bast@rds!!! heheeh, well said!
Despite the fact that he was the former tyrant and they undoubtedly want him to pay, the people there agreed this trial was a charade. A people that puts justice ahead of emotion. Respect!
ANC elite be afraid, be very afraid, your day will come at the hand of your own.


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Ingram Barge Company
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|Orrin Henry Ingram, Sr.
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The Ingram Barge Company is a barge company based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
According to the company website, Ingram operates nearly 4,000 barges with a fleet of over 80 linehaul vessels and over 30 tug boats. The company operates on the Mississippi River, Ohio River, Cumberland River, Tennessee River, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Kanawha River, Illinois River, and the Monongahela River. In 1994 Forbes magazine listed Ingram as the 14th largest privately held company in the United States. Ingram Barge is part of the Ingram Marine Group, in turn part of Ingram Industries.
Ingram Barge Company (IBCO) was founded in 1946 by Orrin Henry Ingram, Sr., also known as Hank. The company started out as Ingram Products Company, transporting primarily petroleum and running terminals in St. Paul and Louisville. Over time, Hank expanded the barging side of the business and reorganized his fleet under a new subsidiary – Ingram Barge Company. He brought on his sons, Frederic B. Ingram and E. Bronson Ingram II, to be integral members of the company.
In the 1960s, IBCO acquired a sand and gravel yard, which would later become known as Ingram Materials Company, and officially put IBCO into the dry cargo transportation business. During this time of expansion, the family was hit with the unexpected: Hank Ingram died in April 1963.
After Hank's death, Bronson and Fritz continued their father's vision of growing their barging business. They expanded into off-shore marine construction and started moving other types of cargo, among them coal and crushed stone. In 1978, the brothers split up Ingram Corporation. Bronson began his leadership of Ingram Industries Inc., which encompassed IBCO.
In 1984, Ingram purchased Ohio Barge Line, formerly owned by U.S. Steel. Neil N. Diehl came on board as Chairman Emeritus of IBCO to oversee the acquisition. During the 1980s, Ingram bought many boats and barges from several different transportation companies, allowing IBCO to become the third largest for-hire river carrier in the U.S.
On June 15, 1995, E. Bronson Ingram died. Ingram Industries was then organized, naming two of Bronson's sons, Orrin H. Ingram II and John R. Ingram, as Co-Presidents. In 1998, Orrin was appointed Chairman of IBCO and in 1999, became President and CEO of Ingram Industries. John became Vice Chairman of Ingram Industries and Craig E. Philip was named President and CEO of Ingram Barge Co. Following Craig's retirement in 2014, Orrin was named CEO of Ingram Barge Co.
In 2002, IBCO acquired Midland Enterprises LLC, which included The Ohio River Company LLC and Orgulf Transport LLC. In 2005, Ingram acquired Riverway Company. These strategic acquisitions allowed Ingram to become what it is today – the largest carrier on the inland waterway system.
Ingram Barge and Hurricane Katrina[edit]
Perhaps the most famous Ingram barge was ING 4727, which broke free of its moorings during Hurricane Katrina and landed in what had been a residential neighborhood of the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana. It was suggested that the ING 4727 was responsible for the major breach in the Industrial Canal, although several major studies concluded otherwise. The ING 4727 was in the custody of Lafarge North America at the time of the hurricane. In 2008, a federal district court in New Orleans found that Ingram Barge was not responsible or liable for the breakaway of the ING 4727. In 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed an appeal of the district court's ruling, thereby officially ending Ingram Barge's involvement in the ING 4727 litigation.
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M/V Bill Berry of the Ingram Barge Company pushing cargo barges up the Mississippi River at Dubuque, Iowa
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New agreement ensures National Parks are connected and beautiful
Published Monday 14 July 2014
England's National Parks stand to benefit from improved mobile coverage in ways that respect their very sensitive environment.
A landmark agreement between National Parks England and the Mobile Operators Association has attracted support and was launched by Government Ministers from DCMS, Defra and CLG.
The Accord [1] was brokered between National Parks England [2] and the Mobile Operators Association [3] and aims to:
- help communities living in National Parks to benefit from consistent high quality connectivity
- protect the special qualities of the National Parks by minimising any adverse environmental impacts
- to support close working between Operators and National Park Authorities to achieve these aims.
With English National Parks covering almost 10% of the country, the new agreement is an important step forward in making sure our rural areas benefit from modern technological advances.
- There are now over 82.7 million mobile subscriptions in the UK
- Around a quarter of adults now own a tablet device and half of us are using our mobile phones for internet access [4]
- Almost nine in 10 small businesses say that a mobile phone is important to their business operation. [5]
Chair of National Parks England and the North York Moors National Park Authority, Jim Bailey said: 'National Parks have always been about finding pragmatic long term solutions to the many competing demands on land. Ensuring modern telecommunications infrastructure is no different. Today's agreement will be good for the thousands of businesses and people living in our National Parks, for the millions who visit them, and for the stunning landscapes and towns that are the lifeblood for our rural economies.'
Executive Director for the Mobile Operators Association, John Cooke said: 'There are compelling social and economic reasons for having good mobile connectivity, including mobile broadband, in rural areas; the benefits are even greater to rural communities, because such connectivity mitigates the disadvantages of greater physical distances and poor transport links. Operators have worked well with National Parks England to ensure that the benefits of mobile connectivity reach communities in these beautiful parts of our country and help them survive and thrive in the 21st century.'
Communications Minister, Ed Vaizey MP said: 'Our National Parks are areas of incredible beauty but they are also places where people live and work. They need access to the modern communications that many of us have taken for granted for years. The new agreement could make a real difference to those who live, work or visit our glorious National Parks.'
Environment Minister Lord de Mauley, said: 'Our National Parks are living, working places worth more than £4bn to our economy - it is essential businesses and homes there have access to 21st century communications.
'This spirit of cooperation is exactly what is needed to bring modern technology to remote areas so we can close the digital divide and help grow our rural economy. The Government takes this issue extremely seriously - we are funding the £150 million Mobile Infrastructure Project to deal with mobile 'notspots' across the UK, just one aspect of our long term economic plan.'
Planning Minister Nick Boles MP said: 'I welcome the publication of the Accord between National Parks England and the Mobile Operators Association to provide the best possible mobile coverage in National Parks. The Accord supports the principles of the sector-led and owned Code of Best Practice on Mobile Phone Network Deployment, published last July.'
Exmoor's National Park Officer, Nigel Stone added: 'National Park Authorities have developed good working relationships with the installers of mobile phone networks where close working has enabled areas to receive good coverage without detriment to some of England's most sensitive landscapes. Increasingly, the cost of deployment and operation of new mobile phone masts has been the most significant barrier to wider coverage as we have worked together to enable careful siting and design of new installations. We welcome interest from mobile operators in extending their networks to the benefit of local communities and visitors to National Parks.'
Photographs of Environment Minister Lord de Mauley and representatives of the National Parks and Mobile Operators supporting the launch are available on request.
Video footage of the launch is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArKxRlF4vow
- National Parks England and Mobile Operators Association Joint Accord
- National Parks England is the umbrella organisation that brings together the nine National Park Authorities (NPAs) and the Broads Authority. It exists to support policy and practice by providing a collective voice for the views of the English NPAs; raising the profile of their work; facilitating discussion on issues of common concern; and working in partnership with other bodies. Follow us on Twitter: @natparksengland
- The Mobile Operators Association (MOA) represents the four UK mobile network operators – EE (including Orange & T-Mobile), Telefónica UK, Three UK, and Vodafone – on radio frequency (RF) health and safety, and related town planning issues associated with the use of mobile phone technology.
- Source: OFCOM, The Communications Market Report 2013
- Source: Federation of Small Businesses, 'Voice of Small Business' Survey Panel – April 2012
Contacts for further information
Paul Hamblin, Director, National Parks England
Tel: 020 7072 7421 Mobile: 07968 760 854 Email: email@example.com
Christine Jude, Media and Communications, Mobile Operators Association
Mob: 07736 110 787 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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A/N: I scrawled this in English class one day instead of listening to instructions. Luckily, my teacher likes me, so when I showed it to her, she wasn't affronted in the slightest. And yes, water really does look like how I describe it. It's freaky. Anyway, read, enjoy, and review!!
Of Pudding and Oceans
It was one of those days when you sit on a spit of rock that juts far off the beach so that the surrounding water is deep and you look at the water and think to yourself that the manner in which the waves rise and swell and crest and trough makes them look like navy blue pudding, whisked into shape by the spoon of the wind.
I smiled softly to myself, my skin peppered with flecks of spray, the salt clinging to my clothes long after the water had evaporated. The rock beneath my exposed fingers and toes was cold and slick but somehow rough, dotted with small pits and cracks that sometimes gave algae a home. But not this rock; this rock was only a rock, the last of its kind on the end of the spit, braving the chaos and the calm of the ocean and standing firm, always firm. But worn—all those pits and cracks. This rock was old.
I ran my fingertips along its surface gently, caressing the stone and lost in thoughts of the navy blue pudding. I don't know why the water looked thick, so thick that if I reached out and poked it the indention of my finger would stay. When the water drew close and threw itself against the rock, it was thin and transparent and wet. But out there, beyond my reach and my curiosity, it appeared solid and tipped with foamy crests of whipped cream.
But it was not so, and I knew that, despite my imagination's fanciful protests. The water was just water and this rock was just a rock; ocean and shore played their parts and I was but an idle spectator with too much time on my hands and no real thoughts in my head.
Still, when I returned home and scoped out my cupboard, I discovered a humble cup of chocolate pudding. Plucking it from its shelf, I peeled the plastic seal off, licked it clean, and set it aside. All that remained now was to retrieve a shiny metal spoon from the silverware drawer.
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"And just like that, the liquid is gone!" The Sham-Wow guy shouted as he held up the nasty sheet that absorbed the liquid on the table. "It's just that easy, to quote that one guy! And look, no drips or any other shit!" He shook the cloth, and some drips did come out of it. "FU-"
The commercial cut to a new shot with him holding a different colored product. "Not only does this absorb every day liquids, but it can absorb: Motor oil! Puke! Hobo urine! Hooker blood!" With each different product, the commercial showed the respective thing being absorbed, even the dead hooker blood. "So order one today, and-"
Just then, Iron Man crashed in through the roof and blasted the commercial dude away. "I am Iron Man, and this product SUCKS!" He said, pointing to a spot on his suit. "I spilled beer here the other day, tried to sop it up with this...IT FAILED!" He blasted him again as he was trying to get up. "But that's why I'm here." Iron Man's mask lifted as he turned to the camera. "Hi, I'm Tony Stark, and I'm here to sell you the oxygen power of OXY CLEAN!" He held up the tub of white stuff and smiled.
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Sterling Hayden was an American actor and author.
Born in New Jersey, Hayden was adopted at the age of nine and moved to New Hampshire. He ran away and became a ship's boy at the age of 17, and later became interested in movies, marrying his first co-star Madeleine Caroll in 1942.
After two film roles, he joined the COI as an agent, and later became a Marine and (briefly) a Communist. He continued acting merely to finance his many voyages and journeys. He appeared in several sucessful movies, including The Godfather (as Captain McCluskey) and Dr Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
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This year I am running in my first ever marathon, and I am so excited that it is the BOSTON MARATHON! I have been running (off and on) since I was a teenager, and have run in a couple of road races over the years including a half marathon. I have always enjoyed running and I like the motivation that comes with the commitment of a road race; but, truthfully, running a marathon has never been a goal of mine. That being said…when I received an email at work saying that they were accepting applications for the MGH Emergency Response Fund marathon team, it only took me a matter of seconds to decide that I would apply for a spot.
I have worked at MGH as a Registered Nurse for the past 5 ½ years, and for the past 2 ½ years I have worked in the Blake 12 Surgical Intensive Care Unit. I work with an exceptional group of doctors and nurses who are the definition of strength, compassion, and teamwork. On Monday, April 15, 2013, that strength, compassion, and teamwork was tested by the tragic events that occurred at the Boston Marathon. Working the 12 hour night shift on that day was completely surreal, and the emotions felt will stay with me the rest of my life. I witnessed the immeasurable pain and grief brought on by an act of terror, and saw firsthand the impact the bombing had on the victims and their families. This is the reason is took me only seconds to know that I wanted very much to be a part of the 2014 Boston Marathon.
I am proud to be running the marathon in support of the MGH Emergency Response Fund. It is both therapeutic and empowering to be a part of something so influential. I have a long way to go in respect to both training miles and meeting my fundraising goal of $5,000, but I am planning to embrace and conquer all of the challenges that the next few months will bring.
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Beverly Hills, Calif. Director Mike Nichols once said of Carrie Fisher: "She has too much personality for one person and not enough for two persons."
That pretty much describes Fisher, daughter of Hollywood stars Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher. She starred in three "Star Wars" movies, has written several best-selling novels — and has been in and out of hospitals for substance abuse and other problems.
She calls her new memoir "Wishful Drinking," which is also the title of her autobiographical road show that has occupied her for the past year or so. As if the title doesn't say enough about her struggles, the cover shows a woman in Princess Leia braids with her face in her arms and her right hand holding a cocktail glass.
"We put the book together quickly, because the publisher (Simon & Schuster) was eager to get it out before Christmas," Fisher explains. "The book is half the show. I was doing the book and the show at the same time."
In Beverly Hills
Fisher, 52, lives in Beverly Hills' high-rent district on Coldwater Canyon. The visitor presses a button, announces himself, and the big wooden door opens. You drive through a hundred yards of trees aglow with thousands of lights, reminiscent of the Hollywood Boulevard Christmas parade.
Turn a corner and you see more lighted trees on a slope that leads to the house. A rambling place filled with memorabilia, it was built by Robert Armstrong, star of the original "King Kong."
Fisher appears in a small room with a blazing fireplace. She has a dark soft drink, and later asks, "Do you mind if I smoke?"
Family and 'Star Wars'
For most of the year, she's been on the road with "Wishful Drinking," and she told of singing with her father on stage in San Jose. Eddie Fisher, now in a wheelchair and living in San Francisco, is a pariah to her mother's side of the family. The reason: In 1959, he left Reynolds and their two young children, Carrie and Todd, to console and later marry Elizabeth Taylor after the death of her husband Mike Todd.
Speaking by telephone, Reynolds commented: "I haven't spoken to him for 40 years, more or less. There's no basis for our talking. He failed his children, and he failed me."
Fisher became a star when George Lucas chose her to play Princess Leia in 1977's "Star Wars." She was thrilled to be the only prominent actress in the cast, "but my hair was terrible." It was parted on the top of her head, braided and rolled over her ears like large doughnuts.
"I was totally cooperative because I was afraid they would fire me," she recalled. "Whenever George asked me to do something, it was, 'Whatever you say, master."'
"Star Wars" was followed by "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi," but by the time Fisher reached 27, the movies had stopped coming and she turned to writing. Her novels include "Surrender the Pink" and "Postcards From the Edge," which concerned her relationship with her mother. She wrote the screenplay for the 1990 "Postcards" film, which was directed by Nichols and starred Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine.
Fisher was briefly married to singer-songwriter Paul Simon, and has a 16-year-old daughter, Billie, from her relationship with talent agent Bryan Lourd.
Despite her success, Fisher took to alcohol and drugs. For 20 years she was in and out of hospitals to treat her addiction, bipolar disorder and other problems.
"Yes, I've been to a lot of places," she said. "They're not bad. You can find a group who can be very funny. You have to be; it's the end of the line. You can't get lower than that, unless you're on life support."
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Four members of the Hofstra basketball team have been arrested and charged with various counts of burglary in campus dormitories. The players are freshmen Kentrell Washington, Jimmy Hall, Jr., and Dallas Anglin, and sophomore Shaquille Stokes. Among the items stolen were various electronic items, including iPads, iPods, Mac Book Pros, and an iTouch. All of the players have also been suspended by the team and school.
Hofstra is already off to a rough 3-4 start, and Stokes (point guard) and Hall are starters who are among the team leaders in minutes played so far, and all four are in the top eight in minutes played this season.
[UPDATE: According to Newsday, the players may have also stolen from their own coach. Earlier in the semester, head coach Mo Cassera reported items similar to those involved in other cases missing: his iPad, iPhone, as well as cash and credit cards.]
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Constitution Review – Kwankwanso Accuses Ekweremadu, Ihedioha of Igbo Agenda
Governor Rabiu Kwankwanso of Kano State yesterday, pressed on with his criticism of the ongoing constitution review, accusing the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Emeka Ihedioha of collaborating to foist an Igbo agenda on their colleagues.
Coming to the aid of his deputy, Senate President David Mark in a retort absolved the National Assembly of having a hidden agenda saying the National Assembly would be guided by the views of the majority of Nigerians.
Speaker Aminu Tambuwal of the House of Representatives also yesterday gave the readiness of the legislature to subject future constitution reviews to popular referendum as demanded by some pressure groups including the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA.
Tambuwal spoke at a ceremony at the National Assembly to flag off the commencement of the public consultations of all 360 members of the House of Representatives with their constituents on the constitution review tomorrow.
It's Igbo agenda Kwankwanso alleges
Speaking with reporters in Kano yesterday, Kwankwanso said that the "process is designed to achieve a predetermined goal and the principal officers of the committee are pursuing an agenda under an agenda".
The Senate and House of Representatives Committees are respectively led by Senator Ekweremadu and Rep. Ihedioha.
Kwankwanso, himself a former deputy speaker of the House of Representatives said that the composition of the leadership of the two committees allowed legislators from the same ethnic and regional background which he said had in effect toned down the importance of the constitution review exercise.
"Issues of national importance are better handled by people that have the interest of the country at heart," he said.
The governor noted with dismay that the leadership of the two committees had failed to reveal criteria for what they have been assigned to do or the desired contribution from critical stakeholders.
"What we are seeing now did not happen under the jackboot military era," Kwankwanso, who had in the past accused the National Assembly and Ekweremadu in particular of having a secret agenda.
Kwankwaso opined that the decision to carry out a review of the 1999 Constitution at this point in time as "un-necessary", stressing that the "document has never been fully implemented and should be given a chance."
Ekweremadu could not be reached to respond on the development yesterday. In an interview with Vanguard last month, the Deputy President of the Senate had rebuffed the insinuations of the Kano governor saying then that he could not singly impose his mind upon his 108 other colleagues.
"My friend, Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, has accused me twice in that direction. My first attitude was simply to ignore him and focus on what I am doing because I believe he was mistaken in the accusation," Ekweremadu told Vanguard in an interview.
Continuing, Ekweremadu had said: "I think my friend Kwankwaso seems not to understand clearly how states are being created for him to send signal that any person could sit in one place and ensure that states are created. That is the way military created their own states. I am surprised that Kwankwaso does not know that things have changed. This is a civilian regime where nobody will stay in one place and then decide the states to be created."
Governor Kwankwaso also restated his opposition to the establishment of state police based on his own personal experience, saying "we still have some reckless people in the system that would exploit such privilege to the detriment of our collective freedom"
"the manner in which my predecessor and successor witch-hunted me, exploited all instruments of his office to stain and bring my name and my political career to disrepute, you could imagine if such person had had police in his control, he would certainly harm me", Kwankwaso stressed.
No hidden agenda–Mark
Receiving a delegation of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, in his office yesterday, Senator Mark rebuffed insinuations made against the Ekweremadu led Senate Committee on Constitution Review.
Mark told the delegation led by the NBA national president, Chief Okey Wali, SAN to allay fear that the National Assembly has a preconceived idea on the amendment of the 1999 Constitution.
Saying that there is no secret agenda, the Senate President said, "all we are interested in is to mobilize and get all Nigerians involved in the process of Constitution amendment. We have no particular agenda but that which majority of Nigerians desire."
"I have heard people criticize my position on the desirability of State creation. No part of Nigeria or geo-political zone in the country that has not requested for State. It is not a David Mark agenda. We shall weigh the scale and respond to the genuine desire of Nigerians.
"This is democracy; everybody should be allowed to express him or herself in the process. What we shall oppose is a situation where a vocal minority would want to impose its views or position on the majority."
Senator Mark who reiterated that all interest groups would have a say in the process, stressed that the amendment would be guided by the dictates of the Constitution, adding, "we shall not do anything outside the Constitution."
He noted that public hearings would be held in the 109 Senatorial districts by the Senate, while the House of Representatives would visit the 360 federal constituencies to gather the views of Nigerians on the amendment.
Ekweremadu's assurance
In his remarks, Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu told the NBA that the process of Constitution amendment does not require referendum, but however assured the visitors and Nigerians that no Section would be denied input in the process.
Also speaking, Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, reinstated that the process of Constitution amendment would be all embracing so that no one or group would feel sidelined, adding that referendum as a process can only be accepted if the Constitution was amended to accommodate it.
NBA's inputs
The NBA President in his remarks suggested a referendum as a process for the amendment of the 1999 Constitution, adding that it is only when all Nigerians participate in the process that the Constitution can be truly called the Constitution of the people of Nigeria.
Wali, however, announced the constitution of two special committees of the NBA on Legislative and Constitution Matters and Law Reforms headed by Paul Erokoro, SAN and Charles Edosanwan, SAN to interface with the National Assembly on behalf of the NBA.
Speaking at a ceremony in Abuja to herald tomorrow's nationwide consultations by members of the House of Representatives on the review of the constitution, Speaker Tambuwal on his part said the House could subject future amendments of the constitution to a referendum.
The public hearing by the House members in all 360 federal constituencies is taking place simultaneously tomorrow.
While calling on all Nigerians to go out en-mass to participate in the exercise, for the purpose of articulating "a Constitution that meets our yearnings," Tambuwal explained that the Peoples' Public Sessions programme is aimed at ensuring a more participatory, inclusive and transparent review of the Constitution.
"It is expected that this broad based approach to the process of amending the Constitution will be more credible and open to all citizens and that popular participation shall be greatly enhanced. It is designed to embrace all segments and sectors of the polity."
"Whereas the House of Representatives is fully conscious of the fact that under Section 4 of the Constitution, the Legislative powers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria are vested in the National Assembly and that by Section 9 of same, the procedure for altering the Constitution is expressly prescribed, we do not lose sight of Section 14 which encourages the promotion of popular participation by the citizenry in governance."
He further stated that although a template for the process has been introduced, it is only a general guide embodying the collation of the preponderant issues in the over 200, memoranda submitted by members of the public adding that both the categories and quantum of issues that can be introduced into the process remain open.
In his own remarks at the occasion, Deputy Speaker of the House and Chairman House Committee on Constitution Review Rep. Ihedioha stated that the Peoples public sessions would be handled by Independent Steering Committees with members of the federal house in various constituencies as facilitators.
Speaking at the occasion, the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on National Assembly Matters Sen. Joy Emordi commended the initiative of the House towards amending the constitution.
She urged the House to consider the lopsidedness in the number of states which make up the six geopolitical zones in the country for review. She also advocated that the status of married women should be clearly addressed in the constitution review exercise to prevent the recurrence of the recent incident which prevented a female nominee of the Court of Appeal from Abia state from being sworn in.
Speaking at the occasion, President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Abdulwaheed Omar commended the House for its effort to engage Nigerians at the grassroots in tomorrow's exercise adding that the move would render the call for a Sovereign National Conference irrelevant. The labour leader also called on the lawmakers to consider the issue of minimum wage as one of those to be addressed in the amendment exercise.
In his own remarks at the occasion, the President of the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian universities (ASUU) Dr. Nasir Isa Fagge stated that the nation needs an alternative constitution to surmount the myriad of problems it is presently facing adding that mere amendment is inadequate. He cited the military origin of the amended 1999 Constitution as its major flaw.
In his comments, President of Nigeria Union of journalists Mohammed Garba called for more autonomy for public media organisations in the country.
Speaking at the event, a representative of the civil societies forum Mr. Emma Ezeazu complained about the manner in which some members of the House were handling preparations for the exercise adding that some of them had already pre-selected officials that are supposed to have been appointed by the Independent Steering Committees.
Meanwhile, Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, also yesterday, called on Bayelsans to come out in their numbers for the consultations by the members of the House of Representatives from the state tomorrow.
"As the only homogenous Ijaw state, there are issues we the Ijaw people are concerned about to have a place in the Nigerian Federation as part of efforts to bring about an equitable, stable, a lasting democratic and prosperous Nigeria," Dickson told all six members of the House of Representatives from the state during a courtesy call to familarise him on their quest.
Dickson, himself, a member of the House of Representatives until his inauguration last February also called for close collaboration between his government and the members of the National Assembly.
"We need all hands on deck. The dichotomy between Abuja-based politicians (so called) and politicians that are locally based is over. I want to call for closer partnership and interactions with members of the National Assembly from Bayelsa State and those of us who are trying to hold the home-base. We need to provide that synergy and let people know that we cannot afford any division".
Earlier, Leader of the team, Rep. Warman Ogoriba, representing Yenagoa/Kolokuma Federal Constituency explained they were in the state to hold wide consultations with their constituents with the aim of getting their inputs on the various contentious issues that in the country's 1999 constitution.
Rep. Ogoriba also seized the opportunity to congratulate Governor Dickson on his recent victory at the Supreme Court and pledged their continued support to the present administration.
Other members on the team were Nadu Karibo, representing Ogbia Federal Constituency, Henry Ofongo (Southern Ijaw), Foingha Jephtah(Brass/Nembe) and Dr. Stella Dorgu(Sagbama/Ekeremor)


text: On Tue, 15 Aug 1995, CD Rasmussen wrote: > I would like to have a separate list for this. I usually ignore the > package messages. The only problem I have with the idea is that there > is so much instructive info in the dpkg announcements. If Ian could > could split the messages into a discussion message for devel and a > simple announcement message for that list, I would be happy. > The other course would be to always announce dpkg in devel while all > the others go to the package list. > I know these may be fighting terms but I'm going to say it anyways..:) With FreeBSD they do have a mailing list that is just for changes done to files in the system as you see below: (copy of a message for the FreeBSD commit mailing list) >> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 23:50:53 -0700 >> From: firstname.lastname@example.com >> To: firstname.lastname@example.com >> Subject: cvs commit: src/lib/libc Makefile >> >> <sender's name> 95/08/08 23:50:53 >> >> Modified: lib/libc Makefile >> Log: >> Bump shlib minor because xdr_* functions have been enabled. Do NOT >> bump it again if something else is added before 2.2. >> >> The xdr_* functions are enabled only in the 2.2 (-current) branch >> so far. If that modification is moved to the 2.1 (-stable) branch, >> this one should, too. >> >> Reviewed by: the mailing lists I know that having announcements of this sort on a separate list makes it easy to have procmail just archive the announcements in a sepearate folder for a quick review at a glance. Just a comment on what another group does. David David Brinks - Assist Sys Admin. email@example.com 422 Pearce Hall Mail maintainer of: archive, ftpadmin Computer Science Department www, and sometimes other accounts Central Michigan University used for admin purposes. ---All opinions, and possibly some of the facts, are strictly of my own.----


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Yeah...they like them to hook up with each other. At least at the end of Brooklyn we had a potential future couple-not a hook-up.
I do have to say though, I lived a somewhat sheltered life, and I even knew what was real and what wasn't. True Life is a lot more of the reality, which in a way helps to balance things out. You also have 16 and Pregnant, which is anything BUT glamourizing it, in my book.


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|Reviews for Status Quo
| Guest chapter 1 . 7/22/2016
I loved this but it would be cool is see saw zim was a alien... I love your story's I'm in love thank u, sorry is 5:00 am I don't want to grammar check my review or log in so sorry but this was fantastic! Love it
| Littlekilljoy785 chapter 1 . 8/19/2012
I like Dib as reluctant hero-like in A Room With A Moose-in that and in this story he's so tempted to let the others get what they deserve but never does. Poor Dib. Nicely written :)
| Athena Keating-Thomas chapter 1 . 7/14/2012
That was a cute one. We got to see the James Bond side of Dib. And Sara made for an interesting character here. I wonder what would have happened if she hadn't gotten the phone call and had some actual time to think more...
| metasgirl chapter 1 . 4/13/2011
wow. Really good. an awesome in-depth look at one of the more minor characters. a nice exploration of her personality. and if you were worring, not ooc at all...
| Nobody's Home chapter 1 . 10/31/2010
Interesting... Obviously Sara chose bliss over power.
It kind of makes me wonder, what would I have done? I think I would have liked Dib anyway, plus I'd never be swayed by popularity, but it's interseting to get into the mind of someone not like me.
Wonderful, wonderful job, once again.
| Wolfgirl13 chapter 1 . 8/26/2007
Hmm... I like how you've described Dib, outside-looking-in sort of thing. Great job. And so true...
Actually, between you and me, I think it would have been funny if he had just left her trapped in there, but still monitored what was going on, and at the last moment when she really would have gotten hurt, override the computer to let her escape.
| SpeakingThroughWrittenWords chapter 1 . 7/19/2006
What an interesting story. So much like real life. Sara finally realized somewhat of what Dib was like, but she (just like real life) went with her friends when they came up. Depressing, but completely what would happen in that situation.
| Extraintrovert chapter 1 . 4/24/2006
Such a pointless little fic (little as in story content, not word volume) with a mixture of humour, suspense, irony and even some good old-fashioned depression to give me an interestin half-hour before I embrace unconsciousness. The thoughts and reactions of this minor 'character', whom which I understand completely your desire to write about, were involving and believable with just a hint of understanding for the little bitch. Throwing Dib into the mix gave this fic an injection of excitement and added that much-needed epiphany for the two, and the computer's actions just sold it for me.
In other news: If you find it necessary, I would like to know what excatly was going on up there to cause such a ruckus
| chickens chapter 1 . 12/5/2005
Wow. that's a depressing ending.
Well, anyway. I liked the whole minutes to hours to years to decades thing. Very clever. You're an auther I'll have to keep my eye on. Now if you'll excuse me, I have some cheetos to eat
| Delphinbella chapter 1 . 8/24/2005
Loved it :D
Other than that (and the fact that I am feeling very green right now) I don't know what to say about it :P So we shall leave it at "loved it" ;)
| Hoppo chapter 1 . 8/20/2005
Wow, this is a really nice story...well, it the way it was written, at least. Sara still being mean to Dib isn't as nice.
Not only that, but, if people use canon extras, they always use Zita. This one is original and interesting.
Great job and hope to see more fanfiction from you in the future!
| thejennamonster chapter 1 . 8/19/2005
I loved it. Awesome awesome awesome. I like that you chose a minor character that most people prolly don't even know the name to (I know I didn't) instead of one that is more known.
I couldn't help but feel both happy and sorry for Dib when he finalyl stood up for himself for just that instant. Happy because he grew some balls there for a minute, but sorry for him because he shouldn't have to be at the point where those moral choices bother him.
The only problem that I could find was when Rob says middle school full out. In normal conversation, I'm pretty sure most people would just say "school" because the others would know the implied level. I know that you were prolly using it to show the ages they were at, but it just seemed awkward.
Other than that, this was a wonderful story. Yay!
| Dibsthe1 chapter 1 . 8/19/2005
I read this fic over a couple of times, trying to figure out how to tell you what I thought of it while still saying it's extremely well written...
... too well written, if anything. By the end, it's downright uncomfortable to read, frustrating and depressing in the extreme, which was undoubtedly your aim. Nowhere else in popular art but in the bitterly pessimistic Invader Zim universe (and maybe a few other works that, frankly, by this time I hope never to stumble across) would such bitterly nihilistic injustice be acceptable.
For Sara to insult, snap at, and browbeat the only person who is in a position to help her is the polar opposite of cool; it's vulgar, gauche, loutish, and just plain stupid. "Strong" is a far from admirable trait when said character is such an elitist, treacherous backstabbing ingrate. (So it's not only Gaz; I hate anybody who treats Dib like this.)
For me, this story ends when Dib mentions his temptation to just turn on his heel, walk away and abandon this bitch to her fate, seeing the only way he can finally get it through one thick skull what Zim is really capable of. The cruellest irony Dib faces is that in saving people from Zim, he destroys the very evidence he needs to convince anybody that Zim is actually hostile.
| milo1047 chapter 1 . 8/17/2005
Interesting story, from a perspective I've never considered before. I like the ending.
| flying metal child chapter 1 . 8/17/2005
Great characterization of Sara! She really interacts well with Dib, and I'm glad you didn't put Zim in the story. He was like a background, a ghost whose presence was only visible to Sara through her prison and the omniscient computer. I'm off to read more of your stuff!