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Submission + - How Photoshopped Is That Picture? (nytimes.com)
Freddybear writes: Digital forensics experts at Dartmouth have developed software that can analyze digital photos to rate how drastically they have been altered by digital editing techniques. "The Dartmouth research, said Seth Matlins, a former talent agent and marketing executive, could be "hugely important" as a tool for objectively measuring the degree to which photos have been altered."


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The bouldering is located 3km from the small town Alicedale (roughly 100km from Port Elizabeth and 60km from Grahamstown).
Please note the following mega important access arraignments:
The Alicedale boulders are privately owned. There are currently no access restrictions, but the farmer has requested that anybody bouldering at Alicedale contact him before going onto his property. He has asked that all contact be through Dricus Bezuidenhout email@example.com or SMS 0834469819.
Remember; this is private land & we don't have rights to be there. So please take note of the following:
*be mega polite & don't inconvenience the farmer in any way. *don't make fires, litter, play music or do anything stupid. *don't damage the fence as you climb over *limit damage to plants, only where it is absolutely necessary to access a problem. *don't interfere with any animals wild or domestic.
The Rock, Weather, Landings, Walk-ins and Bugs Rock: Quartzite Sandstone mix The Weather: Summer: Hot and dry, but you can climb in the shaded areas in Area 2 or early mornings and later afternoons. Winter: Winter is the ideal season to climb all day long. Better friction, less rain and less bugs. But it can still reach 30 degrees out there. So come prepared. A bonus of Alicedale is that, it might rain in PE or Grahamstown, but it has a very high chance of being dry in Alicedale. So take a chance and have a look. You are more than likely to be in luck.
Landings: Unfortunately Alicedale is no Fontainebleau. But the landings on a whole are pretty good, but for some problems will require more than one pad and spotter. So please be intelligent and be safe.
Walk-ins: Alicedale is ideal for lazy bums. For Area 1 & 2, if it takes you more than 7 minutes, then you must be in a wheelchair. (That's 7 minutes even if you get lost.)
Bugs: Ticks are a problem, especially in summer and after rains. Some insect repellent is advised. During spring, as the flower come out, so do the bees, in force. They tend to be quite aggressive. Otherwise there are spiders, snakes and scorpions out there. Keep an eye out.

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Batch is an awesome all around guy! He is one heck of QB when he is called on and in the event Ben goes down I'm glad the Steelers have someone like him. It's good to see players get involved in the community especially as Batch is doing in his hometown.KDKA) PITTSBURGH Charlie Batch is more than just a quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Batch also prides himself as being a businessman.
The Homestead native is a community-oriented, business savvy man.
Have a plan, Batch said. If you don't, the rest of the world will leave you behind.
Batch is sometimes referred to as "the pride of the Steel Valley".
The backup quarterback for the Steelers never hesitates to play his role when called upon to lead his team.
You know it could be Week 1, it could be Week 10 - it may not happen at all during the course of the year, Batch said. It's just a matter at that point you just have to be ready.
Batch's Plan "B" includes a number of business ventures all around Homestead where he grew up.
First, he lists the Waterfront where - up until now not many people knew he is a franchise owner of this ups store.
Danlynn's Barbershop And Salon on Amity Street is another of his ventures.
Both businesses have been going for about a year, Batch said. Right now, were trying to make sure they're going and running smoothly.
Batch also makes a habit of returning to his alma mater, Steel Valley High School.
It's a great source of pride for us - not only to see what he's turned into as a football player but as a person, said Russ Firestone, Batchs high school coach. What I try to do is push the kids beyond their expectation.


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Hello, I'm a new person! It seems to have taken weeks for that activation email to get to me, but it's finally here!
I have 47 PWG DVDs, so I'm quite the fan, and indeed quite the collector huh?
I do have one question about the DVD titled 'Jason Takes PWG', when you go to the main menu there is a highlightable knife (scary!) but what exactly does it do? When I select it, it just does that 'animation' of being selected, then..... nothing.
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Can somebody help me to configure Oracle Parallel server on DELL Poweredge Clustered Hardware. I have two Nodes Node A and Node B, Both Nodes have local Native HDDs (RAID1-mirrored) I have installed Oracle 8i Enterprise on bith Nodes and created listeners. I have clustered HDDs shared between both the nodes (precisely H: I: J: disk drives) Raw partitions or symbolic link would not be used.
Drive H: would contain Redo logs , control files, Rollback segment tables spaces
Drive I: and J: will contain Tablespaces for Tables and Indexes.
The way I understand is, I need to have Oracle installed on both nodes, Create Instance with the same name and TNSNames poing to individual node, Create a Listener.
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Can some one help me to get the step by step instructions for Database creation etc.
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HUNTLEY – Traffic was backed up for about 20 minutes Thursday after a three-vehicle crash at the intersection of Route 47 and Jim Dhamer Drive, said Lt. Ken Larsen of the Huntley Fire Protection District.
There were no injuries, but one person had to be extricated from a Toyota Prius minivan that flipped on its side, Larsen said.
The crash occurred about 4 p.m. and crews were on scene for about 20 minutes, Larsen said.
A phone call to the Huntley Police Department was not returned.
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HINCKLEY, Minn. — A Minnesota man who was hospitalized after a hit-and-run collision last week has died.
A WDIO report (http://bit.ly/10Kx8iD ) says 24-year-old Trevor Langlois of Wyoming, Minn., has died of injuries sustained June 17. The Minnesota State Patrol reported his death Sunday.
Brian Langlois says his son developed truck problems and pulled off to the side of the road on a freeway entrance ramp in Hinckley. He says Trevor put on his flashers and got out.
Authorities say a vehicle hit the victim and stopped briefly before fleeing. Trevor Langlois was airlifted to a Duluth hospital.
His wife, Katie Langlois, says Trevor was a loving husband and father and a U.S. Army veteran.
The State Patrol is looking for a Ford F-150 XLT four-door pickup with possible damage to the front right area.
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Bouffard–– Paul A., age 81, went to his eternal resting place on Friday, June 17, 2011, following a long and difficult, yet courageous battle with Parkinson's Disease. Funeral services for Paul Bouffard will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, June 24, 2011 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Newport, Vt. Calling hours for relatives and friends will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, June 23, 2011 at the Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home, 4670 Darling Hill Road, Newport. Members of the Knights of Columbus 3rd and 4th Degree Gibbons Council are also requested to meet for prayers and Honor Guard for Brother Paul Bouffard at the Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home, 4670 Darling Hill Road, Newport from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, June 23, 2011. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Church, 191 Clermont Terrace, Newport, VT 05855 or online at email@example.com or to The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, Church Street Station, P.O. Box 780, New York, NY 10008-0780 or online at firstname.lastname@example.com. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch-converse-rushford.com.
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If. It is the most pointless word in football. Tottenham Hotspur would be top of the Premier League if matches lasted 80 minutes, but the irritation of playing 10 extra continues to undermine André Villas-Boas' efforts at Tottenham. He went from victorious to vanquished in 88 seconds at Goodison Park.
As the clock turned to 90 minutes, Spurs had strengthened their claims on fourth place courtesy of Clint Dempsey's goal and Everton were resigned to another tale of regret. By the final whistle all had been transformed thanks to Steven Pienaar's diving header against his former club and an instinctive finish from Nikica Jelavic. Villas-Boas, who had said before kick-off that a manager can turn from hero to donkey in a supporter's eye within three games, was left aghast. The DJ at Goodison was sent scrambling through his collection for Slade's Merry Christmas Everybody.
"That was difficult to take," the Spurs manager understated. He is accustomed to the feeling. His team have lost 10 goals and 14 points in the last 15 minutes of games this season. "That has been our adventure so far," said Villa-Boas. "There are so many different reasons. It is not easy to explain as they have come from different situations, but I don't think it is a mental thing. Everton got more aggressive with their long balls at the end and it was difficult for us to deal with them."
David Moyes claimed the turnaround was no more than Everton deserved and it is true they did not leapfrog Spurs into fourth on spirit alone. Yet the swing was extraordinary. "We played terrifically well, especially in the first half through Kevin Mirallas and Seamus Coleman, but we just couldn't find the final pass or finish to kill it off," said Moyes. "It is too early to talk about Europe but the league position doesn't shame our performances."
Until the late drama the Everton manager had been preparing another broadside at refereeing standards after Kevin Friend had denied his team two first-half penalty claims – one optimistic, the other legitimate. In truth the game had needed the controversy, and the pulsating finale, as two well-matched Champions League hopefuls often cancelled each other out.
Hugo Lloris made a crucial early stop when Jelavic attempted to take Darron Gibson's defence-splitting pass round the Spurs' keeper but was denied by a perfectly timed intervention. In the opposite goal Tim Howard was only seriously tested from Jan Vertonghen's free kick before Dempsey, starting on the left in place of the injured Gareth Bale, shot from 25 yards and his effort looped over his USA team-mate via a deflection off Sylvain Distin.
Moyes' team controlled much of the first half, with Coleman a constant outlet down the right and Gibson dropping balls over the Spurs' full-backs with the accuracy of a quarterback. But too often a careless pass or cross undermined their work and it was only when Dempsey appeared to handle Vertonghen's clearance that Goodison came to life. Dempsey clearly moved his arm towards the ball but it appeared to hit his chest.
The referee stood firm amid vociferous Everton appeals that intensified 60 seconds later when Pienaar's shot struck the outstretched arm of William Gallas. Again the referee said no, but this time Spurs were reprieved. They were also thankful to see Mirallas replaced at half-time after the Belgian reported a tightening of the hamstring that had caused him to miss the previous four games.
Villas-Boas' men dominated for a spell after the restart although Mirallas' replacement, Steven Naismith, and Leon Osman squandered good chances. Spurs almost doubled Dempsey's lead when Gylfi Sigurdsson's shot from 20 yards beat Howard but cannoned off the crossbar.
The visitors appeared to have weathered the Everton storm as the game entered its dying moments. "We had tried everything," said Moyes. "We put Baines out wide, Pienaar through the middle and those final 10 minutes were probably the poorest part of our play."
Yet they yielded two dramatic finishes. First Pienaar threw himself at Coleman's centre to equalise with a diving header, Everton's 1,000th goal in the Premier League. Goal 1,001 arrived 88 seconds later when Gibson crossed, the substitute Apostolos Vellios attempted an overhead kick, and the ball squirmed through to Jelavic who converted from close range.
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The Department of the Interior on Thursday granted Royal Dutch Shell conditional approval of its plan to begin drilling exploratory wells in the Arctic Ocean next summer, a strong sign that the Obama administration is easing a regulatory clampdown on offshore oil drilling that it imposed after last year's deadly accident in the Gulf of Mexico.
The move confirms a willingness by President Obama to approve expanded domestic oil and gas exploration in response to high gasoline prices and continuing high levels of unemployment. It comes as the issuing of drilling permits in the gulf is quickening, including the granting on Thursday of a permit for a Shell floating drill rig for a 4,000-foot-deep well. That means that that all five of its rigs there will be back to work after a long drilling halt.
The decision to tentatively approve Shell's plan to drill four exploratory wells in the Beaufort Sea off the North Slope of Alaska represents a major step in the company's efforts to exploit the vast oil and gas resources under the Arctic Ocean, although some hurdles remain.
The company has spent nearly $4 billion and more than five years trying to win the right to drill in the frigid waters, against the opposition of many environmental advocates and of Alaska natives who depend on the sea for their livelihoods.
Opponents say the harsh conditions there heighten the dangers of drilling and make cleaning up any potential spill vastly more complicated than in the comparatively benign waters of the gulf.
Administration officials cautioned that the company must win a number of secondary permits before it can begin punching holes in the seabed. The plan approved Thursday, considered the overarching one, contains detailed information on how the company would respond to any blowout and spill.
"We base our decisions regarding energy exploration and development in the Arctic on the best scientific information available," said Michael R. Bromwich, director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, which oversees offshore drilling. "We will closely review and monitor Shell's proposed activities to ensure that any activities that take place under this plan will be conducted in a safe and environmentally responsible manner."
Shell enthusiastically welcomed the decision. "We feel very good about it," said Pete Slaiby, Shell's vice president in Alaska. "It's one of the road marks we wanted to see. It makes us very happy."
But the announcement only partly smooths the rocky relations between the administration and the oil industry, with the president remaining committed to repealing $4 billion in annual oil company tax breaks. The administration has also been wary of encouraging the industry's aggressive plans to drill in shale oil and gas fields across the country because of concerns about potential drinking water contamination.
"This strikes me as a shift back to the track that the administration was on prior to last year's oil spill," said Michael A. Levi, an energy and environment fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. "It seems the lesson that the administration took is that offshore drilling needs to be regulated better and done better, not that it shouldn't be done at all."
The plan is almost certain to face legal challenges.
"No drill bits are going to hit the Arctic seafloor until at least one and probably several courts have reviewed this plan," said Brendan Cummings, senior counsel at the Center for Biological Diversity, which is already suing to stop drilling in the Chukchi Sea west of Alaska. "From the perspective of ocean drilling and climate, it's hard to see a difference between this administration and the last one."
Shell still needs to win approval of its drilling plan for the Chukchi Sea, which is west of the Beaufort Sea and more remote.
The company has proposed drilling four wells at a depth of approximately 160 feet of water about 20 miles from shore in the Beaufort Sea. The BP well that exploded in the gulf in April 2010 was at a depth of more than 5,000 feet and 40 miles from the Louisiana coast. The accident killed 11 workers and spilled nearly five million barrels of oil into the gulf.
Energy experts and industry executives said the move on Thursday reflected a partial warming of relations between the oil industry and Obama administration since the BP disaster.
"I don't know if I would call them friends yet, but I look at this as a step in the right direction," said Craig T. Castille, operations manager for deepwater projects at Stone Energy, who added that the permit process in the Gulf of Mexico remained slower than the industry would like.
Shell has spent years trying to convince federal regulators and several courts that it can drill safely in the Arctic, and every year one hurdle or another has stood in its way.
Shell has already invested nearly $4 billion on its 10-year offshore leases and preparations for exploration in the forbidding Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. Its current plan is to drill up to 10 exploratory wells in the two seas, potentially leading to production by the end of the decade.
Shell has been obliged over the years to tighten its spill response plan, especially since the BP accident at the Macondo well in the gulf. It is proposing to use two drill ships in the Arctic, each capable of drilling a relief well for the other; to put an extra set of shears on its blowout preventers; and to keep emergency capping systems near drill sites to capture any leaks.
The Alaskan Arctic may hold 27 billion barrels of oil, enough to fuel 25 million cars for 35 years. But environmentalists warn that a spill in the Arctic would be more catastrophic than the Gulf of Mexico accident was because the Alaskan waters are dark and inaccessible, and because they are vital breeding grounds for many aquatic species that are endangered or at risk.
Marilyn Heiman, director of the Pew Environment Group's Arctic program, said that the region was the harshest area in the world in which to drill for oil, as well as a delicate habitat for a variety of sea mammals. The proposed well sites are subject to fierce winds and high seas in the fall and lie hundreds of miles from the nearest Coast Guard stations.
"Hard questions need to be asked about any oil company's ability to mount a response to a major oil spill in hurricane-force winds, high seas, broken and shifting sea ice, subzero temperatures, and months of fog and darkness," Ms. Heiman said in an e-mail from Alaska.


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Friday 5 April, 10.30am-12.30pm or 2pm-4pm.
Come and create your own beautiful, painted Easter egg with a secret compartment for hidden treasures. Join artist Laura Archer in exploring the galleries for Spring imagery, elaborate patterns and bejewelled trinkets, and then return to the studio to paint your stunning Easter design onto a wooden egg that opens up.
Booking essential on 020 7563 9527 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Children must be accompanied by an adult. Accompanying adults free.
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Public Transportation
Triton College is accessible via public transportation. The suburban Pace bus system stops directly at the Triton campus. Depending on where you are coming from, you can reach the Pace system using the Metra commuter rail system and/or the Chicago Transit Authority's (CTA's) train or bus system. You can transfer from one transportation system to another for a low fee.
The best way to find your way to Triton College via public transportation is to use the Regional Transportation Authority's (RTA's) Travel Information Center.
To create a trip itinerary using the Travel Information Center: 1. Enter your starting point under "Where are you starting from?" 2. Under "Where are you going?" select Triton College from the drop-down list. 3. Select your starting date and time. 4. Select any other specific trip options. 5. Click Next. 6. Follow any further instructions, and view your trip itinerary.
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It kind of looks like it might be dust somewhere. Otherwise, no idea.
Have you used that particular filter on a different lens to narrow it down?
Have you tried these type scenes both with and without the filter?
Quote from: dgatwood on January 02, 2014, 10:19:47 AMIt kind of looks like it might be dust somewhere. Otherwise, no idea.I'm sure it's not dust
The horizontal line at the right edge looks almost like a light leak to me.
Maybe you did and I missed it but did you perform the same indoor test without the filter?
So it's the lens. has it taken a hit? Are there any noticeable dings or mars along the mount side? Run your finger along the EF mount.


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Locally owned Whisk Cake Company has had a great end to the 2012 wedding season.
Recently Tanya Garratt, owner of Whisk Cake Company learned that she was named "Finalist in the Professional BC Wedding Awards".
Tanya was one of only two in the Okanagan to win at the awards and was awarded finalist in the Category of Best Wedding Cake Design.
"Placing second as Best Wedding Cake Design in all of British Columbia is a huge accomplishment," said Garratt.
"It is great that the Okanagan was recognized in the Professional BC Wedding Awards. There are so many great Pastry Chefs in British Columbia and to be among the best in British Columbia in Wedding Cake design is really exciting, it was a great way to end the very busy 2012 wedding season."
Tanya also competed in the 2012 Gingerbread Competition held at the Parkinson Rec Center – A fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Club.
"We entered into the Chef category, going up against some of the large pastry kitchens here in the valley was daunting and I knew that if I was going to do this I was going to go all in and spare no expense or time."
After 3 weeks of continuous work and more than 75lbs of gingerbread the re-created "North Pole" was complete. After a stressful delivery and a long day of the community viewing all the displays, Tanya Garratt of Whisk Cake Company came out on top with the win.
Tanya says that there were a lot of amazing displays at the competition and is honored to be chosen as the winner for 2012. She wanted to pass along congratulations to all the competitors as the Boys and Girls club is the real winner of the competition.
The "North Pole" is now on display at the Okanagan Hospice House for all the families to enjoy during the holiday season.


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Zach Boychuk's offensive breakout has earned him another chance in the NHL.
With his two-goal performance against Rockford on Thursday happening to coincide with injuries to Drayson Bowman and Patrick Dwyer during Carolina's game in Nashville, the Hurricanes recalled their 2008 first-round pick to play in Friday's home game against San Jose. That would mark his 86th career NHL game and first since suiting up for Nashville on March 19 of last season.
After scoring two goals in his first 13 games of the season, Boychuk has seven in his last nine, including four in his last three, to claim sole possession of the team lead. He also leads the team with 19 points in 22 games and is tied for first in the AHL with seven power-play goals.
Following Thursday's game, he credited his resurgence to a conversation he had with Carolina Director of Forward Development Cory Stillman during the Checkers' road trip to Toronto last month.
"It made me realize that you have to be excited to come to the rink every day," said Boychuk. "There's going to be times where it's tough and the team's losing, but you've got to almost find a way to fake it. The confidence starts coming your way and you find your stride back."
That's certainly where he is now, having formed an effective line with fellow Checkers veterans Chris Terry and Brett Sutter, each of whom had two assists on Thursday.
"He's doing what he needs to do," said coach Jeff Daniels following that game. "He's a goal scorer, and he's scoring goals for us, his compete level is higher and all the things he needs to do when he's not scoring is coming around. We've talked enough over the last couple of weeks that he understands he needs to be a leader on this team, and right now he's stepping up."
It remains to be seen how long this NHL stay for Boychuk, who waited until the eve of training came before re-signing with Carolina as an unrestricted free agent, will last. At the time of his recall, the team had not released updates on either Bowman or Dwyer.
Boychuk becomes the fourth forward recalled to Carolina this season, joining Manny Malhotra, Terry and Elias Lindholm, in that order. Should he not return immediately, the Checkers may need to find another forward to play in Saturday's rematch against Rockford depending on the health of Jared Staal, who missed the previous contest due to an unspecified injury. Staal did not practice Friday.


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Community meetup
Both a scientific conference and a community event, the annual Wikimania event brings together members of the various Wikimedia projects in order to exchange ideas, build relationships, and report on research and project efforts. It also provides an opportunity for Wikimedians and the general public alike to meet and share ideas about free and open source software, free knowledge initiatives, and wiki projects worldwide.
- Wikimania 2005: Frankfurt am Main
- Wikimania 2006: Cambridge, held August 4–6 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, hosted by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at the Harvard Law School campus.
This list tracks the cities across the world that smaller meetups of Wikimedia contributors have taken place, and the years that such meetups have happened.
Beijing, China (2004) | Hong Kong, China (2005) | Shanghai, China (2005) | Taipei, Japan (2004) | Tokyo, Japan (2004)
Berlin, Germany (2004) | Bolzano (2004) | London (2004) | Rotterdam (2004)
North America
Calgary, Canada (2006) | New York City, United States (2004) | Ottawa, Canada | Toronto, Canada (2006)


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Drew Barrymore: Pregnancy Isn't About Perfection
Beauty isn't just skin deep for Drew Barrymore.
In the December issue of Women's Health, the mom-to-be admits much of her inspiration for her makeup line comes from 13-month-old daughter Olive.
"I love doing the beauty line because it's so inherently feminine and so much of a celebration of women," Barrymore, 38, says. "I think about my daughter and how special that is to be making something that's so creative and empowering."
But while her full line of Flower cosmetics can help with confidence, Barrymore — who's expecting her second child with husband Will Kopelman — encourages expectant women to take pregnancy in stride.
"You're not supposed to look perfect while you're making babies. Making babies is the perfection," she explains.
Courtesy Women's Health
"It's about feeling good in clothes and knowing you can get dressed up in the evening … but there's just no such thing as perfection. So if you're trying to get there, you're just torturing yourself."
Barrymore's growing empire also includes her own line of wine, a project she was happy to take on "because everybody loves to have a glass of wine at the end of the day." The momentary indulgence, however, does not take away from her parenting duties. "[It's] very romantic, but being a mom is first — that's now No. 1," she says.
"Everything I'm going to do is going to have a real consciousness toward, 'Is this a job I can do and still get home in time for dinner and have days where I get to do every diaper change?'"
She continues, "Then I'm going to have to go out on certain days and work and not try to feel like the guiltiest person on the planet, which every mother understands."
Barrymore (wearing American Eagle Jeggings in Dark Destroy) strives to perfect the balance, but admits there has been a sudden change in her schedules. "Work has been my priority my whole life," she says. "It feels okay to shift that priority, it feels like it's time."
Courtesy Women's Health
As she focuses more on her family life, the protective mama is determined to give her daughter a childhood unlike her own: one that includes plenty of play.
"I didn't grow up around a lot of family. I grew up so fast and exposed to everything, and I think being a kid for as long as possible is just awesome — I would love that for my kid," she explains.
With plans to expand her family further, Barrymore has been taking a more mental approach to tackling motherhood.
"I'd love to have more kids. I think it's about being mentally healthier and then you are physically fit," she explains.
"I'm actually not really working out right now. It's a lot of fork up the food, shove to mouth, chew, repeat."
— Anya Leon
VIDEO FLASHBACK: Take a Look at Drew Barrymore's Life


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I recomeend that the following two pages:
Helicopter (GTA Chinatown Wars)
Be merged with this page. Thay are basically the same things, uncontrollable helicopters. They could each have a sub heading on this page. I bought it up with an admin and they said I should ask here. This is just a suggestion. It would make that articles easier to navigate.
Anyone agree? --Chimpso 23:57, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
- I don't agree because the model names are probably different. --DT-boy 06:48, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
- That doesen't matter, they all have no scripted name which means they are pretty much the same thing. --Chimpso 06:56, 25 July 2009 (UTC)


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Learning WML: Tasks and Events
Pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
An event in WML is simply something that can happen to some element from time to time. For example, entering a
<card> element triggers an event on the
<card>, and selecting an
<option> from a selection list triggers an event on the
You can harness these events by binding them to a task. The usual way of doing this is with the
<onevent> element. As mentioned earlier in this chapter, for simple
<go> tasks you can usually make use of a simpler form: this will be mentioned when when we discuss the elements in question.
For example, the
<option> element (detailed in Chapter 4) declares an item in a list of selections. When this item is selected, it triggers an
onpick event on the
<option> element. Suppose the element were declared without an event handler, like this:
<option> Purple </option>
In this case, the
onpick event is ignored, since there is no handler. If, on the other hand, the option is declared as:
<option> <onevent type="onpick"> <go href="#purple"/> </onevent> Purple </option>
onpick event is handled by executing the
<go> task, sending the browser to a new card.
The <onevent> Element
<onevent> element declares an event binding. It can't contain anything except a single task element that is performed when the event occurs. It may be present inside either an
<option> element (see Chapter 4) or a
<card> element (see Chapter 6). In either case, the
<onevent> element (or elements) must be the first elements declared inside their enclosing element.
<onevent> element takes only one attribute:
type(required string)
- Gives the type of event to which the task should be bound. For example, use
type="ontimer"to bind to the
ontimerevent of a
Card Events
Sometimes, you may want to do something special when the user enters a particular card. For example, you may want to initialize the values of variables so that the display looks correct. Another thing you may want to do is to clear out some variables when the user returns to a particular card in the history stack.
To make this possible, WML defines two events,
onenterforward and
onenterbackward, which happen on a
<card> element when the user enters it. Which event occurs depends on how the card was entered.
The onenterforward event
onenterforward event occurs when a card is entered in the forward direction. Entering as a result of a
<go> task, selecting a bookmark, or entering a URL directly are all in the forward direction. The most common use of this event is to initialize things that must be set up before the card is displayed, often by using a
<refresh> task or by using a
<go> task to run some WMLScript (see "Calling WMLScript from WML" in Chapter 13, WMLScript Functions).
Example 3-2 shows how this can be used. When the first card is entered forwards, the
<refresh> task is performed, which initializes the
state variable. This variable can then be updated by other WML pages and is passed through to the server by the
<go> task.
Example 3-2: Initialization on Entry
<?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN" "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml"> <wml> <card title="onenterforward example">  <onevent type="onenterforward"> <refresh> <setvar name="state" value="0"/> </refresh> </onevent>
<input name="text"/>
  <do type="accept"> <go href="submit.cgi"> <postfield name="s" value="$(state)"/> <postfield name="t" value="$(text)"/> </go> </do> </card> </wml>
If the task bound to the
onenterforward event is a simple
<go> task without
<setvar> or
<postfield> elements, you can use the shorthand form introduced earlier in this chapter: just add an
onenterforward attribute to the
<card> element. The value of this attribute is the destination URL.
For example, the event binding:
<card title="example"> <onevent type="onenterforward"> <go href="#card2"/> <onevent>  </card>
is equivalent to the shorter form:
<card title="example" onenterforward="#card2">  </card>
It's your choice to use the shorthand form, but it means less typing and results in less data being sent to the browser.
Be warned that not all tasks you can bind to the
onenterforwardevent actually make sense. For example, the event binding:
<onevent type="onenterforward"> <prev/> </onevent>
makes it impossible for the user to enter the card at all: as soon as she went to the card, the browser would immediately return to the previous one!
To make matters worse, the event binding:<card id="card1" onenterforward="#card1">
means that as soon as the browser entered the card, it would be immediately redirected to the same card, which would cause an immediate redirect to the same card, and again, and again. . . . Well-written browsers may notice this and signal an error, but not all browsers are well-written: many simply lock up or even crash.
The onenterbackward event
onenterbackward event is the companion of the
onenterforward event for the backward direction. This event is triggered when the card is returned to as the result of a
<prev> task or some other action that navigates backwards in the history stack.
The most common use for the
onenterbackward event is to reset state back to some initial value when returning to the beginning. Example 3-3 alters Example 3-1 to illustrate this: instead of an explicit reset button, the login and password are cleared when the user returns to this card via the history stack.
Example 3-3: Reset on Reentry
<?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN" "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml"> <wml> <card title="Reset on reentry example">  <onevent type="onenterbackward"> <refresh> <setvar name="login" value=""/> <setvar name="password" value=""/> </refresh> </onevent>
Login: <input name="login"/>

Password: <input name="password"/>
  <do type="accept" label="Submit"> <go href="login.cgi" method="post"> <postfield name="l" value="$(login)"/> <postfield name="p" value="$(password)"/> </go> </do> </card> </wml>
Just as with the
onenterforward event,
onenterbackward also has a shorthand form in the case where the task is a simple form of
<go>, meaning that the event binding:
<card title="example"> <onevent type="onenterbackward"> <go href="foo.wml"/> </onevent>  </card>
is equivalent to:
<card title="example" onenterbackward="foo.wml">  </card>
Martin Frost is the author of Learning WML & WMLScript
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It would be- I would be grateful
copyright by BBC- BBC copyright
I want to send an email to BBC - please check my grammer and look professional.
Im the web leader of 'Majid Ahmeds Official Fans Site' at www.whatever.com
I would to know if I am allowed to add some video clips of Majid Ahmeds events and Majid Ahmeds News to appear on 'Majid Ahmeds Official Fans Site'. I have recorded some video clips of Majid Ahmed from BBC channels. It would be grateful if you allowed me to do this and I would add a BBC link and the logo of BBC on the Fans Site so the users would know that the video clips are copyright by BBC.
It would be- I would be grateful
copyright by BBC- BBC copyright
Thanks.. but is that it?
I thought my grammer is bad and not looking professional?


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Submission + - Kindle Fire's flames have been doused (extremetech.com)
MrSeb writes: "Ahead of tomorrow's full-scale launch of Amazon's new wunderkind, panacea, and lynchpin of its continuing distribution domination, initial reviews of the Kindle Fire are starting to trickle in... and they're not as fantastic as we had hoped. Unsurprisingly, not a single review is denying that the bright screen, solid construction, and $200 price point make for a perfect holiday season outing — but to actually win the hearts of consumers, to steal those throbbing, Cupertino-captivated organs away from the iPad, the Kindle Fire has to be amazing... and it isn't. Throughout almost every review, one particularly telling observation rears its ugly head: the Kindle Fire can be sluggish. Page turns can lag. Menus can be slow to load. Screen touches can be unresponsive. For a device that is entirely about media consumption, the Fire will live or die depending on its perceived alacrity. If an E Ink Kindle or Nook is better for reading books, and a smartphone or iPad is better for watching movies or listening to music, what space is there for the Fire?"


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by Phil Picardi, Minnesota Public Radio,
Hart Van Denburg, Minnesota Public Radio
Today on the Update: Premature talk about hosting the Super Bowl, the latest tussle over voter ID involves the military, Kurt Bills tries to chip away at Amy Klobuchar's voter base, and the Lynx are going to the WNBA finals again.
TOO SOON? Now that the Minnesota Vikings have won approval to build a new stadium, there's talk about the team hosting a Super Bowl. Too soon for that kind of talk - since stadium plans are still in their infancy? Yes, the NFL's commissioner said Sunday. Get the stadium built first.
WINNING STREAK: Speaking of the Vikings - they're on a bit of roll. Goodell got to see Percy Harvin score one touchdown rushing and another receiving to help the Vikings keep a commanding start to the season with a 30-7 victory over the Titans on Sunday. It was their first three-game winning streak in almost three years.
BILLS RATCHETS UP THE RHETORIC: Was Sen. Amy Klobuchar part of a "Mafia-style protection racket" during the federal government's successful bailout of U.S. auto makers? That's the kind of rhetoric now being used by Klobuchar's Republican challenger, Kurt Bills, as he seeks a way to reverse poll numbers that show him trailing the senator in her re-election bid.
THE PATRIOTISM CARD: Organizers behind the proposed voter ID amendment to the state's constitution say focus group tests prompted them to launch an ad featuring a 91-year-old World War II veteran and prisoner of war, who talks about defending the nation and its ideals by supporting the amendment.
JOIN THE DEBATE: We've launched a special debate page on the MPR website for the proposed voter ID amendment, where columns from those on either side of the question are posted, and commenters can weigh in with their own thoughts. You can join the debate here.
VOTING EARLY? President Barack Obama dominated early voting in key states four years ago, giving him a big advantage over Republican John McCain before Election Day even arrived. This time around, GOP challenger Mitt Romney is trying to chip away at Obama's advantage.
MORE MUSCLE: Romney is also trying to make some inroads on Obama's polling advantage when it comes to foreign policy, and plans a big speech later today at the Virginia Military Institute outlining how his global view differs from the president's. He's expected to call for more American muscle in the Middle East and elsewhere.
GRIM MILESTONE: While politicians talk about foreign policy, U.S. troops are living it. Lisa Freeman was cradling her 6-day-old grandson in her left arm and watching the news on her iPad while her daughter and son-in-law caught some much needed sleep. The retired teacher was taking notes with her free hand when she heard the news: The nation had suffered its 2,000th casualty in the Afghan war.
POLICE FIND MEDS IN SHOOTER'S HOME: A police search of the home of Accent Signage Systems shooter Andrew Engeldinger found medications commonly prescribed for depression and insomnia, according to a Minneapolis Police Department report -- an indication that he may have been treated for mental illness.
MORE WINNERS: The Lynx are going to WNBA finals again. Simon Augustus scored 21 points, Maya Moore added 20 and the Minnesota Lynx held off the Los Angeles Sparks 80-79 on Sunday, advancing to finals to defend their title.
WHY DO WE STILL HAVE COLUMBUS DAY? That's what Bob Collins is asking this morning on News Cut. His conclusion: "Because the Italian American vote for politicians is still important."
ART IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER: Zhoosh, like many artists, is particular about his tools. He prefers card stock to paper and finger paint to acrylics. And sometimes he's just not in the mood to be creative. Oh, and Zoosh is a sea otter at the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth.
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Jammie Thomas Refuses To Settle: This Is Probably A Bad Idea
from the she's-likely-to-lose dept
While it's good that the judge reconsidered based on the misstatement over "making available," this seems like a case where Thomas probably should have settled. It certainly appears that there is plenty of other evidence that she was, in fact, breaking copyright law. While I think the law is bad and the fines are ridiculous, her chances of winning in court remain slim. Handing the RIAA a case where it has so much evidence on its side doesn't help matters. It's likely that it will win again and will once again use the ruling to tout its ability to win in court. Perhaps the only redeeming factor of such an eventual court ruling is calling additional attention to the ridiculous damages that would be awarded.


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Thank this author by sharing:
By Yakov Shlafman,
I heard in 2-3 hundred years an inexpensive robot will do administration and maintenance of any database (MS SQL Server 2005, Oracle10G, and UDB). Companies will not need DBAs and computer programmers - they will need only entrepreneurs. I imagine - I will wake up in the morning and my inexpensive robot will greet me: "Good morning Dr. Shlafman, all servers are up and running, no performance or other issues happened". I will go for golf, I will have breakfast, nap, dinner, movie, supper, a lot of fun with my family, I will go to bed and before I will fall asleep I will ask myself; "Should I ask for a raise
or should I update my resume and start looking for a new assignment?" And, I will hear my inexpensive robot's voice:"Dr.Shlafman, today, you got a raise. You get a raise any time you want". I will fall asleep happily, cheerfully, and peacefully.
In 2-3 hundred years... Meantime I think how to start the SQL Query Analyzer. Here is the "Just do it" traditional way to open the SQL Query Analyzer:
EXEC sp_defaultdb 'Scott', 'Northwind'
Using this sequence of steps you should do at least 5 clicks to open the SQL Query Analyzer. If you can do it using three clicks - you can save 2500 clicks for a year based on assumption that you open the SQL Query Analyzer only 5 times every day. (50 weeks * 5 days * 5 times * 2 clicks to save each time) = 2500 clicks.
The second traditional method "I can do it" to start the SQL Query Analyzer is –
The third method "Preferred" to start the SQL Query Analyzer allows you to open the SQL Query Analyzer using 2-3 clicks! To make this method working all you need to have is a SQL Query Analyzer icon on the Task Bar. Here are the steps detailing how to place a SQL Query Analyzer icon on the Taskbar:
Using "Preferred" method you can start Enterprize Manager, Internet Explorer, Microsoft OUtlook or any other application you use on every day basic. Just one click and you have Enterprize Manager running! In SQL Query Analyzer, my favorite icon from Tool bar is Connect.
In 2-3 hundred years... Meantime I think how to set up my PC to start the SQL Query Analyzer, Enterprize Manager or any other applications without a click. Here are the steps of "Let it do it" method:
In 2-3 hundred years... Meantime I am working with multiple servers and databases and I think how to set up my PC to start the SQL Query Analyzer with minimum clicks. Here are the steps of "I'm a DBA" method:
1. to my family, to my kids, to my wife.
2. http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,36586,pg,2,00.asp
3. SQL Server Books Online
Can you run a DTS package from Query Analyzer...you sure can! Read how to integrate DTS, Jobs and S...
SQL Server has the best client tools for a DBA of any RDBMS and SQL Server 2000 includes Query Analy...
Brian Kelley continues his series on getting the most out of SQL Server 2000's Query Analyzer. In th...
Query Analyzer is a great tool for developing SQL code. There are a number of little tricks that can...
Analyzing the data storage in SQL Server databases is a bit of an art. It's a skill that takes some ...


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News Feature
Originally published in Island Ad-Vantages, October 11, 2012
DISHS Golf team is fifth in state
by Jack Scott
The golf team made a great effort to come in fifth in the state tournament at Natanis Golf Club. We were only five strokes from the third place finish and George Stevens was fourth one stroke ahead of us.
Sam Grindle was Class C medalist with a 3 under par 69. Connor Morey had a superb round of 79. Drew Siebert had a 100, Alec Eaton 108 and Nathan Davis 111. It was unfortunate that our number three player Nick Eaton was ineligible due to grades. Overall, this was the best performance we have had in golf in a long time.


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Government Collaborative Research Entity Changes Name
Press Release – Gravida
New Zealand's National Research Centre for Growth and Development (the NRCGD) has been renamed Gravida: National Centre for Growth and Development. This is part of a plan by the NRCGD to build the capability and reputation of the organisation before …MEDIA RELEASE
22 November 2012
Government Collaborative Research Entity Changes Name – Builds Global Capability
New Zealand's National Research Centre for Growth and Development (the NRCGD) has been renamed Gravida: National Centre for Growth and Development. This is part of a plan by the NRCGD to build the capability and reputation of the organisation before a global audience.
The second leg of the plan, just completed, was to appoint a scientific advisory board from amongst the world's best scientific minds in similar fields.
"We chose the name Gravida because it symbolises new life – our area of research," says Professor Phil Baker, director of the NRCGD. "The name means 'pregnant woman' and the logo echoes the shape of a fetus. Our research focus, which is already a strength in New Zealand's field of scientific study, surrounds the beginnings of healthy life in humans and agricultural animals and clearly the new name encapsulates this. It's also descriptive, for all audiences with whom we communicate, easier to remember and more distinctive."
Gravida is one of seven government funded Centres of Research Excellence (CoREs), set up in 2003. Gravida's focus is to answer the research question 'what makes a good start for a healthy life?' for New Zealanders. The aim of Gravida is to translate findings from research focused around this question into better health for Kiwis, and increased agricultural productivity.
As part of its strategy to build capability and reputation globally, Professor Baker has sought and recruited an advisory board of seven of the best scientific, medical and agricultural minds in the world to guide Gravida's research strategy. Also being established is an International College of over 20 experts who will provide thought leadership, peer review and PhD co-supervision.
One of the most significant recent recruits to the advisory panel is Professor Patrick Cunningham, till 31 August 2012 Ireland's Chief Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister and Government. He is also a leading agricultural scientist, with his focus on animal DNA, and Professor of Animal Genetics at Trinity College, Dublin. He is regarded as amongst the most important science leaders in Europe and was most recently the key figure in bringing to Dublin, Ireland in 2012 the Euroscience Open Forum, Europe's largest science exhibition and most important interdisciplinary science forum, attracting thousands of visitors. http://www.esof.eu/.
The other advisory panellists include:
Professor Euan M. Wallace (Obstetrician and Director of the Richie Centre, Monash University, Australia; Professor John Challis (Physiologist and Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto; Dr Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, (Global Health expert and Professor of Maternal and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan; Professor Matthew W. Gillman, Director of the Obesity Prevention Program, Harvard University, USA; Professor Mark Hanson, Director of the Institute of Developmental Sciences, University of Southampton, UK; Professor Rebecca Simmons, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania, USA
"Gravida has set out to raise New Zealand's research bar even higher," says Professor Baker. "At the heart of our strategy is cross disciplinary collaboration – a sharing of expertise and knowledge across disciplines in New Zealand's science community in Universities and research entities. We have limited funds in New Zealand, and we have to apply them wisely. So if you're researching bees, for example, you might not meet someone who is involved in researching human DNA. But at Gravida, we've already achieved that, and the two are working together because there's commonality in the gene responses they're looking at. This collaboration is seldom achieved offshore, but it's being achieved actively here.
"With both the name change and the appointment of a unique new scientific advisory board, and the International College, we are aiming to carve out much needed global and New Zealand recognition for the organisation. Recognition, reputation and the quality of our research in turn attract investment, funding, collaborative research partners, and result in an even greater depth and range of science with positive outcomes for New Zealanders."
The new name change and logo was announced at Gravida's annual symposium at Palmerston North on 20 November and a new website was also unveiled. www.gravida.org.nz
About Gravida
Gravida is one of seven, government-funded Centres of Research Excellence (CoREs). It was set up under its former name in 2003.
The organisation has six member organisations for whom it funds and guides research: Massey University, the University of Otago, the University of Canterbury, AgResearch Limited, Landcorp Farming and the University of Auckland.
Gravida funds leading scientists around New Zealand to investigate how environmental influences such as nutrition and maternal weight, before, during and shortly after pregnancy can alter the way humans and animals develop. The aim is to translate their findings into better health for New Zealanders, as well as into increased agricultural productivity.
The organisation is hosted by the University of Auckland.
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Finally, cooperation has arrived in Washington
New York, January 24, 2013
By Anatole Kaletsky
The US House of Representatives decision to suspend the Treasury debt limit is the most important political event in America since President Barack Obama was first elected in 2008.
As anticipated in this column immediately after the 2012 election, Washington seems to have broken its addiction to deadly games of economic chicken. That, in turn, should mean an orderly resolution of all US fiscal problems and perhaps even an outbreak of bipartisan political cooperation, at least on economic issues, of a kind not seen in Washington since the early 1990s.
None of these favourable outcomes is yet acknowledged as true in Washington or Wall Street. Political analysts and market pundits have almost unanimously described the House decision as a diversionary tactic, simply designed to shift the high-noon confrontation with Obama to a new battleground more favourable to the Republican side: the March 1 date for automatic spending cuts under the sequestration procedure, or the March 27 expiration date of current government budgets.
This cynicism will almost certainly be proved wrong. The obvious reason is that an army in full retreat, as the Republicans have been since the election and fiscal cliff fiasco, finds it hard to regroup against an enemy enjoying strong momentum. And when such a battered force does attempt a last stand, this usually results in a rout.
In this case, however, there are more specific reasons for the Republicans to seek peaceful coexistence instead of the fight-to-the-death over borrowing and spending that many pundits still predict. To see why House leaders decided to unilaterally disarm their nuclear weapons - first the fiscal cliff and now the debt ceiling - one has to understand the transformation in US political dynamics that occurred the moment the votes were counted on November 6.
Before the election, Republicans and their business backers had two overriding reasons to obstruct any deals with Obama on borrowing, spending or taxes. First, most Republicans genuinely expected to win the presidential election and therefore had every incentive to defer important decisions until their man was in power. Secondly, they calculated that any collateral damage inflicted on the economy through fiscal warfare would harm the incumbent president, whose Achilles' heel was economic policy. Once the election was over, this calculus completely changed.
Having failed to unseat Obama, Republicans were suddenly in a situation where sabotaging the economy was no longer in their interests. As I argued immediately after the election, and again during the fiscal cliff negotiations, the GOP had few incentives after November 7 to just thwart Obama. Republicans now had to persuade voters that their policies would promote jobs and growth - and would do so immediately, not in some distant future when budgets would have to balance or else the US would turn into Greece.
The election also changed motivations for the Republicans' business supporters. Instead of viewing Washington gridlock as a weapon for defeating Obama, American businesses after the election had to accept the inevitable. They would have to live with Obama and his policies, however much they disliked them. For most US businesses, the primary political consideration was no longer the ideological debate over taxing and spending, but a purely economic issue: How would the economic policies negotiated between the White House and Congress affect business conditions in the four years leading to 2016?
This gestalt shift implies that Republicans are unlikely to press very hard for large-scale spending cuts, government layoffs or fiscal tightening that could be seen as harming economic recovery. Instead the focus should move to long-term budget reforms, designed to take effect only after the economy has largely recovered in 2015 or so - conveniently beyond the next congressional elections.
The president will have strong incentives to cooperate with such gradual fiscal consolidation, with major budget cuts backloaded to the last years of his administration and beyond. He would rather go down in history as the man who delivered universal healthcare, saved the US economy from its worst crisis since the Great Depression, and put US fiscal policy on a sustainable footing than waste his entire second term haggling over budgets - especially since achieving fiscal austerity does not require any major cuts or austerity, except in the very long term.
In fact, the White House has already said it will offer some long-term entitlement reforms as part of the bipartisan budget deal that now looks eminently attainable. This may infuriate left-wing Democrats, but Obama is unlikely to care much, now that he has been reelected. In any case, grassroots Democratic voters will probably care more about presidential efforts on gun control, immigration and climate change than about wonkish arguments over "chained CPI" and Medicare spending caps in the next decade.
Why then has there been little discussion of this change in political dynamics? Probably because the media mostly see it as their role to magnify political drama rather than to analyze how they are likely to be resolved. The same applies to many professional politicians. Extreme statements from both parties will always attract the most media attention. The congressional arithmetic, however, means that the views of radicals, highlighted by the media, are no longer very important.
In the House, the minority Democrats can pass important votes, such as a budget compromise, with just 20 votes from moderate Republicans eager to compromise. The same applies in the Senate, where the Democrats can lose several of their left-wing caucuses but still easily pass a compromise bill. What matters in this situation is not how most Republicans vote but whether 20 moderates can be found to back a bill to raise taxes, passed mainly by the Democrats. Most likely the Republican leadership would tacitly even encourage and support this handful of defectors, who would allow their party to foster an image of reasonableness and compromise while forcing the Democrats to carry the entire responsibility for higher taxes.
For this very reason, however, the leaders of both parties who are brokering deals will have every incentive to operate quietly in the background, keeping up the public choreography of belligerence, to maintain discipline in each congressional caucus and to keep radical grass-roots activists onside. So do not expect white flags, flights of doves or armistice ceremonies in Washington. But from this week onwards we should pay less attention to bellicose rhetoric from politicians and focus on their actions instead. - Reuters


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Where is the public
March 16, 2013
outrage? To the editor: Where is the public outrage at the actions of the President and the Executive Branch of Government regarding sequestration? Take a look at the decisions they are making to......
Basically it is a reduction in spending. It was,and is touted by both Republicans and Democrats.
Why we even had our former Congressman Connie Mack IV propose the 1 cent reduction for every dollar spent on anything. Do you remember the expensive mailing piece he sent out? Really, the same thing as sequestration.
The biggest folly of all this whether Dem or Rep is we do not have to eliminated the debt at all. What has to be identified is what debt level is sound enough to be carried by the country. Just like it is in most peoples personal incomes, a company's revenue versus expenditures, or a government's. Debt has practically always been carried by this country some for over 100 years. I give you the example of the communication tax that ceased being charged about 2006 from the Spanish American War.
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Once again our local minister of anti-USA propaganda, lies, and misinformation, checks in. Expatinasia,the sequestration idea totally originated in the White House back in 2011. Stop lying expatinasia! A whole campaign based on lies and misinformation. Impeach, jail, then deport obama!
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EXPATINASIA your ignorance of reality is shining through once again. Sequestration was the Obama administration's idea. Proposed by then budget director Jack Lew in 2011. White House officials proposed it as part of the agreement that resolved the 2011 debt ceiling fight. It was meant to act as a spur to make a bipartisan supercommittee reach an agreement on a package of spending cuts and tax increases that would reduce the national debt over time. Get ur facts straight. The facts are undeniable it originated from the Obama White House. Lets be honest for a change expatinasia and stop calling others ignorant when you are clearly, once again, dead wrong.
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"Where is the public outrage at the actions of the President and the Executive Branch of Government regarding sequestration?" Evidently, Joe, you are unaware that the sequestration was the result of bi-partisan legislation. Your belief that it was created by the President is based on ignorance.
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Visitors to Misterton Gala soaked up the sun and enjoyed a string of attractions for young and old alike.
Misterton Sports and Social Club on Fox Covert Lane was the venue for the all-day spectacular which included a host of stalls and events as well as live entertainment.
Visitors could enjoy a drink and relax to watch dance and music performances. There was also a visit from a traction engine, fire demonstrations, bouncy castles and dozens of other sideshows and stalls.


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I have to go to Connecticut this weekend to retrieve a 70" tall freezer and a 62" tall Refrigerator.
The only thing I can get to move these is my friends Landscape trailer.
with the Hurricane coming, Im wondering if laying them down on there side would be a problem


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Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program
The Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program was authorized by the U.S. Congress through Title VI of the Clean Water Act (CWA) as amended in 1987. The Act authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide federal funds to the states to capitalize State Revolving Funds (SRFs). The SRFs are established and managed by the states and the states must provide a 20 percent match for the federal capitalization grants.
The North Dakota SRF is jointly managed by the North Dakota Department of Health and the North Dakota Public Finance Authority. The Department of Health receives the Federal Capitalization Grant and is responsible for the technical and overall administrative functions of the program. The Public Finance Authority, under agreement with the Department of Health, acts as the Department's financial agent and is responsible for the preparation and issuance of bonds, reviewing the financial capability of political subdivisions, investing program proceeds, handling loan repayments, and other necessary financial functions.
Each year, the Department of Health prepares a capitalization grant application and submits it to the Environmental Protection Agency. When the grant money is received, the Public Finance Authority initiates a sale of bonds to be used for the state's 20 percent match requirement. The capitalization grant and bond proceeds are deposited in the SRF and made available to political subdivisions for eligible projects. As communities pay back their loans, the interest payments are used to retire the state match bonds and the principal is deposited in the SRF to be used for additional projects. The revolving aspect of the program will assure that North Dakota has funds for needed projects far into the future. The current rate for SRF loans is 2.5 percent plus a .5 percent administration fee for a maximum term of 20 years.
SRFs have replaced the old Construction Grants Program as the major funding source for upgrading community wastewater systems. Under the SRF, however, project eligibilities have been expanded and federal requirements reduced. The following types of projects are eligible for SRF funding:
Even though certain federal requirements have been eliminated in the SRF Program, there are still a number of them that must be complied with. These fall within two categories, equivalency requirements and 'cross-cutting' requirements. The equivalency category consists of those requirements that were carried over from the Construction Grants Program and apply mostly to the technical and engineering aspects of the SRF program. Equivalency requirements do not apply to nonpoint source projects.
The 'cross-cutting' requirements may be contained in other federal laws, Executive Orders or government-wide policy statements and generally apply broadly to a wide range of federal financial assistance programs. These cross-cutting federal authorities can be divided into three groups. First, several environmental laws and executive orders relating to such things as preservation of historical and archaeological objects, endangered species, wetlands, agricultural land and the like, apply to construction activities. Second, are requirements such as minority and women's business enterprise participation goals and equal employment opportunity rules that can be classified as social authorities. Third, are cross-cutting authorities, such as the prohibition against entering into contracts with debarred or suspended firms, that directly regulate the expenditure of federal funds. A complete listing of authorities is attached.
Before a political subdivision can receive loan money, their proposed project must be identified on the Project Priority List and the Intended Use Plan. These are documents required by federal regulation and prepared by the Department of Health annually. To be included on the lists, a community should notify the Department of Health of their intent as soon as possible. While an application can be processed and preliminary work completed without being on these lists, no funds can be transferred to the community until their project appears on the approved documents.
Application packets can be obtained from either the Department of Health, the Public Finance Authority, or online at http://www.nd.gov/pfa/srf.html.
When the Department is contacted regarding an application, depending on the complexity of the project, a preapplication meeting may be scheduled. At this meeting, a representative of the Department will explain the program, answer any question and assist the community as needed. Upon completion, copies of the application should be sent to both the Department of Health and the Public Finance Authority. The Department of Health reviews the technical and programmatic aspects and the Public Finance Authority reviews the financial information. If additional information is needed, the community will be promptly notified.
A community will typically require the services of a consulting engineer and bond counsel. The engineer is responsible for preparing all required technical documents. These include the facility plan, building plans, specifications, bidding documents, operation and maintenance manuals, and others. In addition, the engineer provides on site inspection services during construction to insure quality control and construction in accordance with the approved plans and specifications. The Department of Health will work closely with the community's engineer to assure compliance with federal and state requirements. The Public Finance Authority will work with the community's bond counsel to assure that all legal and financial requirements are met.
The typical SRF project consists of three steps, the facility plan, plans and specifications, and construction. As the name implies, the facility plan is a planning document that establishes existing conditions, identifies the current problems, projects future conditions at the design year, and evaluates alternatives to solve the existing problems and meet future needs. The evaluation of alternatives includes both a cost effectiveness analysis and an environmental assessment. The intent of the facility plan is to arrive at the most cost effective, environmentally sound solution to the problem. The facility plan must be approved by the Department of Health before the project can proceed to the next step.
When the facility plan is approved, plans, specifications, and bidding documents are prepared based on the recommended alternative from the facility plan. These must comply with, among other things, MBE/WBE and EEO requirements. Once the documents are approved by the Department of Health, the project can be advertised and bids opened. If the bids are acceptable, the construction contract must be awarded to the low, responsive, responsible bidder following Department of Health approval. Construction can now begin at the community's convenience.
At this time, the Department of Health will schedule a preconstruction meeting with the community and contractor to explain the construction related requirements that must be complied with and to answer any questions that arise. In addition to the preconstruction meeting, periodic interim inspections will be conducted by Department of Health engineers during the construction phase of the project. Since SRF loans are cost reimbursable, construction costs must be incurred before the community can receive payments. Once costs are incurred, the community should submit periodic payment requests to the Department of Health for processing. Payment should be received by the community within two weeks of receipt of the request by the Department. When construction is completed, the Department of Health will conduct a final inspection to verify compliance with federal requirements, verify that the project was constructed in accordance with the approved plans and specifications, and establish final costs.
Repayment of principle must begin no more than one year after the project is declared operational. Prior to this, the Public Finance Authority will work with the community to establish a repayment schedule.
Title VI of the Clean Water Act lists 16 specific Title II requirements which must be met for section 212 projects funded in an amount equal to the capitalization grants. These 16 are 201(b), 201(g)(1), 201(g)(2), 201(g)(3), 201(g)(5), 201(g)(6), 201(n)(1), 201(o), 204(a)(1), 204(a)(2), 204(b)(1), 204(d)(2), 211, 218, 511(c)(1), and 513.


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Hawaii Five-0 Review: Mommie Dearest and The Headless HorsemanCarissa Pavlica at . Comments
"Popilikia (Misfortune)" was a Hawaii Five-0 Halloween extravaganza in disguise. We had representation from old movies starring Faye Dunaway, a nod to Ichabod Crane, a wacky fortune teller and McGarrett playing the football player without costume performing not one, but two epic tackles.
Did Bai Ling play the worst fortune killer of all time or what? Everyone knows the Death card doesn't represent physical death and even if it did (hello!), nobody would go to one who whispered the equivalent of "seven days...." in your ear! I'll give her some credit, at least she was talking about the wrong customer, and the girlfriend read into it what she wanted anyway. She was touched by Billy's death.
The poor polo player did have a serious misfortune, though, didn't he? Danny calling him the Headless Horseman was perfect for the month of October and production was damned happy with their CGI because we got to see that head sliced off again and again and again. How very Final Destination of them!
Once we discovered who was actually intended to be murdered, I immediately suspected Jake's dad. It seemed like a long time to wait for a second go at your own kid, but if Jere Burns isn't playing a bad guy, he's extremely funny. He didn't seem so funny to me. Then his wife exploded, and I hesitated. She was kind of hot. Perhaps she was a mistake?
Nope. I was standing by my man. With the reveal of his wife and Billy having an illicit affair, I knew I was going to come home with the trophy. The timing of his son's kidnapper's release from prison was ideal. Seriously, could I possibly be a worse detective?
I wondered why Jake didn't just kill his father instead of taking out his friend and step mother. Sure, she was the trigger to the reason he lost his finger and was traumatized for life, but his dad made the decision. I was wrong that Burns was playing the criminal, but he played a weak man and a poor father.
He should have given the money for his son's release as soon as it was demanded. Somehow, after everything he went through, it seemed the only thing Jake wanted all those years later was the love of his father. Some people should never be parents.
Christine Lahti as Steve's mom was such an inspired choice. They play off each other so perfectly and she's the one person he can't get the better of. I should have known she was moving in for something other than old home week, but I want her to be McGarrett's mommy. With exchanges like this, who wouldn't?
Steve: What is this? What are these bags? You're staying?
Doris: Yeah, is that okay with you?
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Doris wasn't so convincing when it came to Wo Fat. I wonder how long it will take Steve to crack the second most important case of his life, after the murder of his father. Steve didn't believe her sham story about the safe house and wildly shot bullets. She was too good to let that happen and everyone knew it.
What was on the film in the little safe? Did it go back to Steve's childhood? How was it that nobody noticed the strange sound in the floor? Most importantly, why was there only a single roll of film inside a special case inside a safe, seemingly exactly in the middle, still standing? Silly television shows. As she lifted it out of the floor, it was almost as if it was important to keep it upright. Then we found out it was film.
You know what? I don't care. Hawaii Five-0 remains one of the most entertaining CBS procedurals running and watching it every week is a joy. The wit, the banter, the twists and turns never get old. Share your theories in the comments and be back here in two weeks when Jim Garner reviews the real Halloween episode!
Carissa Pavlica is the managing editor and a staff writer for TV Fanatic. Follow her on Twitter.