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Carl's Jr. Honors Founders by Awarding $60,000 in Scholarships
Jan 1, 2007
Applications Now Available for 2007 Carl N. and Margaret Karcher Founders' Scholarship Program
CARPINTERIA, Calif., Jan 02, 2007 -- Carl's Jr. (NYSE: CKR) is pleased to announce that applications for the 2007 Carl N. and Margaret Karcher Founders' Scholarship are now available online at www.carlsjr.com/promotions/. The application deadline is Feb. 1, 2007.
As a young married couple in 1941, Carl N. and Margaret Karcher started their company believing that they could earn success through their commitment to faith, service and hard work. More than 65 years later, Carl's Jr. is proud to continue their commitment to the community by offering 60 hard-working high school students a $1,000 scholarship to the two- or four-year college or vocational school of their choice.
Sixty scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each will be awarded to deserving students to help support continuing education. Winners will be selected based on their academic record, school and community leadership and participation, work experience and future goals. Financial need and other family circumstances will also be considered.
Applicants for the Carl N. and Margaret Karcher Founders' Scholarship must be students who are high school seniors or graduates, up to 21 years of age. Eligible applicants must be planning to enroll for the first time in a full-time undergraduate course of study at an accredited two- or four-year college, university or vocational school. Applicants must be a resident of the states in which Carl's Jr. operates restaurants: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, or Washington state.
For the past eight years, Carl's Jr. has rewarded academic excellence in its local communities through ongoing scholarship award commitments. Carl's Jr. has granted $264,000 in scholarships since the inception of its program in 1999. Last year, more than 5,000 applications were received from candidates nationwide. More information about the Carl N. and Margaret Karcher Founders' Scholarship application process and a downloadable application are available only at the Carl's Jr. Web site: www.carlsjr.com/promotions/.
The Carl N. and Margaret Karcher Founders' Scholarship is administered by Scholarship America, a national nonprofit educational support and student aid service organization. Employees, affiliates and franchisees of Carl Karcher Enterprises, Inc., Scholarship America, affiliated agencies, and their immediate families are not eligible to receive a scholarship pursuant to this program.
This year, Carl's Jr. celebrates 65 years in the quick-service industry. What began as a lone hot dog cart in Los Angeles, Calif. in 1941 is today an international organization that employs nearly 30,000 people worldwide. Carl's Jr. is a wholly owned subsidiary of CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) of Carpinteria, Calif. As of the third fiscal quarter ended Nov. 6, 2006, CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,113 franchised or company-owned restaurants in 43 states and in 14 countries, including 1,079 Carl's Jr. restaurants, 1,923 Hardee's® restaurants and 95 La Salsa Fresh Mexican Grill® restaurants. For more information, or to find a Carl's Jr. near you, go to www.ckr.com or www.carlsjr.com.


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Search massive for missing Malaysia jet
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The search for a missing Malaysia jetliner expanded to two hemispheres Monday as investigators said they are now certain that the plane was deliberately diverted during its overnight flight and flew off-course for hours.
Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said finding the plane was still the main focus of Malaysia's efforts and he did not rule out that it might be discovered intact and the passengers alive.
"The fact that there was no distress signal, no ransom notes, no parties claiming responsibility, there is always hope," Hishammuddin said.
Malaysia has not ruled out hijacking, sabotage or pilot suicide, and they are checking the backgrounds of the 227 passengers and 12 crewmembers, as well as the ground crew, to see if links to terrorists, personal problems or psychological issues could be factors.
The number of countries aiding the massive international search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 swelled to 26 on Monday. The U.S. Navy said that it was withdrawing a warship from the search but that surveillance aircraft would continue to scour the seas for any sign of the Boeing 777.
The unprecedented hunt is taking place as preliminary investigations revealed that the plane's co-pilot apparently spoke the last words to air-traffic controllers. Malaysia Airlines CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said the co-pilot of the plane was probably the person who calmly said, "All right, good night."
Officials previously have said that those words came at a point in the March 8 flight when one of the jet's data communications systems already had been switched off. Ahmad, however, said Monday that the last communication from the system came minutes before the words were spoken, but that it was not clear whether the system was turned off before or after the words were spoken.
The timing of the last words sharpened suspicions that one or both of the pilots may have been involved in the plane's disappearance.
The search has been extended to what officials are calling two "corridors" that the plane may have flown from its last known position. One is an arc north toward central Asia, the other is an arc south toward the southern Indian Ocean and Australia.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott told parliament that he agreed to take the lead scouring the southern Indian Ocean.
The pilot of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight was one of many Malaysians who have been battling a ruling party that has maintained dominance for 40 years, leading to speculation that he hijacked the plane for political reasons.
Pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah was an opponent of the National Front coalition, which has held power in Malaysia since 1973. Opponents accuse the government, which largely controls the political coverage in the country's media, of rigging elections.
On the day Flight 370 took off, the opposition party received a devastating blow when its leader was sentenced to five years in prison.
"The opposition would have won if the elections were free and fair, but there are many irregularities, and the government has not been forthcoming in implementing our recommendations," says Ambiga Sreenevasan of Bersih, an election watchdog group.
The opposition lost a general election in 2008 and 2013, though last year, the party denied the ruling coalition a two-thirds majority in parliament and won the popular vote.
Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's conviction on sodomy charges — which he and his supporters say is a fraud to keep him from power — may end the reform movement.
"Anwar was the glue that held the opposition together," said James Chin, a political scientist with Monash University in Kuala Lumpur. "He was the iconic figure who managed to draw the support of the people. Without him, the opposition may fall apart."
Zaharie backed Ibrahim and was at the court when Ibrahim received the news that he will face a five-year jail term for having sex with a man, a crime in Malaysia. Ibrahim has appealed his conviction to the country's federal court.
Ibrahim said he had seen Zaharie at meetings of his political party, according to the South China Morning Post. He said he did not know him personally and criticized any attempt to tie Zaharie's political affiliations to the jet's disappearance 10 days ago.
"I don't recollect the name, but when the photographs were shown, I remembered I had seen him at party meetings," Anwar said of Zaharie at the headquarters of his People's Justice Party outside Kuala Lumpur. "He doesn't hold positions in the party but is an active member in the sense that he has been seen with the party's parliamentary leaders, taking photographs with them."
The Malaysian government denied that claims of unfairness by the opposition party would have driven Zaharie to do something terrible. Syed Ali Al-Habshee, a leader of the ruling party, called the idea "nonsensical."
Zaharie, 53, a father of three, joined Malaysia Airlines in 1981, according to the New Strait Times, and had 18,365 flying hours, according to Malaysia Airlines.
He built his own flight simulator at home and liked to fix things around his home. In videos on YouTube, he shared tips on topics such as "How to service your own air-conditioner units without hassle" and "How to repair a Whirlpool icemaker."
Pictures of Zaharie on various social media sites and blogs show him with remote-controlled planes and helicopters, according to the Times. Pictures have been posted of him cooking dishes from his native Penang.

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Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) Shipyard in Larose, Louisiana on March 24th 2012 held christening ceremony for Shell's new 360 foot long icebreaker "Aiviq". This new Arctic ice class anchor handler under construction for Shell is the largest and most advanced ship ever designed and constructed by ECO.
M/V Aiviq, the newest vessel being built by Edison Chouest Offshore, will be one of the most advanced and powerful U.S. non-military, ice breakers on the water. The vessel is being built to Polar Code 3 and measures 360′ long, 80′ wide, with a 29′ draft. Its primary mission will be to support offshore development in the Arctic. This vessel is the very first of its class to be built in the United States.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has indicated it will make a "substantial cash offer" for media conglomerate Pearson's Penguin Group, joining the race for the book publisher, the Sunday Times reported.
In an unsourced report, the paper said the bid could total around 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) and could scupper plans to tie Penguin with Random House, owned by Germany's Bertelsmann. News Corp owns book publisher HarperCollins.
The paper said HarperCollins and Penguin together would have a market share of 20 percent, while a tie-up of Penguin with Random House would control nearly 30 percent of English-language book sales.
Pearson confirmed on Thursday that it was in talks with Bertelsmann, Europe's biggest media group, but said the two had yet to agree a deal.
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How are the mighty fallen
Posted by TheFallen on January 31, 2003
In Reply to: How are the mighty fallen posted by Bruce Kahl on January 31, 2003
: : : I've got a feeing that "How are the mighty fallen" is part of a longer line or quotation. Anybody recall the origin?
: : 'How the mighty have fallen' is uttered three times by the Biblical King David (1 Samuel)
: Samuel 1:19. The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
: Samuel 1:25. How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.
: Samuel 1:27. How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
Dang! And there's me thinking it was "how are the fallen mighty."
- No, really. How *are* you? Word Camel
- No, really. How *are* you? John 02/04/03
- Mighty answers Lewis 02/03/03


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For Teacher Appreciation week I saw some cute door make-overs over at Skip to My Lou. I thought that it would be fun to do for my kids' teachers. I decided to use their bulletin boards and make them over.
I loved the Recipe for Success idea and I had to use that one.
If I had to do it again I would have put plain paper behind it so that it would be easier to read. I then put on the recipe.
The top says Mrs. Yawberg has the recipe for success! The recipe says: Take 11 boys and 16 girls. Sprinkle liberally with laughter and enthusiasm. Marinate with creativity, knowledge and love. Mix gently in a classroom. Let simmer for 9 1/2 months. This recipe make 27 students well prepared for Middle School.
I asked the students to write their own recipes of what make Mrs. Yawberg a successful teacher. I photo copied their recipes and put them on the board:
I stapled paper plates, plastic cups, and utensils wrapped in napkins around the board.
The original recipes I put in here:
To make the holder I purchased a 4x6 photo holder from Micheals. I mod podged paper onto the front. I attached a coordinating ribbon with a tape runner. I left a little gap to attach the bow. The bow on there is actually a barrette that I made. I liked how it looked on it plus if she wanted to stack it she could remove the bow and have more room (or she could even use it in her daughter's hair). I also put the year down in the corner.
To go along with the board I had the kids sign an apron.
I wrapped it all together with another teacher gift for the week:
The tag says 'We have to Ad-MITT, you are a great teacher! Thanks for all you do!' It was tied onto an oven mitt filled with cooking utensils and the apron wrapped around it.
We were going to get all the kids' pictures taken in an apron and chef's hat, but I didn't have the opportunity to go in there to do that. I wanted to put their pictures on the board next to their recipes. It would have been so cute and added so much more to it.
The other board we decorated (for our second grade teacher) we used the M&M theme. I have used this years ago, but it is pretty popular now. I found a cute poem to go with it.
Here is the board:
The center of the boards says:
To make the boarder I cut out large circles (as large as I could get on 12x12 paper) in the color of m&m's. I put part of the poem in each circle:
In between the large poem m&m's I put small ones. In the center are m&m's that say 'Ms. Millson is magnificent because' and 'Ms. Millson is Marvelous because'. The kids in her class each filled two of these out and then we hung them up:
For her treat we made her a bucket of M&M's complete with the poem. I found a clear paint can bucket and filled it with m&m's. I tied ribbon along the side in the colors of the m&m's.
I also slid in a copy of the poem.
Both teachers loved their boards! It was a great end of school year board too. I think there may have even been a few tears.
Download the M&M poem here (as seen in the can)
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I spent years achieving the achievement and all I got was this lousy title…
Finally, finally, with a lot of help from my friends and awesome support from the PuGs, I got Resilient Victory,
the last achievement I needed for Master of Arathi Basin,
and more importantly the last achievement I needed for Battlemaster.
So yes, I am now officially Battlemaster Gnomeaggedon, Justicar of Gnomeregan. Well I would be if you could chain titles… Guess I will stick with Gnomeaggedon of Gnomeregan.
Of course, with what comes next, you will probably re-title me Gnomeaggedon, Master Whinger of Gnomeregan.
Meh whatever…
The Hard Slog
Not all the achievements for any of the Master achievements are easy. For some people winning 100 of any BG is hard enough. Some of the achievements are even contrary to the goals of the BG, or the winning of the BG at least.
Still "the achievement" exists, the combination of 5 Master achievements, comprising 54 achievements in total (AV: 10, WSG: 11, SotA: 13, AB: 12, EotS: 8).
For that you get a title… A title… nothing more (and thankfully nothing less), unless you want to include 50, yes a whole 50 extra achievement points.
So what's my gripe?
Well for one, What a long strange trip it's been…
Remember the bitching about this achievement, it takes 12 months (brew of the month), included achievements that required some dedication, or at least being online at the right time.
- What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been: 8 master achievements
- To Honor One's Elders: 12
- Noble Gardener: 8
- The Flame Warden: 6
- Hallowed Be Thy Name: 11
- Fool For Love: 12
- For The Children: 6
- Brewmaster: 6
- Merrymaker: 11
- Total: 72
Sure quantitatively there are a more achievements to earn, but many of them are givens. Ultimately this isn't a hard meta achievement, although its reliance on RNG at times is frustrating, at the end of the day it's a join the dots achievement and a full 12 month cycle of playing.
People wanted the big purple drake and were prepared to bitch about it, because it was too hard… god forbid you have to spend years waiting on the Spirit Healer, or accepting that to get the wins you will have to go through the loses… lots of loses… for a title… a title… No bonus gear, pets or mounts along the way… just a title.
Elite skills and a bit of gear
What about the Instance and Raiding achievements. I'm not going to say they are easy, I know people dedicate themselves to the perfect moves for some of them. Still, at the end of the day, 5, 10, 25 people can walk away with titles and mounts, all within a single patch period.
Know the right people and you can piss fart around an entire expansion then get your high reward achievement once your over-gear the situation… in fact, why do that, why not just wait until your are and expansion or two down the track and solo the instances and raids for the achievements.
Try soloing a few BGs a couple of expansions down the track and see how far it get you.
Looking for the Justice in Justicar
Don't get me wrong, I don't resent the other meta achievements coming with more tangible rewards, bloody hell, would you even bother with What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been if not for the Purple Drake waiting at the end? The little bonuses along the way encourage your to chase the ultimate goal, but in the end, it's the drake that you ignore your real life lover for during Love is in the Air.
I do think that at some point someone at Blizzard needs to have a look at something that while not broken per se, just doesn't seem to add up. Hell, Blizzard have proven in the past they are more than happy to fix things that aren't broken, so why not fix Battlemaster, and while they are at it, why not spice up Justicar?
If For the Alliance can reward you with a mount…
If you can get the Stormpike Battle Charger for a handful of honor – without even needing to be exalted any longer…
Not to mention the other honor mounts, like the Black Battlestrider, for more handfuls of honor…
Why don't you get a battle mount for achieving Battlemaster, in fact why not get a mount for each of the factions represented by the sub-achievements as you progress?
Hardest of hardcore PvP
Of course if you are in the top 0.5% of players in the arena each seaon you will receive one of the Gladiator's Twilight Drakes…
… and if you win 75, 150 and 300 Rated Battlegrounds, then you can get your hands on a Vicious War Steed, but don't expect a different model for knocking yourself out… no you just get a better title!
Once again, not trying to detract from the achievements in Arena or Rated Battlegrounds (something I am extremely unlikely to ever achieve at this point in time), but I have to ask, what, beyond a title which I will most likely never display (I am Gnomeaggedon of Gnomeregan!) was the point of chasing Justicar and Battlemaster.
Yeah, yeah… I know personal satisfaction… pffft!
I'm just left wondering whether Blizzard understand the term Achievement and the concept of being rewarded appropriately.
Anyway, on a final note, I'd like to thank all the people, guildies and PuGs alike that assisted me in achieving Battlemaster. Apologies for not getting a screenshot of all the Alliance that stuck through against the odds to pull off the Resilient Victory. I know you doubted the strategy, like so many before you, but you unlike the others kept the faith till the end and for that I am very grateful.
In particular that thanks goes to the PuG Sylthren from Muradin. It was your confirmation of the strategy that steadied the other PuGs.
As for my guildies (Arivina, Daraiste, Daror, Deady, Dingo, Doamy, Fando, Giggitty, Informer, Magok, Maiyen, Meli, Oromic, Plaguezilla, Salex, Tickk, Xero), who so mercilessly taunted me after gaining Resilient Victory in a Rated Battleground while I was on Squidly. Who for another 2 months laughed at the suggestion that we attempt Resilient Victory (OK, you were scared that once I had it I would delete Gnomeaggedon, then delete WoW)…
I thank you for being at my side, even though for many of your Battlegrounds and PvP in general was the last thing you wanted to do.
Although, I'm sure you will admit… we had fun taunting and crushing the Horde!
Gnomer and Out!
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Crocodile Infestation Gives Kids A Day Off From School
Everyone loves a good snow day, but that's nothing compared to a vicious onslaught of man-eating crocodiles.
Earlier this week in southern Vietnam, kids were given a "crocodile day" by the Kim Dong school after dozens of these furious reptiles escaped a local farm and began crawling around the highly populated province of Ca Mau searching for their next meal.
"The wall of the crocodile farm collapsed because of rain erosion, letting them escape," said Le Van Hai, head of the Forest Ranger Department.
According to Hai, nearly 60 crocodiles were wrangled up on Monday and put back on the farm. However, he admits that no one is certain just how many animals are still on the loose because it is unclear just how many actually escaped from the farm.
The last count on the farm before the escape was somewhere around 600 crocodiles.


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Have to go with Rokkon here.
Have to go with Rokkon here.
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No brainer there, Granita!
"Don't crowd me boys!"
easy question - Rokkon!
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I am going with Stonedar. My sister was always Rokkon, so Stonedar was my guy. Plus I remeber he had craters on him, kinda cool.
Rokkon gets my vote.
"Oh Lord, Bless this M&M... and the mighty cockroach I slain in battle to get it." - Al Bundy
Looks like I just broke the 6-6 tie by going with Rokkon. It was a tough decision though.
1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2005, 2008
Rokkon was always my favorite between the two. Stonedar always seemed to me to be too serious. Ha I have no idea why, I guess that's just how I played things out.
Granita!(Pity they never made a toy of her that would be a cool custom ar at least a classic)
Starchild's #1 fan!!
rokkon is the cooler name but for stonedar was the better of the two! But I so much would love it if Granita was made for the Filmation sub.
I voted Rokkon as well. I just like his colors better....brighter. Plus he's the only rock warrior I had as a kid. So a little biased too.
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It's nice to see Rokkon pulling away. I liked the sharper details of his sculpt.The rock warriors still don't seem to get the love they deserve in the motu community.
I selected Rokkon but liked them both!!!
I always felt Stonedar was a father-figure to the younger Rokkon. A perfect example of this would be (bear with me) like the Kup and Hot Rod realtionship from The Transformers Movie. Stonedar being the more wiser, battle tested and brash Rokkon the younger being mentored as they have traveled together for so long.
'Tis the wind and nothing more.....
I prefer Stonedar due to the cool little craters on him
Rokkon gets my vote and he was the only one of the two I had as a kid.
I'll go for Stonedar.
Try to reach inside of me, try to drain my energy
Let me show you just what I'm made of
Simple curiosity trying to take a bite of me
Let me show you just what I'm made of now...
That's a tough one. I had Stonedar growing up. It has a nice colors. Though something about the bright orange of Rokkon makes it look more exciting as a toy. I'll have to think about this.
Sticks 'n' Stones
Just kidding--I still have both from my childhood and Stonedar has always been my favorite due to the crater look.
I'm basically the dad in the old commercials.


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For those of you who can't wait for Galaxy S4, you can already get some Galaxy S4 features like the S Translator app on your rooted Galaxy S3 or Galaxy Note 2.
Galaxy S4 S Translator app indeed works pretty well, allows users to translate languages in real-time while traveling. I can see myself using it if I do travel to countries that the app supports to get around.
S Translator app currently supports 10 languages: Chinese, UK English, US English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish.
So, what's different from Google's own Google Translator app?
The S Translator app is more geared towards using it in real life as it will translate two languages back and forth, with ability to translate spoken language and also ability to speak translated language.
UPDATE: Oops, sorry I feel like an idiot, you can do similar on Google Translator too.
The S Translator interface is certainly a lot better than Google Translator app, allowing you to actually use it in real life, very easy to translate two languages in real-time.
Below is S Translator working in action.
Below is Google Translate app, which works well also but you cannot translate two languages simultaneously, you have to go through the tedious process of switching the language tabs at the top, not really good for real-life situations.
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Before we begin, you will need a rooted Galaxy S3 or Galaxy Note 2 Android smartphone running TouchWiz-based ROMs (no AOSP!). Also I do recommend Android 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.2.1, or higher.
I also assume you have some type of custom recovery as CWM or TWRP.
Step 1. Download Galaxy S4 Translator zip file:
Download GalaxyS4STranslator_v1.0.zip
Step 2. Reboot into recovery and install the zip file.
Step 3. Try opening S Translator app, it will probably ask you to sign into your Samsung account. Go ahead and sign in or sign up for an account if you don't have one already.
Step 4. Enjoy your S Translator app!
– History feature may be broken on the app if you are not on Android 4.2.1 or higher, but translation feature should work 100% fine.
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Will it work on the galaxy s2 thx in advance !! 😀
Doesn't work on Jelly Bam 7.1 , the Samsung apps install but the s translator ok doesn't install..u cant manual install it either. Galaxys3att
Crashes repeatedly on my rooted S3….. js
Mirror isnt working "(
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Will it work on the gt-i9300? dont want to brick my phone…
Force closes for typed and spoken words on Clean ROM ACE 4.5 android 4.1.2. Sucks, would really like to get this working.
Firstly let me say that I'm a complete noob when it comes to any of this.. But I need help. So I rooted my phone and installed CWM. Then I followed the directions on the video to the T. But when I reboot into recovery and try to find the file in my download folder, it does not allow me to click the download folder. Maybe because I have GO launcher installed? How can I solve this problem?
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voice won't work on my galaxy s3 , don't know why …
Installed the S-Translator and it didn't work on local wireless. I went over to Wi-Fi and it worked flawlessly. I am in an area with poor cell coverage. I will try later when I get to a better coverage area.
Still only works on wifi not on cell service. I am at home and have 4G lte and 4 bars. Any ideas?
Im running the Alliance Rom for the N7100 Note 2; and every time I go into recovery i get to a menu called Team Win Rcovery Project v22.214.171.124
How do I navigate to my sd and install the zip?
I figured it out, I just took a chance and hit the big install button and it took me where i needed to go.
I tried to install the galaxy s4 translator to galaxy s3 but I have a message E: verification failed. Can you help me please? Thank you in advance.
It works but now my S Voice doesn't.
It starts then goes black and a message "Unfortunately, S Voice has stopped." appears.
Galaxy Note II JediMaster 12 ROM, Apex Launcher.
Has nobody tried google translate conversation mode? It works pretty much like this. Just go to menu, conversation mode
My bad. You select it from the top of the app. The little arrow beside where it says translate.
On my gt-i9300 with Omega Rom 42.1 I had Samsung Apps installed, downloaded the zip file, flashed it and it didn´t work..So, I deleted Samsung Apps with Titanium Backup, flashed the file again, fixed permissions, rebooted, opened translator, signed in Samsung Apps and NOW IT WORKS…
will it work on rooted galaxy s2 4.1.2 jelly bean????
if so, should i follow the same procedure above
reply asap!!!!!
Just installed on my rooted AT&T Galaxy Note 2, running Jedi X 14. Works PERFECTLY. Followed the video and it works like a charm, as always Max. Thanks again. I was always scared to root my phone and play around with it, but after stumbling upon your website and videos (thank the Android gods) I'm having so much more fun with my phone. I am DEFINITELY high on Android.
I have installed s translator on my galaxy s3 I747m and it only works on wifi. It will not connect on data. It just stops working everytime. Is there a way to fix this?
Does this ROM work in galaxy note 10.1? please let me know! thanks
This working on galaxy s 2 with Android 4.1.2
I tested it
it say verification fail, please help.What do I do now?
I use samsung galaxy s3
On my gt-i9300 with Omega Rom 42.1 I had Samsung Apps installed, downloaded the zip file, flashed it and it didn´t work..So, I deleted Samsung Apps with Titanium Backup, flashed the file again, fixed permissions, rebooted, opened translator, signed in Samsung Apps and NOW IT WORKS…try that, hope I could help
Can I flash this file onto an Sprint S4? It was removed from TriForce ROM and I want reinstall it.
Can't open file on my GN2?
It can work on Samsung Galaxy Grand gt-i9082..???
pls let me know as soon as possible.
I m having official 4.2.2 and cwm installed and my phone is rooted..
I tried it b4 4m other websites and iy got installed successfully but after dat wen I try to login to samsung account.. the Samsung apps force closes. pls help me I wanna run this app on my phone.
Can it work on Galaxy Note 8? Btw, Galaxy Note 8 has Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
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Twenty-one-year-old Chelsea Hebert has dreamed of singing on stage with Michael Bublé since high school. On Wednesday, the South Windsor native's dream came true.
"I would tell my best friend Olivia all the time that I was going to sing on stage with (Michael Bublé)," Hebert said. "It's always been such a dream of mine."
Wednesday night marked Hebert's fourth Michael Bublé concert, and her seats at Hartford's XL Center were closer to the stage than she had ever been before.
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Herbert figured, "being so close... now's my chance."
So she made a sign that read, "Let Me Sing With You Mr. Bublé!" and brought it along with her to the concert.
Bublé obliged and invited Hebert on stage to sing with him. He even let her pick the song.
"I don't even remember going up there," Hebert said. She said that she and her godmother, who attended the concert with her, were in complete shock for the rest of the night.
Hebert chose to sing "Feeling Good," a song she had been practicing during the days leading up to the concert, just in case she was asked to sing on stage.
The song choice was appropriate, considering Hebert's "good feeling" about her chances that night
"I was just thinking really positive," she said.
A video of Hebert's performance appeared on YouTube later that night, and has received thousands of views since.
Hebert was so good, some commenters on the YouTube video believe she was planted in the audience by Bublé. Hebert says it was 100-percent spontaneous. she takes those comments as a compliment.
"People are going to think what they want to think," Hebert said. "I know it's real, my friends and family know it's real, and that's all that matters."
Hebert has never had any professional training. She did not discover her love for singing until high school when she joined South Windsor High School's Show Choir.
"I was like 'Hey, I'm kind of good at this,'" Hebert said.
Hebert is now a senior at Southern Connecticut State University, where she fosters her love for singing as a member of the university's Jubilee Gospel Choir.
While she has plans to graduate with a degree in psychology and begin working toward a graduate degree in the near future, she said she would love to make a career out of her musical talents.
"I pray that this can turn into something," Hebert said of her impromptu performance.


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Birthdays are a time to celebrate the joy of life. Surprise someone with birthday flowers and make their birthday a wonderful day to remember. Choose from colorful birthday arrangements that will brighten anyone's day.
Show your condolences with beautiful funeral and sympathy flowers, thoughtful and heart-felt way to express your sympathy and support to a grieving friend or relative.
What Every Teen Should Know." Send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $8 (U.S. funds), to: Dear Abby, Teen Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.)... https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/18/21071522/dear-abby-boyfriend-kindly-ordered-flowers-but-they-arrived-looking-tattered
Printed in the Brooklyn Times Union newspaper 150 years ago, a classified from 1870 advertises property for sale in Tenafly. In those days, estates in the rural Northern Valley were marketed to New Yorkers, who could live in the country and commute to the city. For this reason, the ads typically mentioned the proximity of the railroad station. This house had nine rooms, stable, outbuildings and fruit trees on 5 acres. The cost to buy: $9,000. ... https://thepressgroup.net/back-in-time-flowers-by-telegraph-in-englewood-1933/
Sunnyside Florist," said owner Greg Psitos in a Facebook post yesterday."This is a sign of the times and a crushing blow for small business owners across New York City," he wrote.Worried friends and customers reached out to Psitos on Facebook and he replied saying that "it may be a while," before he re-opens but that he hoped to be open for Mother's Day, which is Sunday, May 10.The front window is now plastered with various signs, old photos and memories accumulated over the years including the shop's "welcome wall," which contains autographs from customers and friends. 29 CommentsClick for Comments ... https://sunnysidepost.com/sunnyside-florest-which-has-served-neighborhood-for-80-years-shuts-its-doors-future-is-uncertain
Allure Events The East Brunswick-based boutique wedding planning and design firm focuses on creating a stress-free experience for couples throughout the Philly region and New Jersey (as well as New York). Founder and principal planner Melissa Brooks and her team are driven by creative and modern designs, but ultimately dream up a day (and related celebrations) that is unique to you and your love. Custom packages range from à la carte options to full-service planning and design; engagements, day-after brunches and unions of all sizes (elopements, micro-weddings or large bashes) are among the events they skillfully guide. Even virtual consultations via Zoom or teleconference are on offer. Event Loft/... https://www.phillymag.com/philadelphia-wedding/2020/06/09/black-owned-philly-area-wedding-vendors/
Karen "Mimo" Davis was a 31-year-old social worker, living in New York City, when her mother and stepfather asked her to look after their greenhouse in Missouri—and the property's 132 rosebushes—while they honeymooned. "I fell in love with horticulture," says Davis. Within the year, she left New York and bought a farm in Ashland, Missouri, where she began growing and selling flowers. (In 2008, Davis earned a master's degree in horticulture.) In 2012, Davis and her then-partner (now wife), Miranda Duschack, got word of a greenhouse for sale in Dutchtown. Feeling adventurous, they bought the greenhouse—designed by Lord & Burnham in the '50s—with an acre of land, eventually acquiring eight more plots that were once the site of Held's Florist, a flower farm, dating back to the 1800s. Today, the farmstead is known as Urban Buds: City Grown Flowers, where more than 70 varieties of flowers are grown. "We're in the heart of the city," says Davis. "Few people get to connect with farming, and [our shop] gives them the opportunity."
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Energy Policy
LSU's Mason discusses report on economic impacts of drilling moratorium
As the Senate weighs its options for offshore drilling reform, how is the current moratorium on offshore drilling affecting oil companies and jobs numbers? During today's OnPoint, Joseph Mason, a professor of banking at Louisiana State University, discusses a new study, commissioned by the American Energy Alliance, on the economic effects of the drilling moratorium. He explains why he believes the government is dragging its feet in investigating the circumstances of the Gulf spill and gives his take on the various policy options being discussed in Congress.


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It's that time of year again. Time for something scary. How does a free Zombie Bedtime Story sound?
That's right! Part 1 of the Zombie Bedtime Stories, Locked In, is free on Kindle October 25, 26, 28, 29 and 30! Tell your friends and family.
Now… for the real giveaway. You've got part 1. Want the rest? I've made this really nifty Rafflecopter giveaway. Sadly, WordPress and scripts don't get along, so here's a handy link.
Once you've had your fill, just head on back to the Coffin Hop. There's tons of authors that are dying to meet you.


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In honor of the sad news of Hostess Brands going out of business, the theme (which was suggested by a lot of people) is to pick a comic book character that you'd like to see our artists do an old school Hostess ad for. You can also name which Hostess product you'd like to see the character sell, but that's optional.
JaronHataway suggested:
Swamp Thing
This week's entry is clearly influenced by Alan Moore's seminal run on Saga of the Swamp Thing, especially issue #34, in which Abby and Swamp Thing commune and consummate their love on a higher plane with the aid of a hallucinogenic tuber grown off of Swamp Thing's back. Personally, I feel it's the best issue of the run, and it was a heck of a lot more fun to draw than, say, a mushy green man fighting Etrigan the Demon for a stash of Twinkies. I did my best to give the pages that iconic Steve Bisette/John Totleben feel, even if all I had were some Microns and a brush pen.
And because I steadfastly refuse to take any of this very seriously, we end on Moore himself, apparently incredibly high, hocking Hostess fruit pies with lewd jokes, as he would in real life.


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I have noticed that the listing for next year's GeoWoodStock VII has been published on GC.com.
Here is the link:
GeoWoodStock VII (GC1CG5G)
My birthday is in May and I have already asked to make a trip to this event for my birthday next year.
It is at a neighboring state and I think a great chance for those in Arkansas to attend. I'm going to start making plans to attend now.


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File 469/1917 Pt 1 'Persia: Bakhtiari affairs' [189v] (388/535)
The record is made up of 1 volume (260 folios). It was created in 10 May 1915-9 Jul 1920. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers.
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The file contains papers, mainly correspondence and India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. minute papers, mostly relating to the situation in the Bakhtiari [Baḵtīārī] territory in Persia [Iran], during the First World War. It includes papers concerning British negotiations with the Bakhtiari khans, and the agreement of February 1917 signed by Charles Murray Marling, HM Minister to Iran, and the principal Bakhtiari khans.
The file also includes papers which relate to relations between the Bakhtiaris and the Russians in Persia, and the payment of £2,500 made to the Bakhtiari khans in December 1915 by Dr Young of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, in connection with the agreement concluded by Young with the Bakhtiari Sardars.
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Hey all,
In past years we've had some side events to complement the CCC, like the admins contest and team challenges. This year we'll have cross-category awards. Custom titles will be awarded for the following MOC descriptions:
Most humorous
Best use of the color purple
Innovative building technique
Best use of a classic faction across multiple entries
Best use of a "useless" part
Most educational
These could be chosen from any category. Someone could win a custom title and also win a category prize. Titles will be held until the next CCC (or until Tony gets bored and starts playing around with peoples' titles again ).


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HIV/AIDS News
New Finding May Help Doctors Prevent HIV Drug Resistance
When an individual starts taking antiretroviral drugs for HIV infection, it is important to know as soon as possible if the drugs are adequately suppressing the virus. If they are not, some patients can develop drug-resistant strains of HIV in a matter of weeks, reducing the chance that a new drug regimen will be successful. Conventional wisdom, however, says doctors must wait four to eight weeks to accurately assess how well the drugs work.
But new findings suggest doctors can get the answer in one week, according to researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Their study shows the rate at which the virus disappears from the blood during the first week of therapy accurately predicts a drug regimen's long-term effectiveness in an individual. A report describing this work appears in the current issue of The Lancet.
"We now have a quick, simple and direct way of telling if the drugs are working," says Michael A. Polis, M.D., M.P.H., an NIAID infectious disease specialist and lead author on the Lancet paper. "In addition to heading off HIV drug resistance, this approach might also avoid exposing patients to the toxicities of antiretroviral drugs that aren't effective for them."
Currently, about 17 different antiretroviral drugs are available to fight HIV. They are prescribed in a variety of combinations because the fast-mutating virus quickly develops resistance to one drug alone. Many of the drugs work in a similar manner, however, so resistance to one drug can make the virus at least partly resistant to others. How well any drug will work in an individual is difficult to predict.
The standard approach to gauge a drug regimen's effectiveness in an individual is to measure the amount of virus in the blood after four to eight weeks of therapy. "Before our work, no one supposed an accurate prediction of drug efficacy could be made any earlier," says Dimiter S. Dimitrov, Ph.D., Sci.D, a computational biologist at NCI and senior author of the Lancet paper.
To monitor patients for drug resistance, doctors also analyze the virus's genetic material, RNA, to see if individuals harbor resistant viral strains. Trying to grow virus samples from patients in the presence of drugs is another way to check for resistance. "These tests, while useful, don't provide information as quickly or definitively as our measurement," says Dr. Polis.
Dr. Dimitrov and Polis's team mined the data of three previous clinical trials that tested a variety of antiretrovirals in HIV-infected adults and children. Once therapy began, the viral loads of those patients were measured daily. The researchers found that patients whose viral loads had dropped 50-fold or more at day six almost always responded well to the drug regimen long term. In contrast, patients whose viral loads dropped only five-fold or less at day six almost always responded poorly, that is, the virus concentration rebounded three months later. This single measurement accurately predicted therapy outcome more than 95 percent of the time.
"We are also trying to identify additional parameters that may help more accurately evaluate an individual's response to therapy," says Dr. Dimitrov.
These findings may be particularly important in light of recent reports that the years-long sharp decline in the number of Americans developing AIDS and dying from the disease appears to be leveling off, says Robert Yarchoan, M.D., study author and NCI researcher. "This news is evidence that the current crop of drugs are reaching the limits of their effectiveness," Dr. Yarchoan says. "One way to overcome that problem would be to develop new drugs, but another way would be to use the drugs we have more effectively. Our findings can help doctors to do that."
The scientists caution that a good result at day six is no guarantee a person will get better. "It is much easier to say when a therapy isn't working than to guarantee it will be ultimately successful," Dr. Dimitrov says. Dr. Polis adds, "Larger studies in more diverse groups of people need to be done to see if this approach will be useful in a real-life, clinical setting."
NIAID is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIAID supports basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose, and treat infectious and immune-mediated illnesses, including HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, malaria, autoimmune disorders, asthma and allergies. Press releases, fact sheets and other NIAID-related materials are available on the NIAID Web site at http://www.niaid.nih.gov.
MA Polis et al. Reduction in plasma HIV-1 RNA by one week following initiation of antiretroviral treatment correlates with longer-term efficacy. The Lancet 358(9295):1760-65 (2001).


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From NBC's Abby Livingston
Michael Dukakis, Obama is not.
On the death penalty today, Obama sidestepped a potential political land mine. Opponents could have had something recent and tangible to tag him anew as a hard-left liberal had he answered any differently than he did on the issue.
VIDEO: NBC's Pete Williams explains U.S. Supreme Court rulings striking down the death penalty in child rape cases and curring the payment to Exxon Valdez victims.
When asked about the Supreme Court ruling against the use of the death penalty in instances of child rape today at a news conference in Chicago, Obama answered, "I disagree with the decision. I have said repeatedly that I think that the death penalty should be applied in very narrow circumstances for most egregious of crimes. I think that the rape of a small child, six or eight years old is a heinous crime, and if a state makes a decision that under narrow, limited, well-defined circumstances, the death penalty is at least potentially applicable. That does not violate our constitution."
He continued, "Had the Supreme Court said, 'We want to constrain ability of states to do this to make sure that it's done in a careful and appropriate way,' that would've been one thing, but it basically had a blanket prohibition and I disagree with that decision."
Previously, The Washington Post reported that Obama is a reluctant death penalty supporter.
His answer was a sharp contrast from 1988 Democratic nominee Dukakis' answer to a debate question about his stance on the death penalty if the crime perpetrated had been the rape and murder of his own wife.
Dukakis answered, "No, I don't, and I think you know that I've, I've opposed the death penalty during all of my life. I don't see any evidence that it's a deterrent, and I think there are better and more effective ways to deal with violent crime."
Many, including Dukakis, cite the statement as the beginning of the end of his campaign. Since then, the issue has been a minefield for Democratic White House aspirants.
In reality, Obama's answer to the question had more in common with his Republican opponent than his party's 1988 standard-bearer.
McCain's Senate office sent out a similarly worded statement: "As a father, I believe there is no more sacred responsibility in American society than that of protecting the innocence of our children. I have spent over 25 years in Congress fighting for stronger criminal sentences for those who exploit and harm our children. Today's Supreme Court ruling is an assault on law enforcement's efforts to punish these heinous felons for the most despicable crime. That there is a judge anywhere in America who does not believe that the rape of a child represents the most heinous of crimes, which is deserving of the most serious of punishments, is profoundly disturbing."


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hey everybody, i'm new to the site and well, I don't really understand how to navigate on such websites, I don't usually go on forums, I'm here cause of advice from some guy on youtube so i dont know much.
but what i do know, is that i want to improve, i want to improve so bad (though i know these things take time) so please roast me as hard as you can. The more errors you can find
the more it will help
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Obama Makes History: Barack Obama Becomes The 1st African American President Of The United States Of America!
Obama makes history! CNN reports "Sen. Barack Obama will defeat Sen. John McCain to become the next U.S. president, CNN projects. Projected wins in West Coast states helped give the Democrat the magic number of electoral vote" Time for a change. Obama had made history in the books
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Basking sharks are not sharks at all in the 'Jaws' sense, so there is no need for panic when the huge form of this gentle browser of the coastal waters is seen just beneath surface off the Pembrokeshire coast.
The sight of a basking shark is one of the bonuses of a boat trip to the bird sanctuary island of Skomer, and, if one can get close enough to appreciate the bulk of this marine creature, the second largest 'fish' in the sea, it might be possible to discern, just below the surface, the huge gape of its mouth as it filter feeds on the plankton which is its staple diet.
Its Latin name Cetorhinus maximus means 'greatest monsternose' or 'greatest whalenose,' but it is not a whale, which is a mammal, but a species of shark related to the dogfish, tope and other sharks, and the second largest fish after its cousin the whale shark. It is called a basking shark because observers thought its presence just under the surface of the water, with its pointed dorsal fin protruding, indicated that it was basking in the sun. But it is near the surface that the plankton it survives on is concentrated as it rises in upwelling currents from deep depressions on the seabed. Basking sharks swim slowly along filtering up to 2,000 tons of seawater an hour through their huge mouths and gills to extract the zooplankton they exist on.
They are huge fish measuring an average of 20 to 26-feet and weighing around six tons, although a giant caught in a herring net in the Bay of Fundy, Canada, in 1851 measured 40-feet and weighed 21 tons. They are typically shark-shaped and have been mistaken for great whites, but unlike the great white's dagger-like teeth the basking shark's are tiny, and another distinction is the huge gape of the metre-wide mouth and the gill slits which almost encircle the head. Despite their normally slow-moving progress at around two knots through the water they can breach clear of the surface, in what may be attempts to shake off parasites or merely displays of size and strength for the benefit of their few predators, which appear to include only killer whales and great white sharks. The basking shark, which has a life-span of about 50 years, is hunted in some parts of the world for the leather from its thick hide, its large, oily liver and, by Chinese and Japanese fishermen, for its fins, used to make the supposedly aphrodisiac delicacy shark-fin soup. Satellite tagging has revealed that basking sharks move thousands of miles during the winter as they follow plankton blooms. Small schools have been observed in the Hebrides swimming nose to tail in circles in what may be a mating ritual. They can submerge as deep as 3,000 feet. They are not curious about boats or divers, and it goes without saying that they are harmless to humans.


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Taylor Swift spends July 4 with Schwarzenegger's son, other Kennedys
Flirt alert! Taylor Swift, 22, spent Independence Day hanging out with Patrick Schwarzenegger, 18, at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, Mass., a source tells Us Weekly. "They are getting to know each other, but she thinks he's cute!" PHOTOS: Famous political families T …
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On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Favorite Gooferment Worker wrote:
"Favorite Gooferment Worker" shared this with you from TODAY Entertainment:
Note: "This can't make you happy."
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Sure it does.
The gal needs to find her one true love.
The big thing is do we call it "Taylor-negger", "Pat-wift", "Patta-Tail", "SwiftaSwarrz", or will we have another great "revenge song" from the Princess of Puberty?
She reminds me of when I was young such a long long time ago. When I was one of the young and beautiful. At least in my own mind.
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One concern I have is marital fidelity doesn't run in the Kennedy genes; nor Schwarzenegger ones. So, as an old "swift", I'd advise her to be extremely suspect of their intentions.
She's not fifteen any more. And, lest she wind up plucked and thrown aside like Abigail, i'd use the aspirin method with these clan of philanderers! Joe Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, Michael Kennedy, Kennedy nephew William Smith, Skakel, … chips off the old block — Bootleg Joe, JFK, RFK, and Teddie.
Either that or bring her Mom and Dad on any date.
Remember Martha Moxley, Mary Jo Kopechne, and countless others. That came out a lot worse than wear and tear.
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Nourish Now fights hunger in Montgomery County | News
ROCKVILLE, Md. (WUSA9) --- Nourish Now doesn't allow healthy food go to waste. Instead, the non-profit organization serves to connect the extra food to people and families in need.
"We're working to achieve our mission of ending food waste and hunger as well," said founder and executive director, Brett Meyers.
Nourish Now collects donations of surplus food from area restaurants, caterers and other food providers. Since its inception in 2011, the organization has been able to donate over 135,000 pounds of food to those in need.
Currently, two area restaurants offer free meals: Not Your Average Joe's (Kentlands) and Quench restaurant (Rockville) host weekly dine-in meals for families in need.
Nourish Now builds relationships with services and organizations who have food to donate. The food is then prepared and packaged for families, at-risk youth, shelters, food banks and other places working to fight hunger. Additionally, volunteers cook healthy meals with the food donations.
Help Nourish Now address the imbalance: Wasted food vs. People facing chronic food insecurity. Join in a future program or event this fall.
Upcoming Projects and Events
Wells Fargo Cooking Project September 14th 2013
10 members of the Wells Fargo team will be cooking with Nourish Now to make dinner for 100 people in need throughout Montgomery County.
Gleaning at Butler's Orchard September 17th 2013
Joined by 20 volunteers Nourish Now will be collaborating with another local nonprofit So What Else Helps to glean fresh fruits and vegetables. All produce collected will be donated by Butler's Orchard and given to people in need throughout the County by Nourish Now.
Wounded Military Appreciation Event September 21st 2013
Nourish Now will be donating dinner for 200 veteran soldiers to Rainbow Family Christian Center's Wounded Warrior Military Appreciation Event at Walter Reed Medical Center. Along with dinner, Rainbow Family Christian Center will be providing an evening of musical entertainment, as well as gifts for the veterans their families.
Ledo's Pizza Family Night October 23rd 2013
Nourish Now will be hosting a fundraiser at Ledo's Pizza in the Travilah Square Shopping Center in North Potomac. 20% of all proceeds will be donated to Nourish Now's efforts of ending food waste and hunger in Montgomery County.
Halloween Tricks & Treats October 31st 2013
Nourish Now will be collaborating with Jade's Vending, a local business that will donate Halloween candy for 250 kids at Montgomery County Public Schools.
Homeless Resource Day November 7th 2013
At Montgomery County's 3rd annual Homeless Resource Day, Nourish Now will be donating healthy snacks for 300 people that are homeless throughout Montgomery County. The event will be held at the Activity Center in Bohrer Park in Gaithersburg.
Holiday Giving Project of Montgomery County November 28th 2013
For Thanksgiving, Nourish Now will be collaborating with over 20 nonprofits throughout the county for the Holiday Giving Project to feed over 10,000 residents in need. Nourish Now has volunteered to provide food for all of the 400 thankful families that signed up in the Silver Spring zip code 20903.


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New Camera
Hi all,
Glad to be a new member of Creative Cow.
I am here because I am about to buy a new camera and finally move away from the DSLR world.
I run a small company with two other colleagues, and we want to do a qualitative leap, in order to catch a new slice of the market.
We understand both the audio and the video components of filmmaking due to our background in both departments and we cover most kinds of productions: documentaries, music videos, promos, short films and live events.
Our budget which has to include a lens as well is 8k tops.
We are seriously considering the Sony FS700 which seems to have the best quality price ratio within our budget.
I've been reading a great deal of articles and reviews for the last few days but I want to have direct opinions about it, because there are some other factors that might change our mind.
An important factor is that we are also wondering if we should brake into the broadcasting realm.
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Will we need a dedicated recorder or is there an alternative on the market? Will it process 12bit RAW sensor data?
Is there an alternative camera to the FS700 that is broadcast ready and is in the same price range?
We are open to any suggestions and opinions about this, especially to any alternative to the FS700 and its ability to shoot 240Fps
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Here is the reason why the Honolulu Airport is named the John Rodgers Airport.
…On August 31, 1925 at 2:55 p.m., Commander John Rodgers and his crew left San Pablo Bay, San Francisco in Navy PN-9 No. 1 to attempt the first flight across the Pacific Ocean from the Mainland U.S. to Hawaii. The plane was forced to land in the ocean at 4:15 p.m. September 1 after running out of fuel about 365 miles from Oahu.
After three days of waiting to be picked up, the heroic crew crafted sails from the wings of the plane and sailed toward Hawaii. Their food supply was exhausted after the third day and their water ran out on the sixth day at sea. On the tenth day, they spotted Kauai. Ten miles off shore they encountered a submarine which towed them safely into Ahukini Harbor and a heroes welcome. The 1,841.12 statute miles flown from August 31 to their forced landing on September 1 was accepted by the F.A. I. as a new world airline distance record for Class C seaplanes that remained unbeaten for almost five years.
John Rodgers Airport was dedicated March 21, 1927. The principal speaker at the dedication was the Honorable E. P. Warner, Assistant Secretary of the Navy. The field was named in honor of the late Commander John Rodgers, who had been Commanding Officer of the Naval Air Station at Pearl Harbor from 1923 to 1925, when he left to command the Navy's historical flight between the West Coast and Hawaii…
Two years before Lindbergh flies non-stop across the Atlantic, man and machine attempt this same daring feat across the Pacific resulting in a dramatically different outcome.
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from the Book of Ugly Ecstasy 1924 - Fulgur 1996
it would be sentimental to say that the figures in Ugly Ectasy and Automatic Drawings
are happy despite theirhideous appearances....in the words of WH Audens poem, 'In Memory of Sigmund Freud' -
Down among the lost people like Dante, down
To the stinking fosse where the injured
Lead the ugly life of the rejected.
Nevertheless, Spare signed off Automatic Drawing on a defiant and innuendo-laden note: "Great is he who pleasures this difficult life," he wrote, and "He has found wisdom who knows how to spend"*
*Victorian euphemism for ejaculation.
excerpt from Austin Osman Spare - The Life and Legend of London's Lost Artist
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In part two, you wrote:
"I am not presently in a position, absent a workable online program, to make any further inroads into my ancestors."
I'm not sure what you mean by that. I'm sure that many many folks (almost all?) rely a lot on secondary sources -- unless they are a professional-quality genealogist.My comment was admittedly obscure. My reference was to the present condition of the FamilySearch.org Family Tree program. The data in the program is chock full of duplicates, especially among my ancestors. Because the program is still using the same database as New.FamilySearch.org, there are limits on the ability of the users to eliminate duplicate entries. So, until that particular issue is resolved, I am prevented from correcting the information in the file and making further progress online.
The work that I do takes place in my local programs on my computer. I am waiting for FamilySearch Family Tree to be "fixed" so that I can enter the information I already have into that program.
Why Family Tree? Simple. I happen to think that it will ultimately work better than any other present option.


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A few electric vehicle enthusiasts are planning a rally from British Colombia to Baja California by electric vehicle. We're planning to depart from the Peace Arch Park on the Canadian border and travel to San Ysidro, California on the border of Mexico. The reverse of this trip was completed last year by Tony Williams in a Nissan LEAF and the idea is to have a rally every year to highlight the state of electric vehicle infrastructure until it becomes highly reliable and interest peters out, I suppose.
This would be an easy route for Tesla Model S drivers with it's SuperCharger stations, but without those yet in place along the entire route this becomes a bit more interesting. Vehicles such as the Nissan LEAF and even the Mitsubishi i-MiEV will have an advantage while travelling on I-5 in Washington and Oregon.
Although there's clearly a competitive aspect to an event such as this, it's not intended to be a race and any vehicle which exceeds the rally speed limit between checkpoints will be disqualified.
This event is still in the planning phases and I look forward to feedback on the proposal.
Original MNL thread
TMC thread
G+ page to keep track of these many threads on the BC2BC by EV rally
To quote Tony's proposed rules:
Rally will start at Blaine, Washinton and end in San Ysidro, California in odd numbered years, and reverse in even numbered years.
Cars would be release in 15 minute to 1 hour intervals (depending on how many registrations)
Any electric powered vehicle of any type is permitted; those that use any fossil fuel augmentation would need those energy sources sealed from use during the event.
There will be a series of marshalls and check points enroute.
Participants are prohibited from prepositioned charging stations / battery swapping stations, however event organizers may choose to do so for the event. Any event prepositioned charging power source or charging station must be available to all participants.
Teams may be two registered driver / navigators per vehicle. No further augmentation or replacements allowed. Should a single driver become incapable of completing the course, then a previously named alternate may substitute the remainder of the course. Vehicles registered with two drivers may operate with one driver, however that one driver must do so for the remainder of the course.
This is not a race !!!!! While bragging rights are always important, operating within the confines of the rules of public highways is moreso. Any car whose average speed exceeds the posted "course peak speed limit" is automatically disqualified.
Vehicles must be legal to operate in the USA states of Washington, Oregon and California. Passing a event technical inspection does not mean the vehicle is legal on public highways. Only the operators can determine that.
Proof of insurance is required for registration.
No "Pre-Runner" or "Chase Trucks" allowed.
Sounds fun


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Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer (Norman Kingsley Mailer), 1923–2007, American writer, b. Long Branch, N.J., grad. Harvard, 1943. He grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., served in the army during World War II, and at the age of 25 published The Naked and the Dead (1948). A partially autobiographical best seller, it was one of the most significant novels to emerge from the war and it catapulted Mailer to literary fame. His next two novels, Barbary Shore (1951) and The Deer Park (1955), were generally considered failures. More successful was An American Dream (1966), an exploration of sex, violence, and death in America—themes that Mailer was to revisit throughout his career—through the experiences of his semiautobiographical protagonist.
Mailer, who tended to view himself and his fictional protagonists in a heroic mode, was very much a public figure—pugnacious, self-promoting, and articulate, with a distinctive candid charm. He made frequent appearances at public events, in forums, and on television talk shows, making a variety of often controversial public pronouncements—aesthetic, philosophical, and political. In 1955 Mailer was one of the founders of The Village Voice newspaper, and in 1961 he ran unsuccessfully for mayor of New York City.
The Armies of the Night (1968; Pulitzer Prize), a dramatic account of the 1967 anti–Vietnam War march on Washington, D.C., is one of the earliest works to make use of the personalized style that came to be called New Journalism and is one of Mailer's most significant books. In it and in later books and essays, he pioneered the usage of novelistic techniques in nonfiction works in which the author is a character who participates in the events he describes. Among his other journalistic works are Miami and the Siege of Chicago (1969), on the 1968 Republican and Democratic conventions; A Fire on the Moon (1971), an account of the Apollo 11 moon flight; and the brilliantly novelistic The Executioner's Song (1979; Pulitzer Prize), the story of the life and execution of killer Gary Gilmore, a book that many consider his masterpiece. The Prisoner of Sex (1971) is Mailer's generally oppositional response to the women's liberation movement. He also wrote "interpretive biographies," Oswald's Tale (1995), a study of the life of President Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Portrait of Picasso as a Young Man (1995), on the youth of Pablo Picasso.
Mailer's later novels tend to be long and intricate, and they met with decidedly mixed reviews: Ancient Evenings (1983), which Mailer considered his best book, is set in pharaonic Egypt; Harlot's Ghost (1991) is a complex cold-war spy novel; and The Castle in the Forest (2007) is a fictional exploration of the boyhood of Adolf Hitler. A shorter detective novel, Tough Guys Don't Dance (1984), was made into a film in 1985. He also wrote, directed, and acted in several movies, e.g., Maidstone (1970). Among his other works are the nonfiction The White Negro (1958), Advertisements for Myself (1959), Marilyn (1973), a study of Marilyn Monroe, and Mind of an Outlaw (2013), an essay collection. During his long and prolific career, Mailer published more than 30 books.
See the large retrospective anthology of his work, The Time of Our Time (1998), and anthology of his writings on writing, The Spooky Art (2003); J. M. Lennon, ed., Pontifications: Interviews (1982), Conversations with Norman Mailer (1988), and Selected Letters of Norman Mailer (2014); memoir, A Ticket to the Circus, by his sixth wife, N. Church Mailer (2010); biographies by H. Mills (1982), P. Manso (1986), C. Rollyson (1991), M. V. Dearborn (1999), and J. M. Lennon (2013); studies by B. H. Leeds (1969, 2002), L. Braudy, ed. (1972), R. Poirier (1972), J. Radford (1975), R. Merrill (1978, 1992), S. Cohen (1979), J. M. Lennon, ed. (1986), H. Bloom, ed. (1986, repr. 2003), J. Wenke (1987), N. Leigh (1990), M. K. Glenday (1995), and B. H. Leeds (2002).


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By Zena Wozniak
Bill Cunningham New York – a title that is aptly bestowed upon the documentary as the viewer comes to recognize the man to be every bit as iconic as the city he captures. For those unfamiliar with the 82-year-old photographer and his work, he has photographed street fashion in Manhattan for nearly half a decade – the original Sartorialist, if you will. Most famously, his work appears in the Sunday Style section of The New York Times.
Even more impressive than his prolific photographic career, however, is the character behind the lens. Though a lover of the people who dare to take risks with their clothing choices, Cunningham himself is revealed to make incredibly simple lifestyle choices – ascetic even. In one scene he is shown duct-taping the holes in his plastic rain poncho, in another he happily chows down on a three dollar egg and cheese sandwich at a deli. Even his apartment is so small that it lacks a private bathroom – this from a man who sits front row during Fashion Week and is well-regarded by the industry's most powerful figures; Anna Wintour, to name one example.
Watch this movie and try not to fall in love with Cunningham; I dare you. It marvelously portrays the precariousness of Cunningham and the world he inhabits. Essentailly, he is the plain, enduring fossil among a museum of masterpieces, and his senility and persistence are shown simultaneously, rendering him as deliciously impractical and earnest. I only wish I had heard of him sooner.
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Yesterday, I removed a subscription from my open reader account. In Vienna, the feed seems to be gone, however, the last 4 items from the feed won't go away. Since the feed doesn't appear in my sidebar anymore, the items only show up in the "Unread Articles" smart folder. Their folder column is just listed as (null). Marking the articles as read doesn't work--they just appear as unread again. Overall, I don't seem to have any way of making these phantom articles disappear from Vienna.
I tried reindexing the database and restarting Vienna, but nothing changed. Is there anything else I should try?
Vienna Version: 3.3.0 :7f06bb62: (6805)
Feed URL: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/feed/
Open reader service: Inoreader, although I haven't noticed any similar bug within Inoreader's web interface.
Unsubscribed from a feed, but articles won't go away
An RSS/Atom newsreader with features comparable to commercial newsreaders.
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In case it's helpful, this same bug seems to have happened again, this time with the wired.com RSS feed. I unsubscribed in Inoreader but 3 of its articles are stuck in my my "unread articles" smart folder. (The FiveThirtyEight articles are still there, too.)
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Before hearing a note of their music, an eager collection of family, friends, and lovers of new music got their first glimpse of the night's featured six composers (and one librettist) milling about The Great Room with barely contained anticipation/nerves. In just a few moments, the culmination of over 75 workshop hours that began last September would be in front of the public in the WWII-era wood-paneled recital hall in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
The seven artists – Sidney Marquez Boquiren, Mikael Karlsson, Robert Paterson, Rachel Peters, Ronnie Reshef, Zach Redler and Sara Cooper – were chosen last summer by American Opera Projects to become the sixth group of fellows in the Brooklyn opera company's training program Composers & the Voice. Under the tutelage of C&V artistic director Steven Osgood and a trio of music directors, the team of emerging artists spent hours every month writing for a group of six opera singers that represented the full range of voice types. Each private meeting consisted of putting those compositions in front of their peers and analyzing the mechanics of vocal music – from dramatic tension, to physical limitations, to the use of rhythm in comedy.
On May 20 and 21, the C&V fellows returned to the room that invited so much experimentation but this time the doors were wide open to the public. Close friends, unknown peers, curious musicphiles, a collection of previous C&V composers, and some bold–faced names from the opera world were in attendance for Composers & the Voice: First Glimpse, the debut concert of a selection of songs written in the workshops.
After a brief introduction from Osgood, the night began with two songs by Robert Paterson from an opera-in-development called The Companion (with libretto by David Cote) set in a future where humans and androids develop relationships with varying degrees of success. Soprano Andrea Arias Martin brought out the desperation of a woman seeking greater emotional responses from her android lover in the first song "Talk To Me" (Jeanne-Minette Cilliers on piano), followed by tenor Brandon Snook's eerie and poignant song "What Did I Do Today?" (Mila Henry, accompaniment) by the android who eagerly does everything a perfect boyfriend should, but with a literal disconnect.
The second set of songs began with more music by Robert Paterson, this time the results of a workshop challenge where the composers were told to set to music "found text" – scraps of writings one happens upon in our day to day world. In "CAPTCHA" (Cilliers, piano), bass-baritone Justin Hopkins brought unexpected emotion to the random words and gibberish that serve as annoying gatekeepers on the internet. Expected emotion accompanied the next song, Ronnie Reshef's "Transport" (Kelly Horsted, piano). Martin sang the harrowing plea of a woman on a train to a concentration camp in a work from a Holocaust opera Reshef is developing. Hopkins returned to the stage as a soldier suffering through flashbacks (that reference a certain famous Fort Greene poet) in composer Sidney Marquez Boquiren's "Sunday, Early Evening." To convey the shell-shock in the soldier's head, Mila Henry skillfully pounded the 88 keys like a seal on crack.
A trio of songs from Swedish composer Mikael Karlsson began with baritone Jorell Williams singing "Basho Tastes the Shriveled Mushroom" (Horsted, piano; Rob Stephenson, librettist), a meditation on the meditative master of haikus – Matsuo Basho. The video game soundtrack composer continued to show his incredible musical diversity with "Entropy" (Hopkins/Cilliers/Karlsson and David Floden, librettists) and "What for She" (Horsted/Karlsson and David Floden, librettists), the latter sung by soprano Amy Shoremount-Obra. Both songs are from Decoration, his opera-in-development about "lying, pointlessness, and diapers."
After intermission, the audience was treated to a bonus song – a extemporaneous aria consisting of the names of donors to a recent Kickstarter campaign for C&V. The reward for these donors was hilariously "written" and performed by the entertainment machine that is Jorell Williams. (If the name wasn't already taken, we are sure that a one-man show of Jorell would be called Showboat.)
The next set featured songs performed by each of the women, beginning appropriately with Rachel Peters' "How to Be a Woman: Postscript," based on the witty modern feminist manual by Caitlin Moran. Andrea Arias Martin sang the frustrated requests of a contemporary woman with a careful balance of strength and poignancy with Kelly Horsted returning on piano. "Riverview Amusement Park" (Shoremount-Obra/Horsted) and "The View from the Lunch Counter" (Ringle/Cilliers) both presented bittersweet memories of childhood by Sidney Marquez Boquiren and librettist Daniel Neer from their opera-in-development Route 321.
In the next set, C&V's first composer-librettist team of Zach Redler and Sara Cooper presented two songs from an opera they are working on called Windows. The first, "She Frowns" (Ringle/Cilliers) met one of the workshop challenges to create a song using only four lines of text. "Magnanimous" gave Andrea more than four lines, and more than a handful of four-letter words, to deliver the most sexual song of the evening (and a deft comic flair), supported by Jeanne-Minette.
Certainly the most controversial and polarizing song of the evening was "Baby in a Jar" by Rachel Peters wherein Brandon Snook sang to the nominal subject in a dark comic lullaby (Cilliers/Robert Maddock, librettist). The final three songs presaged the mundane suffering awaiting many audience members on their subway journeys home. "You" (Hopkins/Cilliers) and "He" (Snook/Horsted) from Ronnie Reshef's Subway Songs, presented two parts of a love triangle – a pining ex-lover and a jealous husband, respectively – sharing the same subway car. The evening finished with Jorell effortlessly portraying the simmering annoyance and volatility of the standard NYC traveler in Rachel Peters' "A Commuter's Request" (Mila Henry, piano).
For the past several years the First Glimpse concert has been the highlight of our Spring season bringing a burst of refreshing air onto the new music scene and this year's class of emerging artists did not disappoint.
What did you think of this year's First Glimpse concert? Let us know in the comment section below!
In the coming week we will update this post with videos of the songs mentioned so be sure to come back! More photos from the evening can be seen here on our Flickr page.


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The ambulatory program is based at our University Health Care Center, home of the University Pediatric and Adolescent Center. It is a spacious, modern, well-equipped facility located 2 blocks from University Hospital. Here, patients are treated by the residents under the supervision of the faculty. Most of the pediatric faculty see their private patients in offices in the clinic area. There are more than 25,000 outpatients visit per year to the Pediatric and Adolescent Center, including the residents' Continuity Program which allows residents to follow their own patients for three years. An additional 14,000 patients per year are seen in the 20 subspecialty clinics where pediatric patients with a broad range of problems are evaluated and treated.
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