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Here to help new members of the GameInformer Online Community fit in and become active.
The point of this game is to choose one of the choices presented by the newest member and a quick reason why you picked that answer. If someone asked "Apple juice or orange juice?" you would choose one or the other (no choosing both or none of them). Have fun!
Marvel or DC?
Neither!!!!!!!!! Cuz I'm not a fan of superheroes.
{Release the killer in you}
But since I have to choose I'll go with Marvel since I liked their cartoons better as a child.
DC because I prefer the heroes from those comics.
Wow Gooby... U true frind!
DC. I enjoy their villains!
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I suppose that it's this time of year that can't help but make me reflective about all the things to be thankful for. But as they say, feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. So, here's my brief reflection on some of the many incalculable gifts that have been bestowed to help me get on my feet here at the IPPF. Janet, of course, has been an unending well of patient tutoring on the ins and outs of diagnoses, medications, side effects and patient challenges. Will has (repeatedly) explained to me PHP, HTML, Joomla, and made me even more grateful that he deals with all "that". Thanks, team!
In September, Dave Sirois, the president of our Board of Directors, hosted the board and me at a leadership development retreat (Retreat to Advance, page 9). There we worked on a new statement of our vision for the IPPF, "{quotes}The IPPF is the pre-eminent global organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of all people diagnosed with, or affected by, pemphigus or pemphigoid.{/quotes}It is a bold and expansive vision challenging us to reach every person who could be assisted by the services we offer. I am grateful also to the Board for stepping forward to commit to a 100% giving program, challenging themselves to each give at a level that demonstrates the importance of this work in the context of their own circumstances. Thanks be to the Board, who give so generously of their energies and resources.
So many people from your community have also contributed significantly, and I don't just mean financially. Kathy, in Los Angeles, has worked extensively to get donations for auction at the Annual Meeting in 2009. Items include tickets to Disneyland, the Queen Mary, and many lovely high-end restaurants. Many individuals from the community have donated a wealth of incredibly beautiful handmade gifts as well. It has been such a joy to watch them arrive in our offices and to have the opportunity to celebrate the amazing talents that live within each of you. Alan, in Boston, put himself up as the "guinea pig" for dermatology grand rounds, and educated 15 new, young, up-and-coming doctors on what pemphigus looks like, and the challenges of its treatment. Chuck, in San Diego requested that his family and friends donate to the IPPF when he lost his wife Karla, 38, earlier this year. There are hundreds of more stories of people sending in testimonials, making presentations to doctors, and offering their advice and expertise in improving the website. Thank you ALL for supporting me in working to strengthen our community, in every way!
As Dr. Terry offers in her article (Psychology of Giving), a generous heart and a spirit of gratitude build a strong foundation that allows each of us to move forward. The IPPF relies on you in the same way that you have often relied on us. Thank you for everything you have done to make me become, through this organization, a fuller, more complete, and more compassionate person. I will not forget as I express gratitude, that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live them.

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John A. Larson Papers
Guide to the John A. Larson Papers
Collection number: BANC MSS 78/160 czThe Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
- The Bancroft Library.
- University of California, Berkeley
- Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
- Phone: (510) 642-6481
- Fax: (510) 642-7589
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu
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- Guide written by Elizabeth Stephens
- Date Completed:
- March 2005
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- James Lake
Scope and Content of Collection
Container List
Series 1: Correspondence, 1923-1965
Scope and Content Note
Borkenstein, Robert F. 1940-64
Broom, Claude E. 1936-63
Castellanos, Israel 1937-60
Dean, William F. 1957-65
Housholder, Quentin L. 1960-65
Keeler, Leonarde 1923-35
Kooken, Donald L. 1933-49
Lee, C. D. 1935-36
Leonard, V. A. 1935-61
Marston, William M. 1936-38
McCormick, Charles T. 1926-27
Reader's Digest 1947
Sloan, Charles 1924
Waterbury, Frank L. 1935-57
Vollmer, August 1924-51
Chronological files 1923-65
Series 2: Writings, 1922-1963
Scope and Content Note
Single Fingerprint System 1923-24
Lying and its Detection 1932-63
"The Cardio-pneumo-psychogram and its Use in the Study of Emotions with Practical Application" 1922
" The Cardio-pneumo-psychogram in Deception" 1923
"Deception and Lie Detectors" 1923
"Present Police and Legal Methods for the Determination of the Innocence or Guilt of the Subject" 1924
"A Study of Deception in the Penitentary," with Herman Adler 1925
"Polygraph and Deception" 1927
"Deception and Self Deception" 1928
"Parole Prediction" 1931
"Cardio-respiratory Variations in Personality Studies" 1932
"Single Fingerprint Classifications 1934
"Dactyloscopy and Psychopathology" 1937
"Modus Operandi and Personality Study" 1937
"The Truth About the Lie Detector" 1937
"The Lie Detector: Its History and Development" 1938
Psychiatric Significance of the Modus Operandi" 1939
"Psychiatry and the Driver" 1950
"Present Limitations and Possibilities of Deception Tests" 1951
"Psychosurgery in the Logansport State Hospital" 1954
"The Clinical Team Approach" with R. F. Borkenstein 1957
"Modus Operandi" 1959
"Classification of Polygraphic Records in the Evaluation of Emotional Reactions" n.d.
"The Dangerous Truth about Truth Sera" n.d.
"The Physiological Basis of Emotion" n.d.
"The Truth About the Lie Detector: An Emergency Situation" n.d.
"Use of a Screening Technique in the Development of a Modern Treatment in a State Hospital" n.d.
Forwards and prefaces n.d.
Notebook and notes n.d.
Miscellaneous n.d.
Series 3: Research and Background Files, 1920-1964
Scope and Content Note
Central South Dakota Mental Health Center 1961-62
Detroit Police Training School 1961
Detroit Razor Blade Test 1938-39
Illinois State Department of Criminology 1930-35
Iowa State Penitentiary, Psycopathia Hospital 1930
Iowa Inter-state Conference on the Care and Management of the Criminially Insane 1958
Logansport State Hospital 1949-64
New Mexico State Hospital 1935-47
Polygraph case files 1932-37, n.d.
Polygraphs n.d.
Polygraphs n.d.
Polygraphs (14 rolled) n.d.
Polygraphs n.d.
Tattoo research ca.1939
Biographical files 1947-65
Subject Files
Academy for Scientific Interrogation 1956-61
Berkeley Psychograph 1923-24
Criminally insane 1958
Criminal psychology 1958
Deception tests 1937-38
Fingerprints 1935-60
Franco Ferracuti 1959
Hypnosis 1954-61
International Association for Indentification 1925-36
Juvenile Delinquency 1930-32
Leonarde Keeler 1937-51
Lie detection 1922-65
Lie detector 1924-65
William M. Marston n.d.
Psychology 1954
Physiological responses 1949-51
Pneumographic tracings n.d.
Stress n.d.
Truth Drugs 1951-56
Miscellaneous 1948-64
Publications and clippings
Report of Research on Detection of Deception by D. G. Ellison 1952
Articles 1933-61
Articles 1927-61
Police publications 1937-51
Publications, miscellaneous 1941-63
Reprints 1949-61
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Agents from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division cited an Olla man for allegedly taking two antlered deer on Jan. 21.
Agents cited Jeffrey Jerome Kirkham, 44, after receiving information that Kirkham had taken an 8-point buck earlier that day and was hunting again. After finding the first buck, agents were able to locate Kirkham and found him to be in possession of a second 8-point buck he had taken that afternoon.
Kirkham was hunting near the Mississippi River when he took the two bucks. The daily limit for deer is one antlered and one antlerless deer per day.
Both deer were seized and donated to charity. Taking or possessing over the limit of deer is punishable by a fine up to $500, jail time up to 90 days, or both plus court costs.
Agents participating in the case were Sgt. Larry May and Sr. Agent Joe Chandler Jr.
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The Wisconsin Public Interest Interview Program (PIIP) is an opportunity for Wisconsin non-profit organizations and government agencies to interview law students for summer internships and permanent post-graduate positions. PIIP will be held on two separate dates in February: Saturday Feb. 19 at UW Law School for Madison area employers; and Saturday Feb. 26 at Marquette Law School for Milwaukee area employers. Students interested in being considered for interviews at the PIIP must bid for interviews between January 14 and January 30. Information on participating employers and on how to bid will be forthcoming in the next Career Services Newsletter.
Submitted by Jane Heymann, Assistant Dean for Career Services on January 13, 2011
This article appears in the categories: Announcements, Career Services & Student Job Postings


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For years, no one could figure out how to build a house on this tiny north shore lot. The answer was to go up.
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Photography by Dave Rezendes, Photos courtesy of Long and Associates
If you've been a regular on the North Shore for more than five years, you may remember seeing a little empty lot on your way to Waimea Bay—one of the lone undeveloped properties along a stretch of highly desirable beachfront homes. About the only use it got was as a footpath for surfers looking for beach access.
Why would such a hot spot stay open for so long? The main obstacle turned out to be its tiny size—a scant 50 feet by 114 feet. The property had changed hands several times in the past couple of decades, but no one could figure out how to fit a house onto the postage-stamp-size piece of land, especially given the 30-foot shoreline setback requirement.
But when the current owner saw the "For Sale" sign out front, he saw only possibility. An independently wealthy Japanese national who is an avid surfer, the owner had been searching for a property close to some of his favorite surf spots. (His last Hawaii home had been on Diamond Head, for the same reason.) Here was a conveniently empty lot just minutes away from some of the best waves in the world.
After buying the lot, he approached local architectural firm Long and Associates AIA Inc. to design something for him.
Jeff Morrison, the project architect, says it was a daunting assignment. "I started looking at the site plans, and was like, OK, setback, setback, setback—you want to build how much house on it?"
But Long and Associates had a lot of experience with the ins and outs of Honolulu city and county's building codes, gained from previous oceanfront projects—setback limits, height restrictions, exceptions to the rules—that allowed Morrison to draft up a surprisingly spacious floor plan.
"What the city and county does is, if the shoreline setback requirement reduces the property to an amount that's not viable for building, they'll give you back 30 feet," Morrison explains.
Spacious in this case is a relative term—the house's footprint is just 25 by 38 feet—and so the architects decided to go vertical to get a livable amount of square footage. Here again, they were able to turn code restrictions into advantages. Because of the property's oceanfront location, it's subject to something called the regulatory flood elevation; no habitable rooms are allowed below that level, in this case 18 feet above grade. But those feet taken away at the bottom are given back at the top—a builder can add them to the total height limit for the structure (25 feet for residences).
And although Morrison couldn't put any habitable rooms below the flood elevation, he didn't let those 18 feet go to waste. In fact, he went subterranean, digging down deep enough to fit a full garage and a storage room.


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RENO, NV -- The superintendent of the Washoe County School District said he is optimistic about the upcoming legislative session. Superintendent Pedro Martinez's comments come after Republican Governor Brian Sandoval presented his budget plans in a statewide televised speech.
"There might be disagreement about is it enough, is it in the right places, but I'm ok with that, but at least we're talking about at least investing more," Martinez said.
Sandoval's budget includes $14 million to teach English as a second language and $20 million dollars for expanding full-day kindergarten to more schools.
"We know the best place to close the achievement gap is in those early grades," Martinez said.
However, the National State Education Association said Sandoval's proposals lack funding. The union also said the measures do not go far enough after years of budget cuts.
Sandoval also said he is proposing to continue funding the Kenny Guinn Millennium Scholarship through 2017.
"I need this scholarship as much as I can because my parents can't afford to put three kids through school at the same time," Emily Ogle, a University of Nevada, Reno student, said.
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When UCSB Baseball heads to the University of San Diego for a night game on Apr. 16, UCSB Athletics and the Gaucho Fund will host a "Gaucho Huddle," welcoming UCSB fans to come together and cheer on the Gauchos.
The event will consist of a pre-game reception, held on the USD campus at Fowler Park. Beginning at 4:30 p.m., the reception will include food, beverages, and the chance to meet other UCSB diehards.
Fans are then invited to stay at the ballpark to watch the Gauchos take on the No. 29 Toreros at 6:00 p.m.
For $30, fans will receive a ticket to the game and access to the reception.
For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Andy Graham, Assistant Director of the Gaucho Fund, at firstname.lastname@example.com or at 805-893-3722.
UCSB next returns to action tomorrow afternoon, as they will host the Pepperdine Waves at 3:00 p.m.
For tickets to any and all of the Gauchos' 15 remaining home contests, click here.


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University of Central Missouri
Administration 302
Warrensburg, MO 64093
Phone: 660-543-4640
Fax: 660-543-4943
Contact: Mike Greife
Designed for families involved in agribusiness, AgriLegacy, a new series on KMOS-TV, the University of Central Missouri's public broadcasting station, is hosted by financial planners Wes Hentges and Galen Dody. The series is designed to help farm families navigate the planning process by simplifying the integration of documents such as trusts and buy-sell agreements while examining the road to preserving the family farm.
Galen Dody, left, and Wes Hentges
The first episode airs at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, with a repeat at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13. Dody and Hentges visit with UCM's Kyle Lovercamp, assistant professor of agriculture, on the topic of "15 Common Disasters in Estate and Succession Planning for Agribusiness Owners."
Once a staple in every community, family farms have become increasingly rare as the industry has changed over the years, creating the opportunity for existing farms to grow. The challenge lies in preserving the legacy into which parents and grandparents have poured their lives.
Many farmers today face the challenges that come with increasing government regulation and taxation, varying levels of farming interest of heirs, divorce, remarriage and the general uncertainty of how to preserve assets and minimize estate taxes. Communication and planning is important to solve these issues and to minimize taxes, preserve assets, and most importantly, to ensure that children aren't left with tough decisions or financial burdens.
Anyone who plans to leave a legacy, financial or otherwise, will gain valuable insight into their own plans by watching AgriLegacy on KMOS-TV.
Galen Dody is the owner of Dody Legacy Group, LLC., based in Clinton, Mo. Wes Hentges is the founder of ProPartners Wealth, through which he helps farmers with planning. Together they are partners in AgriLegacy, which continues working with farm families.
Dody and Hentges are both registered investment advisors with Eagle Strategies LLC, which offers securities through NYLIFE Securities. They are also member agents of The Nautilus Group, which assists with estate conservation and distribution, business succession planning and charitable giving through a network of attorneys and CPAs.


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Redshaw checks Chairboys
Jack Redshaw's late equaliser earned Morecambe a last-gasp 2-2 draw and ended Wycombe's run of three consecutive npower League Two wins.
Despite seeing Joel Grant red carded in the first half, Wycombe found themselves two goals to the good inside 50 minutes as Dean Morgan scored twice.
But after pulling a goal back just before the hour through Richard Brodie, Redshaw struck late to salvage a point for Morecambe.
Wycombe started brightly, and took the lead after 21 minutes, as Josh Scowen's long clearance was misjudged by Will Haining on halfway, allowing Morgan to race clear.
Wycombe top-scorer, Grant, then went close with a curling 20-yard shot, before combining with Morgan, who fired over from a similar distance.
But Grant's afternoon was ended early as he saw red for a dangerous tackle on Andrew Wright five minutes before half-time
Despite the numerical disadvantage, Wycombe made it 2-0 in the 49th minute, as Morgan controlled a long ball forward on halfway before turning and beating Nick Fenton for pace and strength for his fifth goal of the season.
But the Shrimps pulled one back before the hour, Brodie heading his sixth goal of the season at the near post from Izak Reid's corner.
And the visitors completed their comeback late on, as their sixth corner of the match was eventually headed in by former Manchester City trainee Redshaw.
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I want to see it. But it seems to be taking for ever to get released nation wide. Critics reviewed it over a month ago. Today it got a limited release. Now it doesn't get released everywhere until sometime in January. Seems kind of stupid for me to keep seeing commercials for it on tv if I can't even see it. Most stupid movie release schedule ever.
Im really looking forward to this. Jessica Chastain has proven to be a really skilled actress.
" For all there is to feel, let it be felt"
― Emeli Sande
I watched an ABC documentary on the making of this film, and they clearly had to embellish and exaggerate much of the story to make it work as a movie.
I know but they keep advertising it as if it was a real, play-by-play
unfortunatly any movie based of real life events has to be added to and 'hollywood' ized to make it interesting, im sure the actual raid and building up to it was boring because it took a lot of planning and stuff. this movie will be more stylized so the action flows. its just a part you have to accept i guess. i just want to see the interregation scenes and see what people are so up in arms about
Am I the only one who feels like they make movies about historical events way too soon?
I was really shocked when the first 9/11 movie came out (and another one followed shortly after).
Before they let the dust settle first but now it seems like the producers start preparing the project the day it happens.
As of this weekend showing in 60 screens across the US including two in South Florida. Might catch it before it hits wide-release next Friday.
Who's seen it?
Zero Dark Thirty - 5 Academy Award nominations
Columbia Pictures Production (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Jessica Chastain – Performance by an actress in a leading role
Film editing
Best picture
Sound editing
Original screenplay
I found ZD30 actually pretty boring, save the last 30 minutes which was effectively suspenseful. Whether much of the film was fact or fiction doesn't really matter, most of it just didn't make for interesting movie viewing. Spent too long on the first several years where not much happened other than the controversial torturing, and not long enough on the actual planning of the UBL raid before the end. I heard in reality alot of planning and rehearsal went into the mission, but showed none of it in the movie. Just like Bigelow's Hurt Locker, I found this movie surprisingly disjointed and overrated.
One supporting actress in it looks uncannily like a young Meryl Streep, don't know who she was.
Watching it again, I just can't deal
The Iranian actors
Joel Edgerton and Taylor Kinney
Kyle Chandler
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From Iron Chariots Wiki
The Pope is the leader of the Catholic church, and is thought by his followers to be infallible when speaking ex cathedra — that is, when giving an official pronouncement on a matter of doctrine.
The current pope, elected on April 19, 2005, is Pope Benedict XVI, formerly Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. The previous pope was Pope John Paul II, who died on April 2, 2005.


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Bette Davis, of course.
Bette Davis, of course.
Britney Spears.
Crazy, beautiful, sweet and dorky.
Whoopi Goldberg.
Go from serious discussion to humor in a flash.
who else but cyndi lauper......
Joan Rivers.
I doubt i really need to explain why
Ever wonder whats going on when your back is turned? A
My namesake Marlene, of course... Miss Dietrich, if you're nasty.
* Question the Dominant Paradigm *
Ke$ha, without a doubt.
The lovely Dianna Agron. Not so interesting for her acting career but her website really shows her in a different light.
Classy, creative and quirky.
Lisa Simpson maybe?


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Excerpts from David Maraniss' Barack Obama: The Story dealing with the elaborate drug culture surrounding the president when he attended Punahou School in Honolulu and Occidental College in Los Angeles. He inhaled. A lot.(The Maraniss book doesn't come out until June 19th. You can buy it here.)
ADDED: Here's a long excerpt from the book, covering Obama's college years:
Most of Obama's classmates could not see how hard he was working to reconcile the contradictions that life threw at him. They thought he was cool, smart without being pedantic, and seemed to have his act together. To Mark Parsons, who came to know him mostly because they both smoked and spent a lot of time together huddling outside the student union, Obama seemed "almost Zen in walking through all the chaos in our dorm". He displayed one trait that showed he wanted to be a player though: he wore a lot of "stupid hats". He usually wore them cocked, to look cool. Obama also had a peculiar smoking style, a little affectation. He turned his wrist up and cupped the cigarette between thumb and index finger. He smoked a cigarette the same way he smoked a joint. "I have a sense that he smoked because he was addicted, as I was," Parsons said. But, Obama told Parsons, there was another reason. "I remember him telling me he would quit after he got married. He didn't want to quit smoking because he said he would gain weight, but after he got married it would be OK to gain weight. I think it was mostly a joke."


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To the Editor:
The March 11 letter, "Too Busy?," by McHenry County Republican Precinct Committeeman Joyce Story was offensive in its outlandish accusations. Ms. Story blasted state Rep. Jack Franks for not meeting with her and her band of right-wing zealots about such issues as abortion. She claimed Franks was ducking her group because he could not meet with them at times when they had arrived unannounced at his offices in Woodstock and Springfield.
I personally saw Franks meet with Story and at least 25 members of her group March 9 at Wisted's in Marengo for more than an hour. Franks explained to her that he is in Springfield more than four days a week, and that during that time he is scheduled without a break most days. He also made it clear that the event was specifically held for constituents to engage their legislator on issues they find important. Yet watching the whole scene, it seemed to me that the group was more interested in claiming Franks would not meet with them than discussing anything while they were actually meeting with him.
I am tired of self-serving gotcha politics. This type of partisan attack on an honest man doing a good job is reprehensible. Story and her friends ought to be praising Franks for being so accessible instead of finding fault and trying to make a political issue out of his being unavailable during unannounced visits. Let's all take a deep breath and thank our elected representatives for working hard on our behalf.
Tom Ganka
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A fourth man has been charged over the infamous 2007 Splashes nightclub shooting.
Tevi Kolomatangi, 43, appeared in Lithgow Local Court yesterday charged with murdering Dragan Sekuljica and shooting with intent to murder security guard Robert Gyles.
During his brief appearance, uniformed police were asked to leave the courtroom as Kolomatangi was known to have a violent reaction to uniforms.
Kolomatangi was also charged yesterday with conspiring at Redfern and Wentworthville between September 8, 2007 and October 4, 2007 to murder Dusan Kristic.
Magistrate Georgia Knight adjourned all matters to Wollongong Local Court on January 30 when the 43-year-old is due to appear via video link.
Tarrawanna man Zlatan Popovic allegedly planned, directed and paid for the shooting of Mr Sekuljica at Splashes just before 3am on September 8, 2007.
Mr Sekuljica was shot outside the one-time Cliff Road club by a masked gunman.
The father of two ran back into the nightclub but collapsed near the bar as the shooter fired a further three shots, including a fatal bullet to his head.
Mr Sekuljica died at the scene while the 44-year-old security guard was shot and injured.
Police claim Popovic and the shooter were known to each other and that Popovic made several cash payments to the gunman in the days after the murder.
The second man to be charged was Jason Hristovski, who appeared in Lithgow Local Court earlier this month charged with murder and shooting with intent to murder.
The court is yet to hear details of Hristovski's alleged involvement.
A third man, a 26-year-old from the Illawarra who cannot be named for legal reasons, is facing the same charges and was refused bail.
Popovic, Hristovski and the 26-year-old are due to appear in Wollongong Local Court on December 19.


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Feature Articles
Articles tagged 'nvidia optimus'
NVIDIA's Optimus Technology - Best of Both Worlds
NVIDIA was the first to implement switchable graphics, where a notebook has both integrated and discrete graphics and one can switch between the two as desired. Taking this step further, the company has announced its Optimus technology, where the switching is done automatically. We check out this new feature that will soon be heading your way.
- Fujitsu's New Lifebook UH90 Features 3200 x 1800p Touch Display
- Kabini Motherboards Spotted at Computex 2013
- AMD Announces Elite A-Series Desktop APUs at Computex 2013
- Roccat Flaunts Kone Pro Optical and Ryos MK Pro Keyboard at Computex 2013
- Intel Goes Mobile with Bay Trail Platform
- ASUS Reveals New Gaming Platform of Formula Motherboard and Poseidon Graphics
- Western Digital Begins Shipping World's Slimmest 1TB Drive
- ASUS Unveils World's First Combined Mouse and TouchPad, the VivoMouse


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Topliners Norbert Leo Butz and Aaron Tveit will be joined by Tom Wopat and Kerry Butler in the Broadway incarnation of "Catch Me if You Can," set to bow in the spring.
Four thesps starred in the show's 2009 preem at the 5th Avenue Theater in Seattle. Also appearing in the Main Stem cast are Seattle vets Rachel de Benedet, Linda Hart and Nick Wyman, among others.
"Catch Me" is based on the memoir of the same name as well as the 2002 Steven Spielberg film that starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. Plot centers on a young conman on the run from an FBI agent.
Tveit ("Next to Normal," "Howl") plays the DiCaprio role of the conman, with Butz ("Dirty Rotten Scoundrels") co-starring as the FBI agent portrayed by Hanks.
Most of the Seattle production team is also back, including several "Hairspray" alums: composer-lyricists Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, director Jack O'Brien, choreographer Jerry Mitchell and set designer David Rockwell.
"Catch Me if You Can" begins previews March 7 ahead of an April 10 opening at the Neil Simon Theater.


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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A bill aimed at cutting off state funding for two Planned Parenthood grants for sex education narrowly failed to clear an Arkansas House committee.
The Public Health Committee on Wednesday voted 10-8 in favor the measure, but it needed 11 votes in the 20-member panel to advance.
The Senate passed the bill on April 9.
Supporters say the bill is aimed primarily at cutting off grants that Planned Parenthood receives for sex education in Little Rock-area schools. Planned Parenthood said it provides information about preventing sexually transmitted diseases to 2,000 people through the grants.
The group says the bill could have a greater reach, threatening public money for domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers and that doctors receive if they refer women to abortion providers.
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To the Editor:
I am inspired to write by Sen. Pam Althoff's comments about the "broken pension systems." Her comments ignore the cause of the problem. It seems she feels that it just happened, kind of like catching a cold. It just happened and she does not know how.
The pension systems were established in Illinois asking the employees to contribute during their working years while the state also would pitch in. The retirement system would then invest the money and, through the magic of compounding, there would be enough assets for the retiree to receive an ongoing annuity based on years of service for life. The system was designed to be self-perpetuating with enough funds to avoid any burden on future taxpayers.
Had the state of Illinois acted responsibly, the pension system would not be "broken." Although the employees always paid their share, the state has not fully paid its promised share in decades.
Please, Sen. Althoff, realize the retirees are not the problem. They are the victims of the irresponsible behavior of the state Legislature. Now, many years down the line, the retirement systems have not benefited from the compounding that would make them financially secure. The legislators caused the problem.
If I did not pay my bills for decades, it would not be right for me to go to my creditors looking for them to solve my problem. The state should not look to the retirees to solve the state's debt.
Larry Krengel


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DALZELL — Graduation ceremonies were held at Dalzell Grade School on May 16. School Board President Laura Soens-Lunn presented diplomas to the graduates: Jennifer Garncarz, Jeremiah Daniel Johnson and Shana V. Piotrowski.
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Johnson and he then welcomed the audience. Piotrowski read the class poem. The graduating students expressed appreciation to their parents and to the teachers of the class of 2013.
The Presidential Education Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence was presented to Piotrowski. The ceremony concluded with the closing by Garncarz and presentation of the class to the community by superintendent, Bruce A Bauer.


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Travis Garland was seated behind the control board at Shortbus Studios in Century City, previewing tracks from his upcoming EP, "Fashionably Late II," which continues the 23-year-old's reintroduction as a solo artist. He grabbed one of the switches on the sprawling console midway through a lustful R&B jam entitled "Homewrecker" and turned up the volume.
As the tempo of the guitar-laden track slowed, the song transformed into a synth-filled futuristic romp that sounded like a formidable pastiche of Drake, Miguel and Justin Timberlake. He nodded his head in satisfaction as the room vibrated.
"I strive to just be something different, a breath of fresh air," Garland said. "Someone who is true to the art of it, that's all I want to be. The best compliment someone can give me is saying 'Man, I haven't heard something like that in a long time.'"
Having gained teenage fame as lead singer of short-lived boy band NLT ("Glee's" Kevin McHale is also an alum) the Lubbock, Texas, native has spent the past three years honing his sound.


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Have you ever seen that one movie with that dude in it? Chances are someone here has, and they want to talk to you about it. Grab some popcorn and discuss all things relating to the silver screen.
19 years later, and what should have won Best Picture: Forrest Gump, Shawshank Redemption, or Pulp Fiction? I haven't seen Shawshank, but I would personally say Pulp Fiction. Granted, I absolutely love anything with Tarantino, so I'm a little biased, but that's my opinion.
Y'know, I never realized what a good year 1994 really was. For me, it's between Forest Gump and Shawshank, both of which I've seen just recently. With only the greatest of hesitation, I would think that maybe, just maybe that Shawshank was the best film, but Tom Hanks still deserves his Oscar for Best Actor by far. All three are amazing films that I honestly wish we still had more like them in cinema.
Tom Hanks definitely deserved the Oscar, but yes it was a fantastic year, no matter your taste in movies.
Tom Hanks definitely deserved Best Actor, but it was a fantastic year, no matter your taste in movies.
Sorry I posted that comment twice.
the edit bar can be used to alter double posts that way you can prevent that triple post, and you should probably see Shawshank, those were all great films but it's one Oscar win that I'm okay with, it's not like when Shakespeare in Love beat out Saving Private Ryan
"If you really loved me you'd all kill yourselves right now" -Spider Jerusalem
I agree.
Well, I see it as this, all 3 are amazing films. I have seen all film. Shawshank redemption is a beautiful well told adaption of Stephen King's work of art. Forrest Gump is a amazing made up story that show Tom Hanks at his finest. Pulp Fiction kind of changed how we looked at story in movies telling multiple at once, and great performances all around. If I had to choose, I'd say this; all of these are great films but 2 are great, 1 is one of the best movies of all time and that's drum roll please............. Shawshank Redemption. I think its a incredible movie and is one of my all time favorites. Finally about that Shakespiere in Love over Saving Private Ryan I say this to you: BBBBBBBUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!
Hehe, interestingly said. ;)
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Even if you weren't allergic/afraid, it seems strange to bring a random dog back to someone else's house.
It sounds like your houseguests didn't know about your no dogs policy, or that you were afraid of dogs? In that case I don't think they were unreasonable -- I would have picked up the lost dog too, and asked if we could put him in the backyard for the night if you weren't comfortable with him in the house. He could get hurt or further lost overnight, so I can see why they did that.That said, if you really can't have a dog in your backyard, I think it's also fine to enforce that. If something like that ever happens again, Animal Control will usually take your name and contact info so that if they do decide to put the dog down, they'll call you (ie your friends) first and give you the chance to take him back. I would ask about their policies. Calling an emergency vet or shelter emergency line would be another tactic to ask for advice. I think if I weren't allowing the dog in my home, I'd at least try to help them find someplace else for him.It really is a tough spot for a dog lover to be in, seeing one lost and scared like that.
But it was so late in the night to do anything about it. It just seemed like there were no good options for us. The dog was found 2 blocks from our house. They didn't want to let the dog free in case some harm came to it (we didn't like that either), but we also didn't want it in our yard. It was too late to call any neighbors about it. And DH didn't want to call animal control in case they put the dog down.
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BALTIMORE — A preliminary report on the train derailment in Rosedale says stop signs at a rail grade crossing were faded and displaced, including one that was hung upside down and facing away from the road.
The report by the National Transportation Safety Board was released Wednesday.
The May 28 crash between a CSX train and a trash truck caused a derailment, explosion and fire. The report said the explosion damaged buildings as far as a mile away.
The NTSB says the two-track grade crossing where the crash occurred is a passive crossing with no active warning lights or crossing gates. It is marked with crossbuck signs and yellow, nonstandard stop signs.
The report says the driver of the truck, 50-year-old John J. Alban Jr., did not stop at the grade crossing.
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Book Review: Presentation Patterns 27
MassDosage writes "In a remarkable show of good timing Presentation Patterns turned up on my desk for review within days of me having been asked to give a presentation at a large tech conference. So I decided to read the book as I worked on my presentation and apply any lessons learned as I worked my way through it. The word "patterns" in the book's title will be known to most software developers as a reference to the seminal 'Gang of four' software design patterns book which codified common solutions to software problems. The concept of patterns originated in building architecture with the idea being that by categorizing and naming solutions to problems, a common vocabulary could be built up that allowed practitioners in a certain field to communicate more effectively. This was hugely successful and has spawned the idea of looking for patterns in many other areas which is where this book comes in." Read on for the rest of Mass Dosage's review.


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All-Star Game 2009 – The Curse Continues
The curse continues for the National League as they lost their 12th consecutive All-Star Game tonight against the American League. And poor Charlie Manuel became the first Phillies manager in history to lose the All-Star game :O( Phils now hold a record of 6-1. No worries Charlie…just bring us another Championship and all will be forgotten :O)
The first inning did not exactly kick the game off right for the National League as Tim Lincecum struggled and allowed one earned run. An unearned run also scored in the inning after an error. Yes folks, as Albert Pujols booted a ball at first base, an angel lost its wings…and the American League took a 2-0 lead. It's ok though…we still love Albert :O)
The NL battled back and scored 3 in the 2nd inning thanks to hits by David Wright, Shane Victorino (yeah!) and Yadier Molina. After that, offense all around was fairly quiet until the 8th inning. Curtis Granderson tripled, Victor Martinez was given the intentional walk and then Adam Jones hit a sac fly to score Granderson and give the AL a 4-3 lead. The NL got their shot in the bottom half of the inning; Ryan Howard was sent in to pinch hit with 2 outs and 2 on in the 8th and he went down on strikes to end the threat. Ugh. The ever-adorable Mariano Rivera closed out the game for the AL in the 9th and so, the curse goes on.
As for the rest of the Phillies, Chase Utley went hitless, but had several stellar defensive plays. Victorino ended up 1 for2 with a run scored; Jayson Werth struck out after a great at-bat against Jonathan Papelbon and later, made an amazing running catch in centerfield; and Raul Ibanez went 0 for 2, but looked thrilled anyway just to be playing. It was his first All-Star appearance in his 14th major league season at 37 years of age. Congrats to Raul for finally getting there!
As for the broadcast, FOX was annoying as usual. I think I heard more about Taco Bell and Domino's Pizza than I did about the game. And while it was nice to hear the President Obama in the broadcast booth, was it really necessary to see him? Don't get me wrong; I love Obama and all that, but I already know what he looks like. I'd have been just as happy to hear him speak while the game was showed in its entirety on the TV screen, instead of the annoying flashes back and forth from individual pitches to a visual of Obama in the booth.
Pedro – Say It Ain't So!
Much to the dismay of Phillies fans everywhere, Pedro Martinez passed his physical and has been signed by the Phillies. Pedro will get 1 million plus another possible 1.5 million in incentives. He will need about 3 weeks of rehab and minor league work to be ready. The good news is that the price is cheap; however, we are all familiar with the saying "you get what you pay for." If Martinez has some magic left in that arm, then this deal will turn out to be a real bargain; if not, at least they did not overpay.
Personally, I worry more about the clubhouse chemistry being disrupted than anything else. Martinez is notorious for his sandpaper-like personality and penchant for creating controversy. If he does not pitch well, no biggie. It was a small investment. But if he wreaks havoc on the peaceful and serene Phillies-vibe, then the deal will not have been worth the risk. We shall see how it goes…
A Day Without Baseball?
So no baseball tomorrow…except for the Double-A All-Star Game in Trenton, NJ. I will be risking life and limb as I venture into Trenton, the dregs of Jersey, but will be attending the game anyway. ;O) Four Phillies prospects will be in the game, with Michael Taylor participating in the Home Run Derby. I will return (I hope) with photos and all body parts still in place. Wish me luck :O)
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USE YOUR IMAGINATIONTMJust let your thoughts run wild ... as you apply the Erie doctrine. Or is that advice addressed to me? I am kind of using my imagination by writing a blog post about the front of the blue book, but no one needs prodding to think of new ways to avoid the task of grading, and being imaginative while grading would be evil.
And what's with trademarking the phrase "use your imagination"? As if all the other blue book manufacturing companies would want to horn in on the idea of printing bad advice on the cover.
All right. All right. I'll concede that there are some law school exam questions where some controlled use of imagination would be appropriate -- for the student. Never for the teacher.


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UH Hilos CCECS to host Fall Fair this monthUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
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The University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Continuing Education and Community Service (CCECS) invites the public to its Fall Fair on Saturday, August 23 from 9 a.m. — noon at the Old Gym. There is no admission charge.
"This will be an excellent opportunity to meet some of the instructors who will be teaching our fall session and to watch a variety of demonstrations to get a true feel of what some of the classes are like," noted Marisa Miyashiro, a program coordinator at CCECS. "This is the first time that we are doing something like this and we hope that people take the opportunity to stop by and check it out."
Demonstrations include fencing, aikido, capoeira, tai chi and qigong, tap dancing, hand drumming and modern dancing. There will also be opportunities for students to speak with instructors teaching guitar, French, Korean language, and health and wellness. People can also peruse the diverse course offerings, get more information about all of the non-credit classes and workshops, give feedback on the kinds of classes that they would like to see offered, and much more.
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SSA Member Skirts Issues
By JULIA WELLS
Vineyard Steamship Authority governor J.B. Riggs Parker said this week that he will take no formal position on the pending legislation to dramatically change the boat line governing board.
"We are servants of the legislature; we are servants of the state. The legislature is responsible for creating the framework of the authority and they are entitled to change that framework, and I don't believe that the authority member needs to take a particular position," Mr. Parker told the Dukes County Commission on Wednesday night this week.
The comments came one day before the Joint Committee on Transportation was set to hold a public hearing on proposed legislation that will expand the SSA board from three to five members. If it is approved, the legislation will add a voting member from Barnstable and a voting member from New Bedford.
Mr. Parker appeared before the county commission on Wednesday night for an update on boat line affairs, and he came under close questioning about his own position on the pending legislation.
"Do you plan to support it or not support it?" asked county commissioner John Alley.
Mr. Parker reiterated his statement about working for the state.
"I am basically an employee of the state I am appointed by this body, but I am appointed to do whatever it is that the legislature asks me to do," Mr. Parker said.
"But what message are you carrying to that meeting tomorrow? You are considered the Island's representative what message are you going to carry to all of the other people at that meeting from this Island?" said county treasurer Noreen Mavro Flanders.
Mr. Parker replied that he did not plan to testify unless he was called on by the chairman.
"So you're not carrying any message for us?" Mrs. Flanders said.
"I am carrying only the message that it is time to let the Steamship Authority get on with its business without a political Damocles sword," Mr. Parker replied.
Mr. Parker said the Steamship Authority has been in "political purgatory for years."
He said he would prefer to keep the three-member board, but that he could live with a five-member board as long as the Islands retain voting control.
"I don't consider it a threat to the Steamship Authority if it were a five-member board," Mr. Parker said.
Mr. Parker was also questioned about the growing split between Nantucket and the Vineyard.
"Nantucket doesn't support this one of the Islands appears to be going in a different direction than ourselves isn't that a threat to Island control?" Mr. Alley asked Mr. Parker.
County commissioner Robert Sawyer praised Mr. Parker for his diligent work and he said he supports his no-position position, but Mr. Sawyer also questioned Mr. Parker about the Vineyard-Nantucket rift.
"This undercurrent is causing great concern this perception that the alliance between Nantucket and the Vineyard is breaking apart. That perception is significant and it's dangerous," Mr. Sawyer said.
"The perception is real, but I don't think the facts fit the perception," Mr. Parker said.
Mr. Parker said he has supported Nantucket but Nantucket has not supported the Vineyard. "I agree that we have to work together, but there has to be a joint effort," he said.
The county commission struggled to come to a consensus on the pending boat line legislation; three members spoke out strongly against the bill, and three members said the board might as well support it because it is inevitable.
Commission chairman Leslie Leland said little, but acknowledged that he thought the legislation was inevitable.
The most vociferous voice against the legislation came from commissioner E.B. Collins, who is a former Vineyard SSA governor.
"I am diametrically opposed to this legislation because it's wrong," said Mr. Collins. "This legislation is not addressing any of our problems," he added.
"Yes it is," said commissioner Dan Flynn, who served as the Vineyard representative to the ferry task force that drafted the legislation.
"No it's not, Dan," Mr. Collins said, adding: "It isn't doing a damn thing about controlling the traffic on the Cape. The truth is that there needs to be a comprehensive transportation plan and the Steamship Authority needs to be a part of that plan, but the Steamship Authority legislation does not need to be changed to do it."
Mr. Collins continued:
"The fundamental premise of this legislation is to aid in the economic recovery of New Bedford. That's the bottom line, and it's got nothing to do with traffic. I am opposed to any legislation that takes it out of one person's hide to help another one. It's not right and it's not sound. This is bad legislation."
Mr. Flynn and commissioner Leonard Jason Jr. called the legislation a necessary compromise.
"It would be responsible for us to say that this legislation is the best we can do in the present environment," said Mr. Flynn.
"Nobody wants to see the [present] three-member board change, but the reality is that it's better to have five members and keep control," said Mr. Jason.
"So if we support the five-member board, then what is next?" Mr. Wey returned.
Mr. Jason delivered a harsh indictment of Cape and Islands Rep. Eric T. Turkington. "Look at who you have on that committee. You have Eric Turkington, who is occasionally on our side although you never really know, and then there are eight people from New Bedford. Count the votes," he said, his voice rising.
"Face the consequences or we are going to get stepped on," Mr. Flynn said.
Mrs. Flanders questioned Mr. Flynn about his own change in position on the subject of New Bedford representation.
"At that first public hearing in Oak Bluffs with George Leontire, you were so opposed to New Bedford. What happened? You changed 180 degrees," Mrs. Flanders said.
"Well, maybe 90 degrees," Mr. Flynn replied. "I got a political education sitting on that task force. If this were just about the facts then nothing would change much, but this group could have dismantled the Steamship Authority," he added.
"Dan's talking like he's from New Bedford now," Mr. Wey said.
In the end the county commission voted 4-2-1 to adopt a position statement for Mr. Jason to carry to the public hearing in Barnstable yesterday. The statement opposes the legislation but notes that if the legislature decides to change the board, it is important to keep Island control.
Mr. Flynn and Mr. Jason also pressed the board for a vote of confidence in Mr. Parker.
"You've done a hell of a job," Mr. Jason told Mr. Parker.
"I think we are going to do a disservice to the Steamship Authority representative if we don't unanimously support his efforts," Mr. Flynn said.
"What does that have to do with this legislation?" Mr. Wey said.
"He [Mr. Parker] said he could go either way [on the legislation]," Mr.
Alley said.
"So it's no position," Mr. Wey said.
"You're not getting this, are you," Mr. Flynn said.
The vote of confidence was not unanimous; in the end it carried 5-2 with Mr. Wey and Mr. Alley voting no.


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Chris Morris of Forbes points out that in a five-month timespan, 2004's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas actually outsold this year's blockbuster Grand Theft Auto 4 by a margin of 5.5 million to 4.8 million. A margin of less than one million copies may sound insignificant, but the greatly increased production costs involved in GTA4 mean that its premature sales slowdown isn't good news for Take-Two's profits.
Analyst Michael Pachter has another number to add to Take-Two's headaches: the Houser brothers have five months left on their contracts. As relayed by GamesIndustry, Sam and Dan Houser, producers of the GTA series, can expect to command more pay in their new contracts in February 2009. According to Pachter, Take-Two faces two options, both bad: the brothers either take a high bid from a competing publisher, leaving the GTA series without its rockstar auteurs, or they stay with the publisher but cost more money, eating into the company's profits.
If it seems odd to a gamer that news about a publisher centers on one game, it's deeply unsettling to investors. "What worries me is [Electronic Arts] saw everything [Take-Two] has in the pipeline and weren't impressed enough to make an upgraded offer," wrote Morris on a Shacknews comment predicting the stock plunge.


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Finance Minister Michael Noonan said the Government may seek to sell a stake in AIB before the next general election.
The State owns 99.8% of the bank after injecting €21 billion from 2009 to 2011 as the bank's bad loans soared amid a steep property crash. A sale of shares would help set a value for the bank, he said.
"There's a political timetable as well," Mr Noonan said in an interview with Bloomberg Television at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
"The Government will have an election at the latest at the end of March, early April 2016, so we might test the market sometime ahead of that," he said.
Mr Noonan said that the Irish banks, which needed a €64 billion State bailout, probably will not have to raise more capital after European stress tests this year.
While the bailout helped pushed national debt to 120% of gross domestic product, that will fall as the Government runs down its cash reserves and the value of its bank stakes rise, he said.
"Our debt-to-GDP ratio has peaked now," Minister Noonan said. "The priority is to enhance value in the banks and even if we don't sell we'll be able to point to the market that we have collateral," lowering debt levels in real terms.
Last week, Moody's Investors Service raised Ireland's credit rating back to investment grade, saying it expects the Government to "provide very little, any, of the capital that the Irish banks may need" after European tests.
All three of the main credit ratings companies now rank Ireland, which exited a three-year international bailout last month, as investment grade.
"Certainly there won't be a call on the State to provide capital" to the financial system, Mr Noonan said, adding he was hopeful of winning further ratings upgrades.
While Mr Noonan said he does not expect to fully privatise AIB before the election, Bank of Ireland is different.
"It's a question of what price we'd actually sell" the Bank of Ireland stake, he said. "But we're under no pressure."
AIB said in November it has seen signs of stabilisation in the quality of the bank's loans and that the pace of growth in customer arrears was slowing.
"With the State having 99% of the shares, we don't really have an established market price on the shares," he said.
"But having done that, we'll measure it but there'll be no suggestion of a fire sale," the finance minister added.


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KVITFJELL, Norway (March 2) - Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley, CA) led the U.S. Ski Team with a tie for 16th on a wind-ravaged Audi FIS Alpine World Cup downhill in Kvitfjell. Frenchman Adrien Theaux edged World Cup downhill leader Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway for the win on a shortened race course due to the high winds. It was the final downhill before the March 11-17 World Cup Finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Only the top 25 racers in each discipline qualify for Finals. Ganong, Marco Sullivan (Squaw Valley, CA) and Steven Nyman (Sundance, UT) are all top 25 for the USA.
QUOTESMen's Head Coach Sasha RearickWe skied okay, nothing spectacular. Sullivan actually skied the best he's skied all week but didn't throttle down hard enough. Ganong similarly skied ok, not probably pushing as hard as he could. But it's also tough racing in the wind.
Steven's been sick all week. He missed the training run yesterday and is just a little out of sorts.
Yep, he (Ted Ligety) landed yesterday after a great training block in Sochi. He's all good and we're ready to go. We're going to go look at the course right now and hammer down. We have nine guys starting tomorrow which is the most we've had in the start for a while.
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Showtime's Episodes hasn't begun shooting its third season yet, but I already know which installment is going to be my favorite. Creators David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik are planning to spoof a real-life snafu that the show's star, Matt LeBlanc, suffered last year.
In the story they're conceptualizing, Matt gets booked on The Tonight Show and finds out at the last minute that he's been slotted as the second guest to be interviewed, not the first, as is usually the case with big stars. "It's the first time that's ever happened, and it sends him into a tailspin," says Crane.
This scenario didn't actually happen to LeBlanc on The Tonight Show ("They like me over there," he says), but rather on the U.K. talker The Graham Norton Show. "Zac Efron was in first position, which was fine," LeBlanc says. "We actually came out at the same time, but Zac got to sit closest to Graham on the couch."


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As neighbourhood rivals Manchester United stuttered to a disappointing 0-0 draw against Real Sociedad on Tuesday night, Manchester City reached the knockout stages of the Champions League with a commanding 5-2 victory over CSKA Moscow.
Much of the build up to this match had surrounded City coach Manuel Pellegrini's decision to drop error-prone goalkeeper Joe Hart in favour of Romanian Costel Pantilimon.
However, the headlines were made at the other end of the pitch as the combined striking prowess of Alvaro Negredo and Sergio Aguero netted five goals between them to secure a crucial three points that take the Sky Blues to the knockout stages for the first time in their history.
After the intensely fought reverse of this fixture ended 2-1 in City's favour a fortnight ago, many had predicted another tight encounter.
City found themselves ahead within three minutes after David Silva was needlessly brought down inside the Moscow penalty area.
Aguero stepped up and fired his side ahead in confident fashion.
Within 20 minutes, City had doubled their lead and it was Aguero again who found himself on the scoresheet, turning effortlessly away from Berezoutski and finding the corner with an exquisite finish.
City were now in complete control, moving the ball around with confidence and flair previously unseen by their fans in Europe. Ten minutes later they were three goals ahead. This time Aguero turned creator, slotting an inviting cross into the box that Negredo could hardly fail to convert.
As the game approached half time, CSKA were handed a lifeline when complacency at the back allowed striker Seydou Doumbia to round Pantilimon and score.
Unfortunately for Moscow, it was a lifeline that was short lived, and within six minutes of the restart City restored their three goal advantage, Negredo scoring his second of the match after fantastic build up play from the outstanding Samir Nasri.
City appeared to be cruising to a convincing victory when Pablo Zabaleta needlessly brought down Doumbia just inside the box with 20 minutes remaining.
Doumbia sent Pantilimon the wrong way to reduce the deficit to two goals once more, but the contest was ended in stoppage time when Negredo completed his hat-trick with a header from a James Milner cross.
This latest result shows a significant improvement in City's European form compared to last season, and they are now certain to advance to the last 16 of the competition.
In midfield Yaya Toure was immense throughout, whilst a five goal haul from Aguero and Negredo will also bring great pleasure to Pellegrini, justifying his decision to leave Eden Dzeko on the bench in recent weeks.
Negredo looks a talented player, and his acquisition could prove to be invaluable as City pursue both domestic and European glory this season.
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I thought I'd kick off the work week with an over the top posting. I'm sort of torn about this one, actually. I wanted to share these shots, but also can't believe that this is how some people live. What do you think? Too much? Done right? Take it? Leave it? Let me know.
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Tallahassee Fire Department Release
Tallahassee, FL - December 5, 2012 - This morning at 4:40, the Tallahassee Fire Department responded to a house fire in the 8500 Block of Roberts Road. Firefighters reported heavy fire through the roof upon arrival and were unable to locate any occupants as they quickly searched home.
Firefighters extinguished the fire within twenty minutes. No injuries were reported and damages were estimated at $100,000. The two adult occupants were not home at the time of the fire and were unable to return to the home due to the damages. FHP, Leon County EMS and Talquin Electric assisted at the scene. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation by the State Fire Marshal's Office and the Tallahassee Fire Department.


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BEIJING (Caixin Online) — Calls for government officials to disclose personal and family assets are growing louder, as a large number of corruption cases are uncovered every year.
A local official in Hunan Province published a list of his personal assets on Weibo, the Chinese version of twitter, on Oct. 30. Zhang Tiancheng, deputy secretary of the Communist Party's politics and legal affairs committee in Hanshou, told Web users that his monthly salary was 2,981 yuan ($479) and he received an annual bonus 4,732 yuan. His wife, he reported, made about 30,000 yuan USDCNY, +0.1818% a year, and the family had one inherited house and a flat that cost 400,000 yuan.
The value of the flat has risen significantly, Zhang admitted in his Weibo post, and he paid a monthly mortgage of 777 yuan.
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Zhao's disclosure covered his children. He gave his daughter a 220,000 yuan dowry, for which he still owed lenders about 40,000 yuan.
Many in China feel corruption is the biggest problem the government and ruling Communist Party faces. At the party's recently concluded 18th National Congress, former party general secretary Hu Jintao warned graft could cause the collapse of the party.
Many in the country would like to see officials release information about their assets and are hopeful a national "Sunshine Law" will force cadres to bring information about their wealth out into the daylight. Despite this, officials like Zhang who voluntarily open up their family books to outsiders are rare compared with number of public servants found to be corrupt every year.
Net users have made exposing cases of corruption something of a hobby.
Recently, Yang Dacai, the head of the Work Safety Department in Shaanxi Province, became notorious in China for smiling at the scene of a fatal traffic accident. He tried to play down the incident, but the situation grew worse for him when Net users noticed a nice watch on his wrist.
They started digging and found that Yang owned at least five luxury watches. He insisted that they had all been bought with his own income, but even more timepieces were discovered, each more expensive than the last.
The public's investigation eventually led to a probe by the local party anti-corruption watchdog and Yang's downfall. On Sept. 21, the watchdog said Yang had been detained for serious violation of the law.
A 1995 decree issued by the central government and the Communist Party says officials in mid-level positions and higher must submit an annual report on their personal assets to internal government monitors.
"It's not open to the public, so the reporting process becomes mostly perfunctory," said Wang Yukai, a professor in the public management department at the Academy of Governance, an institute of higher education in Beijing that trains civil servants.
"The result is many corrupt officials flee overseas with massive illegal gains."
Cases like Yang's show that when the internal reporting system doesn't serve its function, scrutiny from the general public, especially on the Internet, fills in, Wang said. "This is an extreme method, which in turn is pushing the government to set up an assets disclosure mechanism open to the public."
Local experiments
Since 2009, many local governments started their own versions of asset disclosure programs. Most are at the very bottom of China's administrative hierarchy — at the prefecture and county level — and do not involve the central government.
Officials in Aletai, in the Xinjiang region, Qianjiang in Chongqing, Yinchuan in the Ningxia region, and Huai'an, Jiangsu Province, have all installed disclosure systems. In addition, 16 counties have a similar mechanism.
These experiments vary in the degree of disclosure. Most choose to disclose the income of newly promoted, low-level cadres. Although welcomed by the public and the media, many of these pilot programs have a short lifespan.
Wang Xixin, a law professor at Peking University, said there were several reasons the trials failed.
Usually such programs were introduced by one or two influential local officials. Since no law or party regulation requires such disclosures, officials in the area strongly resist the idea, and without any institutional backing, the fate of programs depends on a few officials, Wang said.
Aletai's disclosure program was set up by Wu Weiping, the head of the local discipline committee. He put in place a disclosure system, set up a website dedicated to it, and gave the public his phone number if they had questions or complaints. However, Wu died of an illness seven months after the system was launched. The website isn't accessible anymore.
The effectiveness of these local experiments is also questionable.
"Newly promoted officials have not been exposed to power yet, and it's easy to ask them to disclose their income," said Han Deyun, a delegate to the National Party Congress, the nation's top legislature, and a long-time advocate for a disclosure system.
"This measure is preventative in nature, with no effect on those with actual power."
Wang says disclosure must start at the top. "Without the determination of the top leaders, it's hard to set up related rules and laws, and hard to overcome obstacles in implementation."
Han says the party elite does, in fact, have a plan. "The top leaders have made up their mind on this."
In August, Han received a written reply to questions he had posed to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the nation's anti-graft watchdog. It told him "there should be a disclosure system," and now the question was "how to forge a plan for disclosure with Chinese characteristics that fits China's current condition."
Several high-level party officials said on the sidelines of the recent 18th party congress that they were in favor of "Sunshine Laws" regarding such disclosures.
Yu Zhengsheng, a member of the powerful Politburo Standing Committee, said on Nov. 9 that if the Central Committee issued such rules, he would take the initiative in releasing information about his personal assets. Tian Lipu, director of the country's patent office, voiced similar sentiments.
Wang Yang, the party boss of Guangdong and a member of the Politburo, said his province was experimenting with asset-declaration systems and would continue to explore various methods.
However, when dawn will actually come for a national "Sunshine Law" is an open question.
Read this report on Caixin Online.


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Things might be looking up for the popular black sea bass fishery, which reopens June 1.
Over the past few years, federal regulators have cut short sea bass fishing seasons as commercial and recreational anglers reached lower annual catch limits. Truncated seasons disrupted what had been a popular and reliable wintertime fishing tradition: Running out to nearshore reefs to stock up on tasty "blackfish."
But now, after a recent stock assessment showed that the black sea bass stock has been rebuilt, members of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council are considering increasing the annual catch limit. Depending on which plan is adopted and other factors, the changes could allow for longer fishing seasons, and possibly even a return to year-round fishing.
In an effort to speed up sea bass regulation changes so they could affect the 2013 season, the council plans to hold a special one-day meeting via webinar 1-5 p.m. May 13. Public comment will be taken during the meeting.
For details about the webinars, including instructions for registering and providing comment, go to safmc.net.
Reports of dolphin catches are starting to trickle in from Charleston charter operations and tackle shop staffers.
Every year, offshore anglers and charters captains eagerly await the May push of dolphin in waters 40 miles or so off Charleston.
Though high winds and rain have kept much of the recreational and for-hire fleet at the docks recently, it looks like we could get some calm seas later this week.
Jeremy Burnham of Atlantic Game and Tackle said he's heard the dolphin run is on fire in the Bahamas and heating up off Jacksonville.
The first wave of fish seems to have already arrived off Charleston, he said.
Wildlife, 60-foot Paul Mann owned by Ken Strickland, caught 21 dolphin, eight blackfin and a wahoo last Tuesday, Burnham said.
Capt. Gasper Marino on Wadmacallit, a 58-foot B&B out of Wadmalaw Island, has also found the dolphin bite, he said.
"It's getting started."
Hungry for adventure? Pick a night in the middle of a long stretch of calm weather, grab your gutsiest friends and head out for an offshore overnighter.
It may sound crazy to spend the night 40-50 miles offshore, but seasoned crews do it all the time. They know that many types of fish bite better at night and that many others feed most aggressively at first light. While other offshore crews are just leaving the docks to start a two-hour run to the fishing grounds, overnight anglers are already catching fish.
To learn more about offshore overnighters, including safety precautions you should take, look for the May-June issue of Tideline magazine in tackle shops, marinas and grocery stores this week.


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From Openmoko
This page is a stub about making Openmoko pretty, waiting for openmono-look.org .
Everything is customizable already, but there is not much yet by way of ready-to-use themes for changing everything at once. Eventually, the plan is to offer readymade packages to change the phone's look and feel simply with `opkg' (or the graphical installer).
- For the eyes, one may change the boot splash screens, Customize Application Icons, Changing wallpaper and customize the windows decoration with Edje. Here is a guide on configuring the home screen in ASU.
- For the ears, we can change Ringtones, Boot sound and Tap sound.
- By touch, we are not doing much with the vibrators and accels yet.
Where to find themes elements
A Tango variant for Illume based distros is at [1].
A GTK theme following the Tango line is at [2].
The Enlightenment exchange repository offers themes, modules and applications.
There are a few background images for the Display Locker screen in Om 2007.2.
Unreleased ongoing work:
> In the enlightenment archives there's a new Rasterman image: > - openmoko-illume-image-glibc-ipk--20080929-om-gta02.rootfs.jffs2 [1] > It looks so cool with the new illume theme [2] [3] [4] [5] [6], but > practically it has no telephony related software installed in since it > seems a simple OE built with these scripts [7], so (I figure) that > you're free to put in both the FSO and/or the Om2008.8 stack, just > install the needed packages! > > [1] http://download.enlightenment.org/misc/Illume/ > [2] http://forum.telefoninux.org/index.php/topic,533.0/topicseen.html > [3] http://www.rasterman.com/files/illume-01.ogg > [4] http://www.rasterman.com/files/illume-02.ogg > [5] http://www.rasterman.com/files/illume-03.ogg > [6] http://www.rasterman.com/files/illume-04.ogg > [7] http://www.rasterman.com/files/oe-setup.tar.gz


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'Glee' Cast Not Touring This Summer
When the third season of 'Glee' wraps this May, Gleeks won't be able to extend their enjoyment of the series into the summer with the 'Glee Live! In Concert' tour. That's because the tour is not happening this year.
Instead of hitting the road and entertaining fans, the cast will enjoy a nearly three month hiatus, thanks to head honcho Ryan Murphy, who is said to have fought for his fatigued cast, known for working 16-hour days, to get some well-deserved time off. It's summer vacation for Lea Michele, Darren Criss and co.
The Hollywood Reporter exclusively shared the news that the tour, which took place over the last two summers, is on ice. "We currently have no plans of touring the cast this summer," a spokesperson for the show told the trade.
A fourth season of the series has not been ordered, so this could be a case of the powers-that-be taking a wait and see approach. Or it could just be Murphy trying to stave off burn out for his cast.
But despite the axing of the tour, the producers are said to be planning a live performance, with designs on a one-off benefit show that would take place in the fall at the famed Hollywood Bowl. The show would act as a fundraiser for the arts education charity 'Glee Give a Note.' The organization would like to raise $10 million this year and a charity gig is certainly a good way to help achieve such a goal. Said benefit show is still an idea and nothing has been confirmed.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, Gleeks. It's all reruns and watching previous seasons on DVD if you want to enjoy 'Glee' this summer.


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Here is one for the "chocoholics," starring Betty Ford! It's a Chocolate Icebox Dessert, and while it SOUNDS racist, that is just because of all the liquor.
Grab the following:
6 eggs
1 angel food cake
12 oz. chocolate chips
4 tb. of sugar
6 tb. of water
2 ts. vanilla
1 ts. salt
2 c. whipping cream
12 steps to dessert fun:
Get a cake pan, it should measure 9 x 9, so it should look like a square. Line it with "wax paper," which people… buy.. at.. hardware stores (?). Cut up the angel food cake, use a spoon or plastic spatula or some dull edge—NO ONE LIKES A PROBLEM—and place it in the pan. Separate the eggs and beat the yolks until they have reached a Bellini-like coloring and consistency.
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler over water. Ask someone what a double boiler is. Have that person boil the chocolate. Squeeze that person's waist inappropriately, wink, and walk out of the room to lie down. Using your hands to make sure the floor is still there, come back to the kitchen and add sugar and water and mix, and then add in egg yolks too. Beat it awhile more, just beat it until you feel like you're losing control, and then sit for awhile and come back and beat it some more and then let it cool. "Just be cool," you'll say aloud, "to the dessert."
Add vanilla and salt, get the person who found the boiler and ask them why this is the single most complicated recipe on Earth. You're not even HUNGRY. You just ate yesterday. Mix again, beat the egg whites and fold them into the chocolate and then add the whip cream, which you also should have beaten, because you have to do everything. Everything's on your shoulders, all the time, just like this constant weight. Spread the frosting around the cake part and put it in the refrigerator overnight. Sleep slumped up against the refrigerator, so you'll be able to tell if anything goes wrong.


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this was my great grandma's clock and when she passed and i bought her house the clock was given to me. i dont know alot about clocks so i'm curious as to what the specs are on this clock. it still works and i have the key.. anyone have info they could share?


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I'm Back and the Pirates get High-Jacked
6/21/09 Pirates vs Rockies Game 3
Happy Father's Day to all of you who have done the deed.
Dad you once told me the older I get the smarter you get. I understand now.
I hope all you dads enjoyed your special day. I did. My father's day gift was attending the Rockies/Pirates game with my family.
Today was autograph Sunday and the four players assigned signing duties were Carlos Gonzalez, Seth Smith, Yorvit Torrealba and Dexter Fowler.
I opted for Torrealba because of the four he was the one I was still seeking.
Yorvit was cool and signed Mylee and Hunter's bats and my baseball on the sweet spot.
My baseball
Thank you Yorvit!
We could have snagged another autograph but the Pirates were taking batting practice and I loves me some sunny BP.
Hunter and I hurried back to the Pavilion to salvage what was left of BP.
The only real opportunity I had to snag one was shortly after I reached the pavilion. It sailed two feet over my head, bounced and I was slow on the snatch up by a second.
Hunter and Mylee were shutout too.
No worries, today was about some much needed sunshine and a Rockies win.
We were treated to both and it was a fitting ending to a day well spent hanging with my family and friends.
I have to bring attention to a guy who clearly deserves it. One of the unwritten rules of baseball snagging is that if a player tosses up a ball intended for a specific kid and the kid drops that ball. Whoever picks up that ball in all good conscience should give the ball back to the kid.
This fine fellow snatched up and pocketed a ball that a little girl dropped. I don't see that too much at Coors as most BP regulars "Get it".
Mr. Mustache here clearly does not. So for that thoughtful move he is the winner of The Rant's newest award:
Congrats buddy, way to make a little girls day J
I ran into R-Luv/Marianne, her son Joe and husband at batting practice.
They were enjoying the game from the first row today and were able to go onto the field for the autograph session.
So glad you were able to see a Rockies win and it was very cool to see you all again.
Thanks for the gift. Best seats in the house.J
We left the Stadium to enjoy cheese steaks for lunch and returned just as the game was starting. Krista and the kids headed off to the Rockpile and I did my loop of the stadium taking pictures along the way.
Just doing what I do, somebody has to:)
Credit to this fella, nice hat brotha!
Jorge De La Rosa not quite on time here but did his part to ensure a Rockies win.
Brad Hawpe
Ryan Spilborghs was on it today. Must be the performance enhancing sunglasses :).
Troy Tulowitzki
Coming home
Ian Stewart
Catcher Paul Phillips
Another one of Jorge.
Garrett Atkins covered first base today.
Got him!
I like this picture.
Almost a full house today. Lots of daddies around.
Best haircut of the game.
Hottie of the game.
Phillips not quite there.
Dexter Fowler
Fowler not even close to being tagged out.
Seemed like he hurt his knee on this play. Hope he is ok.
The Dragonslayer Josh Fogg
Great game, Rockies win 5-4 and are now 16 of 17. That's flippin amazing.
Thanks for all the kind emails I have received recently. Sorry about the lack of blog entries. It's not just the internet issue. I have to finish a few things before the end of the month and they are priority.
Glad I could toss this entry your way. Thanks for remembering this Ranter…D


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Jan. 17, 2013 Christian Science Monitor
Moscow -- One of Russia's top organized crime bosses was gunned down in a classic contract hit on a Moscow street Wednesday, raising fears that Russia's notorious mafia gangs – which seemed to fade from view during the Vladimir Putin era – may be about to erupt onto the streets again.
Aslan Usoyan, whose nickname was "Grandpa (Dyed) Khasan," was shot in broad daylight as he exited his favorite downtown Moscow restaurant. He was killed by a chillingly professional assassin who had rented an apartment across the street months earlier, left behind an untraceable military-style sniper rifle and six spent cartridges, and who managed to dodge multiple security cameras when he made his escape.
Mr. Usoyan had been one of the last of the fabled Soviet-era underworld breed known as vori v zakone, or "thieves-in-law," whose gangs virtually ruled Russia's fledgling banking and business communities during the wild 1990s, and whose bloody turf wars spread mayhem around Russia and, to some extent, throughout the world.
Russia's hardened crime reporters and other experts were hardly shocked by the killing, which was the third attempt on Usoyan's life. But as they mulled over the event Thursday they appeared to disagree over what it means and what might come next.


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A day after the official last day of the Cary-Grove Fights Hunger campaign, organizers have raised $15,000 for the Cary-Grove Food Pantry, according to an email from campaign coordinator Cheryl Vaughn.
Vaughn said checks still are coming in for the third annual campaign, which ended Tuesday.
This year, organizers opted for a mail-in campaign rather than setting up numerous events to raise money because the events were too costly.
Last year, the campaign brought in $14,000. The first year, the campaign brought in $18,000. It costs about $7,000 a month to effectively run the food pantry.
To help benefit the campaign, the Cary-Grove High School Art Department donated proceeds from its annual Rising Artist Show. Students and staff raised $800, and that donation put the campaign over its $10,000 goal, Vaughn wrote.
"The community really stepped up and for that we are so grateful," Vaughn wrote.
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Posted on 3/1/2013
The University of North Dakota has been re-accredited as a "CEO Cancer Gold Standard" employer for 2013, according to an initiative supported by the American Cancer Society. The re-accreditation comes in light of the University's commitment to maintaining a high standard of excellence in cancer prevention, early detection and quality care.
The "CEO Cancer Gold Standard" is awarded only after a company meets or exceeds the rigorous requirements set out by the CEO Roundtable on Cancer. To earn a Gold Standard accreditation, a company or organization must establish programs to (1) reduce cancer risk, through discouraging tobacco use, encouraging physical activity and teaching diet and nutrition; (2) detect cancer at its earliest stages; and (3) provide access to quality care and clinical trials.
UND is continuing to meet the high standards of this initiative, which will not only help with cancer prevention, but will assist in reducing the risk for other serious conditions such as obesity, and chronic and expensive diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Healthy employees are crucial to the health of an organization. According to CEO Roundtable on Cancer, as many as 75 percent of cancer deaths in the United States are cause by behaviors such as smoking, poor diet and physical inactivity. The risk of developing cancer in one's lifetime has been calculated to be approximately 45 percent for men and 38 percent in women. The National Cancer Institute noted in 2010 that new cancer cases could total 1.5 million in the United States and of those, nearly half were expected to die.
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Not only did Anderson Cooper and his co-host today, financial guru Suze Orman, pack a ton of value into Anderson Live—off camera, a young pastor from Michigan, one Katie Baker, did "the Worm."
Seeing my first "Worm" was just one of the perks of being a live tweeter on today's show. Plus, here are three highlights I don't want you to miss:
- #1 viewer tip: If you dry your razor after each use, the blades will last longer. Even Suze said, "I'm going to try that!".
- My fave Suze tip: In counseling a couple deep in debt today ($86,000), Suze noted that you can't solve a money fight by talking about…money.
Angry discussions spiral around bills and balances, but most squabbles have deeply personal roots. It takes courage to look at what old yearnings are still influencing your behavior now. Amen.
- Top off-cam Anderson moment: During one of the breaks, a guy in the audience asked AC where he buys his black t-shirts. Anderson laughed, but then said he gets them at Urban Outfitters. How real is that?
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Yeah - it's a rather sad day for me today. I guess that's why I over compensated with my crazy and silly reaction to LH's explanation of the cement and lime and the dead grass patch. I will still wonder about that square space ship!!!:rolleyes::p
Today it has been one month since my sweet little Myndi left for RB, and 11 months today since dear little Sparky took that same journey. It's way too quiet here without those two constantly under foot or hopping along behind me at my heels.
I'm starting to do better tho, but life will never be quite the same without those 2 rascal Fuzzbuttz. :love::love:


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Red-hot action superstars Paul Walker and Jessica Alba heat up the screen as two sexy young divers who dream of finding hidden treasure. When they take some friends (Scott Caan and Ashley Scott) on an extreme sport adventure, the last thing they expect to see below the shark-infested waters is a legendary pirate ship rumored to contain millions of dollars in gold. But their incredible good fortune is short-lived, as a ruthless gang of deadly criminals gets word of what they have uncovered. The discovery of a lifetime could just cost the treasure hunters their lives, in the exciting thriller from the director of Blue Crush.
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**Diving Deeper into the Blue — Making-of Featurette
Cast & Crew
The makers of Into the Blue know what the audience wants. And they deliver a little bit more.
Alba? We'd follow her anywhere, especially Into the Blue.
There is nothing about Into the Blue that is going to arouse anything above the waistline, but director Stockwell makes a fair show of it.
An enjoyable, gorgeously photographed aquatic adventure whose stars are blissfully bodacious.
Manages to create a winning Caribbean vibe that stretches into a fun popcorn flick.
This one tells a hoary tale of Caribbean salvage operators dedicated to hunting sunken treasure on the ocean floor. But the true salvager is the guy behind the camera. John Stockwell has already flashed his talent for rescuing B-material.


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Ok, so I am really going riding, but that doesn't have the same connotation. My buddy persuaded me to go trail riding this morning, and as the significant other had to work, I thought why the heck not. This will be Blondie's first time on the trails, and the first time I have gone in two years. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't just the slightest bit apprehensive about whether or not Blondie will behave, but since Laurie's mare can be a handful, too, I figure at least I am in good company if Blondie decides that walking through the woods is the scariest activity ever. If I can snap some pix of the wilderness (local Metro Park) I'll post again later.
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After a disappointing quick exit in the first round of the playoffs last Saturday at the Azalea Orthopedics Tournament at Buckeye Stadium, the Gilmer varsity squad was ready for action and they hit the field with a fury, sending a message that all is well in Buckeyeland.
The 1st unit blasted the Pirate 1st unit 44-13 in the 30 minute contest to open play. The Gilmer 2nd unit followed that up with a 55-15 win over Pine Tree's 2nd unit.
The 1st unit played a second game against the Pirates 1st unit and jumped out to a 44-0 lead before Pine Tree got into the end zone. Gilmer ended up with a 58-14 win in that contest.
The Buckeye 2nd unit also won their second game by the score of 17-0, completing a perfect 4-0 blowout by the Buckeye varsity units. The outing was just what the team needed before heading down to the annual ETBU 7on7 Tournament in Marshall this Saturday, the 24th.
The Gilmer Junior Varsity also finished perfect on the day. They bested the Pirate JV 35-21 in their first game, and then blew the blue and gold out by the score of 51-14 in their second game.
Gilmer 7on7 Coach Rebel Jackson was pleased with his team's performance after the games ended. "I like our team. We have a lot of really good kids. Our seniors are leading and making plays, but they are also encouraging our younger kids and a lot of them are stepping up also. It is fun to play a larger school where we can bring all our squads and everyone gets to play. We must play to get better. I was very pleased with our effort today and to see us win out."
One of the receivers who continues to shine after three 7on7 outings is Quinn Fluellen. He has made some fantastic catches in all three outings. We asked Coach Jackson his thoughts on the sure-handed receiver.
"We have always known Quinn had the ability. He got hurt early last year, but he's in top shape now and he has been one of our go to guys this spring. He has always worked hard and it is showing now. We have been leaning heavily on him and will continue to do so. He's shown he's capable of handling the pressure."
We also asked the coach for his thoughts on the competitive ETBU Tournament coming up today (Saturday, the 24th.) "It is always extremely competitive there. There are always a lot of good local and area schools, and usually there are a couple of teams from out of state that participate. We've always done well there and are looking forward to it. I want to encourage all Buckeye fans to come out and watch the games in Marshall and support the team."
The Buckeyes will be back in 7on7 action again this coming Tuesday, May 27th, at 5 p.m. at Buckeye Stadium when they host the Pine Tree Pirates. Come out and enjoy some spring football and cheer the Bucks on!


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These pictures are taken at or of the Hijaz railway station, which was built in 1917 to transport pilgrims from Damascus to Mecca. Inside the coloured glass is striking, as is the ceiling. There building is no longer functioning as a station, there is a bookstore and not much else inside. The rails in its back have disappeared. But it is a fine building that is well worth a splendid new life.
All pictures copyright Dick Osseman. For use: see my Profile