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At 18th Party Congress, a Popular Foreign Reporter
For members of China's foreign press corps, the odds of getting called on to ask questions at events during China's 18th Party Congress have been about the same as being hit by a nor'easter just days after taking a blow from a hurricane--it happens, just not that often.
Yet one foreign reporter covering China's once-a-decade leadership transition appears to be able to buck the odds.
Andrea Yu, an Australian journalist for CAMG Media Group Ltd., was one of two foreign reporters called upon on Sunday at a press conference held by Chinese cultural affairs officials. A video from China Central Television (see below) also showed her getting picked to ask a question at a Saturday briefing that included officials from the National Development and Reform Commission, China's top economic planning body.
Those events weren't outliers, Ms. Yu told China Real Time, who says she has been called upon four times so far. She says her secret to being tapped is sitting in the same spot at every official meeting. She also credits her ability to make across-the-room eye-contact with moderators.
But there's one more reason, she says: "They know my questions are safe." Ms. Yu said her questions are pre-written by her Chinese colleagues and that she is not allowed to ask her own questions. "I'm representing a Chinese-Australian company, so I need to ask questions they want me to ask," she said, adding: "Believe me, I would have other questions to ask if I could."
Events such as the party congress are usually highly choreographed, especially when they involve foreign media, which government officials see as potentially disruptive to an event they want to see go smoothly. The government, which predictably takes questions from the state-run Xinhua News Agency, the Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily or China Central Television, has particular reason to steer clear of disruptive questions following the fallout from the ouster of former highflying politician Bo Xilai and renewed concerns about corruption and wealth among the elite.
Ms. Yu's question at the cultural affairs forum, which she asked in both English and Chinese: "After the 18th Party Congress, what policies and measures will there be to support overseas Chinese media to publicize and promote Chinese culture, to propel Australian-Chinese cultural exchanges to the next level?" Officials thanked her for her question and assured her that China would be ensuring that it has cross-cultural exchanges with many countries around the world, including Australia.
Ms. Yu said that while she's limited in public meetings to asking "questions that are geared toward soft news," she is interested in addressing hard-hitting issues, such as corruption.
Her employer, CAMG, says on its website that it is a media company with radio stations in the Asia Pacific region and with one in Argentina. It is affiliated with state-run China Radio International, though the relationship is unclear. Its domain name is registered to a Beijing address. People at the company said managers weren't available to comment.
Ms. Yu has been a common sight during the party congress, having been interviewed briefly in a segment on state-run China Central Television's Monday night national news broadcast and appearing on an online slideshow on the website of the Communist Party official mouthpiece People's Daily showing photos of women at the event that it labeled "beautiful scenery."
The trend of seeking out safe questions underscores the gap between China and developed Western nations that offer a more transparent approach to politics and policy. In many other countries, officials are seen as civil servants obliged to answer to the people they serve. And dodging questions results in critical articles or opinion pieces in media outlets or mockeries of shame on parody news shows like Comedy Central's the Daily Show.
To be sure, China has come a long way. Unlike decades ago, political events are now open to foreign media and many are translated into English. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs holds a daily briefing, allowing interface between foreign journalists and the Chinese government, though the answers aren't always as forthcoming as journalists would like.
Still, at this year's political handover, a time when the world is looking for clues as to whether China will step forward to a more open approach to the world, leaders have largely been roped off, discussions about meaningful topics like intra-party democracy and censorship have been thwarted and access to ask questions has often been limited.
Ms. Yu said in an interview that she wasn't called on in Monday's government meeting on housing, to which she was grateful. "I'm so glad, otherwise all the foreign journalists here would hate my guts," she said.
-- Laurie Burkitt w/ contributions from Lilian Lin. Follow Laurie on Twitter @lburkitt
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Latest Version: 27
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- Universal weapons for all classes
It doesn't make much sense that a cleric can't use a sword in combat, and a mage with 17 strength couldn't wield a two-handed sword.
Strength and Dexterity requirements have been modified for all weapons.
Two added weapons; Katars and Bolas, using the dagger and sling proficiencies.
Spears can now be thrown.
- 7 added kits
This includes six of the nine cleric kits for the deities of EoE, and a fighter kit called the Pit Fighter.
NOTE: Armour restrictions for the clerics have not yet been implemented.
- Added Armour
Scale Mail, Banded Mail, and Field Plate have all been added.
You will find a merchant who sells them in Waukeen's Promenade,
near the Ore Merchant.
- Two tweaked spells
I consider both Ironskin and Stoneskin to be cheesy.
They have been nerfed to have a duration of 4 rounds.
- Wizard Slayer enhancement
Wizard Slayers will now have an 8% base MR, with a +4% Magic
Resistance bonus per level. A level 3 Wizard Slayer would have
16% MR, for example.
TDD/CUSTOM KIT WARNING: Hard-coded limitations of the Infinity Engine restrict the game to 9 kits per class. The Darkest Day fills ALL available kit slots--do not add AoE's kits to a TDD game! If you have added kits through other means, be sure you do not exceed the 9 kit per class limit.
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Cynics skeptical. FBI tight-lipped.
Eyewitness reports from the scene are a bit jumbled at this point in time, but it is believed that the newest version of AoE includes some minor bug fixes. Scientists speculate that these include:
The download links can be found here. The forum can be found here. The readme can be found here.
The headline is far more exciting than the actual news. Ashes of Embers has now reached version 25, which includes a french translation (still waiting on a German update of six lines or so!), and a bugfix in the autoinstaller for users of Win98SE.
The download page is here, and the forum is here.
Not much to this update unless you're Spanish. All the strings in AoE have now been translated. Expect a complete French translation for version 25.
Get it here.The forums are here.
This is a quick update that fixes the "Sensible Weapon Restrictions for Mods" component. It now jives properly with the way newer versions of WeiDU handle 0-byte files. Oh, and a bug with the Priest of Cathoun kit has been fixed.
The mod page.
The forum.
That's right, the mishmash of tweaks and nerfs with the strange name have received yet another update. This version contains the following features:
- Documentation update - Placeholder file is now > 0 bytes - Sensible Weapons for Mods short bow bug fixed (BioWare did it! I swear!) - Wizard Slayer is capped at 72% Magic Resistance (Level 17) - Lowest level variants of Keldorn, Viconia, and Anomen now get appropriate weapons for their proficiencies
You can download it here, or visit the forum to discuss the mod.

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[EDITOR'S NOTE & MEA CULPA!: We were unable to stream this session, but fortunate to have recorded it. We will post that EXCELLENT clip shortly!]
I received a heads-up from my business partner Gregg Masters who recently attended the Exponential Medicine conference at the Hotel Del in Coronado. Gregg told me about an artist who trained at my alma mater the Art Center College of Design who is also a talented illustrator by the name of Dave Zaboski aka @cre8tivealchemy.
Dave will be presenting a version of the talk he gave at Exponential Medicine on the art of creativity and we are pleased to live stream that session here at ArtToday.tv as well as via the Illustrators Journal.
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Mary Kinser and Russ Cressler would like to give thanks to the Lord in having the privilege of announcing their engagement.
A wedding is planned Jan. 28, 2014, at St. Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church, Hays.
The bride raises cattle and lives south of Jennings. Her parents are Evelyn and the late Ben Meitl of the Oberlin-Dresden area. She is the mother of Megan Pray, Ashley Green, Kyle Kinser and Elise Kinser.
The bridegroom lives in Bison. He works at Hays Medical Center as a maintenance electrician. He is the son of Wayne and Louise Cressler, Jennings. He is the father of Amber Klassen, Nikki Probasco, Rob Cressler and Preston Cressler.
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A sprinkler is used near Dodge City, Kansas, in this Nov. 26 photo. Residents of the Great Plains over the last year or so have experienced storms reminiscent of the 1930s Dust Bowl. Experts say the new storms have been brought on by a combination of historic drought, a dwindling Ogallala Aquifer underground water supply, climate change and government farm programs.
LIBERAL, Kan. - Real estate agent Mark Faulkner recalls a day in early November when he was putting up a sign near Ulysses, Kansas, in 60-miles-per-hour winds that blew up blinding dust clouds.
"There were places you could not see, it was blowing so hard," Faulkner said.
Residents of the Great Plains over the last year or so have experienced storms reminiscent of the 1930s Dust Bowl. Experts say the new storms have been brought on by a combination of historic drought, a dwindling Ogallala Aquifer underground water supply, climate change and government farm programs.
Nearly 62 percent of the United States was gripped by drought, as of Dec. 25, and "exceptional" drought enveloped parts of Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
There is no relief in sight for the Great Plains at least through the winter, according to Drought Monitor forecasts, which could portend more dust clouds.
A wave of dust storms during the 1930s crippled agriculture over a vast area of the Great Plains and led to an exodus of people, many to California, dramatized in John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath."
Drought worsens in High Plains; winter outlook grim
While few people believe it could get that bad again, the new storms have some experts worried that similar conditions -- if not the catastrophic environmental disaster of the 1930s -- are returning to parts of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas and Colorado.
"I hope we don't talk ourselves into complacency with easy assumptions that a Dust Bowl could never happen again," said Craig Cox, agriculture director for the Environmental Working Group, a national conservation group that supports converting more tilled soil to grassland. "Instead, we should do what it takes to make sure it doesn't happen again."
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Webcam views show South Loop 289 before and during a dust storm in Lubbock, Texas, in these National Weather Service handout images dated December 19.
Satellite images on Dec. 19 showed a dust storm stretching over an area of 150 miles from extreme southwestern Oklahoma across the Panhandle of Texas around Lubbock to extreme eastern New Mexico, said Jody James, National Weather Service meteorologist in Lubbock. Visibility was reduced to half a mile in places, stoked by high winds, he said. At least one person was killed and more than a dozen injured in car crashes.
"I definitely think these dust storms will become more common until we get more measurable precipitation," James said.
'Dirty 30s'
The Great Plains is a flat, semi-arid, area with few trees, where vast herds of buffalo once thrived on native grasses. Settlers plowed up most of the grassland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to create the wheat-growing breadbasket of the United States, encouraged by high commodity prices and free "homestead" land from the government.
The era known as the "Dirty 30s" -- chronicled by Ken Burns in a Public Broadcasting Service documentary that aired in November -- as when a 1930s drought gripped the Great Plains and winds carried away exposed soil in massive dust clouds.
Bill Fitzgerald, 87, a farmer near Sublette, Kansas, remembers "Black Sunday" on April 14, 1935, when a clear, sunny day in southwest Kansas turned black as night by mid afternoon because of a massive cloud of dust that swept from Nebraska to the Texas panhandle.
"My older brother and I were in my dad's 1927 or '28 Chevy truck a mile north and a mile west of the house and we saw it rolling in," Fitzgerald said. "It was about 10 p.m. when it cleared enough for us to go home."
Farming practices have vastly improved since the 1930s. Farmers now leave plant remnants on the top of the soil and less soil is exposed, to preserve moisture and prevent erosion.
The governor of Missouri has enacted an emergency measure to drill new wells in areas where water is scarce, providing much-needed relief for the state's farmers and ranchers. NBC's Thanh Truong reports.
Irrigation beginning in the 1940s from the Ogallala aquifer, a huge network of water under the Great Plains, also made land less vulnerable to dust storms.
But the Ogallala aquifer is drying up after years of drawing out more water than was replenished.
Many farmers have had to drill deeper wells to find water. Others are giving up on irrigation altogether, which means they can no longer grow crops of high-yielding and lucrative corn. They will instead grow wheat, cotton or grain sorghum on dry land, which depends completely on natural precipitation in an area that typically gets 20 inches of rain a year or less.
Near Sublette, Kansas, farmer Gail Wright said he would probably give up irrigating two square miles of his land and would plant wheat and grain sorghum instead of corn because of the diminishing aquifer. Drilling deeper wells would cost $120,000 each, Wright said.
Drought conditions plague much of the United States after a summer of scorching temperatures and a lack of rain. The dryness is affecting America's farmland, threatening crops like soybean and corn.
"When we drilled those wells in the 1960s and 70s, we were doing 1,500 or 1,600 gallons per minute," said Wright. "Now, they are down to anywhere from 400 to 600 gallons per minute. We probably pumped out 200 feet of water."
Another farmer in Sublette, 79-year-old Lawrence Withers, whose family farms land his grandfather settled in 1887, is resigned to a future without irrigation.
"We have pumped 170 feet off the aquifer, that's gone. There's just a little tick of water at the bottom," he said.
The Ogallala supplies water to 176,000 square miles of land in parts of eight states from the Texas panhandle to southern South Dakota. That amounts to about 27 percent of all irrigated land in the nation, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
60 percent of lower 48 states now in drought
The volume of water in the aquifer stood at about 2.9 billion acre feet in 2009, a decline of about 9 percent since 1950, according to the Geological Survey. About two-and-a-half times as much water was drawn out in the 14 years ended 2009 as during the prior 15-year period, data shows.
The water may run out in 25 years or less in parts of Texas, Oklahoma and southwest Kansas, although in other areas it has 50 to 200 years left, according to the Geological Survey.
Rationing has been imposed on irrigation in the region but it may be too little too late.
"It's a situation where across the Plains the demand far exceeds the annual recharge," said Mark Rude, executive director of the Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District.
Record drought
The worst drought in decades has exacerbated the situation. The semi-arid area around Lubbock, which typically gets about 19 inches of rain a year, received less than 6 inches in 2011, the lowest ever recorded. This year was better but still far below normal at 12.5 inches, meteorologist James said.
Climate change is also having an impact on the region, said atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe, co-director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.
Grain prices soar as drought impact deepens
"It is definitely hotter in the summer and drier in the summer because of climate change," she said.
The average annual temperature in Lubbock has increased by one full degree over the last decade, according to National Weather Service data, and the average amount of rainfall has fallen during summer months by about .50 inch over the decade.
Some say government policies are making things worse.
Federal government subsidized crop insurance pays farmers whether they produce a crop or not, encouraging farmers to plant even in a drought year.
Another subsidized U.S. government program that pays farmers to take sensitive marginal land out of crop production and put it into grassland is gradually shrinking.
A look at the latest market moves from the trading floor, including the trade on corn prices, with Phillip Streible, RJO Futures.
In a possible case of history repeating itself, high commodity prices are encouraging farmers to break up the land and plant crops when the 10-year conservation contracts with the government expire, said environmentalist Cox. This is similar to what happened in the 1920s when vast areas of grassland were plowed up.
The government also has imposed restrictions on how much land can go into conservation reserves to save money at a time of massive U.S. budget deficits, he said.
The amount of land in conservation reserves has declined by more than 2.3 million acres over the last five years in five states of the Great Plains -- Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico, according to U.S. Agriculture Department data.
If most of that land is plowed up for crops it could lead to more dust storms in the future.
"I think you are probably going to see increased erosion if that happens," said Richard Zartman, Chairman of the Plant and Soil Science Department at Texas Tech, adding that it was unlikely to get as bad as the Dust Bowl days.
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Simon sharp, but Reds can't hold lead against M's
Starter tosses three scoreless frames; Chapman allows run in two innings
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- The Mariners committed four early errors with all of them resulting in Reds runs, but overcame them for a 6-5 split-squad victory at Goodyear Ballpark.
The game turned against Cincinnati in the top of the seventh when Chris Taylor hit a 2-0 pitch from Chad Rogers for a grand slam into the left-field bullpen.
Earlier in the day, it was all Reds. Following a leadoff bunt single in the third by Billy Hamilton and a single by Skip Schumaker, Joey Votto's RBI single toward second base made it a 1-0 game. Then the errors began to mount.
Brandon Phillips skied a popup above first base. Playing the position for the first time this spring, Logan Morrison dropped the ball for an error that allowed Schumaker to score.
In a bizarre play that followed, Chris Heisey grounded a ball to third baseman Nate Tenbrink. The ball was bobbled and after Tenbrink recovered, he muffed a one-bounce throw into the outfield to be charged with two errors on one play that scored Votto and Phillips for a 4-0 lead.
Erasmo Ramirez started for the Mariners and was charged with three runs (one earned) over 2 2/3 innings with no walks and two strikeouts.
Reds starter Alfredo Simon allowed one walk over three scoreless and hitless innings. Simon has yet to give up a hit in five innings over two starts.
Aroldis Chapman followed Simon with two innings. After a scoreless fourth, Chapman encountered two-out trouble in the fifth after getting a double play. Tenbrink reached on an infield hit and stole second base. Mike Zunino laced an RBI double down the right-field line.
Hamilton created another run for the Reds in the fifth after drawing a leadoff walk against Charlie Furbush. As Hamilton stole second base, catcher Jesus Sucre's throw went into center field to move the runner to third base. Hamilton scored on Schumaker's sacrifice fly in left-field foul territory.
In the sixth with one out against Rogers, Mariners starting shortstop candidate Brad Miller ripped a 0-1 pitch for a solo homer to right field.
"It's a funky game," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "It's not often that you don't make any errors and your opponent makes five and you still lose the game. We had an inning that got away from us. We couldn't take advantage of some of our scoring opportunities and do a lot later in the game."
Up next: With three hits in four at-bats in his three games, including a triple, right fielder Jay Bruce is off to a nice start of spring. Bruce is likely to return to the lineup when Cincinnati plays the Royals Tuesday at 3:05 p.m. ET in Surprise, Ariz, on Gameday Audio. Johnny Cueto will make his second start, with David Holmberg also expected to pitch.


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The district points to four crippling financial punches.
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"We have fought this battle twice and twice now voters have said they aren't willing to pay to keep up the service levels," Wells said. "Contra Costa has already lost nine fire stations in the past few years an now, we'll lose four more.
Without the roughly $17 million a year the tax would generate toward its $100 million budget, Contra Costa Fire District officials say must shutter up to 10 of the district's 28 stations in the next several years.
Despite 10 percent pay cuts, a lower pay scale for new hires, numerous unfilled positions and widespread deferred equipment repair and purchases, the district started burning through its reserves in 2008.
Negative public sentiment about firefighter pensions, a plethora of tax measures on the ballot and the steep two thirds requirement all hurt Measure Q's chances.
Measure Q asked voters to approve a temporary $75 a year parcel tax on single family homes, $37.50 for condominiums and establish a tiered fee for commercial, industrial and other properties.
pension costs.
"As a firefighter, I feel bad. There will be a significant change in the level of fire service in this county. But we tried."
Voters on Tuesday torched a temporary fire safety parcel tax in the Contra Costa Fire District and effectively shuttered up to a third of the agency's 28 fire stations.
gotten the message, said Vince Wells, president of United Professional Firefighters of Contra Costa County Local 1230.
The Contra Costa board of supervisors put the measure on the Nov. 6 ballot hoping to bail out the financially ailing county fire district.
It also eliminated terminal pay unused vacation, sick leave, administrative and other pay from the retirement calculation formula for current public employees including firefighters.
It's the second fire agency loss at the polls this year in Contra Costa.
With 265 sworn personnel for 600,000 residents, the district is already staffed at half the industry standard recommended by Omega Constellation Steel the International City/County Management Association. In Contra Costa, only East Contra Costa and the Rodeo Hercules fire agencies have lower staffing levels.
Contra Costa County Measure Q
So far, the courts have consistently ruled that employers cannot take away current employees' vested benefits, although there are several pending cases stemming from June ballot measures in San Jose and San Diego.
Fewer stations and firefighters will lead to greater fire damage, more severe injuries and higher numbers of deaths, the chief has said.
all precincts reporting early Wednesday morning, Measure Q was well short of the two thirds voter approval it needed to pass even though a majority supported it.
Local 1230 had been negotiating a less expensive retirement package for new firefighters, but pension legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown made those discussions moot.
And the retirement system altered the way it allocated annual pension costs after other member agencies argued they were unfairly subsidizing the benefit rich fire districts. The shift dramatically increased the fire district's contribution rate.
No firefighters will lose their jobs when the first four stations close in January because the district has numerous unfilled vacancies and has been covering shifts with overtime.
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The law reduces retirement benefits for public safety employees hired after Jan. 1, 2013, and requires all workers to pay half of their Omega Seamaster 300 Vintage Bracelet
East Contra Costa Fire District voters turned down a parcel tax in June and the district closed half of its six stations. The federal government later awarded East County a two year grant but the lengthy hiring process has delayed reopening the first station until at least mid November.
The recession devastated pension investment portfolios and the agency had to put in more cash each year to pay for more generous retirement benefits awarded in 2002.
Health care costs skyrocketed nationwide.
While critics focus on pensions, Measure Q has no impact on retirement benefits,
Property tax receipts the vast majority of the district's money plummeted along with housing values in the economic downturn. The district estimates it lost $32 million between 2008 and 2012.
"Twice now, voters have looked into firefighters' eyes and said checked the no box," said Contra Costa Taxpayers Association Executive Director Kris Hunt. "Many people feel they are trading pensions for service and they resent that. This is a pretty clear case of voters being faced with a concrete decision and making a choice."
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Michael Jackson (R.I.P)
Michael Jackson (R.I.P)
Definitely Barack Obama
Definitely Barack Obama
Me, myself and I.
Me, myself and I.
Person-wise, I'd have to say
Person-wise, I'd have to say "God". There are many people who would take exception to my calling "God" a person, but that's the way I see it. This may stem from my own belief system which come from the Creation Hymn in the Ancient Hindu Rig Veda. Our Ancients believed that the Gods came after the Universe - and that their relationships with people and other creatures is quite a personal one. Most - probably all (human) cultures on Earth have some notion of "God", and whether one believes in God or not, or gives him/her/it the same attributes as others may give their gods, it seems pretty undeniable "God" is the one person that everyone's heard of, hence his/her/it's fame! :o)
James Bond:)
James Bond:)
Fedor Emelianenko (russian
Fedor Emelianenko (russian MMA fighter)
Barack Obama (current$
Barack Obama (current)
I agree. But I think you will
I agree. But I think you will find that he prefers to be called President Hu.
Peter Griffin
Peter Griffin
maybe G. Bush
maybe G. Bush
In this day and age, It would
In this day and age, It would probably be whoever has the most facebook friends or twitter followers...
Elvis Presley! I have seen
Elvis Presley! I have seen him around for ages.
mahathma gandhi..
Mahathma Gandhi..
Thousand of famous person in
Thousand of famous person in this world, but one of them was Lidzbark Warminski 1423-1547- famous Astronomer mathematician and its conquest by Soviet red army during World war ll in 1941.
Bill Gates - brought Personal
Bill Gates - brought Personal computer to the home, change the idea of how we use mobile phones and lifestyle.


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Mary is a Republican, but she prefers to leave politics to men, since things like economics and foreign relations are beyond her. Mary is against abortion, stem cell research, gay marriage and women in the workplace. Though Mary is a Republican, she did endorse Joe Lieberman because "he's such a good boy, what a mensch!"
- Mary was a stay at home mom and breast fed Jesus (Liberal mothers do not breast feed, they use a bottle and then leave their kids in day care while they go off to their jobs, all of which helps destroy Americas family values)
- Mary was married to Joseph, a carpenter who drank mead and watched chariot races, both of which were precursors to Budweiser and Nascar
- Mary was a virgin all her life, she never had sex with Joseph, The Blue Balled Carpenter.
- Mary, being a Jewish Mother, was always getting on Jesus's case about how he should be a doctor or lawyer
- Mary would often have brunch with her sister, the mother of John the Baptist, and after a few glasses of wine each, trade backhanded insults over about who was going to be more successful
- Mary wanted to name Jesus a strong Jewish name like Abraham or Ezekiel, but God said no as he didn't want people to be confused when they read the soon to be released "New Testament" as they were character names used in his previous works
- Mary is the only woman to have been born without sin (Eve doesn't count, she wasn't born but made from a man's rib and do you ever hear women thanking men for their existence? Nope. All we get from them is the introduction of sin and our consequent expulsion from the Garden of Eden)
Places Mary has been seen cryingEdit
- At Ronald Reagans funeral
- Outside of voting booths whenever someone votes Democrat
- Outside synagogues because the people inside don't worship her son
- At every screening of the Passion of the Christ
- Whenever she hears of bear attacks
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How to Ride the Ferry Like a Local
I always feel like a real "Istanbullu" after having run to catch a ferry. There is something so exhilarating about hearing that "last call" fog horn sound, racing across the plaza to the ferry building and swiping your Akbil (transit pass), then making a mad dash for the docks. Some days it's just not your day and you make it to the doors only to have them slammed shut in your face. But then there are those glorious days (I had two last week) when you just barely slide through the doors and leap onto the ferry just as the ropes are being undone and the gangplanks lifted. Out of breath and feeling supremely victorious, you congratulate yourself and then make your way upstairs to find a seat.
No matter how cold it is, I nearly always prefer to sit outside where all the action is. There is nothing like the scent of the sea and the feeling of the wind whipping past, watching century upon century of history glide by as you make our way across to The Other Side. ("The Other Side," you must know, is a real and true place. Whether you are in Asian or European Istanbul, the opposite shore is simply referred to as "The Other Side." It's kind of like how they refer to leaving the country. Whether I'm heading on a quick visa run or clear across the globe to Canada, my friends will always say I'm heading "to the outside of the country" - but it's used more in the sense of an actual destination (interchangeable with, say, Germany) and less in terms of "everything outside Turkey's borders." This little language nuance has always amused me.)
(Is it legal to use parentheses inside of an already parenthetical statement? Cuz I just did.)
Anyways, enough digression. Back to the ferry. A must on these 20 minute "intercontinental crossings" is a hot cup of tea - 50 cents from the man who comes around selling them on his tray. (That's another thing that makes me feel like a local – having the correct change ready when he comes around instead of having to ask the price.) On cold winter days, they offer something even better than tea – sahlep. Sahlep, made from crushed orchids, is a creamy, cinnamony bit of heaven in a glass – the perfect companion on a chilly journey. You wrap your freezing fingers around that little cup of glory and inhale its steamy goodness, sighing a sigh of gratitude for this culture which revolves almost singularly around the presence of hot drinks.
And then there's the on-board entertainment. Sometimes it's a mobile salesman who busts out his lemon juicers or paring knives or whatever he's selling and wows the crowd with his demonstration of their magical powers. But much more faithfully, and far more engaging, are the flocks of seagulls that follow each vessel back and forth across the waters, waiting for the morsels of simit (a sesame seed pastry) that passengers toss up in the air into their hungry mouths. (The birds' mouths, not their own - though that would be entertaining, too!) These seagulls possess an amazing amount of endurance and skill, and rarely do you see a bird turn back from exhaustion or a stray chunk of bread fall into the sea. The art of Simit Tossing is a rite of passage for all Istanbullus, one clumsily attempted in childhood and perfected with age, and it is guaranteed to brighten even the greyest of Istanbul days.
When the boat has left Uskudar's Maiden Tower in its wake and the Yeni Camii and the fishermen on the Galata Bridge have come into view, it is time to make your way downstairs and join the throng waiting to disembark. Another distinguishing mark of a true Istanbullu is the ability to leap from the ferry to the dock before the walkways have been lowered and the ropes tied. Great fun.
I once heard a story of a little girl who, as the ferry was docking, slipped and fell into the space between the boat and the dock. A moment later, a man was beside her in the freezing water, and soon the girl and her rescuer were pulled safely to the shore. The girl's parents hugged her with relief, and the man was surrounded by an admiring crowd. "Bravo!" they cried. "You were so brave to jump into that icy water and save her!"
He put his hands up to silence them, and someone called out, "Shh, let our hero speak!"
When the crowd grew quiet, the man looked around and said, "What I want to know is, who pushed me?"


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As The New York Times reported yesterday, the city of Barcelona intends to crack down on public nudity, taking a u-turn from a position which the government of that city adopted several years ago. Back in 2004, the city council issued a document encouraging citizens to consider "Expressing Yourself in Nudity", and pointing out that there was no law on the books to prevent them from going naked in public. This followed a massive nude-in organized by photographer Spencer Tunick, in which thousands of people stripped off around Barcelona's Plaça d'Espanya.
Although there has not been a rush to undress on the streets of the Catalan capital, in the years since the issuance of this publication celebrating immodesty Barcelona has experienced a significant increase in loutish behavior, which is having a devastating impact on its historic sites and tourist attractions. The open use of drugs is becoming common, as has publicly relieving oneself. The explosion in tagging and other graffiti on historic buildings and museums to shops, businesses, government offices and homes throughout the city is nothing short of epidemic. Despite its status as one of the world's most beautiful cities, on street level Barcelona has, over the past decade of socialist leadership, come to look more like a war zone and less like a desirable place to live or visit.
This is the result of a rather anarchic way of thinking: a literalism which is subjectively adopted by the left when it suits its purpose. If public nudity is not statutorily prohibited, (presumably because previous generations of city leaders thought it self-evident that this practice was undesirable) then it must be implicitly permissible. Yet to follow this line of reasoning to its logical conclusion, there must be other lewd or destructive activities not expressly forbidden which the citizenry of Barcelona could pursue. What those activities may be I will not dare to suggest, for fear that someone may adopt them.
Realizing that as a result of relativistic, laissez-faire policies on public decency their city today looks more like a rubbish tip than the jewel of the Mediterranean, Barcelona is beginning to rein in such behavior. Banning public nudity is a start, though no doubt there will be those who seek to challenge such bans in the courts as a violation their human rights. While we can agree that everyone has the fundamental right to be a functional idiot, if that is the best level of mental acuity they can achieve, one would hope that when such a case comes before the courts – as it surely will – rational heads will prevail, even if solely on the basis of public hygiene.
To take the anarchic line of reasoning into our own hands however, if the courts decide that the citizenry and visitors to Barcelona have the right to go about starkers, then someone needs to assert their own fundamental human right not to be forced to look at something offensive. One can avoid a museum or film dealing with unpleasant subject matter: a gallery exhibition of blasphemous art can be sidestepped just as easily as a big-budget slasher flick. No one is forced to look at such things, and this is why they are generally found to be permissible by Western legal systems. In the public square however, such as in a commercial exchange or when seeking government services, these interactions cannot be avoided.
Therefore my proposal is that public nudity, if a fundamental right, be regulated through a quarterly permit process. Residents and tourists alike who wish to go about in the altogether in Barcelona will have to be inspected by a panel of aesthetic experts, chosen from the worlds of art and design, media, and health, to determine whether or not they are sufficiently aesthetically pleasing so as to be seen naked. If approved, the applicant will be charged a fee for a 90-day nudity permit. At the conclusion of each quarter, they will be required to return to the panel in order to undergo inspection once again, to determine whether they are still eligible for permitting.
This policy would have several highly beneficial effects on a naked Barcelona. It would deal with the increasing problem of obesity and bad eating habits, by encouraging physical fitness and proper diet. It would add revenue to the local government through the initial permitting and subsequent mandatory quarterly review process. It would increase commerce through multiple sectors of the economy, from the fitness and health industries to the organic and health food sectors, and would also lead to increased tourism and associated revenues from those who not only want to see good-looking naked folk, but also among those whose narcissism would lead them to seek official government recognition of their being attractive. This in turn would yield increased revenues in the form of taxation to city coffers, which would then be redistributed in the form of improved city services.
St. Paul in his First Letter to the Corinthians addressed some of the hedonistic practices of the community at Corinth, which were not uncommon in the pagan world of his day – a world to which we in the West are rapidly returning. He noted that the libertine attitude adopted by some of his flock was going to end up doing them and others harm:
'Everything is lawful,' but not everything is beneficial.
'Everything is lawful,' but not everything builds up.
Taking your clothes off in public is the ultimate way to draw attention to yourself by flouting common decency, and this is why those who engage in such behavior do so: it has nothing to do with being "natural", and everything to do with being selfish. In the West, there is no natural reason for us to go about naked – particularly in a large, wealthy city like Barcelona. I hope that the good people of my favorite city will use this opportunity to continue the effort to take back their streets from the purveyors of relativism, whose way of thinking has quite literally sullied them.
Plaça Catalunya, Barcelona


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Location Intelligence
3 Reasons Every Business Should Think About Location Intelligence
Learn how your mobile advertising, social media marketing and business intelligence can all benefit from GIS (Geographic Information Systems).
The ease-of-use of mobile apps like Google Maps and Strava (which is now being used for urban planning) has inspired a lot of companies to start thinking differently about location. Consequently, a lot of IT professionals are getting asked to create location-based applications.
"IT is now being required to build spatially-aware or enabled applications, without a history of working with these technologies," says Clarence Hempfield, Director of Product Management at Pitney Bowes. "That means organisations like Pitney Bowes have had to deliver these capabilities in such a way that a non-GIS expert can build and deliver spatial applications, without that foundation of years of working with the technology."
This rapid consumerisation of GIS technology has allowed anyone with a smartphone to use aspects of GIS technology with a few taps of their fingers, revealing valuable location intelligence data that they use to find new stores, directions and more… and consumers are expecting companies to follow suit.
While many businesses have been hesitant to adopt location intelligence platforms, expecting a degree of difficulty in implementing the technology, some GIS tools can be effectively used by IT professionals. Thanks to the increasing demand for location-based applications, solutions have been developed that can be used by both a Fortune 500 company and a local coffee shop.
As more consumers incorporate location into their everyday lives, businesses need to keep up. Here are three reasons LI can be a boon to your business:
1. Local Can Amplify Social.
If you need any more proof that GIS tools have become consumerised, you don't have to look much further than social media networks such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. All three offer paid advertising options that businesses can use to target local customers.
For example, a restaurant in Dallas can use Twitter to send a Promoted Tweet offering an exclusive discount to people who are in the Dallas area. Or an insurance company in Atlanta can target prospects in the Greater Atlanta Metro area with LinkedIn.
These kinds of tools only take a few clicks to activate and very little knowledge of underlying GIS technology. By using Promoted Tweets, Sponsored LinkedIn Updates and Promoted Facebook Posts, every business can leverage the power of local through social, and vice versa, growing social media channels with local customers, building brand awareness and generating sales.
2. Data and Maps Can Help You Plan for the Future.
With the right GIS platform, you can aggregate and visualise data like never before. A retail store planning a new location, for example, can overlay demographics, socioeconomic data and criminal activity across the map – visualising opportunities and potential risks based on historical patterns.
This won't just help when building a new store, it will help plan inventory accordingly, too. A town with a median age of 35 may require a very different kind of stock than a town with a median age of 65. By combining location with third-party sources of data, businesses can glean insights that allow them to plan for the future and better anticipate what the local community really needs.
3. Location Can Super-Charge BI
Business intelligence (BI) has come a long way in recent years, with new platforms offering dashboards and detailed analytics that allow companies to visualise and slice data for unprecedented visibility. Yet when it comes to location, that information is usually set off to the side somewhere. GIS professionals work hard to create coherent strategies based on LI, but those efforts are often siloed from the rest of the organisation.
However, combining BI with location intelligence is critical to improving the customer journey. You may be able to segment your audience by postcode or country, so why shouldn't you be able to review past, present and future customer trends across different areas?
By applying location to BI, companies can see exactly where sales are strongest, which region may be most receptive to particular marketing offers and where customer service needs to be improved.
Location can super-charge BI, creating a new way to visualise, analyse and track partnerships, sales, customers and prospects.
Location, Location, Location
Mobile advertising, social media marketing, business planning and business intelligence can all benefit from location intelligence tools and – thanks to the consumerisation of GIS – it's finally possible for any business to really get local.
Want to learn more about the consumerisation of GIS and learn how businesses can use LI to their advantage? Check out our article!
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Castle of Muskogee Halloween Festival
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An event every week that begins at 6:00 pm on Friday and Saturday, repeating until October 26, 2019
The Castle's Halloween Festival is your one stop shop for all things fall festivities and Halloween thrills. Within the 14 acre Castleton village, guests will find over 30 merchants, a collection of crafty creations, home decor and eccentric gifts. We're also an ideal destination to outfit your Halloween Costumes! Around each corner you will find culinary wizards who brew up delicious drinks, dinner and dessert options. Our goal is to offer you and your group a truly unique experience, no matter the age or level of imagination!
We offer complimentary parking as well as gate admission. There are over 11 different haunt attractions, which guests may purchase tickets for. You can save time by purchasing tickets online, but if you are not sure as to which events you would like to attend, the characters at the Information Booth are happy to advise!


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100% excellent, thank you MM. Youtube link here.
ps: A Twix is a chocolate bar
The first hour is amazing, the last 25 minutes is even better.
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UPDATE: And now it's not cancelled, according to Peru's mining minister who talked directly with the company president.
gotta love south america.
Including your author's reply to its intrusive pop-up survey:
And it's not a difficult question to answer:
...has been sent to subscribers, pre-bell Thursday morning. Selling something.
We start here, with a basic earnings overview chart for GORO that shows the quarterly evolution for revenues, costs and the resulting gross profit for the last two years:
"The Company delivered weaker than expected quarterly operating results with production levels approximately 24% lower in the quarter compared to the quarterly average of the first half of
2014,"stated Gold Resource Corporation's CEO and President, Mr. Jason Reid. "The Company has implemented new mine management in 2 response to these unsatisfactory results and believes that fourth quarter production can rebound, which puts the lower range of the Company's 2014 Outlook within reach. We stockpiled much of our high-grade gold and silver concentrates produced during the quarter in preparation for pouring Doré bars in our new Doré facility, which we began commissioning at the end of the quarter and which increased our unsold inventories. We recorded a $(0.03) per share loss which was contributed by unsold concentrate inventory as a result of stockpiling the high-grade concentrates for the Doré facility process. These inventoried ounces are planned to be processed and sold during the fourth quarter as Doré bars
The Credit Facility includes the following key terms:
- Draw down of the Credit Facility is subject to Red Eagle Mining completing an additional equity financing of at least US $15,000,000 ("Equity Financing");
- The Credit Facility will have a five year term with a principal holiday and capitalized interest for up to 18 months from the first advance;
- Advances under the Credit Facility will bear interest at LIBOR +7.5%;
- A Production Payment of US $30 per ounce produced is payable on the first 405,000 ounces of gold produced;
- Granting of 5,000,000 warrants to purchase Shares to Orion exercisable for a five year term at a strike price determined in the context of the Equity Financing; and
- Amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility will be secured against all of Red Eagle Mining's property and assets.
...Iwnattos loves Dalradian (DNA.to).
Because charting. And Bud Fox. And gold.
...the gold/silver ratio:
"The image of Romero is everywhere in El Salvador, from a mural within the international airport which now bears his name, to the walls of houses in remote hamlets in the countryside. It is evidence of how profound was the impact of this man of God who walked hand-in-hand with the oppressed and the poor in the country. It was his commitment to justice rooted in faith which put him on the path to martyrdom at the hands of a death squad assassin."
Chile's Environmental Court Rejects Claims that Pascua-Lama has Damaged Glaciers
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Mar 23, 2015) - Barrick Gold Corporation (ABX.TO)(ABX.TO) -Chile's Environmental Court has today ruled that the Pascua-Lama project has not damaged glaciers within the project's area of influence.
"Preserving and protecting glaciers from harm is essential to the work we do every day at Pascua-Lama," said Eduardo Flores, Barrick's Executive Director for Chile. "That is why Barrick worked with leading independent experts and glaciologists to develop and implement one of the most rigorous glacier monitoring programs anywhere in the world. We are pleased that the court has confirmed what the technical and scientific evidence demonstrates, that these ice bodies have not been damaged by activities at the Pascua-Lama project."
Pascua-Lama's comprehensive glacier monitoring program captures data from 27 points and provides results directly to regulatory authorities.
Barrick remains committed to working with stakeholders and local communities in Chile to advance Pascua-Lama in an environmentally responsible manner, respecting its legal and regulatory requirements.
The Pascua-Lama team is focused on resolving the project's outstanding legal and regulatory hurdles, completing a new execution plan to optimize remaining construction activities and minimizing ongoing project costs.
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Mar 23, 2015) - Ross J. Beaty, of 1550 - 625 Howe Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 2T6, today announced that on March 23, 2015 he acquired ownership of 28,000,000 units (the "Units") of Savary Gold Corp. (the "Corporation") at a purchase price of CDN$0.05 per Unit for an aggregate purchase price of CDN$1,400,000. Each Unit is comprised of one common share in the capital of the Corporation (a "Common Share") and one-half of one share purchase warrant (each whole share purchase warrant, a "Warrant"). Each Warrant is exercisable into one Common Share for a period of 36 months from issuance at an exercise price of CDN$0.08. Mr. Beaty acquired ownership through a private placement transaction in reliance on the accredited investor exemption set out in section 2.3 of National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions.Mr. Beaty owns 28,000,000 Common Shares and 14,000,000 Warrants. The 28,000,000 Common Shares represent approximately 19.9% of the total number of issued and outstanding Common Shares. If all of Mr. Beaty's Warrants were exercised, Mr. Beaty would own approximately 27.2% of the then issued and outstanding Common Shares.Mr. Beaty's acquisition was made for investment purposes. Mr. Beaty may, in the future, acquire ownership and control over additional securities of Savary Gold Corp. for investment purposes.
In his report, the historian cited one 2004 case in the central Colombian town of Melgar where 53 underage girls were sexually abused by nearby stationed military contractors "who moreover filmed [the abuse] and sold the films as pornographic material."
In our opinion, because of the effect of the aforementioned material weakness on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria, Gold Resource Corporation and subsidiaries have not maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).
"Each Unit will be comprised of one common share ("Common Shares") and one common share purchase warrant ("Warrants"). Each Warrant shall be exercisable for a period of 36 months following the Closing Date at an exercise price of $0.75 per share."
And to celebrate the fact, here's Da Funk:
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You can read my impressions of their meatiest option, The Craver, over on Slice.
What you won't find there is a quick word about the other pizza I tried there, the Aloha.
This is Pritty Boys' version of the Hawaiian, with the addition of sun-dried tomato. Unfortunately, neither I nor my dining companions could find any trace of sun-dried tomato on the pizza. It's possible it was ground into the sauce, but it tasted so similar to the red sauce on The Craver that I doubt that's the case (and if it is, there's no point in having it in there in the first place). Probably just an oversight. A pity, because some extra flavor would have been nice here. The Aloha was just flat-out bland, especially in comparison to the salty goodness of The Craver.
Conclusion: Stick with The Craver. With its crispy pepperoni and crunchy (yes, crunchy) sausage, it'll leave you with a smile on your face. Especially if it's in a box on your way out the door.


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Brucefields Family Golf Centre offers a comprehensive range of facilities and support services for all members of the family, whether they're learners or experienced players.
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D.J. Rogers - Hope Songs Vol. 1 (Vinyl) DJ RODGERS
- Funk/Soul/Gospel
- 1982 Hope Song Records
D.J. Rogers is best known for the tender acoustic piano-based ballad "Say You Love Me," a charting single from his 1976 debut RCA album It's Good to Be Alive.
Like most soul singers, DeWayne Julius Rogers began singing and playing piano in church in his native Los Angeles. He later worked with Rev. James Cleveland when he was the director of the Watts Community Choir and a member of the Los Angeles Community Choir.
- I Told Him I Would Sing
- He Makes It All Right
- All I Gave Him Was My Heart
- Jesus Chant
- Going to Live With Him
- Overcome
- He Cares for Me
- All in Me
- Coming Back
The gospel influence was very evident in Rogers' later secular releases, with many of his songs filled with inspirational messages. After signing with RCA Records, Rogers' debut album It's Good to Be Alive was released. Initially gaining radio airplay as an album track, the single "Say You Love Me" peaked at number 51 R&B on Billboard's charts in spring 1976. The 45 was a "turntable hit," meaning that it received a substantial amount of radio play, but for whatever reasons the exposure didn't translate into the single being a big seller. The lackluster chart success of "Say You Love Me" (and his other RCA releases) lead to Rogers' angry tirades in an article in the premier Soul Magazine, as he attributed the label's seemingly slothful attitude towards his music as a result of the record division's main purpose as being that of a "tax write-off." After listening to "Say You Love Me," one would have to wonder why the record wasn't a bigger hit. Besides the aforementioned Cole and others, Jennifer Holliday covered the song; her version can be found on Best of Jennifer Holliday, UNI/Geffen. Another track from It's Good to Be Alive that received radio play was the poignant tale of "Bula Jean," a girl that had beauty that "the world" couldn't see. On "Bula Jean," Rogers' gospel-born fervor was at its peak. On his next album, Rogers began his collaboration with composer/keyboardist/arranger/producer Jerry Peters (co-wrote "Going in Circles" with Anita Poree, a 1969 gold single for the Friends of Distinction and a number two R&B hit for the Gap Band in 1986). Beginning with a swirling strings intro, "Let Your Life Shine" was Rogers' jubilant single that charted at number 78 R&B, fall 1976. It was included on the 1976 On the Road Again LP. Rogers signed with Lonnie Simmons' Total Experience Records (the Gap Band, Yarbrough and Peoples) and the LP Love, Music & Life was issued in 1977. Rogers' first single for the RCA-distributed label, "Love Is All I Need," featured multi-tracked vocals by Deniece Williams ("Free," "Let's Hear It for the Boy," "Too Little Too Late" with Johnny Mathis). The second single was the passionate "Saved by Love." Other highlights were "She Has Eyes for Me," "You Against You," and the pumping "Love Will Make It Better." Signing with Columbia Records, the singer/songwriter finally enjoyed some upper chart success. His highest charting single was "Love Brought Me Back," maybe Rogers' most biographical song. In it, the singer seems to "testify" to his music industry travails. Record buyers heard him, taking the track to number 20 R&B during summer 1978. The follow-up, the playful "All My Love (Part 1)" made it to number 87 R&B, late 1978. Rogers was on Earth, Wind & Fire leader Maurice White's Columbia-distributed label ARC when one of his most enduring tracks, the percolating steppers' favorite "Trust in Me (Part 1)" mid-charted at number 68 R&B, spring 1979. The track has a "shucking" string arrangement by Coleridge Taylor Perkinson. The follow-up, "Love Cycles," went to number 44 R&B, spring 1980. Rogers dueted with singer/keyboardist Patrice Rushen on "Givin' It up Is Givin' Up" from her 1980 Elektra LP Pizzaazz. Released as a single, it peaked at number 47 R&B, summer 1980. The album also yielded her number seven R&B hit "Haven't You Heard." Both tracks are on the 1996 Rhino greatest-hits set Haven't You Heard-The Best of Patrice Rushen. Rogers' last charting single was a cover of Kenny Rogers number five pop hit "She Believes in Me" which charted number 66 R&B. During the mid- and late '80s, he recorded gospel albums. He co-wrote "My Faith in Jesus" with John Black for gospel artist Keith Pringle ("Call Him Up") and wrote and performed a duet with Pringle on "One More Day." Rogers appeared as a choir member on the 1997 UPN-TV sitcom Good News. Another gospel-influenced singer/keyboardist, Billy Preston, was in the cast too. Some of Rogers' RCA/Columbia sides can be found on Collectables Records' 1996 set D.J. Rogers: Golden Classics.


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The Green Bay Packers were many "expert" picks to be right here in this position back in August. And while all those "experts" are now tooting their own horns, it wasn't a slam dunk like many might have thought.
In fact, Green Bay got off to a pretty mediocre start due to some key injuries and bad luck. Starting running back Ryan Grant didn't even last a half of the first game of the season when he was knocked out for the year with a leg injury. The Packers workhorse's stats for the entire season? Eight carries for 45 yards. That's ominous.
They went on to win that game and start 3-1 before dropping two straight to the putrid Redskins and Dolphins then at one point late in the season was 8-6, including an embarrassing 7-3 loss to Detroit in which Aaron Rodgers suffered a concussion.
That put the Packers in the precarious position of needing to win out in order to make the playoffs, and they did just that, demolishing the Giants and squeaking out a 10-3 win over the Bears in the season finale to back into the postseason as the sixth and final seed in the NFC.
That meant no home games in famed Lambeau Field for the playoffs and a first-round date in Philly with Mike Vick. The Packers' defense, which was the unsung hero of the season, was up to the task along with out-of-nowhere running back James Starks, who rushed for 123 yards in the win over Philly.
Then came the Falcons game in Atlanta, against the NFC's top seed. But even the best team in the NFC wasn't ready for Rodgers. It was one of the most precise, surgical-type efforts by a QB in playoff history as Rodgers absolutely shredded the Falcons defense for 366 yards and four total touchdowns as Green Bay walked all over the Falcons with a 48-21 win.
Then last week, Rodgers struggled, but B.J. Raji scored a defensive touchdown and the Packers held off a late, improbable Bears rally to advance to Arlington.
Rodgers was dinged up against Chicago, but it won't matter. That's what the Packers have been defined by this year — perseverance. The Packers were second in NFL this year behind the Colts in a category you don't want to be "good" at, which is Starter Games Lost. The Packers had 83 games missed by people who would've been in the starting lineup if not injured. Incredible, but not surprising considering the Packers depth built through drafts.
I'll leave you with this, and soak this in Cowboys fans: The Packers' ENTIRE starting offense was drafted by the Packers. That's incredible.


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decisions. Dr. Hohlt is Professor Emeritus of Orthodontics at Indiana University School of Dentistry in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is a Clinical Professor of Orthodontics at the University of Illinois, Chicago. In 2000, Dr. Hohlt was awarded the Teaching Excellence Recognition Award from Indiana University, and in 2001 he received the Trustees Teaching Award.
Dr. Hohlt is an active presenter at various professional meetings and continuing education courses worldwide.
DDS: Indiana University School of Dentistry,
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Residency in General Practice: United States Navy,
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revenge,ice cream,
and other things
best served cold.
and other things
best served cold.
Broken Hearts & Revenge,#2
katie finn.
Publisher Feiwel & Friends.
Publication Date: May 5,2015
Genre: YA Contemporary Romance.
Format|Pages: Hardcover|400.
Source: Goodreads|Library.
After the humiliating events on the 4th of July, Gemma's trying to handle the fact that Hallie knew who she was all along, and she was the one who stole Teddy from her. Gemma vows revenge, but things get more complicated than she planned. Ford, Gemma's long-time crush, has arrived in the Hamptons cuter than ever. Josh is refusing to speak to her after she lied to him, and Teddy is playing champion to his beloved Marsh Warbler (in Gemma's backyard, no less).
Gemma and Hallie find themselves locked in an escalating revenge cycle. Just when Gemma thinks she has the upper hand, the biggest bombshell of all is dropped. And it's one that threatens to change her life forever.
Gemma and Hallie find themselves locked in an escalating revenge cycle. Just when Gemma thinks she has the upper hand, the biggest bombshell of all is dropped. And it's one that threatens to change her life forever.
No, how can she end it like this? With cliffhanger like that, I need to pick up the next book right away. Broken Hearts & Revenge is the most addictive series that I have read for 2017 at least. I thought that BROKEN HEARTS,FENCES AND OTHER THINGS TO MEND was pretty dramatic, but that was nothing compared to the 2nd installment in Broken Hearts & Revenge series. I had a feeling that it was going to be filled with quite bit of drama but even I wasn't expecting this. I didn't think that Hallie would go as far, to get Gemma almost arrested and get her fired from her job. It seemed like no matter what Gemma did, Hallie was step ahead of her and hit her harder. I believe that when she sent Gemma's dad her old notebook that was the last straw. I was sure that would be the end of it, that Gemma would be done with it. I believe that she almost was till she discovered that she been planning this for years. 4 years. I had never heard of someone holding a grudge for that long. I have a big feeling that this might be a never-ending war. Especially after what Gwyn pulled at the end.
So you know how at the last book I was rooting for Josh and Gemma? I was still rooting for them when I just started reading REVENGE, ICE CREAM, AND OTHER THINGS BEST SERVED COLD but then Ford came into the picture. The two of them, I could see that they had a special bond especially since Ford was one person that could tell when Gemma was lying, when something was bothering her. Plus he helped her whatever she needed help with. I had a feeling that there was possibility that he had feelings for her. My first clue was when Sophie mentioned that Gemma might want her ex, Teddy back and the disappointment on his expression and had me wondering, was it possible that he could like her the way that she likes him? There was one time in kitchen when I was sure that he was going to tell her, but then it like he changed his mind. It did have me wondering what would happened if he did tell her. Then once she figured out that he might like her. I wonder if Ford might like her since that kiss the two of them shared three years earlier, that he been keeping it inside of him. Of course as you probably guessed I am Gemma and Ford fan and will be rooting for them. Besides it's clear that Josh had moved on, despite the little moment that two of them had. I want to see if anything else develops between Ford and Gemma now that she knows.
As I said in beginning, that ending. Even when I found that it was Karen who wrote that Once Bitter novel, I suspected that they might be together but wasn't sure. But that he married to her, that was unexpected. I believe that if anyone saw my expression, it would be as shocked as Hallie and Gemma were once they figured out. I know that it was the last thing that they wanted or expected. How can you not but wonder what happens now? Will they accept it or will they try to break it up? I know that I am curious, I mean how can I not be? Maybe there is a chance that this would put an end to Hallie and Gemma's war? Considiring all the things that they did to each other, I don't believe that it's possible. Yet when it comes to these too, I don't think that anything is impossible. How will it all come to an end? Broken Hearts & Revenge was the first series and books that I read by KATIE FINN and once I finish it, I will be checking out her other novels because I am hooked.


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François Audouze wrote:oldest alcohol
oldest Loire 1921 Chateau d'Epiré
My oldest Jura will jump from 1911 to 1864 in 15 days, as I will open a 1864 Chateau Chalon in family with friends.
Was the Epiré dry? From first principles, I suppose they could have gone either way in '21. I've never had a dry Loire wine older than '46, although I've had wines from '35 and '36 that had mostly dried out in bottle.
The Chateau Chalon sounds quite fascinating.
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Department of City Development
That will depend on what the market demands, however, the City/County-approved Park East Master Plan does outline the following:
The Upper Water Street District forsees development that continues the strong pattern of residential which has flourished to the east, including higher density townhomes, apartments and neighborhood-supported retail on the ground floor. The development will create an extended downtown residential neighborhood, seamlessly connecting the Brady Street, Beerline "B" and original Park East (Ogden area) neighborhoods.
Two completed residential projects, The North End and The Flatiron
The Lower Water Street District includes mixed-activity development that compliments existing patterns of small-scal entertainment, promotes an increased level of pedestrian activity and maximizes use of the riverfront parcel to create an attractive location for high-tech office uses.
MSOE Soccer Stadium & Parking Structure ManpowerGroup Headquarters
The McKinley Avenue District contains large continguous parcels suitable for large buildings such as corporate offices and entertainment venues. The intent of this district is to concentrate corporate offices to create a daytime population that would support existing entertainment and restaurant venues.
The Moderne
This will also depend on the demands of the private market, but based on an expert analysis of current real estate market demands, it will take 7 to 15 years for all sites in the Park East Corridor to be purchased and redeveloped by the private sector. This estimate follows the original projects included within the Park East Tax Increment District No. 48 Project Plan.
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got an ancient laptop, compaq armada e500, which served back in the war. it happens to use the Synaptics touchpad. i hate tapping, so i wanted to disable it. this is what i had to do. one caveat, the spelling was important. in order to get past the "Can't access shared memory. SHMConfig disabled?" message upon launching "synclient -l" or "qsynaptics", i added to /etc/X11/xorg.conf this line:
SHMConfig "On"
this made my X not restart. a nice blue screen of almost death with debug info. didn't bother reading it, restored my backed up xorg.conf and tried again, this time paying attention to the spelling:
SHMConfig "on"
this made all the difference in the world. qsynaptics launched a nice gui, and i was able to disable the tapping. yay!


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Friday, October 14, 2011
China Leads World in Luxury Attitude and Spending
Affluent consumers in the U.S. and much of the world are pulling back on their spending and attitude toward luxury. However, in China, affluent consumers are choosing luxury in every aspect of the lives, according to a seven-country survey of households earning at least $150,000.
About 57 percent of wealthy Chinese shoppers say that the economic environment has prompted them to spend more on luxury in the past year, and 50 percent plan to boost spending in the next 12 months, according to the survey by the Luxury Institute, a New York-based consulting firm. Restraint is more evident in the U.S., where 10 percent of the wealthy stepped up luxury spending in the past year and 6 percent plan to spend more in the next 12 months. U.S. consumers are twice as likely as those in China (32% vs. 16%) to have trimmed luxury spending last year.
Meanwhile, in Europe the currency crisis did not stop 14 percent of wealthy shoppers in France and 17 percent of those in Italy from boosting luxury spending this year, according to the survey, which represents the top 10 percent in household income. However, 38 percent of high-income shoppers in both countries plan to cut back in the coming year.
In Japan, the March earthquake and tsunami dampened enthusiasm for luxury shopping, with 7 percent of wealthy Japanese consumers reporting higher levels of spending and 34 percent cutting back.
The most widespread retrenchment comes in the U.K., where 38 percent of wealthy shoppers have pared back luxury spending, and 41 percent plan reductions in coming months. Germany shows more stability compared to other rich nations: Only 17 percent of wealthy German consumers say that they are spending less on luxury now and 29 percent plan to trim luxuries in the coming year.
Across all seven markets, luxury travel is the category in which most wealthy consumers anticipate stepping up spending, with China far and away showing the strongest appetite, according to the survey.
In China, 58 percent of the wealthy plan to spend more on leisure travel, followed by 28 percent in Italy and 22 percent in Germany who say the same. A total of 16 percent of wealthy consumers in the U.K., and 18 percent in the U.S., Japan, France and Italy, plan to spend more on travel.
Spending plans across the board in each of the 26 luxury categories were substantially higher in China than in Europe and the U.S., with some of the biggest disparities showing in apparel, watches, jewelry and gifts where Chinese consumers were six to seven times more likely to boost spending, according to the survey. Also strong in China are luxury auto sales, with 43 percent of the wealthy planning to spend more on cars, compared to 11 percent in the U.S., U.K. and Japan.
Attitudes towards luxury are far more positive in China than they are in other rich nations, with 78 percent of those surveyed saying that luxury goods and services are more important in today's economy. The reverse is true in the U.S. where 80 percent of wealthy shoppers say that luxury has become less important.
More than 75 percent of Chinese say that luxury expenditures are prudent purchases, while 78 percent of wealthy consumers in the U.S., U.K., and Germany find them to be an extravagance. Similarly, 78 percent of China's wealthy shoppers say that luxury goods and services are an important part of their lifestyle in today's economy, compared to 25 percent in U.S. and Germany and 20 percent in France who agree that luxury remains central in their lives.
Wealthy Chinese consumers are also highly inclined to place a premium on exclusivity and quality, and discounting turns them off. More than half of wealthy Chinese and 49 percent of Japanese say that brands that discount their merchandise are not truly luxury brands. In the U.S. and Germany, one-third of wealthy consumers share the same dim view of discounting, as do 40 percent of wealthy shoppers in the U.K, Italy and France. Despite the dour attitude towards discounting, 56 percent of wealthy Chinese say that discounting has increased their overall spending on luxury and 50 percent plan to spend more on discounted luxury items in the coming months.


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Land Based RadarEdit
- T1 Land Scout: Range of 45
- T1 Stationary Radar: Range of 115, drain of 20 Energy
- T2 Stationary Radar: Range of 200, drain of 250 Energy
- T3 Stationary Radar: Range of 600, Omni (radar, sonar, sees through cloak) Range of 200, Energy Drain of 2000
Air Based RadarEdit
- T1 attack bomber: Range of 65
- T2 fighter/bomber: Range of 65
- T3 strategic bomber: Range of 65
- T3 spy plane: Range of 96
NB : T1 Air Scouts are not equipped with radar, though they boast a wide direct vision range (42).
Sea Based RadarEdit
- T1 Frigate: Range of 70 (Aeon), 75 (UEF), or 80 (Cybran)
- T2 Cruiser: Range of 70 (Cybran), 80 (UEF), or 90 (Aeon)
- T2 Destroyer: Range of 60
- T3 Battleship: Range of 90 (Cybran), 100 (UEF), or 110 (Aeon)
- T3 Aircraft carrior range of 150 (aeon,cybran)
- Aeon experimental battleship: Range of 150
- ACU: Omni Range of 26, upgrade to 72 on Aeon ACU
- SCU: Omni Range of 16, upgrade to 72 on UEF SCU
- Galactic Colossus: Omni Range of 50
Radar is one of the Intelligence types. Only specific units have radar, including T3 air scouts, T1 land scouts, immobile Radar structures, as well as most Naval units. Radar can determine location of opposing units, as well as orientation (structure or mobile unit) and terrain status (over water, over land, or flying).
Any units with Stealth cannot be detected by Radar.
Radar Jamming reduces the effectiveness of radar by producing confusing fake signals, but does not eliminate its effect.
Due to its small size, a radar installation is the best structure in the game to take advantage of Adjacency bonuses. By building only 4 T1 power plants around a radar you can reduce its operational costs by 25%, which saves you 500 energy when you upgrade it to T3. If you build it adjacent to a Hydrocarbon Power Plant before building 3 more T1 power plants you can save even more.