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The Buccaneers beat Mamelodi Sundowns in a league encounter earlier in the week, and they had gone to extra time before eventually going down against Bloemfontein Celtic on penalties in their Telkom Knockout quarterfinal the previous weekend.
"It was always going to be a difficult week with three games in six days," De Sa said.
"It was really taxing and it showed up here today."
Siyabonga Sangweni pulled up with a hamstring niggle while warming up for Saturday's clash, and Ayanda Gcaba was promoted from the bench into the starting lineup in defence.
"We decided to play the same team (that faced Sundowns), but Siya's injury during the warm-up threw us a little bit off," De Sa said.
"We had to make a quick change just before the game, but we tried to play the same 11 and it was always going to be difficult."
Pirates looked flat, lacking in creativity throughout, and barring a single moment of brilliance in first-half injury time from Sifiso Myeni, they struggled up front.
"We fought hard. In the first half we were slightly better but Free State Stars sat off a bit and in the second half they had to come a little bit more at us and we were hoping to catch them in a little bit more space.
"The second half was poor, and it was more about seeing out the game and getting three points.
"As much as you tell the players to push up and play, in the back of their minds is just to see out the tough week."
Sangweni, Moeneeb Josephs, Rooi Mahamutsa, Andile Jali, Benni McCarthy and Robyn Johannes were all dealing with injuries.
"It's quite a testing time for us because we've got the whole spine (of the team) injured at the moment," De Sa said.
"Moeneeb pulled out with a shoulder injury, Siya and Rooi — both centre backs — Andile and Benni.
"So we've got five crucial players in our squad that are out and possibly long-term injuries," De Sa said.
"It's not a quick fix. They're going to need time out to get back.
"Those are the five crucial ones. Robyn Johannes is also injured still.
"There's a few that have got a couple of niggles.
"Oupa Manyisa, today we were a bit concerned with his hamstring. It was touch and go for him to play and we played him and it paid off for us.
"I hope now he can have a bit of rest and recover from that hamstring."
Meanwhile, Kaizer Chiefs beat SuperSport United 2-1 in Polokwane to retain their four-point lead at the top of the league table.
High-flying Platinum Stars defeated Wits 2-1 in Phokeng to stay in third position in the standings, while Maritzburg United edged AmaZulu 1-0 in their KwaZulu-Natal derby in Umlazi to hold on to fourth place.
University of Pretoria held strugglers Mamelodi Sundowns, still flailing at the bottom of the log, to a 1-1 draw in Pretoria.
Moroka Swallows and Chippa United had kicked off the weekend action with a 1-1 draw in Dobsonville on Friday night. – Sapa


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Texas National Register. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 46, Ed. 1, Saturday, November 22, 1845
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Let's Pretend This Never Happened
by Jenny Lawson
Publishers Weekly In punchy chapters that cover a fairly uneventful life in the southern Republican regions, blogger Lawson achieves an exaggerated sarcasm that occasionally attains a belly laugh from the reader ("I grew up a poor black girl in New York. Except replace 'black' with 'white' and 'New York' with 'rural Texas' "), but mostly descends into rants about bodily functions and dead animals spiced with profanity. The daughter of a taxidermist whose avid foraging and hunting filled their "violently rural" Wall, Tex., house with motley creatures like raccoons and turkeys and later triggered some anxiety disorder, Lawson did not transcend her childhood horrors so much as return to them, marrying at age 22 a fellow student at a local San Angelo college, Victor, and settling down in the town with a job in "HR" while Victor worked "in computers." In random anecdotal segments Lawson treats the vicissitudes of her 15-year marriage, the birth of daughter Hailey after many miscarriages, some funny insider secrets from the HR office, and an attempt to learn to trust women by spending a weekend in California wine country with a group of bloggers. With little substantive writing on these subjects, however, Lawson's puerile sniggering and potty mouth gets old fast. Agent: Neeti Madan, Sterling Lord. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Book list In this mordant memoir, Lawson, who calls herself The Bloggess, displays the wit that's made her a hit on the Web. She makes hilarious hay out of her rural Texas upbringing, during which her taxidermist father thought nothing of bringing feral creatures into the house (on her future husband Victor's first visit to meet the family, dear old Dad tossed a baby bobcat into the unsuspecting lad's lap). Plagued by anxiety attacks, Lawson is loath to go out in public, and when she does, she inevitably makes a scene. At a Halloween party, she regales guests with a tale of being attacked by a serial killer (turns out it was just her corpulent cat). Lawson, whose award-winning website, TheBloggess.com, averages more than half-a-million page-views per month, delivers some mild moments among the mayhem. At a women's retreat replete with bonding and wine, she happily discovers that girls really aren't so bad. Lawson is funny, but her over-the-top tales eventually take their toll, prompting jaded readers to wonder how much of this stuff she's making up.--Block, Allison Copyright 2010 Booklist
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DelPen wrote:How do that not call that AND call the icing?
Rocco wrote:As much as I hate to agree with Pierre, he has a point- Nabokov may be rattled. That should have been stopped.
DelPen wrote:These refs know this is the team from NY that no one gives two **** about, right?
Rocco wrote:MOAR ICINGS
NashvilleCat wrote:Does Iggy get a cigar for ringing the bell?
lemieuxReturns wrote:Consol seems quite
nocera wrote:This game has no flow, and that favors NY.
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The newly completed Grand Parkway toll road section got quite the test run this week as Hennessey Performance brought their 2014 Corvette Stingray over to test the toll system. On a closed portion of the tollway, Texas DPS State Troopers clocked the speedster at 200.6 mph, making it the first 2014 Corvette to break the 200 mph barrier.
"The road is perfectly smooth and the Corvette was very stable and easy to drive at 200 mph," said driver and company founder John Hennessey. "I'd put the Texas highway system up against any other highway in the world, including the German Autobahn. Our roads have proven to be smooth and safe at speeds well above 200 mph."
The Parkway section, which connects Interstate 10 with Highway 290, will open to the public on Dec. 21 and just in case anyone gets any ideas, the toll road cameras were still able to get crystal clear images of the Stingray's plates as it blazed through the toll section.
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Nearly two dozen people were killed and dozens more were injured when torrential rains triggered flash floods in the Skopje, the capital of Macedonia, NBC News reported on Sunday, citing the Red Cross.
Government spokesman Aleksandar Gjorgiev told The Associated Press a state of emergency had been declared for two weeks in the most affected areas, which included the capital of Skopje, the city of Tetovo and surrounding suburbs.
The Red Cross reported that 22 people were killed, more than 60 people were injured and four were still missing after the floods destroyed hundreds of homes and wiped out electricity. More than 1,000 people were evacuated from their houses, according to the Red Cross.


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Simmons to speak at conference on role, influence of women of color
Brown University President Ruth Simmons will deliver the keynote address at a symposium on "The Changing Role and Influence of Women of Color in Society" scheduled for 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 9, in the Friend Center Convocation Room.
The symposium is open to the public, but registration is required. It will focus on addressing important challenges and opportunities impacting the lives of women of color in academia. The event will include a faculty panel and graduate student presentations showcasing innovative research by women of color in the humanities and the sciences.
Simmons, the keynote speaker, became the first African American to lead an Ivy League institution when she assumed the presidency at Brown in 2001. She previously had served as president of Smith College and vice provost at Princeton.
The conference is sponsored by the Graduate School's Office of Academic Affairs and Diversity in partnership with the Graduate Women of Color Caucus.
For a complete schedule and to register, visit the symposium website.


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Sunday morning was even more beautiful, and although we had to bid the cool Canadian ladies "adieu," we were still prepared to get our last licks in at the show, before hitting the road. For some reason, we hadn't seen a lot of Philadelphia friends Saturday and we were wondering where they all were. But Sunday was a different story. We ran into the lovely Jody Pirrello Richards and her loyal companion Christy first thing.
Shortly after that, we found Lisa and Purlewe loitering near a display of pumpkins....
and just as we were about to leave, Jim found Craig and Mark (Mark is a love; he very kindly shared his fried pickles with us).
Laura and I were fairly restrained in our shopping, although we did both succumb to the lure of some Bartlett yarn.
In the interests of science, I decided to do an experiment: APPLE CRISP VS. APPLE PIE.
You can see the choices here:
Crisp (Saturday's choice)
Pie (Sunday's choice)
I have to say that I preferred the pie: more apples and the crust was moister than the crisp. (I believe strongly in the scientific method. I am debating whether to do pumpkin pie vs. apple pie next year.....)
Of course, there were all sorts of lovely things to see at the show, and I enjoyed snapping some photos of miscellaneous items that caught my eye. From lop-eared goats
to an entrelac wrap;
sheep of all flavors, colors and sizes;
fiber-related equipment
and handwoven baskets
a baby bun
(This guy was a ham. He absolutely mugged for the camera)
delicious things to eat and drink:
um, Yoda?
but I think my favorite photo from the weekend is this one.
One of the last things we did was walk through the animal barns and see the sheep. Laura seemed to have an uncanny bond with the sheep, and at one point, she had 3 or 4 sheep jostling to try to get her to pet them. I started calling her "the Sheep Whisperer."
The weekend flew, and I've barely unpacked my suitcase and it's time for another teaching gig, this time at Stitches East. So if you're in Hartford this weekend, make sure you stop me and say hello...


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The Chinese based development shop Gamegoo creates online games that take players to a fantasy land with its popular online games like "Might & Hero," "Duel on Mount Hua," and "Qi-Xiong Hegemony."
Using Flash Player 11 and the Adobe Flash Platform , Gamegoo has created these highly popular and profitable Web games in China, attracting more than 1 million players daily. The key feature that the company used for to develop these games was Stage 3D, which provided Gamegoo with accelerated graphics and animation development. This allowed the company to providing gamers with enhanced 3D elements and a better gaming experience. One of Gamegoo's games, Qi-Xiong Hegemony, was developed with Flash Player 11 and has been a huge success China. Since it was released, it has brought in more than $780,000 each day and is now one of the top seven online games in China. To learn more about how Gamegoo used Adobe technologies to enhance the Web based gaming experience, read more here.


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This configuration includes a single monitor mount with articulating
arm and a 15" single pole with grommet base. The horseshoe grommet base
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Pictured here: an ad for a metallic-looking, retro-futuristic "breast washer," circa 1930s, that could easily have been a prop on the set of Fritz Lang's Metropolis.
Our questions: did these actually exist? Do they still exist? If so, why do we never see them? How do they work? What are the benefits (real or imagined) of breast-washing with a breast-washer as opposed to self-washing one's own breasts? Inquiring minds want to know.
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Vermillion Receives Notice of Allowance for 5th Biomarker Patent Related to Peripheral Artery Disease
Nov 03, 2011, 08:30 ET
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Vermillion, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRML), a leading molecular diagnostics company, has received a notice of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its fifth patent covering a combination of biomarkers that could be used in the diagnosis of Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), a condition that raises the risk of heart attack and stroke.
The patent, entitled "Beta-2 Microglobulin (B2m) and C Reactive Protein (CRP) as Biomarkers for Peripheral Artery Disease," involves a unique combination of B2m and CRP, two proteins that have been demonstrated in numerous studies to be associated with PAD.
"This patent substantially strengthens our IP portfolio around the development of VASCLIR®, our product under development for diagnosing PAD," said Dr. Eric Fung, Vermillion's chief medical officer, "and the notice of allowance follows the promising top line results we achieved from our recently completed intended use study."
The goal of the study was to develop and validate a biomarker panel applicable to the intended use population. The results have yielded significant insights regarding individual biomarkers. The details of the study and its results will be made public via a formal presentation at an upcoming cardiovascular meeting.
"This study is an important advancement, " noted Dr. Fung, "since according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, one in every 20 Americans over the age of 50 has PAD."(1)
For additional information about Vermillion, contact Liolios Group at 949-574-3860 or email [email protected].
About Vermillion
Vermillion, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRML) is dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel high-value diagnostic tests that help physicians diagnose, treat and improve outcomes for patients. Vermillion, along with its prestigious scientific collaborators, has diagnostic programs in oncology, hematology, cardiology and women's health. Additional information about Vermillion can be found at www.vermillion.com.
About Liolios Group
Liolios Group, Inc. is a highly selective and comprehensive investor relations firm specializing in small and micro-cap companies. Liolios Group aims to deliver superior performance in corporate messaging and positioning, investor awareness, analyst and financial press coverage, and capital attraction. Founded in 1996 in Newport Beach, California, Liolios Group's senior partners each have more than 16 years of experience in finance and investments, and have represented more than 120 companies in a wide range of industries. For more information about Liolios Group, go to www.liolios.com.
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Certain matters discussed in this press release contain forward-looking statements that involve significant risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding Vermillion's plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. These forward-looking statements are based on Vermillion's current expectations. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor" for such forward-looking statements. In order to comply with the terms of the safe harbor, Vermillion notes that a variety of factors could cause actual results and experience to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to materially differ include but are not limited to: (1) uncertainty as to Vermillion's ability to protect and promote its proprietary technology; (2) Vermillion's lack of a lengthy track record successfully developing and commercializing diagnostic products; (3) uncertainty as to whether Vermillion will be able to obtain any required regulatory approval of its future diagnostic products; (4) uncertainty of the size of market for its existing diagnostic tests or future diagnostic products, including the risk that its products will not be competitive with products offered by other companies, or that users will not be entitled to receive adequate reimbursement for its products from third party payors such as private insurance companies and government insurance plans; (5) uncertainty that Vermillion will successfully license or otherwise successfully partner with third parties to commercialize its future products; (6) uncertainty whether the trading in Vermillion's stock will become significantly less liquid; and (7) other factors that might be described from time to time in Vermillion's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All information in this press release is as of the date of this report, and Vermillion expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statements to reflect any change in Vermillion's expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based, unless required by law.
This release should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. Copies are available through the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval system (EDGAR) at www.sec.gov.
(1) National Institutes of Health Publication No. 06-5837
SOURCE Vermillion, Inc.


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Toward the end of his blog post he posted this:
There is no image for this record - it's only an indexed database. But it provides a lot of very helpful information, including:
* Name: Ruby A. Collins (Ruby A. Snearly)
* Birth Date of 20 May 1899
* Birth Place: Ill.
* Death Date: 13 Nov 1922
* Death Place: Bement City, Jasper Co., Ill
* Death Age: 25
* Burial Date: 15 Nov. 1922
* Burial Place: Hunt City, Jasper Co., Ill.
* Occupation: housekeeper
* Race: White
* Marital Status: M
* Gender: Female
* Father Name: John Snearly
* Father Birth Place: Jasper Co., Ill.
* Mother Name: Ruella C. Downey
* Mother Birth Place: Ill.
* Spouse Name: Collins
* FHL Film Number: 1557035
I looked up the FHL Film number and it referred me to the FamilySearch record collection for Death certificates for the state of Illinois, 1916-1945, excluding Chicago with the exception of stillbirths; index, 1916-1938; internet index, 1916-1950. That referred me to the Illinois State Death Index website, which has less information than the Ancestry indexed database. There was a link to the "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-`1947" database on FamilySearch, and the indexed entry there for Ruby A. Collins has the same information as the Ancestry.com indexed database, and also provides an item number and a certificate number.
What I don't know is if the actual Illinois death certificate will have more information than is in this index. for instance, will it have the spouse's given name? Obviously, I could write for an Illinois death certificate for Ruby A. (Snearly) Collins, but my conclusion is that this is "good enough" for this survey phase of my family tree climbing fun.
Subsequently, I have found John Snearly's parental family, and am stuck on the parents of Adelia (it's Adelia in the 1900 to 1940 census records and the Illinois Death Certificate Index and her Find A Grave memorial, not "Ruella") C. Downey.
The URL for this post is: http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/11/finding-johns-other-grandmother-ra.html
Copyright (c), Randall J. Seaver
I was reviewing my Conflicts, in my To Do List, and found this entry:
Is Adelia C _____ and Ruella C Downey the same person. If I don't know a name, I use the 5 underscores. It helps remind me of work to do, but in this case, based on Randy's blog post, I thought I would see if I could 'prove' Randy right (or wrong).
Here are my research notes for Adelia C or Adelia married to John Snearly or Snearley:
24 Nov 2013 1910 Census, Illinois - John B SnearleyWas it Jno I, John, John O, John B; Snearly, Snearley. I think John O Snearly.
28 Nov 20131900 Census, Illinois - John I Snearly
05 Dec 20131920 Census, Illinois - John O Snearly1930 Census, Illinois - John SnearlyCrowdSourcing Opportunity of 14 Nov 2013
06 Dec 2013FindAGrave - Adelia C Snearly
Was it Adelia C _____, Adelia _____, or Ruella C Downey
The only record I had on his Ruella C Downey, was that Illinois Death INDEX. Since I record what I find, I recorded on 24 Nov 2013 "Illinois, Death and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 - Rudy A Collins. That's when I made that entry on the To Do List.
I should be able to find some record on "Ruella", nothing. I then looked at Ruby A Collin's siblings as they had some unique names. Nothing on Ancestry at all. Then I remembered where I found Ruella and went to Family Search.org and found:
09 Dec 2013Illinois Marrriage - John O Snearly
"llinois Marriages, 1815-1935", Family Search (www.familysearch.org), Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M53383-7; System Origin: Illinois-ODM; GS Film number: 1312612; accessed 09 Dec 2013. Person Details for John O. Snearly;.
John O Snearly married Adelia Downey on 14 Aug 1888 in Jasper, Illinois. Right time frame and right place. Yes, this is another INDEX and we can't write a proof statement based in an Index, but we know where to send John, if he is interested.
I merged my two people in FTM2014 and have uploaded my file to the AMT for Randy to share, if he chooses.
So, the Ancestry and Family Search Illinois, Death and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 have the mother of Ruby wrong, but the Marriage Index is correct. Ruella or Adelia Downey? I think Adelia is the correct name.
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Blue Jays fight back
TORONTO — Want to start a fight in the 500 level on Toonie Tuesdays? Well, you're going to have to do it sober. After this week's pile of fan altercations in the upper reaches of the Dome, especially during last night's first $2 Tuesday promotion, the Jays have changed their alcohol policy.
For the three upcoming $2 Tuesdays — May 6, May 20 and June 10 — there will be no beer available in the seats affected by the promotion. That means all you fans hoping to throw down a toonie to sit in the 200 level outfield seats or in the 500 level with the intention of getting hammered, well, no beer for you.
This comes after Jays president and CEO Paul Godfrey witnessed a few of the fights from his suite at Rogers Centre. There were roughly 100 people kicked out of the park on Tuesday and an arrest made — roughly the same numbers as on Opening Day. Problem is that there were 21,000 fewer fans in the seats on Tuesday.
"If it continues to cause our fans who are interested in baseball a disturbance," Godfrey said, "then I'll seriously consider scrapping the $2 program entirely. It's unfortunate, because it's a good way to attract people, but we're not going to tolerate that type of activity at the ballpark."
"A few can always ruin it for the majority," he continued. "It's really unfortunate that some of them feel that this is a night club here. It's not a night club. It's a sport venue."
Nice. With that, here's tonight's lineups. A little late, but what can you do?
OAKLAND (4-4) at TORONTO (4-3)
at 7:07 p.m. ET at the Rogers Centre
Travis Buck, RF
Mark Ellis, 2B
Daric Barton, 1B
Jack Cust, DH
Emil Brown, LF
Bobby Crosby, SS
Jack Hannahan, 3B
Kurt Suzuki, C
Ryan Sweeney, CF
PITCHING: LHP Greg Smith
David Eckstein, SS
Shannon Stewart, LF
Alex Rios, RF
Vernon Wells, CF
Frank Thomas, DH
Aaron Hill, 2B
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Marco Scutaro, 3B
Gregg Zaun, C
PITCHING: RHP Dustin McGowan
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I'm with you Jordan.
I was at the home opener and witnessed a couple of incidents in the 500 level. It was absolutely disgusting. Most fans are there to watch the game. Then you get a few bad apples who unfortunately stand out.
All those drunks and all those idiots who threw their towels on the field are not baseball fans. They're just posers.
Can someone please tell me why the hell has Scutero not been credited with at least 3 errors this game?
Let's hope he is benched for the rest of the year…
I was at the game on Saturday and opening day. I had some of the worst seats i've ever had, on opening day (at the 500 level) and still had a total blast. I did notice the fights to my left and right, but it wasn't near me to ruin my enjoyment of the game. Listening to the conversations some of the people around me were having it did sound more like a club group then a bunch of baseball fans, so I do understand why they have decided to do this. My friend told me he knew a bunch of club bouncers who actually went and got into a fight so it's pretty obvious that most of the people that did go where just there to get drunk and not necassarily to watch the game.
The Blue Jays themselves, meanwhile, look like the same team last year. They can't seem to find a way to beat teams they should beat (consistantly). I wonder if J.P. will use the loss of Casey this year as an excuse for the 'pen being shaky the last 2 nights.
I think we could really use B.J back right about now.
I was thinking the same thing last night Freedom. It wont be too much longer, thankfully. Rolen's "D" was needed too.


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Oil prices rise as market awaits US inventory data
The price of oil edged above $102 a barrel Wednesday as investors tried to assess the strength of U.S. demand with the approach of warmer weather.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark U.S. crude for April delivery was up 62 cents to $102.45 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Tuesday, the contract fell 99 cents to close at $101.83.
Investors are waiting for a weekly fuel inventories report due later Wednesday from the U.S. Energy Department for clues about the strength of demand. The industry-sponsored American Petroleum Agency said late Tuesday that crude supplies rose 822,000 barrels last week, though stocks at Cushing, Okla., the settlement point for the Nymex contract, fell 1.1 million barrels.
"Market participants will be paying close attention to the flows through Cushing and for any increases in refinery rates which remained subdued in last week's report," said analyst Kash Kamal at Sucden Financial Research in London.
An especially harsh U.S. winter this year has boosted energy demand but that impulse will fade as warmer weather starts to prevail.
The world has already grown jittery lately about a possible economic slowdown in China. The economy is still expanding at faster rates than Western nations but may be losing momentum, which would have significant effect on energy demand.
However, production and exports snags in Libya and Iraq as well as sometime-violent street protests in Venezuela, which is a major supplier of crude to the U.S., have helped keep prices supported.
Brent crude, which is used to set prices for international varieties of crude, was down 19 cents to $109.32 on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
In other energy futures trading on Nymex:
— Wholesale gasoline was almost unchanged at $2.9714 per gallon.
— Heating was also little changed at $3.0352 a gallon.
— Natural gas dropped 26.6 cents to $4.83 per 1,000 cubic feet.


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FRISCO, Texas – FC Dallas extended their home unbeaten streak to eight games and overall unbeaten streak to nine with a 2-1 victory at FC Dallas Stadium over struggling D.C. United, their club-record seventh consecutive defeat.
Set pieces once again were the difference for FCD, who have made a habit of punishing teams on restarts this year. Je-Vaughn Watson scored his first goal of 2013 when he chested in a Michel corner kick in the 77th minute for the eventual game-winner, Dallas' eighth set piece goal of the young season.
OPTA Chalkboard: Precious few chances, but FCD make them count
The opener, however, came from the run of play. FCD caught United out in transition, giving Eric Hassli time to find Jackson all alone on the left side of the box. The midfielder blasted a high, hard shot past United 'keeper Joe Willis for the 1-0 lead.
The score continued trends for both teams –United lead the league in early goals surrendered, this being the fifth they've allowed in the opening 15 minutes of a match, while Dallas have scored first in 10 of 11 matches this season.
Just before the halftime whistle, the Black and Red leveled on a bit of brilliance by Dwayne De Rosario. After drawing a foul just outside of the Dallas 18, United used a quick touch and go to give DeRo an angle for his low shot to the right corner, beating Chris Seitz at full stretch to make it 1-1 at the break.
Prior to that goal, FC Dallas had not been scored upon earlier than the 68th minute all season. They wouldn't surrender another in this one, as a scrappy and disjointed second half produced precious few chances for either side. Willis did well to get to a clever Blas Perez header that looked like it was headed wide, while D.C. failed to seriously test Seitz.
With the loss, United's miserable first third of the season (1-8-1, 4 points) continues. They remain dead last in the East, and will host Sporting KC next Sunday.
FC Dallas, meanwhile remain in pole position for the Supporters' Shield (7-1-3, 24 points). They're on the road at Seattle next Saturday.


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soft, about 4 minutes. Add the spices and season. Add the stock and bring to
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1 cup tightly packed spinach leaves
1/4 cup cold, chopped butter
1/2 tablespoon truffle oil
2 tablespoons chopped chives
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minutes. Serve immediately.
Yield: 8 servings
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President Barack Obama's request for speedy congressional backing of a military strike in Syria advanced in the US Senate on Wednesday, hours after the commander in chief left open the possibility he would order retaliation for a deadly chemical weapons attack even if Congress withheld its approval.
The authorization measure, which cleared the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on a 10-7 vote, was altered at the last minute to support "decisive changes to the present military balance of power" in Syria's civil war. It would rule out U.S. combat operations on the ground.
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The panel's vote marked the first formal response in Congress to the president's unexpected announcement last weekend that he was putting off an expected cruise missile strike against Syria and instead was first asking lawmakers to unite behind such a plan.
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Obama's request also received its first hearing in the House during the day, and Secretary of State John Kerry responded heatedly when Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., said that Kerry, Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden all had advocated for caution in past conflicts. "Is the power of the executive branch so intoxicating that you have abandoned past caution in favor of pulling the trigger on a military response so quickly?" Duncan asked.
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... I had also ordered the ETS 150/5, but it was backordered. I think I may have lucked out that it's backordered. I was originally planning on buying the RO150 until I saw the price so I opted for the cheaper ETS 150/5. After some more research and soul searching, I've come back to my original conclusion that I should buy the RO150...
I like the RO150 but for end-grain cutting boards, it wouldn't be my first choice for a handheld sander. You want to be able to level and flatten and even a handheld belt sander (non-Festool) would be better. Ideal would of course be access to a drum sander. You could get a good Makita or Porter-Cable belt sander and the ETS150/5 for the price of the RO150. I just don't see the RO as the ideal hand sander for end-grain cutting boards that might need a fair bit of leveling. Still going to suggest finding someone with a drum sander as the best option...
You have 30 days to return it in the US. It may be better to get both the RO and if the ETS is really an ETC/EC 150/5 then I doubt you would return that one...
That's a nice looking cutting board Peter. I feel like a lot of people make cutting boards to use up the smaller scrap pieces of wood they have from other projects. I on the other hand am buying would solely to make cutting boards.Do you think the router sled made the finishing process faster/easier as opposed to just sanding?
The only problem I have with the 30 day return policy is that I ordered online and I'd hate the idea of having to pay the return shipping. I have no idea how much it would cost to ship back, but sending something that heavy can't be that cheap. In a perfect world I'd get both, but I'm really looking for "one sander to rule them all" or perhaps what realistically would be called "unobtainium."
Absolutely in my case. I was able to glue up without the worry about absolute flatness on one side and then ended up with parallel top and bottom sides.
One sander to rule them all? Clearly you don't understand Festool's approach just yet... Router sled is a good bet. Your biggest problem will be cutting strips of perfectly consistent width with the tracksaw. Trust me it's no fun trying to sand that flat!
Quote from: Peter Halle on October 12, 2017, 12:19 PMAbsolutely in my case. I was able to glue up without the worry about absolute flatness on one side and then ended up with parallel top and bottom sides.Maybe I should reconsider making a router sled. I'll need to find a relatively simple design - some of the plans I saw used plexiglass, which I don't have and I don't really want to buy. Do you happen to remember where you got your plans?
Mine was made out of scrap. The sled itself was just a scrap of plywood with a hole drilled in it. Mounted the router to that. The base that held the workpiece was scrap plywood. The runners were scraps of uni-strut screwed down. The clamps were opposing wedges tightened and screwed down.Nothing elegant but it worked.
Quote from: Peter Halle on October 12, 2017, 01:54 PMMine was made out of scrap. The sled itself was just a scrap of plywood with a hole drilled in it. Mounted the router to that. The base that held the workpiece was scrap plywood. The runners were scraps of uni-strut screwed down. The clamps were opposing wedges tightened and screwed down.Nothing elegant but it worked.I see, I think I'm overthinking/over complicating the design of the sled. I guess the key thing is that the runners or guides are exact matches that are parallel to each other.
Yeah, I guess my cheapskate/simple approach contradicts Festool's approach. I just realized that using cheapskate and Festool in the same sentence is probably an oxymoron.Hmm consistent widths is going to be a problem?? I had planned to setup some kind of stop block on my custom made tracksaw cutting station. I haven't actually thought about how it will really work - I only have the very rough high level vision of a stop of some kind in my head. I saw a cutting board video on YouTube where they were using the waste side to make the strips because they were cutting narrow stock.
You might want to look through issue #222 of Fine Woodworking for an article by Nick Offerman on his design for a router sled. You can see a photo of it here.
We are all cheapskates here. It's just that Festool makes a lot of nice machines, and if you are trying to get one of them to do what others do even better, you're depriving yourself of the pleasure that comes from having the best tool for the job. At least that's how they've warped my brain into thinking. LOL. But in all seriousness, while the RO is a really amazing and versatile sander, it's not a great finish sander compared to other sanders in Festool's lineup (ETS, ETS-ECs, RTS/DTS...). And in woodworking, most of what you do is finish sand. So I don't see the RO as the only sander I'd like to own. Just my opinion of course. It still might be the first sander for you, but it ain't gonna be your last. Consistent widths is no problem in theory, but it's inherently going to be less perfect than say, a tablesaw with a good fence. On a cutting board, even one hundredth of an inch difference strip to strip will give you something that needs to be routered or sanded out. The approach should work fine as long as you have a way to deal with any unevenness you end up with - in your case the router sled. Or a buddy with a drum sander. Yes, you'd be able to slowly even out the board with the Rotex, but your result is likely to be smooth but a little wavier than the dead-nuts flat you'll get with other approaches.I don't know if this is a one-off or few-off project for you or if you plan on making a lot of these, but usually folks that make lots of cutting boards end up with a drum sander for good reason. Oh, did I mention we're really good at spending your money here?
Congrats! Nice set of tools...I think attempting to make a custom MFT is a good idea for a lot of folks. The money just seems better spent elsewhere and you can get something that is better suited to your needs for a fraction of the cost. And thanks to Peter's awesome system, getting an accurate top is easier than ever. Make sure to take a look at various designs that are out there for custom MFTs. Example, if you need portability, take a look at how Dan Pattison (MPT) or Timothy Wilmots (MFTC) have tackled that in their designs. I like the RO150 but for end-grain cutting boards, it wouldn't be my first choice for a handheld sander. You want to be able to level and flatten and even a handheld belt sander (non-Festool) would be better. Ideal would of course be access to a drum sander. You could get a good Makita or Porter-Cable belt sander and the ETS150/5 for the price of the RO150. I just don't see the RO as the ideal hand sander for end-grain cutting boards that might need a fair bit of leveling. Still going to suggest finding someone with a drum sander as the best option...
Have to agree on the RO150 for cutting boards--BTDT and you'll spend a lifetime flattening end-grain hardwoods even with 24grit paper. Belt sander is much better for initial flattening. I have both the RO150 and the ETS150 (makes sense TO ME to have them share paper). The Rotex is a great sander (they both are) but it's big and heavy. The ETS is a little easier on the hands, arms, and ears for doing lots of sanding.
Good plan. BTW, you may know this, but you're going to get track marks from the routing unless you use a dish cutter bit instead of a regular straight cutter. You'll be able to sand those out, but it may be worth investing in a wide dish cutter bit if you plan on doing this a lot. Also, you can save a little more money if you go with the standard ETS 150/5 instead of the EC. In terms of sanding capabilities and results, they will be very similar - both are plenty powerful enough and both have the same 5mm stroke. With the EC you're paying for the different form factor, improved (?) ergonomics, and brushless motor. Those may be worth it to many people, but in the beginning when you're trying to stretch that dollar, I'm not convinced you need to spend the extra. The ETS is a tried and true and much loved sander. JMHO, looking at it from the perspective of someone trying to spend as wisely as possible since there are so many toys to buy when starting out.
I did not know that about the router bit. Honestly, router bits confuse me - upcut, downcut, spiral, all different types of router bits. I think I was planning on getting the Freud 16-608 1 1/4" Mortising Bit (I'm trying to only buy Freud bits). Do you know if that's the type of bit you were referring to?LOL - talk about coming full circle. As I mentioned I originally ordered the ETS 150, but it's backordered from the online store that I bought it from. I selected the ETS 150 because it was cheaper than the ETS EC 150, but I didn't really fully understand the differences until after I placed my order. I personally like the way the ETS EC 150 looks compared to the ETS 150 (I'm rather superficial when it comes to certain things).
The ETS/EC 150/5 is the Porsche of the line up.The RO are like a 4x4 school bus with a pickup bed on the backwith wings on it... So yeah it technically does it all...But then they say ugly still need 5+ sanders...If you are doing slabs then getting them at with a router sled is a decent way. An RO-# is slower than a belt sander and easier to have the surface wavy.A hand plane is worth using too.I am not really a sander guy but I still have 4 unique sanders. (Belt, 1/2-sheet, random orbital, corner) I use a Makita with a flap wheel for caveman things.And I have two vacuum hand sanding blocks...But I am more of a Porsche + Cessna + dump truck sort of guy... Rather You will likely need hand planes and scrapers or a few unique sanders.Your results my vary.
A mortising bit is different. It has sharp corners at the bottom to leave sharp corners in the work (think like a mortise for a door hinge). Since it's a wide flat bit, it also works great on a sled BUT those sharp corners leave little tracks in the work as you go back and forth. Dish carving bits (sorry, I may have confused by calling it a dish cutter) are just like mortise bits except they are radiused and thus they don't make perfectly sharp corners but rounded ones, like you might see on the inside of a dish or tray. You certainly wouldn't use them to make a mortise for something like a hinge, but the lack of sharp corners makes them far better for use on a router sled. https://www.amazon.com/Freud-99-026-4-Inch-Diameter-Carving/dp/B00004T7M5Sometimes they are also called "Bowl & Tray" bits especially when they have a bearing to use with a template.
@GoingMyWay Take a look at the different router sleds FOG members have made in this thread, some very complex, some very simple.http://festoolownersgroup.com/festool-jigs-tool-enhancements/router-planing-sled/BTW, having used both the ETS and the ETS-EC 150, I much prefer the EC, both in terms of form and in terms of function. The sanding pad brake may sound like a gimmick, but it's actually very useful.


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Rana's Wedding: Jerusalem, Another Day (2002)
Directed by Hany Abu-AssadGenres - Drama | Sub-Genres - Romantic Drama, Political Drama | Release Date - Aug 22, 2003 (USA - Limited) | Run Time - 90 min. | Countries - United Arab Emirates , Netherlands , Gaza Strip , West Bank | MPAA Rating - NR
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Rana (Clara Khoury) is a young Palestinian woman, living in Jerusalem. Her father (Zuher Fahoum) is moving to Egypt, and he knows that Rana does not want to go with him. He thinks she's too young to get married, but he gives her a choice; she can go with him, or she can marry one of the men on a list he's compiled of acceptable bachelors. On the morning of her father's departure, Rana sneaks out of the house and goes to meet Khalil (Khalifa Natour), the man she loves, as they had arranged. But a bombing the night before has kept Khalil from coming to Jerusalem, so Rana has to navigate a treacherous bureaucratic labyrinth of checkpoints and armed guards to reach Khalil at the theater where he works in Ramallah. When she finally gets there, her troubles are far from over. Her plan is for Khalil to marry her, but because she's underage, they find they need her father's permission. Together with Khalil's friend, Ramzy (Ismael Dabbag), the couple must drive back to Jerusalem, pick up the registrar to officiate, and convince her father to let her marry Khalil. As the deadline grows closer -- her father is taking an afternoon flight -- Rana ponders her decision to marry and to stay in Jerusalem, and wonders whether or not she's doing the right thing. Rana's Wedding was written and directed by Hany Abu-Assad, who also made the 2002 documentary Ford Transit. Both films were shown at the 2003 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, where Abu-Assad was awarded the Nestor Almendros Prize for courage in filmmaking.
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Ask Slashdot: Facebook Archiving? 368
from the get-a-really-really-big-disk dept.
Nah it aint like that.
Updates: Who gives a crap, they are throw away, getting rid is probably a blessing later!
Pictures: Anyone who does not keep a local copy is an idiot and probably deserves to lose em!
In all, there is no issue.
Pictures: Anyone who does not keep a local copy is an idiot and probably deserves to lose em!
Yeah submitter, that's right, your 15-year old daughter who grew up in the internet age is an idiot who deserves to lose her memories. Thankfully, we have people like Carrot007 to help point this out.
Oh AmicusNYCL, you hopelessly naive liberal do-gooder, you. Don't you realize that every single time a bad thing happens to someone else, they deserve it? Conversely, all good things that happen to me are deserved as well. This philosophy has helped me feel good about myself while not caring about anyone else, and it can help you too! Blame the victim, I always say. It's just easier.
Who even gives a shit about those kinds of things anyway?
And this is why most slashdotters hate facebook. Because they don't understand friendship, or the equivalent stimulation provided by nostalgia of said friendships.
Do you remember the first time you played Doom? How about the first time you compiled a program. It's like that, but with people.
If she grew up in the internet age, she has no excuse not to understand the technology. If Grandma thinks the computer is magic, that's understandable. Someone who was born in 1996 should know better.
I wouldn't say she "deserves" to lose her data, but she really should know better.
Because the current generation of users are just that.. USERS.. the previous generation of users? guess what.. users as well. Users don't want to be bothered with learning all the ins and outs, they just want it to work.
Not everyone can know everything.. or more importantly, bother with taking the time to learn it. I don't read up on the fine points of Class-5 Phone switches, but I still expect my phone to work when I pick up the receiver.
(Actually that's a lie, I switched to IP telephony a while ag
If she grew up in the internet age, she has no excuse not to understand the technology.
That's completely ridiculous. You think that every kid that owns an iPhone understands things like HTTP, iOS, Bluetooth, and the 802.11 specs? Do they also understand database clusters, content delivery networks, event-based user interfaces and load balancing? Should all Facebook users be expected to understand how memcached works?
The point of a device like the iPhone, or a service like Facebook, is explicitly that you do not need to understand how the technology works in order to use it. This is the "black-box" approach to abstract programming that you learn about in year 1 of computer science classes. It's the same reason I can hit a button on a toaster and get toast without needing to know exactly how the coils heat up or the timer works.
I wouldn't say she "deserves" to lose her data, but she really should know better.
No, there is in fact no reason why she should know better. In fact, it's up to the designers of the technology to consider users like her and make their services easier to use and more suited to the needs of users that don't understand how it works. Apple understands this concept. You do not. You may be the guy who designs software and interfaces with the expectation that the kids using the service understand all of the terminology you're using and all of the ramifications involved. That's how you alienate your prospective user base. Facebook makes it easy to upload pictures, they should also make it easy to download them. It would be nice if you could download the original version, but that's asking a bit much for a social networking site instead of an image dump.
They certainly shouldn't need to know the RFCs or Facebook's code, or how a JPG is compressed. But they sure as hell should know that if they entrust their pictures completely to a third party, the availability of those pictures will be restricted to the availability of that third party.
This isn't even a technological issue. If I had the only copy of my paper-and-ink photos to some random third party with nothing more than a wink and a nod towards the protection and privacy of those pictures, I shouldn't
Well, seriously, though- do people upload a photo to a web site and then delete the local copy?
Many people upload directly from their phone, and then might delete stuff on the phone to make room for new ones.
Your updates might be throw away, but not everyone's. Some of mine are funny, and others tell me what I was doing in the past (I don't post trivial events), both are worth saving.
I didn't take all of the pictures I'm in, and I didn't upload them all from my computer.
All of the slashdotters who always have to suggest that should actually use Facebook and see what it offers. Once you get familiar with it, it's actually quite fantastic service for many different purposes.
Some of us value our privacy.
Strangely, even without a FB account, I have no problem staying in touch with friends, going to all the parties..and having a fulfilling life socializing with friends not only locally, but around the world.
Hmm...strangely enough....using many of the same ways I've always do
I think the obvious answer is to gain employment with the FBI. You will have access to the warrantless and unwarranted archive - into perpetuity.
You can get an entire compilation of every picture, post and conversation your account has had. Emails you a zip file in about 20 minutes
Facebook already has a export feature. Just export and store
Indeed, its fairly easy to find. Account (drop down) -> Account Settings -> Download your information
Indeed, the download is also very BROKEN and has been since they launched it...at least for anyone whos profile size is over ~1GB (easy to do with a few HD video uploads).
Only the first 1GB of the backup
> All you can do now is download the shitty low res copies facebook keeps
Huh? Facebook upgraded its resolution last year to handle up to 2048 pixels on the longest edge. Granted, many cameras can shoot higher than that nowadays, but I don't think anybody would describe that as low-res.
http://www.facebook.com/blog.php?post=432670242130 [facebook.com]
Yes they upgraded, but all photos from before they did will be at a much lower res than the original.
I don't understand this article is called 'Facebook Archiving'... Backup is backup whatever you look at it, in this case, you're backing up photographs...They're not *Facebook photographs*, they're just photographs, perhaps ordinary JPGS.
If you want to backup your 'status updates', install Status Net or some twitter clone, then make updates locally with your tool, then get those to sync with twitter and then Facebook...
I should probably provide an (indirect) answer as I did not answer your question, If you're looking for backup software (which you are), these will probably be a goldmine for ideas:
Go read what this guy had to say. He responded to your sentiment better than I could.
http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2021652&cid=35373582 [slashdot.org]
There are already a few third-party (for a fee) options out there, or if you have firefox, perhaps this add on for it may do the job for you. [mozilla.org]
Well, poop... seems that one's out of date. OTOH, there seems to be a lot of others out there as well [mozilla.org]
If Facebook should go out of business, all of your photos and personal data will be sold to the highest bidder. I'm sure that ACME advertising would love to archive it for you.
It's time for your daughter to realize that her (and our) personal information are what constitutes Facebook's most valuable assets.
That's what I am thinking. The quality of the facebook pics are such crap anyway. Who in their right mind thinks that is where their original copies should reside. Keep one copy on your main drive, one backed up to an external, and another on a CD/DVD stored in a fireproof box. And do that with all important files.
> that you're asking that question at all is just fail
In user-land it is. So, uh, maybe we should be asking the question?
Isn't that what this site is for?
Same way with most of your sites... something like:
wget -r -l 2 -p -k --load-profile [path to your mozilla profile for cookies and passwords] http://facebook.com/ [facebook.com]
Play with the -l and --accept and --reject to filter out stuff you don't want... unfortunately facebook's undescripted URL format will make this difficult. But wget works quite well to backup your other blog sites, like livejournal, blogspot, and slashdot.
As for myself, I only ever post to facebook via twitter (which also crossposts to buzz and li
First, when you uploaded it you must have had the original, why didn't you save it?
Second, contact Facebook as an advertiser and/or marketeer and they will hand you anything you want (for a price).
Third, ask your favourite 3- or 4 letter agency for info on terrist X...
And lastly, when you wake up from the stupor that made you place all that personal info on Facebook you will find it's impossible to remove what got out on the
The short answer is that you treat Facebook, Flickr, and other sites just like you did back in the Good Old Days--as a means of sharing, not as a means of storage. It's fine to upload and share the photos immediately, but you leave them on your device until you dock the device and download them all (in native resolution) to your computer. Then you can remove delete them from the device.
In my day, we had our own websites, and we were happy.
We had our own writing, our own art and our own photographs (and source code etc.) and we kept a backup on our own PCs. And we owned the copyright on the stuff that we had created ourselves. We put links to other peoples' web sites that we liked.
These young people today don't know know how easy they have it. And I'll tell you another thing, it's so easy for them, they've never had to think for themselves. And they've never had to take any responsibility.
When it all goes horribly wrong, they'll have nothing left and they won't know what to do, and when someone say, "Well, just restore from your backup." They'll say, "What's a backup?"
And you'll say, "The spare copies of everything that you kept for safe-keeping."
And there will be a look of bewilderment on their faces and they'll say, "I didn't know you could do that..."
How do we make sure we can access or backup those files in case Zuckerberg decides to sell out to Google or Microsoft
Wow. Are there really still people who think this is the worst that can happen with Facebook?
The Foundation:
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The Debian Project Page:
http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox [debian.org]
This is a more long-term solution, but think of it as the elegant solution to the problem.
I wish.
I'm more worried nothing will be deleted -- ever.
This is what I hope a peer to peer social network could solve.
You'd be able to choose a host for your, uh, seed so there's some risk gone. But you could also sync your stuff to an encrypted vault with a few friends, and return the favor to them. That's pretty reliable. And then you could export the archive into a format that lots of people could unpack and use, because there's the original open source manager, and perhaps a bunch of alternatives/competitors using the same protocol like you see with bitTorrent clients.
It's not just about the network of your peers and privacy. It's also owning your lifestream in a format that's still useful five years from now. From there, building out management of a home library is pretty natural, even if it's never shared across the network. I lost almost all of my early journalistic work when my Hotmail account got wiped due to inactivity. That's hard to replace. A consolidated service to both store and share information could be really powerful and universally liked. Facebook is a reasonably effective start at this... but with some inextricable baggage around privacy, ownership and portability.
Diaspora, despite the rocky start, seems to be the most active project working on this. I hope it thrives.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/flickrdown/ [sourceforge.net]
I used this a few years ago. worked great. for those who are on flickr, this would be one way to get your photos 'back'.
I see that flickr has banned this software now, though
when I had a 'pro' flickr account, I could see all my photos. when I let that expire and go to a free account again, I'm limited to seeing only the last 200 photos even though they were all still there if you knew the url.
so, as my account was about to expire, I ran flickrd
The first thing wrong is that Facebook doesn't have any liability to YOU to keep the information you uploaded online and/or archived. And YOU, expecting Facebook to keep a backup is just moronic. If you upload a photo directly from your cell phone to Facebook, YOU as a Facebook user can't have any reasonable expectation that the photo will stay there, be backed up, or basically anything. It can stay there, it can be taken down, it can disappear without any notice, and if it's published to the public you can't have any expectation that the photo will not be used/copied/shared/drooled on by others that you don't want to have access. The only one responsible for the well being of that photo is YOU, and if you don't save it elsewhere on your own, then you really shouldn't own a cell phone that can take pictures anyhow.
Offers free web-based backup for a wide range of social sites: http://www.backupify.com/tour/details/facebook [backupify.com]
If you're a Windows user - get Picasa.
If you're a Mac user - iPhoto works great.
If you're a Linux/BSD user - teach her about tar.
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Montana Gas Prices Rising at Slow Pace
Gas prices keep climbing in Montana, here's what to look for in the week ahead.
"Montana prices have slowly continued to increase here averaging about $3.35 a gallon," said Gas Buddy petroleum analyst Patrick Dehan. "The direction has continued to be slightly upward I would expect perhaps the same situation to unfold in the week ahead."
The lowest prices in Montana can be found in Billings where the average price is $3.32, but where competition has driven the price down to $3.15.
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Wrestling team goes 5-1 to claim second in NCWA national duals
Defending National Collegiate Wrestling Association National Duals champion Liberty University rallied from behind to upset top-seeded University of Maryland-Baltimore County in the semifinals before falling to second-seeded Lindenwood-St. Charles in a finals rematch, 30-19, Saturday at the Georgia State Trade and Convention Center.
"I'm really proud of the kids," Flames head coach Jesse Castro said. "We weren't really expected to make it to the finals. It was probably the best we've wrestled on the season as a team."
Liberty, seeded fourth, defeated fifth-seeded Lindenwood-Belleville in the quarterfinals, 30-15, the same score the Flames beat Lindenwood-St. Charles by in last year's final.
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I've already gone on record with my initial thoughts regarding the upcoming hockey comedy "Goon" (summation: Outdated view of the game, Liev Schreiber is cool), so there's no need to get back into it.
However, now that the first full theatrical trailer has hit, I can say that my initial impressions seem to be pretty right on, but I must give them major kudos for the trailer's money shot - because it's not only cool, but it will boldly fly over the heads of 90% of the audience. That takes guts.
OK, so...blah blah blah..."too much of a hockey purist"...blah blah blah..."it's a comedy"...blah..."Slap Shot" blah blah...
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You may be right, maybe I am being sensitive but, c'mon:
The goalie's putting on his pads wrong!
Would you baseball fans brush it off if Willie Mays Hayes made his "basket catch " while wearing a catcher's mitt? Why not? "Major League" is a comedy, isn't it?
So, yeah...the goalie.
Has his right pad on backwards.
For to compare:
See? Those side pads go on the outside.
OK, OK....I've nitpicked enough (and, yes, I'm mostly joking. Settle down). Now to the kudos. The trailer ends with Seann William Scott's character starting a fight with former NHL tough guy George Laraque. That's gag #1.
Gag #2 is that Laraque wishes Scott "good luck" before they go at it....which is something Laraque actually used to do to opposing players:
Yeah. Well played, "Goon." Maybe a handful of Canadians will get that. Let's see if that and Schreiber's mustache are enough to win us over.


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Makes 24 blondies
1½ cups/7½ oz all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
12 tablespoons/1 ½ sticks/170g unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1 ½ cups/10 ½ oz packed light brown sugar
2 large eggs
4 teaspoons vanilla extract
½ cup/3 oz semisweet chocolate chips
½ cup/3 oz white chocolate chips
1 cup/4 oz pecans or walnuts, toasted and chopped
Adjust an oven rack to the middle position and heat the oven to 180oC/160oC fan/350oF/Gas mark 4. Grease and line a 13 by 9-inch baking pan with baking parchment, leaving an overhang for easy lifting. Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl.
In a large bowl, whisk the butter and sugar together. Whisk in the eggs and vanilla extract until combined. Stir in the flour mixture until just incorporated. Stir in the chocolate chips and nuts.
Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top. Bake the blondies until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out with just a few moist crumbs attached, 22 to 25 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through baking.
Let the blondies cool completely in the pan, set on a wire rack, about 2 hours. Remove the blondies from the pan, cut into squares, and serve.


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I have tried twice to make pork sausages using an electric meat grinder with stuffer attachment (Kenwood). Both times it has produced slimy sausages. The meat is cold, I have tried oiling the parts but the meat seems to get stuck as it goes into the nozzle and gets pushed backwards and then gets squished into a paste. The result is dry paste-like texture that noone likes. p.s. recipe is 13.75% rusk;15% water; 70% meat and 1.25% salt.
Wondering now whether to get a stuffer but would it do the same? HELP PLEASE - need to make sausages as I have 25 kg of meat!!


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Google reported child pornography found in a convicted sex offender's Gmail account, causing many to speculate that Google scan its email for offending images, according to reports.
Google reported John Henry Skillem, a convicted sex offender, after the tech company found images of child pornography and reported the information to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, according to the Telegraph. The images of a young girl were found by an automated search and a police investigation by the Houston Metro Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force led to an arrest.
"He was keeping it inside of his email. I can't see that information, I can't see that photo, but Google can. He was trying to get around getting caught, he was trying to keep it inside his email," Detective David Nettles told Channel 11. "I really don't know how they do their job. But I'm just glad they do it.".