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I couldn't help myself with the captions this week because three months (or 13 weeks) means a whole lot more personality in miss baby that's quite hard to capture. (Must try harder next week!)
New things up with the lady: lots of bubble blowing and spools of drool. The teen was quite grossed out when he gave her a hug and was left with a trail of baby slobber down his back. So funny.
She has discovered she can clasp her hands together and spends quite a bit of time clasping and unclasping her long baby fingers.


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One week after failing to gain approval for a smoking bill, Sen. Frank Simpson (R-Ardmore) was able of push another out of committee.
Senate Bill 501 was approved by the Senate General Government Committee, which will allow cities and counties to ban smoking on government property. Passage of the bill is in response to a recent ruling by Attorney General Scott Pruitt. A handful of communities in Oklahoma have approved ordinances banning smoking in city parks but Pruitt said those communities were in violation of current state law limiting local government control on the use of tobacco.
"It boils down to an issue of local control," Simpson said. "The bill gives local communities the statutory authority to ban smoking on civic property. It will be a good thing. We know it is unsightly and will probably save money because you will not need people to go to the park and clean it up. It is a small victory and it gives local governments control."
Simpson also noted the efforts of Students Working Against Tobacco at the library in a story in The Ardmoreite.
Last week, a bill that would have given local government the authority to ban smoking in private businesses as well as government owned properties failed to make it out of committee.


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Posted 02 October 2012 - 05:03 PM
I work for a marketing company whose main product is an online directory of businesses that belong to countless industries and the segments within those industries. My assignment has been to learn about link building and find strategies to mark our website's presence within a very specific industry segment through link building and then, after establishing a relationship with companies in that segment, get them to promote (i.e. place links for) a new online store that one of our clients recently launched that caters to those companies.
So after going through an hour-long crash course video on link building that the boss signed me up for, one thing that became very clear to me is that quality content is the backbone of the entire operation. Developing quality content is rather hard. I can do basic research on brands and products in the given industry, but the nature of all that is too complex and technical for me to produce content that the actual users of those products, who know 20 times more than anyone in our company, will find useful.
One of the ways that I tried getting around that problem is by making free listings for target companies in our directory (the biggest strength of which is a page ranking above 5 and fairly active presence on our facebook and twitter pages). I did that, then emailed each company, simply letting them know about the new listing and asking for their feedback on accuracy of the information. This has yielded a handful of responses, but no real feedback or dialogue of any sort.
Now running out of target companies to do the same thing for and seeing no substantial results, I'm trying to find other ways to make us useful to the target companies. All I can really think of is starting some sort of a portal that would relate to this segment. So, instead of producing quality content of our own, providing space for other people to do so. I don't know how realistic any of this is, but perhaps finding the few bloggers that are out there to contribute, starting a message board, or a section where people can review the relevant products. There isn't too much stuff like that out on the web at the moment.
I'm looking for some thoughts and ideas on all of this. I'm more than open to criticism of the approach, notes of pitfalls in logic, etc. I'm just currently stumped, there is an overwhelming amount of information out there and would like to be pointed in the right direction.
Thank you!
Posted 03 October 2012 - 07:23 AM
Well there's an hour of your life you won't get back
So after going through an hour-long crash course video on link building that the boss signed me up for,
Link building is really quite simple, you find other URLs where the visitors there could be interested in what your URLs offer.
Assuming you are talking about the SGB; deciding that you like the background colour of the document would be intinitely more useful.
page ranking above 5
Posted 03 October 2012 - 09:12 AM
Color of the document? Do you mean when people check out a website, they pay much more attention to its design/appearance than the PageRank? I'm not sure what SGB is, so this whole part may have gone over my head.
Assuming you are talking about the SGB; deciding that you like the background colour of the document would be intinitely more useful.
Posted 03 October 2012 - 02:03 PM
I was implying that the background is FAR more use as a measure of "quality" than whatever useless "value" the SGB shows.
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Wikipedia isn't particularly "pretty to look at" neither is Google not to mention "Craig's List". They are 'popular' for what they do, not their appearance.
As it is with Human beings it is with websites! "Looks are not everything"
Posted 02 January 2013 - 10:43 AM
Sounds like you're an in-house SEO or you work for an SEO agency. What we did was eventually outsource our content, Our one little writer quickly got overhwhelmed.
You can look to content broker sites like [REMOVED]. Our content manager takes care of all that. You could be spending a good $30 to $60 on high quality content, but it's totally worth while when they publish.
But you also have to keep in mind that blogmasters and website owners don't have to accept your content. So factor that into your budget. We're finding that higher quality content increases the chance of being published.
The key is to ensure you're linking to high quality sites. Defintiely study your client's business model. What kind of customers are they aiming to target. Understand the customer mindset.
For example, if your client is a distributor selling industrial parts, then it does not good for you to outsource an article that says "How this industrial part helps your business." The customer would already know how. They use it on a day to day basis.
But you might want to have an article written discussing "Indutrial Part A repeatedly fails OSHA safety checks despite popularity and cheaper cost". That would definitely raise eyebrows. Place that article on a high ranking industry site that the target audience would see.
The key to getting good content is to study the site you plan to publish your link on and having the customer in mind.
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Pedroia hurts thumb again
OAKLAND, Calif. — Dustin Pedroia missed Wednesday's game against Oakland after reinjuring his right thumb when he dived for a ball on Tuesday night.
The second baseman will be examined in Boston on Thursday.
"After the game I was sore and then today I'm pretty sore," Pedroia said before the Red Sox were beaten, 3-2, by the Athletics. "It's not in the area where I first got hurt . . . I don't know what happened. Bobby [Valentine] wanted me to not play today because we have an offday tomorrow. Hopefully, everything will be OK."
Said Valentine, "I think he needs these two days and so does he."
Pedroia said the latest injury is on the back part of his thumb. He tore a muscle on the inner half of his thumb near his palm May 28 and missed six games. He has hit .210 with seven extra-base hits in 105 at-bats since.
"It's pretty frustrating," Pedroia said. "I have a high pain tolerance, but I don't know."
Pedroia was told not to swing a bat on Wednesday.
With Pedroia out, Nick Punto played second base and 27-year-old rookie Mauro Gomez was at third in his first major league start.
Gomez last played third base in Single A in 2009 when he was in the Texas organization. Gomez played 71 games at third from 2004-09 and committed 31 errors. He then was moved to first base.
"He came up as a third baseman, been working out there all year," Valentine said. "I guess as much [experience] as anybody else who's on our roster . . . What are we going to do?"
Gomez was 1 for 4 Wednesday and handled two chances cleanly. He also had his first major league hit, a double in the second inning. Punto was 0 for 2 with a walk. He is hitting .180.
Brent Lillibridge has played 11 games at third base during his major league career, starting seven. He started six games (48 innings) at third for the White Sox this season without committing an error. But Lillibridge is hitting .155.
Rookie third baseman Will Middlebrooks has missed three games with a strained left hamstring. He has yet to work out on the field but has felt better each day.
"I want to play and I want to give it a go," he said. "It's better than it was. We'll see on Friday. But I want to try."
Given that he is not on the disabled list, the Red Sox apparently feel Middlebrooks may be able to play this weekend against the Yankees.
"I don't know," Valentine said. "I hope."
The loss dampened the celebration for David Ortiz, whose solo home run to right field in the fourth inning was the 400th of his career.
The blast came off Oakland rookie A.J. Griffin.
Ortiz is the 49th player in history with 400 and one of eight active players. Two players have hit their 400th home runs this season, Ortiz and Paul Konerko of the White Sox. Both milestone shots came in Oakland. Konerko hit his April 25 off Grant Balfour.
Ortiz joined Red Sox Hall of Famers Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski in hitting their 400th homers against the Athletics.
Williams hit his July 17, 1956, against the Kansas City Athletics at Fenway Park. Yastrzemski hit his July 24, 1979, against the Oakland Athletics, also at Fenway.
Another Sox Hall of Famer, Jimmie Foxx, hit his 500th home run Sept. 24, 1940, against the Philadelphia A's.
Ortiz is the first player to hit his 400th home run in a Red Sox uniform since Manny Ramirez in 2005.
Ortiz has hit 21 homers against the A's, eight in Oakland, and Griffin was the 273d pitcher he has connected against.
Jacoby Ellsbury batted first and played seven innings in center field for Double A Portland at New Hampshire Tuesday night, going 1 for 5. Carl Crawford batted second and played six innings in left field, going 2 for 4 with an RBI.
It was the second rehab game with Portland for Crawford (left wrist, left elbow), the first for Ellsbury (right shoulder). They are expected back after the All-Star break.
Ryan Sweeney is expected to join Portland Thursday to start his rehab assignment. He has been on the DL since June 17 with a left big toe fracture.
Scott Podsednik, who has played in four rehab games for Triple A Pawtucket, is "pretty close" to returning to the majors, according to Valentine. He is on the DL with a groin strain.
The Yankees claimed outfielder Darnell McDonald off waivers and will have him in uniform for Friday's game at Fenway Park.
The Red Sox designated McDonald for assignment Saturday. He hit .214 with a .678 OPS in 38 games.
McDonald's brother, Donzell, played five games for the Yankees in 2001.
With the Red Sox scheduled to pitch three lefthanders in the four-game series, McDonald could get some at-bats against his former team. The Yankees have been using Andruw Jones and Dewayne Wise as their backup outfielders.
Justin Germano helped Samsung win the Korean League championship last season and was prepared to spend another season in Asia before he received their contract offer.
"I wanted to go back, but had some sour negotiations," he said. "By the time they got serious, I had made my mind up to sign with the Red Sox. I felt it was a good opportunity."
Germano, 29, was 9-4 with a 2.40 earned run average in 17 games (16 starts) for Pawtucket. In 105 innings, Germano allowed only 82 hits and 13 walks while striking out 72.
"I've been pretty consistent. Throwing strikes, but I've always thrown strikes. I've been on the same plane," he said. "There really hasn't been much of a roller coaster."
Germano is 8-20, 5.02 in 79 career major league appearances with the Padres, Reds, and Indians over parts of six seasons starting in 2004. His last major league appearance was May 16, 2011.
Germano threw a perfect game for Triple A Columbus last season. He then ended the season in Korea, going 5-1, 2.78 for Samsung. Germano also pitched in Japan in 2009.
Righty Clayton Mortensen was optioned after Tuesday's game. He went five innings on Monday (71 pitches).
The Sox have lost 20 of their last 27 games in Oakland . . . The Sox are 5-9 against the AL West this season . . . The Sox are 89-67 on July 4 . . . Former Red Sox outfielder Brandon Moss has hit 10 home runs in 24 games for Oakland. Only Dave Kingman (11 in 1984) has hit more in his first 24 games for the Athletics.
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Not a show stopper, but a minor annoyance
I have my mythtv box called civo, with a static ip of 192.168.1.10. Sometimes it decides it wants to connect to my network over wifi, and then picks up a dhcp address (eg 192.168.1.100).
When this happens and I ping civo, I get 192.168.1.100. Not what I want. I have set up 'civo' as a hostname, pointing to 192.168.1.10 in the openwrt web interface.
I believe openwrt uses Dnsmasq for DNS stuff, so it is probably a problem / 'feature' with that.
Can it be stopped or the order of lookup reversed, so it uses the hosts I have defined first?


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Submission + - Sergey: In Soviet Russia, Rocket Detonates You!
theodp writes: 'We were all foolish enough to go on this adventure,' Google co-founder Sergey Brin told the assembled Brainiacs at Google's Solve for X event last week, recalling the time he and Google co-founder Larry Page took their Gulfstream on a $100K journey to watch a 2008 Soyuz launch in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. 'If the rocket blows up, we're all dead,' Sergey overheard a Russian guard say. 'It was incredibly close,' Sergey continued. 'We drove in toward this rocket and there were hundreds of people all going the other way. It was really an astonishing sight. If you ever have the opportunity, I highly recommend it. It's really not at all comparable to the American launches that I've seen...because those are like five miles away behind a mountain, and the Russians are not as concerned with safety.' Sergey received film credit for the recently-opened Man on a Mission, a documentary on the Russian Soyuz mission that wound up putting Ultima creator Richard Garriott into orbit (for $30 million) instead of changing the course of Google history. BTW, with that new beard he's sporting, could a remake of 'Lenny' be Sergey's next film role?


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BOULDER, Colo. – On the second day of Cyclocross Nationals, both Kaysee Armstrong and Megan Rogers competed for the Tornado. Both riders crashed on the first lap, dropping them back in the pack. Armstrong was able to recover to come in with a sixth, narrowly missing the podium, but Rogers was not as fortunate as she finished a lap down.
Both girls crashed in the first lap but both stuck it out and completed the race. Megan had the bike land on her but did not give up and fought through some brake issues to get back on and finish. Kaysee got taken out right at the start by a girl who hit the brakes right in front of her. She went down then and again going over the barriers but recovered after she settled down and ended up just missing out on the podium with a hard earned sixth place finish.
Four members of the King University cycling team qualified for the Cyclocross National Championships which opened with a relay race on Friday in Boulder, Colorado. The Tornado turned in a third place finish among Division II teams, and placed seventh overall.
King's Drew Bailey got the team off to a solid start before Armstrong started to pass riders to move up in the field. Bailey then improved on his first lap before Armstrong carried the team to a third place finish in Division II.
The men's race will take place on Sunday in Boulder. Along with Bailey, Blake Adams will compete for the Tornado. The Race is scheduled to start at 11:00 a.m. ET.


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Akimbo came forth with the sinister and anthemic full length album Jersey Shores in 2008 on Neurot. A concept album spanning twelve days of brutal and savage shark attacks that haunted the New Jersey coast in 1916, Akimbo has allowed the dark subject matter to fester into the grain of their instruments and recreate their sound anew. Steering away from the beer-fueled "rock for rock's sake" approach, the album treads into a more mysterious and brooding territory than previously heard from other releases, maturing the band's sound as a whole and adding a new chapter to the Akimbo saga.
With six hammering, primal, evocative, haunting tracks that transport the listener through 45 minutes of timeless fear, Jersey Shores marks the brandishing of a new weapon for Akimbo to wield after ten years of aggressive battle through the hallow pits of the rock and roll underground. This 180 gram vinyl gatefold reissue also marks the continued collaboration between the Seattle band and Alternative Tentacles.
"Musically, Jersey Shores functions like the greatest of horror stories, building its dread with masterful dynamic, offering false calm in its wiry, entangled melodies before building up to crushing, bottomed-out bludgeons delivered with the force of a great white's upward charge. Guitar squeals surge above the melee. And the tumult recedes again; more false hope to string us along. The long-standing Seattle band's got the chops to pull off such a visceral aural assault, but it's handled with a preternatural finesse. The spiraling melodic lines intertwine with crushing drop-tuned chugging. Weisnewski's gruff howls attack with his band's choppy froth and bleed out into a cracked croon as the band's behemoth climaxes dip back into the murky depths, waiting for the next strike. Feedback hums drape the quiet moments, creating an ominous drone that inevitably gives way into more of Akimbo's scorching metal."
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"An epic post-rock-infused metal testament to those lives, mangled and forgotten in the shallow, cold, Jersey waters almost a century ago. An atmospheric beginning and ending with melodic chaos in the middle, violating your ear hole with positive results."


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Oil Catch Cans?
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when you do a lot of hard cornering, the oil in the oil pan shifts to the opposite side of the turn, centrifugal force thing doing it, and the oil cant be picked up by the oil pump, motor starves for oil, not to mention turbo starves, and motor goes bang, a catch can is mounted higher than the motor to store oil and give the motor oil while cornering, also adds to the amount of total oil in car, double the oil, the longer it lasts, not to mention you can add an oil cooler really easy.
Actually hard corner issues are dealt with by dry sump systems. Catch cans are designed to separate/catch oil vented by crank ventilation system and stop oil vapour being sucked into the turbo (oil droplets can lead to detonation).
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any links?
- Local MN Subaru club member's write up. Might need login for the forum, not sure.
- Original write up on Hyundai forum. Don't think you need a login to view becuase I dont have one and I could go right to it.
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Posted 02 March 2005 - 12:49 PM
In most cases oil control problems are due to bad rings, but boxer engines seem to have more issues than some others. I think it has to do with the lack of height between breather outlets and the PCV valve (old VWs have problems too). Turbo cars have it even worse because of the positive manifold pressure, when on boost you either have to draw the crank case vapors through the turbo or let them build up in the case, on sustained boost this can be a big problem. Having a good separator makes the drawing through the turbo a lot better.
To get the oil to drop out, you need to slow down the flow and cool it, lots of surface area for the oil to collect on will help to. The paint can idea is good but the inlet should enter lower in the can and I'd but a layer of very course steel wool between the inlet and outlet. Having the plumbing run through the lid would be good so you could remove and clean the can easier.
Just some thoughts
Posted 02 March 2005 - 05:34 PM
my motor doesnt have much blow by at all, but i had about a half a cup in there after 500 miles, mostly water from this cold weather. some oil.
i use it on na cars to keep my intake from getting filled with oil and dirt/carbon.
Posted 04 May 2006 - 04:01 PM
10 dollars for item and 20 for shipping, not bad.
Posted 05 May 2006 - 12:54 AM
Catch cans are designed to separate/catch oil vented by crank ventilation system and stop oil vapour being sucked into the turbo (oil droplets can lead to detonation).
i dont know about detonation, but i dont want an oil lined intercooler. that kills the intercoolers ability to efficiently disippate heat.
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Posted 05 May 2006 - 09:09 AM
Pass side stock
Driver side, run straight up into "Brake Booster filter" from the "help" section of Advance to let the vapors expand and condense on the filter and run back into the motor, from these it goes into an ebay catch can mounted where the A/C was, then into the pcv valve. Total Cost: About $20
Posted 05 May 2006 - 10:07 AM
Check out this thread:
I made one with a freebie IBM coffe mug, some standard heater hose, steel wool, and fittings.
Posted 05 May 2006 - 03:37 PM
Hey Dylan, Are you puting that motor in the poopwagon?
Posted 05 May 2006 - 05:54 PM
Hey Dylan, Are you puting that motor in the poopwagon?
Poopwagon here we come:
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Posted 05 May 2006 - 08:36 PM
nice olive drab youll have to rename it, unless you thinking of babypoop:grin:
Split pea-soup wagon
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Every year…every week…every day... people get on planes leaving Las Vegas without smiles on their faces — leaving the desert oasis without having accomplished what they went there for.
Most of them are riding a wave of disappointment because they failed to find riches through a successful gambling expedition.
Harry Joe Yorgey, the nationally-ranked boxer from Bridgeport, returned home from the neon-drenched city in Nevada Sunday without having accomplished what he went there for.
Yorgey went to Vegas looking for a win over Jermell Charlo in a 10-round bout for vacant WBC (World Boxing Council) Continental super welterweight title Saturday night at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
Unfortunately for Yorgey (25-1-1, 12 KOs), it was Charlo (20-0-0, 10 KOs) who got the win and the belt. Charlo kept his perfect record intact when he knocked Yorgey out in the eighth round.
One of Yorgey's prime assets is his speed. But, on this night, it was Charlo who had the faster fists. He repeatedly shot a jab through that found its mark and followed with a hard right that connected.
"He wasn't faster than I expected," said Yorgey. "I seen the shots coming. Some got blocked and some got through. I just had no juice — no get-up-and-go."
Yorgey looked somewhat off-pace right from the opening bell. Then, in the second round, Charlo followed a left jab with a hard right to just above Yorgey's left ear that sent the Bridgeport boxer to the canvas.
A similar combination later in the round produced a similar result. Yorgey continued to fight hard but it was obvious that the shots to his ear were affecting his equilibrium,
"Getting hit on the ear — they're the only shots that have ever knocked me down in my career," said Yorgey. "My equilibrium was a little shaky after the first knockdown and then I got hit there again.
"I just didn't feel right the whole fight. I'm going up to 160 from now on. I don't want to fight at 154 anymore. I was in the sauna because I had to lose three pounds on the day of the weigh-in and that drained me. I felt really lackadaisical during the fight.
"I really didn't have any juice at all. I'm not making any excuses. He won the fight clearly. He's a good fighter. I'm a good fighter. Somebody had to lose."
Charlo, who was 13 years younger, was one-and-a-half inches taller and had a reach that was three-and-a-half inches longer than Yorgey's. He was also the busier fighter Saturday connecting on 144 of 411 punches while Yorgey was landing 29 of 155.
"It's time for me to test the waters at 160," said Yorgey. "This happens a lot to fighters. They reach a point where they realize they have to move up in weight class. I'm 25-2. I've got a lot of fights still to come."
Yorgey hopes to have his next fight 10-12 weeks from now.
"I got a cut on my eye so I have to let it heal," said Yorgey. "I have to give it 60 days to heal. So, I'm looking to have my next fight in April — and to be fighting at 160."
Saturday night's fight card, which was televised live on Showtime, featured a first-round KO by Argentina's Lucas Martin Matthysse over Mike Dallas, Jr. in a 12-round bout for the interim WBC light welterweight title and a 10-round decision by Mexico's Jesus Sotto Karass over Turkey's Selcun Aydin.


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California Assembly passes farmer GE protection bill: Jared Huffman's state legislation passed the California Assembly by a vote of 49-12 this week, and now moves to the State Senate. AB 451would protect farmers whose crops are contaminated by the spread of patented, genetically engineered (GE) seeds and pollen. [See PANUPS, Jan. 24, 2008] The bill provides protections from patent-holder lawsuits and would require a farmer's written consent and state oversight before corporate investigators could enter and inspect private fields. "While there is still work to do," Huffman said, AB 541 marks "an important step in establishing basic protections for California's farmers." The bill is supported by PANNA and other members of the Genetic Engineering Policy Alliance. Thank you to the hundreds of PAN's Action Center members in California who sent emails on AB 541 last week. You made a difference. Keep it up! Readers who don't get PAN's Action Alerts: please sign up.
APHIS sued over "Franken-seeds": The Organic Seed Alliance (OSA), Center for Food Safety, and Sierra Club have sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to block commercial release of the sugar beet seeds genetically engineered to tolerate Roundup Ready (glyphosate) herbicide. The seeds, currently slated for commercial release this spring, were developed by Monsanto. Roundup is Monsanto's dominant pesticide product. The suit charges that APHIS failed to thoroughly investigate whether a three-mile buffer zone between GE and natural crops will be sufficient to "thwart the spread of glyphosate-tolerant genes" to fields of organic beets and chard. Tom Stearns, owner of High Mowing Seeds, warns that contamination of organic crops with artificial genes "takes away people's right to farm the way they want.... It's pollution." Attorney Kevin Golden fears the use of GE beets "will eventually result in weed resistance to glyphosate" and that "more toxic alternatives would need to be used to control those weeds." An APHIS spokesperson told the Capital Press that GE beets will have "no adverse environmental impact" but APHIS' own assessment admits "gene introgression...is possible."
Minnesota bows to Monsanto and Dow: The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that "scientists at Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences convinced the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to double the allowable river concentration of an agricultural weed-killer despite an internal review calling for tougher standards." The MPCA conducted a three-year review of the herbicide acetochlor after high concentrations of the toxic chemical appeared in local trout streams. According to Integrity in Science Watch, MPCA was about to tighten water quality standards for acetochlor when industry scientists submitted "six studies that they said proved that the draft limit was too strict." The new standard removed three "impaired" streams from the polluted list. Paul Wotzka, a former Minnesota Department of Agriculture hydrologist said, "I can't fathom how quickly a state agency would bend over backwards to a chemical giant like Monsanto." After three years of research and public testimony, the MPCA had proposed setting the limit on acetochlor at 1.7 parts per billion but, after being contacted by the manufacturers, the MPCA reversed itself and doubled the standard to 3.6 parts per billion. The Mankato Free Press called the quick about-face by state officials "troubling."
Bee industry considers collapsing colonies: Nearly 1,500 people turned out for the National Beekeeping Conference in Sacramento, California, in late January. A major concern was colony collapse disorder (CCD), which poses a threat to the 2.5 million commercial colonies that pollinate $15 billion in U.S. crops. Dr. Jeff Pettis, research chief for the USDA's Agricultural Research Service said there is no "smoking gun" but listed many factors, including "parasitic mites, viruses, pesticides and nosema disease." The Capital Press noted that "preliminary research showed pesticide traces were prevalent in samples of pollen, wax and bee bread." ("Bee bread" is a mixture of honey, pollen and fungi that bees dine on.)
Ontario calls for a pesticide ban: A coalition that includes the Canadian Cancer Society, Environmental Defense and the Ontario Medical Association wants Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty to fulfill his campaign promise to enact a province-wide ban on the so-called "cosmetic" use of pesticides on Ontario's parks, lawns and roadways. (Quebec already has such a ban.) The Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP) joined the call, noting that exposure to these so-called "cosmetic pesticides" can be "devastating." The OCFP's Jan Kasperski told a news conference that pesticides can cause "cancers and learning disabilities" and maintained that "banning lawn pesticides will be a major contribution to children's health." Kasperski demanded immediate action, insisting that the community doesn't want to "wait 40 years for the evidence to gather [as]...we did with tobacco." A coalition survey found that 71% of Ontarians favored a "Quebec-type" ban on the use and sale of these chemicals.
Germany tackles Tanzania's DDT: Over the past 30 years, more than 1,200 tons of dangerous chemicals have been left abandoned across Tanzania. In many cases, storage drums have begun to corrode, leaking fluids and vapors that have sickened livestock, wildlife and people. On January 17, the national newspaper The Citizen reported that the German Technical Cooperation [sic] (GTZ) has begun collecting 50 tons of granulated DDT from Tanzania's Korogwe District. The chemicals will be shipped to Germany for disposal as part of an operation that "is expected to cost more than 250,000 euros." For more background on the problem, see "Eliminating Obsolete Pesticide Stockpiles in Africa" in the November 2007 PAN Magazine.
Pesticide factory workers and leukemia: An analysis of 14 published reports on occupational exposures and disease from 1984-2004 found a "consistent increase in the risk of leukemia" among workers employed in pesticide manufacturing plants. The study, published in Environmental Research reports that "statistical significance was found only for phenoxy herbicides unlikely to have been contaminated with dioxins and furans." The authors concluded that there was "quantitative evidence to consider occupational exposure to pesticides as a possible risk factor" for myeloid leukemia and that "exposure to pesticides may be a significant risk factor for specifically developing myeloid leukaemia and there is a need for additional large well-conducted studies."
Canadians identify pesticides as health threat: A new report from the Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB) estimates that "between 300 and 700 New Brunswickers die every year [from]...illnesses caused by pollution, pesticides or contamination of food and water." The report is based on research by Simon Fraser University Professor David Boyd and University of Alberta Medical Professor Stephen Genius who determined that "between 10,000 and 25,000 [Canadians] die from environmental factors annually." The study used World Health Organization factor-analysis and Canadian health statistics to estimate that environmental illnesses cost the country as much as $251 million between 1999 and 2003. According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, "researchers are finding that...exposure to pesticides and toxic substances play an increasingly significant role in the incidence of disease." CCNB has asked the Provincial Legislative Committee on Wellness to establish a Wellness Plan that will "ban cosmetic use of pesticides and foster public awareness about the role environmental factors can play in wellness."
Aerial spraying protests expand in SF Bay Area: California's Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) plans to resume aerial application of pheromones in 2008 to disrupt the mating cycle of the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM). In 2007, the CDFA's spraying of two formulations of CheckMate (a synthetic pheromone compound) triggered health complaints, protests and litigation in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. CDFA now plans to expand the spraying into the San Francisco Bay Area. Informational meetings on LBAM spraying are scheduled in Albany, Berkeley, Oakland and San Francisco. Governor Schwarzenegger and CDFA Secretary Kawamura are under pressure to replace the spray program with more targeted, on-the-ground, least-toxic alternatives. State legislators are being asked to pass laws to prevent spraying pending a full safety review and community consent. More information and action options for Californians are available at PAN's LBAM Action Page.
Pesticide-free Valentine bouquets: For many people, February 14 is a day for flowers, chocolates and other gifts. But each of these love-gifts can come with curses. Chocolates can involve child labor, diamonds can support rebel armies, and flower workers often suffer while roses can arrive doused with pesticides. According to Democracy Now, 60% of the flowers sold in the U.S. "were probably genetically engineered and grown in Colombia" where the flower industry's women workers "earn poverty-level wages, work long hours, and suffer significant health problems due to pesticides." Fortunately you can still play Cupid without being stupid: Don't panic, go organic. California Organic Flowers ships organic roses by the dozen. If you can't find a local supplier of organic flowers or fair-trade organic chocolate, go to PAN's Special Offers link. A portion of each purchase goes to support PAN's work.


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Charles Marcus Merriweather
Arrested in Pulaski County, AR on January 9, 2014
8200 Lacey Road
Icy conditions helped authorities make an arrest Thursday when a suspect attempted to flee but slipped and fell in a slick spot, according to an arrest report.
The Pulaski County sheriff's office said deputies went to 8200 Lacey Road west of Little Rock about noon Thursday to investigate a reported disturbance.
A woman on scene told investigators the suspect, a resident of that address, had run into the woods and deputies then spotted him in the "woodline," the report said.
"The suspect attempted to flee into the woods but slipped on ice and fell," deputies wrote in the report. "The suspect was taken into custody but refused to stop yelling and cursing."
The man, identified as 28-year-old Charles Merriweather, was booked into the Pulaski County jail on charges of disorderly conduct and fleeing on foot.
He was no longer listed as an inmate in the jail Friday morning. A Feb. 11 court date is set.
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April 23, 2013 > Book Review: A Misrepresentation of Myself
A Book Review by Robert A. GarfinkleNewark author Mary E. Gilder has spun a fascinating romance novel, set in Chicago, for her book debut. After we meet her protagonist, Zolla Ramsey, we begin to think that this character has life made. She is successful in her profession as a family therapist, is married to a successful doctor, and has a great circle of friends, yet all is not as it seems. There is trouble brewing in Zolla's life. She masks it even from her friends, but they do become suspicious.Progressing through the story, readers discover that there are great marital problems at home. Zolla is tempted by a handsome attorney, Maxwell Garrison, who originally has come to her office to advise her on new laws that affect her profession. A romance develops between them, threatening to destroy her marriage. Zolla feels depressed over the dwindling love she feels toward her husband, and Maxwell fills the void. Will Zolla divorce her husband so that she can feel fulfilled again in the arms of her new lover? Can she confront her deep problems and regain the Zolla of old?I thoroughly enjoyed reading Gilder's book. I found it to be a quick read simply because I once lived in the world Gilder has created. I could not put the book down. I know that is an old cliche, but it fits this time. I think others will enjoy A Misrepresentation of Myself as well. To find out just how aptly the title fits the story, read it for yourself.A Misrepresentation of Myself, by Mary E. Gilder, 2009 Pp 206, $14.99, paperback, MEG's Publishing (ISBN 978-0-9823844-0-4), includes a set of study questions at the back of the book


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The Funeral Album
August 2005
Released: 2005, Century Media Records
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviewer: Anders Sandvall
As Sentenced follows up their last studio album THE COLD WHITE LIGHT from 2002, this Finnish act have decided to lay the band to rest and that this is going to be their last album ever.
The band recorded this album in their home country in two studios, Tonebox and Finnvox Studios, it was mastered in Finnvox Studio by Mika Jussila and the producer of the album was Hiili Hiilesmaa (HIM, Moonspell, Apocalyptica, and Theatre of Tragedy). Hiili has also produced some of the band's previous albums like CRIMSON and THE COLD WHITE LIGHT. Hiili manages to create the perfect sound for Sentenced. You can almost hear from what country they come from because they have the typical Finnish melancholy sound in their music. The production sounds dark, mysterious, sad, aggressive, and all at once and it sounds just like Sentenced should.
The band has featured 13 tracks on THE FUNERAL ALBUM and the guitar player Sami says this about the music "Overall there's perhaps more depth in the lyrics and music then ever before". I haven't heard all of their albums but I can absolutely agree with Sami from what I have heard of them before. The material is strong all the way through and amongst the 13 tracks they have put in a totally instrumental song called "Where waters fall frozen" which reminds a lot of what they sounded like at the beginning of their career. The track is a fast death metal tune clocking in at less than one minute.
The ballads on the album are represented by "We are but falling leaves" which is a very sad and dark up tempo ballad that has hit potential, I think. Other songs worth mentioning are "May today become the day", "Ever – Frost", "Vengeance is mine" and "Consider us dead" – all heavy gothic rock tracks influenced by metal. The main focus is on Ville's vocals and beneath him lies thick layers of solid guitar play. "Her last 5 minutes" and "Despair ridden hearts" are a few other sad gothic rock'n'roll tracks, gothic can't be much darker than this and I think many of the other bands in this genre would like to able to write such brilliant material as this.
This album is one of the best gothic albums I've heard and I can assure you all that Sentenced closes when they are at their absolute top because this is a show off in how great goth should sound. Even the cover looks gothic and fits the band perfectly. It was made by the drummer Vesa Ranta, who usually does the covers. The band is will do a handful of shows during the summer before the final funeral.
May Sentenced rest in peace...
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May today become the day
Ville Laihiala – lead vocals
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The Funeral Album
September 2005
Released: 2005, Century Media
Rating: 4.0/5
Reviewer: MetalGeorge
I can imagine in my mind's eye the teardrops hitting the keyboard as I type this; my final review of a Sentenced album. The era of Sentenced is over, and I still can't quite believe it. By far one of the most influential Finnish bands, and one of my absolute favorites, the emptiness they are leaving in their wake will be extremely hard to fill.
Believe it or not, what makes me even more disappointed is that THE FUNERAL ALBUM seems to me to be somewhat of a sour note to go out on. It isn't that the album is BAD per se; it's just after the melancholic majesty which was THE COLD WHITE LIGHT, this album seems more to be a "Sentenced by numbers" effort in comparison, similar to the band's CRIMSON release.
It only when THE FUNERAL ALBUM reaches the half-way point where the paradigm begins to shift. Whereas the first half contains songs which are good ("Ever-Frost"), but slow-moving, the album's latter half begins with a 56 second Death Metal blaster in the vein of the classic NORTH FROM HERE lp (a little gift for the diehard fans), and then doesn't look back.
Tracks like "Vengeance is Mine", "Lower the Flags", "Consider Us Dead", and the fantastically filthy "Drain Me" (in my opinion, one of the band's best songs EVER), all end the record in rapid fire succession, succeeding in salvaging what could have been a ho-hum swansong.
So here we are, my final words on what will be the death of an absolutely amazing band. I guess all I can offer is a heartfelt THANK YOU to the boys for gracing us with so much suicide over the years. My heart is heavy, but I wish them nothing but the best...I'm sure we'll be hearing something or other from them soon!
Rest in Pieces, Sentenced.
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1. May Today Become the Day
Ville Laihala-vocals
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I had three showers - one with DH's family, one with my family, and one with some friends. The shower with my family consisted of my mom and I meeting my two aunts for lunch at a restaurant, and they gave me some small gifts and cards. The one with my friends was a "blue elephant" gift, which was like a white elephant gifting, except it should be blue, since that's my favorite color. I got notebooks, some pens/pencils, dice, all sorts of random stuff. It was actually very awesome, because it was so random and off the wall.
IMO, 3 showers for the same bride is ridiculous!Never mind the 'one shower per guest rule', to me the rule is 'one shower per bride'!
I've never had a "shower" in my whole life (I'm married, 2 kids) so forgive me I'm inserting my foot in my mouth, but why are so many needed, and are guests expected to also give gifts after the event (in the case of a wedding)? Furthermore, why do all these people attending even give a hoot? If it is tradition, then I can perhaps see one party, but three just really seems a gimmee-grab. if they are all invited to the wedding, why can't they all be invited to one shower? If they are not invited to the wedding, why are they even hearing about it?
You're absolutely spot-on with your advice.It's possible each shower has a different hostess, and the GOH thought that conflicts with scheduling might mean that people would miss the one shower they were invited to, and that they'd like to know about all the showers so they could at least attend one.
Quote from: purple on February 03, 2014, 07:36:42 PMIMO, 3 showers for the same bride is ridiculous!Never mind the 'one shower per guest rule', to me the rule is 'one shower per bride'!I disagree with this. Perhaps it's because I had, what, 4 of them?Let's see: 1) long-distance memory shower organized by my best friend; guests: my family & college/hometown friends 2) honeymoon shower (guide books, warm jammies, etc.) organized by my roommate; guests: my local friends 3) household shower organized by my MIL; guests: my DH's family, and local friends connected to him (no overlap, actually--well, no, my roommate) 4) linen shower organized by my mom's best friend; guests: my hometown older female friends (church ladies, babysitting clients, etc.; again, no overlap; and no overlap in gifts either, actually) Each of those was a gathering initiated by someone else; there was no possibility of an overlap, they weren't in the same place; and each of them was a wonderful gathering full of good wishes.Maybe I'm just doing the "I did it, so it can't be wrong/rude" thing, but I genuinely don't think so.
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For the past six years, Perrin-Macgaw has developed a true passion for the luxury hospitality segment. Her experience not only includes administrational positions, but also a wide range of operational exposures, giving her the necessary insight into guests' behaviour, needs and desires. With her flexible, open-minded personality, Perrin-Macgaw will be in charge of increasing the resort's visibility as well as brand consistency throughout all online channels.
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I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent. ~Henry Ward Beecher
God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them. ~Richard J. Needham
When we pray to God we must be seeking nothing – nothing. ~Saint Francis of Assisi
"Give us this day our daily bread" is probably the most perfectly constructed and useful sentence ever set down in the English language. ~P.J. Wingate
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. ~Soren Kierkegaard
No one is a firmer believer in the power of prayer than the devil; not that he practices it, but he suffers from it. ~Guy H. King
Trouble and perplexity drive me to prayer and prayer drives away perplexity and trouble. ~Philip Melanchthen
Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~Satchel Paige, 1974
The value of consistent prayer is not that He will hear us, but that we will hear Him. ~William McGill
Prayer may not change things for you, but it for sure changes you for things. ~Samuel M. Shoemaker
Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer. ~Author Unknown
Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day; give him a religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish. ~Author Unknown
I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs. ~Frederick Douglass, escaped slave
Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers. ~Austin O'Malley
As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in schools. ~Author Unknown
When we talk to God, we're praying. When God talks to us, we're schizophrenic. ~Jane Wagner, In Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, 1985, performed by Lily Tomlin
We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties. ~Oswald Chambers
When at night you cannot sleep, talk to the Shepherd and stop counting sheep. ~Author Unknown
When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality. ~Oswald Chambers
Many people pray as if God were a big aspirin pill; they come only when they hurt. ~B. Graham Dienert
Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God. ~Author Unknown
Prayer is not merely an occasional impulse to which we respond when we are in trouble: prayer is a life attitude. ~Walter A. Mueller
The Lord's Prayer may be committed to memory quickly, but it is slowly learnt by heart. ~Frederick Denison Maurice
Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie, and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie – I found that out. ~Mark Twain
It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers, that we may not unsay them in our practice. ~Matthew Henry
Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ~William Inge
Grow flowers of gratitude in the soil of prayer. ~Verbena Woods
Some stand on tiptoe trying to reach God to talk to him – you try too hard, friend – drop to your knees and listen to him, he'll hear you better that way. ~Ever Garrison
If we could all hear one another's prayers, God might be relieved of some of his burdens. ~Ashleigh Brilliant
Prayers not felt by us are seldom heard by God. ~Philip Henry
The trouble with our praying is, we just do it as a means of last resort. ~Will Rogers
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it's a glorious day
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SOMERSET — A meeting between the Somerset and Somerset Berkley Regional school committees will be sandwiched between meetings of the individual boards Thursday night.
The Somerset Berkley Regional School Committee has a one-item agenda on pending solar projects at 6 p.m. at North Elementary School.
At 6:30, the regional and Somerset school committees will address the busing and food contracts for the upcoming school year, as well as several shared positions.
With a new Somerset schools superintendent, Jeffrey Schoonover, and shared business manager, Lindsey Albernaz, in place, the committees will discuss and take action on a shared special education director, technology director, music/fine arts coordinator and athletic director/wellness coordinator.
At 7:15 p.m., the Somerset School Committee has a lengthy agenda to address.
Topics include updates on principal searches for Chace and South elementary schools, the vice principal search for North Elementary School, updates on the solar project, use of closed Wilbur Elementary School, technology and preschool programs.
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Every generation, Satoru Iwata tells investors, gamers, and retailers that they will avoid major software droughts because these can kill a platform's momentum after launch. Satoru Iwata never learns from anything. He always says he has learned from past mistakes, but his actions never show it. Instead, every single generation, all we get from him is a whole bunch of "Please understand" and "I apologize for the inconvenience".
Article says: "Satoru Iwata never learns from anything. He always says he has learned from past mistakes, but his actions never show it. Instead, every single generation, all we get from him is a whole bunch of "Please understand" and "I apologize for the inconvenience"."
I say: Time for Iwata to resign and set Nintendo free. He got lucky off of the wii and now his time is up. They need to put the manager of the portables division in charge of Wii U, because the Ds/3DS are ON FIRE!
"The truth is you don't deserve credit for fixing your own mistakes. You deserve credit for avoiding mistakes."
So, be perfect always or you will never get credit?
You want to be a singer?
"Sorry you can't you messed-up at you grandmother's birthday party when you were 12."
You want to be a Sports Legend?
"Sorry, you missed 3 shots during the game and yes even though you scored 98 points under triple coverage- no credit for you."
-I understand to a point but MOST consoles have droughts after launch.
+WiiU had cancellations and they had some games that got pushed back.
I think Iwata fails to recognize what made Nintendo great. The idea behind the Wii was based on their intuition, but with the Wii U their premise was "We NEED to innovate again" which i think seemed like a rushed way to make a new console. I think Iwata has been focusing on the wrong things in the past couple of years. You can also see it having an impact on the way Nintendo of America presents new things at conferences and so on. They don't have anything interesting, because it mostly has to go through Nintendo of Japan first. Last years E3 was so underwhelming, and even Reggie's performance sucked. That guy probably knew they were in deep shit at the time.
i do not think it was rushed its nintendo what do want thats how they are been like this for 5 years i like the wii u but people need think out of the box for games means third party to support the wii u bring lost planet 3 to the wii u its not that hard to do
The only way I can stomach Miyamoto retiring is if Sakurai takes his place. As for Iwata, I think he definitely needs to make some adjustments, but we'll see how much everyone hates him a year from now.


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The FA's 150th anniversary celebrations kick off tonight with England hosting 2014 World Cup hosts Brazil at Wembley Stadium tonight.
Luiz Felipe Scolari has brought over a squad that contains a mixture of youth and experience with some familiar faces.
Ahead of the big kick off, here's five players to look out for in tonight's fixture.
Lucas Moura | Paris Saint-Germain
Having just sealed his move to Paris Saint-Germain in January, Lucas Moura is one of the hottest talents around.
Lucas was one of Manchester United's biggest transfer targets during pre-season and reportedly made a £40m bid, only for the Brazilian to opt for Paris over Manchester. With 22 caps to his name at just 20-years-old, hopes are high for the attacking midfielder.
Paulinho | Corinthians
The Corinthians midfielder has played in Europe before with spells at FC Vilnius of Lithuania and Lodski of Poland in his early years, returning to Brazil aged 20 and ending up with the current World Club Champions in 2010.
His strong performances from the middle of the park have brought him to the attention of Chelsea amongst others in recent times, though the player has committed himself to Corinthians for the time being.
Still aged just 24 and with eight caps to his name, you can expect to continue to hear his name linked with Europe's elite clubs in the coming months.
Neymar | Santos
Probably the hottest talent in world football, Neymar needs no introduction.
Speculation is rife again as to where the prodigious talent will eventually end up, yet the player seems intent on staying at Santos until after the 2014 World Cup.
The inevitable is simply being delayed though, and Neymar will move to Europe eventually in a bid to stake his claim as the world's greatest player.
Ronaldinho | Atletico Mineiro
Hardly a new kid on the block, Ronaldinho has been well known to England since before his looping free-kick over a scampering David Seaman saw off England back in the 2002 World Cup.
'Big Phil' has included the former World Player of the Year in a Brazil squad for the first time in over a year, offering the chance to audition for a place in Brazil's World Cup squad.
Don't expect the Atletico Mineiro man to pass the opportunity up.
Hulk | Zenit St. Petersburg
Again, not exactly an unknown, but Givanildo Vieira de Souza - better known as Hulk to you and me - made his reputation at Porto where he clocked up an impressive 78 goals in 169 games before securing a big-money move to Zenit St. Petersburg.
Things haven't gone too well for Hulk in Russia. Some Zenit players reportedly went on strike over his extortionate wages, and he's fallen out of favour with the club's coach.
Seemingly unsettled at Zenit, Hulk may well be looking for a move and good performances in the famous yellow shirt will do him no harm at all.
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She is regarded as one of the few successful Hollywood actresses who has kept her head above the muddy water of celebrity scandal.
Now, Jodie Foster has weighed in on the K-Stew affair with her own very personal take on the scandal, slamming the industry that bullies young actors on the harsh media stage.
The 49-year-old actress does not hold back, criticising the system, without naming names, that has made such a fevered spectacle of the private lives of Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Rupert Sanders and Liberty Ross - and others.
Detailing her carefully balanced relationship with "the cruelty of a life lived as a moving target," Foster berates an industry that pitches children into the limelight, "[lifting] up beautiful young people like gods and then pull[ing] them down to earth to gaze at their seams."
Writing for The Daily Beast, the Silence of the Lambs and Carnage star, who has acted since she was aged just 3, detailed becoming close friends with a young Stewart, now 22, when they worked together on the 2002 film, Panic Room. She has watched on as the world has entertained itself with the fall-out from Stewart's affair with Snow White and the Huntsman director, Sanders, who is married to actress and model, Ross. Stewart was at the time in a long-term relationship with her Twilight co-star, Pattinson.
It is a level of notoriety that Foster may sadly have predicted for the child she "grew to love". Speaking with Stewart's mother on Kristen's 11th birthday, the actress's feeling towards the negative sides of the profession were unambiguous. She remembers asking Kristen's mother whether the youngster could be talked out of acting. "Oh, I've tried. She loves it. She just loves it", replied the actress' parent.
The open letter, written from the rare view of the other side of the celebrity lens, makes it clear that Stewart has had to develop a set of coping mechanisms, destroying vulnerability and emotional openness simply to handle the relentless public gaze.
"The point is to survive, intact or not, whatever the emotional cost. Actors who become celebrities are supposed to be grateful for the public interest. After all, they're getting paid," writes Foster. "Just to set the record straight, a salary for a given on-screen performance does not include the right to invade anyone's privacy, to destroy someone's sense of self."
Foster predicts that the trauma of Stewart's public horrors will pass, but that there will linger a set of regrettable emotional changes.
"You trust less. You calculate your steps. You survive. Hopefully in the process you don't lose your ability to throw your arms in the air again and spin in wild abandon. That is the ultimate F.U. and—finally—the most beautiful survival tool of all. Don't let them take that away from you."
Unfortunately, she has seen the uglier consequences of a life scrutinised by media, or those who have lost their ability to "spin in wild abandon", referencing the destructive self-esteem issues that characterise LA life. From drugs to Botox, she suggests those in the limelight seek to hide.
"But would [another actress] have survived the paparazzi peering into her windows, the online harassment, the public humiliations, without overdosing in a hotel room or sticking her face with needles until she became unrecognizable even to herself?"
The picture is not a pretty one. Foster is unashamed to underline her beliefs that she would not recommend a career as an actor, full-stop.
"I've said it before and I will say it again: if I were a young actor today I would quit before I started. If I had to grow up in this media culture, I don't think I could survive it emotionally. I would only hope that someone who loved me, really loved me, would put their arm around me and lead me away to safety."
For his part, Pattinson has spoken out about his own methods for surviving the system, making sure to remain tight-lipped about Stewart. "I've never been interested in trying to sell my personal life," he told Good Morning America on Tuesday. "You get into [this business] to do movies. That's the only way to do it."
Attention has its pros and its cons, suggested the British actor. "If you start getting used to [the attention], it means you're going crazy," the 26-year-old said. "It's nice. It's like being on the craziest theme park ride. It's exciting but eventually you have to have a break."


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The Glass Bowl press box had more NFL scouts than press Tuesday night, which is fine. They came to see Buffalo outside linebacker Khalil Mack, a 6-foot-3, 250-pound senior who should give the Mid-American Conference a second first-round draft pick in as many years.
Yes, that's who they came to watch.
What they saw instead was just a ridiculous display by both offenses, especially Toledo's early on as it scored on all three possessions in the first quarter for a 21-0 lead en route to a 51-41 win.
The scouts came to watch No. 46 in the visiting white shirts and immediately sorted through their roster sheets to identify No. 3 in the dark blue.
Imagine their chagrin to learn UT's Kareem Hunt is a true freshman. He's a few drafts away yet.
Hunt had his fourth straight 100-yard-plus game with 6:00 left in the second quarter. He had 153 by halftime. Buffalo had just 131 yards and trailed 31-0.
David Fluellen, UT's starting running back, could not play because of injury. Damion Jones-Moore carried one time, broke two tackles, scored from 53 yards out, then retired to the locker room, apparently dinged up.
So Hunt and quarterback Terrance Owens and receiver Bernard Reedy were the show — an eye-popping one at that — and Buffalo's defense had no answers. The Bulls came in with a seven-game winning streak, its longest in one season since 1897, and undefeated in the MAC East.
No more and no more.
It was a big win for the Rockets for more reasons than just that, however. This score will be remembered when postseason bowl committees start jockeying MAC teams. UT is 7-3 now, same as Buffalo and Bowling Green, but with wins over both of them. It matters.
But what matters most of all is that next Wednesday night's game remains very, very meaningful. Northern Illinois, the class of the MAC entering its home game today against Ball State, will visit the Glass Bowl next and the West Division title should be on the line.
If there are as many empty seats for that one as there were for this one, regardless of TV and chill of night, something will be wrong.
The Rockets are now 17-7 in all games, 11-3 in league play and 10-1 at home under head coach Matt Campbell.
Sounds like its time for a contract extension.
Wait, it's taken care of. Campbell, just past the midway mark of his second full season, signed an extension in late October that has him under contract through the 2017 campaign.
"We wanted to show a sign to Matt and to his program of our commitment," athletic director Mike O'Brien said. "Plus, recruiting season never really ends. So this was the right time for our recruits to see the same commitment."
If the raw numbers aren't enough, here's the rest of the story on why Toledo fans should be as sold as O'Brien is on Campbell.
Owens, Reedy, center Zac Kerin, and defensive end Jayrone Elliott were among just six senior starters Tuesday night against Buffalo. Of the 44 players on the two-deep offensive and defensive rosters, 35 were underclassmen, including 21 freshmen and sophomores.
The NFL scouts will likely be back in a couple years for Hunt and some others.
The Rockets are not rebuilding. They are winning. And they appear built for the long run. O'Brien hopes Campbell will be, too.
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Skip to comments.US Navy to order unique aircraft in Saratov, Russia (UFO-shaped)
Posted on 04/23/2004 5:39:17 PM PDT by Shermy
SARATOV - The US Navy Department intends to subsidize the development of an advanced Russian aircraft, which will eventually be extinguishing forest fires on US territory. This UFO-shaped flying machine is currently being designed by the Saratov aviation concern.
The Saratov aircraft enterprise, which is located in Russia's Volga region, started assembling UFO-shaped flying machines in the 1990s; however, this R&D project was then moth-balled because of financial snags.
Many aircraft companies all over the world did their best to design similar flying machines. However, Saratov's aircraft designers managed to come with some unusual engineering solutions, also building a flying-saucer mock-up.
Designers managed to overcome vibration being caused by turbulence flows, after opting for the flying-saucer concept; this problem was also solved with the help of some other know-how. This flying machine is called the EKIP (Russian acronym, Ecology and Progress).
Moreover, the hovercraft's special coating enhances lift by 40 percent (with the help of turbulence flows). Consequently, the EKIP's payload accounts for only 40-45 percent of its mass; meanwhile the relevant aircraft ratio is 20-25 percent.
The EKIP boasts some other unique specifications; for example, it can transport 100-ton loads over several thousand km at 500-700 kph and at 8-13-km altitudes. This unique hovercraft can skim along at 160 kph just above the surface.
Many foreign companies had repeatedly suggested establishing a joint venture together with the Saratov factory in the late 1990s; however, the US naval-aviation research center alone offered acceptable terms, the Saratovskiye Vesti newspaper writes.
Specific contract terms were not disclosed. According to the aircraft factory's general director Alexander Yermishin, Russia will retain EKIP copyright. The market will be divided, after batch production gets underway, with the United States paying dividends to Russia for every EKIP aircraft, Yermishin added.
First of all, the US side needs the EKIP remotely piloted aircraft for fighting fires and coping with natural calamities, Yermishin said in conclusion.
On Good, Above Top Secret, which was his first book, was good (no pun intended, LOL!) because it was mostly an overview of public and government documents, but starting with his second book Alien Contact he includes a lot of information fed to him by people I don't trust like Richard C. Doty who has a counterintelligence background (see The Falcon and the Snow-Job) and Bob Lazar who makes wild scientific claims which are easily disproven (for instance compare Lazar's scientific explanation of UFOs with Hill's much more technical analysis and what Lazar says doesn't fit the physics at all). There's some good stuff in Good's books but you have to really sift through some disinformation.
Haven't read Trillion. Let me know if that's any good!
Thanks and blessings! :)
The El-Lay California special!
One of the most consistently-observed characteristics of UFO flight is a ubiquitous pattern in which they tilt to perform all maneuvers. Specifically, they sit level to hover, tilt forward to move forward, tilt backward to stop, bank to turn, and descend by "falling-leaf" or "silver-dollar-wobble" motions. Detailed analysis by Hill shows that such motion is inconsistent with aerodynamic requirements, but totally consistent with some form of repulsive force-field propulsion. Not satisfied with paper analyses alone, Hill arranged to have various forms of jet-supported and rotor-supported circular flying platforms built and tested. Hill himself acted as test pilot in early, originally-classified, versions, and found the above motions the most economical for control purposes. Pictures of these platforms are included in the text.
In an effort to examine the force-field propulsion hypothesis yet further, Hill analyzed a number of cases involving near-field interactions with an apparent craft in which some form of force was in evidence. These include examples in which a person or vehicle was affected, tree branches were parted or broken, roof tiles were dislodged, objects were deflected, and ground or water were disturbed. Under close analysis the subtleties of these interactions combine to point unequivocally to a repulsive force field surrounding the craft, while discriminating against propulsion mechanisms involving jet action, pure electric or magnetic effects, or the emission of energetic particles or radiation (although the latter may accompany the propulsive mechanism as a secondary effect). Further detailed investigation indicates that the particular form of force field propulsion that satisfies observational constraints is what Hill labels a directed acceleration field; that is, a field that is, in general, gravitational-like in nature, and, in particular, gravity-canceling. Such a field acts on all masses in its sphere of influence as does a gravitational field. Corollary to this conclusion is that observed accelerations ~100 g's relative to the environment could be sustained without on-board high-g forces.
Apart from that I haven't seen a scientific review of Hill's book. It'd take me a while to write up a detailed review, but to attempt a quick one to answer your question:
Basically Hill's approach is to assemble the data from some major UFO cases and then analyze it scientifically from a physics perspective with an aim towards identifying a possible mechanism for observed properties of UFO propulsion. He first considers things such as observed weight, mass, density, etc., which leads him to the conclusion that UFOs have mass in a range heavier than a jet aircraft; speed/acceleration performance, which he concludes can be explained in terms of known physics of controlled high accelerations; illumination color, which he sees as evidence of an ionized plasma sheath; and radiation and temperature, which leads him to conclude that UFOs radiate between 25 electron volts and 3 million electron volts, into the lower end of the gamma ray spectrum (relating to the ionized sheath). Then he starts considering possible propulsion mechanisms for UFOs' observed near-earth performance (to be distinguished from any interstellar performance, since these may involve different mechanisms), and after ruling out a number of possiblities (particle ejection, pressure, rocketry, electric fields, magnetic fields, etc.) by process of elimination he argues for force field propulsion as the likely mechanism. After considering a number of different types of possible force fields he concludes the one involved in UFO propulsion is similar to gravity but acts in an opposite manner. Once he advances this hypothesis he develops it in technical detail and relates it to other observed data such as UFO humming, dynamics, subsonic and supersonic operation, aerodynamic heating, etc. Towards the end he addresses objections based on relativity theory. The gist of his argument is that observed UFO performance does not violate the known laws of physics, but, however, does exceed human technological achievement as it stood at the time Dr. Hill completed his manuscript in 1975, in his stated opinion. He does not get much into discussion of classified aircraft programs such as those emphasized by authors like Renato Vesco and David Hatcher Childress in Man-Made Ufos 1944-1994: 50 Years of Suppression, which is an area I still have unanswered questions about.
I agree on the difficulty of sorting out disinformation. I have my own way of approaching it which is probably different than others. For one thing I look at the background of the person making the claim and possible political agendas, and when someone has a counterintelligence background like Doty does that immediately raises a red flag. I also look for known propaganda techniques, such as incomplete presentation of data, one-factor analysis which excludes consideration of other relevant variables, attribution of statements to anonymous unverifiable sources, etc. Another thing I look for is consistency between known facts and claims where the facts are in question. With respect to this I've found looking through old news accounts and declassified documents helpful because it helps establish a timeline of when reports of phenomena occurred and how the government and media responded to these reports, which helps establish at least some facts in the case. It's complicated, as I know you know! :)
Hope that helps save you at least a little reading time! Have a good night and enjoy your reading! :)
I might even be encouraged to relate my experieinces attempting to report 'blue book' events in the sixties.
Hint, there was no 'there' to report to.
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Ok, so last few months I've been riding plenty, but not on forums much due to new Jeep wrangler :)
I get back here, and all I see is beast-this, walmart-that....ummm...:confused:
As long as Ive been on the forums, it really didn't matter what type of bike it was, if it was any type of dept store bike, especially walmart, it was frowned-upon....common knowledge that if you even look at it wrong, it will spontaneously combust....
What is going on?
Really, honestly, I am asking a 100% serious question. Flame me if you like but I'm not trolling. Just quite surprised to be reading all this stuff about a walmart bike.:skep:


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Take-Two Interactive today announced that Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 4 has done a whopping $500 million in sales since the game's release last week. Some 6 million copies of the game have been sold worldwide, 3.6 million of those coming in just the first day. Although the numbers exceed industry predictions, Take-Two was confident about selling six million copies before launch.
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LOWELL -- The superintendent of schools shared MCAS results with the School Committee Wednesday, highlighting the growth the district has made in the number of schools that were classified as Level 1 or 2 and the district rising above the state average in growth in mathematics in fourth and 10th grades.
The results of the statewide standardized test were released last month. Superintendent of Schools Jean Franco gave the School Committee an overview of change in a new measurement index which is based on achievement and growth, as well as dropout and graduation rates in high school.
To be a Level 1 or Level 2 school, a school must not rank in the bottom 20 percent state-wide for achievement.
Forty-eight percent of Lowell public schools meet the Level 1 or Level 2 threshold, which ranks at the top of the schools classified as "Commissioner's Districts," which qualifies the school district for extra support.
The Murkland School, which was designated a Level 4 school in 2010, now is achieving at a Level 1 standard, Franco said. But a Level 4 designation remains for at least three years.
Three Level 3 schools, Washington, Bailey and Butler school, all became Level 1 or 2 schools this year.
District-wide, the median student-growth percentile increased 2 points in English Language Arts from 2011 and 1 point in mathematics from 2011.
Students' individual MCAS scores are being sent home this week.
In other business, City Councilor Rita Mercier addressed the School Committee during public comment to discuss a motion on the agenda by Mayor Patrick Murphy requested by the City Council. Mercier had requested the City Council to ask the superintendent to improve and include more cursive writing instruction into the curriculum.
Murphy had previously provided Mercier information on the cursive-writing motion from Franco, but Mercier wanted the matter to be discussed before the School Committee, she said last week.
It was placed on Wednesday's agenda.
"The thought of someone not being able to write their name floors me. I thought that it would floor you as well," said Mercier.
Assistant Superintendent Claire Abrams said she would get more information about when students are learning cursive writing at each school. She said cursive writing is part of the statewide frameworks in fourth grade.
The School Committee referred the matter to the Curriculum subcommittee.
Franco announced a position will be advertised for the director of partnership development, who will work for the district and the Greater Lowell Community Foundation to develop relationships among the school district and business community and write grants. The position will be funded through private fundraising.
"In my opinion, it's a very nice good news story of how a community who cares about its school system comes together so we can see how we can reach for the stars," said Franco.
In other business, the committee received a report on the history of the district's desegregation agreement.
Assistant Superintendent Ann Murphy said the district is putting together data on where students who attend a school live.
A committee will then be formed to analyze the data and make recommendations to the School Committee on whether or not any changes should be made to the district's enrollment policy.
In other action, the School Committee also:
* Unanimously requested Franco to schedule a goal setting workshop with the committee.
* Unanimously requested the superintendent to look into the possibility of an E-school-type system for online requests.
* Unanimously requested Franco come up with a plan that will allow more students to attend schools in their neighborhood.
* Received a report on student activities in light of the city naming October "Opiate Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month." Elementary-school students will focus on learning how to make good choices; middle-school students will hear from school-resource officers on the dangers of drugs and high-school students will hear a presentation by a national speaker.
* Received a report from Lowell High Headmaster Ed Rozmiarek on weekly and monthly meetings high school administrators attend with Lowell Police and other law enforcement agencies regarding students' criminal involvement and safety.


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Another semester of college is about to begin and the first challenge for some students may be paying for their textbooks. A new study finds that the price of books is sky rocketing.
Blinn freshman Matt Guzman was excited about starting his college experience, but that excitement soon faded when he found out how much his textbooks would cost.
" I was very shocked and I was also shocked about how many books I had to buy for each class. If you add up 2, 3 books for each class, it gets pretty expensive," said Guzman.
According to a study by the Government Accountability Office, textbook prices have increased 1-hundred 86 percent since 1987. That's about a 6% increase per year.
The study also estimates that the average student attending a 4 year college will spend nearly $900 a year on textbooks. So who's responsible for pricing? Publishers set the price for each book they sell to bookstores.
" We use the industry standard mark-up. The publisher gives the list price and all of the bookstores use that price here in town," said Philip Beard with University Bookstore.
Beard has been in the book business for 30 years and says textbooks only account for a small percent of his store's profits.
Beard predicts his profits may be even lower this year because delivery costs have increased with soaring gas prices.
Publishers attribute some of the added costs to technology. Supplements such as C-D roms and other instructional materials have been added to new textbooks inflating total cost.
" If the student doesn't need those items then they can save 25% by buying a used textbook," said Beard.
Some students say they're frustrated about shelling out tons of money for their books, but know they'll need them for class.
" Well I'm not looking forward to it, but I suppose I have to pay for it," said Beard.
The study concludes that textbook prices will continue to rise, but hopefully not as much as other higher education costs.
There is a bit of good news for students. Some bookstores in towns are offering discounts and incentives to frequent book buyers.


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Wes Welker suspended four games for amphetamines
Wes Welker has been suspended four games for using amphetamines during the offseason.
NFL.com's Albert Breer says Welker's positive tests occurred in May. A report from Pro Football Talk says the positive test was the result of Welker taking Molly at the Kentucky Derby. Molly is a drug that includes amphetamines. The drug is also commonly referred to as ecstasy.
The Broncos knew about the positive tests but were holding out hope on Welker's appeal, which occurred two weeks ago. All parties were notified Tuesday that Welker lost his appeal.
Welker has been dealing with a concussion suffered in the preseason, but he had been cleared to return to practice this week and did not look like he would miss any games. From 2005-2012, Welker only missed three regular season games. He missed three last season for Denver and will be out at least four at some point this year.
Welker caught 73 passes for 778 yards and 10 touchdowns last year. The Broncos will rely on Demaryius Thomas, Julius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders even more during Welker's absence.


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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/06/ofcom_capgemini/
Ofcom fingers Capgemini for IS deal
Legacy systems-tastic
Posted in The Channel, 6th December 2005 15:29 GMT
Ofcom has chosen Capgemini to come up with a new information system to replace those it inherited from previous regulators.
Capgemini is due to begin its five-year £25m contract from the beginning of February. As part of the deal it will replace some 50 separate IT applications with new integrated processes.
No Ofcom jobs will be lost as part of the move although it's understood that a handful of contract staff tied to legacy systems will be shifted to Capgemini.
Ofcom came into force at the end of 2003 replacing five regulators - the Broadcasting Standards Commission, the Independent Television Commission, Oftel, the Radio Authority and the Radiocommunications Agency - under the roof of one mega regulator. Each had its own IT systems in place.
Said Ofcom CTO Peter Ingram: "When Ofcom began operations two years ago we chose not to seek to integrate the many differing legacy IT systems inherited from our predecessors until we had fully identified the organisation's long-term future needs." ®