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JUNEAU — A survey of Alaska state senators indicates Gov. Sean Parnell's plan to cut oil production taxes faces a tough road in the upcoming legislative session.
Just one of the 11 respondents to The Associated Press survey, Sen. Linda Menard, R-Wasilla, said unequivocally that she would vote for the bill, HB110, if a vote were held today. Most of the senators who responded — six — said the current tax regime needs to be changed, but others were still looking for answers or not convinced an overhaul is necessary, as Parnell has insisted, to reverse the trend of declining oil production.
"My personal belief is, I would not be interested in passing something just to say that something was passed," said Sen. Joe Paskvan, D-Fairbanks, who has sent lists of detailed questions to the departments of revenue and natural resources. The answers, he says, are crucial to weighing the merits of Parnell's bill.
"Just like any other business decision, the Legislature must have a clear idea of what our investment will buy us," said Sen. Joe Thomas, D-Fairbanks.
The AP survey went to all 20 senators two months ahead of session, as Parnell continues to call on the Senate to pass the bill. The measure cleared the House 22-16 earlier this year but stalled in the Senate, where leaders said they did not have the information needed to make a sound policy call.
Oil taxes are expected to be a dominant issue when lawmakers return to Juneau in January, and several senators, including Lesil McGuire, R-Anchorage, and Fred Dyson, R-Eagle River, said the issue should be addressed before they leave, given that oil is Alaska's economic lifeblood and state government relies heavily on oil revenues to run.
The current structure, a legacy of former Gov. Sarah Palin known as Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share, or ACES, features a 25 percent base tax rate and a progressive surcharge triggered when a company's net profits hits $30 a barrel; it also has a suite of tax credits. The idea, when the bill passed in 2007, was the state would help companies on the front end but also would share with them in the good times, when oil is flowing and prices are high. North Slope crude closed at $111.20 a barrel Thursday.
Critics, including Parnell and the oil industry, argue the surcharge is excessive and a disincentive to investment. Parnell's administration has pointed to increased investment in other energy-rich areas, like North Dakota, to validate its point that change is necessary to boost production and investment here.
Of the senators favoring changes to the tax regime, most cited concerns with the progressive surcharge.
McGuire and Sen. Kevin Meyer, R-Anchorage, who indicated probable or likely support for HB110 with changes, expressed support for bracketing the surcharge so that different portions of the net profit would be taxed at increasing incremental levels. The current bill offers a version of that.
McGuire, who is on the Senate Resources and Finance committees, said she also would like to see an overhaul of the tax credit system that's more in line with a proposal she and Sen. Tom Wagoner, R-Kenai, have been working on that would defer credits until there is new production.
Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka and co-chair of the finance committee, plans to look at range of issues, including progressivity, tax credits and whether the state should continue taxing oil and gas production together. The latter issue, decoupling, overshadowed the 2010 session, and Parnell ultimately vetoed a measure that would have separated the two, contending it would have amounted to a tax increase.
Stedman also is interested in potential incentives to boost incremental production from Prudhoe Bay and Kuparik. He said those fields, and possibly Alpine, too, are key to increased production through the line.
Work has continued on the oil tax issue during the interim, and a 90-day session is ample to move legislation, if that's what lawmakers decide is best for the state, he said.
"But we want to be careful we don't make the situation worse," he said.
Sen. Bill Wielechowski, D-Anchorage, also a resources committee member, said he has yet to see evidence that ACES is broken. He cited increases in capital investment, jobs, the number of companies doing business in Alaska, and company profits in the years since the law was passed.
He said there are "smarter ways" to increase production, such as offering capital assistance to companies having trouble securing capital in a tight credit environment, ensuring the major energy players are developing and producing as their leases require, and exploring building a gas-to-liquids plant to convert natural gas to clean synthetic oil that can be shipped through the trans-Alaska pipeline.
Sen. Dennis Egan, D-Juneau, said he's not opposed to "tweaking ACES but not without commitments from industry to expand their exploratory programs in Alaska."
Parnell, in reiterating his support of HB110 last month, said the state needs a "game changer" — more than tweaks — to reverse the trend of declining production.
Critics see Parnell's plan as a corporate giveaway, with no firm guarantees that companies will invest more here if their taxes are cut. The Department of Revenue said the state could lose $670 million to $870 million by fiscal year 2013 and from $1.9 billion to $2.1 billion by fiscal year 2017 if HB110 passes and there is no new production.
But the administration has cast that as an unlikely scenario, arguing that the governor and Legislature would never let a tax regime that wasn't working stand for years on end without change. The estimates were based on the spring revenue forecasts.
"The majors have billions of barrels of proven reserves at this point," said Thomas, a finance committee member. "As I have consistently stated — privately and in writing — knowing what specific projects will move forward should tax rates be lowered, along with the costs of these projects and their impact on production will be integral to finding a solution."


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Naomi Campbell is adamant prosecutors forced her to give evidence at the war crimes trial of former Liberian President CHARLES TAYLOR in a desperate bid to publicise the case.
The British supermodel testified during proceedings in the Netherlands last month (Aug10), admitting she received a pouch of uncut gems after a dinner party hosted by Nelson Mandela in South Africa in 1997.
Campbell claimed she didn't know what the "dirty stones" were or who had given them to her, while prosecutors claim the rocks were in fact blood diamonds, used to finance the 1991-2002 Sierra Leone civil war.
Now the beauty has opened up about the testing experience, accusing prosecutors of using her celebrity status to highlight the case.
She tells Sky News, "What you need to understand - I wasn't on trial - I was forced through a subpoena to testify. Nothing to do with me. This trial has been going on for how many years? No one cared to write about it. You bring Naomi Campbell to the stand, the whole world knows. So as far as I was concerned I was used as a scapegoat.
"I do not think what he (Taylor) did to his people is correct. I do not condone that and I will never condone that, but I do not see why I have to sit here and hear around everywhere I go in the world that this was like my trial. I was a witness. I told and remembered what I could to my ability and it was 13 years ago."
Taylor is accused of using blood diamonds to fund Sierra Leone's 1991-2002 civil war. He has pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity stemming from the brutal conflict.


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I generally consider jeans and any shirt with a collar to be dressed up. There are, however, certain occasions when 'clothing makes the man', as they say. For example, when interviewing job applicants, I usually wear the 800mm Hood of Camera Knowledge. Dressing appropriately for the interview, I believe, helps predict whether the applicant really is someone we'd bring into our little circle of trust. Or maybe helps them predict if they really want to work here...
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New York Stock Exchange parent NYSE Euronext, Inc. (NYX) does not intend to sell Euronext to a rival as part of its proposed acquisition by IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (ICE), NYSE Euronext CEO Duncan Niederauer said, according to the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Niederauer reportedly added that the combined entity will instead spinoff Euronext through an initial public offer. The spinoff was agreed as part of the proposed $8.2 billion acquisition of NYSE Euronext by ICE in order to allay potential antitrust concerns.
The news that Euronext would be spunoff had sparked buying interests from rival browse operators, such as Nasdaq OMX Group, Inc. (NDAQ) and London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LSE.L). However, Niederauer has now cleared the air, and reportedly said that he plans to have Euronext listed separately.
ICE agreed in mid-December to acquire NYSE Euronext in cash and cash deal valued at about $8.2 billion, and planned an initial public offering of Euronext as a Continental European-based entity following the closure of the deal, if market conditions and European policy makers support the offering. The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2013, subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals.
The proposed deal will give ICE access to the NYSE Liffe derivatives market in London, providing the exchange operator with an entry point to fixed-income futures.
New York-based NYSE Euronext is the operator of the NYSE, NYSE Arca, Inc., and NYSE Amex LLC in the U.S., and five Europe-based exchanges that comprise Euronext N.V.
Meanwhile, Atlanta, Georgia-based ICE operates regulated exchanges, clearing houses, and over-the-counter or OTC markets for agricultural, credit, currency, emissions, energy, and equity index contracts.
The proposed merger comes nearly two years after ICE and Nasdaq OMX Group launched a joint hostile $11.3 billion bid for the Big Board. However, the two companies were forced to retreat in May 2011 after their takeover plan was opposed by U.S. antitrust officials.
Meanwhile, NYSE Euronext plans to merge with Germany Stock Exchange Deutsche Boerse AG (DBOEF.PK, DBOEY.PK) was also scuttled by European Union regulators in February 2012. The two exchanges mutually agreed to terminate their merger deal that was agreed upon in February 2011.
Prior to that, London Stock Exchange in February 2011 agreed to combine with Toronto-based TMX Group, Inc. (X.TO, TSX_X.TO), and in October 2010, Singapore Exchange Ltd. agreed to buy Australia-based ASX Ltd. for about A$8.4 billion. Both the deals failed to materialize.
NYX closed Wednesday's regular trading session at $33.35, down $0.10 or 0.30% on a volume of 5.98 million shares.
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Andrew Luck is looking quite sharp and already directed a TD drive in his second possession. Ryan Tannehill directed a FG drive when he got the ball and is doing work early in the second quarter.
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Only three students scored a perfect 36 on the American College Testing exam or ACT on June 12.
Laura Korthauer was one of them.
She took the test in December and got 31, but decided she wanted to try again in hopes of a better shot at certain scholarships.
Mondovi's Principal said he'd never seen a 36 on the ACT in his career. He thinks Korthauer's success could catch on in the semesters to come.
"It's good for the school and for the community as well to have someone who's done so well," he said.
When Korthauser first saw the result, she was so surprised she could hardly speak.
"I hope it has some sort of impact to make other people try to do better themselves when they take it," she said.
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The Magic Words: In her eagerness to play with her friends, Baby Bop forgets to say "please" and "thank you". Barney tells her that these two words can be magic--they are polite words to use and people feel good when they hear them. Baby Bop has a daydream where she just can't say the magic words no matter how hard she tries! After her daydream, she remembers to be polite and always use the magic words! Educational theme: Practicing good manners such as saying, "please" and "thank you." Music curriculum: Strolling musicians play a drum, flute, mandolin and tambourine. Litterbot: Riff shares his dream of becoming an inventor with his friends. When Baby Bop's papers blow off the table and litter the park, Riff seizes the opportunity to show them his first invention. He invented something to pick up litter...the Litterbot! In the end, the robot malfunctions and creates even more trash. It's up to Barney and Baby Bop to teach Riff that they don't need a robot to clean up - they can clean up after themselves! Educational theme: Responsibility and environmental awareness.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A woman was killed when she was hit by a commuter train in Philadelphia after she fell onto the tracks, a regional rail spokesman said.
Andrew Busch of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority said the woman apparently was waiting for the train on the Market-Frankford line at the Allegheny Station when she fell about 5:45 p.m. Saturday.
He said she fell at the same time an eastbound train was entering the station and there would have been no time for anyone to help her off the tracks before the train hit.
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I am currently homeschooling my 9th grade son in Georgia but we might move to Florida and I am trying to figure out the differences and Florida requirements.
In Georgia we send in a Intent to homeschool and have to test once every three years. We don't have to send anything other than our intent and attendance to the state (this is done online). We have to do at least 180 days at 4.5 hours per day. We are to keep a report of how the child did during the year for our own records (not turned into anyone). Also the Georgia education site says students must pass a test in order to complete graduation but homeschoolers don't actually have to do this. I noticed the Florida education site says students must take certain test but I don't know if that applies to homeschoolers.
Is there anything I need to know about Florida? I have looked up the requirements on HSLDA but it is good to hear it from other parents and not in legal terms.
Also, what scholarship opportunities are there in Florida?
Thanks for any help!!
Anyone here from Florida?
Find or post information on the legal aspects of homeschooling in your state.
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On the contrary, it's important to read the legal terms because so many parents get it wrong.
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Thanks! I do and will read the legal terms but sometimes there are things that aren't really said in the legal terms that an experienced homeschool mom might know. Ex. GA education requirement page says you must complete a test at the end of 12th grade and pass it in order to graduate. BUT homeschoolers are exempt and it doesn't say that. I have learned that there are always important pieces of the puzzle that are missing when it comes to just trying to learn via the internet sites.
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Are you thinking that the children would come to your home daily? In that case, I would think it would be a private school and not tutoring. You might want to check into the legalities of that, too.
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THE BASICS: Plastic Welding
Plastic welding is a huge domain and
certainly too large for the scope of this article. Therefore, I will limit my
discussion to the types of plastic welds that are generally available to plastic
fabricators. This article will give you the basics on plastic welding. It will
assist you in your choices about the welding needs within your company.
Some people think plastic welding is an
easy operation. This might be so, but there are some things to consider if you
want to make a quality weld. First, not all types of plastic are weldable.
Thermoset plastics (which do not melt when heat is applied) are not weldable.
Thermoplastics (which melt when heated) can be welded numerous ways. Second,
only plastics of the same type are weldable. Each plastic type has it is own
molecular structure and weld temperature. Therefore, you can not weld together
different types of plastic (such as polyethylene and polypropylene).
Before you start welding with most welding
systems, surface preparation of the plastic is essential. This time-consuming
work is necessary for a quality weld. Surface preparation reduces surface
oxidation and other contaminants such as grease, dust or damage. Some people
forget this important step, but with most systems, a quality weld needs surface
preparation. To prepare the surface for welding, take a scraper and remove the
first layer of the material. Keep this area clean and dust-free at all times and
prepare only the area where you are working on.
Numerous welding systems are on the
marketplace. There is no "be all that ends all" welding system. Each
fabricator has to establish the type of weld that his facility needs to make.
The following list identifies and explains some of the available welder
Electric socket: Use electric sockets to
weld plastic (such as polyethylene pipes) together. Electric power heats up a
copper wire inside the socket. The plastic melts and expands. The pressure of
the expansion joins the pieces.
Ultra sonic: Ultrasonic welding uses an
acoustic tool to transfer vibration energy through the plastic parts and into
the weld area. The friction of the vibrating molecules generates heat, which
melts and welds the plastic. When the plastic reaches a molten state, vibration
stops. Apply pressure while the molten plastic solidifies. Use this system is to
weld smaller manufactured parts together.
High frequency: High frequency welding is
similar to ultra sonic welding except that HF welds are continuous and sonic
welding is like a stamping process. The typical use for these kinds of welders
is welding thin materials. (Think of a plastic sewing machine without a
Hot plate: With Hot plate welding, bring
the plastics together against the plate and hold them for a certain length of
time and pressure. Plastic parts melt on both sides of the plate. Separate the
parts, and remove the heat plate. Bring both plastic parts together again with a
certain amount of pressure until they are cool. With welds of this type, it is
important that both parts have the same shape (like pipes with the same ID and
OD). They must also fit together very well for a quality weld.
Spin: Spin welding joins round plastic
parts by bringing the parts together, with a circular, spinning motion. Hold one
part still and rotate the other. The friction between the two parts generates
heat that causes melting and fusing (when cool).
The above systems have some application in
the plastics fabrication industry but more common in the fabrication industry
are the following group of welders:
Hot air/Hot gas welding: This type of
welding uses hot air (or gas) to pre-heat the plastic surface and melt the
welding rod. The most common types of welders are stick and extrusion welders.
Oxidization on plastic can make welds weaker. If oxidization is a concern, hot
gas (such as nitrogen) may replace hot air because the moisture in the air may
increase oxidation. With respect to temperature consistency, hot gas welders
have the advantage over hot air systems.
Extrusion welding: An extrusion welder has
a screw (auger) mechanism, which conveys rod or pellets (depending on welder
size), through a barrel. Inside the barrel the plastic mixes, compresses, and
melts. The auger pushes the melted plastic out of the welder through a 'shoe'
and creates the weld bead. The extrusion welder pre-heats the weld area with hot
air or hot gas.
Injection welding: This unique welding
system uses a combination of heated tip and injection pressure to form its
welds. The hot (interchangeable) tip melts the surface of the plastic and
creates a weld zone into which molten plastic is injected. There is an actual
physical mixing of the weld bead and the plastic. When cool, the weld is the
strongest in this group of welding systems. Because the tip cracks the surface
of the plastic, there is no need to prepare the surface unless heavy
contamination exists. This saves considerable time for the fabricator. Drader
Injectiweld manufactures an injection-welding gun. It is excellent for
fabricating, prototyping, and repairing a wide range of thermoplastics. The
interchangeable tip gives the Injectiweld versatility. Weld bead sizes vary
between 1/16" and 5/8". Drader is introducing its latest hand-held
welder at the NPE in Chicago.
Please remember that the above explanations
are very basic. Contact the author if you wish to have further assistance with a
particular welding process.
There are many welding processes in the
marketplace and with each one, there are three parameters to consider.
1. Heat
2. Pressure
3. Time
Heat: Each plastic melts within a certain
temperature range. Stay between the minimum and maximum weld temperatures. When
you drift outside this zone, the weld quality diminishes.
Pressure: Pressure allows the plastic
molecules of the materials to mix. With plastic welding, the best bonding occurs
when there is an actual physical mixing of the plastics. Pressure, when too high
or too low, reduces the quality of the plastic weld.
Time: Plastic needs a certain time to melt
and a certain time to cool down. Give the material this time. You should not
speed up the cooling time. Do not cool down the weld with water or cold air
unless you want a large amount of stress applied to the weld bead.
Some think plastic welding is easy, but
there are many basic considerations to make in creating a quality plastic
Written by Andy Bramer, Plastics
Technologist for Drader Injectiweld, manufacturers of plastic welding
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My suggestion so far has been that when the boss begins using the phone, the management team should state that they can see that the boss is busy, agree among themselves that the meeting is over, and excuse themselves.
That's what my suggestion was going to be: Everyone should just stop everything and wait. Would everyone watching the boss intently while they wait be too much?
I think it may be useful, each time boss checks his phone, to simply have everyone stop and wait until the people present have his full attention again. Nothing rude in that - they were simply waiting for him to conclude his other business, rather than going on without him and risk having him miss an important issue.
For all anyone knows, Boss is "on call" with his superiors, and needs to be available to them at all times, including during meetings.I wouldn't interfere in this. If Boss is having trouble keeping up with the meeting because he is paying attention to his cell phone messages, that's between him and his bosses. If I were the him and my subordinates decided to make some kind of point by stopping the meeting or some other PA move, I would not be pleased.
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Crazy Installer is a PC utility to create an installer for custom channels. It can create either a DOL installer, which can be run via HBC or any other DOL loading method, or an EXE installer, which runs on a PC and asks for the Wii's IP, and uses WiiLoad to send the installer to a Wii running HBC.
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Hacking TiVo, Part 2
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Hack #84: Streaming Video Directly from TiVo
Why download massive videos and take up local hard drive space when you can stream them right from your TiVo over your home network?
Playing downloaded streams from your TiVo is just one way to use Wingert's TiVo MPlayer [Hack #83]. The whole reason he extended the original MPlayer was to enable you to stream videos right from your TiVo to your PC.
You'll need a program called vserver to pull off this hack. Download http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/tivo-mplayer/vserver-1.2.tar.gz?download and unpack the archive. Inside, you'll find a whole slew of files. Look for a binary called vserver-ppc-s1-exec. Move and rename the file to /var/hack/bin/vserver on your TiVo. Start it up:
bash-2.02# ./vserver
waiting for connections on port 8074
Launch MPlayer as in the previous hack, only this time passing it the URL
/list, replacing tivo_ip_address
with the IP address of your TiVo [Hack #51]. That magical
tivo URL handler up front (the
tivo:// bit) makes sure that MPlayer talks to the vserver on the right port with the right protocol. The
list bit, as you might imagine, requests a list of available programming. Here, I'm asking my TiVo (at IP address 192.168.0.3) for its Now Showing list:
C:\Program Files\mplayer> mplayer -quiet -cache 8192[RETURN]
Playing tivo://tivo/list
Listing streams in /Recording/NowShowingByTitle
[1662160][3][24][Day 2: 7:00 - 8:00AM]
[1651148][3][24][Day 2: 6:00 - 7:00AM]
[1636997][3][24][Day 2: 5:00 - 6:00AM]
[1623225][3][24][Day 2: 4:00 - 5:00AM]
[1670974][2][ABC World News Tonig][(null)]
[700897][4][The Armenians: A Sto][(null)]
[1684169][2][Coming Attractions][(null)]
[1651146][5][Dawson's Creek][All Good Things ... Must Come to an End]
Those numbers in the first column are the filesystem IDs (FSIDs) for the recorded streams, TiVo's way of indexing recorded videos. They're also used by vserver to select a show to stream:
C:\Program Files\mplayer> mplayer tivo://192.168.0.3/1662160
And up comes the final episode of 24. To stop
playback and quit MPlayer, press Control-C on the
command line. mplayer is unfortunately quite
computationally intensive, so the other flags on the command line are about
lessing the load on your PC.
-quiet supresses mplayer's output on the command line, giving your PC more
computational cycles for the video. The
-cache line asks
your PC to cache 8 MB of video data at all times while it is playing to protect
your PC against the unpredictability of networks
With vserver running, you also can extract ty streams directly from TiVo using mplayer [Hack #85]. On the command line, invoke mplayer, specifying an output file and the FSID of the stream you want to extract:
$ mplayer -dumpfile out.ty -dumpstream tivo://192.168.0.3/1692481
When you're done, don't forget to also kill the vserver process on your TiVo with a Control-C.
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Although natural gas has been restored after an outage Monday, Xcel energy has gone to phase two of restoring services, relighting pilot lights.
About 200 customers were still without gas service Tuesday morning,
this after a frozen well head on Douglas Pass caused gas lines in the Grand Valley to lose pressure and about 2,000 customers overall all have been affected by the outage.
With crews coming from all over Colorado to assist local Xcel crews in relighting, the process overall has gone rather smoothly.
By around noon Tuesday, all incoming work orders for relighting service had been filled, however, there were pockets of outages reported in other areas, particularly in Grand Junction that are in the tail end of the gas distribution system.
For those still waiting for relights, Xcel is asking for your cooperation.
"If you leave your residence, please leave a phone number of where we can reach you so we can relight your appliances," Fred Eggleston with Xcel Energy said.
If your pilot lights are still out, you can request the relighting service by calling 800-895-2999.
Xcel officials say this incident wasn't due to a gas shortage necessarily.
The well head did cause pressure to drop, but gas was purchased from a secondary supplier, so there was plenty of natural gas to go around.
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Discover an adventure like no other during the San Diego Zoo Safari Park's Summer Camp 2012! Children ages 4 and 5 can enjoy this five-day camp adventure:
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Explore animal senses and your own as you embark on a Sensory Safari throughout the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. From the owl that can hear a mouse stepping on a twig 75 feet away to the pig that can smell food underneath the ground, animals have some pretty amazing senses! Campers will look, listen, and smell their way through the Safari Park discovering how animal senses are the same or different as ours.
Each day brings a new sense to life as campers head off on Park tours, meet animals up close in private animal encounters, enjoy games, songs, and snacks, and make cool crafts to take home and treasure. From "Super Sight" to "Terrific Touch," your camper will be a sensory scientist by the end of the week.
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WASHINGTON D.C. (WIFR) -- A laid-off Sensata worker will get to watch the President's address in person, thanks to an invitation from Congresswoman Cheri Bustos.
Dot Turner was one of 170 employees whose job was shipped overseas. We met her quite a few times at the local protests a few months ago. She worked at the Freeport plant for 43 years before it was shut down at the end of the year. We had the chance to catch up with her before she left for Washington this morning. She tells us she's proud to be a part of the 17th District.
"We have elected a congresswoman who's stayed true to what she campaigned on. She has a passion and a big concern for the people who are losing jobs," Turner said.


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William "Speedy" Edmondson, 59, of Claremont, went home to be with his Lord and Saviour on Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at his residence. The Edmondson family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Drum Funeral Home & Cremations in Conover.
Hazel Juanita Price Hilton, 88, of Newton passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at her residence. Burke Mortuary in Newton is serving the Hilton family.


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BOSTON, MA - Senior outside hitter Kate McWhorter (Bakersfield, CA) spiked for 12 kills and added four aces, while freshman middle hitter Alexa Sullivan (South Dennis, MA) put down eight kills on a .438 hitting mark to lead the University of Massachusetts Boston women's volleyball team over visiting Emerson College, 25-17, 25-19, 16-25, 25-16, tonight at the Clark Athletic Center on the campus of UMass Boston in Boston, MA.
The Beacons, who are currently ranked second in the latest NCAA Division III New England Women's Volleyball Poll, win their 12th straight contest and have won 25 of their last 27 matches to improve to 25-4 to match the school record for victories established last season. UMass Boston's third set loss was the first set it has dropped all season at home, snapping a string of 32 straight frames without a loss. The Lions fall to 25-6 on the season.
The Beacons, who honored McWhorter and outside hitter Kate White (Plymouth, MA), as the program's only seniors for 2009, jumped out to a 9-2 lead in the first set, but Emerson came back with a 6-1 run to close to within 10-8. UMass Boston scored eight of the next nine points on the service of McWhorter and freshman setter Frana Burtness-Adams (Fairbanks, AK) to take an 18-9 lead, before closing out the set. The Lions owned a 5-4 edge in the second set, but the Beacons went on a 9-2 stretch to take a 13-7 advantage and never looked back. Emerson opened up an 8-3 margin in set three, but UMass Boston ripped off five straight points on freshman libero Bethany Rossoll's (Colorado Springs, CO) serve to tie it at 8-8. The Lions later took a 21-15 lead and went on to take the set to cut the match deficit to 2-1. Emerson held a 6-3 lead in the fourth set, but the Beacons reeled off seven straight points on McWhorter's serve for a 10-6 lead. UMass Boston later increased its advantage to 18-10, before the Lions closed to within 20-15, but it would be as close as the visitors would come.
McWhorter's 12 kills gave her 877 for her career with the Beacons to move past Laurel Smith (2000-02) and into second on the school's all-time list. She also added six digs to her night. Sullivan committed just one error on the evening, while freshman middle hitter Shannon Thompson (Moorpark, CA) smashed 12 kills to go with eight digs, two block solos and an ace. White put down eight kills and picked up a dig, while sophomore setter Cassy Hanneman (Denver, CO) directed the action with 41 assists in addition to four digs and an ace. Rossoll anchored the defense with a match-high 14 digs and junior defensive specialist Michelle Cawley (Canton, MA) chipped in with eight digs.
Junior middle hitter Lauren Zaniboni (San Diego, CA) led Emerson with 11 kills and four aces and added four digs and three total blocks, while senior middle hitter Erin Connolly (Quincy, MA) spiked for six kills, served up an ace, got down for seven digs and got up for a match-high six total blocks. Sophomore setter Katie Bailey (Calabasas, CA) registered 14 assists, three digs and was credited with a kill on her only attempt, while junior libero Sara Rutan (Santa Clarita, CA) scooped up a team-best 12 digs.
UMass Boston will be in action again on Saturday, October 31 when it travels to Danbury, CT for a Little East Conference tri-match with Rhode Island College at 2:00 p.m. and a 4:00 p.m. match with host Western Connecticut State University, while the Lions will take on Saint Joseph College (CT) at 2:00 p.m. and Emmanuel College at 4:00 p.m. on October 31.


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A tie in a race for a New Mexico House of Representatives seat could end up being broken by a coin flip or other game of chance. The race between Democrat Joanne Ferrary and incumbent Republican Terry McMillan for the 37th District seat ended with an even split of more than 12,000 votes.
If a recount leaves the race still even New Mexico law requires a game of chance be used as a tie-breaker.
The exact game is up to a five-person panel that includes the candidates, the county Democratic and Republican chairs and a judge.
McMillian says he prefers a single hand of five-card stud. Ferrary says she's not sure which game she might prefer.
Each received 6,217 votes.
Information from: Las Cruces Sun-News, http://www.lcsun-news.com
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Looks like there might be a little colateral damage!
Well, one reason is that, once-upon-a-time, we had to build apps for browsers that didn't support
Indeed, the web would be much more beautiful if IE supported alpha transparency in PNGs.
IE does not support the #1 most useful aspect of PNG, namely, alpha transparency. Without alpha transparency, you may as well use JPEG or GIF in most circumstances.
FWIW, there's a hack to display transparent PNGs in IE without breaking things for other browsers. Try this script:
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That's a techie urban-legend. The truth is that IE6 does support all required PNG features. Therefore it "supports PNG".
Yes, IE6 doesn't support PNG transparency, at least not in any easy way. However PNG transparency is an optional part of the PNG spec. That IE6 doesn't support transparency properly is unfortunate but doesn't invalidate their meeting the required PNG spec.
Furthermore as others have pointed out there are indeed work-arounds (ugly ones) that will enable reliable PNG transparency on IE6. Also as others have pointed out (including MS staffers) even if IE7 were to ship tomorrow and support PNG et al we'd still be stuck with a huge IE6-using population for years to come.
It would be great if IE, and indeed all of the browsers, were to fully meet all relevant standards. It would also be great if they were to then go on and meet more of the optional parts of those standards, including PNG transparency. However lets hold everyone's feet to the fire on these, not pick on one author's neglecting a feature many would like while they and others are still missing more fundamental required parts of specs.
If you would like to get MNG back into Mozilla, then you can follow/vote/contribute to Bugzilla bug 18574
(Please don't post useless comments on that bug)
Quick source view of the main slashdot page shows that "gif" is found about 50 times.
"png" is found twice -- both of which are related to the original post.
Now you know why we care. The web community uses gif more than png. For better or worse...
i'm not sure this web community would be pleased that slashdot's being used as an example of currently-accepted design choices. at least on the front end, slashdot's code is dated and inefficient. alistapart.com has a fun article [alistapart.com] on how it could be made bet
Alpha transparency is critical to good Web site design
Yeah, I know there are deflated TIFFs, but they can be like "wha...?" in the prepress world.
Why yes, nothing to lose. Which is exactly why you're practically begging them.
... though the consensus seems to be that IBM would lose any court action it tried to bring.
No offense jamie, but you should really refrain from making things up like this. There is no one anywhere with any sort of legal background that would agree with this. Hell, it's probably libel to say that. It most assuredly is an outright lie.
If IBM releases it, then that's great, but don't try to badger them into it.
"No offense jamie, but you should really refrain from making things up like this. There is no one anywhere with any sort of legal background that would agree with this. Hell, it's probably libel to say that."
I traded email with several people who know the history of this algorithm and its patents fairly well. I wasn't able to get a quote from a legal expert backing this up by press time, but it hardly matters because this opinion indeed is the consensus of those I have talked to. And I mentioned the duplicate-patent issue to an IBM PR rep, who had plenty of time but didn't offer a correction.
I stand by what I wrote.
So how about it, IBM? You've got nothing to lose! Want to make a lot of geeks happy and release that final patent into the public domain?
Actually that patent is being used in IBM's (second amended) counterclaims [groklaw.net] in the SCO v IBM case.
175. IBM is the lawful owner, by assignment, of the entire right, title and interest in United States Patent No. 4814746 ("the '746 Patent"), duly and legally issued on March 21, 1989 to Miller et aI., entitled "Data Compression Method". A copy of the ' 746 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit X.
176. Upon information and belief, SCO has infringed, contributorily infringed and/or actively induced others to infringe the '746 Patent within this judicial district and elsewhere in violation of35 U. C. 9271 by, without authority or license from IBM, (a) making, using, selling and/or offering to sell products, including Unix Ware and Open Server, that practice one or more claims of the '746 Patent and (b) actively, knowingly and intentionally causing and assisting others to infringe one or more claims of the' 746 Patent.
While it would be nice for IBM to release the patent to the public domain, they would have to drop this particular claim from the SCO lawsuit if they did.
I'm not sure that's true, but IANAL. The current status of the patent probably has little to do with the status of the patent at the time of infringement.
It would probably reduce the amount of damages but would still achieve the primary purpose of making SCO burn through cash. We all know [or at lwast strongly suspect] that the total damages to IBM by SCO will far exceed the value of SCO...
It was a big breakthrough when algorithms like LZW, which compressed data that contained repeated multi-byte patterns (like text, or bitmap drawings), were developed. The previous state of the art was to pre-analyze the data and build a table that would have to be exchanged before the data could be decompressed (like Huffman encoding). LZW lets you built the table on-the-fly as the data is compressed, and exchange it on-the-fly as its being decoded (because the compression "table" and the data stream are actually the same.)
LZW does seem simple to us now; in fact one standard Job Interview question I ask is to put the LZW algorithm on the whiteboard! However, for those of use who have been around for more than 20 years, it was a significant breakthrough.
Not very well I hasten to add, GIF's are still used rather a lot [google.com] and even Slashdot hasn't bothered to convert all their images to PNG.
OK.. I have been watching the debate for several years (it's like watching the grass grow). Here's where things are:
There are several arguments for GIF being pronounced with a HARD G:
1) "G" stands for Graphical. Graphical has a hard G.
2) The majority of people pronounce it that way.
3) Most words that start with G have a hard G.
The main case for Soft G is that the designers of the file format specifically stated in their specification document that it's a soft G.
Item 1 has been shot down as follows: Yes, G stands for graphical (*as specified by the designers of the file format*). Three problems with that:
a) The technical pronounciation of Graphical is gha-raf-i-cal. So it's not the same phonetical sound as hard G. You would need to then pronounce it Gh-IF, NOT hard G "GIF".
b) What something stands for has nothing to do with how an acronym is pronounced. Modem, for example, stands for modulation/demodulation. Is it pronounced "mah-deem"? Laser would be pronounced as if it rhymes with brassiere... etc. The fact that g stands for graphical has nothing to do with the pronounciation of the acronym.
c) If you are referring to the word "graphical" as the basis for the argument, then you are basing your argument on the the words picked by the designers, and used in the specification. And in that specification, the designers said that it's pronounced JIFF like the peanut butter. So for consistency, if you go back to the specification to determine what it stands for, then you must live by their specified pronounciation.
Item 2 has been shot down because the majority doesn't rule on matters of punctuation. (pronounciation?)
Item 3 has been shot down because there is no rule. There are MANY words that have a soft G pronounciation. People have even argued that GIF is part of Gift, and so they should sound the same. (Gin (soft g) and gink (hard g) are examples that shoot down that logic.)
So we go back to the specification... no one seems to be able to logically shoot this down. The folks who invented the file format decided what it would be called, and how to pronounce it. If you want to invent your own file format, you can pronounce it any way you want. You can even pick a symbol, and then be referred to as "The file format formerly known as Prince". But as inventor, it's your call.
I want to say this in a *gentle* way... the *gist* of my message is that most GIF pronounciation arguments amount to *gibberish*, when you consider the *general* logic behind them. I'll let the *genie* out of the bottle here: Have a *gin* and tonic, and cool your *genitals*. You have to go back to the *genesis* of the file format, at the *germination* of the idea, when they first *generated* the specification. to determine the correct pronounciation. It is soft G, like JIFF.
(it's really fun to read the posts where people write.. "Those who pronounce GIF as JIF..." and correctly read that aloud ("Those who pronounce JIF as JIF"))
OK.. let this be the definitive guide to pronouncing GIF. You can pronounce it any way you want, but if you are one who insists on being "correct", get used to saying JIF. And I haven't read a logical, solid argument YET for pronouncing it with a hard G. Right now, Soft G is winning the debate, and it's not even close!
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It has been four years since I have been on here.
My name is Alma and remember being on here all the time and love that it is still going!
Unfortunately last year Muneca has passed away at age 14 and Chiquita her mother passed away this year at 16.
We do still have Chiquis and he is 16 years old but still spunky!
Hope all is well with everyone. Soon I will be getting a new puppy not sure what breed but will be nice to have a new furry friend.
I will post photos soon :) makes me wonder if most of friends I had on here are still around on this forum! Has definitely been a long time.


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Three consecutive wins in the CONCACAF Champions League is sufficient evidence to talk of Monterrey's dominance in the competition. No other club has managed such a feat since Cruz Azul back when the competition was a pale shadow of what it has become today.
The manner of the epic 4-2 victory on Wednesday, with three goals coming in the last seven minutes, was the CCL at its best. A tight first leg exploded into life only after Santos Laguna had seemingly put the game to bed, with Pedro Caixinha's well thought out game plan so close to crowning the Guerreros the 13th Mexican winners of the continental competition.
But Monterrey has quietly put emphasis on the competition. The CCL has become an important trophy for the club and a means of reaching the Club World Cup to gain international prestige and promotion. The club has lost only three times in 34 games in the CCL, winning 25 of those. The fans, packed into the Estadio Tecnologico long before kickoff, are on the same page as the team.
"We are conscious we have to take everything we are playing for seriously," said Monterrey president Luis Miguel Salvador after the game on television." The prize, the Club World Cup, is really important."
The competition is not as easy as both Monterrey and Santos have made it look in the last couple of seasons, either. MLS clubs have increasing experience in two-leg competition and the conditions in Mexico and Central America, while the plight of Chivas – the first Mexican team to go out in the group stage – shows that nothing can be taken for granted.
The guiding figure for Monterrey's success has been Victor Manuel Vucetich, who took over as coach in 2009. He's now won 13 of the 14 finals his teams have competed in throughout his career. It's no wonder he's earned the nickname "King Midas."
At 58, the half-Argentine – his father came to Mexico to play - still has another one or two challenges left in him and after the next Club World Cup would seem an opportune moment for him to set sail.
It was widely reported that Vucetich gave up the national team job to remain in Monterrey with his children - with whom he is especially close after his wife passed away tragically in 2008 - after the last World Cup.
But the lure of the Rayados and his family may be too much, especially with the future of the club looking very bright.
This summer, Colombian international Dorlan Pabon will be joining for a reported fee of $6 million. For those who maybe haven't seen him play, Pabon really caught the eye in the 2012 Copa Libertadores, netting seven times in eight games and was promptly snapped up by Parma. It didn't quite work out in Italy, however, and he is now on loan at Real Betis, where he's scored five goals in 10 starts.
Then in 2014, the club is scheduled to open a new first class 50,000-capacity stadium that will likely be the best and most modern in the country.
Vucetich also revealed post-game that one of the keys to Monterrey's CCL victory has been youth coming through and challenging the older players like Cesar 'Chelito' Delgado, Walter Ayovi and others. He called it the rejuvenation of the squad. Rookie players like Jesus Corona, Luis Madrigal, U.S. born Alonso Hernandez and Cesar De la Pena have all got minutes this season.
There will be a number of factors pulling Vucetich to remain at the club over the long term, to create something rare in Mexican soccer and build a second successful Monterrey side.
In terms of the near future, the surge of confidence surrounding the club at present means Monterrey has to be one of the favorites going into the liguilla.
But the real test on the horizon for Monterrey will come in that Club World Cup in December in Morocco when Rayados attempt to become the first CONCACAF team to make the final.
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Effect of Febuxostat on Blood Pressure
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01496469
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : December 21, 2011
Results First Posted : August 31, 2015
Last Update Posted : August 31, 2015
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|Condition or disease
|Drug: Febuxostat Drug: Placebo
|Phase 2
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|121 participants
|Intervention Model:
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|Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
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|Official Title:
|A Phase 2, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Assess the Effect of Febuxostat 80 mg Once Daily Compared to Placebo on Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Subjects With Hyperuricemia and Hypertension
|Study Start Date :
|February 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|August 2014
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|August 2014
Experimental: Febuxostat 80 mg QD
Febuxostat 80 mg, tablets, orally, once daily for up to 6 weeks.
Drug: Febuxostat
Febuxostat 80 mg, tablets, orally, once daily for up to 6 weeks
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo QD
Febuxostat placebo-matching tablets, orally, once daily for up to 6 weeks.
Drug: Placebo
Febuxostat placebo-matching tablets, orally, once daily for up to 6 weeks.
- Change From Baseline in 24-hour Mean Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) Measured by Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring at Week 6 [ Time Frame: Baseline and Week 6 ]The change in 24-hour mean SBP measured at final visit or Week 6 relative to baseline. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring measures blood pressure at regular intervals throughout the day and night. The 24-hour mean is the average of all measurements recorded for 24 hours after dosing.
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- The participant has documented hypertension, defined as average clinic systolic blood pressure (SBP) of ≥145 mm Hg and ≤165 mm Hg or average clinic diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of ≥90 mm Hg and ≤105 mm Hg at the Day -21 Screening Visit; the average BP measurement at two of the three Placebo Run-in Visits (Day -14, Day -7 and Day -1) must also meet the above criteria for hypertension.
- The participant has a serum uric acid (sUA) level ≥7.0 mg/dL not associated with gout, at the Day -21 Screening Visit.
- The participant has a 24-hour mean ambulatory SBP of ≥130 mm Hg and < 165 mm Hg at the Baseline (Day 1) Visit.
- At the initial Screening Visit (Day -21), the maximum number of antihypertensive medications the participant is taking is ≤ 2 (fixed-dose combination medications are considered 2 medications, including diuretics), and the participant has been on a stable dose of this medication for at least1 month prior to start of the initial Screening Visit (Day -21).
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- Postmenopausal (defined as at least 1 year since last regular menses with an follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) >40 IU/L, or at least 5 years since last regular menses), OR
- On hormone replacement therapy and ≥ 55 years of age.
- The participant or, when applicable, the participant's legally acceptable representative signs and dates a written, informed consent form and any required privacy authorization prior to the initiation of any study procedures.
- In the opinion of the investigator, the participant is capable of understanding and complying with protocol requirements.
Exclusion Criteria:
- The participant has received any investigational compound within 30 days, or within 5 half-lives of the compound (whichever is longer) prior to the Screening Visit.
- The participant has received febuxostat or any urate-lowering therapy (ULT) in a previous clinical study or as a therapeutic agent.
- The participant has gout, history of gout, or gout flares.
- The participant has secondary hyperuricemia (HPU) (e.g., due to myeloproliferative disorder, or organ transplant).
- The participant has known secondary hypertension of any etiology (e.g., renovascular disease, primary hyperaldosteronism, Cushing syndrome).
- The participant has a history, within the 6 months prior to screening, of myocardial infarction, heart failure, unstable angina, coronary artery bypass graft, or percutaneous coronary intervention.
- The participant has an irregular cardiac rhythm (e.g., atrial fibrillation, multifocal premature atrial contractions) which leads to difficulty with interpretation of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM).
- The participant has a history of congestive heart failure, hypertensive encephalopathy, cerebrovascular accident, or transient ischemic attack.
- The participant has type 1 or poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus (glycosylated hemoglobin [HbA1c] >8.0%) at Screening.
- The participant has a history of infection with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or human immunodeficiency virus.
- The participant has an average clinic SBP >165 mm Hg or DBP >105 mm Hg at 1 or more visits during the Placebo Run-in Period.
- The participant's average clinic SBP or DBP measurement that increases or decreases by >10 mm Hg between Placebo Run-in visits (Day -14 to Day -7, or Day -7 to Day -1, or Day -14 to Day -1).
- The participant is an immediate family member, study site employee, or is in a dependent relationship with a study site employee who is involved in conduct of this study (e.g., spouse, parent, child, sibling) or may consent under duress.
- The participant has an alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and/or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) values greater than 2.0 times the upper limit of normal (ULN).
- The participant has a significant medical condition and/or conditions that would interfere with the treatment, safety or compliance with the protocol.
- The participant has a history of alcoholism or illicit drug abuse within 5 years prior to the Screening Visit or is currently consuming >14 alcoholic drinks per week.
- The participant has a known hypersensitivity or allergies to febuxostat or any components of the formulations of this compound.
- The participant is taking or expected to take a medication as described in the excluded medication section.
- The participant has a history of cancer that has not been in remission for at least 5 years prior to the first dose of study drug. This criterion does not apply to those participants with successfully resected basal cell or stage I squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.
- The participant's estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is <30 mL/min/1.73m3, where eGFR is calculated by the Central Laboratory using the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) formula at the Day -21 Screening Visit.
- The participant is noncompliant (<80% or >120%) with study medication during Placebo Run-In Period.
- The participant has an upper arm circumference less than 24 cm or greater than 42 cm.
- The participant's work shift includes any hour between 11 PM (2300) to 7 AM (0700).
- The participant has a baseline 24-hour ABPM reading of insufficient quality (as described in Appendix F of the protocol).
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01496469
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|August 31, 2015
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|August 31, 2015
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|July 2015
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Drug Therapy
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I just sold my kindle touch and have order a kindle paper white. It should make reading in not well lit places a lot easier on my eyes I hope. I don't read much but I'd like to get into it more. I find if I'm interested in the book I can read it, like The Hunger Games trilogy. I think I read them in a week and I enjoyed it. I've also read the first Game of Thrones, which I also enjoyed so I started the second. I got to a part that's just really boring so I sorta stopped reading it. hopefully I'll get back into it at some point.
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Walter F. Judd
Walter F. Judd, 90, passed away November 25, 2013 at Kent Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Helen A. (Souza) Judd.
He was a son of the late Walter F. and Laverne (Paradise) Judd, Sr. Mr. Judd served in the Merchant Marines before World War II and was a Navy veteran of World War II. After retiring as a truck driver for the Teamsters, he was a volunteer for West Bay Children's Center, Warwick Homeless Shelter and the East Greenwich Odeum Theater. After losing his eyesight, he continued to volunteer for the Blind Veterans Association for the past 10 years.
Walter was the loving father of David F. Judd, Patricia A. Leavitt and Sandra M. Rosenberger and the late Dennis F. and Ronald F. Judd; devoted grandfather of Amy, Michael, Michelle, Amanda and Megan; great-grandfather of Emily, Sophia and Jake. He was the brother of Margaret Cabral, Peter Judd, and the late Eileen Walsh, John, William, Larry and Laverne Judd.
His visitation will be held Friday, November 29, from 10-11 am. Information and condolences, visit TheQuinnFuneralHome.com.


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Just two months after her King Street boutique closed its doors, Ruth Tarvydas has reopened in Claremont's swanky Times Square establishment.
The new store, which neighbours the likes of Ae'lkemi, Poppy Lissiman and CULTSTATUS, launched on December 18, packed with so many socialites, fashion writers and models that guests were spilling out of the store and onto the street.
A spokesman for Tarvydas said the store, which launched with its "Dark Angel" collection, was all about new beginnings for Tarvydas and was "out with the old, in with the new".
When Tarvydas closed her King Street doors in October, she admitted she was being forced to sell her house and car to pay off debtors after paying $30,000 a month in rent.
"I've sold my house, I'm selling my car. I'm doing everything because I love my creditors as much as I love my business but when the banks stop supporting you and unfortunately that was the situation, the rents are too high, you just have to know the best time to exit before things get worse," she told 92.9's Lisa, Paul & Baz in October.
"Unfortunately it's just the way things are and the landlords don't seem to recognise that there's a retail slump and are pretty excited about the Chanel's coming in and unfortunately Tarvydas is going out."
Her Claremont boutique, with an interior styled on Dior, opened just days after Chanel moved in on King Street.
Tarvydas, dressed in her trademark black dress, black hat and heavy black eyeliner, welcomed guests at the VIP launch including Underbelly actress Natasha Leigh, Fashion TV hostess Yasmin Jade Kassim, Perth Fashion Festival director Mariella Harvey-Hanrahan, Perth Glory owner Tony Sage, Miss Universe models, businesswoman Bree Maddox and Australia's Got Talent 2011 operatic singer Clara Helms.
Tattooed model Jessica Paige, whose larger-than-life image covers an entire wall in Tarvydas' new store, was also in attendace. The shoot with Paige for the store wall was filmed by documentary makers for the ABC series Boomtown, which delves into the world of Perth entrepreneurs, and will air in April.


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Sean Johnson, Fire shut out D.C. United
WASHINGTON -- Jeff Larentowicz and Bakary Soumare scored in the first half, substitute Quincy Amarikwa had a goal in the second half, and the Chicago Fire beat D.C. United 3-0 on Friday night.
The Fire (12-12-7) moved past Philadelphia, Columbus, and New England into the fifth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
United (3-22-6) are now winless in their last nine league games and were unable to carry over any momentum after winning the US Open Cup for the third time in franchise history during the week.
Larentowicz opened the scoring in the 24th minute with his second goal of the season as Juan Luis Anangono took a United turnover and dribbled past two defenders before finding the Fire captain inside the penalty box for the close-range score.
Two minutes later, Soumare doubled the Fire lead with his first goal of the season. The defender capitalized after United goalie Joe Willis and defender Perry Kitchen were both unable to clear away Mike Magee's free kick from the right wing.
Amarikwa, who entered the game in the 79th minute, scored 10 minutes later after fellow substitute Dilly Duka found him all alone after a short corner kick in the closing minutes.
D.C. United dominated possession in the first half but were unable to beat Fire goalie Sean Johnson from any angle.
United's best chance may have come in the 15th minute when Jared Jeffery ripped a shot from 25 yards out that finally beat Johnson only to come off the left goal post. United's Connor Doyle immediately put the rebound right back on frame only to have Johnson again make the save.
Johnson made five first half saves -- finishing with nine -- on the way to his fifth shutout of the season.
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Whatever Happened To '10 Things I Hate About You' Star Andrew Keegan? [PHOTO]
Then: Andrew Keegan was a successful teenage actor, appearing in movies such as 'Independence Day' and snagging reoccurring roles on 'Party of Five' and '7th Heaven.' But he is best remembered for playing cluelessly self-absorbed lothario Joey Donner in the teen romantic comedy '10 Things I Hate About You.'
Now: Keegan's film career has slowed as an adult — his last movie was the direct-to-video effort 'Love, Wedding, Marriage.' The 32-year old added some stage acting to his resume in 2009, debuting in the play 'He Asked For It.' In July of 2011, Perez Hilton reported that Keegan was handcuffed and reportedly tasered after refusing to turn down the music at his raging house party. That is such a Joey Donner move.


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|2004-02-21, 03:34
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Toronto, Canada
good art and animation coupled with fantastic jazz music... plus there were interesting characters that generally didn't fit into a specific character type (with the exception of Faye)... the story was alright too and I liked the whole futuristic bounty hunters thing... but... i will definitely say that cowboy bebop is not the best anime I have seen.... but it's great still......
|2004-02-21, 05:46
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personally i like cowboy bebop because
a) it has nothing to do with teenagers going through puberty ( i am so sick of animes like that)
b) because there arent any "super powers" involved or any gigantic robots
and c) because the main character isnt a goody goody who always does the right thing hes pretty cool on my standards
but then again thats just me
|2004-02-21, 16:40
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|2004-02-21, 17:47
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|2004-02-23, 17:36
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The reason why I rate CB at no.1 is that it is nearly perfect in every aspect. Every episode is interesting and different from the next. You can watch every episode as one mini-movie unlike many other popular series (Naruto, One Piece, FMA among others).
The drawing style is really good. In my opinion the best Sunrise has come up with.
The Soundtrack is without a doubt a masterpiece. Mixing jazz, blues and a little bit of metal makes this one best anime soundtracks I´ve ever listened to.
The characters and their backgrounds are well made and really fits with the somewhat "unusual" plot.
|2004-02-23, 19:34
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I'll join you in the people that didn't like CB .
If you ask me why, well, it never caught to me, and I never passed the 5th or 6th episode, well.
First, you all said it's original anime material but it reminded me a good deal of Cobra which was such a good serie (There is a part of Nostalgie in this). I also happen to be a big SF litterature fan and well, the universe depicted in CB is very classic in that aspect as well as the story used.
Then, people have pointed as a good thing that episodes feel like "mini movies", but my resulting feeling was that there wasn't much pushing me to watch the next episode.
While the reasons given by Goldenducky for liking the show feel good to me, I didn't though the result was anything fascinating, even though it is nice to have stories not centered around teenagers once in a while.
|2006-08-10, 14:06
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i'm psychic.god says hi.
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: tucson arizona
Age: 26
cowboy bebop thread.
has anyone here seen the fInal episode.If you have can you tell me your opinion.
My pinion is that it was major let down.I mean the way that spike acted when he came down the stairs was kinda of retarded. he looked like he was high. come who comes down stairs and just says bang.
also it wasn't much of a fight. It was only two minutes. come on it was to short.
Also the fact that spike died. he should have lived so that there would have been a more open ending. Because of this i was fustrated for three days.On the inside i'm still kind pissed.this is why i'm on a rant.
besides the bad things it was a pretty good episodes. his girlfreind dies,a beautiful fight scene,and a kind of good duel.
I also liked how everyone split up.
|2006-08-11, 23:25
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Desert, USA
Age: 31
From the way, this thread reads, it seems like Cowboy Bebop is really the love it or hate it series. I for one wouldn't say that this was one of the best shows I've watched, but I thought overall that this series was quite enjoyable. Because of its episodic nature, the underlying central plot simply didn't stand out enough to draw some people into the series. lol Spike's flashbacks were so recurrent that we really were expecting more to fill in those gaps, but in reality, we actually saw very little development of the story. However, if you've enjoyed the fun and games Spike and Jet were in each time they undertook a mission, that would probably have been enough to make you want to watch more bounty hunting in space. And it was that, and not the story, that was appealing to me.
|2006-08-12, 02:27
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Cowboy Bebop will always be one of my favorite animes, probably tied for first in fact. My reasons, I guess, are a lot like Briareos'. That is, you learn about the characters little by little through their actions and words in each of the episodes and by the time you learn their complete pasts you feel like you really know them, or at least I did. Also, the lack of defined good and bad was appealing to me. Of course Yoko Kanno's soundtrack made it even more awesome as she is one of my top two favorite anime musicians (the other being Yuki Kajiura. Hmm, both YK er KY? what a coincidence, lol).
And to drgntig, it was really rather open I thought, the ending that is. I mean, we really don't know for sure what happened to any of the crew after the end of the series. As for how Spike acted at the end, that's anybody's guess what he was thinking, but it totally fit with his character. It was kind of reminiscent of the end of Sympathy for the Devil (Session #6). Not to mention it's memorable, I mean as much as you might have disliked it, it sticks with you. Like Chrno Crusade, I hated the ending so much it just pissed me off but in that way it is very memorable to me.
|2006-12-14, 16:49
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: houston texas
this is pretty much the best series of all time!!!j/k but seriously this show is seriously good.
|2008-08-25, 14:56
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Location: God only knows
Well im sorry for posting on an old theard but since i didnt could find any other Cowboy Bebop theard, i just use this one.
Well, Cowboy Bebop just climbed very fast to my top favourite anime list. This series has almost everything expect of romantic but this anime dont need it.
Its very well maded and the story(s) are very good written, that it sounds realistic, whats going on in this series. Uptill now, i only watched the 26 episodes of the season but next days, i will watch the special episode and the "Knockin on Heavens Door" Movie.
The ending is one of the things, i didnt expected, that this ending is actually... mh well, sad and surprised. Spike said, he wouldnt die and left Faye and Jet alone in the ship but then.... The music is brilliant and i had tiers in my eyes, when Spike was lying on the stairs and the view is zooming out with starting the music.. Dammit so good.
I give Cowboy Bebop a 10/10 and i will rewatch some good episodes soon.
|2008-08-28, 12:09
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Join Date: Sep 2007
I don't really like "episodic" animes at all....which is the reason I don't like Cowboy Bebop that much. I mean, a lot of the episodes were in fact pointless, with stupid stories.
You know, a lot of people complain about how stupid Naruto fillers are.....well watching Cowboy Bebop and I would say the stories aren't much better.
|2008-08-31, 09:00
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: God only knows
Well i agree with you in this point but Cowboy Bebop is for me a big exception.
I never thought, it would end like this. I thought, it would be "just" an open ending. My face was like on episode 24, when they split up.
I just watched the movie, Knockin` on Heaven`s Door in HD. Its brilliant maded like the episodes or even better. I will for sure treasure this series and the movie. The only thing left i have to watch is the special episode.
Sorry, but i dont understand, what you mean.
The ending of Mahoromatic?
|2008-09-02, 17:13
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 60
The art, music, and "style" of Cowboy Bebop (along with the way it was presented in Japan) had a lot to do with its general appeal. Personally, I wasn't enthralled with the story but I can see why its combination of elements made it a rather important contribution to anime's world-wide popularity increase. One can see why something is well done even if it doesn't personally appeal.
My son's high school jazz band loves playing the theme song.
|2008-09-02, 18:51
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It's the year 3030...
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Spaceport Colony Sicilia
Age: 33
Also, I loved Cowboy Bebop because of its ending. It had possibly one of the greatest endings I've seen in anime.
Spoiler for ending:
All of that, combined with the outstanding fight sequences (particularly Spike v. Asamov Aranson in Session #1: Asteroid Blues), made this an interesting and fun show to watch.
|2008-09-03, 11:20
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: God only knows
Agree with your complete post.
|2010-01-06, 15:01
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Join Date: Jan 2010
I have recently watched Cowboy Bebop again and everytime I do I leave the series with more and more respect for Jet, he has a big heart and he has a lot of character, he's definatly one of my favorite characters in this series (along with Spike). I love the episode where Jet has to hunt down the new boyfriend of his old girlfriend and turn him in, then at the end of the episode we are treated to one of the most powerful moments in the series (in my opinion) when Jet tosses away his pocket watch when it finally stops ticking. For whatever reason that single scene always and will always send a tingle up my spine, it was sad and it was powerful, stuff like this is extremely hard to write, trust me....I've tried.
I also love the episode where Spike and Jet watch the tape of Faye when she was a kid, that event gave me a newfound world of respect for Faye's character and you can't help but to feel sorry for the person she has become, it was just so moving. Now, before you guys think I am some Bebop fanboy, I'm not. I dont think the series is without it's flaws but I think, for the most part, the positives outweight the negatives with Cowboy Bebop and we were treated to one of the first adult oriented anime series that helped to set a trend for future series to come.
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Feed Google with the freshest donuts you can!
Target audience: Marketing professionals, SEO specialists, PR pros, brand managers, businesses, nonprofits, educators, Web publishers, journalists.
My buddy Terence has a problem. He doesn't like what comes up on Google Images when he searches. He's not suffering from a reputation disaster or an embarrassment of embarrassments — he just doesn't like what he sees when he searches for his name.
I took a look and the fix was simple: he is a ghost online. When I say he's a ghost, I don't mean he's invisible, he's just translucent. Google doesn't like to work too hard on delivering results, but when Google can't find recent, fresh, and accurate photos, it tends to dig through the dumpster for just about anything. Google can get desperate.
In the case of my buddy, he takes the curation of his personal brand so seriously that not only does he not feed blogs, social networks, gallery sites, Pinterest, news sites, LinkedIn,Facebook, Twitter, or Google+, he spends a lot of time asking site owners, myself included, to take down pics, snappies, and photos he doesn't like. Continue reading


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Michael Korb explores the flirty, funny and sometimes frightening world of dating in Southwest Florida
March 2012
Avoiding the Crazy
I've dated my fair share of loons: the Lindsay Lohans, Winona Riders and girls with ties to the occult. (Every boy wants a girl just like the girl who married dear old dad.) But under most circumstances, crazies are to be avoided at all costs—assuming you're looking for a serious relationship. (If, on the other hand, you're looking for entertainment, jump in with both feet.) However, the saddest part about crazy is that people don't seem to grow out of it. When you're younger you assume that people get more normal as they work their way into the magic of adulthood. And once they become parents, they must certainly have their act together. But nothing could be further from the truth. Case in point: I was recently messaged by a late-30s single parent acquaintance...
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Lunch, the most important meal of your dating day?
As someone who prefers to wake up around 9:30 a.m. (Pacific Time), I find lunch to be the most important meal of the day. And yet, so few people take this time to get the proper nutrients they need—or, from a more singular purpose, to look for a potential date. We seem resigned to the fact that dating options don't make themselves known until happy hour. But let me tell you from experience, seeing people in the bright light of day can save you a world of regret later. After all, pinot grigio goggles have a surprisingly short shelf life. With that in mind we continue our tour of area dating locales and have become a regular patron of Brio Tuscan Grille At Waterside Shops in Naples. From a single guy point of view the restaurant is frequented by a large number of attractive...
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Moody Guys Get the Girl
This just in from a University of British Columbia study recently published in the American Psychological Association journal Emotion. Men and women are different! It seems that women are attracted to men who seem brooding and moody over men who appear happy and well-adjusted. Conversely, men dig chicks who beam and seem delighted. More than 1000 adult (probably Canadian) participants rated the sexual attractiveness of hundreds of images of members of the opposite sex in various states of emotion—happiness, pride and shame. Women found the happy guys least attractive, preferring guys who looked proud or powerful or moody and ashamed. (Ladies, for the record, I'm ashamed that I'm proud of my moodiness.) Guys, on the other hand, do not like proud girls. (Like I always...
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