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Baby fever: Friends, family caught up in epidemic
As the flu makes its way around the country, another type of fever appears to be taking hold of many of my friends and family – baby fever.
Everywhere I turn, it seems someone I know wants a baby, is having a baby or had one and now can't stop talking about the baby. And I have become the odd-woman-out.
I will confess. I am not a lover of babies. There. It's been said. You can stop reading now if you think all women are programmed to love babies. We're not.
That's because we are as varied and different as the men of this world are. Some of us get excited at the thought of having a passel of kids and family game night on Thursdays. Some of us get excited about saving lives in Africa by increasing sanitation standards. Some of us get excited about becoming accountants or teachers or even journalists. I can guarantee, not one of us gets as excited about cleaning the kitchen floor as television commercials would have you believe.
The fact that women aren't cookie-cutter duplicates of themselves is what makes this baby fever so interesting. All of the women described in the previous paragraph are friends of mine, and most of them are talking about babies.
With the baby fever in full force, I find myself constantly thinking about that Seinfeld episode, when Elaine's friend keeps bugging her about having kids. "Elaaaaine. You gotta have a baaaaby."
Do I?
I'm not much of a baby person, and I think the babies can tell. Babies tend to cry – loudly – when I hold them. The last time I held my youngest niece, she screamed so loud I thought an ear drum was going to pop.
When people discover my inability to go gaga over a newborn, most tell me I'll feel differently when I have my own baby.
That may be true. I might actually come to love changing my own child's diaper. I may marvel at the spit-up that will stain the shoulders of my shirts for years to come. I may even begin using the most dreaded form of the English language: baby talk. But right now, I don't love any of those things.
That's why I love being an aunt. When I'm holding my niece and she starts to scream so loudly you'd think she was being chased by a chainsaw-wielding murderer, I can just give her back to her parents. I get to have just the fun part of being around kids. Being an aunt is pretty awesome.
Being a mom, on the other hand – let's just say the hushed awe emanating from a crowd of people surrounding the crib of a newborn child is not something my kid would experience. I think his introduction would be more along the lines of: "This is Henry. He pukes a lot, smells kind of funny and refuses to sleep through the night."
So, as my friends infect each other with baby fever, it comes as no surprise to most of them that the fever has yet to take hold of me. I've been staving it off with patently unbabylike things: growlers of craft-brewed beer, uninterrupted afternoons of reading novels on my couch, spontaneous weekends of fishing or snowshoeing or B-movie marathons.
But I do have to admit, those little baby booties are the cutest.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Jackie Stark is a Chocolay Township resident and a staff reporter at The Mining Journal. Her column appears bi-weekly. She can be reached at 906-228-2500, ext. 242. Her email address is email@example.com


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|Sarah Hendrickson in action during the women's ski jumping HS106 at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships on Feb. 22, 2013, in Val di Fiemme, Italy.
It's another busy weekend in winter sports for U.S. athletes, with Nordic skiing championships in Italy and a luge World Cup event in Sochi. Plus Olympic silver medalist Sarah Hammer already won a world title and is seeking more gold in the track cycling world championships in Belarus. Check out the Team USA Weekend Preview for all of the details.
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Feb. 20-March 2, Val di Fiemme, Italy
Sarah Hendrickson started the weekend off right for Team USA by winning the women's ski jumping world title Friday in Val di Fiemme, Italy. The 18-year-old is the youngest women's ski jumping world champion. A strong contender for the U.S. Olympic Team at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, Hendrickson earned the inaugural World Cup champion title last season, winning nine of 13 events.
Jessica Jerome was sixth and 2009 world champion Lindsey Van finished 16th.
The men's jump will be held Saturday, followed by a mixed team event Sunday.
Read more about women's ski jumping here.
A 10-kilometer men's Nordic combined race will be held Friday, followed by a team 4x5k event Sunday. Brothers Bryan and Taylor Fletcher lead the U.S. Nordic Combined Team, along with seven-time World team member Billy Demong.
Cross country events include a women's 7.5k and men's 10k skiathlon Saturday, followed by men's and women's sprint races Sunday. Kikkan Randall, Jessie Diggins and Noah Hoffman are among the U.S. skiers. The United States qualified three skiers into the quarterfinals of the classic sprints qualifying Thursday, including Randall, but none advanced past that stage.
"I wanted more out of today, for sure," Randall said. "We've been at altitude for a long time now and maybe just haven't done quite enough of this really hard stuff, but I think today (Thursday) will be really good for Sunday."
Also in skiing:
FIS World Cup Alpine Skiing, women's downhill and super combined, Feb. 21-24, Meribel, France
TV: 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. ET Saturday, Universal Sports
Webcast: 4:30 a.m. ET Saturday and 5 a.m. Sunday, universalsports.com
FIS World Cup Alpine Skiing, men's downhill and giant slalom, Feb. 20-24, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
TV: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. ET Saturday, Universal Sports
Webcast: 5:45 a.m. ET Saturday and 4 a.m. Sunday, universalsports.com
FIS World Cup Freestyle, men's and women's moguls and double moguls, Feb. 23-24, Inawashiro, Japan
FIS World Cup Freestyle, men's and women's ski cross, Feb. 23-24, Harrachov, Czech Republic
Webcast: 8 a.m. ET Sunday, universalsports.com
FIS World Cup Freestyle, men's and women's aerials, Feb. 23, Bukovel, Ukraine
Webcast: Noon ET Saturday, universalsports.com
FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships, Feb. 19-28, Quebec, Canada
FIS World Cup Snowboarding, men's and women's parallel slalom, Feb. 23, Moscow
Less than a week after warm weather forced the cancellation of the parallel slalom Olympic test event in Sochi, Russia, a World Cup parallel slalom event will be held Saturday in Moscow. Justin Reiter of the United States is ranked sixth in the World Cup standings in parallel slalom.
World Cup, Feb. 23-24, Sochi, Russia
The United States, which claimed two silver medals two weeks ago at the Lake Placid World Cup, has high expectations entering the season's final World Cup event Saturday and Sunday. The competition is also the test event for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
The U.S. luge team won silver in the team relay in Lake Placid, trailing only world power Germany. Julia Clukey, who has climbed to No. 6 in the World Cup points standings, also scored a silver in Lake Placid. The team has been training this week in Sochi following a week of training in Lake Placid.
"It's going to be huge for us going to Sochi," Clukey said. "We're going to keep the momentum rolling and keep attacking. We've been right there all season, progressively moving forward. I think we're taking some big leaps now and I think we'll continue to do so."
Also chasing podium finishes will be two-time Olympian Erin Hamlin, who placed fifth in Lake Placid, and 2010 Olympian Chris Mazdzer, who placed fifth in the men's competition.
World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Feb. 16-23, Sochi, Russia
The United States won seven of nine round-robin matches and is the No. 3 seed heading into Friday's playoff round at the World Wheelchair Curling Championship in Sochi, Russia. The competition is a test event for the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
The U.S. squad members are Patrick McDonald, David Palmer, Jimmy Joseph, Penny Greely and Meghan Lino. If the United States wins its Page 3-4 playoff match, it would face Sweden or Canada for the gold medal. The United States last medaled at the worlds in 2008, when it won bronze. The tournament is a points qualifier for the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games. The United States currently stands in sixth place in the qualification standings; the top 10 nations will qualify for the Paralympic Winter Games.
Read more about wheelchair curling here. [link sentence to: http://www.teamusa.org/Road-to-Sochi-2014/Features/2013/February/15/Wheelchair-Curling-Gets-Sneak-Peek-At-Sochi.aspx]
UCI Track World Championships, Feb. 20-24, Minsk, Belarus
Sarah Hammer, a two-time silver medalist at the London 2012 Olympic Games, began the 2013 UCI Track World Championships with another medal Wednesday. She won gold in the women's 3-kilometer individual pursuit. It was Hammer's fifth world championship in that event.
Hammer will compete Friday in the scratch race and then the women's omnium through the rest of the weekend. She earned the Olympic silver in the omnium. She defeated Australia's Amy Cure by more than eight seconds in the individual pursuit, winning with a time of 3:32.050. Hammer is the only U.S. cyclist competing at the worlds.
"Winning the pursuit world title is the best possible way to start the week of competition," said Benjamin Sharp, USA Cycling High Performance Director of Endurance Programs.
TV: 6 p.m.-7 p.m. ET Friday and 1-2 p.m. Saturday, Universal Sports
Webcast: 11 a.m. ET Saturday and 6 a.m. Sunday, universalsports.com
Freestyle World Cup, Feb. 21-22, Tehran, Iran
Olympic gold medalist Jordan Burroughs won his first three matches Thursday, helping the United States to wins over Georgia and Japan on the first day of the Freestyle World Cup in Tehran, Iran. Burroughs, competing at 74 kilograms, defeated Jakob Makarashvili of Georgia, Sohsuki Takatani of Japan and Ezzatollah Akbarizarinkolaei of Iran.
Also winning twice were 2009 world bronze medalist Tervel Dlagnev at 120 kg and Brent Metcalf at 66kg.
The United States dropped out of contention for the gold medal with a 6-1 loss to Iran on Thursday night. A match against Bulgaria on Friday was to determine which placement match the United States would be in. Russia will face Iran in the championship dual.
Also in wrestling:
Hungarian Golden Grand Prix, Feb. 23-24, Szombathely, Hungary
NWCA/Cliff Keen National Dual Meet Championship Finals, Feb. 22-23, Minneapolis
IAAF XL Galan Indoor Meeting, Feb. 21, Stockholm, Sweden
Galen Rupp broke an American indoor record in the 3,000-meter race Thursday at the IAAF XL Galan Indoor Meeting, winning the race in 7 minutes, 30.18 seconds. A silver medalist at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Rupp is the U.S. outdoors record-holder in the 10,000.
Challenge Cup, Feb. 21-24, Hague, Netherlands
Seven U.S. skaters, including Alexander Johnson in the men's competition, are participating this week in the 2013 Challenge Cup in Hague, Netherlands. Three U.S. pairs teams are making their international debuts: Tarah Kayne and Daniel O'Shea, Kiri Baga and Taylor Toth, and DeeDee Leng and Timothy LeDuc. Those three pairs finished seventh, eighth and ninth respectfully, at the 2013 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
World Cup, Feb. 19-24, Palm Springs, Calif.
Margaux Isaksen and Dennis Bowsher, both 2012 Olympians, advanced to Friday's finals of the season-opening World Cup event in Palm Springs, Calif. Isaksen had 19 wins in fencing and topped her group in competition. The women's finals also will include her sister, Isabella Isaksen, who placed second in Group B. The last time Margaux and Isabella competed together internationally, they brought home team gold at the world championships.
Bowsher won the fencing event in the men's division with 18 wins and 6 losses.
World Cup, women's saber, Feb. 22-24, Gand, Belgium
Three-time Olympian Mariel Zagunis, the world's top ranked fencer in women's saber, will lead the U.S. Women's Saber Team at a World Cup event beginning Friday in Gand, Belgium. The United States placed ninth in the London Saber Team World Cup in January.
Also in fencing:
World Cup, men's foil, Feb. 22, La Coruia, Spain
U.S. Women's National Team tryouts, Feb. 20-22, Colorado Springs
More than 240 athletes are at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs this week to try out for spots on the U.S. Women's National Team, U.S. Women's Junior National Team and U.S. Women's National A2 Program. The camp winds up Friday. The athletes represent 90 colleges and universities. Olympic champion Karch Kiraly is coach of the national team.
U.S. Men's U-20 National Team vs. Costa Rica, Feb. 22, Puebla, Mexico
The U.S. Men's U-20 National Team will look for a second consecutive victory in the CONCACAF U-20 Championship on Friday, when it faces Costa Rica in Puebla, Mexico. The United States began the tournament Monday with a 2-1 win over Haiti. Luis Gil and Daniel Cuevas scored the U.S. goals.
A win over Costa Rica clinches a spot for the United States in the quarterfinals. The four quarterfinal winners qualify for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
TV: 6:30 p.m. ET Friday, Fox Soccer
Independence Cup, Feb. 18-22, Santiago, Dominican Republic
Erickson Lubin, a 17-year-old from Kissimmee, Fla., defeated 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Yasniel Toledo Lopez of Cuba Thursday to advance to the finals of the Independence Cup in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Lubin, a junior in high school, will face Jose Rafael Lopez Rosario of Puerto Rico for gold in the 141-pound weight class.
Lubin was one of five U.S. boxers who advanced to the finals. Joining Lubin are flyweight Shawn Simpson, lightweight Kenneth Sims Jr., welterweight Rashidi Ellis and light flyweight Leroy Davila. Queen Underwood, a 2012 Olympian, and Raquel Miller earned bronze medals in the women's tournament.
Junior Long Track World Championships, Feb. 22-24, Collalbo, Italy
Competition begins Friday in the Junior Long Track World Championships, which are being held in Collalbo, Italy. The event continues through Sunday.
U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships, Feb. 20-23, Las Vegas
The U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships, featuring competition in senior, cadet and youth divisions, continue through Saturday at the Las Vegas Hotel and Casino. The tournament has featured appearances by 2012 Olympians Steven Lopez and Terrence Jennings.
IJF Grand Prix, Feb. 23-24, Dusseldorf, Germany
Competition begins Saturday for senior-level judo athletes in the IJF Grand Prix event in Dusseldorf, Germany.
U.S. National Indoor Championships and JOAD National Indoor Championships, Feb. 22-March 10, various locations
The 44th U.S. National Indoor Championships and JOAD National Indoor Championships begin Friday. The tournament's opening-weekend venues are Rio Rancho, N.M.; Fiskdale, Mass.; Mountlake Terrace, Wash.; Tulare, Calif.; Snellville, Ga.
Junior Water Ski World Championships, Feb. 20-24, Mulwala, Australia
U.S. Junior Water Ski Team members Erika Lang, Taylor Garcia, Kara MacIntyre and Brooke Baldwin are among eight athletes who are competing in this week's Junior Water Ski Championships in Australia. The United States has won the last two junior world team titles.
Story courtesy Red Line Editorial, Inc. Paul D. Bowker is a freelance contributor for TeamUSA.org. Material from various news services and press releases from National Governing Bodies was used to compile this report. This story was not subject to the approval of any National Governing Bodies.


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Topic: WEBrick server won't boot
I've been following the Rolling with Ruby on Rails and at the end of this page
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005 tml?page=2
it says to reboot the WEBrick server.
When I do reboot the server, i get this strange error [screenshot]
It says something about missing dependencies so I was wondering if i botched the rails install or if it's something else.
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Bob Foth Hired as Paralympic Coach for USA Shooting
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - USA Shooting is pleased to announce the hiring of Olympic silver medalist Bob Foth as its new Paralympic Shooting Coach and Program Manager. Foth previously held the position of Youth Programs and Coach Development Manager for USAS and will retain some of those duties in his new position.
A three-time Olympian in rifle, Foth brings a tremendous amount of experience to his new position. He began shooting competitively in 1972 and won numerous national and international medals during his shooting career. He was part of several world champion teams and set six world records. He joined the USA Shooting staff as Youth Programs and Coach Development Manager in 2006 and will assume his new role as Paralympic Coach/Manager on April 6.
"I am very excited to be able to work with such a great group of shooters and to spend more time working directly with athletes on the shooting range," said Foth. "I think this will be a great opportunity to take over the program U.S. Paralympics has started and I hope to take it to the next level for our Paralympic athletes."
Foth's primary duties as Paralympic Coach and Program Manager will include preparing elite disabled shooters to complete in national and international competitions. He will also work with the National Rifle Association, U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit and other organizations with programs for disabled shooters to build a pipeline for athletes who wish to pursue the Paralympic dream. Foth will design a comprehensive program that includes recruiting, competitions, administration, and a Resident Athlete program.
Bill Roy, USA Shooting's Director of Operations, predicted a highly successful program under Foth. "Bob has the perfect mix of credentials, experience, temperament and vision for this endeavor," said Roy. "As in his own shooting career, Bob will place our Paralympic athletes on a track to excellence in competition and in life."
USAS took over the Paralympic Shooting program from the U.S. Paralympics division on January 1, 2009.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (53 votes).
In short: Fantastic event which is excellent value. In full: First off road marathon which was tough but well worth the effort. Great marshalls/organisation with excellent facilities. I will be back next year. Date of review: September 11, 2007
In short: Hard. Very hard. Great views. Bargain price. Well organised. Did I mention it's hard?In full: Well done KCAC for a great race. It's very well organised (yes, numpties like me need more signs en route as I did over 27 miles due to wrong turns) and it's a complete bargain. I've never been so well fed at any event - biscuits, cakes, parkin (v. nice!)on the way round, hot soup, tea & more cake at the finish. All for a tenner!As for the race itself - yes it's as hard as they say - a guaranteed PW. But that's part of the joy of it. Forget the time and enjoy the challenge and the scenery. Try it yourself next year (or 'just' do the half on the same day). Fabulous run in near-perfect weather conditions.Date of review: September 11, 2007
In short: Great scenary, challengng and tough, recommendedIn full: I have decided to avoid road marathons and stick to a few off road marathons a year whilst training is on 'tickover' between serious ultras. Can't recommend this highly enough. Great scenary friendly competitiors, all too fast for me but what the hell...No signs to help drivers find the event centre. Leave lots of spare time or plan carefull multimap/sat nav. Thanks CharlieDate of review: September 10, 2007
In short: Brilliant race in wonderful countrysideIn full: Organisation much improved on last year, no complaints. Definitely 'part-marked', must have run 27 miles (top tip, don't assume the person in front knows where they are going!). Really enjoyed it, great weather, really good course, nice mix of terrain and wonderful scenery. Highly recommended!Date of review: September 10, 2007
In short: Great intro to off road racingIn full: Very sociable, obviously harder than a road race but not a full on fell race. Loved the food at the end. Good organisation. My first off roader and I will be back for more.Date of review: September 10, 2007
In short: Very challenging race, but well worth the effort, made all the better by the weather.In full: Good value race, with plenty of water and snacks on the way round. Course was partially marked but still feel you'd need to recce it or run with someone who knows the course. Marshalls were very friendly and can't complain about the facilities back at the finish. Good day, if not slightly painful! Date of review: September 10, 2007
In short: Worth the journey, great day out but don't look for a PB!In full: The mainly off road course is a real challenge of both fitness and navigation skills. Good event with some nice touches.Date of review: September 9, 2007
In short: great views, great marshalls, great snacksIn full: Had a really good day, did the full and was right at the back but didn't mind. There was a lack of water though, i hid some half way round and was really glad. Great food along hte way for the marathon at least and really nice friendly marshalls. I agree about the signing, I come from round there and felt the instructions relied on local knowledge. I reccied the second half the week before and was glad as the field was sparse by then.Thanks very much though - what a great day!Date of review: September 12, 2006
In short: hardDate of review: September 12, 2006
In short: Perfect way to spend a Sunday!In full: Thanks to the organisers and the volunteers on drinks stations and in the kitchen. It was tricky in parts to find the way but this just added to the fun for me. I did the full, it was my 5th marathon and as special as all the others in it's own way. Just over four hours of enjoyment (?!) for £10.Date of review: September 11, 2006
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Arrests made in connection with Colorado pot raids
DENVER — At least one owner of a Colorado medical marijuana business raided by federal agents last year has been arrested and another has been indicted.
The U.S. Attorney's Office says agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration, Internal Revenue Service and Diplomatic Security Service carried out the arrests Friday.
Proseuctors say the names of those arrested and the reasons are in a sealed indictment that could become public Monday.
KUSA-TV captured video of Denver attorney and dispensary owner David Furtado being led away by agents with his arms behind his back Friday. Furtado's lawyer didn't immediately return a call.
An attorney for Gerardo Uribe, another dispensary owner, said Uribe had been indicted but it wasn't immediately clear if he was arrested.
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Microsoft's Biggest Mistake
I get the feeling, however, that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer either hates Xbox or has no idea what to do with it.
Ballmer should be actively focusing everything his company does around Xbox. Doing so might save his butt from getting fired. I'm not sure Bill Gates can take much more of his friend and CEO's scatterbrained incompetence .
All it takes is a little common sense and something that's apparently even more difficult to come by in tech these days -- vision.
You have this product -- an excellent piece of hardware that blows away the competition. Nobody even comes close in the gaming space. And, from a broad living-room standpoint, you even beat the snot out of Apple (AAPL) .
Steve Jobs ate Ballmer's lunch in every single room of the house, but he could not dominate him in the living room.
It makes no sense at all to attack Apple in the traditional consumer market -- and, increasingly, in enterprise -- vis-a-vis desktops, laptops and mobile devices. Give it up. You lose.
Keep your PC business, particularly the relatively healthy parts, alive as best as you can. However, position your company for the inevitable death of the PC. Drop dreams of getting share in the tablet or smartphone market. There's a less than zero chance Microsoft can generate enough mobile success to even ding Apple or Anroid. They're in as bad a position as Research in Motion (RIMM) , if not worse.
Look at Xbox as the hub for everything.
It already owns the image as the gamer's go-to device. It continues to slowly emerge as a broad entertainment center for the entire family. Ballmer needs to continue to push that angle and take things a step or three further.
Leverage Microsoft's other strength -- productivity software (i.e., Office) -- in tandem with Xbox.
That sounds outlandish. I'll get ripped for even suggesting it. I will be called an idiot for the insinuation that Microsoft can link Xbox the gaming suite to Xbox the streaming entertainment player to Xbox the productivity center.
That's often our first reaction in this society. To brand seemingly incongruent ideas -- things we have never conceived of before -- as dumb ideas, as inane. We teach our kids to color between the lines. To blindly respect authority. Don't do as I do just do as I say. That provides an almost certain route to a much less creative life than one might otherwise enjoy.


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Stock Futures Fall Ahead of Bank Earnings, Bernanke; Apple Drops
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Stock futures were pointing to a lower open on Wall Street Monday as investors looked ahead to a flood of bank earnings later this week and as Apple(AAPL) shares plunged.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were falling 23 points, or 13.43 points below fair value, at 13,410. Futures for the S&P 500 were down 2.50 points, or 1.95 points below fair value, at 1464. Futures for the Nasdaq were down 17.25 points, or 15.56 points below fair value, at 2726.
Apple shares were tumbling more than 2% in premarket trading on reports that the tech giant has cut orders for components for the iPhone 5 due to weaker-than-expected demand, people familiar with the situation told The Wall Street Journal .
Major bank releases later this week include JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Goldman Sachs (GS) on Wednesday, and Bank of America (BAC) and Citigroup(C) on Thursday.
JPMorgan Chase's (JPM) board is expected to dock the 2012 bonuses of CEO Jamie Dimon and another top executive because of the "London Whale" trading debacle, the Journal reported, citing people close to the company.
JPMorgan shares were down 0.67% in premarket trading.
"What we're really focused on is the banking institutions and what is the quality of their earnings, what is the quality of their revenues," said Keith Bliss, Cuttone director of sales and marketing.
He said two things are "vastly important" when looking at these companies. One is net interest margin. "Right now it's been shrinking for the big banks primarily because of the low interest rate environment and the flat yield curve that we've had for the last two years."
"The other is the loan-to-deposit ratio," Bliss said. Most banks, to make money, want to be at a 100% loan-to-deposit ratio. "Most of them are riding in the 70% category right now, which means they want to lend the money out, but they're just not finding good quality borrowers," he explained.
Bliss said that it's expected that the insurers will be weak as they're going to have to pay out their claims on Hurricane Sandy, which are substantial.
Major U.S. stock averages were little changed during a volatile session on Friday as financial stocks were big drag after Wells Fargo (WFC) kicked off bank earnings with mixed results.
A number of Federal Reserve officials were expected to speak Monday. At 4:30 p.m. EST, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is slated to speak at the University of Michigan with Ford School Dean Susan Collins on monetary policy and the U.S. economy.
"Fed Chairman Bernanke is speaking on the longer term challenges for the U.S. economy," said Paul Donovan, global economist at UBS. "There are quite a few of these. The fiscal position remains very much in focus, and this is likely to be where markets keep their attention."


text: LANSING COMMUNITY COLLEGE CURRICULAR GUIDE Horticulture Associate in Applied Science Degree Curriculum Code: 0189 (Effective Fall 2000 - Summer 2005) A professional horticulturist deals with plant materials, their growth, development, propagation, marketing, and use. The horticulturist works with environmental conditions and pest problems of ornamental plants and their management. The two major specialty areas are landscape horticulture and floriculture. A background in plant maintenance, knowledge of growing environments and structures, as well as retail and marketing skills, is vital. Horticulturists are employed by florists, greenhouses and garden centers, nurseries, retail sales outlets, landscape contractors, design and construction firms, and lawn care companies. Not all courses in this program transfer to all colleges. Students planning to transfer should see an academic advisor or counselor before enrolling in any course. PREREQUISITES Students should see the "Course Descriptions" section of this catalog or the Course Schedule for course prerequisite information. Basic skills assessment and advising information may be found on page 8 of this catalog. GENERAL EDUCATION General education is an important part of this program and includes a mathematics competency requirement. To fulfill the mathematics competency requirement, students may need to complete specific course work in mathematics. For information on how to fulfill all general education requirements, see page 23. INFORMATION Contact the Technology Careers Department, Gannon Vocational-Technical Center, Room 136, telephone number (517) 483-1336. REQUIREMENTS TOTAL: 34 CREDITS CODE TITLE CREDIT HOURS HORT 102 Intro Ornamental Horticulture 2 HORT 105 Pest/Problem Ornamental Plants 2 HORT 230 Plant Propagation/Nursery Op 4 HORT 235 Greenhouse Structures/Environ 3 LAND 100 Intro to Landscape Drafting 2 LAND 130 Interior Landscaping 3 LAND 140 Evergreen and Deciduous Trees 3 LAND 141 Flowering Trees, Shrubs, Vines 3 LAND 142 Perennial/Annual Flower Plants 3 LAND 163 Designing Ornamental Gardens 3 LAND 282 Computer Draft/Dsgn Land Arch 3 WRIT 124 Technical Writing 3 LIMITED CHOICE REQUIREMENTS TOTAL: 30 CREDITS Complete the indicated number of credits from each CHOICE listed below. CHOICE 1: General Education Core Areas 9 Credits (See the "GENERAL EDUCATION" section above) Writing Core Area (See Note 1) 0 Speech Communication Core Area 3 Science/Technology Core Area 3 Global Perspectives and Diversity Core Area 3 Mathematics Competency (See page 23 for information on how to fulfill this requirement. Course work may be needed.) CHOICE 2: Specialization (Choose 1 Subchoice) 21 Credits Subchoice 2A: Floriculture HORT 103 Foliage and Flowering Plants 2 HORT 107 Beginning Floral Design 2 HORT 109 Contemporary Floral Design 2 HORT 110 Wedding Floral Design 2 HORT 143 Cut Flower, Foliage, Pot Plant 4 HORT 236 Greenhouse Ornamentals 3 HORT 237 Bedding Plant Production 3 HORT 238 Garden Center/Nursery Sales 3 Subchoice 2B: Landscape Horticulture LAND 150 Principles of Landscape Arch 3 LAND 152 Landscape Graphics Comm-Begin 3 LAND 160 Planting Design I 3 LAND 180 Landscape Ecology 3 LAND 225 Landscape Cost Estimation 3 LAND 232 Professional Res. Land Design 3 LAND 233 Grounds Management 3 MINIMUM TOTAL 64 NOTE: 1. Students completing "REQUIREMENTS" have fulfilled the requirements for this Core area. SUGGESTED COURSE SEQUENCE Students should see course descriptions to find out when departments plan to offer courses. Students who for any reason are unable to follow the course sequence suggested below (for example, those who are part-time, have transferred in courses from another school, or have prerequisites to fulfill) should contact an academic advisor or counselor for help with adjustments. Floriculture Option I II III IV HORT 102 HORT 103 HORT 110 HORT 230 HORT 107 HORT 105 HORT 237 HORT 238 HORT 143 HORT 109 LAND 130 LAND 163 HORT 235 HORT 236 LAND 142 LAND 282 LAND 100 LAND 141 Lim.Ch. Lim.Ch. LAND 140 WRIT 124 Lim.Ch. Landscape Horticulture Option I II III IV HORT 102 HORT 230 HORT 105 LAND 130 HORT 235 LAND 141 LAND 142 LAND 163 LAND 100 LAND 150 LAND 152 LAND 180 LAND 140 LAND 282 LAND 160 LAND 225 WRIT 124 Lim.Ch. LAND 232 LAND 233 Lim.Ch. Lim.Ch.


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Olympians' lives are measured in four-year increments. For sabre fencer Keeth Smart, each quadrennium's passing has come with major life changes. Approaching his third Olympics, he found this interval to be the most challenging of all, and revealed that Beijing will likely be the last Games in which the public will see one of America's finest sabre fencers wield his sword.
For Keeth and his younger sister, Erinn, "fencing" and "family" have been synonymous since the day in the late 1980's or early 1990's when their father, Thomas, asked his colleagues at Sports Illustrated which sport would help his children get into a good university.
The reply was fencing, and his children excelled. By junior high, they were competing nationally, and in high school, they were competing abroad. Keeth was accepted at St. John's and Erinn attended Barnard College, both in New York City.
In 2000, when Keeth was 22, he made the Olympic team in the individual sabre event while Erinn, then 20, was a non-playing alternate in team foil. Having one child compete while the other one sat idle tore at their mother, Liz, who was her children's biggest fan, chauffeur, financier, and - in times like this, source of consolation.
After placing 30th in Sydney, Keeth graduated from St. John's in 2001 and had to adjust to post-college fencing.
"Being a coddled athlete was no longer an option," he said. "I had to find my own path."
He took a year off and worked in finance at Verizon. In 2002, he returned to fencing and placed 10th individually at that year's World Championships - his best solo effort at a Worlds or Olympics to date. In 2003, he made history by becoming the first American to be ranked No.1 in the world.
Although Keeth's ranking slipped before the Games, he was the clear leader of U.S. men's squad, and team sabre proved to be one of the most dramatic fencing events in Athens.
In the quarterfinals, the U.S. upset the No.3 seed, Hungary, to earn a semifinal berth against France. In the round-robin format, the strongest fencers competed last. With the U.S. trailing France, 40-38, Smart rallied to a 44-44 tie. One point from victory, Smart's sword pierced his opponent's glove. During the injury time out, Keeth turned to Erinn (who made the women's team) and his mother in the stands. He smiled and nodded to let them know he was in control. The Frenchman returned, bandaged and bloodied, and the next few touches were ruled to be simultaneous. And in a final close call, the referee awarded the victory to France. The U.S. would not be guaranteed gold or silver. It would have to fight for the bronze.
"Keeth was extremely upset," recalled U.S. Olympic coach Yury Gelman. "He completely got [robbed]. We couldn't officially protest because it's our eyes and the ref's eyes, and the ref always wins this war. We don't think it was done purposely, but you never really know."
A few hours later, the U.S. faced Russia in the bronze-medal match. A victory would have given the U.S. its first men's Olympic fencing medal in 20 years. The U.S. was leading, and was up to Smart to earn the last five touches. Smart earned four and, once again, the U.S. lost by one point. Russia captured the bronze, the U.S. finished fourth, and France - the Americans' spoiler - beat Italy in the gold-medal match.
After the loss, Smart was visibly devastated, shaking and sobbing. His mother and sister were in tears, too. Even though it was a remarkable finish, Smart felt he let down the team.
"After Athens, I fell into a depression," he said. "Maybe not clinically diagnosed, but it was such a heartbreaker to lose two opportunities for a medal, back-to-back."
He barely fenced at all in 2005, and focused on work. Then, in August, Erinn called with some horrendous news. Their father had suffered a fatal heart attack during his morning jog.
This time, in his distress, Smart sought solace in the one place he felt most familiar and comfortable: under a mask with a sword in his hand. Fencing, he said, "Kept my mind from dwelling on the loss of my dad."
In 2006, his world took another bad turn. His mother's colon cancer had metastasized. When it was first diagnosed, in 2000, she scheduled her chemotherapy so she could travel to Sydney. It returned before Athens, and she beat it again. This time, she was given six months to live, and beat it -not literally - but in her own way. She made it to Keeth's wedding, in May 2007. She made it to the 2007 Nationals, in Miami, where Erinn was vying for another U.S. title. Liz Smart sat there all day, till 11pm, even though Erinn said it was OK to go. She said, "No, I want to watch."
Erinn said, "She looked healthy on the outside, but inside, she was fighting."
Between tournaments, Keeth flew to Florida to help his "ultimate fencing fan" the way she had supported him for so many years
Finally, on May 25, 2008, Liz Smart passed away at age 55.
At the funeral, fencers showed up en masse. Olympic coaches and teammates gathered around Keeth and Erinn, the children Liz raised to be as close as twins.
Tim Morehouse, who had known the family since he was 13 and will compete with Keeth in Beijing said, "I think we all knew. If anything happens, we'd help them."
As Keeth contemplated his future without its foundations, the blood disorder he had contracted in April was quickly forgotten. The left-thumb ligament tear he endured in February, fell away. The business school applications were in and he knew where he was going after Beijing: Columbia University. And then, something mysterious happened; Keeth started fencing really well again.
He will enter Beijing ranked No. 5 in the world - his best rank going into an Olympic Games. All year, he had used fencing to relieve stress, and one day in mid-July, he sat down after training in Manhattan and said, "I love coming to practice more than anything now, because it's the one constant in my life."
Asked whether he might continue after Beijing, he said, "I think it's time to stop."
After the interview, Keeth boarded a train to Brooklyn, got off, and walked up to the building where his whole family had lived. He was moving to Harlem that evening so he would be closer to school when the Games were over.
The next night, by phone, Erinn revealed that she, too, would be done after Beijing. Her fencing life and family life that were so intertwined would branch into a new direction. Her parents were gone, and her brother had left.
And when the call came to an end, she hung up the phone in Keeth's old place and finished sweeping and mopping his now-empty space.
Aimee Berg is a freelance contributor for teamusa.org. This story was not subject to the approval of the United States Olympic Committee or any National Governing Bodies.


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Microsoft Corp. released its Windows 7 operating system about a year ago and so far sold 240 million licenses. In order to celebrate the success of the fastest-selling operating system in history, Microsoft posted a number of blog posts, one of which accidentally revealed that the next-generation Windows 8 was due in 2012.
The Dutch subsidiary of Microsoft posted a note on Sunday, which reads that the world's largest software maker is working on Windows 8, but that the new operating system is not to be released for about two years. This is by far not the first time when Microsoft itself or its alleged employees reveal launch timeframe of Windows 8. Back in late 2009 it transpired that Microsoft planned to release Windows 8 in 2012 and information that emerged in early 2010 claimed that the new operating system was due in mid-2011.
One of the key features of Windows 8 will be very fast boot time or even instant-on feature, reports Neowin.net web-site. In addition, Microsoft plans to implement various performance optimizations in order to make the operating system (OS) more responsive. Considering that more and more computers now integrate web cameras, Windows 8 will feature facial recognition technology. Also, the next-gen OS will leverage usage of Bluetooth 3.0, USB 3.0 and other high-speed interfaces.
Microsoft will target four PC form-factors – desktop, laptop, all-in-one desktop and slate. It can be expected that Windows 8 graphics user interface will either be customizable or will be generally very flexible to satisfy completely different users. Given that tablets are already getting popular, it may be crucial for Microsoft to release Windows 8 rather sooner than later.
As of September, Windows 7 was running on 93% of new consumer PCs and has over 17% global OS market share (according to Net Applications as of October 1st). Six months after launch, 100% (over 18 000) of Microsoft's OEM partners were selling Windows 7 PCs versus 70% for Windows Vista PCs at a comparable time period.


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leadpipe wrote:Swinging at a ball or a fan?
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dmiles wrote:Nice Lead!!!Yea I was thinking of having one of the kids experiment with his setup, but damned if I can find clips. Recent hitters are easy you can just snag what you like of off m-l-b.com. Anyone who quit playing before say 2004 it's tough going. I'll poke around on E-bay, and look into the Wahoo what a finish. My kid likes to stride to open kind of like Belle and Magglio, and he likes to get down into the leg a bit. Yesterday in the cage he was experimenting with keeping the bat vertical behind him while reading the pitch and he was just killing it, and I figured Belle would be the swing closest to that. Here are a couple:
by WiscTribeFan » Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:41 am
peeker643 wrote:Funny in that Belle's swing is a lot Belle himself: violence that's just being controlled and utilized for a common good. Most of the time. Belle was far more Center to Left hitter. Occasionally he'd hit a ball out to right up the alley in RCF but mostly center and left. Ramirez consistently went opposite way and the thermometer for how hot Thome was at any given time was whether he was driving the ball to LF.Jeez...think back on those three today and...wow. Ridiculously prodigious a productive Hall of Fame-caliber hitters.
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leadpipe wrote:Also remember him stepping in for his first at bat of the night and immediately disposing of the back line of the batter's box. Guy got back as far as anyone I ever saw.
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Bee Keeping Equipments
Name of the Project: Bee Keeping Equipments, Contacting Authourty: CARE IN., Budget: 58,925 USD Where: Ramallah.
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Name of the Project: Irrigation system, Contacting Authourty: FAO, Budget: 303,232 USD Where: Ramallah.
Who we are?
Technogreen for Agricultural Production Supplies is an extension company for Al Wadi Al Akhdar, it was established and registered in 2009, but the mother company was established in 1991, which means about 22 years of experience in the agricultural field.


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Raspberry Pi Setup – First Steps
- Change the default password–simply run sudo raspi-config and select the option from the menu
- Update all your packages:
- Give your raspberry pi a network name (hostname.local as per raspi-config), using Apple's zeroconf/bonjour protocol:
- Install airplay using shairport (if you want it)
- Setup your wifi card using wicd
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The 2013 Mac Pro is Cheaper to Build as Windows PC
This should be a non-controversial opinion, but I've already received in an informal forum comments like:
- the Mac is a workstation not a gaming rig.
- If you try building it, you will end up paying more.
- For the money and given workloads it's a good machine.
- For a workstation, a prebuilt is the way to go.
For the sake of this argument, we'll be considering the higher specced 6-core, which retails for a dollar shy of $4,000. It has the following components of interest:
- Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz
- 16GB (4x4GB) of 1866MHz DDR3 ECC
- 256GB PCIe-based flash storage
- Dual AMD FirePro D500 GPUs with 3GB of GDDR5 VRAM each
The "FirePro D500″ is a cheaper version of the D700, which is functionally equivalent to an ATI 7970:
The W9000 is for all practical purposes a Radeon HD 7970 when it comes to hardware, but it runs at different clock speeds and has twice as much memory as consumer counterpart.
The FirePro W9000 will provide 3.99TFLOPS of single precision and 0.998 TFLOPS of double precision compute precision, unlike the Radeon HD 7970 (also based on Tahiti XT), which offers 3.79TFLOPS of SP and 0.947TFLOPS of DP performance, respectively.
The Mac Pro is already running on last generation graphics hardware, so we'll substitute in the superior ATI R9 280X 3GB. Now is a good time to talk about tradeoffs:
- 99.999999% of people do not need ECC memory in the Mac Pro (and Fire Pros), unless they are processing banking transactions, or flying a mission outside of the ionosphere. For those that do, they should consider the plenitude of little DRAM buffers in their hard disk controllers, motherboards, USB hosts, etc
- We're going to avoid Xeon, because we don't need ECC. But we can still have hexacores, thanks to the i7-4930K, which actually outperforms the Xeon in the Mac Pro by about 8%.
- Whatever case we pick won't be as pretty as Apple's.
Here's what I come up with:
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This is a far faster system, with twice the RAM, a faster CPU, much faster GPUs, but without ECC or server-warrantied parts. We also lack the amazingly beautiful case that the Mac Pro comes in.
Outlook 2007 / 2010 HTML/CSS Foreground Background Colors on Span Elements
Say for example you wanted to have a span in an Outlook email (using Word's terrible HTML renderer) with a unique foreground/background color:
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This would be supposed to render as: Your Text, but it actually renders as Your Text. Ironically enough, you can style a table cell with foreground/background colors and all will be well. To make this work in a span, I emailed myself an Outlook HTML mail composed using their in-client email editor, saved it to HTML, and found the style that works–adding a mso-highlight CSS rule with the background color:
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For whatever reason, this works…
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God didn't make a world of robots
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David Keranen is mad at God (or somebody) for not making a permanently perfect world. We don't know why God didn't create a world peopled by cheerful robots. He chose to give people choice, and many chose sin. God allowed that sinful world to be complex and painful rather than simple and painless.
Clues may lie in concepts of mutuality and reciprocity. Much of the Old Testament points to God wanting to better the world by working with and through His people. In the process they would acquire wisdom and depth.
Ultimately, God even entered into human suffering through the horrific crucifixion of His Son, in order to make salvation more understandable and attainable than ever before. Our world was illumined by hope. Of course, even with that radiant hope, life is hard. So Jesus chose to spend His time on earth imparting moral guidance that would prove timeless, rather than expounding scientific theories.
For, as Jesus knew, though scientific progress does alleviate some kinds of suffering, it does not insure moral progress. Despite huge advances in secular knowledge, the 20th century was the bloodiest to date. Had the message of a humble carpenter who lived twenty centuries earlier been taken seriously, it would have been a different century.
Many atheists pride themselves on leading ethical and fulfilling lives, seemingly without God. They remind me of the spoiled "trust fund babies" who are contemptuous of capitalism–the same capitalism whose success gives them the option of being contemptuous.
Most atheists live in societies rich in what is sometimes called "social capital" – a complex web of cumulative technical knowledge and cumulative moral/legal institutions. Those institutions have profoundly universalistic potential-but sprang from predominantly Judeo-Christian roots.
How long does even a mighty tree survive when torn from the roots that give it nourishment and stability? What moral compass will we get from an elite too prideful to acknowledge its debt to "those Stone Age tribesmen" of the Bible and their descendants–who, over long centuries and very probably under divine guidance, gradually recognized as fundamental the principle that all human beings as equal children of God have equal rights?
Don't kid yourself. The godless brave new world of these supposedly "smart" people will not be kind to dissenters from its capricious edicts. Even an atheist may learn too late that "The revolution eats its own."
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Silver-Tipped Nautilus Shell on Stand
- Summary
The nautilus shell has captivated everyone from Renaissance artists and Victorian collectors to modern-day lovers of nature's artistry. Polished to a pearly luster, our hand-harvested shell is accented with gleaming silver to highlight its delicately curved silhouette.
- 3" x 5" x 11" high overall.
- Hand-polished nautilus shell is accented with silver plating.
- Displayed on a museum stand of nickel-plated aluminum.
- Felt pads and rubber gliders on the stand protect surfaces from scratches.
- Natural variations in the shells make each piece unique.
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Land of the LostPosted Friday, June 19, 2009, at 11:41 AM
Once catching up to Cha-Ka, they are trapped by a tree which turns out to be a dinosaur feeding site, being attacked by a Tyrannosaurus. The T. rex chases them until they come to a small land bridge. Marshall is convinced they are safe as he explains how a T. rex has a walnut-sized brain, and is incapable of judging depth and distance. Hearing this as he stalks away, the T. rex stops in his tracks, turns, and runs full speed to jump across the chasm. Chasing them until they reach a crevice in a cave, it gives up, though still wanting to eat Marshall. Holly, knowing the dinosaur's attitude, gives him the name "Grumpy". Though Marshall didn't believe it to be possible, Grumpy's vendetta becomes more apparent when he leaves a gify, beach-ball sized walnut, gift-wrapped.
The next day, Cha-Ka brings fruit full of spiders. Rick pours dinosaur urine all over himself as a way to masks his scent from "Grumpy" he then has visions about a strange creature begging for his help, running out into the Lost City. The others follow as Cha-Ka gets agitated and attempts to tell them they should leave as they are attacked by the slow yet deadly Sleestaks. But when the Pylon opens, Marshall and company enter, meeting the creature who contacted them, Enik. Enik tells them that the evil Zarn is out to control the universe and needs the tachyon amplifier.
In spite of Will's feelings, Marshall offers his aid as Cha-Ka takes the group through the jungle and onto a salt flat landscape that is a feeding site for Compsognathus and Velociraptors, who proceed to tear an ice cream man to pieces until Grumpy comes and scares them off. However, a female Allosaurus arrives as well. The two territorial predators prepare to fight when the both of them catch Marshall's urine-drenched scent and chase after him. Though managing to outsmart Grumpy, Marshall runs from "Big Alice", the Allosaurus, until he reaches Holly and Will, using the tank of liquid nitrogen to freeze the Allosaur before she explodes with the tachyon amplifier among her remains. After that, a Pteranodon steals their time machine.
Though down in the dumps, Marshall regains his confidence as he attempts to apologize to his friends in song (The theme song to the original TV series) while unknowingly attacked by a giant mosquito. After managing to get the tachyon amplifier back from a nest of pterosaurs, they return to a motel back in the salt flat. While Marshall, Will and Cha-Ka laze in the pool, Holly goes, finding a Pylon. Inside, she finds dinosaur eggs lodged in dinosaur feces, taking one out before she find a holographic message from the Zarn, learning that Enik is the real villain and being taken by a Sleestak to stand trial for aiding him.
Meanwhile, after eating a Giant Crab, which killed itself by stepping on a geyser while advancing on them, the three realize Holly's missing and go find her. They meet two mating Sleestaks, that shed their skin, which Marshall and Will use to disguise themselves while Cha-Ka goes to get Enik. Arriving to Holly's aid as she is condemned to death by the Library of Skulls, Marshall and Will learn that Enik was the one who wiped out the Altrusians while confirming Will's feelings about the villain's tunic. After saving Holly, the gang confront Enik and his Sleestak slaves, taking the tachyon amplifier while revealing his plans on using the Sleestaks to overpopulate the worlds. He then leaves Marshall and company to their fate as Grumpy arrives to get his revenge.
Seeing no other way, Marshall takes on Grumpy one-on-one, ending with Marshall vaulting into the dinosaur's mouth. Though Holly chides him for it, Grumpy shrugs her off and leaves as she and Will attempt to fight off the numerous Sleestaks. However, after being excreted out while taking out some intestinal trouble, Marshall and a "less grumpy" Grumpy make their peace as they arrive to kill most of the Sleestaks. Entering the Pylon, Marshall and company manage to destroy the crystal shard that powers it, with Will choosing to stay with Cha-Ka in the Land of the Lost while holding Enik off so Marshall and Holly can return home. Will takes advantage of his new life by meeting Cha-Ka's harem which he was told earlier by Cha-Ka that they were ugly only to find them to be very hot Caribbean tanned women wearing only a loincloth. He almost immediately get surrounded by half a dozen women who start rubbing him all over. He responds to this by saying " I made the right choice."
Back on Earth, Matt Lauer reluctantly gives a second interview with Marshall this time proven right and proceeds to rub it in Matt Lauer's face by bringing a dinosaur egg back and giving him a signed copy of his new book. But after being forced to show off the title of Marshall's new book, ''Matt Lauer Can Suck It'', history repeats itself with Matt trying to kill Marshall. Soon after the show ended, unaware of what Marshall and she left behind on the set, the dinosaur egg Holly found hatches into a baby Sleestak.
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Boy, the grammar in this review is puzzling! Look at that last sentence, for example. The pronoun "she" refers to the dinosaur egg. The review is full of confusing sentence structure, which obscures the meaning.
Are they saying that the Tyrannosaurus is intelligent? That, at least, is interesting and sinister!
My son used to love the TV series. He called it "the Waand of de Wost"! It evokes sentimental memories. For that reason alone, I might go see it.
-- Posted by goat lady on Fri, Jun 19, 2009, at 1:06 PM
I read this expecting a review and an opinion, not a play by play of the entire movie...I am slightly disappointed.
Sorry, just my opinion.
-- Posted by MommyinMo on Sat, Jun 20, 2009, at 3:50 PM
Ah, you put your finger on the problem, mommymo! There's such a variation in the approach of different reviewers. This one gave away the plot!
Say, BobbyG - if you're the administrator here: Can you find a review of the new kid's animated story "UP"? I LOVED it!!!!! The animation and story line are original - and it's funny, suspenseful, and heartwarming all at the same time. I must have the DVD when it comes out!
But don't choose a review that gives away the surprises! :)
-- Posted by goat lady on Tue, Jun 23, 2009, at 7:24 AM
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National Day of Prayer
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One of the things that makes our nation great is the faith of its people expressed in prayer. Many of our early leaders sought God's directions and blessings for our nation on their knees. This is part of our nation's heritage. President Abraham Lincoln humbly acknowledged, "I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go."
The first Thursday in May has been designated as a National Day of Prayer. We the undersigned members of the Pastors' Prayer Fellowship wish to encourage the good people of our community to participate in this day of prayer.
An Old Testament Scripture puts this day in perspective. "If My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." II Chronicles 7:14
Is there any doubt in these trying days that our nation is in need of fervent prayer? We especially solicit prayers for our government, churches, military, families, education, media, and businesses. The Bible assures us that the prayers of the righteous are powerful and effective.
Three events are planned locally on Thursday, May 2 in New Ulm. At 7:30 a.m. Mayor Buessman will read a proclamation of this day of prayer in the Council Chamber at City Hall.
At noon, many churches will be open from 12-12:30 p.m. so that members may come and offer special prayers for our nation in their own churches.
In the evening, there will be a Community Christian Prayer Gathering. This gathering will meet at the New Ulm Event Center located at 301 20th Street South. The gathering begins at 7 p.m. Several local pastors and lay people will lead this prayer gathering as together we seek the Lord in prayer for our nation.
We strongly encourage everyone to pray for our nation this day, wherever you may be. We also invite you to gather with friends from several other churches in our area to participate in the Community Prayer Gathering at the Event Center at 7 p.m. Together we will seek God's mercy and blessing on our great nation. Remember that prayer is the humble acknowledgment of our dependence upon the Lord God.
May our Lord continue to favor the United States of America with His undeserved mercy and grace. God bless America!
Pastor Sam Richter
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Grace Community Church
Pastor Kevin Dunn
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Jobs: Applied Linguistics: Professor, U Brighton
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quote K8tyNope, try again.Any R's?
quote K8tyI'm good thanks. How are you?S? How goes anyone who's here lol?
quote wiggle_mickey27Nope. Fair attempt though.Angel?
quote K8tyI'd be rather surprised if you did, if I'm honest.How about an r? So much snow where I live, I keep slipping over. Would not make a good mountain goat lol
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