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Chicken Little
Disney's computer-generated cartoon takes acorns and turns them into enjoyable, moderately sized saplings
Chicken Little
Directed by Mark Dindal
Cast: Voices of Zach Braff, Joan Cusack, Garry Marshall
It's sink or swim time for Disney. After enduring years of declining profits and management shake-ups—not to mention more stock market woes than Martha Stewart—the Mouse Corporation is releasing its first fully computer-generated feature cartoon made without the able assistance of Pixar. Having provided Disney with basically all of its unqualified successes in the last 10 years or so (Toy Story, Monsters Inc., The Incredibles), Pixar is now eager to dump the ungrateful Disney in favor of greener pastures and a bigger share of profits. Which leaves Disney in the unusual position of having to prove itself as an animation studio.
Disney tested the CG waters earlier this year, releasing the World War II pigeon film Valiant. Though that mediocre offering was a computer-generated cartoon, it did not originate with the Disney studio. It was a product of England's tiny Vanguard Animation and was merely distributed in the U.S. by Disney. In contrast, the long-touted toon Chicken Little is a Disney product through and through. And, though it can't quite be called a record-breaker in the 100-meter breaststroke, it does feature far more swimming than sinking.
Chicken Little (voiced by Zach Braff of "Scrubs") is a cute but nerdy kid living in Oakley Oaks. In the grand Disney tradition, he's missing at least one parent. (Seems to me that, since the days of Bambi, Disney has offed more adults than the Khmer Rouge.) Our boy Little is being raised by his single father, Buck (movie producer/director Garry Marshall), a former baseball star who's rather disappointed in his son's unsportsmanlike tendencies.
One day, as the nursery rhyme tells us, Chicken Little gets conked on the head by what he believes to be a piece of the sky. Panic ensues after our pint-sized hero informs the entire town that the sky is falling. (A nice little metaphor for America's current culture of fear?) Unfortunately, when the dust settles, the sky has not collapsed, convincing the citizens of Oakley Oaks that Chicken Little was merely knocked loopy by one of the town's famous acorns. Sadly, even Chicken Little's father refuses to stand by him.
At least Chicken Little has got his friends, a motley crew of animal outcasts including the Ugly Duckling (Joan Cusack), the Runt of the Litter (Steve Zahn) and the silent, scene-stealing (and rather literal) Fish Out of Water. Following his branding as the local kook, Chicken Little tries his best to earn back the respect of the town (and his father in particular) by becoming a champion baseball player. After a rather long setup, it is eventually revealed that Chicken Little may have been on to something with that whole "sky is falling" rant. Turns out our boy's bump on the head was the earliest foreshadowing of an imminent alien invasion.
Chicken Little is, like most modern cartoons, loaded with pop cultural references. Most of the ones on display here—jokes about disco, Barbra Streisand and a voice cameo by Adam West—will sail unnoticed over the heads of kids in the audience. No matter, the film builds up enough manic energy that wee ones will be entertained. In fact, when it's in all-out panic mode, Chicken Little is at its best.
Perhaps the oddest asides in this film are the nearly nonstop nods to director Steven Spielberg. Reverent references to Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. and War of the Worlds litter the script. Is Disney suddenly in the business of kissing up to Steven Spielberg? Well, it couldn't hurt.
Still, Chicken Little seems, at times, a bit too mired in its own "movieness." Throw in bits of Signs, Independence Day, Field of Dreams and a Chicken Little movie-


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A number of things can contribute to CXPACKET waits within SQL Server. But when I'm tuning servers for clients who don't (or haven't) had DBAs on hand for quite a while and start to see high numbers of these waits (i.e., up in the top 5 or 10 adjusted waits) coupled with a decent number of SOS_SCHEDULER_YIELD waits, I usually take this as a good sign—as it usually means that they're probably missing a lot of important or needed indexes.
Common Recommendation to Ignore
Bumping into high amounts of these waits on most OLTP workloads, however, is NOT an indication that I should take away SQL Server's ability to run ugly queries (or queries with missing indexes) against multiple threads of execution. Or, in other words, high numbers of these waits aren't an indicator that I should go into sp_configure and 'cripple' server-wide execution by means of cobbling the 'max degree of parallelism' setting.
Related: Dissecting SQL Server's Top Waits
Yet, unfortunately, this is exactly what I see as a common recommendation on large numbers of internet forums and elsewhere. (In fact, a few years ago I actually ran into an environment where all sorts of larger queries were taking 'forever' because a support engineer at Microsoft had (amazingly) recommended setting max degree of parallelism down to 1 because some bigger, more unruly, operations were capitalizing resources and blocking smaller operations.)
Don't Throw the Baby out With the Bath Water
Stated differently: Setting the 'max degree of parallelism' at a low level to simply get rid of CXPACKET waits is like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. It's terribly bad form—as it can drastically restrict SQL Server's ability to parallelize operations and 'speed them through the system.' Yet, as with the system I alluded to above, I occasionally see very expensive systems 'cobbled' such that while they may have gobs of expensive processors/cores on-hand, SQL Server has been, effectively, prevented from using them as efficiently as possible.
And that's not to say that there's NEVER a reason to set 'max degree of parallelism' at the server level.
And it's also worth noting, as a bit of an aside, that if a DBA HAS set 'max degree of parallelism' at the server level down to something like 1, developers can still BYPASS that with something like OPTION (MAXDOP = 8) in their code. Consequently, since the MAXDOP hint can/does override server-level settings, that means that it's commonly going to be a MUCH better alternative for targeting the occasional unruly, problematic, or stubborn query than merely taking some of the bad advice available on the internet and trying to reduce your entire system down to the lowest common denominator as a means of dealing (typically) either some missing indexes or a couple of unruly/problematic operations.

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Shane Victorino was the only player suspended by Major League Baseball as a result of the bench-clearing scrum between the two-teams on Friday night.
Victorino was suspended three games, but will appeal. It is possible that suspension can be reduced.
Third baseman Placido Polanco and catcher Eli Whiteside were both fined, as was Ramon Ramirez, the pitcher who hit Victorino with a pitch.
No Giants were suspended.
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We have a special guest in the virtual offices this morning! Rocker hottie Jake Olsen from Robyn Thomas' Famously Engaged dropped in for a visit, so please give him a warm welcome.
[Manga Maniac Café] Describe yourself in five words or less.
[Jake Olsen] Only five? I'm accustomed to being the 'mouth' of Five Awesome Emperors and talking us up in interview situations, so limiting my answer will be a challenge. I'd have to say: caged, ambitious, loyal, itinerant and overconfident.
[Manga Maniac Café] Can you share a typical day in the life of Jake Olsen?
[Jake Olsen] There is no pattern to my days. They start early, finish late and usually involve some combination of the following: long distance travel, public appearances, radio interviews, video and photo shoots, working out, recording, performing and song writing. If all five Emperors are in the same city, and our schedule can be twisted to accommodate it, I get the band together for a quick jam session.
[Manga Maniac Café] What three words come to mind when you think of Beth?
[Jake Olsen] Beth is essential, admirable, strong and grounded. (Did I mention that I can't count?)
[Manga Maniac Café] What do you find most exasperating about her?
[Jake Olsen] Beth's loyalty to her ex-husband drives me CRAZY. Their divorce failed to break the bond between them and his upcoming wedding shows no sign of succeeding either. I can't understand why she'd settle for his company when she has access to me 24/7.
[Manga Maniac Café] If you could change one thing you've done in your life, what would it be?
[Jake Olsen] I wouldn't change a thing. I carried around some hefty regrets before I met Beth, but every bad decision and foolish mistake I ever made combined to lead me to her doorstep. Music is important to me, but I could always write songs for other people, tour with a different band or pursue a solo career. Beth is my weakness, my strength and my reason for living. I can't imagine a life better than the one I share with Beth, so I have no desire to change anything.
[Manga Maniac Café] Thank you!
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A chef and a rock star. They couldn't be from more different worlds…
Rock star royalty's favorite son, Jake Olsen, couldn't help but interfere after listening to his future brother-in-law talk non-stop about his ex-wife, Beth Carlisle. Jake decides that the only way to get the groom's mind off his ex-wife is to give her a fake fiancé.
Before Jake can convince Beth of his plan, he's forced to move in with her to avoid the paparazzi. Their instant attraction makes for a sizzling "first date", but soon Jake's fame gets in the way and Beth wants out. Too bad Jake's figured out just why her ex is so obsessed with her, and he's afraid he's not going to be able to give her up either.
Now it's up to Jake to convince this chef together they make the perfect recipe.
About Robyn Thomas:
Robyn is a cheesecake connoisseur, caffeine addict, and mother of two boys. Happily married, she lives in Melbourne, Australia. Writing romance helps her balance the effects of living in an all-male household. Robyn loves romantic comedies, art glass, cooking and browsing in quirky gift shops.


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BANGOR — With more than one drug store robbery per week occurring in Maine, a drug store chain is posting security guards at its Bangor-area stores.
The Bangor Daily News said Friday that security guards are working a revolving schedule at Rite Aid pharmacies in Bangor, Brewer, Hampden and Bucksport.
Bangor's most recent pharmacy robbery was Dec. 4 at a Walgreens, but four of the six pharmacy robberies in the city this year have occurred at a Rite Aid store. Rite Aid spokeswoman Ashley Flower said while security guards are on patrol, the company is working with police on ways to deter robbers in search of drugs.
Maine's had 54 pharmacy robberies so far this year. The total is 30 more than occurred all of last year.
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Rep: Dustin Hoffman 'surgically cured' of cancer
August 6, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dustin Hoffman is doing well after being successfully treated for cancer.
A spokeswoman for the 75-year-old actor-director confirmed a People.com report Tuesday that says Hoffman is "feeling great and in good health" after undergoing cancer treatment.
Publicist Jodi Gottlieb told the site that Hoffman's cancer was detected early and "surgically cured." She offered no other details.
Hoffman made his directorial debut last year with "Quartet."


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The Commanders will have to do some heavy lifting over the next week if they want to grab a win or two.
Washington County (3-8) has a bevy of big games coming up, one with the region's only undefeated team.
The Commanders start off with Bethlehem on Friday. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m. to begin the boy / girl doubleheader.
The Eagles (4-3) will try to grind it out against the Commanders with new coach Artie Braden's system.
The St. Catharine College women got a break from the snow and cold last week as they traveled to Ave Maria University in Naples, Fla., for two games. But while Lena Bramblett's Patriots enjoyed the warmer climate, they didn't enjoy the outcome of their games.
On Wednesday, they took on the host Ave Maria University Gyrenes and fell 71-62. On Thursday, they lost a 60-57 decision to Kentucky's Brescia University.
Although the game will not even show up at the end of the season when one looks at wins and losses, St. Catharine's 79-74 victory over Bellarmine last Wednesday will reverberate for quite some time for the Patriots' program.
While it was a regular season game for Scotty Davenport's Knights (8-1), ranked number one in NCAA D-II, it is an exhibition game on the schedule for J.T. Burton's team. But that didn't take away from the luster of the huge win.
The Commanderettes will make Nelson County their temporary residence this week and next as they travel there twice in five days for district action.
The first stop is at Bethlehem High School on Friday.
Tip-off for the second game of the boy / girl doubleheader is set for 8 p.m.
The Banshees (0-8) have struggled to start the season, but the Commanderettes won't overlook them.
It's not easy being tall.
Well, at least according to the tallest members of the Washington County High School girls' basketball team.
Senior Kayla Edelen, sophomore Kenya Turner and freshman Jennifer Keene all tower above opponents.
Combined, they are over 18 feet tall.
Separately, they all measure 6-1 or better.
"Probably, we are the biggest team in the state, I would say," Commanderettes head coach Bernard Smalley said.
Edelen said being tall causes "people to get on you more."
Washington County will face one of the hottest teams in the region on Tuesday when they host district rival Bardstown.
"This region is wide open," Commanders head coach Russell Burkhead said. "A lot of people are talking Bardstown to have a shot to win it."
The Tigers (4-2) are a hot team but will come into hostile confines as Washington County High School will host a homecoming crowd that night.
Bardstown is under the direction of new head coach James "Boo" Brewer.
Washington County vs. Adair County
Score: 51-30 Adair County
When: Wednesday, Dec. 22
Where: Adair County High School
Key players: WCHS - Will Purdom, Trae Abell. ACHS - Matt Fudge, Trey Grider, Jon Hansel
While they are only exhibition games on the St. Catharine schedule, J.T. Burton's Patriots will have two contests this week that will go a long way to indicate where the team stands as the season's second half gets under way.
Today at 4:30 p.m. (EST) Burton's bunch will play the Bellarmine Knights, a team currently ranked No. 1 in NCAA D-II. Then Thursday the Patriots will play Southern Indiana University that is ranked No. 15 among NCAA D-II schools.
New program, new facilities, and, now, new coaches add to the excitement that is surrounding the Patriot athletic program.
Already on board for the last few months has been swimming coach Mike Carey and, starting in the spring semester, will be Blake Jones, coach of track and cross country for both the Patriot men and women.
With a week off and a two-game win streak, the Commanderettes are poised for improvement in the new year.
Washington County kicks off 2011 with a home bout against Burgin (5-3) on Monday at 7:30 p.m.
These two teams tangled in the preseason with Washington County prevailing 39-30.
Burgin appears to have improved and could poise a problem for the Commanderettes.
"They're playing really well. They've gotten a lot better," Commanderettes head coach Bernard Smalley said.
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Throughout history, predominately, philosophy and religion have speculated the most into the phenomena of love and intimate relationships. In the last century, the science of psychology has written a great deal on the subject. Recently, however, the sciences of evolutionary psychology, evolutionary biology, anthropology, neuroscience, and biology have begun to take center stage in discussion as to the nature and function of love. The general consensus supposes that the phenomenon and process of love is subject to the laws of science just as is anything in the universe. Recent writings have focused on making a connection between love and evolution.
Overview Edit
Biological models of sex tend to see it as a mammalian drive, just like hunger or thirst. Current psychological theories view love from a more social and cultural perspective. There are probably elements of truth in both views — certainly love is influenced by hormones (such as oxytocin) and pheromones, and how people think and behave in love is influenced by one's conceptions of love. Hence, from time immemorial, science, from naturalistic poetry to MRI neurochemistry, has since debated over the nature of love.
Biological sciences such as evolutionary psychology, evolutionary biology, anthropology and neuroscience have begun to explore the nature and function of love. Specific chemical substances such as oxytocin are studied in the context of their roles in producing human experiences and behaviors that are associated with love.
Evolutionary psychology Edit
From the perspective of evolutionary psychology the experiences and behaviors associated with love can be investigated in terms of how they have been shaped by human evolution.[1] For example, it has been suggested that human language has been selected during evolution as a type of "mating signal" that allows potential mates to judge reproductive fitness.[2] Miller described evolutionary psychology as a starting place for further research: "Cognitive neuroscience could try to localize courtship adaptations in the brain. Most importantly, we need much better observations concerning real-life human courtship, including the measurable aspects of courtship that influence mate choice, the reproductive (or at least sexual) consequences of individual variation in those aspects, and the social-cognitive and emotional mechanisms of falling in love." Since Darwin's time there have been similar speculations about the evolution of human interest in music also as a potential signaling system for attracting and judging the fitness of potential mates.[3] It has been suggested that the human capacity to experience love has been evolved as a signal to potential mates that the partner will be a good parent and be likely to help pass genes to future generations.[4]
Neurochemistry Edit
Studies in neuroscience have involved chemicals that are present in the brain and might be involved when people experience love. These chemicals include: nerve growth factor[5], testosterone, estrogen, dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin, oxytocin, and vasopressin.[6] Adequate brain levels of testosterone seem important for both human male and female sexual behavior.[7] Dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin are more commonly found during the attraction phase of a relationship.[How to reference and link to summary or text] Oxytocin and vasopressin seemed to be more closely linked to long term bonding and relationships characterized by strong attachments.
The conventional view in biology is that there are two major drives in love — sexual attraction and attachment. [8] Attachment between adults is presumed to work on the same principles that lead an infant to become attached to his or her mother or father.
The chemicals triggered that are responsible for passionate love and long-term attachment love seem to be more particular to the activities in which both persons participate rather than to the nature of the specific people involved.[8]
Helen Fisher, a leading expert in the topic of love, also adds lust to the experience of love. Lust exposes people to others, and is the initial passionate sexual desire that promotes mating, and involves the increased release of chemicals such as testosterone and estrogen. These effects rarely last more than a few weeks or months.
Chemically, the serotonin effects of being in love have a similar chemical appearance to obsessive-compulsive disorder; which could explain why a person in love cannot think of anyone else.[9] For this reason some assert that taking SSRIs and other antidepressants, which treat OCD, impede one's ability to fall in love. In one particular case anthropologist Helen Fisher noted:
I know of one couple on the edge of divorce. The wife was on an antidepressant. Then she went off it, started having orgasms once more, felt the renewal of sexual attraction for her husband, and they're now in love all over again.[10]
The long-term attachment felt after the initial "in love" passionate phase of the relationship ends is related to oxytocin, a chemical released after orgasm.[11] Moreover, novelty triggers attraction. Even working out for several minutes can make one more attracted to other people on account of increased heart rate and other physiological responses.
Nerve growth factorEdit
In 2005, Italian scientists at Pavia University found that a protein molecule known as the nerve growth factor (NGF) has high levels when people first fall in love, but these return to previous levels after one year. Specifically, four neurotrophin levels (NGF, BDNF, NT-3, and NT-4) of 58 subjects who had recently fallen in love were compared with levels in two control groups who were either single or already engaged in a long-term relationship. The results showed that NGF levels were significantly higher in the subjects in love than as compared to either of the control groups.[12]
Role of the limbic system Edit
In A General Theory of Love, three professors of psychiatry from UCSF provide an overview of the scientific theories and findings relating to the role of the limbic system in love, attachment and social bonding. They advance the hypothesis that our nervous systems are not self-contained, but rather demonstrably attuned to those around us and those with whom we are most close. This empathy, which they call limbic resonance, is a capacity which we share, along with the anatomical characteristics of the limbic areas of the brain, with all other mammals.[13] Their work builds on previous studies of the importance of physical contact and affection in social and cognitive development, such as the experiments conducted by Harry Harlow on rhesus monkeys, which first established the biological consequences of isolation.
Brain imaging Edit
Brain scanning techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging have been used to investigate brain regions that seem to be involved in producing the human experience of love.[14]
See also Edit
- ↑ "Evolutionary psychology: the emperor's new paradigm" by D. J. Buller in Trends Cogn. Sci. (2005) Volume 9 pages 277-283.
- ↑ The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature by Geoffrey F. Miller in Psycoloquy (2001) 12,#8.
- ↑ Evolution of human music through sexual selection by G. F. Miller in N. L. Wallin, B. Merker, & S. Brown (Eds.), The origins of music, MIT Press, (2000). pp. 329-360.
- ↑ Sexual selection and mate choice in evolutionary psychology (PDF) by C. Haufe in Biology and Philosophy DOI:10.1007/s10539-007-9071-0
- ↑ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16289361
- ↑ "The neurobiology of love" by S. Zeki in FEBS Lett. (2007) Volume 581 pages 2575-2579. PMID 17531984
- ↑ The endocrinology of sexual arousal by J. Bancroft in Journal of Endocrinology (2005) Volume 186 pages 411-427.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 In the February 2006 issue of National Geographic, Lauren Slater's cover page article "Love: The Chemical Reaction"
- ↑ "Aphrodisiacs past and present: a historical review" by P. Sandroni in Clin. Auton. Res. (2001) Volume 11 pages 303-307 Abstract
- ↑ True Love, L. Slater, in National Geographic Magazine 2006 Retrieved 22 May 2009
- ↑ Carmichael MS, Humbert R, Dixen J, Palmisano G, Greenleaf W, Davidson JM. (1987) Plasma oxytocin increases in the human sexual response. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 64:27-31 PMID 3782434
- ↑ Emanuele, E.; Polliti, P.; Bianchi, M.; Minoretti, P.; Bertona, M.; & Geroldi, D. (2005). "Raised plasma nerve growth factor levels associated with early-stage romantic love." Abstract. Psychoneuroendocrinology, Sept. 05.
- ↑ (2000) A General Theory of Love, Vintage Books USA.
- ↑ Reward, Motivation, and Emotion Systems Associated With Early-Stage Intense Romantic Love by Arthur Aron1, Helen Fisher, Debra J. Mashek, Greg Strong, Haifang Li and Lucy L. Brown in Journal of Neurophysiology (2005) Volume 94, pages 327-337.
External linksEdit
- The Science of Love
- The Nature of Love (1958) - Harry Harlow, American Psychologist, 13, 573-685
- Harry Harlow - A Science Odyssey: People and Experiments
- The science of romance: Brains have a love circuit AP
See also Edit
- Helen Fisher. Why We Love: the Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love
External linksEdit
- The Science of Love
- The Thermodynamics of Love
- Thermodynamics, Psychology, Chemistry, and Love
- Chemistry - a Central Pillar of Human Culture
Harry HarlowEdit
- Harlow: Monkey Love Experiments - Adoption History
- The Nature of Love (1958) - Harry Harlow, American Psychologist, 13, 573-685
- Harry Harlow - A Science Odyssey: People and Experiments
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December 14, 1948 - March 26, 2013
Town of Poughkeepsie
Lowell Weiner 64 of the Town of Poughkeepsie died March 26, 2013 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center.
Lowell was born in the Bronx on December 14, 1948; he was the son of the late Irving and Minnie (Packer) Weiner. In September of 1978, Lowell married Joanne Barilla in Tuckahoe, NY.
He was a loving husband, father, brother, son and uncle.
Lowell was a double Purple Heart Award recipient for his time serving his country during the Vietnam War. He was a proud member of the Army's First Air Cavalry in 1968 & 1969. He was an avid car enthusiast which he shared with his son, Daniel.
He leaves behind his wife, Joanne; son, Daniel; sister, Sandra Ragusa and her husband, Nick Ragusa; brother, Michael and his wife, Jill; nephew, Scott Kadet; and nieces: Jessica Lage, Ilyssa Weiner, Allison Weiner, Hayley Weiner.
The family will receive friends Monday, April 1st from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Timothy P. Doyle Funeral Home, 371 Hooker Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY 12603. Funeral Services will follow at 10 a.m. with Burial and Military Honors at Rose Hill Cemetery.
The family asks that memorial donations be made in Lowell's name to the American Legion or American Heart Association.
If you would like to send an online condolence or to light a memorial candle, Please visit www.doylefuneralhome.com.


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Alissa Carlton's Creative Quilting Space
Alissa Carlton works in casting for television, but at home, her real love is quilting. She shares a 3 bedroom house with her husband and their 2 cats and 2 dogs but her favorite space of all is her studio in the back. She's turned this spare bedroom into a little haven of crafty goodness!
When we used to refer to quilting, we'd think of our aunts or grandmothers that would sew dainty patterns and overly decorated textiles together for babies to pass along to their future children. The sentiment is still there, but her whole design approach is entirely 21st Century.
Alissa started a modern quilting guild that now has affiliate groups all over state and has published a 1 book. I can imagine that creating detailed handmade quilts could be very inspiring in such a bright and cheerful room. Her sewing machine, needles, and all her fabrics organized by color — each take up important corners of the room. She takes full advantage of all the tall walls for inspiration boards and for laying out patterns. It's quite serene and peaceful yet cheerful and fun!
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The cause for the crash is unknown, however it is confirmed Amelia Earhart died during a monumental plane ride around the world that started on June 1, 1937.
After months of preparation, Amelia was ready to fly her plane Canary around the world. But a crash occurred during a takeoff from Hawaii forcing Amelia and her crew to give up.
Two months later, Amelia and Fred Noonan try again, this time flying east from Florida to California. They departed June 1, 1937, flying from Miami. A month later Amelia and Fred arrive in Papua, New Guinea in the South Pacific, with 7,000 miles still to go.
They take off July 2, 1937, for Howland Island. Howland is half a mile wide and two miles long. Twenty hours into the flight, Amelias voice is picked up by a ships radio near the island stating she was about to land, but her crew never arrived.
President Roosevelt personally authorized nine naval ships and 66 planes to help in the search effort. Over 4,000 men comb the waters and islands of the South Pacific. But Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan are not found.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Earthquakes announced today that the club has acquired midfielder Mehdi Ballouchy from the New York Red Bulls in exchange for a 2013 international spot and a conditional 2013 draft pick.
The seven-year MLS veteran has 13 goals and 24 assists in 174 career games with three different clubs. Most recently, Ballouchy scored four goals and notched four assists in 51 appearances with the New York Red Bulls.
"I've admired his play over the seven years he's been in the league," said Earthquakes head coach Frank Yallop. "He's steadily improved since joining MLS. Mehdi's a good player, a great addition to our team and we're looking forward to having him here in San Jose."
Up to Monday's trade, Ballouchy's 2012 campaign included one goal and two assists to go along with 10 starts and 16 appearances for the Red Bulls. In 2011, he had two goals and one assist while starting 17 of his 29 matches played and, in 2010, the Moroccan had four goals and six assists while starting 25 of his 27 games played for the Colorado Rapids and New York Red Bulls. Ballouchy joined New York on Sept. 14, 2010 after a trade with Colorado and started six games with the Red Bulls to close out the season, helping secure the club's second regular season Eastern Conference title.
"Mehdi has been a good MLS player for a long time and we're excited to add more depth to the team," said Earthquakes general manager John Doyle.
The former Generation adidas winger was selected No. 2 overall in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft by Real Salt Lake. He had two goals and two assists in 46 appearances for RSL before joining Colorado in exchange for Kyle Beckerman on July 16, 2007. While in the Mile High City, Ballouchy was one of the Rapids' leading assist men with 18 in 77 appearances.
Ballouchy was born in Morocco, but moved to the United States with his brother as a teenager. He spent his junior year playing for South High School in Denver before moving again to the Bay Area, suiting up his senior year for Gunn High School in Palo Alto, Calif. Ballouchy was a member of the Morocco U-16 and U-17 national teams after working through the Raja Casablanca youth system.
As a collegian, Ballouchy spent one season at Creighton before transferring to Santa Clara. He was named a Soccer America and NSCAA/adidas First Team All-American in 2005 while leading the Broncos to a spot in the NCAA Tournament under coach Cam Rast.
Mehdi Ballouchy
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10 Albums We'd Give A Grammy To (That Weren't Nominated)
Every year the Grammys come and every year we're disappointed in some way. Why didn't they include my favorite album? How could they not nominate that song? That's straight up bullshit that they didn't even consider Kanye!
Tons of quality albums dropped in 2013 and The Recording Academy (flawed as they are) can only include so many in their nominations, but that's what we're here for. Read through 10 of our picks for albums that should've been nominated for Grammys and catch up on some of last year's greatest slept-on talent. —Max Weinstein


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Key strategic goals achieved by Romney in the third presidential debate on foreign policy.
What Romney wanted to accomplish and how he did it.
We live in critical times.
By that I mean that our nation and our culture is fighting for its life.
The current "election is not a choice between two men or even two parties - it is a choice between two kinds of American Governments: the one we were founded under and the one that we are floundering under".
The original is a tried and proven form of government that was so successful that it was copied by all but six of the governments of the world and resulted in the most incredible improvement ever seen in the history of the world.
The "fundamental change" that Obama is in the process of imposing upon us is nothing but one more of numerous attempts to make socialism work.
Socialism is a failure formula that has never worked and has failed or is in the process of failing every time it has ever been implemented.
It will destroy our nation and the freedoms our founders bought with their blood and if we lose this battle, our freedoms will not be restored for generations to come and would require the spilling of more blood.
Our founders put in place a means for us to preserve our country without bloodshed. It is as simple as entering the voting booth and voting for the representatives that believe in the original government formed by the founders.
The presidential team that supports our heritage - is the Romney/Ryan team.
Keep in mind that our states also have rights and if we do not continually fight to maintain our states' rights, we also lose the battle. Vote for the representatives that can best help your state restore and maintain state's rights.
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I agree with much of it but do not agree with all of it. I'm sure it will be the same for you but thought it was all worth sharing.
Please share this with as many people as you can before the November 6th election.
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Photo Flash: Sandy Duncan Visits FORBIDDEN BROADWAY!
Gerard Alessandrini's acclaimed Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking! just welcomed special guest Sandy Duncan, who posed for a few photos with the cast after the show. Check them out below!
Forbidden Broadway; ALIVE AND KICKING, features Gerard Alessandrini's parodies of Broadway's biggest shows and brightest stars, including Annie, Newsies, Once, Book of Mormon, Spiderman, Evita, Porgy and Bess, Anything Goes, Follies, as well of send-ups of Al Pacino, Phillip Seymor Hoffman, Catherine Zeta Jones, Matthew Broderick, Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, among others. A parody of Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe has just been added to the hilarious show.
This edition is created and written by Gerard Alessandrini, and directed by Mr. Alessandrini and Phillip George, with musical direction by David Caldwell, and additional dialogue by Phillip George. Costumes are designed by Philip Heckman, lighting design by Mark T. Simpson and wig design by Bobbie Cliffton Zlotnik. Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking is produced by John Freedson, Harriet Yellin and Paul Bartz, in association with Paul G. Rice, Carol Ostrow, Paxton Quigley, Robert Driemeyer, Jamie deRoy, Lawrence Poster and Tweiss Productions.
The playing schedule for Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking! is as follows: Tuesday and Thursdays through Saturdays at 8PM, Sundays at 7:30PM with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday at 2PM. And Sundays at 3PM. Tickets are $29-$79. Premium Tickets are available at $110. Tickets can be purchased by calling telecharge at (212) 239-6200 or by visiting www.telecharge.com. Student rush is also available the day of performance at the Box Office only.
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The Law Enforcement Explorer program is a co-ed division of the Boy Scouts of America Explorer Program. Manteca Police Post 805 has up to 20 explorers between the ages of 14 – 20 who are interested in a career in Law Enforcement. Explorers work with the department in community events and with officers in the department. Police Explorers can be seen riding patrol with officer, working DUI checkpoints, and community events. The Explorer Program made its debut in Manteca in 1967 and has been a vital part of the community ever since. Over the course of three decades the Explorer Program has been ranked as one of the best in the Nation.
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Applicants for the Summer 1999 semester should check the bulletin board outside of Suite 600 to see if they have been placed in a practice group or on the waiting list.
Students who would like to learn how to practice law while they are in law school should apply for the in-house clinical education program, LAW OFFICES. Applications for the Fall semester are now available in Suite 600. The Fall applications are due no later than 12:00 p.m. on April 14, 1999.
Students may apply for Law Offices after they have completed the equivalent to their first year of law school. To be considered for a place, ALL students must return a completed Law Offices application.
Students who have previously taken or who are now taking Law Offices (called Continuing Law Offices Students), and who submit their applications by the due date will be given preference in their same practice group if availability permits. New students who have submitted their applications by the due date will be selected tn the Law Offices lottery. The total number of available places during the fall semester is dependent upon the number of supervising attorneys in each practice group. The number of available new places is dependent upon the number of continuing students and has not yet been determined.
There are five in-house practice groups from which to choose this fall -- employment discrimination/civil rights with some general practice, tax, mediation & other ADR procedures, criminal defense, and, health with some family law.
In three of the in-house programs - employment discrimination/civil rights litigation with some general practice program, mediation & other ADR procedures, and the criminal defense litigation program - students are given the option of enrolling for three or four credits. Students who enroll for three credits put in a minimum of twelve hours per week during the fourteen-week semester. Students who enroll for four credits put in a minimum of sixteen hours per week during the semester. In both the tax and health law litigation programs, students enroll for three credits and put in a minimum of twelve hours per week.
For more information, you may talk to the clinical professors who supervise the various practice groups Professors Gonzalez (Room 629) and Norton (Room 623) for employment discrimination/civil rights with some general practice; Professor Kentra (Room 690) for mediation & other ADR procedures; Professors Kadish (Room 613), Kling (Room 625), and Thomas (Room 609) for criminal defense; Professor Livingston (Room 688) for tax litigation; and Professor Altman (Room 611) for health with some family law. Professor Laser (Room 631) is also available to answer your questions.
Do you wish to develop your legal skills, gain practical legal experience in a specialized area of law with a corporation, firm or government agency, and make yourself more marketable to prospective employers upon graduation? If so, consider applying to the Advanced Externship Program for Fall Semester 1999.
The Advanced Externship Program is a 4-credit hour program non-graded program. The program is open to students in their last two semesters of law school. An extern is placed in a private or public, civil or criminal practice and is required to work a minimum of 15 hours a week at his/her designated placement. Externs interested in civil law may select to work under the supervision of general counsel in major corporations or under the supervision of designated teaching lawyers in well-known firms or specific government agencies. Externs may specialize in such diverse legal areas as tax, commodities, securities, corporate, health care, medical malpractice, general corporate law, etc. Those interested in criminal law may elect to work with designated supervising lawyers at the States Attorney's Office, Public Defender's Office, or the U.S. Attorney's Office. Many externships offer students opportunities to obtain a 711 license and appear in court.
More information about the program and an accompanying application form are available in the Law Offices Reception Area and the Career Services office. Applications must be submitted to Ms. Carole Ross in Room 612 by Noon on Friday, March 26. All applicants must have scheduled and completed an interview with Professor Gross prior to turning in their applications.
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The Law Offices of Chicago-Kent offers nine long-standing programs in live-client clinical legal education which accommodate over 150 students in the fall and spring semesters and over 50 students in the summer semester.
For a complete description of all clinical programs, please visit the Law Offices Home Page at www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic.
This program in which first-year day division students and first- or second-year evening division students may apply is different from any program at any other law school! The day division students who are accepted begin the program during their second year of law school, and the evening division students who are accepted begin the program during their third year of law school.
Becoming a lawyer takes more than sitting through three years of law school lectures. It involves more than learning how to cross examine hostile witnesses, write presuasive briefs, and talk to clients. Reading about subjects such as legal ethics or law practice management is not the same as learning about them from experience.
Throughout the LADR program , you will learn legal doctrine, lawyering skills, and professional values, and work in Chicago-Kent's teaching law firm, supervised by clinical professors who are expert practitioners and mentors. You will learn the art of lawyering through two years of intensive skills and clinical training. Your experience will teach you how to become a competent, ethical, socially responsible lawyer.
To learn more about this program, please visit the description of the
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Anupama Chopra's review: Aatma
Early on in Aatma, a cop investigating the murder of a young boy says: 'I have a bad feeling about this'. He took the words right out of my mouth. Anupama Chopra writes.movie reviews Updated: Mar 23, 2013 11:30 IST
Direction: Suparn Verma
Actors: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Bipasha Basu, Shernaz Patel
Rating: **
Early on in Aatma, a cop investigating the murder of a young boy says: 'I have a bad feeling about this'. He took the words right out of my mouth.
Aatma is an exercise in extreme parenting. An abusive husband, Abhay (played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui), gets a divorce, dies but comes back as a ghost so he can take his little daughter with him. The mother, Maya (played by Bipasha Basu), fights back with the help of psychologists, pundits, an amulet and a friend who offers her this priceless advice - keep something sharp under your pillow so that the recurring nightmares will stop. Aatma is stilted, predictable and, like most Bollywood horror films, unintentionally funny. For one thing, you have Shernaz Patel, who doesn't look that much older than Basu, playing her mother. You know that anyone who crosses Abhay will die so the only suspense is how it will happen.
Director Suparn Verma reworks the usual horror-movie tricks, so a character's reflection in the mirror behaves differently from her, bathrooms are especially ominous, there's a shot of the little girl on a scooter that directly references Stanley Kubrick's horror masterpiece, The Shining, and there's an old toothless crone who seems to have dropped in from a Vikram Bhatt film.
And at the centre of all this stands a heaving and crying Basu, clad through much of the film in well-fitting nightwear that seems a tad provocative for a woman battling a murderous ghost.
It's impossible to be scared by any of this.
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It will be a tense day in Egypt. More protests have been scheduled today by the supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi. Some of the top figures in the Muslim Brotherhood were arrested this week, which could slow down the protests, but police in Cairo aren't taking any chances – they've closed off some of the major streets and are spreading out forces around the city.


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In a long and thoughtful article in the Jan/Feb 08 issue of Foreign Affairs, John Thornton, a former head of Goldman Sachs and now professor at Beijing's Tsinghua University, details the evolution of democracy in China. Along the way, Thornton describes two striking examples of the way "technologies of freedom" (in my colleague Adam Thierer's phrase) are making a big difference.
In the past several years, the Internet and cell phones have started to challenge traditional media by becoming channels for the expression of citizen outrage, at times forcing the government to take action. One celebrated instance was the "nail house" incident in the sprawling metropolis of Chongqing, in central China. For three years, a middle-class couple stubbornly refused to sell their house to property developers who, with the municipal government's permission, planned to raze the entire area and turn it into a commercial district. The neighbors had long ago moved away. The developer tried to intimidate the couple by digging a three-story canyon around their lone house, but the tactic backfired spectacularly. Photos of their home's precarious situation were posted on the Internet, sparking outrage among Chinese across the country. Within weeks, tens of thousands of messages had been posted lambasting the Chongqing government for letting such a thing happen. Reporters camped out at the site; even official newspapers took up the couple's cause. In the end, the couple settled for a new house and over $110,000 in compensation. The widely read daily Beijing News ran a commentary that would have been inconceivable in a Chinese newspaper a decade ago: "This is an inspiration for the Chinese public in the emerging age of civil rights. . . . Media coverage of this event has been rational and constructive. This is encouraging for the future of citizens defending their rights according to the law."
In another example of the marriage of new technology and citizen action, last May angry residents in the southern coastal city of Xiamen launched a campaign to force the city government to stop the construction of a large chemical plant on the outskirts of the city. Their weapon was the cell phone. In a matter of days, hundreds of thousands of text messages opposing the plant were forwarded, spreading like a virus throughout the country. Xiamen authorities, who had ignored popular opposition to the plant before, suddenly announced that construction would be suspended until an environmental impact study could be completed. Dissatisfied with this half measure, citizens again used message networking to organize a march of some 7,000 people to demand a permanent halt to the construction. Although local party newspapers blasted the protest as illegal, it was allowed to proceed without incident, marking one of the largest peaceful demonstrations in China in recent years.
I think capitalism is more important than democracy. Liberty and voting are not the same thing. Representative democracy is thought to be one of the best ways to guarantee liberty, but we should not confuse the two. Democracy can offer the illusion of a distribution of power, but in fact often ends up centralizing and entrenching power.
Capitalism, on the other hand, distributes power, money, resources, ideas, and incentives. Capitalism means competition and innovation. Capitalism means technology, change, and a positive-sum outlook where people are more interested in the growth of their own lives, families, and businesses than they are in politics. China, therefore, can have an undemocratic one party system politically, but its unleashed and decentralized capitalism has created numerous power centers and power people (entrepreneurs) all around the country. The CCP therefore operates in a constrained environment where disparate factions and decentralized forces impose reasonable consensus decisions at the top of the pyramid.
Conversely, India since 1948 has been a democracy -- and it enjoyed important blessings like free speech -- but for most of this time it was a sclerotic, heavily socialist, corrupt, bureaucratic, and very poor country. Without capitalism, democracy becomes a zero-sum war in which 51% of the people can vote to confiscate a nation's fixed or dwindling resources. China's boom has now forced India to open its economy bit by bit, with positive results, but India's "democracy" still prevents it from undertaking the bold reforms it should.
China still has huge challenges of its own and a very long way to go, as Thornton's authoritative article makes clear. But it provides a common-wisdom-shattering exhibit for economists and political scientists everywhere.
In the end, I favor political openness and free speech. I favor representative government. But more than those things I favor capitalism.
CORRECTION: As several people have reminded me, "technologies of freedom" is the phrase not of Adam Thierer but of Ithiel de Sola Pool, who wrote Adam's "favorite technology policy book of all time," entitled Technologies of Freedom. Adam is so prolific, it is easy to accidentally attribute smart phrases and insights to him. My apologies.


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Religions need books because they don't have gods.
his reply "For as long as there are differences in skin colour, there will always be bloodshed. Religion is a tag we put on it, but it usually boils down to money. Take religion out of the equation and there will be something else to fight over" and "911 was under the guise of religion. Very misguided, as most religious people are, but it happened nonetheless."
Do we really need religion to keep people comforted, and sane?
Studies continue to show that less religious countries have less crime, less violence, less of, well, most anything bad. In other words, secular countries are safer and better.
Religion is mind control, and people use it as a crutch.
But let's imagine a world without "shit holes." Let's imagine a world in which there is not starvation or economic marginalization. Let's imagine a world in which everyone has access to clean water and nutritious food and shelter from the elements. Let's imagine a world in which no one's family faces institutionalized persecution because of their race or ethnicity or political perspectives. That world would have no need for religion.
A world without religion would be like cold-war era Russia or present day North Korea.
I must admit that since I have given up on faith I feel somewhat rudderless and hopeless. I look at the bins of Christmas decorations in my hallway and want to cry. Some of those ornaments are treasures and precious memories to me of people who gave them to me or made them for me. Now what do I do with them? I am 50 years old and for all of my previous years it has been tradition to put up a tree and decorate and celebrate and my son is 14 and I have always done this with him. Now do I just say "No present for you, no reason to celebrate."?
So Christmas, and all of the North American add-ons like tinsel, provided you with a rudder and hope in life?
Insofar as Christmas presents are concerned...did you really ever give someone a present because of anything that had to do with faith? Or was it more of a social gesture of kindness that happen to coincide with a time when many people were, for one reason or another, simply celebrating the idea of being nice to each other?
No, of course not. But my point is, going from having faith and traditions to not having them is a big change. It leaves a hole. Tinsel and the add-ons were just for fun. Fun I no longer have a reason to have.
No, of course not. But my point is going having faith and traditions to not having them is a big change. It leaves a hole. Tinsel and the add-ons were just for fun. Fun I no longer have a reason to have.
Oh Lori. This is such a difficult time for you on so many levels.Don't mourn Christmas now. You have so much on your plate. This will be a tough year for you for so many reasons.
Absolutely right. However, as long as so many of us are going to insist on being a-holes, we'll need religion to justify ourselves. The muslims can look at every death as "gods will" and shrug their shoulders, rich christians can look at the poor and say they have no value because they obviously don't have jesus on their side. Or whatever their mindset is. It doesn't come up enough for me to guess right. I can only go by their actions, which are nil. Well, not nil. Their actions are making it worse.The casualness of religious justifications does the majority of the harm on this planet, I fear. Or at least such attitudes provide an avenue for the continuation what Quesi so aptly describes as "shit holes". The problem now is that we are creating even more of them. Again, with religious justification.-snip-America is a shit hole in the making. Detroit is just the beginning of a new round of crises. And this is happening with religion as an operational social construct, a "necessary" component, a root cause.As an atheist, I have no way to justify the slums and the poverty and the insensitivity displayed by believers towards the aptly labeled "misfortunate" ones. It ain't misfortune, folks, it is, among other things, a religiously caused, and religiously justified, disaster.Yes, I know missionaries and other religious folks go into areas where there are poor people and wars and try to help while converting, in hopes of making the worlds a better place. But their motivation comes from the wrong source, an imagined "wonderful place" where we all get to go when we die, and its boss. The religious are doing their "good" works in the name of a non-existent being whose contributions are nil and whose powers are limited to those which misdirected humans can make up. Those efforts don't count.If we could take away religion, we could take away a lot of excuses. Maybe then we would be able to look at problems with relevant horror and with sensitivity and with the sense of urgency each should be invoking. Instead of so casually.


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Stacked a Mile High: A Guide to Denver's Best Sandwich Shops
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Purposefully portable, wonderfully versatile and requiring nothing more than a pair of hands (and wide jaw) to consume, the sandwich is about a lot more than just bologna and cheese. It's prosciutto di parma, a smear of Gorgonzola dolce and fresh figs on a baguette; a spicy torta de milanesa on crusty bolillo; a classic Reuben on toasted rye. And while you could inhale a different sandwich every day of the year in Denver, these are three of the city's greatest shops. At Masterpiece Deli, a cosmopolitan sandwich shop in Lower Highland, regulars get positively grabby for the housemade truffled egg salad, punctuated with briny capers and dots of red onion. Sheeted with leafy romaine, the earthy mix is then piled high between two halves of toasted classic white bread. The braised beef brisket, boosted with caramelized onions, arugula, red-wine gastrique and Taleggio fondue has a devoted legion of fans, too. Order at the counter before you stake out a seat, preferably on the patio overlooking the city skyline, and behold the masterpieces that live up to the deli's name. The lunch line at Vert Kitchen in Washington Park often stretches beyond the front door, and the menu is as small as the artsy brick space. The sandwiches themselves unleash huge pops of flavor combinations, inspired by French culinary techniques. They're all notable, but the house-roasted turkey, bolstered with chèvre and stacked with mixed greens, roasted tomatoes and figs soaked in balsamic vinegar, is divine. The sandwiches are paired with a side, the seasonal selections of which change on a whim, but if it's available, insist on the pumpkin seed, quinoa and sweet corn salad. Torta Grill, a modest, spare joint that sits in Capitol Hill, is mostly a takeout operation. During off-peak hours, it's possible to secure one of the five stools that overlook the open kitchen, a hustle-bustle galley that trumpets the signature sandwich of Mexico: the torta. The skyscraping gut bombs are made with split, pre-buttered and toasted telera bread, then smeared with fresh avocado, refried beans and mayonnaise and topped with onions and tomato. Your protein of choice – chicken, ham, breaded steak, chorizo and more – comes loaded with cheese and chipotle sauce or jalapeños, depending on the sandwich you've ordered. But all of them are heroic in their abundance, ensuring a full stomach and plenty of leftovers.
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Duluth Head Shop Can't Reopen For at Least a Year
DULUTH (AP) - A judge has ordered a Duluth head shop where synthetic drugs were sold to remain closed for at least one year.
Judge Shaun Floerke issued a permanent injunction Tuesday in the city of Duluth's nuisance lawsuit against the Last Place on Earth.
The judge ordered owner Jim Carlson not to sell synthetic drugs within the city.
Carlson cannot reopen his downtown store for one year, and is prevented from selling synthetics out of any other location in Duluth.
The store has been closed since the judge issued a temporary injunction in July.
Carlson remains jailed while he awaits sentencing after being found guilty of 51 federal offenses in October.


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Velocity DDR memory interface attains TSMC IP quality certification
CAMBRIDGE, UK. — Dec, 19, 2006 - ARM [(LSE:ARM); (NASDAQ:ARMHY)] today announced the availability of the ARM® Velocity™ DDR1 and DDR2 (1/2) memory interface in its Artisan® physical IP family to support TSMC's 90-nanometer (nm) general-purpose process. The ARM Velocity DDR1/2 memory interface is the first 90-nm production-ready IP to pass TSMC's IP quality assurance test.
"We are devoted to working with our IP partners to make high-quality IP available to be incorporated into our customer's leading-edge designs in the least amount of time," said Kuo Wu, deputy director of design services marketing at TSMC. "Under our strict guidelines for IP qualification, the ARM Velocity DDR1/2 memory interface has remarkably achieved first-silicon success on our 90-nm process."
The ARM 90-nm Velocity DDR1/2 memory interface solutions include multiple sets of programmable on-die termination (ODT) and output driver impedance control, with all terminations capable of achieving high impedance accuracy using ARM advanced dynamic calibrator circuits. Both features improve the overall signal integrity and total available timing margin to allow quick timing closure for high-speed system designs. The 90-nm Velocity DDR1/2 memory interface delivers optimum solutions that allow scaling of power and performance for a wide variety of applications needing SDRAMs, such as mainstream PCs, networks and servers. These double data rate solutions for DDR1 and DDR2 operate at up to 800 Mbps data rate and implement the complete interfaces between the SDRAM component and the memory controller.
"ARM is committed to producing high-quality, proven IP for customers to ensure their SoC design success," said Brent Dichter, general manager, Physical IP, ARM. "Attaining TSMC IP quality certification for the Velocity DDR1/2 memory interface solution exemplifies the quality of ARM physical IP, and gives our mutual customers a SoC solution they can trust."
ARM Velocity DDR1/2 memory interface solutions on the TSMC 90-nm process are immediately available. The DDR1/2 front-end solutions for TSMC 90-nm process can be downloaded on the ARM Web site at www.arm.com at no charge to licensed designers. DDR back-end solutions are available through local ARM sales channels.
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ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from mobile, home and enterprise solutions to embedded and emerging applications. ARM's comprehensive product offering includes 16/32-bit RISC microprocessors, data engines, graphics processors, digital libraries, embedded memories, peripherals, software and development tools, as well as analog functions and high-speed connectivity products. Combined with the company's broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.
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New York Road Runners is enhancing baggage security measures for a 4-mile race on Sunday in Central Park in response to the Boston Marathon bombings, and the New York City police department is bringing in extra cameras for added surveillance.
The NYPD purchased 100 mobile cameras as a result of the Boston bombings, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Friday. There will also be significantly increased police presence at the race, he said.
Runners are being encouraged not to bring bags to the City Parks Foundation Run for the Parks, but people who do will be asked to put all their belongings in a clear, plastic bag provided by race officials. The NYRR cautions runners that any unattended bags will be confiscated.
Runners in shorter-distance events have traditionally been allowed to use their own bags to stash their clothes and other post-race items, which are stored in a designated area staffed by volunteers. But many longer, larger races tightened their gear-check policies several years ago, requiring all runners to use a bag - often clear - provided by organizers. Organizers of the half-marathon and marathon in Austin, Texas, for example, have been providing runners with clear plastic bags for their belongings for almost a decade.
At Sunday's London Marathon, only gear stored in the official bag provided by race organizers will be accepted. Next weekend's Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon and Half-Marathon, organized as a tribute to the victims of the 1995 bombing that killed 168 people at that city's federal building, only accepts gear in the clear plastic bag it provides runners.
New York Road Runners puts on dozens of races a year, including the New York City Marathon. The club did not say if the policy for Sunday's run will extend to future races.


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Following Saturday night's Carolina Challenge Cup opener, the Fire Reserves and Academy teams returned to Blackbaud Stadium for matches on Sunday…
Fire Reserves down College of Charleston 2-1
After a number of close opportunities off corner kicks, the Fire reserves finally broke through in the 27th minute when Corben Bone slotted Kheli Dube into the box up the right. The Zimbabwean striker took one touch before burying it past Charleston keeper Kees Heemskerk.
The Fire doubled the lead in the 40th minute when Homegrown product Kellen Gulley, who played in the previous U-18 Academy match, was slotted into the box by Dube. The 17-year-old striker ran onto the ball before coolly finishing past Heemskerk.
Subbing in a number of Academy players in the second half, the Fire conceded a goal in the 61st minute when a miscue between goalkeeper Paolo Tornaghi and defender Kwame Watson-Siriboe allowed Charleston's Tanner Clay to walk in alone and tally into an open goal.
Despite the marker, the result never looked too much in doubt as the Fire downed the College of Charleston 2-1 .
FIRE Starting XI: Paolo Tornaghi**; Tony Walls*, Kwame Watson-Siriboe, Hunter Jumper, Pari Pantazopoulos; Kheli Dube, Amadou Sanyang**, Michael Videira; Corben Bone; Lucky Mkosana, Kellen Gulley
Chicago Fire U18s draw 0-0 with DC United
The Chicago Fire U18 Academy dominated throughout the match but couldn't convert in a 0-0 draw Sunday morning at Blackbaud Stadium.
The first opportunity came in the 12th minute when Elliot Borge's cross from the right was headed just over DC United keeper Sam Legg's bar.
Twenty minutes later it was Borge again who started a great sequence out of midfield, combining to send Drew Conner up the right. The Gatorade Illinois High School player of the year hit a perfect centering pass for striker Kellen Gulley whose one-time effort to the left corner was saved by a sprawling Legg.
Just before the half left winger Chisom Ogbanna picked out Jesus Medina at the back post but the Waukegan, IL product pinged his one-time opportunity off the post.
United came out with a bit more pressure in the second frame but neither team could convert with the best chance of the half coming at the death when Joel Salmeron's corner picked out Conner but again United keeper Sam Legg was equal to it.
The Fire U18s are 1-0-1 at the 2012 Carolina Challenge Academy Cup and close out the tournament Monday evening against South Carolina United Battery.
U16s Down DC United 1-0
The Chicago Fire U16s used an 88th minute strike from CFJ-Mississippi product Marcus Epps to earn a 1-0 victory over DC United Saturday afternoon.
The U16s sit alone atop their group at 2-0-0 and need only one point from Monday's game vs. South Carolina United Battery to win the 2012 Carolina Challenge Academy Cup.


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Asus Xonar Essence STX Review
Asus really doesn't need any introduction, but in case you didn't know, the company makes pretty much everything computer-related, from complete desktops, laptops and server systems, to individual parts such as graphics cards, soundcards, and cases. Once again, I am writing this review on my Asus EeePC 1000H laptop (netbook), one of the more recent additions to Asus' product line that garnered more public attention to the company. High performance computer enthusiasts have known Asus for its motherboards for many years now, and the specialized designs have put Asus up amongst the top two or three companies to consider for the best overclocking motherboards for current and cutting-edge processor platforms.
As manufacturers add more and more features to their motherboards, such as HDMI, optical and coaxial digital audio, 8 channel analog audio, it does prompt questions over what are the reasons for getting a separate soundcard since you can get most or all of the connectivity and features with onboard audio, and therefore might not necessarily require a soundcard to hook up to your sound system. High-end soundcards address the needs of audiophiles with ultra-clean and precise sound, devoid of noise and interference, and with endless reserves of dynamic sound throughout the audio spectrum for powerful and yet detailed sound. The Xonar Essence STX promises all this and more! This soundcard has a headphone amplifier on the card that claims to have the ability to drive any pair of headphones. Standard soundcards can drive regular or entry-level headphones and headsets, but when you hook up some higher-end full-size headphones, the lack of signal power means that the resulting sound is lifeless or distorted. The Essence STX should be able to supply extremely high end audio to either headphones or amplified speaker systems, so this is what I will be investigating throughout the review.
Closer Look:
This design is reminiscent of ancient Chinese artwork and legends, and grabs your attention immediately when you look at the front of the box, evoking questions and curiosity. Questions like "what the hell is a tiger doing on the soundcard box?" and "what does this have to do with the sound?" Asus has decided to use a "Chime of Tiger" design for this soundcard, to represent its advances in audio technology. Fair enough, an endless pursuit of sonic perfection since the dawn of time then? Well, 4000 years apparently. Either way, I like it. I like the sound of that. Will I like the sound of the soundcard though?
One side of the box lists the contents of the retail box and the system requirements in order to use it. The other side gives some key details on the soundcard specifications, the connector types, and the feature set of the soundcard drivers.
You might be thinking, "is that it?" Well, no, it isn't. The front of the box lifts up to reveal the soundcard itself, with a labeled picture of the card above, explaining the benefits of the major components on the card. The available connectors are also listed clearly with explanations, and finally a few major reasons for why this soundcard is unique and superior to the plethora of other soundcards out there.
Inside the box, unlisted in the contents, are two posters. These were an unexpected surprise, and it's a bit of a shame they are folded as they could look quite nice up on the wall. Maybe Asus could include some high-resolution images on the driver CD to print out on a photo printer. I dunno, I just hate creases in posters. Anyway, to the more important contents of the box, you get an Audio Precision Test Report, a Quick Start Guide, a driver/application/manual CD, a 2x RCA/phono (male) to 3.5mm stereo (female) adaptor lead, a 1/4" stereo jack plug to 3.5mm stereo jack socket adapter, and an optical jack adapter to give you a TOSLINK digital optical output.
The Audio Precision Test Report deserves some explanation. It is a detailed technical report including data and graphs produced during the analysis carried out by Asus on state of the art testing equipment. Without relative comparitive data, it could be difficult to decipher what some of the graphs really mean, so if you haven't looked at audio signal performance graphs before, the whole report can be summed up as "excellent."
I like high performance and technical precision, but also like creative design and presentation, so I appreciate the textured heavyweight paper Asus chose to use for the report cover. It's embossed with the Chime of Tiger design, "gilded" lettering, and a golden elasticated cord to bind the report. Simple, minimalistic design: something I love.


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Viscose Deep V-Neck Top is rated out of 5 by 3.
Rated 2 out of 5 by 2Die4Fashion from Not so stunning I thought this shirt was very thin and made of an itchy material. It would be fine if your were planning to only wear it as a layer over a button down, but on it's I was not impressed and actually returned it.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by JustSelena from Beautiful shimmery top I tried this top in the store and loved the fit and the delicate shimmer so much that I got it in both red and black in size XS. The top is very flattering and versatile - I am planning to wear the red one to parties and the black one to work paired with a button-up blouse.
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Earth : Europe : Iberia : Spain : Andalusia : Almeria (province) : Almeria
Almeria is a city in Andalucia.
The word Almeria is an Arabic word which means mirror of the sea. Like many Andalusian cities, Almeria kept its Arabic name after it had been recaptured by the Spanish. It is an averagely sized city by the Mediterranean Sea with a population of around 200,000. In its region lies the Natural Resort (Parque Natural) area of Cabo de Gata.
Almeria has a Hot Arid climate (BWh). Almeria's winters are very mild, around 18°C (65°F). Summers are long and hot and often reach and exceed 40°C (104°F) in the shade during July and August.
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By plane
Carriers serving Almeria include Monarch [2] from London Luton, Birmingham and Manchester, Ryanair from London Stansted, Iberia from Barcelona, Madrid and Melilla, BMIBaby from East Midlands, Easyjet from London Gatwick & Jet2.com [3] from Leeds/Bradford.
Also efficient are flights to Madrid or Malaga, followed by bus trips to Almeria. While requiring more time, they are often cheaper than direct flights to Almeria.
By train
Almeria's train station is located on the Plaza de la Estación in the centre of the city and has services to destinations across Spain.
By bus
The bus and train station are combined. Buses arrive from Jaén, Málaga, Granada and a variety of other cities all day. More options are available if routing through Granada, which is quick and simple. The station is located southeast of the center, and is a 15-25 minute walk from the center of town.
By boat
Ferries connect Almería to Melilla, Nador, Ghazaouet and Oran
Get around
There are numerous tapas bars located around the town, offering a choice of meat, fish and seafood as well as some typical tortillas and potato dishes. Tapas bars are typically visited by the locals before the night fiesta.
La Cabaña del Tio Tom. This is a great tapas bar on the Paseo Maritimo. The tapas are big in comparison to other place and still reasonably priced. This place is very popular with foreigners as well as locals. Make sure to make a reservation or get there when they open if you don't want to wait in line. Either way, the staff is also quite nice.
La Mazmorra. This tapas bar offers a modern twist on the tapas experience. They may have the best tinto de verano in all of Almeria for just 2.50 euros. [www.mazmorralmeria.com]
Most of the bars are located in the area known by the locals as cuatro calles (the four streets) in the very centre of the city and just under the Cathedral plaza. Depending on the day, a litre of beer could cost down to 2 euros in some bars.
Stay safe
Almeria is generally a peaceful town. Robberies or crime is highly unlikely although the locals might advise to keep away from the gypsy neighbourhoods at night.
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CoachVtennnis.com Part 2 of the Core BAsic Skills of Tennis Video Series. Forehands in this video I show how to create power on forehands and how to use the kinetic Chain, unit turn, Twisting exercise, Pivoting or Coil of the body. and also try to explain why to do it.
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Yes the core. but the core is the part of the big kinetic chain.. im showing the biggest kinetic chain i know how in this video. Most tennis players don't use the giant one like i do. they use mostly a shorter version that they can create with their arms. The Bigger one need more time to set up for and more time to do. if you watch this video Chang....you will see that not only do i swing at the ball but the back swing is huge as well. the back swing is the creator of the kinetic energy charge. the bigger and faster the back swing should = the swing / hitting swing (follow thorough) of the Shot as well. at first there will be no control, you must learn control through practice. The faster you go the better the shot and more control.
Hey Coach V. Thanks for the tip. It's good to be reminded that the power needs to be generated from teh core.
the forehands & Backhands Compliment each other. i will show you in another video with beginners between 5 - 9 years old. you will see them do technique perfectly, but no control.
Interesting way of putting it. Most people think of this for their backhands but not the forehand.
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Flysurfer News:
English Grass - Round 2
On the weekend from the 7. – 9. of June Marius and I headed over to England to take part at the British Championship. This second event of the British Championship took place in Suffulk in the east of the UK.
We had a fantastic start: nice weather, comfortable journey by ferry, and a picturesque view over Britain's coastline. The event took place in a former military airfield, and we had enough space during all competitions and the field was always surrounded by spectators. It was quite busy on site, one reason for that might have been the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the local "Suffolk Kite Flyers Club".
In the end it was a super weekend for Flysufer: I left Suffolk as winner of the pro class, so this was already my second win this year on English grass, and Marius took home the first place in the amateurs class.
A live band and fireworks organized by the celebrating club, contributed to a nice ending of a fantastic day in Suffolk. I am looking forward to the upcoming events in the UK.
Greetz Emmanuel
Flysurfer – everyday is a kiteday!
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This clock was my grandfather's and my father inherited it after my grandfather passed away. My father says that my grandfather told him that he thought it was 200 years old. I am leery of taking the back off of the clock because it is in rough shape and I am afraid that I will break it more. The bottom "trim" is broken and the top/center decorative piece is just sitting there. Also, unfortunately, the mechanism is broken. If anybody can tell me anything about this please help me out!!


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Reverend Timothy said that according to the poetry scripture of the Hmong "Zaj qhuab ke," Hmong believes and worship God the All mighty who created the universe and the poetry script says at the beginning of the creation, human usually goes to God to ask for advice and to obtain seeds for planting. However, probably when human were cursed then they changed course to go and ask "Ntxwg Nyoog" Satan for seeds and or ask for birth certificate to be re-incarnation after death. Of course, these are the differences of believes between Eminism and Christian that once a person died, the spirit goes to heaven and live with God and the body returns to earth, because God uses dirt to create the body. Final thought, he wishes that if the Hmong continue their good hospitality tradition among themselves and strive to get closer to God.
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CRESTVIEW � It takes a special kind of student to be a Davidson Middle School buddy. In fact, school officials said, it takes the "cr�me-de-la-cr�me," or cream of the crop.
CRESTVIEW � It takes a special kind of student to be a Davidson Middle School buddy. In fact, school officials said, it takes the "cr�me-de-la-cr�me," or cream of the crop.
The program, in its 10th year, links specially selected eighth-graders � the buddies � with students in the school's exceptional student education program.
"They are peer mentors," program director and E.S.E. teacher Carol Cassity said.
As she spoke, eighth-grader Jayce Longman was helping special needs students Tyler Wadsworth and Adrian Taylor complete a calendar project.
Buddy Kiayana Roberts had just returned to the classroom from escorting Anna Klemkosky, one of Tyler and Adrian's classmates, to the water fountain.
"It is an eye-opening experience for anybody who hasn't worked with these kids," Kiayana said. "It has been really rewarding."
"The buddies learn different ways of dealing with different people," E.S.E. teacher Barbara Cook said.
'Not a fluff class'
The program began a decade ago when guidance counselor Rhonda Brown asked an eighth-grader to mentor a student excused from physical education class.
When that school year ended and teachers saw how well the special needs student responded to his peer buddy, Cassity said she asked Brown, "How can we keep this going?"
The buddy program is now an academic class, Cassity said. Students have to apply, write an essay, and get two faculty recommendations and written permission from their parents to take the class.
During the school year, buddies maintain a performance log tracking their and their students' progress, describing projects and initiatives, and they must take an end-of-course exam.
"It's not a fluff class," Cassity said.
For the 2013-14 academic year, more than 90 rising eighth-graders, almost a third of the class, have applied for about 40 buddy openings.
It's OK to be friends
Because buddies are generally student leaders, including athletic standouts, cheerleaders, band members and student government representatives, Davidson doesn�t experience E.S.E. students being ridiculed by other students, Cassity said.
If a new student says something unkind to a special needs student, "they're immediately corrected," buddy Dylan Buck said.
"We tell them, 'OK, you need to chill out,'" Kiayana said. "'You need to correct yourself.'"
"If these kids (the buddies) say it's OK to be friends with our (E.S.E.) kids, that's why there's no ostracizing here," Cassity said. "We are an integral part of the school setting."
Buddies and their special needs student pals form long-lasting friendships, the buddies said.
"Every single day of my life I get a high-five from one of the kids," buddy Jordan Richardson said. "Even if I'm just in the store and one of them sees me, they come up and talk to me."
Lifetime of helping
Buddies free up E.S.E. teachers to provide extra attention to students needing it, Cassity said. By taking E.S.E. students around the school, such as to the library or drinking fountains, buddies remove the stigma of being "escorted by an adult," Cassity said.
With the success of Davidson's program, graduating buddies hope Crestview High School will form a similar program. Cassity said the high school leadership class has discussed doing so.
"I'd do it every year in high school if I could," Jordan said.
The experience has encouraged several of the buddies to continue in the field. Steven DelPozo, a Davidson graduate and former buddy, is an E.S.E. teacher at Northwood Elementary School.
"My brother, Jacob, is studying special education at college," Jayce said. "It's an honor to be a buddy."
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