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A grappling position refers the positioning and holds of combatants engaged in grappling. Combatants are said to be in a neutral position if neither is in a more favorable position. If one party has a clear advantage such as in the mount they are said to be in a "Mounted Position". Conversely, the other party is considered to be in a inferior position, in that case sometimes called the "under mount." Yes, the individual on top can deliver punches and not have them returned, but Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu proves this is not a superior position because the fight can be turned around in a heart-beat.
Fighters may attempt to break from the clinch, either as the rule require it at in boxing or because they wish to obtain a better position be moving out and re-engaging, If the clinch continues fighters may attempt to strike, takedown or throw an opponent, this may result in a win, or the start of ground grappling.
It is preferred to have the mounted position; be on top, because fighters can use their weight to their advantage, but depending on the set of rules used, it can have notable exceptions such as the guard, a dominant ground position is usually easier to obtain for the person who initiated the throw or take-down, because it is easier to FALL than it is to RISE. It may be possible for a fighter in the mounted position to score points by pinning their opponent; applying a Submission hold where the opponent can not escape. There is a rough-hierarchy of major ground grappling positions; the most advantageous to the least.
A reversal from a dominant; top position, is called a Sweep, these are usually the aim of a fight in the bottom position, though there are some submissions that can be executed from the bottom; "the guard." While a position may be considered dominant in one sport, that may not be the case in another, for example, the closed guard in BJJ may be dominant in terms of submission, in mixed martial arts (MMA) however, where striking is allowed, while the guard still offers submission opportunities and defence, the fighter on top can strike better than the one on the bottom so the position is usual view as neutral in MMA. Wrestling is different again viewing guard as inferior due to the risk of being pinned.


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The Team at Knife Edge Software, developers of the RealFlight 6, have released the latest public beta. Version 6.00.047 is available for download now. Continue through to read the details for this latest public beta.
New RF6 public beta (6.00.047) is available
Version 6.00.047 is now available as a free public beta download. It includes new content and some fixes.
We present to you the Messerschmitt Bf 109E! Two stock color schemes show off this scale warbird's detailed exterior. Its equally detailed cockpit has many moving parts tied to working features, from its stick and rudder controls to flaps and retracts.
Advanced aircraft editor users will appreciate the new "Current CG" airframe property. It provides the exact XYZ coordinates of the CG relative to the model's origin. If you want the CG to remain unchanged after edits that would move it, jot down the current numbers first, then you can precisely realign it when you're done making other adjustments.
See the full release notes below for more info, and please let us know if you discover any new bugs.
This version is compatible with 6.00.045 for multiplayer.
Perform the following steps to obtain the update:
1. Start the RealFlight 6 Launcher
2. Click Additional Options, then Technical Support
3. Click Enter Tech Support Code
4. Enter the following code: B#2f3qe2557eex (If successful, you will see a message saying "You are now registered to use the Public Beta site until the new version is posted to official download site.")
5. Go back to the main Launcher menu and click Registration/Updates
6. Make sure that in the bottom left corner it says Temporary Public Beta. If not, try reentering the code
7. Click Update to Latest Version; alternatively, click Update to Specific Version, choose 6.00.047 from the list, and click OK.
The LauncherHelper will need to restart partway through this process. Answer "Yes" when it asks if you want to continue downloading the new version. When this process is finished, you will have the latest available version of RealFlight 6.
● Messerschmitt Bf 109E
● Aircraft Editor: "Current CG" read-only property
● Broken-off parts retain their parent's visual scale
● Import/Export: Custom visual tail blades are included in AV and EA exports
● Import/Export: An import operation that requires resource conflicts to be resolved does not result in a duplicate aircraft at the airport origin. This should also fix some crashes.
● Import/Export: If a conflict occurs, and you choose to rename the resource but the new name you provide also causes a conflict, choosing overwrite in the second conflict dialog will correctly overwrite the file with the second name, not the first one.
● Sound emitter airport objects that are set to play sounds intermittently do not all play at once when an airport first loads
● If the current aircraft has a grappling hook, the hook and rope are no longer visible while changing airports
● The folding propeller no longer displays a warning
● Aurora, Aurora 3D (EP2): The exhaust pipe and rotor head have the intended chrome appearance
● Junkyard: Removed an unnecessary bullet power-up from the Deadringer course (ammo is unlimited in that game type)
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The body found in Onalaska today has been identified as 29 year old Tomah resident Malcolm Forbes. Forbes was initially identified as missing by Green Bay Police and then on September 3rd the Tomah Police Department asked surrounding jurisdictions to be on the lookout for Forbes.
Onalaska Investigator Pete Jakowksi was following up at an apartment on Well Street which was the last location where Forbes was allegedly seen. When no one answered the door, Jakowski began checking the surrounding area. That's when he located the body hanging in a wooded area next to the apartment complex. Forbes had been identified as missing endangered because of reports that he was despondent and possibly suicidal.
His body was transported by the Medical Examiner to Hastings Minnesota, where an autopsy will be performed to determine cause of death.


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Guilty pleasures don't have to be mimosas…or even chocolates.
They can be cozy interiors and curling up to read in them. Especially on a Saturday.
Do you think of Saturdays as a day for chores or errands?
I love being able to dismiss those chores and errands for a good book. Or just to visit lots of blogs.
Today I'm reading a wonderful memoir by a favorite author. In Anna Quindlen's Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake , we "hear" Quindlen's unique voice as she reminisces about youth, aging, and the near misses of life.
Sometimes the road not taken is a near miss. What disasters might have awaited us if we'd turned left instead of right? What if we hadn't gone to that particular party, or attended that college?
I know that I often ponder these things. In 1970, a friend persuaded me to attend a party that I thought might not be such a good idea. But I went, all dressed up in my "hippie" garb…and met my second husband.
Yes, I know that the marriage didn't last. But it did go on for almost ten years and produced two wonderful children. And the grandchildren! Bliss….
So I wouldn't change a thing about that night. Or even the subsequent years, but I do wish I'd shown a bit more dignity along the way…lol
The other thing that Quindlen talks about is the "illusion of control." We think that, if we do this or do that, we will have control. But there is very little we can control. I've learned, over the years, that I can really only control inanimate objects…or my attitude and reaction to things.
But lest we veer away from pleasures, I love visiting my stylist every four weeks to "invigorate" my hairstyle.
The other day, I was perusing old photo albums and looking at pictures of me back in the day. Who did that woman's hair? That thought crossed my mind, and I had to share it with my stylist. Who, incidentally, is my daughter.
Who knew that the little pre-teen girl on the left would grow up and take mercy on me and my locks?
She has the stylin' thing goin' on here:
Oh, and lest you think that I've been totally lazy today, I did go outdoors and clean off the patio. But just so I can loll about there later, with a glass of wine and a good book.
Where do your guilty pleasures take you? What special moments do you enjoy on a Saturday?


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SOME time ago, I shared a train compartment with a woman who was reading a book. Sitting opposite her was a bearded man who was also reading a book. Every now and then, the man abandoned his reading to laugh out loud. When he left the compartment briefly, the woman reader, overcome by curiosity, picked up his book to see what he had been laughing at. Replacing the bearded man's book, she said in amazed tones: "It's all mathematical formulae!"thereby betraying a classical education.
The incident proved that maths could be a more rewarding source of fun and laughter than I thought possible. And
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Kim Il Sung Praised by Nepalese Paper
| Pyongyang, March 21 (KCNA) -- The Nepalese paper Arpan carried a special write-up illustrated with a portrait of smiling President Kim Il Sung on Mar. 7 on the occasion of his birth anniversary.
Its article titled "President Kim Il Sung, eternal sun of Juche" said:
The President was a great philosopher, statesman and strategist who adorned the 20th century with his outstanding ideological and theoretical activities and wise leadership.
He fathered the Juche idea centered on the masses, ushering in the Juche era, a new era in the history of mankind.
He also defeated the two formidable enemies, the U.S. and Japanese imperialists, in one generation and led the social revolution of various stages to victory.
The feats performed by him in all fields including politics, economy, military and culture are the precious legacy not only for the Korean people but for the world progressives.
He was the greatest man who dedicated himself to the country and its people and the accomplishment of the cause of global independence, regarding it as his motto to believe in people as in Heaven.
He will always be alive along with mankind.
He developed the Korean People's Army into a powerful revolutionary army of Juche, the army of the Party and leader and the genuine army for the people.
Under the wise leadership of the President, the KPA defeated the U.S. imperialists who boasted of being the "strongest" in the world and thus defended the sovereignty of the country and made a great contribution to ensuring world peace and security.
He was the eternal sun of the Korean nation as he dedicated himself to national reunification.
Copyright (C) KOREA NEWS SERVICE(KNS) All Rights Reserved.


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I am not talking about getting Bush's or Obama's website found at the top of the listings when doing a search for 'failure', I'm pondering over what might one day topple Google. Is this possible? Would it be possible if Google used Page Rank as part of its algorithm in a licence arrangement with Stanford Uni? Read on...
The Internet revolution is still in its infancy and we have already seen some casualties that have been a surprise. Take Bill Gross and his company Goto (latterly Overture); it wasn't long ago that he was the pioneer for paid search and his company cornered the market. If Gross had stuck to his guns and concentrated on building Goto as a destination search engine rather than providing syndicated content to the main portals of the time (mainly Yahoo and MSN) then perhaps Gross's GoTo could have been what Google is today.
Gross originally came up with the formula that made Google the success it is today; paid search on a 'pay per click' model – without AdWords Google would not be the company that it is today. Google never really had a clear understanding of how to monetise the huge amounts of traffic they were generating until this new approach came along...
Although Gross got $1.63 BILLION when selling to Yahoo he knows that this is a mere pinch in comparison to what Googles achievements now equate to.
So, what made Google stand out from the crowd in the early days? It's simplicity? The fact that it never sold out to the DoubleClick approach and displayed banners all over the results pages? OR was it just down to the fact that its results just worked?
Considering the company never spent a dime on advertising in its early years I think it is fair to say that the engine came to fame just simply because it worked! This was REAL viral growth, it created a buzz in the world of search. It earned 'free' PR in places like Time Magazine; the article read Gaga over Google and explained how prolific this new engine was and how it was growing by people recommending it to their friends…
They had a powerful card up their sleeve; their algorithm got around the spam problems that engines like AltaVista were now being hit with. They had the 'Page Rank'! When considering the strength of the 'back rub' (an application Larry created to determine who was linking to his site) being implemented into their Google search algorithm they stumbled upon the new Page Rank (seeing who was linking back to a site, then analysing the importance of those sites by also considering the links they had back to their site (in the most simplistic explanation!)), a contribution to the Google algorithm that set them apart from a market that seemed to be already established.
The Page Rank was named after Larry Page (a founder of Google) and it doesn't relate to web page as people often initially think.
So, I think it is fair to say that the Page Rank is one of Googles most important assets? Well, think of this. Imagine that Google was only using this patented technology on a licence basis… This is fact! Ok it is a licence granted exclusively to Google by Stanford University (the Uni where the founders created and tested Google) but this licence is renewable in 2011.
What will this mean? Could other companies start using this unique technology if Stanford decided to open up the licence in 2011? Is this possible? Could they do this? If so, what could this mean to Google?
It is also believed that the page rank patent expires in 2017. Will page rank be a thing of the past by then? Will SEO companies be catching up with the latest 'new thing' in Googles algorithm by then anyway? What is the next big algorithm change going to be? Has page rank already had its day?
Is Google as safe as we think it is? Have they dominated the search market and made it theirs like Hoover did with the vacuum cleaner? Or is there a Dyson out there waiting for the right opportunity to make its own mark. Is 2011 something that Google needs to prepare for or is it something that isn't even worth worrying about?
It would be great to hear your feedback on what you think this means for Google. Does the licence of Page Rank matter? Could Stanford Uni licence the Page Rank to other companies after 2011? Is this the real Google bomb? Let's hope not :)


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The Largest fraternal organization, where each man has a responsibility to make the world a better place.
The first preliminary meeting for the organization, was held in the parlor of the Alhambra hotel in 1894.
Meet the officers of the Alhambra Masonic Lodge no. 322, Free and Accepted Masons.
Alhambra Masonic Lodge no.322
The first preliminary meeting for the organization of the lodge was held in the parlor of the Alhambra hotel on Saturday evening, June 9 1894, with 22 Master Masons attending. Their memberships were scattered in various parts of the United States.
Brother Past Master James M. Reamer Officiated as Chairman of the meeting, with Brother Norval G. Felker acting as Secretary. After several other meetings, 12 of the 22 Master Masons petitioned the Grand Lodge for a dispensation authorizing them to organize a Masonic Lodge in Alhambra. on September 1, 1894, Grand Master Henry S. Orme granted them a dispensation to organize a Masonic lodge in the town of Alhambra after a recommendation had been made by Pasadena lodge #272 F. & A. M., then the only other Lodge in the District. The 12 Master Masons who became Charter Members were the only Masons present who could obtain permits as their Home Lodges were not closed for the summer.


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As chief technology officer and a founder of RightScale, Thorsten von Eicken directs the overall technology strategy of the RightScale cloud management solution. Previously, Thorsten was chief architect at Expertcity (acquired by Citrix Online), where he directed the architecture of the company's online services, including GoToMeeting. He was a professor of computer science at Cornell University and he received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.


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Singer-songwriter Rich Mullins was posthumously inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame this week (4/29).
His younger brother David accepted the award on behalf of Rich, who died in a car crash in 1997.
"It strikes me that 17 years later – and now with (the movie) "Ragamuffin" coming out – people are still moved by what God does," he said of the new "bio-pic" of the singer's life.
Michael W. Smith performed Mullins' signature song "Awesome God," backed by a small gospel choir. And singer-songwriter Matt Maher spoke of meeting Mullins and the impact he had. "Whenever I remember him and sing these songs, I know he is in heaven and doing what he longed to do all the time."
The three members of dcTalk – Kevin Max, Michael Tait and Toby McKeehan (TobyMac) – joined to honor their former road pastor Michael Guido, who was bestowed a Gospel Music Association honor award.
Read more and see photos of the ceremonies in The Tennessean at: http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/04/29/take-d-bobby-jones-among-gospel-honorees/8495449/?sf25610607=1


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Lime Odyssey: Professions and Crafting Detailed for Free-to-Play MMORPG
11/11/2011 07:36 am in News
As part of the unique, dual-class system in Lime Odyssey, players will be able to assume a battle-themed role and a professional one as well. Publishers Aeria Games (Kitsu Saga, Kingdom Heroes) have detailed some of those professions which you can use as your second role in the free-to-play MMORPG – getting acquainted with the game before it even comes out.
There are three different professions for you to choose from in Lime Odyssey. The Blacksmith must gather raw materials, such as metal, and learn to forge powerful weapons and armor for yourself and others. The Tailor is a trained professional who creates armor from leather and cloth. The Chef is the master of the stove and uses various ingredients to create potions which can strengthen or heal your party.
After fighting the good fight and exploring the world in Lime Odyssey, you will be able to switch right over to your profession-role and get crafting. If you gather the necessary materials, the items you can create could turn into very powerful weapons against the evil forces you are fighting. Each item you make can either be useful for you, your friends or sold on the market to increase the size of your coffers!
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The Scholarship Programme is a 5 week residency taking place every year in July - August in Vienna within the frame of ImPulsTanz festival. The Programme offers around 65 young professional dancers and choreographers from mainly European but also from non European countries the possibility to take part in an intense multinational further training programme.
The programme focuses on the exchange of ideas and knowledge, not limited by national borders, on concentrated further training, on meeting with internationally renowned artists gathering in Vienna at ImPulsTanz with the aim to orient the career of the participants.
In order to achieve both its educational and artistic goals, the Scholarship Programme is supervised each year by artistic mentors selected amongst dance personalities who have played a decisive part on an international level in the development of contemporary dance in recent years.
The danceWEB Scholarship Programme 2011 will take place from July 13 to August 17, 2011. It is a part of the project Jardin d'Europe, which is based on the success story of the innovative European contemporary dance project, danceWEB-Europe.
WHO can apply?
Dancers and choreographers with decidedly professional ambitions from European, Eastern European and non European countries preferably between 22 and 30 years of age and a good knowledge of English. The quality of applicant dance background is the main criteria for participation in the Programme.
HOW to apply?
Download the pdf -application form, filled it in and upload it to the online form together with
Incomplete or late applications as well as applications via e-mail, post or fax will not be considered!
Each scholarship within the frame of Jardin d'Europe is cofinanced by the European Commission (Culture 2007-2013 programme), by Austrian funding bodies and by local funding from the home country of the nominee (but no private persons as sponsors). This last part is not yet secured in all countries. Therefore the applicants are encouraged (in cooperation with the Jardin d'Europe office) to look for possible funding institutions in their home countries. It is a good idea to check the former danceWEBers from your home country and where they received funding from.
Depending on the available sources of financing, 1 or 2 participants per country are selected from countries of the European Union. In addition, a total of 15-20 participants from Central and Eastern European countries as well as a small number from other regions of the world (Africa, South-East Asia, North/South America, Australia) are selected each year.
The application deadline is December 15, 2010, CET, noon. The application form can be found here.
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Pratique artistique
Catégories artistiques & culturelles:
Arts du spectacle, danse
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Lori was up to the Mustang Challenge!
"He's a quiet one," Lori says tenderly of Trace, the pensive 3-year-old Nevada mustang she's showing at the 2008 Midwest Mustang Challenge.
He stays close to her, seeks her approval, even tucks his head down for treats held between his two front legs. Pretty amazing considering just 100 days ago, Trace didn't know how to drink water from a bucket.
He'd never even seen a bucket. Trace was one of the 15,000 wild mustangs that roam Nevada. As part of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Wild Horse and Burro Preservation program, he and 53 other mustangs were sent to trainers across the country last spring, each of whom had 100 days to teach them simple tasks like wearing a halter, raising their feet, backing up and stepping into and out of a trailer. The mustangs were then shown at the 2008 Midwest Mustang Challenge in Madison, Wisconsin, and adopted by private owners. Lori's story of those 100 days is so special and unexpected, it's as if she and Trace were fated to find each other.
Looking at the two of them now, as Lori gently prepares Trace for his first showing, one might believe he'd always been with her. "I knew I could give him a great start by being kind and loving," she says, but Trace was wary. Eight days after she met him, he finally nudged her, initiating their first touch. Weeks later, during Lori's fourth ride on Trace, he bucked as she was dismounting. She was thrown onto a railing and broke seven ribs, fractured a shoulder blade and tore the MCL in her left knee. There would be no more riding. She spent 5 weeks recovering, most of them in extreme pain.
"I had to learn to ask for help. That is not easy for me," Lori says of her recuperation. Despite the setback, she didn't give up on the Challenge. Instead of 100 days of training, she prepped Trace for the show in about 50 days. And their presentation was flawless.
Looking back, she says without hesitation ("medical bills aside!") that she would do it all over again. The destination, in this case, was not the competition but the journey itself. "I learned not to be so attached to the outcome, to just enjoy the process. I can get predatory when I want something - but horses don't want for anything. They have no agenda. [This experience] taught me I have a long way to go to be the best person I can for a horse," Lori says humbly.
Those who know her disagree. After watching Trace's initial presentation to the judges at the Mustang Challenge, a friend said, "That was such a great testimony to your work, Lori." She practices natural horsemanship, a training method that employs "psychology instead of fear, intimidation or mechanics," and therefore uses no bits, bridles or horseshoes. Horses are developed and encouraged based on their own system of motivation - not a human's.
Given her injuries, Lori's accomplishment in the Mustang Challenge is astounding. But the path that led her to Trace is perhaps even more impressive. In her "old life," she was an accountant and computer programmer. Once, while at a horse fair she'd gone to "just to smell the horses," Lori saw a painting (which now hangs in her bedroom) depicting a horse in a carousel breaking free of its reins and leaping off the platform. "I thought, 'That's me,' she says. Still, she needed more convincing to quit her corporate life and turn her love of horses into a career. When her grandfather suffered a debilitating stroke shortly after his retirement, her grandmother began caring for him - and their post-work plans evaporated. "My grandmother told me, 'These are your golden years. Not after you retire. Don't wait.'" Lori didn't. She was 41.
"My mom always said, 'God's plan is Plan A. Yours, Lori, is Plan B.'" Maybe. But there's still something divine in how things turned out.
Note: Lori placed in the top 12 of the 53 competitors in the Midwest Mustang Challenge.
A family in Illinois adopted Trace, and they've invited Lori to visit anytime.


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Spray two 13x9x2-inch metal baking pans with nonstick spray. Mix shrimp, peppers, oil, garlic, smoked paprika, and cayenne in large bowl to coat. Divide mixture between prepared pans, arranging shrimp in single layer. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 8 hours ahead. Cover and chill.)
Preheat oven to 400°F. Roast shrimp 10 minutes. Turn shrimp; sprinkle with oregano. Roast until shrimp are just opaque in center, about 7 minutes longer. Transfer shrimp and peppers to platter. Place pans over 2 burners on medium heat. Add half of Sherry to each; boil until reduced by half, scraping up browned bits, about 2 minutes. Drizzle over shrimp and serve warm or at room temperature.
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Must see attractions in Essex
Essex is truly a county of contrasts with a wealth of hidden treasures to be explored. Audley End House is just one hidden gem of Essex. It's a massive Jacobean house set deep in the Essex countryside and yet a short drive from London. Others include Hylands House in Chelmsford, a neo-classical style villa in around 500 acres of landscape; Layer Marney Tower near Colchester, which was built in the reign of Henry VIII; Ingatestone Hall, built in the 16th century by Sir William Petre, Secretary of State to no less than four monarchs, and whose family still live there today. There are many more gems to be found in Essex, so why not explore the county by downloading some of the itineraries we have prepared for you and start your journey of discovery.
Audley End House
Built by Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk to entertain King James - Audley End is one of England's most magnificent stately homes. Enjoy over 30 lavishly decorated room interiors by Robert Adam.
Colchester Castle
The largest Norman Keep in Europe. Superb Roman displays, hands-on activities and tours. An award winning experience of 2000 years of history. Exciting events all year round.
RHS Garden Hyde Hall
With sweeping panoramas, big open skies and far reaching views over the countryside, this Essex garden provides somewhere to watch the changing seasons and get closer to nature.
The spectacular Rafael Viñoly-designed building, in the heart of the culture quarter, is a modern art gallery in Britain's oldest recorded town. Regular new exhibitions run all year round.
Set in beautiful countryside, Barleylands Farm Park and Craft Village is an all weather attraction offering both indoor and outdoor activities. It's ideal for a great day out for the whole family.
Layer Marney Tower
Magnificent Tudor building with the tallest Gatehouse in Britain and 16th century Italianate terracotta. Climb the tower and marvel at the views of the Blackwater estuary and beyond.
Ingatestone Hall
16th century manor house built by Sir William Petre, Secretary of State to four Tudor monarchs. Still occupied by his descendants the house substantially retains its original form.
Hedingham Castle
The 110 feet high Norman keep of Hedingham Castle, the finest and best preserved in England, was built around 1140 by Aubrey de Vere and is still owned by one of his descendants.
Beth Chatto Gardens
Beth Chatto is one of the most influential living gardeners in Britain, best known for her pioneering, ecological approach to gardening. Her gardens are internationally acclaimed.
Epping Ongar Railway
Step back in time with the longest heritage railway in Essex and experience the romance of travel in bygone times while passing through picturesque countryside, beautiful forest and historic town.
Hylands House
A beautiful Grade II* listed neo-classical villa set in over 500 acres of Repton landscaped parkland and gardens. Venue for a variety of different events from craft fairs to music festivals.
Stow Maries Aerodrome
Stow Maries Aerodrome is the only WWI Aeodrome in the world. It was in use from 1916 to 1919 as a home defence station in the war against Zeppelin and German aeroplane raids.
Naze Tower
Sited at the beautiful coastal location of the Naze, this historic 86ft navigational tower houses over eight floors, an art gallery, museum, tea rooms and roof platform with spectacular views.
Lee Valley White Water
Discover the thrill of white water rafting at Lee Valley White Water Centre, the London 2012 venue where the rapids challenged the world's best athletes. Book your own white water adventure now.
Cressing Temple
The two magnificent 13th century barns at Cressing are scheduled ancient monuments once owned by the mysterious Knights Templar. Don't forget to visit the Tudor walled garden.
RSPB Rainham Marshes
Medieval marshes right next to the River Thames where you can see breeding wading birds and large flocks of wild ducks. Birds of prey and rare birds are regularly seen too.


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Great White Sharks in New England | Feeding Frenzy
Around 3 p.m., the first boat steams in to the crowd's cheers as it backs up to a pair of posts where its catch, a 299-pound thresher, is winched high in the air. The bloody stump of a fake hand hangs from the side of the boat. "I hope it's got a fat belly," yells one unimpressed spectator. As the fish is laid out and later chopped up into beefy steaks, James peppers the onlookers with more questions. "Who knows what kind of fish this is?" he asks. "Thresher!" they respond enthusiastically.
And on it goes. A 259-pound mako and a 320-pound thresher follow. The winner is a 361-pound porbeagle, a thick-bodied deepwater fish of the same family as the mako and great white. The contented (and richer by $25,000) captain of the boat, the Karen Jean II out of Marshfield, Massachusetts, sips from a can of Budweiser as James announces its weight and length ("Seven feet!").
When it's over and the evening takes shape, music blasts from several docked boats as crews drink and dance. On land, the spectacle of the day's catch is on full display, as the head of one shark sits atop a cooler for passers-by to admire. Two high-school girls are particularly engrossed. "Oh, my gosh," says one, a pretty blonde in pink pants and a multicolored top. "I gotta take a picture of this!" She leans in close with her camera phone, putting herself just a few inches from the severed head. She snaps and squeals in delight at her find. In a matter of seconds it's winged out into the ether, to her sister, who's horrified by sharks. "But she really wanted to be here!"
On an island that's still a year-round home to a number of longtime fishing families whose roots here reach back generations, when it comes to sharks there's one fisherman in particular whose name pops up again and again: Stanley Larsen. In the late 1950s his father and uncles were among the first longliners in Atlantic waters, ushering in a new era in a tuna and swordfishing industry still dominated by harpooners. Larsen grew up on the Vineyard and began fishing as a boy, going out with his dad's crew on trips that took them 150 miles out, lasting several weeks at a time, "till the boat was filled up."
Today Larsens live all over the Vineyard–many, including Stanley, in Menemsha, an active fishing village on the island's southwest side, marked by fabulous water views and steep home prices, even by Vineyard standards. It's on Menemsha that Steven Spielberg and his crew descended for part of the filming of Jaws in 1974, building Quint's shack down at the marina and recruiting local talent as extras and support personnel. Not far from the mayhem of Spielberg's project–the unanticipated five months of filming, the technical difficulties, the constant budgeting issues that pushed islanders to refer to the movie as Flaws–Stanley Larsen owns and operates the Menemsha Fish Market on Dutcher Dock.
On a warm mid-November day I visit Larsen at his store. A steel-gray sky hangs overhead, high winds whip around the island, and save for one fisherman who's shelling scallops, the marina is still. Larsen, a fast talker with a medium build and busy eyes, doesn't fish anymore. Stiffer regulations and steeper expenses pushed him out of the business. But for a time in the 1980s he was one of the few guys to hunt sharks exclusively. He'd come to it by default: The large swordfish stocks his father and uncles had known had been almost wiped out. He'd made up for it with shark fins, a controversial delicacy in demand in Asia for shark-fin soup. The practice of finning–it essentially entails cutting off just a small section of the shark and dumping the rest of the fish–was made illegal in U.S. waters in 2000, but for a period Larsen was fetching $20 a pound.
It's dangerous work. When a bull shark latched onto his cousin's leg, Larsen had to pry open the fish's mouth with crowbars. Another time, just seconds after his crew had hauled in a 150-pound mako, the fish started thrashing on the deck, pushing the crew toward the bow before flopping its way down the staircase toward the engine room. "I grabbed it by the tail and just started holding it," Larsen recalls. "Another guy grabbed a rope and wrapped it around the tail, and we just pulled it back up. It was pure adrenaline that got that shark back on the boat."
But the story he tells most often is the one he's advertised the most. Larsen's main business is fish, but he's carved out some shelf space for items like T-shirts that say Amity (the island's name in Jaws) and colorful wooden signs in the shape of a great white. But the stopper is a large faded print of Larsen and his crew with a great white, taken in 1983–and, of course, there are the jaws from that fish.
Larsen was combing the waters for swordfish on his big 52-foot shrimper southeast of Georges Bank. He'd harpooned his first fish when the white showed up, going underwater to take a bite of the catch before coming back up. So it went for three days; nearly the entire catch was ruined. Finally, Larsen went for the shark himself. He circled the area where he'd anchored. Around and around he went for two hours, hoping the white would pop up again. When it did, Larsen went after it.
"I harpooned him, but as soon as I did, he swung right around and swam toward the boat, coming toward it like he was going to attack it," Larsen says. By his own estimate, the shark ran about 20 feet in length and weighed some 3,000 pounds. "Just before he got to the boat, he went straight down." The shark was mortally wounded; the fight was over. Larsen's crew eventually got the great white onto the boat's deck, where they cut out the jaws and discarded the body.


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Hundreds of Volunteers Package Thousands of Meals for Starving Kids
March 23, 2012 at 5:19 pm in WDAZ
GRAND FORKS (WDAZ-TV) – Hundreds of volunteers met at Sandbag Central on Friday to fill bags with food, not sand.
It kicked off "Feed My Starving Children" weekend in Grand Forks. Continue Reading


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RTFScan - Finding malicious traces in rtf documents
The new version of the OfficeMalScanner suite introduces RTFScan. As you might know, there are several samples in the wild, using the RTF format as OLE and PE-File container. So here is a very first version of RTFScan. It currently is able
to scan for malicious traces like shellcode, dumps embedded OLE and PE files and other data containers. Buffer decryption in RTFScan is not supported in this release, as OMS and RTFScan will be enhanced to a cryptanalysis feature to break keys up to 1024 bytes in seconds. The old brute force feature in OMS will be kicked then.


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ADM 3Q profit jumps 42 pct in volatile commodities marketsCHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Archer Daniels Midland Co. cashed in on volatile prices and heavy demand for the corn, soybeans and wheat it processes to generate a 42 percent increase in third-quarter profits.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Archer Daniels Midland Co. cashed in on volatile prices and heavy demand for the corn, soybeans and wheat it processes to generate a 42 percent increase in third-quarter profits.
Though ADM easily beat Wall Street expectations, investors Tuesday seemed to doubt that ADM could sustain the same pace amid such fickle markets, and company shares dropped sharply.
Profits grew to $517 million, or 80 cents per share, compared with a year-ago profit of $363 million, or 56 cents per share.
Revenue surged more than 64 percent to $18.71 billion, from $11.38 billion.
Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial expected earnings of 70 cents per share on revenue of $13.45 billion.
Results were driven by an almost sevenfold increase in profits at ADM's Agricultural Services division, from $46 million to $366 million.
The division includes the company's grain transportation and handling services, which continues to move last year's large corn crop and other commodities in high demand. The division also includes a large grain-trading operation that tries to profit from shifts in commodity prices and buffers ADM against price spikes.
"The volatility this quarter was unprecedented; it was higher than we had ever seen before in any crop," Chief Executive Officer Patricia Woertz said during a conference call with Wall Street analysts.
Corn prices set a new record high above $6 a bushel during the quarter.
Woertz defended the production of biofuels, which have come under increasing scrutiny as the cause for volatile commodities and food shortages from the Caribbean to Africa and Asia.
"Biofuels are really a real solution to real problems," Woertz said. "Retreat from biofuels is wrong - it's dangerous, it's a mistake. It won't fill anybody's stomach and won't fill any gas tanks."
ADM is the country's second-largest producer of ethanol, the largely corn-based fuel additive with plenty of critics, including ADM customers. Food processors say the vast amount of corn used to produce ethanol is driving up the cost to make feed for livestock.
Just under a quarter of last year's U.S. corn crop was used to make ethanol, according to the industry trade group the National Corn Growers Association, up from 18 percent in 2006.
Profit in the company's corn-processing business, including its ethanol production, fell 31.5 percent to $172 million. ADM blamed high prices for corn and rising prices for the fuel used in production.
"Results were very clearly negatively impacted by much higher corn costs, which were only partially offset by higher selling prices," Citigroup analyst David Driscoll wrote in a note to investors.
ADM predicted Tuesday that ethanol sales and prices should improve through this fall, when more U.S. ethanol production capacity comes on line. Ethanol prices are currently low compared with gasoline prices, which ADM Executive vice President John Rice said should encourage fuel blenders to put more ethanol in the gasoline they sell.
Some analysts, like Citigroup's Driscoll, praised Decatur, Ill.-based ADM for its ability to capitalize on spikes and drops in commodity prices.
But they also questioned whether the company could maintain anything like the third-quarter results in agricultural services, which ADM itself called extraordinary.
"What it always leaves everybody wondering is, what happens next?" Driscoll asked during the conference call.
Woertz would only say that, while she expects improved production of some key crops in Europe and South America, volatility seems to be the commodity market rule right now.
"Every time some part of the global crop is normal, something else seems to have a blip," she said.
ADM shares dropped 3.9 percent to close at $45.58 Tuesday.
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1. Westworld (2015– )
60 min | Sci-Fi, Western | Post-production
Two guests at a high-tech amusement park go on a wild west adventure. The park is peopled by robots and is designed to provide a 100% life like experience simulating Roman times, cowboy ... See full summary »
Creator: Jonathan Nolan | Stars: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Ed Harris, Anthony Hopkins, Jeffrey James Lippold
2. Taken 3 (2014)
PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Thriller
Ex-government operative Bryan Mills is accused of a ruthless murder he never committed or witnessed. As he is tracked and pursued, Mills brings out his particular set of skills to find the true killer and clear his name.
Writers: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen | Director: Olivier Megaton | Stars: Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen
Votes: 95,431
3. Godzilla (2014)
PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The world's most famous monster is pitted against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity's scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.
Writers: Max Borenstein, Dave Callaham | Director: Gareth Edwards | Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, Ken Watanabe
Votes: 265,006
4. Chef (2014)
R | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A chef who loses his restaurant job starts up a food truck in an effort to reclaim his creative promise, while piecing back together his estranged family.
Writer: Jon Favreau | Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Jon Favreau, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Dustin Hoffman
Votes: 107,000
5. The Bling Ring (2013)
R | 90 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes.
Writers: Sofia Coppola, Nancy Jo Sales | Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Katie Chang, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson, Claire Julien
Votes: 59,869
Enlightened (2011–2013)
No Doubt
TV-MA | 27 min | Comedy, Drama
In hopes she will drop her crusade against Abaddonn, Tyler gets Eileen to arrange a meeting for Amy with Szidon. Dougie goes off the rails after getting official word about Cogentiva's ... See full summary »
Creators: Mike White, Laura Dern | Director: David Michôd | Stars: Laura Dern, Luke Wilson, Diane Ladd, Sarah Burns
Votes: 76
7. Battleship (2012)
PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals.
Writers: Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber | Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker, Liam Neeson, Rihanna
Votes: 186,795
8. Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A middle-aged husband's life changes dramatically when his wife asks him for a divorce. He seeks to rediscover his manhood with the help of a newfound friend, Jacob, learning to pick up girls at bars.
Writer: Dan Fogelman | Directors: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa | Stars: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone
Votes: 341,798
9. Enlightened (2011–2013)
TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy, Drama
A self-destructive woman who has a spiritual awakening becomes determined to live an enlightened life, creating havoc at home and work.
Creators: Laura Dern, Mike White | Stars: Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Sarah Burns, Luke Wilson
Votes: 4,990
10. Restless (I) (2011)
PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Romance
The story of a terminally ill teenage girl who falls for a boy who likes to attend funerals and their encounters with the ghost of a Japanese kamikaze pilot from WWII.
Writer: Jason Lew | Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Henry Hopper, Ryô Kase, Schuyler Fisk
Votes: 13,770
11. Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy
When he finds out that his work superiors host a dinner celebrating the idiocy of their guests, a rising executive questions it when he's invited, just as he befriends a man who would be the perfect guest.
Writers: David Guion, Michael Handelman, Francis Veber | Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Stephanie Szostak, Zach Galifianakis
Votes: 73,836
12. Somewhere (2010)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
After withdrawing to the Chateau Marmont, a passionless Hollywood actor reexamines his life when his eleven-year-old daughter surprises him with a visit.
Writer: Sofia Coppola | Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Chris Pontius, Erin Wasson
Votes: 33,434
13. Gigantic (2008)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A mattress salesman finds his plan to adopt a Chinese baby augmented by the arrival of a young woman, who comes into his workplace, falls asleep on one of the beds, and starts to affect his life upon waking up.
Writers: Adam Nagata, Matt Aselton | Director: Matt Aselton | Stars: Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, John Goodman, Edward Asner
Votes: 8,063
14. Panic Room (2002)
R | 112 min | Thriller
A divorced woman and her diabetic daughter take refuge in their newly-purchased house's safe room, when three men break-in, searching for a missing fortune.
Writer: David Koepp | Director: David Fincher | Stars: Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam
Votes: 188,145
15. Race to Space (2001)
PG | 104 min | Drama, Family
In the 1960s a young woman works at NASA as an animal trainer responsible for the chimpanzee who will go into space.
Writers: Eric Gardner, Steven H. Wilson | Director: Sean McNamara | Stars: Alex D. Linz, William Atherton, James Woods, Annabeth Gish
Votes: 743
16. Pearl Harbor II: Pearlmageddon (2001)
11 min | Comedy, Short
December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor: it's not the Japanese air force killing people on the beach but the shards of a giant meteor, headed for Earth. FDR gets the bad news from an aide, calls an ... See full summary »
Writers: Robert Moniot, Taz Goldstein | Director: Robert Moniot | Stars: Butch Hammett, Byrne Offutt, Bryan Clark, Hallie Beaune
Votes: 205
17. In Pursuit (2000 Video)
R | 88 min | Thriller, Action, Drama
An attorney is accused of murdering a powerful man after having an affair with his sultry wife.
Writers: John Penney, Peter Pistor | Director: Peter Pistor | Stars: Daniel Baldwin, Claudia Schiffer, Coolio, Sarah Lassez
Votes: 230
100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (1999–2002)
April Fools
His kids constantly at each other's throats and his wife again out of town, Doug threatens to take their weekend trip away if they continue fighting. So instead, the two avoid each other ... See full summary »
Creators: Steven H. Berman, Mitchel Katlin, Nat Bernstein | Director: Kim Fields | Stars: Brandon Gilberstadt, Morgan Kibby, Catherine MacNeal, William Francis McGuire
100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (1999–2002)
Big Dog
Eddie and Justin fight over the new neighbor dog trainer. Tory gets a new lab partner who is supposed to be smart but gets really nervous around her and makes all sorts of chemical blunders.
Creators: Steven H. Berman, Mitchel Katlin, Nat Bernstein | Stars: Brandon Gilberstadt, Morgan Kibby, Catherine MacNeal, Seth Green
100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (1999–2002)
Fur Better or Worse
It is Gwen's Sweet 16 party and Justin's feeling left out. When his dad sends him to his room and grounds him from the party, he and Eddie decide to retaliate and crash his sister's party.
Creators: Steven H. Berman, Mitchel Katlin, Nat Bernstein | Director: Allison Liddi-Brown | Stars: Brandon Gilberstadt, Morgan Kibby, Catherine MacNeal, William Francis McGuire
100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (1999–2002)
Lie Like a Dog
After seeing an article in the paper about dogs being kidnapped, Eddie decides to fake his kidnapping so Doug would pay $100 to get Eddie back. But the scheme doesn't exactly go as planned.... See full summary »
Creators: Steven H. Berman, Mitchel Katlin, Nat Bernstein | Director: Steve Dubin | Stars: Brandon Gilberstadt, Morgan Kibby, Catherine MacNeal, William Francis McGuire
Votes: 5
100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (1999–2002)
Meet the New Boss
After Eddie causes the dog catcher bodily harm when she crashes into an ice cream cart, she quits. The Drifter bumps his the remaining good deeds back up.
Creators: Steven H. Berman, Mitchel Katlin, Nat Bernstein | Director: Christopher Coppola | Stars: Brandon Gilberstadt, Morgan Kibby, Seth Green, Rowdy
100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (1999–2002)
Return of Gigi
Gigi is back and has Eddie all smitten again. When The Drifter warns Eddie he needs to get busy on his good deeds, he is influenced by Gigi to go bad. Meanwhile, Gwen befriends Justin's best friend, but Justin thinks she's just using her.
Creators: Steven H. Berman, Mitchel Katlin, Nat Bernstein | Director: Gilbert M. Shilton | Stars: Brandon Gilberstadt, Morgan Kibby, Catherine MacNeal, William Francis McGuire
Votes: 7
24. 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (1999–2002)
30 min | Family
A bully is transformed into a dog that must perform 100 good deeds with the help of a shy classmate.
Creators: Steven H. Berman, Mitchel Katlin, Nat Bernstein | Stars: Brandon Gilberstadt, Catherine MacNeal, William Francis McGuire, Rowdy
Votes: 561
25. Liar's Poker (1999)
R | 93 min | Crime
Writer: Jeff Santo | Director: Jeff Santo | Stars: Richard Tyson, Jimmy Blondell, Flea, Caesar Luisi
Votes: 96
26. Kiss of a Stranger (1999)
90 min | Romance, Thriller
Nova, a rising TV personality, after declaring that all handsome men in L.A. are gay, falls for a hunky stranger who is totally smitten with her - so she thinks. Her sexy stranger ... See full summary »
Writer: Sam Irvin | Director: Sam Irvin | Stars: Mariel Hemingway, Corbin Bernsen, Matt Battaglia, Jeff Cesario
Votes: 185
100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (1999–2002)
All Howls Eve
After Eddie breaks an expensive bowl, Doug grounds Justin because he didn't tie up the dog before he went to school. This puts a damper on Eddie and Justin's Halloween plans. But Eddie ... See full summary »
Creators: Steven H. Berman, Mitchel Katlin | Director: Paul Hoen | Stars: Brandon Gilberstadt, Morgan Kibby, Catherine MacNeal, William Francis McGuire
Votes: 7
28. Legend of the Mummy (1998)
R | 96 min | Thriller, Horror
A pretty sorry looking mummy with seven fingers could be the cause of several weird murders and the daughter of an Egyptologist sets out to solve the mystery.
Writers: Lars Hauglie, Jeffrey Obrow, John Penney, Bram Stoker | Director: Jeffrey Obrow | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Amy Locane, Eric Lutes, Mark Lindsay Chapman
Votes: 759
29. Bongwater (1997)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
David is an aspiring artist and a pot dealer, and he falls in love with constantly smoking pot. Serena gets jealous and goes off to New York with heroin-addicted Tommy, and David wants her ... See full summary »
Writers: Michael Hornburg, Nora Maccoby, Eric Weiss | Director: Richard Sears | Stars: Luke Wilson, Alicia Witt, Amy Locane, Brittany Murphy
Votes: 3,888
30. The Maker (1997)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Josh is a high school guy who lives with adoptive parents and is involved in little crimes with his friends (including young lesbian Bella). Suddenly his elder brother Walter comes out of ... See full summary »
Writer: Rand Ravich | Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: Matthew Modine, Mary-Louise Parker, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Fairuza Balk
Votes: 703
31. Between the Lies (1997)
R | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A private detective who mostly investigates cheating husbands takes on what he believes to be a run-of-the-mill case, little realizing the extent to which he has been misled.
Writer: David Keith Miller | Director: Tony Smith | Stars: Robert Lewis Stephenson, Melissa Williams, Rafael de la Rosa, Colleen McDermott
Votes: 44
32. Hit Me (1996)
R | 125 min | Drama, Thriller
Sonny lives with his intellectually disabled older brother, and works as a bellhop at a second-rate hotel. This changes when Monique a beautiful, suicidal nut-case checks in.
Writers: Denis Johnson, Jim Thompson | Director: Steven Shainberg | Stars: Elias Koteas, Laure Marsac, Jay Leggett, Bruce Ramsay
Votes: 401
33. Mercenary (1996 Video)
R | 102 min | Action, Thriller
Jonas Ambler is a rich businessman who's wife is killed by kidnapers. So he decides to get even. He hires a mercenary to find and kill the kidnapers. There's only one catch, he wants to go ... See full summary »
Writers: Steven Hartov, Patrick Highsmith | Director: Avi Nesher | Stars: Olivier Gruner, John Ritter, Robert Culp, Ed Lauter
Votes: 289
34. Savage (1996)
R | 99 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After his family is murdered, and he's left for dead, a farmer awakens in the desert and finds himself transformed into a savage warrior, with all the powers and skills of the ancient gods.... See full summary »
Writers: Patrick Highsmith, Peter Sagal | Director: Avi Nesher | Stars: Olivier Gruner, Jennifer Grant, Kario Salem, Kristin Minter
Votes: 208


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Megaplier promotional ticket worth $5 million
HOUSTON CHRONICLE | November 28, 2013 | Updated: November 28, 2013 3:09pm
A Mega Millions lottery ticket given away as a promotion at a Texas store is worth $5 million, Texas lottery officials said.
The ticket, given away at a store in the central Texas town of Buda, near Austin, matched five numbers drawn Tuesday on the Mega Millions but not the Mega Ball, earning $1 million. However, the ticket included a Megaplier, where buyers can pay to increase a non-jackpot prize, receiving up to $5 million, lottery officials said.
The winning ticket, a quick pick, has numbers 27-44-59-74-75. The Megaplier was 5.
The promotional ticket was part of a Mega Millions purchase at Sac-N-Pac No. 402 at 204 FM 2001 in Buda, lottery officials said.
Friday night's Mega Millions drawing is now worth $230 million.


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Anyone ever hear of Commander Saturn? He's another long forgotten Twin Cities kids show host. Can anyone answer the question "Who played Commander Saturn?" Stay tuned.
The Kidsville 11 Club was a promotion from 1964 of the channel 11 program line up, and was sponsored by Southtown Shopping Center. The Mayor of Kidsville was Mayor Kidec. A special coloring book was given away in conjunction with the promotion. There was some sort of Kidsville office located at Southtown Shoping Center. You could [more]
Sev Widman was one of the early television kids show hosts in the Twin Cities. He was a popular radio disc jockey and in 1953 he was working at WTCN radio. This lead to his program on WTCN-TV called Sheriff Sev. Here is a full page add from Broadcasting magazine in January 1953, promoting Sev, [more]
Sev Widman (Severance J. Widman, Jr. 1922-1981) was a popular radio broadcaster in Minneapolis in the 40's and 50's. He hosted one of the earliest children's shows on WTCN, channel 11, called Sheriff Sev. The show started in late 1953 along with Skipper Darl. Prior to hosting the Sheriff Sev program, Widman was a popular DJ in [more]
Barbara Kline Dols was a young girl in 1958 when her Brownie troop appeared on Popeye's Clubhouse. She is in the middle row, third from the left. Thanks to Barbara for sharing this rare photo. Another rare photo shows Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (Richard Simmons — no, not THAT one!) visiting Captain Dale Woodley [more]
Starting in 1956, the Popeye cartoon series were sold to local television stations around the country and most every market had a Popeye program hosted by a local TV personality. Los Angeles had Skipper Tom Hatten and Miami had Skipper Chuck Zink. New York had Captain Ray Heatherton and Detroit had Captain Jolly. The Officer [more]
A Bozo the Clown "trading card" that probably dates from about 1960. A Bozo the Clown "trading card" that probably dates from about 1961. The back of the Bozo the Clown "trading card" that probably dates from about 1961. The back of the Bozo the Clown "trading card" that probably dates from about 1961.
Unlike most local children's television characters, Bozo the Clown was syndicated. He was portrayed by different people in different TV markets. In the Twin Cities, he was played by Roger Erickson, who later became an early morning favorite on WCCO Radio. Bozo the Clown debuted in August 1959. The circus set for the Twin Cities' [more]
On May 8, 1948, the first children's television show in the Twin Cities aired on KSTP-TV, Channel 5. It was a quiz show for kids that had originated on radio called Riddle Griddle, emceed by KSTP announcer Jimmy Valentine. In an early version of the show, a panel of three children would try to answer [more]


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Elisa agrees (silly girl!) to come on and try again to record a podcast with not one, but TWO GMen. Guy apologizes (again) for all the screw ups with the audio and as it turns out it WAS entirely his fault to absolutely no one's surprise. We get some great Twitter and email feedback from JollyJap and Klaus from Germany leaves an audio comment from our Skype number about the Google defamation lawsuit in Italy. Steve McShane records a review for the Samson Go Mic, and we talk about updates, and quarterly's, and location privacy (oh MY!)
iHome iA63 App-Enhanced Alarm Clock FM Radio Stereo Speaker System
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Compatible with all versions of iPod touch, iPhone 3, 3GS, 4
iHome has a history of creating functional, multi-purpose products. The iHome iA63 is the latest in the series. Combining an alarm clock, iPod/iPhone dock, FM radio, and speakers into one sleek unit is no easy task, but iHome found a way to do it, and do it well, with a few exceptions.
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Composition – From Snapshots to Great Shots
by Laurie Excell
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This is an odd "how to" book that purports to teach the amateur photographer the skill of arranging shapes and elements in a scene to create better pictures. The book is a collection of essays by wildlife photographer Laurie Excell and four other professional photographers. Based on the mission described in the introduction and the level of information in subsequent chapters, the book is clearly aimed at the amateur or hobbyist. What makes it odd is that it seems to quickly lose sight of its intended audience.
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Although Logic began as music notation software, its Score Editor has recently been overshadowed – outpaced even – by its other features; and outshone by the richer feature set of the dedicated music notation software, Sibelius. We've looked previously at Johannes Prischl's excellent book covering the Score Editor. Now Groove 3 has released an equally useful, well-structured and expertly-written and presented set of nearly 60 video tutorials on the subject.
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MOG's home page provides immediate access for searching, browsing, or choosing a playlist. The initial time you encounter this home page, you won't know where to click first. Choices appear to be overwhelming, and slightly out of focus.
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Tim and David have a few too many laughs this week. Portal 2 is out on the Mac, but why can't Tim play it? Listener feedback, Beta Hardware, more on the Flip, Linux, and PSN round out the show. And Tim uses more adult language than usual.
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Technical difficulties pretty much destroyed the podcast recorded with Elisa Pacelli so as a stopgap, we present what thousands of you have asked for! OK, a couple of hundred…OK, alright! NO ONE asked for this but it's a fun listen anyway.
If you are a person who reads the news, speculation, and rumors about any Apple product you know that iOS 5 rumors and speculation is in full swing. One of these rumors I saw (and I don't remember where) was that Spaces is coming to iOS 5. When I first heard this I thought this was a stupid idea. However, now that I have thought about it I think I have figured out a way it might work.
Spaces on the Mac allows you to have additional desktop "spaces" with certain applications. You could have a space for productivity applications, a space for internet/email, etc. When you run a certain application it will only be visible in its assigned space.
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Day Four
Remember The Milk
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Works with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later
Remember The Milk (RTM) is a popular note and to-do app for iPhone that, surprisingly, doesn't have a dedicated iPad app. An online account is needed to use the app.
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Mousepose 3
Boinx Software
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Price: $16.99
Day Three
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Wunderlist is a list/task manager available for Mac, iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. It's clean and streamlined user interface makes it easy to learn and easy to keep your life in order.
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It's no secret that I like Apple products. The only computers in our house are Macs, my wife and I both have iPhones, and I was in line to buy an iPad 2 the day it was released.
I don't consider myself an unthinking Apple fanboy, however. Sometimes Apple products have problems. Sometimes Apple wants to protect me more than I want them to. And I will admit, as much as I love my iPad now, when I first tried my Dad's original iPad, I was slightly underwhelmed. I didn't need one right away.
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Day Two
Infinote Free
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All of us have used sticky notes at one time or another. They're simple to use, and come in some great colors. If you'd like a note app that has the familiarity of sticky notes, take a look at Infinote Free.
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Scott talks to himself this week, as Peter is hanging out with friends, something Scott will never have. Scott talks about StackPad for iPad, and Apple's AirPlay, built into iOS 4.2 and higher. John Nemo updates on on his experience with the Nocs NS200 earphones.
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Otterbox Latch for the iPad 1
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Otterbox is no slouch in making accessories for iPads, iPhones, and iPods. I've been using an Otterbox Defender case on my original iPad ever since I wrote a review about it last summer. It's an amazing case, so when I saw that Otterbox recently released the Latch, an accessory that adds even further levels of functionality to your Otterbox Defender or Commuter cases, I knew I had to take a look at it for our MyMac.com readers.
The iTunes app store is loaded with note apps, almost as many as fart apps. But unlike fart apps, note apps serve a real purpose: they help keep us organized. Yet how do you know which note app is worth your time and money? Over the next four days I'll be reviewing four different note apps that offer different features that appeal to different users.
This is by no means an exhaustive or "best-of" list; it's just four apps I've recently been using. If you've been using a note app that you just can't live without, please share it by leaving a comment below.
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Day One
RainbowNote Lite
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RainbowNote Lite is a great note app if you need a lot of customization in your note organization. With each note created you can change the background, font size, style and color, and text size.
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When Darcy Jamison took her first class at Okaloosa-Walton Community College, she knew the direction of her career. The Destin native says her teacher's stories about the entertainment industry led her to where she is today.
Jamison, now 33 and living in Louisiana, has worked as a lighting programming specialist on hits like "Now You See Me," "Beautiful Creatures," and "Grudge Match." She currently is working on FX's "American Horror Story: Coven."
"Lighting is such an important part of the production," Jamison said in a telephone interview. "It's weird how much the human mind will take away from just the lighting."
For more ominous lighting, Jamison features light from the floor. To get the audience's attention, she focuses light on a particular subject. In her time she has lit concerts, boxing matches and romantic scenes.
Jamison and her husband are expecting a child in December. Until then, she is working with FX on the horror television series and doing corporate and freelance lighting jobs.
"All of the jobs have come from meeting people and doing a good job for them so that they recommend me to someone else," Jamison said. "There doesn't seem to be any applying in this field. You just go out there, make some friends and hope you get lucky."
Jamison's success can be attributed to hard work, a positive attitude and good relationships.
"My best advice for anyone wanting to go into this field is to be nice to everybody. You never know where your next job will come from," she said. "Just work real hard and always have a good attitude. It's less about talent and more about attitude in this industry."
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Is there a list somewhere as to which files need to be downloaded for what program?
There are a total of 6 files for Unicycle Bob.
I use Poser only, on a PC, so I know I need the Unicycle Bob_v1.1_dcp.exe, but what is the: Unicycle Bob - 15112_UnicycleBobPoserCF_v1.1_dpc.exe - PC - Poser .
This is getting way to confusing. It used to be a simple matter to tell if a product was for Poser or DAZ Studio, or both. But now with the release of DSON, It takes paying special attention to make sure the product is usable in Poser.
I wish someone would create a list somewhere telling what files need to downloaded, for each program.
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text: Ballistic Publishing - Call for Entries Questioning ParadiseI began this painting with the intent of doing a loose portrait of a friend of mine. As the painting developed it reminded me of many a grim fairy tale and I quickly came up with a concept for the sketchy image. I love portraits and wanted the focus to be centred on her expression, I added the pendant in her hand to add to the feeling of curiosity in her demeanour. I was also keeping in mind my friends own personality and somewhat gothic quirky style. I wanted to go against any stereotype of a corpse bride, doll like girl and this is where the bird of paradise came from, and adding a warmth and ethereal beauty to a dark and winter ravished woods. The main idea of the painting is that sense of the grass is greener on the other side AS if this strange scraggly wood nymph had little contact with reality and upon finding many trinkets; her curious mind was set alight. Her equally interested feathered friend reminds me of the snake who tempted eve, or perhaps he is trying to warn her, Ill leave that up to the individual. Copyright (C) Jonathan Habens 2007 All Rights Reserved No unauthorised duplication or distribution without explicit permission from the copyright holder. Artist Name: Jonathan Habens Artist Country: GB Entered for: Software used: Adobe - Photoshop About us | Contact us | Privacy Policy Copyright © 2003 Ballistic Media Pty. Ltd.


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Brain size varies by over 100,000 times - and that's across mammals alone. How does diversity in brain size come about in evolution? Are there any regularities across species, that is, characteristics that are shared by all mammalian brains, whatever their size or the species to which they belong? Conversely, are there characteristics that are particular to some mammalian groups, but not others? What are the rules that govern how brains are built?
At the Laboratory of Comparative Neuroanatomy we use quantitative morphological approaches to investigate the diversity of the nervous system across animals, its evolution and developmental origins.
Most of our studies apply the Isotropic Fractionator, a non-stereological method developed in the lab in 2005 that allows the fast, simple and reliable determination of numbers of neuronal and non-neuronal cells in any dissectable brain structure, and has been shown to be as reliable as stereology.
Here's Suzana Herculano-Houzel's talk at TEDGlobal 2013 about how the human brain is remarkable - but not special, compared to others:
A recent interview on TED Radio Hour aired on February 20th, 2015, can be found on NPR.org (skip directly to Suzana's interview here) or downloaded as a podcast here.
Here's a recent, longer talk (in Portuguese) with more details on how the human brain compares to others:
And here are some of our main findings so far:
Not all brains are created equal
Brain size can no longer be considered a proxy for numbers of neurons in the brain across species, contrary to what has been common practice so far under the assumption that different brains followed the same scaling rules (reviewed in Herculano-Houzel, 2011, 2011 and 2012). By comparing rodents, more rodents, primates, more primates, insectivores, afrotherians (including the elephant) and artiodactyls, we have been able to infer the ancestral neuronal scaling rules - that is, those that applied to the original mammals - and to deduce the changes that led to how the brain is put together in the different lineages, reviewed here. In contrast, the relationship between brain structure size and number of other cells (glial and endothelial cells) is shared across all orders and brain structures analyzed so far.
The human brain is not special
The human brain is remarkable, yes - but turns out not to be special, at least not in its number of neurons, compared to other primates, and also not in its size, as long as great apes are left out of the comparison (and great apes, by the way, also have just as many neurons as a generic primate of their brain size would have). The usual way to phrase that comparison is by stating that the human brain is larger than expected for its body size. The reasoning here is that if humans are smaller than great apes, then our brain should be smaller than theirs. But the argument can be turned around: If great apes are larger than humans, why don't THEY have larger brains than we do?
The metabolic cost of being human - and how cooking got us here
The human brain costs about 500 kCal per day, which is 20-25% of the energy consumed by the entire body. We have shown, however, that this seemingly extraordinary metabolic cost is actually just the expected amount of calories for the number of neurons in the human brain, given our finding that the metabolic cost of a brain is a simple linear function of its number of neurons, irrespective of brain size, at an average cost of 6 kCal per billion neurons per day.
The large metabolic cost of neurons shines new light on the humans vs. great apes paradox: We propose that great apes cannot afford a brain that is any bigger than it already is, due to a metabolic limitation imposed by their diet, which doesn't offer enough calories to support both a huge body and the huge number of neurons that a larger brain would have. This metabolic limitation must also have applied to our ancestors, who we propose that were also limited by their diet to having about the same number of neurons that modern great apes have. We suggest that the evolution of modern humans, with the very fast increase in brain size in less than 2 million years since Homo erectus, was made possible by the invention of cooking, which made more calories available in less time per day, thus allowing large brains to go from being a major liability to being a major asset, subject to strong positive selection in evolution.
Larger brains for larger bodies?
Larger species tend to have larger brains - though brain size increases at a smaller rate than body size, as power functions of exponents between 0.6 and 1.0 across species of different orders. It is usually assumed that the relationship is due to a requirement of larger bodies for more neurons to operate them. However, we have found that while larger primates do have more neurons in the spinal cord, the rate at which these neurons become more numerous is small, with an exponent of only 0.3. Likewise, the number of facial motor neurons increases very slowly with body size, with an exponent of only 0.2, across marsupials and primates alike. In the crocodile, which has continued growth through life, the increase in body mass is similarly accompanied by only a very small rate of increase in brain mass. These findings, together with the very small number of neurons found in the spinal cord and brainstem in comparison to the brain, suggest that while larger bodies do tend to require more neurons, the pressure for more neurons is very small and explains only a small part of the increase in brain mass or number of neurons across species. Hence our proposition that body mass is actually not that relevant and should not be used as a normalizing parameter in comparative studies.
Dogmas that are no more
Examining some of the most basic issues in neuroanatomy have allowed us to overthrow dogmas that have been repeated in textbooks and in the news far too often, with no experimental basis until then:
- The human brain does not have 100 billion neurons (which we believe was meant to be simply an estimate of order of magnitude, and not as an actual count), but an average of 86 billion neurons;
- there are not 10 times more glial cells than neurons in the human brain, but at most 1 glial cell to every neuron in the whole brain;
- The ratio of glial cells to neurons does not increase with brain size, but rather with decreasing neuronal density (and thus presumably with increasing average neuronal size);
- The percentage of neurons in the cerebral cortex that are connected through the white matter, which had been considered to be constant across species, actually decreases across primate species of increasing brain size (but does remain fairly stable across rodents of larger brain size);
- The number of neurons underneath a mm2 of cortical surface is not uniform across primate nor rodent species, nor across the surface of a single cortex, be it mouse or human;
- As a consequence, the number of neurons in the cortex of a species is not a simple function of its surface area, and the degree of gyrification is neither a function of number of neurons nor of surface area, within the human cerebral cortex or across species. Rather, we propose that the degree of cortical folding is determined by the white matter, through a combination of the number of fibers in the subcortical white matter, their caliber, and tension along its axons;
- Contrary to the former notion that neurogenesis is over by birth, so that all neurons found in adult cortex are already present at birth, we found that there actually is massive cortical neurogenesis in the rat after birth - and throughout the brain;
- Cortical expansion, which has been equated with "brain evolution", whereby the relative size of the cerebral cortex increases while the relative size of the cerebellum remains fairly constant, is not accompanied by an expansion of the relative number of cortical neurons. Rather, the cerebral cortex and cerebellum gain neurons coordinately across species, humans included, despite the faster increase in cerebral cortical size.
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As it turns out, all cortices, smooth or folded, follow a single scaling relationship that minimizes their effective free energy.
Microchiropteran brains have relatively large cerebella, yes - but not an enlarged cerebellum; it is their cerebral cortex that is too small for its number of neurons.
They're invertebrates, but pack as many cells as a rat brain in a mouse-sized brain - and have a truly distributed nervous system, with more cells in the ganglionic chains in the arms than in the brain itself.
They're often disregarded for being small. It turns out, however, that bird brains pack surprisingly high numbers of neurons. REALLY high...
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At over 4 kg, more than 3 times the size of a human brain, the elephant brain turns out to have more neurons than we do - but only because 98% of them are in the cerebellum. But the human cerebral cortex still has 3x more neurons than the elephant cortex.
Evolution has been about expanding the cerebral cortex faster than every other brain area, right? Wrong, actually - at least in what concerns the olfactory bulb in eulipotyphlans, which can have more neurons than the cerebral cortex.


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Jeremy Webb's explanation of the behaviour of "rebellious celts" ("Torque of the devil", 26 July, p 35) took me back to the first year of my PhDthe only achievement of which was rediscovering this strange behaviour for myself in the coffee bar of the students' union. It was good to learn the explanation after nearly thirty years of mystification.
Your readers might like to know that a rebellious celt can be made by snapping off the bowl of a plastic teaspoon, then snapping the bowl in half along its long dimension.
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Sperm whales are not often seen because they prefer to stay in the deep waters of the Gulf, usually in depths of 3,000 feet or more and at least 150 miles offshore, Biggs says.
"Sperm whales go to where their food source is, and that means very deep water. So folks that do see them are marine mammal observers who ride the seismic survey vessels and the workers on the big oil and gas rigs, and even that does not happen often," Biggs adds.
The primary concern facing the scientific research group was noise there's more of it in the world's oceans than you might think. A study by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography shows that the world's oceans are 10 times noisier since the 1960s, and at any one time, there are as many as 30,000 ships circling the globe.
Biggs says that over the course of five summers, 98 sperm whales were tagged with devices that relayed back critical data such as measurements about sound levels and behavioral aspects of whales, including tracking their movements. Of particular concern was the effect that loud low-frequency noises, such as those created by seismic activity, might have on sperm whales in the area.
Oil and gas companies prospect for subsea reservoirs by firing air guns during their seismic work, which government regulators thought might negatively affect sperm whale behavior. Also, the sheer volume of work being done in the Gulf was another concern: The Gulf of Mexico accounts for almost 70 percent of the oil and gas extracted from U.S. waters and there are thousands of oil and gas platforms in the region.
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As a fruitarian, I eat a lot of fruit!
- Fruit is attractive to your sight. Colour vision allows your eyes to quickly scan and spot the ripest fruit on a tree, bush or vine. Unripe green fruits naturally camouflage themselves amongst the green leaves while ripe fruits like brightly coloured mangoes, bananas, and papayas openly invite you to pick them by catering to your colour vision and luring you in with their attractive beauty. You have specialized colour vision for fruit!
- Fruit is attractive to your touch. It is a pleasure hold, squeeze and bite into a ripe fruit. Your sense of touch provides you with the information needed to differentiate between ripe and unripe fruits when you extend you're reach high and far into the trees. When poked, prodded, or pulled, a ripe fruit never hesitates to release it's hold from the stem. All fruits are able to be thrown around, carried great distances, ripped in half, peeled entirely, and then chewed, swallowed and assimilated with absolute joy and ease. Your hands are designed to caress fruit!
- Fruit is attractive to your smell. Quickly scanning and screening each piece of fruit before it enters your mouth, your sense of smell will either accept a ripe, healthy fruit by increasing your saliva count or reject a rotten, unhealthy fruit with a feeling of immediate disgust. Just smelling a ripe fruit is enough to release hormones which heighten your metabolism, enhance your digestion, and disperse thousands of enzymes.
- Fruit is attractive to your taste. In it's raw natural state, no other food comes close to being as arousing to your taste as ripe, juicy fruit. Your sense of taste makes it obvious that you are specifically designed to eat fruit. Feelings of immediate pleasure and unsurpassed gratitude are commonly experienced when eating meals of the highest quality nutritious fruits. Just like your other senses, your sense of taste instantly picks up information from fruit and translates the information into a feeling that we can describe. The better a fruit tastes, the better it is for you!
- Fruit is sustainable. You are perfectly equipped and programmed to eat this way that even after you've finished your fruit, you will either throw, spit or poop the seeds out on the side of the trail (out of harms way) to grow more fruit producing trees. A sustainable specie specific diet will ensure your species survival!
- Fruit is guilt free. No plant, animal, or insect needs to be killed for organic fruit to grow abundantly and sustain you.
- Fruit is healthy. Fruit is the ultimate health food! No other food provides you with such a magnificently wide spectrum of nutrients. Fruit has the highest source of vitamins and has the second highest source of minerals, second only to vegetables!
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Jo Ann Altman serves as a Senior Business Assistant within the Budget Office. In this role, she performs responsible and complex duties associated with Travel, Purchasing, Pcard Reconciliation, and Student Reimbursements.
A native of Lubbock, Jo Ann earned a Bachelor of Science from Texas Tech University. Prior to joining the Law School in July 2011, she was a realtor for a prominent real estate agency in Lubbock.