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WASHINGTON — The Republican establishment's much-anticipated pushback against the tea party wing is underway. House Speaker John Boehner made that clear Thursday, when he renewed his denunciation of groups that try to defeat GOP incumbents they consider too willing to compromise with Democrats.
Some Republican loyalists wonder what took so long. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently took steps to help mainstream Republicans in party primaries, but Boehner's high-profile outburst will move the effort to the GOP's front burners.
Cheering him on are mainstream Republicans who angrily watched for three years as hard-right groups exercised remarkable clout in the party, the Congress and elections. Tea party-backed nominees helped the GOP win control of the House in 2010, but they also lost several Senate races seen as winnable, keeping the Senate in Democratic hands.
This past summer, uncompromising House Republicans forced a partial government shutdown that damaged the party's image, just as Boehner warned it would.
Many Republicans also feel conservative activists pushed presidential nominee Mitt Romney so far to the right on immigration and other issues that it eased President Barack Obama's path to re-election last year.
"The establishment has no choice at this point," said former Rep. Tom Davis, a Virginia Republican who has criticized the tea party's growing influence. "So they're taking them on."
"To follow these groups is a downward spiral," Davis said.
Those groups will fight back hard, Davis warned, and it's not clear which faction will prevail in next year's midterm elections and beyond. "They're dug in pretty hard," he said.
For a second straight day, Boehner criticized groups such as Heritage Action, the Club for Growth and Americans for Prosperity. These Washington-based organizations vary on priorities and tactics. But all have sharply rebuked Republican leaders on key issues. And they have aided insurgent Republican challengers who vow never to compromise with Democrats, even if it means shutting down the government or defaulting on the federal debt.
Critics say the groups chiefly want to raise money by constantly inflaming political activists.
"They're misleading their followers," Boehner, R-Ohio, told reporters at the Capitol. "I just think that they've lost all credibility.
The issue at hand was a bipartisan budget plan that makes modest changes in spending levels. It is meant to avert another government shutdown and budget crisis in the near future.
But Boehner's remarks appeared aimed more broadly at tea partyers who say true conservatives never compromise, and at groups that try to oust established Republicans seeking re-election.
House actions under his speakership, Boehner said, "have not violated any conservative principle, not once." He then dismissed the activist groups, saying, "I don't care what they do."
Some Republicans fear an all-out struggle between the establishment and the tea party wings, saying both factions' money and energy are crucial to winning elections. But others say tea party excesses leave little choice.
Even after tea party-backed nominees fumbled away likely GOP Senate victories in Delaware, Indiana and elsewhere, the groups continue to target prominent Republican veterans. They include Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who is seeking a sixth six-year term.
In an early swipe at anti-establishment forces, the Senate's Republican campaign committee called for an essential boycott of a consulting firm working for McConnell's challenger.
"We can only take so much from these guys that are out there on the ledge," Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, said. He faces a tea party-backed challenger in his bid for a ninth House term. The Chamber of Commerce, which traditionally has done little in Republican primaries, is airing ads for Simpson.
The chamber also helped defeat a tea party-backed candidate in a special House primary in Alabama last month.
Conservative activists say Boehner and others will regret their moves. Groups like Heritage Action and the Club for Growth have tens of thousands of followers, said Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., who has often feuded with Boehner.
"For any Republican to ignore them is dangerous to them electorally," Huelskamp told reporters. Tea party activists were crucial to the Republicans' breakthrough victories in 2010, he said. If party elders say, "We don't need you anymore," he said, millions of conservatives may sit out future elections.
Heritage Action spokesman Dan Holler said his group won't back down. When Boehner writes off the dozens of House members who won't compromise on tax and spending issues, it means "he's going to rely heavily on Democrats" to pass legislation, Holler said. That's bad for conservative principles, he said, and bad for GOP cohesion in elections.
Boehner's allies say the alternative is worse. When Boehner tries to placate the staunchest conservatives in his caucus, they say, the results are a government shutdown, a major loss on the "fiscal cliff" deal a year ago and other Republican embarrassments.
Sixty-two House Republicans voted against the Boehner-backed budget deal Thursday, requiring dozens of Democratic votes to pass it.
Steve LaTourette, a Boehner friend and former GOP House member from Ohio, said he is heartened by the stepped-up actions by Boehner, the Chamber and others frustrated by tea party tactics. He warned, however, that mainstream Republicans won't tame the tea party faction without huge amounts of effort and money.
The intraparty struggle, LaTourette said, "is a script that's yet to be written."
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The use of camera traps has proven to be a useful way to get an idea of leopard activities in the N'wanetsi Concession. I've been able to capture good quality photographs were taken during the survey. There were 20 leopard photographs taken during the study and about 13 individuals. However, because we only have one camera per station it is difficult to say this with confidence.
Cameras were placed in areas of known leopard activities and areas which were perceived as suitable leopard habitats. Care was taken to cover as much area as possible while not compromising the capture probabilities for leopards, i.e. to give each leopard an opportunity of at least one capture.
Due to the sheer size of the N'wanetsi Concession (15,000 hectares), and limited number of camera traps, a considerable amount of land is yet to be sampled in the north of the concession. The results obtained in this study are therefore a partial sample of the leopard population in the area.
After this study, I will now be faced with the humongous task of sampling a 2 million hectare Kruger National Park. To put this in to perspective it is about the size of Wales or about half the Netherlands. As a result more camera traps are required if this mammoth task is to become a reality. Ideally 50 cameras may be sufficient enough to cover the whole Park in a period of 1 year.
Camera Tally
1. Two cameras were broken by elephants. This requires that the steel casings be sprayed with pepper spray and the inside be fitted with some sort of padding to provide shock absorption during elephant encounters. Remedy: pepper spray
Elephants 2: Cameras 0
2. Rhinos did not have an impact on cameras as much as elephants did except that they use them as rubbing posts, which they subsequently manage to bend. Well hidden cameras were not affected by rhinos at all. Remedy: conceal the cameras
Rhinos 0.5: Cameras 1
3. Hyenas were not a factor probably because of the use of steel casings.
Hyena 0: Cameras 1
4. The weather did not affect cameras in a negative way except that during low temperatures battery life was shortened tremendously. As a result if one is surveying during the winter months. The use of rechargeable batteries will in the long run prove to be environmentally and economically friendly. Remedy: wear warm clothes!
Cold temperature 1: Batteries 0: Nakedi 0
5. Rain was also not a factor.
Rain 0: Cameras 1
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GREENVILLE, N.C. (Oct. 7, 2013) – Posting a first round team score of even-par 288, the ETSU women's golf team started at the top of the leaderboard Monday in the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate at the Greenville Country Club.
And the Buccaneers stayed there.
The No. 43-ranked Bucs followed that morning round with another solid effort in the afternoon, and the team will hold a one-stroke edge over host East Carolina entering Tuesday's third and final round.
"It was a long, challenging day for us once again as we battled some tough weather conditions, but the ladies had an amazing round of even par this morning and they stayed with it to remain at the top of the leaderboard in the afternoon," said ETSU head coach Stefanie Shelton. "I'd like to see us leave it all out there tomorrow, and bring home a team victory."
Individually, the Bucs were led by sophomore Vivienne Chin (Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia), who fired a career-best, 5-under-par 67 in the first round and ended the day in third place on the leaderboard. Chin was joined in the Top 10 by junior Gabriella Wahl (Heidenheim, Germany), who carded rounds of 72 and 76 to end the day tied for ninth at 4-over-par for the event.
Middle Tennessee's Avery George currently holds a one-stroke lead over Chattanooga's Jordan Britt for the top individual spot, with Chin just two strokes back of the George. Other ETSU results included a tie for 25th by senior Sian Evans (Gillingham, England) and a tie for 30th by senior Lourdes Lopez (Cadiz, Spain).
Third and final round action in the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate will be played Tuesday, and fans can watch live scoring via Golfstat.com. For a full report from the day's action, visit ETSUBucs.com for a complete wrap up.
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From the world's leading writer on beer, whisky, and other libations, here's the perfect armchair travel guide to great beers of the world. Award-winning author and intrepid beer hunter Michael Jackson takes the beer fancier on a fabulous tour in this lavishly illustrated guide, regarded by many as the quintessential book on beer. 300+ full-color photos.
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Gained valuable experience as a true freshman, then developed into a seasoned starter and a key player up front as a sophomore...acted as a valuable reserve for the Golden Eagle defense as a junior...has excellent quickness and a real love for the game...great student of the game who understands the system and his role in it...hard worker...good strength... has made two appearances on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
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We take the safety of participants in all of our rallies very seriously. Over 450 boats and 1,800 people sail in World Cruising Club rallies each year. The job of a rally organiser is to provide a safe framework for participants, and to provide them with the information they need to make safe decisions for their boat and crew.
All participants will receive a comprehensive Rally Handbook when they join the rally. This includes valuable information and advice for preparing your boat and crew to voyage safely offshore.
"Fantastic organisation and support, fabulous fun and well organised. It adds an enormous level of safety" Bob Ramsay, yacht Texas T (GBR) ARC 2011
Safety Equipment
We require all of the rally boats to carry a minimum quantity and quality of safety and communications equipment, and to have undertaken training in using that equipment, heavy weather sailing techniques, and managing emergencies. Our team of experienced safety equipment inspectors will come onboard and check your equipment before the start of the rally, and of course, we're always happy to help new cruisers talk through decisions about safety and communications at sea.
We expect the boat to carry a range of safety equipment that is fit for purpose and ready to use. Our requirements are based on the ISAF standards, and include: an offshore liferaft with a more than 24 hour pack, 406MHz EPIRB, a means of sending and receiving email at sea (satellite phone or SSB/pactor), AIS receiver and man-overboard equipment. We also require every person onboard to have an inflatable combined lifejacket-harness (PFD) with a spray hood, crotch strap and safety line.
Click here to download the World Cruising Club Safety Equipment Requirements (2018)
Click here to download the World Cruising Club Safety Equipment Requirements (2019)
Safety Equipment Inspection in ARC 2012 - film by WCC/Kieran Higgs
Crew Training
Each boat has to have two people on board, including the skipper (captain). We recommend that the skipper and at least one other person on board should have undertaken training within the last 5 years on a range of topics including using the safety and communications equipment, heavy weather sailing techniques and managing emergencies. The World Sailing Offshore Sea Survival and related courses are ideal.
Our training partner in the UK is Hamble School of Yachting. They provide a wide range of at-sea and classroom courses, and offer special discounted weekend sea safety courses for World Cruising Club rally participants. For more details, call Hamble on +44 (0)23 8045 2668. The World Sailing link above provides details of training centres outside of the UK.
Qualifying Passage
Every rally boat should reach the start port under her own keel, or to have completed a qualifying passage in the year before the start. The length of the qualifying passage is specific to each rally, and details can be found in the Conditions of Entry. This passage helps to identify any problems with the boat and equipment before the start of the rally.
Every boat will be fitted with a satellite tracker for the rally, so family and friends can follow your progress. In an emergency we use the tracker to remotely monitor the boat, relaying location information to the emergency services. Having a satellite phone or SSB radio with Pactor modem allows the boat to receive the emailed rally weather forecasts, and also to send blogs and pictures to be published on the rally website.
Our rally team will be with you in port, ready to welcome you in and to help with any problems; from finding an engineer to recommending a restaurant. When you are at sea we monitor progress via the satellite trackers, send email weather and position reports and act as the central point of contact in an emergency.
Most people join a World Cruising Club rally for the security and peace of mind of an organised event; for the camaraderie and friendship of a large group of like-minded people; and for the fun of sailing in a fleet of boats. It's as much fun for experienced sailors as for those new to ocean sailing.


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- Student budgets should reflect reasonable allowances for typical student expenses.
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After a 14-year civil war in which more than 300,000 people lost their lives and a third of those who survived became refugees or were displaced, the Republic of Liberia is attempting to come to terms with its painful past through its Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Modeled on a similar and successful program in South Africa, such commissions have been attempted throughout the world and are now being established in Canada and Kenya. A key question concerning Liberia is whether something more will follow the commission and, if so, what that should be.
The specific question is whether a war crimes tribunal will be established either within Liberia or under the auspices of the International Criminal Court at The Hague to deal with some of the grave human rights abuses revealed by the testimony of survivors at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. If nothing more were to follow and if an amnesty were granted, it would have to be partial, because the most serious war crimes and crimes against humanity would be subject to international jurisprudence and prosecution.
In the first part of its final report, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission states that during the civil war there occurred "egregious" domestic crimes, "gross" violations of human rights and "serious" violations of humanitarian law perpetrated by unnamed individuals. With respect to various militia factions and military units involved, it distinguishes between "significant violator groups" and "less significant violator groups." Among the last individuals to testify before the commission was President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who admitted initial sympathy with Charles Taylor and his rebel party, the National Patriotic Front of Liberia, but then said, "I have absolutely not supported any warring faction and none of them can say I supported them."
Catholics in Liberia, including their three bishops, have argued that both amnesty and a juridical process should follow the work of the truth commission. In 2004 the Catholic Bishops Conference of Liberia, in their statement Liberia at the Crossroads: Hopes and Challenges, called for a war crimes tribunal to deal with the "culture of impunity" that is "so pervasive in our national life" (No. 11). More recently the bishops' conference has issued a clarification, explaining that while they fully support the truth commission, they reject a war crimes tribunal.
It is easy to see why the hope of reconciliation would be attractive to the bishops and many others who long for national unity after so many years of internecine violence. The truth commission process offers Liberians an opportunity to review in detail their dark history between 1980, when a violent coup led by Samuel Doe and a small group of soldiers toppled the elected government of William Tolbert, and 2003, when the Comprehensive Peace Accord was signed in Ghana after 14 previously unsuccessful attempts by the West African community to end the war and stabilize the region. Ordinary people have listened attentively to the hearings on radio, visited the commission Web site, read about it in the newspapers or attended the hearings in person. Hearings usually are open to the public. A novel feature of Liberia's reconciliation process is that the commission traveled to the United States and took testimony in Minneapolis from Liberians who had fled the fighting by emigrating to the United States.
Flagrant Impunity
While vivid, painful and tearful truth from victims was voiced often at the hearings, the truth was carefully nuanced and partial from the lips of the warlords who chose to testify. They expressed very little remorse, let alone contrition. Behind their caution lurked the specter of eventual legal jeopardy. All had made use of child soldiers during the civil war, and the present trial in The Hague of the Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga precisely and solely for this crime has reportedly troubled them greatly.
With the notable exception of the Taylors, father and son—the former on trial since 2006 in The Hague at the Special War Crimes Court for Sierra Leone, the latter sentenced in a Miami court in October 2008 to 90 years in prison—the warlords and other combatants have given the word "impunity" new meaning. They have not retired to private life but have taken prominent places in the community. Prince Yormie Johnson, the head of the breakaway faction of Charles Taylor's National People's Front of Liberia and allegedly the murderer of Samuel Doe in 1990, has been elected to the Liberian Senate. He has publicly warned Liberians that there will be trouble if anyone tries to arrest him. Alhaji Kromah of the United Liberation Movement for Democracy in Liberia (Ulimo-K), has a teaching position at the University of Liberia. Edwin Snowe Jr., a son-in-law of Charles Taylor and formerly a key minister in his government of "Greater Liberia," is an elected member of the House of Representatives and was formerly House speaker. Combatants, especially former child soldiers, have been offered special educational opportunities not available to other Liberians who suffered at their hands.
Whether the Special Criminal Court for Sierra Leone could be expanded to include Liberia and then to issue further indictments for war crimes is not known.
When Justice Threatens Unity
The most important argument against a recommendation to the government that a war crimes court be established within the Republic of Liberia is the fear that this would further harm national unity. Among the 16 ethnic communities in Liberia, four were both targets of human rights abuses and perpetrators in response. The Gio and Mano tribal brothers and sisters of Thomas Quiwonkpa, who was accused of treason by Samuel Doe, suffered genocide-like retaliation over many years by soldiers loyal to Doe who belong to the Krahn and Mandingo communities. Many members of Charles Taylor's armed militia belonged to the Gio and Mano; over time they took their revenge on the Krahns and Mandingos. If members of these four communities were indicted for war crimes or crimes against humanity, the concern is that they would perceive it as unjust scapegoating. Many Mandingos, who are Muslim, are already disaffected because they have not yet been able to recover their homes in Nimba County, which they abandoned to the Gios during the war. Indictments by a war crimes court would make matters worse for them.
Catholic social teaching prefers the "transformative justice" approach of the truth commission, without ruling out the "retributive justice" of a war crimes tribunal. The Second Vatican Council's "Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World" called peace an "enterprise of justice" and said that while the church "points out the authentic and noble meaning of peace and condemns the frightfulness of war, the Council wishes passionately to summon Christians to cooperate, under the help of Christ the author of peace, with all men in securing among themselves a peace based on justice and love and in setting up the instruments of peace"(No. 77). What is not clear is whether Liberia can achieve long-term "peace based on justice" without making use of judicial processes as "instruments of peace."


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Radio Stations in GTA IVEdit
As in previous Grand Theft Auto games, radio stations play a big part in Grand Theft Auto IV. When in a taxi, the player can ask driver to switch station, often accompanied by Niko's views on the station.
In previous GTA games (with the exception of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas), radio stations were a single audio file, repeating after completing a loop. In GTA IV, most of the songs are shuffled while some still follow a loop (The Beat, Massive B, etc.).
The radio is dynamic. DJs and news programs tell you what the current weather and the current time is. Weazel News updates itself as you progress through the story, sometimes reporting news about Niko's actions.
In The Lost and Damned, the first episodic downloadable content for GTA IV, five of these radio stations were expanded, namely WKTT, The Beat, L.C.H.C., Liberty Rock Radio and Radio Broker. The new music has been added to the song rotations of the stations, so that both the original music and the new tracks play concurrently. The new tracks are also included in the original GTA4 game.
The second DLC The Ballad of Gay Tony similarly updated five different stations: Vladivostok FM, K109 The Studio, Electro-Choc, San Juan Sounds, and Integrity 2.0. With both DLC packs installed, the player hears the combined radio content in all single-player and multiplayer modes.
The two episodes are available in a stand-alone format, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City. The radio content included with The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony is combined with additional, exclusive music appearing on three new radio stations: Vice City FM, RamJam FM, and Self-Actualization FM. These replace several radio stations that do not carry over from Grand Theft Auto IV. Music that appeared in Grand Theft Auto IV does not appear in Episodes from Liberty City.
If the player is in a vehicle and it is close to another vehicle, the radio station playing in the vehicle may be "channeled" or transferred to the next vehicle that normally plays a different station. This is a glitch.
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These are the radio stations in Grand Theft Auto IV:
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- IF99 - International Funk - Funk/Afrobeat - Hosted by Femi Kuti
- Vladivostok FM - Eastern European/Dance - Hosted by Ukrainian pop sensation Ruslana (later replaced by DJ Paul)
- K109 The Studio - Disco - Hosted by fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld (Also replaces IF99 - International Funk in EFLC)
- WKTT Radio (We Know The Truth) - Conservative Talk Radio
- The Beat 102.7 - Contemporary Hip-Hop/Rap/RnB - Hosted and remixed by DJ Green Lantern and DJ Mister Cee and then Funkmaster Flex and Statik Selektah (Also replaces The Classics 104.1 in EFLC)
- Electro-Choc - Electro House - Hosted by legendary DJ François K and then Crookers
- L.C.H.C - Liberty City Hardcore - Hardcore Punk/Death Metal - Hosted by Murphy's Law guitarist Jimmy Gestapo and later Max Cavalera
- The Classics 104.1 - Classic Hip-Hop/Rap - Hosted and remixed by DJ Premier
- Fusion FM - Jazz-Funk/Jazz-Fusion - Hosted by Roy Ayers
- JNR - Jazz Nation Radio 108.5 - Jazz - Hosted by Roy Haynes
- The Journey - Ambient/Chillout (Hosted by "a computer" actually voiced by text-to-speech software on a Macintosh)
- Liberty Rock Radio 97.8 - Classic Rock/Pop Rock/Metal - Hosted by Iggy Pop
- Massive B Soundsystem 96.9 - Dancehall - Hosted by Bobby Konders
- Radio Broker - Alternative Rock/Indie Rock - Hosted by Juliette Lewis
- San Juan Sounds - Latin/Reggaeton - Hosted by Daddy Yankee and then Henry Santos Jeter
- Tuff Gong Radio - Reggae/Dub - Hosted by Carl Bradshaw
- The Vibe 98.8 - Soul/R&B - Hosted by Vaughn Harper
- Integrity 2.0 - Talk Radio
- PLR - Liberal Talk Radio
- Independence FM - Custom radio station exclusive to the PC port.
- Vice City FM - 80's pop music - Exclusive radio station on Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City disc - Hosted by Fernando Martinez (replaces The Vibe 98.8)
- RamJam FM - Reggae/Dub/Dancehall - Exclusive radio station on GTA Episodes From Liberty City disc - Hosted by David Rodigan (replaces Tuff Gong Radio and Massive B Soundsystem 96.9)
- Self-Actualization FM - Ambient/Chillout - Exclusive radio station on GTA Episodes From Liberty City disc - Hosted by Audrey (replaces The Journey, Jazz Nation Radio 108.5 and Fusion FM)
Advertisements [25]EditEdit
Several advertisements can be heard on the radio. These include:
- The Science Of Crime TV show (2)
- The Serrated Edge TV show
- The Men's Room TV show (2)
- Ambulate's Motorized Scooter (3)
- Excelsior Extreme 9 (one in English, one in Spanish, one in Russian)
- Alcopatch
- Alcotine Patch
- Waning with the Stars TV show (2)
- Banging Trash Can Lids for an Hour
- Swinging Puppets
- Weazel News promo
- America's Next Top Hooker
- Wing It computer software
- Babiesovernight.com (2)
- Mas Fuego energy drink (2)
- Michael Graves campaign ad (2)
- John Hunter campaign ad (2)
- Vindication Angel Curse Buster BC
- The Red Cloud Tsunami anime Princess Robot Bubblegum
- Full Robo Hickey Hurry Mech Battle Suit
- ZiT
- Electrolyte sports drink
- MCHBTT (abbreviation of long title)
- Medicate Me TV show
- The Horn deodorant (two in English, one in Russian)
- Eugenics Inc. International (2)
- Mummification (2)
- Feinburg's International Realty
- FLEECA credit card (3)
- Lipurgex pill (2)
- Al Dente's
- Whiz Wireless
- Dragon Brain
- Brucie's Executive Lifestyle Autos
- Liberty City Gun Club
- VIG Insurance
- Pißwasser
- Trackify tracking beacon (2)
- Whiz Flip cell phone (one in English, one in Spanish)
- Double Helix DNA Search
- Hamster Harem
- El Chamuco Roboto
- NUCA Museum
- Bittersweet personal e-mail device (2)
- WTF musical
- Cryogenics
- VIP Luxury Ringtones
- Civil Service computer game
- The Suburbs TV show
- Mollis pills
- Beatrix Fontaine
- "Little Bitches" dolls
- "My Drunk Uncle" upcoming Performance at Star Junction
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- During the mission That Special Someone, Niko Bellic turns off the radio due to the Annoying Djs.
- In GTA IV and Episodes From Liberty City, radio stations were split into small groups to become default radio stations for the vehicles as well as peds. Here are those groups:
- 1970's dance music (Disco/Funk) - K109 The Studio (and IF99 - International Funk in GTA IV)
- Eastern European music (or modern Dance House in EFLC) - Vladivostok FM
- Hip-Hop - The Beat (and The Classics in GTA IV)
- Modern Electronic music - Electro-Choc and Radio Broker
- Hard Rock/Death Metal - Liberty City Hardcore
- Jazz - Jazz Nation Radio and Fusion FM (merged with the "ambient music" group in EFLC)
- Ambient music - The Journey (in GTA IV), Self-Actualization FM (in EFLC)
- Classic Rock - Liberty Rock Radio
- Reggae and its variations - Tuff Gong and Massive B Soundsystem (in GTA IV), RamJam FM (in EFLC)
- Latin music - San Juan Sounds
- "Love" music (RnB/Soul/1980's Pop) - The Vibe (in GTA IV), Vice City FM (in EFLC)
- Talk radio stations - WKTT and Integrity (and PLR in GTA IV)
- The radio stations that have looped playlists are the ones that have one continuous mix. These stations are: The Beat 102.7, The Classics 104.1, Electro-Choc, Massive B 96.9, L.C.H.C(in The Lost and Damned), San Juan Sounds(in The Ballad of Gay Tony) and RamJam FM(In Episodes From Liberty City).
- After watching certain mission cutscenes, when you go back to your car and any of these stations mentioned above have been played before starting the mission, most likely the station will repeat to the starting point. It also occurs if the station hasn't been heard after awhile. This can get annoying and to keep from hearing the same song, visit the nearest Pay 'N Spray and songs will be skipped.
- Many of the songs featured in GTA IV's episodes were released in 2009. This may imply that the timeline for the GTA IV era, or at least the episodes, goes from late 2008 into early 2009.


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The Twitter of the Blue Bird
The Twitter of the Blue Bird
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Merry Men Podcast
William Morgan or A Few Shots To Shaman has started making podcasts and asked me and Jim Sanders to participate in the first installment of The Merry Men Podcast.
Talking with William, who is himself a skilled man of sync and thoroughly versed in all the lovely minutia of the syncrosphere, was both stimulating and also a rare treat for me.
In most interviews I find myself merely trying to to explain the concept of synchromysticism and its implications for the nature of the universe WE/ME are a part of, rarely getting into actual synchronicity and the mechanics of sync. A conversation with Jim and William, however, is like standing at the virtual watercooler shooting the breeze and talking shop.
Hope it makes for interesting listening and that we see more of these featuring many of the great sync bloggers out there!
Peace In
9 comments:
- Jim said...
nice davinci code heading image.
and julia roberts is tinkerbell
- September 8, 2009 at 2:03 PM
- sagedemos said...
The Zulu Nation say they descended from dolphins.
- September 9, 2009 at 10:57 PM
- Mr Panda said...
I really enjoyed the podcast, I just wanted to say I really appreciate your outlook on synchromysticism, ie; not with fear or hate. I was thinking about the Bjork song, "all is full of love" and how amazing it is that even the most mundane relics of pop culture are imbued with significance and mystery. I feel kinf of weird for saying it, but all these synchs and conspiracy theories don't fill me with despair and worry, they fill me with hope and curiosity. Thanks for giving what you give dude.
- September 10, 2009 at 6:09 PM
- aferrismoon said...
Aug 4 , the Skynet date = Obama's b'day
WV [666] = phizin
- September 11, 2009 at 1:24 PM
- aferrismoon said...
ayahuasca might be spelt IO=huasca , bringing in a satellite of Jupiter
WV = docoydr [ sounz like decoder]
- September 11, 2009 at 1:51 PM
- John said...
while watching "Project Runway" last night, I noticed a poster of Jennifer Connelly looking on in the background. This was followed immediately by Macy's logo with the red star (May See Red Star). Then host Tim Gunn arrived literally announcing himself as "The Prophet of Doom."
Thought of you guys...
Lots of syncs in the Project Runway ad campaign, especially tag line "THEY'VE ARRIVED!"
- September 11, 2009 at 4:19 PM
- Jon Kidd said...
wtc header = a w e s o m e
wv treatess
- September 11, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Great show.
Highly appreciated.
- September 16, 2009 at 10:31 AM
- paul said...
You said "...their inevitably doing what the whole drama is doing, and that is realising itself."
I was writing about "inevitability" as I saw it in your words. Have a look, thanks.
- November 18, 2009 at 1:01 AM


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Iran's Foreign Ministry on Monday scrambled to clarify that it still views Israel as a hated enemy, after Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made what some in the media construed as conciliatory remarks toward the Jews and the Jewish state in his appearance at the Munich Security Conference.
According to numerous news reports, when Zarif was asked about his position regarding the Holocaust, he said that "the extermination of Jews by the Nazi regime was tragically cruel and should not happen again." Previously, Iran's top leadership had either denied the Holocaust outright, or challenged the fact that six million Jews were killed.
Zarif also reportedly suggested in a separate interview that Iran would have no problem establishing ties with Israel in the event of a final status peace agreement between the Jewish state and the Palestinians.
Iran's Fars news agency later reported that Zarif had "categorically denied the remarks attributed to him about Israel, stressing that the Islamic Republic's view about the Zionist regime has not changed."
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hassan Qashqavi told Fars that he had spoken to Zarif by telephone, and that the foreign minister had "completely rejected the remarks attributed to him and declared that the Islamic Republic's stance about the (Zionist) regime is what has been repeatedly announced by the country's diplomacy apparatus and this stance has not changed."
Fars went on to point out that a high-ranking Iranian parliamentarian had recently highlighted the Islamic Republic's ongoing support for anti-Israel terror groups throughout the region, in particular Lebanon's Hezbollah militia.
Zarif himself, the news agency noted, had recently met with Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and reiterated Iran's backing.
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5-Day Delayed Cold Frementation Biga Rustic Bread With No Additional Yeast--Second Edit
As I promised in my two previous threads that touched on this subject I am updating my experiments with fermenting a biga in the refrigerator for periods of time greater than the three days one sees recommended in artisan bread books..My first attempt at this was a fortuitous mistake due to family circumstances, laziness, forgetfulness, and a modicum of luck; which I detailed in the following threads..
The first bread made with methodology was an enriched pain de mie, primarily due to my needing that type of white sandwich bread to feed my family..However, I feel that enriched breads are not going to allow me to benifit nearly as much from the conversion of starches to sugars by the yeast in such a delayed cold fermentation, as will leaner breads..So this second attempt is one in which I took the Pain a l'Ancienne recipe in the Bread Baker's Apprentice, and combined it with the Biga recipe in the same book to come up with the modified recipe detailed below..My goals with this method are to use small amounts of instant yeast in the formation of the biga, which is made using ice cold 40F water..I am hoping that the initial amount of instant yeast in the biga will grow into a sufficient supply of living yeast cells during the delayed cold fermentation that it will be enough to build a final dough, proof the final dough through at least two additional stages, and to execute a good-to-outstanding oven spring when baked under a wetted stainless steel bowl on a 500F plus baking stone..
5-Day Delayed Cold Fermentartion Biga Rustic Bread
12 oz. bread flour
0.055 oz. SAF Gold instant yeast
7.5 oz. water, ice cold, 40F
Final Dough:
19.35 oz. biga, warmed to 70F, covered, on bench
6.5 oz. water, 100F
0.2 oz. table salt
9.5 oz. bread flour
Initial Notes: Due to a close family member entering the hospital early tomorrow morning for major surgery, I had to pull the biga out of the refrigerator early..The total time retarded in the refrigerator was 4 days 15 hours at 44F..The biga entered the refrigerator at 11 PM on 03-28-2009 at a temperature of 67F..I took it out of the fridge to warm up on the bench at 2 PM this afternoon, 04-02-2009..
I kneaded the biga for 6 minutes on medium speed in my DLX mixer..It went into the refrigerator at a weight of 19.6 oz., and came out of the refrigerator at a weight of 19.35 oz., for a loss of 0.25 oz..The first biga, which was a 2X recipe out of the BBA book, lost 1.26 oz. of water during its 4 day retard..This biga lost only 1/3 as much water after a 4 day 15 hour retard at a refrigerated temperature that was 1F higher than the first biga (greater number of times that the door to the fridge was opened and closed this time around??)..
The first biga had a distinct alcoholic smell in the gasses trapped between the dough and the bowl..The delayed, cold fermented biga had no alcoholic smell..The first, warmer, biga had a greater bulge in the plastic wrap covering the bowl when removed from the fridge..The colder biga barely created a bulge in the plastic wrap, although it spent an additional 15 hours in the fridge at a final temperature that was 1F warmer, and most definitely increased in volume by over 50%..
At the end of its retard, the delayed, cold fermented biga had several gas bubble blisters on its upper surface; wheras the first biga had none..The first biga had a small, very evenly spaced, very regularly-sized gas pocket formation on its underside from the gasses created by the yeast fermenting..The cold biga had a very unevenly-sized gas pocket formation on its underside, with several of the gas pockets being the size of a walnut..
The wet, rustic final dough was made with the biga warmed up to 70F, 5F warmer than the first one..During its 60 minute warm up on the bench, the biga grew in sixe to approximately 50%-60% of its original, refrigerated volume, pretty much the same as did the first biga..I kneaded the delayed, cold fermented biga final dough for 6 minutes on medium speed in my DLX mixer, 30 seconds longer than the pain de mie final dough..Its final dough temperature was 81F..
As I type these last lines the final dough is proofing at a room temperature of 80F on the propped open door of our gas oven..It appears that it will need approximately 90 minutes to double in volume for the first proof..If the dough comes out of the DLX's mixing bowl as slack as it went in, then I am most likely going to make ciabattas out of it..I have not attempted a really slack rustic dough in about 4 years..Indeed, I went through a several year period where I baked no breads for myself at all..It looks as if I will bake these as roughly 17.675 oz. ciabattas..I will retard one of the ciabattas as soon as I form it, and bake the other..
I may, or may not be able to update this thread tonight..If I do not, then I will probably update the results of the baking late on Friday night, or sometime on Saturday..
Any comments on any part of this process are gladly welcomed..
Edit: Well, it is 7:45 PM Thursday evening, and the first ciabatta is out of the oven and cooling off..I will allow it to cool off until approximately 9 PM tonight before I slice into it to taste it, and to check out the structure of the crumb..I am hoping for the large, blown out holes, and empty pockets that characterize a well-made ciabatta..I only wish that I had a digital camera with which to photograph my breads, as well as the knowledge and skills to use it..Unfortunately, I have neither the camera, nor the knowledge and skills..
Already, I can state that I got more oven spring with this ciabatta than I did with any of my previous attempts years past..I think a large part of this might be due to my having learned to work with wetter doughs than I did back when I first purchased Pertr Reinhart's book, Crust & Crumb..This dough is most assuredly the wettest wheat dough that I have worked with to date..I made every attempt not to incorporate any more flour than was absolutely necessary into the dough once I started forming the slipper folds..
Hopefully, I will check back in later tonight to update the taste and crumb..
Second Edit: The second ciabatta just came out of the oven at 8:30 PM Thursday evening..I allowed this ciabatta to caramelize to a darker shade of brown than the first one..It baked to virtually the same color as the Pain a l'Ancienne baguettes in the photograph on page 190 of the Bread Baker's Apprentice..We cut the first ciabatta as it was nearly room temperature when the second came out of the oven..The taste is quite good, easily the best tasting ciabatta that I have yet made..The crumb structure is much more open than my previous attempts, with a few large holes that are the size of a walnut in the 2" x 6" piece that I sliced off of one end of the 1 lb. bread..I do believe that the next time I make this dough I will reduce the bread flour in the final dough to an even 9 oz., down from the 9.5 oz. that I used today..Today's final dough, with 9.5 oz. of bread flour in it, pulled easily away from the sides of the DLX's mixing bowl, and barely cleaned itself off of the bottom of the bowl..While remaing fairly sticky..I am thinking that less flour, and a stickier dough, will result in the very open crumb structure that I desire..
One reason I quit making rustic breads years ago was my disappointment with my results..My previous ciabattas had a tight crumb structure with pretty small holes, the result, I am sure, of a dough that was not wet enough..Even though I am a chef, and even though I followed the instructions in the BBA to the letter; the resulting ciabattas were nothing to rave about..
I would like to express my sincerest THANKS to all of those members of TFL that have contributed to my becoming a better artisan bread baker..I would especially like to thank the inventive genius (don't know if that person is a member here--if they are THANK YOU!!!) that figured out how to place an inverted stainless steel mixing bowl that had been sprayed with cold water over hearth breads that were to be baked on a stone in a home oven..This is so much easier and, in my opinion, better than spritzing water into an oven (especially ones with glass in their doors!!) that the results have to be expeerienced to be believed..It is well worth sacrificing one of my largest S.S. mixing bowls to use for this purpose..
Anyway, to recap, I am pleased so far with the results of this methodology..The one greatest thing that I have learned is that I can reduce the amount of instant yeast in a roughly 2 lb.-2.5 lb. bread recipe by 2/3's of the amounts listed in the BBA..This method is producing very good oven spring with only the 1/2 teaspoon of yeast that Reinhart recommends in using to build a 19 plus ounce biga..Most of his recipes call for 16-19 oz. of biga, along with an additional 1-1.5 teaspoons of instant yeast used in the build of the final dough..I have now successfully twice made bread recipes, (1 pain de mie and 1 ciabatta) using far less yeast than the recipes called for..The first time with the pain de mie was a mistake..This second time with the ciabatta was deliberate..I think that this is a significant discovery..I would like to know what others think..


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By Dr. Mercola
If you value your health, you would be wise to avoid fast food restaurants at all costs.
Not only does the fast food diet promote high cholesterol, hypertension, heart attacks, obesity and diabetes; such foods are also laden with added chemicals, and virtually all animal based food comes from factory farms.
The latter issue is highlighted in a recent announcement that McDonald's and Target will no longer purchase their eggs from Sparboe Farms.
The egg producer was recently 'outed' by an ABC News "20/20" investigation into potentially unhealthy conditions at their egg-laying facilities.
The company has been cited for at least 13 violations of rules meant to prevent dangerous salmonella outbreaks.
I've previously discussed the many sad realities inherent with confined animal feeding operations (CAFO's).
Lack of sanitation is a pervasive problem, and food borne illnesses such as salmonella are primarily restricted to such operations.
Ditto for animal abuse.
According to a recent report by ABC News:
"… The Mercy for Animals activist who went undercover to record the video inside Sparboe told ABC News chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross, "I saw workers do horrendous things to birds, they were thrown, grabbed by the neck, they're slammed in and out of cages."
Runkle said the video shows how health hazards can be linked to large scale, low-cost egg producers, so-called "factory farms." … Sparboe executives told Ross the employees seen on the tape abusing the chickens were all fired."
Unfortunately, most restaurant chains get their food from CAFO farms; be it eggs, beef, or chicken. This is in part what makes fast food so inferior, no matter what restaurant chain you're frequenting.
The Smaller the Farm, the Lower the Risk of Salmonella
While federal authorities like the FDA and USDA are repeatedly conducting armed raids on small organic farms, co-ops, and even organic community picnics under the pretext of protecting you from potentially hazardous foods, the REAL danger actually comes from large CAFO farms and massive food growers.
Last year, federal officials matched the 2010 salmonella outbreak to bacteria found in facilities and chicken feed at two major egg producing facilities in Iowa. The outbreak relaunched the debate over whether eggs from smaller, organic farms are safer. The answer appears to be an unequivocal yes.
In a 2010 Live Science interview, infectious disease specialist William Schaffner stated that the smaller the farm, the lower the likeliness of it harboring salmonella. "The general thinking is that larger chicken farms are much more difficult to keep clean, and this makes it easier to transmit Salmonella," he said. This should be more or less obvious, once you consider the conditions that CAFO animals exist under.
The birds are often kept in cages that are stacked closely next to and on top of each other, promoting the growth and spread of harmful bacteria.
Studies have also confirmed that organic eggs are far safer than CAFO-raised eggs. In one study, more than 23 percent of farms with caged hens tested positive for salmonella, while just over 4 percent of organic flocks tested positive. The highest prevalence of salmonella occurred in the largest flocks (30,000 birds or more), which contained over four times the average level of salmonella found in smaller flocks.
About 95 percent of the eggs produced in the United States come from gigantic egg factories housing millions of hens under one roof. There are currently about 245 U.S. egg companies with flocks of 75,000 or more, and, of these 245 companies, 60 have at least 1 million laying hens, and 12 have more than 5 million!
These are the factories you want to avoid purchasing your eggs from, and since they make up the bulk of eggs sold in the United States, this means finding an alternative source. Fortunately, finding a small local farm or farmer's market that sells eggs is usually not too difficult, even in suburban areas. If you need help finding a local source, check out some of the resources listed at the end of this article.
Organic flocks are typically much smaller than the massive commercial flocks where bacteria flourish, which is part of the reason why eggs from truly organic, free-range chickens are FAR less likely to contain dangerous bacteria such as salmonella. Their nutrient content is also much higher than commercially raised eggs, which is most likely the result of the differences in diet between organic free ranging, pastured hens and commercially farmed hens.
The Health Hazards of a Fast Food Diet
Getting back to fast food for a moment, the health hazards of such a diet clearly go much further than the heightened risk of food poisoning. A case could even be made that fast food can barely be recognized as 'food' per se, when you start evaluating the actual ingredients.
As a general rule, "food" equals "live nutrients." Nutrients, in turn, feed your cells, optimize your health, and sustain life. Six years ago, film maker Morgan Spurlock vividly demonstrated the health consequences of eating nothing but McDonald's for breakfast, lunch and dinner. After just FOUR WEEKS, his health had deteriorated to the point that his physician warned him he was putting his life in serious jeopardy if he continued the experiment.
His cholesterol had soared and he started suffering from depression, lack of attention, and sexual dysfunction, just to name a few of the health problems that surfaced once he traded in his normal diet for three square meals a day from McDonald's.
His remarkable documentary, Super Size Me, ended up earning the Writers Guild of America award for Best Documentary Screenplay in 2005. It's still one of the most powerful illustrations of the dangers of a fast food diet I've ever seen.
What About Claims that Fast Food Diet Can Help You Lose Weight?
More recently, comedian and former health writer Tom Naughton decided to counter Spurlock's claims by creating his own documentary. In his film, Fat Head, Naughton eats a fast-food diet for 28 days and, unlike Spurlock who gained weight, actually lost about 12 pounds. There were differences in their diets, though, which may explain these vastly different results. Most notably, Naughton:
- Drank water and iced tea, while Spurlock drank about a gallon of soda a day
- Skipped French fries at times, and
- Removed much of the bread from his meals
The first and last bullets may in and of themselves account for his weight loss, especially if he was consuming a lot of refined carbs prior to his experiment
Soda and "Fake Bread" Clearly Won't Do Your Health any Favors…
There's ample evidence that excessive fructose consumption is one of the primary culprits driving the obesity epidemic, as well as other rampant disease statistics. According to GreenMedInfo.com, scientific studies have linked fructose to about 30 different specific diseases and health problems! Select the hyperlinks provided to review how fructose may:
✓ Raise your blood pressure, and cause nocturnal hypertension
✓ Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
✓ Raise your uric acid levels, which can result in gout and/or metabolic syndrome
✓ Intracranial atherosclerosis (narrowing and hardening of the arteries in your skull)
✓ Exacerbate cardiac abnormalities if you're deficient in copper
✓ Have a genotoxic effect on the colon
✓ Cause tubulointerstitial injury (injury to the tubules and interstitial tissue of your kidney)
✓ Promotes obesity and related health problems and diseases
Ditching the hamburger buns might also account for some of the differences in outcomes between Spurlock's and Naughton's fast food diets, considering what's actually in that fast food bread. Because it's not just about the processed grains and high fructose corn syrup; many other additives can have a decidedly detrimental impact on your health as well.
According to McDonald's website, their hamburger buns consist of:
"Enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, enzymes), water, high fructose corn syrup, sugar, yeast, soybean oil and/or partially hydrogenated soybean oil, contains 2% or less of the following: salt, calcium sulfate, calcium carbonate, wheat gluten, ammonium sulfate, ammonium chloride, dough conditioners (sodium stearoyl lactylate, datem, ascorbic acid, azodicarbonamide, mono- and diglycerides, ethoxylated monoglycerides, monocalcium phosphate, enzymes, guar gum, calcium peroxide, soy flour), calcium propionate and sodium propionate (preservatives), soy lecithin."
Spurlock clearly took the fast food diet to the extreme to prove an important point -- that eating fast food really does take a heavy toll on your body. But Naughton's Fat Head also has some important points to share, and in my opinion the most poignant have nothing to do with his critique of Super Size Me and everything to do with his calling out the fallacies of the mainstream nutritional dogma.
I commend Naughton for bringing to light the myths about the "evils" of cholesterol and saturated fat. Despite evidence to the contrary, many still cling to the belief that saturated fat will increase your risk of heart disease and heart attacks. The truth is, fats from animal and vegetable sources provide a concentrated source of energy in your diet, and they provide the building blocks for cell membranes and a variety of hormones and hormone-like substances, among many other essential benefits.
Join the Food Revolution and Embrace Real Food…
If you're at all concerned about your health—whether you want to gain health or maintain it—nutrition is paramount. In fact, your diet accounts for about 80 percent of the health benefits reaped from a healthy lifestyle, with the remaining 20 percent from exercise. So what makes for a nutritionally sound diet? First and foremost, a healthy diet is based on fresh whole, preferably organic foods, and foods that have been minimally processed. These are the signs of high-quality, health-promoting foods you'll want to look for when grocery shopping:
- It's grown without pesticides and chemical fertilizers (organic foods fit this description, but so do some non-organic foods)
- It's not genetically engineered (GMOs)
- It contains no added growth hormones, antibiotics, or other drugs
- It does not contain any artificial ingredients, including chemical preservatives
- It is fresh (keep in mind that if you have to choose between wilted organic produce or fresh conventional produce, the latter may be the better option)
- It did not come from a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO)
- It is grown with the laws of nature in mind (meaning animals are fed their native diets, not a mix of grains and animal byproducts, and have free-range access to the outdoors)
- It is grown in a sustainable way (using minimal amounts of water, protecting the soil from burnout, and turning animal wastes into natural fertilizers instead of environmental pollutants)
If the food meets these criteria, it is most likely a wise choice, and would fall under the designation of "real food," which is the very foundation of good health.
As promised, here are some great resources to obtain wholesome food that supports not only you but also the environment:
- Alternative Farming Systems Information Center, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
- Farmers' Markets -- A national listing of farmers' markets.
- Local Harvest -- This Web site will help you find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies.
- Eat Well Guide: Wholesome Food from Healthy Animals -- The Eat Well Guide is a free online directory of sustainably raised meat, poultry, dairy, and eggs from farms, stores, restaurants, inns, and hotels, and online outlets in the United States and Canada.
- Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA) -- CISA is dedicated to sustaining agriculture and promoting the products of small farms.
- FoodRoutes -- The FoodRoutes "Find Good Food" map can help you connect with local farmers to find the freshest, tastiest food possible. On their interactive map, you can find a listing for local farmers, CSA's, and markets near you.


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When SQL Server Agent runs its tasks it normally does so using the context of the service account you assigned to the Agent service. This may or may not be the best context for your application, so you can set up a Proxy. This allows you to run the task under the context of the account you set up in the proxy, and it's pretty easy to do.
First, set up a Credential. This defines the ADS login credentials the proxy will use. You can do this under the Security tree in Object Explorer, or you can set it up in Transact-SQL like this:
CREATE CREDENTIAL [cred_MyCredential] WITH IDENTITY = N'MyDomain\MyLogin', SECRET = N'S0meComp1exP@ssw0rd'GO
Once the credential exists then you define the proxy. Expand the tree under SQL Server Agent/Proxies, select the job task type you plan to use the proxy for, then right-click and select New Proxy, or use this Transact-SQL:
USE [msdb]GOEXEC msdb.dbo.sp_add_proxy @proxy_name=N'proxy_MyProxy',@credential_name=N'cred_MyCredential', @enabled=1GOEXEC msdb.dbo.sp_grant_proxy_to_subsystem @proxy_name=N'proxy_MyProxy', @subsystem_id=3GOEXEC msdb.dbo.sp_grant_login_to_proxy @proxy_name=N'proxy_MyProxy', @msdb_role=N'SQLAgentUserRole'GO
In the sp_grant_proxy_to_subsystem stored procedure, @subsystem_id=3 indicates this proxy will be used to run Operating System commands.
Once the proxy exists it can be selected in setting up a job task by specifying the new proxy in the Run As dropdown in the task dialog. If setting up the job through Transact-SQL you specify the proxy in the sp_add_jobstep stored procedure with the @proxy_name parameter:
EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobstep @job_id=@jobId, @step_name=N'Step 01', @step_id=1, @cmdexec_success_code=0, @on_success_action=1, @on_success_step_id=0, @on_fail_action=2, @on_fail_step_id=0, @retry_attempts=0, @retry_interval=0, @os_run_priority=0, @subsystem=N'CmdExec', @command=N'"d:\ApplicationDirectory\MyJobStep.bat"', @flags=0, @proxy_name=N'proxy_MyProxy'
This may seem like a lot, but really it's not, and it ensures that the automation you're implementing is being done using the right context.
When using this technique for running SSIS packages, beware of the need for additional DCOM permissions on the proxy/credential account if using the "out of process" execution mode to spawn child SSIS packages. Apart from that, it works really well!
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ONEONTA, Ala.—Defending national champion and top-ranked Oglethorpe University won the 2012 Southern Athletic Association Preview, which wrapped up today at Limestone Springs Golf Course in Oneonta, Ala.
The Stormy Petrels carded a two-round team score of 569 (284-285), followed by Centre with 597 (301-296) and Rhodes with 607 (297-310).
Oglethorpe's Anthony Maccaglia, individual medalist at last year's national championship, was the top finisher with a score of 140 (73-67), followed by teammates Hayden Jones with 142 (70-72) and Anthony Amodeo with 143 (68-75). Rhodes' Kevin Bell also tied for third with 143 (65-78), and OU's Will Morrow was fifth with 147 (73-74).
Birmingham-Southern placed seventh with a team score of 644 (316-328). Freshman Tyler Shope led the Panthers and was 17th overall with 154 (76-78). Junior Michael Wallace was second for BSC and 35th with 161 (80-81), and junior Phillip Brol and freshman David Stewart tied for 42nd with 165 (80-85).
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The president of Novelis Asia since 2007, Walpole assumed additional responsibilities to increase the speed at which the company integrates its global manufacturing operations through common standards, policies and practices.
He will also oversee execution on the company's overall improvement goals for its manufacturing assets over the next three to five years. In addition, he will be responsible for helping the company achieve world-class employee health and safety performance and for implementing global standards for all new major capital investments.
Walpole has more than 30 years of aluminum industry experience. Prior to the Novelis spin-off from Alcan Inc. in 2005, he held a number of international positions with Alcan including vice president of sales and marketing for the rolled products operations in Korea and president of the lithographic, can and painted products business in Europe.
In addition to his accounting degree from Oswego, he holds an MBA from Case Western Reserve University.
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Platt College, a premiere digital media design school in San Diego's Rolando area, graduates its kids at rates well above the national average at similar places.
San Diego has five video game design schools. Big brother and world film capital Los Angeles has four.
As the world digitizes itself before our eyes, and amid greater demand for spectacle among moviegoers, our region holds its own as an educational and commercial industry center. It was only a matter of time before a local resource picked up on the idea of a public film event that speaks to the changing tastes that accompany the digital revolution — and Thursday, April 24, marks its opening.
Give it up for the inaugural Filmatic Festival, a four-day excursion into the changing face of cinema, in which lines between artist and audience are far less distinct and thus encourage everyone's creativity. ArtPower!, an artistic development arm at UCSD, conceived and oversees the festival, which will center at the university's Qualcomm Institute through April 27 and features interactive screenings, karaoke jams, lectures and media workshops in charting the course. The festival is the first of its kind in the state.
It's kind of a mini Comic-Con, an immersive object lesson that curator Rebecca Webb sees as a marker in film's next step.
Audiences, she said, are looking beyond the divisions between patron and provider — standing on the sidelines isn't enough as technology drives the masses to movies playing on items as innocuous as their cell phones.
"I'm really interested," Webb said, "in creating a relationship between spectator and spectacle. It's this idea that the audience can be creative and artistic in the way they're participating with the end product. It makes them artists. It's collaborative. It's not isolationist. [Audiences are] taking advantage of what's going on in social media trends and bringing them to a theater space, a collective space.
"There's also this idea of taking a passive traditional moviegoing experience, which is becoming antiquated on some level. Ticket sales have gone way down. I'm really interested in creating this interactive experience."
Webb said she plans to make the Filmatic Festival an annual event.
By comparison, live theater seeks its own interaction with audiences — it's been said that anyone who's ever seen a play is as vital a participant as the cast. Why attend Filmatic when plays (which pepper the UCSD campus to boot and incorporate their own technological advances) are just as interactive?
Webb said Filmatic's stress on physical participation is designed to address that.
"Even just walking within these walls and being open to a variety of possibilities," she explained, "leaves you open to the festival's intent. In a live theater, you're often not engaged with the person next to you. In the festival, you are. Both of you are manipulating and relating to the two-dimensional image in front of you.
"And the technical people who are orchestrating this behind the scenes are very present," Webb continued. "They are participating with the audience as well as the two-dimensional [film]. It's a layered experience, even more so than live theater, because you're playing with all these various dimensions."
The schedule features gaming museum tours (games get a museum already?), technology that captures images at several thousand frames a second, a language invention seminar and media works by students, faculty and international artists. Meanwhile, no surprise that the festival's subtitle is "Movies of the Future."
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Film Review: RushAs sports biographies go, 'Rush' goes at record-setting speeds, with the technically proficient Ron Howard in the director's seat providing a ferociously exciting backdrop for the real-life rivalry of two Olympian gods in Formula One sports cars.
Ron Howard spent his "awkward years" as a child actor, preparing himself for what he really wanted to do: direct, boldly floor-boarding his way into the profession with a couple of varoom! programmers—Eat My Dust! (1976) and Grand Theft Auto (1977)—agreeing to star in the former if Roger Corman would bankroll Howard's feature-directing debut in the latter. Such, ignobly, was Howard's Beginning.
If you're interested in seeing how far and how fast he has come in 22 features and 36 years, you might check out his confidently swaggering return to the genre, Rush. It pretty much leaves his quaint breakthroughs into filmmaking at the starting gate.
Abetted by a Grade-A script from Peter Morgan—taking another of his sports breaks from the world of contemporary politics that has twice put him in the Oscar running (via Frost/Nixon and The Queen)—Howard does a deep-focus on the racetrack rivalry of two Formula One champions that was burning up the tracks and the headlines in Europe at precisely the same time he was making his big move in film.
Zigzagging back and forth in the lead for the 1976 World Championship in F1 racing were James Hunt, a devil-may-care Brit with a reckless disregard for his own personal safety, and Niki Lauda, an Austrian pragmatist more interested in building a better racecar than a better racer. Hunt had no qualms about laying his life on the finish line if it meant winning the race, reasoning that women love men who are close to death. In stark contrast to this was Lauda, a heady strategist who preferred to perfect the machine so it would do the heavy lifting with minimum risk to the driver.
Inevitably, this is a collision course, each coming at the other from opposite ends of the sports-car spectrum, giving the picture the illusion of more depth than you usually encounter in such an environment. These two could never have been friends, although they somehow were in real life, but Morgan opts to emphasize their differences for dramatic effect. Occasionally, he takes a loftier overview and has someone describe them as "men who drive in circles looking for normalcy."
Spot-on casting physically underlines the character contrast. What we have here are heroes from different villages: As the sexy, charismatic Hunt with the killer smile and long-flowing golden curls, Australian actor Chris Hemsworth looks like your garden-variety Greek god; he happens to be a Norse god—Thor in the Marvel Comics movie series. Daniel Brühl, the Spanish-born German actor (Inglourious Basterds), relies on some false front teeth to approximate the look of the cerebral and decidedly unglamorous Lauda, nicknamed "The Rat" because of his buckteeth.
The flamboyant exploits of this dueling duo on the racetracks of Europe went mostly unnoticed on these shores. The one tidbit that did manage to penetrate the American consciousness occurred when the first Mrs. Hunt, Suzy Miller, became the fourth of five Mrs. Richard Burtons. She is played here by Olivia Wilde, who is virtually unrecognizable in a blonde wig. Lauda's wife, Marlene Kraus, also had a movie-star amour in her past, having once been Curt Jurgens' main squeeze. Alexandra Maria Lara makes something special of this role, trying to break down her bottled-up husband and bring him into some kind of emotional clearing.
The critical showdown between the two drivers occurs at the Nürburgring track in Germany, sometimes called "The Graveyard," during a blinding rainstorm. Lauda tried to get the race canceled because of the weather, but Hunt challenged that and prevailed. The upshot was that the super-cautious Lauda had a fiery crack-up, and the minute he spent trapped in his flaming car did great damage to his face and lungs. Watching Hunt score victory after victory from rehab strengthened his resolve, and, astonishingly, he was back in the race in 42 days, competing like hell.
One of his toughest hurdles on his comeback trail was a press conference in which one incredibly tactless and unfeeling reporter wondered aloud how Lauda's marriage could survive his face. When Hunt gives the writer the answer he deserves—by pulverizing him in the hallway—the movie audience cheered.
The racetrack action is where the film comes vividly alive, thanks to the gritty, exciting, in-your-face photography of Anthony Dod Mantle (Oscar winner for Slumdog Millionaire). Jagged, erratic editing from Dan Hanley and Mike Hill heightens the reality of the action, and Hans Zimmer has packaged it in a thrilling, pulsating score.
One of the film's leading characters doesn't live to The End; what causes his death—in light of the life that he led—is a genuine and startling surprise, a jest of God.


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The Ginger People
Friday, December 16, 2011
Ginger People Spicy Apple Ginger Chews
The Ginger People are wild about ginger and make all sorts of ginger products including a nice array of ginger chews.
The package for the Spicy Apple Ginger Chews features The Ginger People's mascot, an anthropomorphic gingerman sitting on a pile of apples, eating a ginger chew. Kind of weird looking as well as creepy when you think of him being cannibalistic.
Soft and spicy apple-ginger candy. Natural, stimulating and delicious.
The candy comes in a small stand up pouch. It has a zipper seal, so it can be closed up. Reclosing is hardly necessary to keep it fresh though, as each piece is maddeningly sealed in un-tearable plastic that says "tear here" with an arrow at one end.
The pieces are about an inch and a half long, rather flat and kind of sticky. There's a powdered starch coating on the outside to keep it from sticking too much.
The chew is smooth, the ingredients have no dairy in them, so I can't call it a caramel. It's made of cane sugar, ginger, tapioca starch, apple flavor, cinnamon oil and allspice oil.
The flavor is first, and foremost ginger. The woodsy and earthy flavors come out loud and clear then create a warming sensation that last for quite a while, some pieces were hotter than others and created a little soft burn. The apple flavor was vague but present only by comparison to their classic Ginger Chews. The cinnamon and allspice did add a bit more dimension to it, like a spiced cider drink.
They're messy and difficult to get out of their wrappers, but they're also simple, vegan and refreshing.
I like them for traveling, as I sometimes get motion sickness. Folks who are prone to upset tummies (especially for morning sickness) may find them both a fun candy and soothing. They're a little expensive for a sugar candy at $2 for 3 ounces but the pieces are small and there are a lot in the package.
Gluten free and vegan but they're processed in a facility that also handles peanuts.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 6:29 am All Natural • Candy • Review • Roxy Trading Co • The Ginger People • Chews • Ginger • 7-Worth It • Indonesia • Whole Foods •
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Ginger Chews: Hot Coffee
There are a lot of confections I call traveling candies. They're candies that both deliver that sweet boost as well as some other function. I often use hot cinnamon for long car rides to keep me focused and of course coffee items like Nips or Coffee Rio are great for a teensy caffeine boost without fluids.
I also tend to get motion sickness, so ginger candies are a great way to feed my sweet tooth and soothe my tummy.
Here's a candy from The Ginger People that combines both the soothing spice of ginger and the kick of coffee: Hot Coffee Ginger Chews.
The chews are just like the other ubiquitous Ginger Chews that are available unbranded at Asian markets or from The Ginger People or Chimes. (They're all made in Indonesia.)
The soft little translucent chew is coated with a tapioca starch & sugar mixture. They still stick to the wrapper and don't really look like much when pulled out. Sometimes I can find one that's still block shaped, but most are smashed.
The scent is rather bland. Just sweet and maybe a little woodsy. But I popped one my mouth and the immediate sweetness gave way to quite a few flavors. There's a strong root & earth component from the ginger then a very strong spicy warm feeling. The coffee kind of kicks in from the background - it's rather weak coffee note but not tamed by any milk here like so many coffee candies do. It's a brewed black coffee flavor.
It makes me wonder why I don't throw sliced ginger into my coffee. It's a really nice combination - the sugar is sweet but more like barley sugar with a mellow malty or toasted flavor to it.
The cumulative effect of these after a half a dozen is a strong and lingering warm sensation. (And a few little bits stuck in my teeth.)
The drawbacks to these are, first, that they're vexing to get out of their wrappers. The plastic/mylar stuff is hard to tear open, and never quite opens the whole way. Not exactly easy to open yourself when driving. (This is what navigators were invented for ... not directing you where to go, but to unwrap & hand you your candy.)
Each piece has about 20 calories and no fat. If there's caffeine in it, it's not enough for them to note on the package (it's a coffee extract so it's not like some candies where you consume the whole bean). Their website says they're gluten free (but the package doesn't). They're made in a facility that processes peanuts. Should be considered vegan, there's no Kosher or Halal certification.
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Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Ginger Delight
Name: Ginger Delight
When I was a kid I read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis. In it, Edmund is lured into the White Witch's carriage with promises of Turkish delight. I found something called Turkish Paste at Middle Eastern markets and decided that's what was in the book.
Turkish Delight is basically jellied sugar. Usually just a mixture of sugar, a dash of corn starch and a little flavor. Typical flavors for Turkish Delight are aromatic in nature (there's no sour tang, just sweetness, smooth texture and scent). Most common are rose and lemon.
At Whole Foods over the weekend I found that The Ginger People have created a Turkish Delight with the scent of ginger and even smooth little ginger pieces. First thing to know about Turkish Delight is that it's very messy. The little jelly squares are usually cut into cubes and then dusted generously in confectioners sugar and corn starch to keep them from sticking. You can't help but get it everywhere, so I recommend wearing white when consuming Turkish Delight so as not to look like a slob.
The cubes are not heavily fragranced, but upon biting into them they're smooth and delicately flavored with ginger. Occasionally there's a little treat of a smooth pieces of ginger in there. There's no bite to it, which I was a little disappointed with, but that's not really Turkish Delight's style.
Turkish Delight is not an everyday snacking candy, it's a special treat or for specific occasions. I'll probably buy this again, but not anytime soon.
Rating: 7 out of 10.
POSTED BY Cybele AT 10:50 am Candy • Review • The Ginger People • Ginger • Jelly Candy • 7-Worth It • United States •
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Growing up in Logan County
Gross, John. "Growing up in Logan County." Logan County Historical Society Newsletter, March 2003.
Time has come again to write a bit to the newsletter and welcome more of you to so the same.
As a German from Russia boy, growing up in South Western Logan County, born in 1924, the only language spoken in our household was German.
In an all Catholic community, my parents John and Magdalena (Vetter) Grosses farm where I grew up, was located in about the center of four Catholic Churches. The churches were: St. Anthony's, which was four miles east; St. Joseph's was three miles south; St. Michael's was five miles west; and St. Boniface was six miles north of our farm.
My father grew up one mile from St. Anthony's Catholic Church and my mother one-fourth mile west of St. Joseph's Catholic Church.
With being surrounded by four churches, that didn't give us much of an excuse for not attending church services either on Sunday, holidays, feast days, weddings and funerals. We were members of the St. Anthony parish which was in the Fargo Diocese and, of course, all our priests were German then.
The custom in our church was that the men would sit on the right side of the pews and the women would sit on the left side. The younger you were the further forward in the church you sat.
Every now and then, some of us unruly boys got our ears pulled during service from the church elder, in German that person was identified "Da Kircha Vater." The singing was either German or Latin. All prayers were said in German except mass was said in Latin by the priest till about the year of 1938 when church service gradually changed over to English.
Very much did I encounter a language barrier as a youngster not knowing any English when I started country public grade school. We called it "English School" and the German religion summer school "Deutsch Schule." Church services were all in high German "Hock Deutsch" as we called it and that was a contrast to out own dialect very much so.
The church was really the center of attraction. WE all had young people in an organization called Sodality, softball, German religion school and a lot of visiting before and after church service.
For the elders, there was always a lot of visiting at the nearby grocery and variety store near the church.
Our farm was also near the center of distance to the major cities of Linton, Wishek, and Napoleon from 17 to 23 miles.
The land was loaded with many farms and large families. We all spoke the same language and lived the same lifestyle with relatives all around.
Fortunately, I found a nice girl not too closely related three miles away from out farm. Her name was Margaret Schaffer. On February 3, 1947, we tied the knot. As of today, the language in our house is still German. Our five children all understand our dialect and speak some.
We are proud to be American, and we also have a heritage to be proud of.
Margaret and I are life members of the International Germans from Russia Society. The Organization was incorporated in 1971. There are now 26 chapters in the United States and Canada. The central office is located in Bismarck with a large new building. Our chapter is called South Central North Dakota Chapter. We meet in Wishek four times a year. This year's annual international convention will be in Rapid City, South Dakota, on September 4, 5, 6, & 7. As a member of the society, we receive in the mail four Heritage Review Magazines a year. Much information is available through the main office from archives out of Odessa, South Russia. The office is loaded with family history books, old letters, videos, obituaries, a mass of information free to preserve our history for our children and future generations.
Until next year. John
Reprinted with the permission of the Logan County Historical Society.


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Mayor's Office
The City Parks and Recreation Department announced today that the "F" Street and Belmont Recreation Centers will return to regular summer weekend hours Saturday and Sunday. The two recreation centers had previously extended their weekend hours of operation to accommodate citizens seeking shelter from the extreme heat.
The "F" Street Community Center, 1225 "F" Street, will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday. The Belmont Community Center, 1234 Judson, will be closed Saturday and Sunday, returning to regular weekday hours on Monday.
Those without air conditioning also can cool off during regular hours at libraries, senior centers and other recreation centers. Hours for City facilities can be found at lincoln.ne.gov.
Information on local weather, the heat index and safety precautions is available at the NWS Web site weather.gov. More health information can be found at the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cdc.gov.