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Get Your Touch On
Apple may not feel that touchscreen computers are in its future, but they aren't shy about adding multitouch gestures to their desktop apps for laptop users and those of us rocking a Magic Trackpad. iMovie '11 is no exception, and features a trio of such gestures.
The first multitouch tip enables adding new media to your Project, which is done by first selecting a clip (or portion of a clip) in the Event browser and then using three fingers to swipe up on the trackpad. Just like magic, your selection is now added to the end of your project.
The second gesture allows you to expand or contract filmstrips by moving the pointer over the Event or Project browser and pinching two fingers closed to contract or pinching two fingers open to expand — a gesture that should be very familiar to users of the company's iOS devices.
Finally, if you want to move a clip within your project to either the left or right of the clip next to it, simply select the desired clip and then swipe left or right with three fingers accordingly. Let's see iMovie's big brother, Final Cut Pro, do that!
Import Movies Directly from Your iPhone
Although the new desktop version of iMovie '11 is sadly lacking in any interoperability with the stripped-down iOS version, there is one welcome iPhone-related change from iMovie '09 — you can now plug in your iPhone and iMovie will recognize it and offer to import any movies in your Camera Roll.
This newfound ability might not have been such a big deal in the iPhone 3GS days with its low-resolution SD camera, but it's now a must-have for the iPhone 4's 720p HD video — especially for more ambitious projects that go beyond the scope of the mobile version of iMovie. (Note that import will also work on the 3GS, for those of you still rockin' last year's handset.)
Analyze This
iMovie '09 added a very welcome Stabilization function to the program's bag of tricks in order to help smooth out jumpy or handheld footage. That function first required a clip to be analyzed in order to perform its magic, which could be a lengthy process for longer pieces of video.
Now that Apple has added the People Finder feature to iMovie '11, you'll be happy to know that you can analyze clips for both Stabilization and People in one fell swoop — along with the option to do only Stabilization or only People.
Clips that have already been analyzed for Stabilization can also now be marked for camera pans, noting when the camera moves left or right. Choose File > Analyze Video > Mark Camera Pans and now video with camera pans will be indicated with a blue line across the top of the clip, and you can even filter for those type of actions when your editing calls for it.
Viewing Your Timeline In A More Traditional Way
When iMovie '08 was first released in mid-2007, many of us who were used to more traditional ways of editing were stymied by the way projects were now viewed in a stacked ribbon — since the dawn of non-linear editing, timelines have mostly been viewed as one seemingly endless horizontal strip. Someone at Apple must have taken note of the fact that we still haven't quite adjusted to it three years later, so now you can take matters into your own hands.
First navigate to iMovie>Preferences and turn on Show Advanced Tools under the General tab.
In the upper right corner of the Project window, you'll now find a new Horizontal Display button to the left of the chapter mark tool. With a stacked view in your Project, click the Horizontal Display button and you'll now see a nice clean, all-horizontal view of your project as you edit. Click it again to go back to the classic stacked view, but only if you must!
Making iMovie '11 More Like Final Cut
These tips aren't new to iMovie '11, but f you want the program to look more like the traditional view of higher-end apps like Final Cut Pro.
Switch the timeline to the bottom of the screen and your unedited media to the top by selecting Window > Swap Events and Projects (or click the Swap button positioned between the windows, to the right of the Import button). After a fancy animated switcheroo, your Event Library and media now appear at the top of the display and your timeline resides at the bottom, a view that will likely be more comfortable to seasoned editors.
The horizontal timeline view and window swap tips work best If you also happen to have a second display attached to your computer. In iMovie '11, you can select Window > Viewer on Other Display and move your view of the edited project to its own screen, giving you the entire top (or bottom) of the iMovie display to see your newly emancipated Project timeline — and have a swanky editing setup just like the pros use.
Title Duplicate
If you spend a lot of time creating videos with iMovie, you'll certainly appreciate some of the new version's little niceties, many of which have been moved from the Edit menu and grouped into a new Clip menu along with the new one-step effects.
For instance, how many times have you created a project with a number of similar title cards, spending valuable time having to add a stock title each time and then editing it to match the length and font style of your previous one? Now all you need to do is select a clip (or range of frames) and choose Clip > Duplicate Last Title, edit the text to suit you and move on.
Inspecting Your Inspector
With your iMovie Preferences set up to edit a clip when you double-click on it (rather than Play the clip), the clip Inspector is always available quickly, same as in the previous iMovie '09. But there are some cool new functions tucked away there that you may have overlooked.
In addition to now changing the speed of a clip without having to convert it first (by moving the slider or typing the speed you want as a percentage), you can now reverse it with a single click, a nifty tool which has been available on more sophisticated non-linear editors for some time.
iMovie '11 also adds a new Rolling Shutter option which helps to cut down on wobbly or skewed video caused by the CMOS image sensor still prevalent on most consumer camcorders. Click on "Reduce motion distortion" to enable it for a clip and after your video is analyzed, use the pulldown to select an amount from None to Extra High. Apple recommends High or Extra High for footage shot with a Flip camcorder or a mobile phone that records video, which presumably includes the iPhone 4. (It did indeed look better in our quick, unscientific tests.)
Equalize Your iLife
Audio is a big focus of iMovie '11, with most of the spotlight on the slick new audio waveform mode to adjust levels and see color-coded warnings where the sound might be too overpowering. But Apple has also beefed up audio options in the Inspector as well, including a new Equalizer.
Open the clip in question, select the Audio tab on the Inspector and you'll see the new Equalizer function, which you can customize entirely on your own or pick from one of nine presets, including Voice Enhance, Music Enhance and Hum Reduction, which should help tame less than dynamic audio recordings and keep annoying electrical line hums at bay.
Apple's engineers didn't stop there, also adding an audio Enhance mode — click on "Reduce background noise by" and adjust the slider, then listen to the results. We tried it on some clips recorded near a busy highway and it worked quite well, bringing down the unwanted background noise and making people speaking in the foreground that much more audible.
Audio Effects
While iMovie '09 had some very capable video effects, this year's release adds an equal number of audio effects to spice up most any production.
To get to the audio effects, select a clip. Click on the Inspector button or go to Window>Clip Adjustment in the Menu Bar.
Click on Audio Effect in the Clip tab.
In addition to specialized effects such as Robot, Cosmic and Telephone, you also have the ability to add Echo, four sizes of Room Echo and four variations of Pitch Down or Pitch Up.
Integrate with Facebook
Thanks to the updated iPhoto, the whole iLife '11 benefits from deeper integration with the social network everyone loves to hate, Facebook. That integration also carries over to iMovie, where you can now choose from your online Facebook photos to import into a project, as well as the traditional iPhoto and PhotoBooth options.
Keep in mind that you'll first need to open iPhoto '11 and let the program sync with Facebook, which will then carry those photo albums into your iLife Media Browser and make them available to all supported programs.
Contextual Menus
Apple hasn't forgotten about the ever-handy contextual menus in iMovie '11; functions such as Loop Selection and the ability to both Analyze and Optimize clips have been added to adjust clips within a Project, as well as the aforementioned new Duplicate Last Title and options to Arrange Music Tracks and select your Project Theme.
Event browser clips can also now be looped or have their video analyzed — for Stabilization and People, Stabilization only, People only to to Mark Camera Pans. There is also the ability to Split Event Before Clip as well as the same shortcut to make adjustments to your Project Theme.
In addition to the contextual menus we've all come to love and depend on, you can launch the Inspector directly from a clip and put iMovie '11 in Precision editor Mode by clicking on the gear that appears when you hover over a clip.
Storyboard Like a Pro
iMovie '11 is touting a Movie Trailers mode, giving you the ability to create short, Hollywood-style previews with just a few clicks. But you can also use the animatics provided by the Movie Trailers feature to rough out your own project, and then swap them out for footage you shoot later.
Go to Window > Maps, Backgrounds and Animatics (which used to be called just Maps & Backgrounds) and scroll down to find 16 animatics, which are essentially motion-enabled dummy clips for various camera angles, such as Closeup, Medium, Wide, Landscape and Animal.
iMovie '11 provides a mix of clips for males or females — simply drag & drop one of them to your timeline and you'll have a filler clip that can later be replaced with a real clip by dragging the new clip onto the animatic. Release your mouse button and click Replace, and the job is done. Animatics are a great way to organize your thoughts and plan for footage you haven't had time to shoot, but still be able to see if your concept fits into your work-in-progress.


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I feel like we have been marketing NFP the wrong way. We have been presenting it as an alternative to contraception, but it's not. "It's just as effective as hormonal birth control without all of those nasty chemicals!" This may be true, but then when contraceptive users see how many children Catholic NFP users tend to have, they see that as undermining our claims of effectiveness. The reason for this is because the contraceptive mentality is entirely different from the mentality that follows Pope Saint John Paul II's cornerstone piece on Catholic sexual dogma, Theology of the Body.
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Birth Control: why I ditched the hormones and embraced NFP
Before I got married, I went to the gynecologist to get my first prescription for some birth control pills. Even though I was Catholic, it just seemed like it was the thing everyone automatically does. However, a few months before my wedding, I got curious about natural family planning and decided to take a few courses in it. Just so I at least knew what I was turning down.
I must admit, it did seem pretty overwhelming and a hassle for my first few classes. It involved a lot of charting and knowing how your body works. But then I paused and thought a moment. Despite all that extensive sex ed throughout my school days, I had no idea how my own fertility worked! I didn't know what days I could conceive, I had no idea when I ovulated, and I barely noticed what my body did on a monthly basis. It was blowing my mind how much I was learning about basic female function that had been completely ignored in my primary education.
Then, I started learning more about the pill and the other forms of hormonal contraception, and it just didn't appeal to me at all. I mean, if I don't like synthetic hormones in my food, why would I want to be ingesting them daily through birth control? And it elevates your risk for breast cancer? And it just sounded like a pain to have to go to the OBGYN every so many months to get injected or have something shoved up my ….. well, you get the idea.
So I decided to make the commitment to use NFP. Luckily, my husband was very supportive, because he is awesome like that. That is why I married him. And we have never turned back after four years of marriage.
There are several different methods of NFP. They all involve knowing exactly when the woman is fertile and abstaining from sex on those days, which usually lasts about 5-10 days, depending on what kind of cycle the woman is having that month. Or, you can have sex those days if you are planning on having a baby, and you tend to get pregnant WAY sooner than if you are just winging it.
We started with the Marquette method when we first got married, which worked perfectly (with the exception of one slip up that I can only blame on us being newlyweds and throwing caution to the wind). But, Marquette was too difficult for me to use once I started breastfeeding, so we switched to the Creighton Method, which I like a whole lot better.
Common myths about NFP:
1) It is ineffective. False! Its effectiveness depends entirely on you. Instead of you medicating yourself and just hoping you're not part of that 1-15% that gets pregnant on birth control anyway, you know if you had sex during one of your fertile days that a baby is a definite possibility. And if you do get pregnant, you don't have to worry about that increased risk of ectopic pregnancy that comes with certain methods of contraception.
2) It is just for crazy Catholics. There has been a huge amount of NFP users in the more crunchy crowd in an effort to reduce their hormone intake and lead more natural lives. And it is great for breastfeeding mamas who are trying to keep their diet as wholesome for baby as possible. Also, a lot of women are finding that hormonal birth control makes them feel ill and want an alternative. It is also helpful for couples that have had some difficulties trying to conceive, and want to find out for sure if they are doing everything right before they spend all that money on fertility treatments.
I always think it is hilarious that people think that couples who use NFP and have lots of children is proof that it doesn't work. Because who would have lots of children on purpose?! Well, we would. But if you aren't super into kids right now, that is ok too. NFP will still work for you, with a little bit of self control, and a whole lot more communication and appreciation for the amazing things your body can do.


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Olivia has a turkey on her head! This was the craft that the kids made during storytime last week at the Grain Valley branch. Bring your little ones to our storytime Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m., and enjoy stories, crafts and songs.
Brenda C.
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'Shola's the man' - Part 27
Speaking in the midst of the expected tussle with Huddersfield tonight, Chris Hughton gave his backing to Shola Ameobi with another 'he's the man piece'. If each Newcastle fan got a pound for each time we'd heard that then we'd be able to club together and pay Ashley's £100m plus have a billion ready for transfers. The current coach said:
'Would a striker prefer to play well and not score, or play not so well and score goals? he answer is they would always prefer to score goals.
What we had from Shola (against Darlington) was a good performance, plus good goals. It certainly won't do him any harm.'


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Five CIMOGG articles under the generic title "Inadequate Constitutional Proposals" have appeared in the SUNDAY ISLAND of 9 June, 23 June, 30 June, 14 July and 28 July 2013. They may be accessed at www.cimogg-srilanka.org.
There are some additional issues, besides those discussed in the aforesaid articles, which will be addressed below. However, before we look further into the inadequacies of the numerous proposals being put forward by others to "improve" the Constitution, it appears to be the correct time to answer three questions which have been raised informally by friendly critics regarding the practicality of writing and securing acceptance of a Constitution that will take into account the many concerns raised in this series.
Question 1: "Would a Constitution that takes into account all the requirements mentioned here not prove to be too complicated?" The answer is: "No. CIMOGG has made considerable headway in finding logical, relatively easily-implemented solutions to the problems that we have highlighted. In fact, there will be an overall reduction in the complexities of the present electoral process and the administrative requirements. The solutions that have been worked out are now being integrated into a single document and will be published in due course for critical comment by members of the public before the legal drafting is undertaken. If and when this Constitution is adopted, there would be an unprecedented amelioration in all areas pertaining to national unity, democracy, the Rule of Law and good governance".
Question 2: "Would not the adoption of a Constitution that incorporates the ideas espoused here be resisted vigorously by the majority of politicians, whatever be their party affiliations, because they would then have to restore to the People so many of the profitable powers they have bestowed upon themselves under previous, politician-friendly Constitutions?" The answer is "Undoubtedly yes!"
Question 3: "In view of the above answer to Question 2, what chance is there of getting a People-empowering Constitution adopted against the might of the entrenched political machinery?" The answer is "Very little, unless and until there occurs such a major breakdown in the political machinery that the People are forced to sit down and try to arrive at a consensus on a new Constitution, in much the same way as has happened time and again in other countries where there had been an irresistible destabilization of the regime in office. There is no reason to think that the Sri Lankan body politic is such a uniquely sound entity that it would be permanently immune to involuntary change by circumstances outside the control of the machinery of the State. In an exceptionally disturbed situation, a ready-made Constitution such as the one being prepared by CIMOGG would come into its own as a 100% non-partisan template that would help to mould a consensus quickly. Just when such an eventuality may be expected to arise is, of course, anybody's guess".
We now look at a few more lacunae that a new Constitution should fill. Once a comprehensive separation of powers is achieved, it would be advisable to place certain restrictions on the participation of those with dual citizenship in exercising the powers of government which are delegated by the People. It appears self-evident that anyone who has sworn unambiguous loyalty to some other country could not wholeheartedly represent the People of this country in the Legislature, or act sufficiently independently in the Judiciary or hold very senior positions in the Executive. On the other hand, as far as non-senior positions in the Executive are concerned, there would be no great risk in employing not only those with dual citizenship but even total foreigners who would have the kind of expertise lacking among our citizens, eg. oil exploration, nanotechnology, biometrics and so on.
With an effective separation of powers, it would be essential to have as the President of the Country an independent person of distinction and integrity to act as (a) a unifying national figure, (b) the face of Sri Lanka to the outside world, (c) the legal appointing authority for senior positions in all three arms of government, and (d) the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, with formal power to declare war or peace. This individual should be someone who is highly respected throughout the Country by all sections of society and is capable of holding his own intellectually among other world leaders. Members of the public should be encouraged to participate in electing the President by submitting suitable names for this purpose. By inviting nominations from all corners of the Island, the open and democratic nature of the process of choosing a truly representative Head of State will be accentuated. However, to keep the exercise within manageable administrative limits, it would be sensible to have, say, the 25 District Councils proposed by CIMOGG sift through the names sent by the public in their respective areas and forward just one name each to Parliament for a secret vote. There should be no bar to several District Councils simultaneously forwarding the name of the same national figure because the ultimate goal is to identify someone who has wide support throughout the Country. By this arrangement, the number of names to be considered by Parliament would not exceed 25. A President so elected would be independent of any conflicting power centres. In carrying out his duties, he would be obliged to act strictly on the advice of Parliament, as conveyed to him by the Speaker.
A constructive Constitution could make a beneficial impact by reducing the total amount of time, effort, State funding and private spending that are currently required to be incurred on Local Government, Provincial and Parliamentary elections. The reduction could be effected elegantly by combining and modifying the current electoral processes to permit all elections to be completed within a narrow time frame (worked out by CIMOGG to be 18 weeks in all). In such an arrangement, the public would not be irked by obtrusive election activities for a clear three and a half years in every four-year election return period.
A highly objectionable practice that governments have been turning to increasingly is the resort to rushing half-baked or even undemocratic legislation through Parliament without giving the public or knowledgeable commentators or the Opposition time to offer comments or improvements or raise objections in the Courts of Law. For example, CIMOGG has repeatedly condemned the manner in which the disastrous 18th Amendment was rushed through Parliament, three years ago. This Amendment was a major assault on democracy, the Rule of Law and good governance. The new CIMOGG Constitution will not permit this kind of skullduggery because there will be a mandatory procedure that would provide for a detailed White Paper to be published in order to gain the benefit of comments by all stakeholders before a Bill is permitted to be presented to Parliament. Depending on the length and importance of the legislation, at least 2-6 months should be allowed for this purpose. An analysis of the laws passed by Parliament to date will show that, other than in the case of unpredictable natural disasters, which required emergency funding, Parliament has never had to legislate on any problem that had not been known for years and years before. With such a long time available for reflection, there would have been no difficulty in preparing comprehensive White Papers for the timely response of the public and stakeholders, prior to placing the Bill before the House for a vote.
Another weakness in the manner of Parliament passing laws and budgets has been the lack of in-House expertise. As it is inconceivable that any member of Parliament or any of its Committees would have a sufficiently comprehensive knowledge of all the subjects that fall within their purview, the futility of allowing MPs alone to discuss issues requiring expert inputs does not require special emphasis. Hence, convenient and speedy access to independent specialist expertise should be ensured by incorporating suitable purpose-made arrangements.
Many major inadequacies have been touched upon in this series. A few more will be dealt with in the next instalment.
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PORTLAND - Police are investigating two Tuesday night robberies at North Portland businesses they think may have been committed by the same suspect.
At 9:15 p.m., officers responded to Subway, located at 7409 N. Interstate Ave., on the report of an armed robbery.
Employees told police that a suspect, armed with a knife, entered the sandwich shop and demanded money. The victim ran to the phone to call 911 and the suspect left without obtaining any money.
The suspect was described as brown-skinned male, possibly Hispanic, in his 20s, 6 feet tall, 180 pounds, wearing a black hoodie. A gray scarf covered his face.
At 9:22 p.m., officers responded to the report of a robbery at Rite Aid, 7440 N. Denver Ave., only 3/10 mile from the Subway.
According to the victim, a man entered the store, demanded money, then pushed the employee out of the way and grabbed cash from the cash register. The suspect left the store without incident.
The suspect was described as a mixed-race male in his 20s, wearing black clothing, a gray mask, carrying a backpack.
Several officers, including a Police Canine Unit, searched the neighborhood but did not locate the suspect.
Based on the location, time and description, officers believe the two incidents may be related.
Anyone with information about either incident is asked to contact Robbery detectives at 503-823-0405.


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Nerd + Intelligent Conversation = SexyNerd/Geek is defined by the American Heritage dictionary as "a foolish, inept, or unattractive person. A person who is single-minded or accomplished in a scientific or technical pursuit but is felt to be socially inept. HMMM I think I can define the...
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Hell yeah! Ones who know how to fix thingswhen they break...or even better tell you what to do so that you can stop them from breaking! Oh yeah...and guys who listen and understand you too....so hot.
HonestAndHopeful 36-40, F 9 Responses 10 Nov 1, 2015
I Am Now SingleI am now single, as of a few hours ago. Officially. A summer fling, turned into a relationship, and now it is nothing but a few heart broken text messages. This is the second long-term relationship that I've been in, the first one lasted a year and half. This one was only 9...
SybilxDG 26-30, F 2 Responses 4 Mar 8, 2013
they help me learn moreand their good conversationalist so if your intelligent and a good conversationalist hit me up lovely ;p
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OneEyedPak 26-30 1 Response 1 Nov 24, 2015
I want a man who is rough,cold, smart but silent, a little harsh, but in the end, my lover.
Maaren 18-21, M 1 Mar 6, 2015
Young guys these days only livefor smoking weed, cutting school, getting drunk, and going to jail and it seems as if they're proud of it. And some of these girls find it so attractive because they love "bad boys". I honestly hate guys like that, I prefer a guy who stays in school and has a future going for...
Neshaxo 18-21, F 3 Responses 7 May 9, 2014
Yes, I am attracted to intelligent guysbecause I am very intelligent in one way or another if my below qualities say so.. The one who mostly stood second at high school because the first prize went to another student who was in serious medical condition even to sit for the exam. The one who left every lecture with...
whyacinth 36-40, F 1 Response 6 Mar 2, 2016
When a guy is intelligent,it would seem like he would be able to figure out how to talk to girls as quick as he could solve a complicated math equation. But it's actually the opposite. Intelligent guys worry about how girls will view them, they will analyze and analyze and analyze, thinking of how dumb...
erika514 18-21, F 1 Aug 23, 2015
Well, I finally realizedthat guys with six pack, into machoism do not attract me at all. I can't and won't even date guys if they are not intelligent and do not have interesting view on life.
nataliawww 26-30, F 6 Responses 13 Jan 18, 2015
Intelligence and maturity can beso hot. :p
SwedeNsour 22-25, F 11 Responses 20 Jan 19, 2016
It's such a turn on when a guy is more of asmartarse than me :p
ThunderWaffles 22-25, F 3 Responses 14 Jun 18, 2015
If you are a good looking woman,you would obviously have a lot of suitors to choose from for a boyfriend. But often times that not we end up choosing the wrong guy. We have tendency to choose the guy that seems bold, cool, outgoing and stubbornly chasing you. But often times these are the kind of guys that...
MysticNymph 22-25, F 4 Responses 12 Feb 18, 2016
Intelligent guys are just pure turn on to memore than anything else. :p
gabfreak 16-17, F 2 Responses 8 Mar 10, 2016
I Can't Imagine Anything Else.if i can't have a deep, intelligent, meaningful conversation with a boy, the attraction dissolves almost instantaneously for me. i'm not against immature humor - i'm pretty immature myself in that area. however, when boys can only make stupid jokes and can't get serious about...
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breathewalrus123 26-30, F 15 Responses 12 Nov 24, 2015
Most women really don't have a cluethat smart men ( the ones I've met anyway! Lol!) enjoy the company of nasty sexy women like me?!? Especially when they explain Einsteins spooky theory...lol!
Shewolfiie69 36-40, F 27 Responses 33 Oct 10, 2014
If You Dont Hook-up With My Brain, Your Not Getting In My Pants.For all you guys out there with the "smooth" one liners and bar talk, keep moving on, I want my men or women to come equipped with a brain somewhere north of the waistline. Here's some tips on pursuing me, they will probably work on most other girls as well, at least those...
demonpanda 18-21, F 10 Responses 5 Nov 4, 2011
I want an intelligent guy!the kind guys who tells me random facts, follows world events, discusses philosophy, knows computers, plays video games! that would be the perfect guy *sigh* intelligence makes me horny!
xxdublifexx 26-30, F 2 Responses 2 Jan 29, 2015
intelligent guys are cool.i love it when they tell me what they know and i love the way they talk. they are all crazy and awesome;))
Mrskatearch 31-35, F 1 Response 4 Jan 13, 2015
As I'm an emotional personal I want someonewho's a thinker, intelligent so that he can help me in making decisions using brains.
happybubbly 22-25, F 2 Responses 3 Nov 2, 2015
he's possibly the nerdiest guy everbut every time we speak i die a little and the only thought going through my head is, "gosh, i might love you."
400luxbux 18-21, F 3 Responses 0 Apr 19, 2015
Calling All Guys Tell It Like It IsThis is the one and only time you may get the opportunity to really get some insight into women's psyche.Let me school you on some tell all secrets that may in fact save your mental strength for one more year.So if you got a woman in your life, I am talking about daughters...
Letstalkaboutitin2016 61-65, F 3 Responses 4 Dec 10, 2011
I Found OneAm I attracted to intelligent or intellectual men? Probably both. I found boy I was dreaming of weeks ago. Intelligent, intellectual, so clever, but unhappy. The man who was broken because of love, because of this world. But I saw beyond his gifted sad eyes the nicest soul in...
bublina 18-21, F 13 Responses 5 Jun 20, 2008
I am so puzzled between a smart guywho knows what he is doing and a guy with a sweet heart U cant find an intelligent guy who is not an ******* sadly
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Complaint Review: Marine Services Corp
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14001 Cottage Grove Ave
Dolton, Illinois
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Marine Services Corp MW marine services Fraud - sold equipment that was new but was actually used , refurbed equipment Dolton, Illinois
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The saga continues. These guys are frauds. As part of their upgrade on the boat I purcahsed from them a new lewmar winch. These are covered by a 12 month warranty and it was installed by Marine Services.
Its been used 3 times ( they supplied the wrong chain that cost $980 and wouldnt replace it so I had to spend another $800+ replacing it). Last weekend it wouldnt drop so I took it to Lewmar Australia to check it out under warranty.
Guess what - no warranty - not because it was in Australia but because when they opend it up it wasnt new at all. It was an old winch that had been rebuilt with replacement parts.
These con artists charged me for a new winch, told me it was a new winch - I thought it was strange as it never arrived with a winch handle which I had to buy or the box that it came in.
I tried to contact them but as usual no reply.
These guys are frauds. Lewmar in Australia is contacting teh US head office of Lewmar to look at legal action as it impacts on Lewmars reputation
Dont get ripped off - use someone else
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We are a Storage and Service facility in Chicago IL. We performed many services to this vessel and shipped it half way around the world. We installed NEW Lewmar Windless that we purchased from our supplier Port Supply. I advised customer that if he is having issues with windless. Unit is under warranty for one year with Lewmar and to contacat a Lewmar dealer in his part of the world. There is a serial # on the unit and i have proof of purchase from our marine supplier. We can verify these two things to come the conclusion unit was brand new at time of installation.
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A Portrait of Many Artists
The current issue of Seattle Homes & Lifestyles is all about art. Appropriately, then, is this feature on the home of Michael and Bernadette Monroe. Michael is the director and chief curator at the Bellevue Art Museum — you can bet there's a lot of art on display in their home.
The couple spent many years living in a 3,000+ square foot home in Virginia, then did a stint in New York and its tiny apartments before settling in their current 1,600 square foot home here in 2004.
Their AIA award–winning home was built in 1987, and unlike most remodeling stories we hear these days, the couple actually put in extra walls to accommodate their vast collection of hanging artwork.
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Monday, June 9, 2008
Has Anyone Seen Feralicious?
10 comments:
- Eust said...
Hi Pali,
I saw her a few days ago. I think she was looking for you, too.
- June 10, 2008 at 9:30 AM
- Khol Drake said...
Did you check all the bars, temples and massage parlours?
- June 10, 2008 at 10:19 AM
- Ratshag said...
@Eus - Thanks. I'll keep looking!
@khol - So, you think she might be in Bangkok?
- June 10, 2008 at 11:08 AM
- 4thehorde said...
Pali, you should look in the last place you're gonna check. That's always where I find the things I'm looking for.
Grimshott & Valkyrie
- June 10, 2008 at 11:11 AM
Hire a hunter to track her down! I hear there are a few good ones in the Guild.
- June 10, 2008 at 11:22 AM
- Softi said...
Maybes Mr Ratshag might know?
- June 10, 2008 at 3:36 PM
- Jezrael said...
Maybe she went swimming in the big lake? Or went to tease some murlocs? Or maybe she's sad and staying close to a mailbox hoping to hear from you?
- June 10, 2008 at 5:24 PM
- sonvar said...
Maybe she met the same guy in the bar but had no Ratshag to help
- June 10, 2008 at 5:55 PM
This is possibly the most random post I've read all day lol
Will there be a follow post once you find her?
- June 10, 2008 at 7:26 PM
- Khol Drake said...
You totally got the reference...I always knew you were awesome, but I had no idea just how awesome.
And yes, given Miss 'Licious' reputation, it's entirely probable.
- June 10, 2008 at 10:25 PM


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Nate Dogg's children have been locked in a heated battle with their stepmother and grandmother over control of his estate ever since he passed away. Nate's wife, LaToya Calvin, took control of his estate and requested in August that Nate's mother, Ruth Homes, be her co-administrator. However, Nate's kids smelled something fishy in the air between the two women as they believed that they would not divide Nate's goods within the family fairly.
It is because of this that LaToya has decided to back away from holding control over his estate this month, and according to what her lawyer reported to TMZ, "Nate's children wanted a 'professional administration' and Ruth and LaToya decided to withdraw to avoid conflict with the children."
Apparently Nate's children are "ecstatic," but lets hope that things get settled fairly for everyone in the long run.
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I don't want to give this post a starting like any other post. Maybe Thats why i did type this out.
Anyways, getting back to Writing Awesome Blog Posts. For that You need to first understand what goes in Making of a Killer Blog Post.
What Makes a Killer Blog Post?
- Killer Headline
- Super Targeted Content
- Uniqueness and freshness of the content
- Your Style Of writing (Don't worry, everyone has his own)
- Finally how you promote (It's not a big task, if you've got content, u'll get this task right for sure)
What I have Noticed.
- Some People Just blog for money
- People think that Blogging would make them look cool or perhaps just to show off Geekiness
- Just to write shit and gain attention
- To get Famous
- And rest, i don't think i need to give examples. I know a couple of them too.
Nah, The good things too.
- No Ads, Nothing. No hurry for revenue.
- Very Less Readers but still posting content regularly.
- Urge to share knowledge with others
- Share Experience to help others passing by the same way someday
I had read a poem in my school text, where the poet once came to a place where the Path Forked into two and he was not sure of which to take as his path. One taken by most while other, which needed wear and was quite lonely. He took the other one and then end of it, he tells that his decision of taking the second path made all the difference. Success or Failure he did not mention.
Well, what we need to know here is that success or failure hardly matters. All matter is carving out our own unique path and hope someday, someone would take us a reference to taking the path rather than we taking someone other as reference.
What has this got to do with blogging, ha?
It has, more than what a chicken has got to do with it's egg. When you start your blog, and come to your posting page you too are left with two ways. One which the rest 100 Million blogs are doing, posting stuff which is rotation around the web or the second, to try out something new, a post perhaps you won't be able to find all over those Millions of Blogs floating around.
Getting to next point. You are writing because you like, aren't you? Ask this question to yourself 100 Times before writing a blog post. If the answer is yes, then only proceed. If now, then do i need to say anything?
When i asked someone, he said
I write things that i think my readers will like
Do you think it's Right? I don't think so. I thought blog was for Writing what You like and not for someone else to like.
Here's some interesting incident with one of my friend who is a blogger too, and he might be reading this somewhere 🙂
When someone asked me which are the top 3 blogs i read? I said Techcrunch, Mashable and Digital Inspiration. Later i realized, that why didn't i mention my own blogs name?
Perhaps, that answers so many things. When You yourself are not a reader of your own blog, how do you expect it from others? I don't think you have any right to do so.
First, have confidence in what you write and write it such that you start loving it. Unless you do it, you won't ever be able to make your blog a hit. I can guarantee it.
Well, Getting back to reality. After you know what to write 70% of the task is done. Remaining is 30% which includes all your marketing. If you have faith on your writings this gets simplified, believe me, a lot.
Marketing Via Twitter, Digg, StumblUpon, Reddit, etc. is alright but all that is surely short term. According to surveys it was found most of these visitors where just like those Hit and Go people. "I came, I saw. I went."
If you are looking for real, organic traffic search engines are the way to go. Concentrating on Search Engines would help you a lot. Then, once if you got search engine traffic, then i can assure you your subscribers will grow at an amazing rate.
Imagine me a user who has dropped on to your site while searching for some content. Here's a summary of what i do.
I read the article. Find it interesting. I check out some related posts. Ah, there i see a subscribe button, and i feel that this blog has posts which interests me, and it would be great to stay updated with stuff like this! So i'll subscribe this blog!
Now you might ask me, if this was so simple why aren't there so many successful bloggers out there? Perhaps, there are. All those who write content from heart are successful because number of readers don't actually decide the quality of content.
Well, all this is called Hacking a Readers heart <3.


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Watch: Joan Rivers, back on 'Tonight Show' after 26 years, cracks Holocaust, genitalia jokes
Joan Rivers had new "Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon cringing on her return (forget the cameo) to the late-night program. More ▸
Joan Rivers had new "Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon cringing on her return (forget the cameo) to the late-night program. More ▸
If you liked Idina Menzel (Travoltified name: Adele Mazeen) at the Oscars, you'll love love love her on "The Tonight Show." The "Frozen" star squeezed in next to host Jimmy Fallon and his resident band The Roots Monday night for what is definitely our all-time favorite version of the film's hit song "Let it Go."… More ▸
In honor of their on-screen reunion in the upcoming film "Blended," a very pregnant Drew Barrymore and an athletic pant-clad Adam Sandler sang a duet on "The Tonight Show" Wednesday. The legendary rom-com couple have been paired up previously in "The Wedding Singer" and "50 First Dates." With host Jimmy Fallon on guitar, Barrymore and… More ▸
"It certainly beats Passover!" Rivers said of her big night. More ▸
Billy Crystal has "a bone to pick" with"Duck Dynasty," the comedian and author of "Still Foolin' 'Em" told Jimmy Fallon the other night. Apparently the hit A&E reality show is a total copy of a show Crystal and his family did a few years back, called "Schmuck Dynasty." Conveniently, he had a clip to prove… More ▸
Brace yourself for this rumor: Howard Stern might replace Jimmy Fallon. Leaked news last week revealed that Jay Leno was being pushed off of NBC to make room for Jimmy Fallon in his 11:30 slot in 2014. A source told the New York Post today NBC was "grooming" Jewish comedian/pervert Howard Stern. Stern is known… More ▸
Max Greenfield, the stud who plays Schmidt in FOX's "The New Girl," sat down with Jimmy Fallon last night to discuss his Emmy nomination and his SNL-themed Bar Mitzvah. Greenfield's mom was the first person he called after he was nominated for a Golden Globe as a Supporting Actor, and when she heard Green was up… More ▸
Some comedy bits never get old. One of them, Abbot & Costello's hilarious baseball/word play bit "Who's On First" from the 1940s, is still one of the funniest and most remembered of all time. Last week, the bit got an update with courtesy of Jimmy Fallon, who recreated the famous scene from the 1945 film "The Naughty… More ▸
Actress Rashida Jones showed up for an awesome holiday duet that covers popular songs and changes them into a festive spirit. Among the highlights… Jones, who's half Jewish, and Fallon, performing the Chanukah version to Flo Rida's "Whistle" — check it out (01:41-02:11)! "Just put your fingertips together and you say 'Shalom!'" More ▸
"SNL" alums Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg on fellow alum Jimmy Fallon's show imitate each other, Joan Rivers passes 700 plastic surgeries and Oprah is set to air her show on Chasidim. More ▸
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The International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences (ISISC) will organize the 16th Specialization Course in International Criminal Law for Young Penalists on 'The International Criminal Responsibility of Non-State Actors' in Siracusa from May 29th until June 8th, 2016.
ISISC will select 60 participants who should have at a minimum a first degree in law, having graduated in the last eight years (between 2008 – 2016), and be 35 years of age or under. The Institute will offer 10 scholarships to applicants from Developing and Less Developed Countries. Participants awarded scholarships will have to pay a contribution for the course of € 200.
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1 bedroom apartment
1 bathroom
1 single fold-out bed
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A few words about the apartment…
This apartment is a great pick if you are searching for a comfortable apartment in a central area of London. It's fully equipped with everything you need for a comfortable stay and the location, nearby the Tower of London, is ideal to explore the city. Have a great stay!
Check-in / Check-out
The standard check-in time is from 15:00 and the check-out by 10:00.
Arrivals and departures outside this standard time are always tried to be accommodated on request.
Refundable damage deposit upon arrival : £ 150.00 credit card, cash. The damage deposit will be returned at check-out.
For a late check-in between 20:00 and 09:00 there is an extra cost of £ 100.
Please note : non smoking, pets are not allowed, no parties please, no young groups
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- Internet
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Wollaston Lake is considered by many to be the ultimate in Northern Pike fishing. This plentiful and voracious fighter is readily available from 6 to 12 pounds. Wollaston's unique ability to produce large numbers of 20 to 30 pound trophy Northern Pike has made it a legend in the angling world. Trophy Northern Pike are available throughout our fishing season. Although seasonal patterns change for excellent pike fishing, our knowledgeable guides stay in touch with the trophy Northern Pike every day.
Pike are known for their ability to attack from out of nowhere. Unsuspecting prey fish and lures receive a viscous strike from the side. Pike have the ability to eat other fish up to 2/3rd's their own length. Think what a 50" fish can eat! Their speed, bad attitude, and faceful of teeth make them one the most entertaining game fish in the world.


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Apr 24th, 2014
Wrapping up our look at William Trevor's "On the Streets": who does all this affect? Why was it written this way?
Apr 22nd, 2014
In part two of our look at William Trevor's "On the Streets": what the hell is happening in this story??
Apr 16th, 2014
New feature! Going through a piece of writing, workshop-style, and taking it apart to see how and why it works. Welcome to Assigned Reading!
Mar 22nd, 2013
A books site (re)posted a rant yesterday about book fairs. Today, I make a case for crap.
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Wise Company assorted freeze dried fruits are a dream come true. Each individual packet of fruit has been designed to mix and match (as desired) with long-term yogurt, pudding, and caramel sauces to boost the overall taste, calorie, and nutritional content. With up to a 20 year shelf life, this package is a Wise recipe for any type of emergency, not to mention great for everyday use.
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2013 Chevrolet Malibu - Consumer Review
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ReviewAfter owning a 2008 Honda Accord and then test driving a 2013 Honda Accord I opted to buy the 2013 Chevy Malibu Eco after test driving it.
I was impressed with the interior road noise as well as the exterior and interior design.
It reminded me of my 2010 Camaro I use to own.
I only have 100 miles on it so I will update this review in a few thousand miles.
Hopefully it will be positive.
Best FeaturesExterior design. Interior features
Worst FeaturesMore rear seat room would be nice. Opt out of the Eco version and just make a superior engine like the Honda Accord.
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Effects of repeated cortisol administration on brain potential correlates of episodic memory retrieval.
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RATIONALE: Neuropsychological impairments in depressive illness may be secondary to hypercortisolaemia. Cortisol administration to healthy subjects impairs episodic memory, though how this is mediated is unknown. OBJECTIVES: To examine the effects of 1 week's administration of cortisol on the neural correlates of episodic memory in healthy subjects. METHODS: Fourteen healthy men were treated with oral cortisol (hydrocortisone 20 mg) or placebo twice daily for 1 week, in a double blind, crossover fashion. Event related potentials (ERPs) were recorded during a well-validated source memory task. Subjects listened to words spoken in a male or female voice. At test, old and new words were presented visually; subjects judged whether words were old or new, and if old, the gender of the voice at study. RESULTS: Response times were significantly speeded by cortisol. A significant reduction in recognition accuracy with cortisol was found for the second study occasion. ERP recordings with placebo showed greater positivity over left parietal and right frontal scalp areas for ERPs to items given correct source judgements versus correctly rejected new items. In comparison, cortisol increased ERP voltage between 500 and 1400 ms post-stimulus and this effect interacted with item type and electrode site, being diffusely distributed for correct rejections but of a lesser magnitude frontally for old items accorded a correct source judgement. CONCLUSIONS: Repeated cortisol administration leads to a qualitative change in the neural correlates of episodic memory retrieval in healthy subjects. This change may contribute to cognitive impairments seen in illnesses characterised by hypercortisolaemia.
|Effects of repeated cortisol administration on brain potential correlates of episodic memory retrieval.
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May 30, 2010
Space Lasers Could Help Predict Volcanic Ash Clouds
One thought to come out of a meeting of 50 experts gathered this week in Frascati is for Europe to require space-born lasers to help provide information on the vertical scale of volcanic ash clouds.
This information could be used to work out ash concentration levels, helping scientists determine the risk to aircraft engines.Data from the U.S. Calipso lidar was shown to be very effective.
The European Space Agency currently has two lidar (light detection and ranging) missions in the works. ADM-Aeolus and Earthcare and planned to launch later this decade. Neither of the missions were driven by the need to monitor volcanic ash.
The Calipso spacecraft fires pluses of light into the atmosphere then catches the backscatter from particles. It can be used to effectively determine the thickness of drifting ash plumes.
If the vertical profile is combined with the plume, then a concentration can be calculated.
The airlines at this time are working with a very safe limit of four milligrams of ash for each cubic meter of air.
Dr. Ken Holmlund, the head of Eumetsat's meteorological observations division, said the necessity of space lidar instruments is sure to be featured in the paper.
"Esa will look into its future missions now to see if there is some tweaking that can be done or some additional instrumentation or further improvements that should be taken onboard," he told BBC News.
"And from a Eumetsat perspective, this really emphasizes the crucial role of the Meteosat Third Generation mission, which is now being debated. This was a clear message for me that for future volcanic monitoring, you really need good observations from geostationary orbit; and for Europe, it will be MTG or nothing."
The 3.5bn-euro MTG is one of Europe's flagship space endeavors. This craft will replace the current Second Generation spacecraft that returns 15-minute updates on the state of weather systems over Europe.
MTG will incorporate technologies like sensors capable of making highly detailed measurements in the infrared and ultraviolet/visible parts of the spectrum.
The Eyjafjallajokull Icelandic volcano episode helped the MTG collect data.
"Until now the data from the various missions have been used in isolation,". Holmlund told BBC News. "We should try more to look at multi-mission approaches, bringing together all the available data in a more effective way to make better products.
"What was demonstrated during this workshop was that the advice that has been given out by the VAACs has been very, very accurate in most cases; and this has been confirmed by aircraft measurements.
"There were a lot of [aircraft measurement] campaigns going out from France, the UK and Germany, and in most cases the ash was confirmed to be where the satellite data saw it and the modeling had predicted it to be. We did a pretty good job."
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Missing Michelle
June 26, 2013
Disclaimer – These stories are fictitious and are purely for the purpose of entertainment and education about the library.
Hello friends!
Remember me? I've come back to tell you another story that the library books told me. Our story today is about a wonderful science book named Michelle.
Michelle had an exciting life as a juvenile science book. She spent most of her time helping children with their science fair projects. One summer, there was an exceptionally excited group of kids who came to the Library in search of books to take to their summer science camps. A few children looked through Michelle's pages; one child even carried her around the library for a while. Michelle was sure she'd be checked out but was disappointed when the child's mother stated that he could only check out a small number of books. The boy put Michelle onto the shelf he was standing next to, settling Michelle between books she'd never seen before, and then he left. Michelle panicked, she was not where she was supposed to be, how was anyone supposed to find her now? She cried her little eyes out and then settled into a rhythm of humming to herself to keep calm. Michelle was among the knitting books, who were a very kind lot. They gently comforted her and assured her that she would be found before too long. At least I'm among the knitting books, they're friendly, Michelle thought to herself. The library workers had noticed that Michelle was missing; they put her on a special list of books to remind themselves to look for her everywhere. They looked and looked but couldn't find her anywhere. The library workers were about to give up when one of them finally found her on the shelf among the knitting books. Michelle was so happy to finally be found and the librarians were happy to get her checked in and back to her proper place.
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Located in Kern County, California, the Barren Ridge solar project, also known as the RE Cinco project, produces enough clean electricity to power more than 25,000 homes. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is purchasing this electricity under a long-term power purchase agreement. U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation is an equity partner in the Barren Ridge facility, which is the first of four Recurrent Energy solar projects in Kern County scheduled for completion in 2016.
The Barren Ridge solar project began construction in fall 2015 and created 230 peak construction jobs. The project will generate approximately $9.6M in tax revenue for Kern County, as well as $5.5M in tax revenue for the state of California.
In addition to constructing the Barren Ridge solar project, Recurrent Energy built a two mile gen-tie line to connect to LADWP's electrical grid at the Barren Ridge Switching Station.
The gen-tie, which runs near existing high-voltage transmission lines, was designed to consolidate power lines into a single corridor and minimize land use and visual impacts. Located on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Barren Ridge gen-tie line was vetted and approved by BLM; the Barren Ridge solar facility itself is sited on private land.


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Collections: UMMA is a video score created by UM Art and Design MFA candidate John Kannenberg for a site-specific sound and video performance based on the architecture of the Museum. This silent, ten-minute video will serve as the guiding structure for a series of improvisational sound performances that will take place every 20 minutes, alternating between the Apse and the Vertical Gallery between 1:30 and 3pm. Performers will include visiting sound artists Mike Hallenbeck and James Warchol, along with current graduate students in the School of Art and Design and the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance and with special guest SMTD Professor Stephen J. Rush, Director of the UM Digital Music Ensemble.
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by Chuck Dauphin
For years, the battle of the sexes has raged on and on. Has either gender been able to gain the upper hand? One can debate that, but few have put the ongoing war into the musical format as interestingly as this harmony-laden debut EP suggests.
There's a swagger that vocalists Zach Hodson and Rachel Jaggard presents that cuts right through the lyrics. Emotionally, they seem to be rolling the dice and going for broke – especially on "Give Me A Reason To Love" and "Hosanna (On The Radio)," which are two of the major highlights here.
What works well here does so winningly. I love the sensual vibe that Jaggard applies to "Minotaur," and the ultimate battle described in "Jem Vs. The Volcano," but I didn't really get into the strange "GFY (300 Hands)" as much. However, the album ends on a striking note with the cool vibe of the interestingly-titled "No One Will Love You Unless You're A Man." I don't know about that, but it does make for an interesting musical thesis!
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Genting Net Drops After Sales Fall From Casinos to Power
Genting Bhd. (GENT), which controls Southeast Asia's biggest casino operator, said first-quarter profit fell 43 percent because of lower sales from its Singapore and U.K. gaming resorts as well as plantation division.
Net income for the three months ended March 31 dropped to 397.8 million ringgit ($129 million), or 10.77 sen a share, from 693.6 million ringgit, or 18.79 sen, a year earlier, according to a filing to the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange yesterday. Revenue declined 2.8 percent to 4.13 billion ringgit.
The Kuala Lumpur-based company is the parent of Genting Singapore Plc (GENS), which earlier this month reported a 44 percent drop in first-quarter profit to S$115.9 million. Profit from the group's plantations division dropped on lower palm oil prices, the firm said.
Genting slid 1.2 percent to close at 10.26 ringgit in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, before the earnings were released. The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Index (FBMKLCI) lost 0.5 percent. The stock has risen 12 percent this year, compared with the benchmark gauge's 5.1 percent increase.
Its Genting Malaysia Bhd. (GENM) unit plans to invest $100 million in the Bahamas Marina project, Lim Kok Thay, chairman of Genting, said at an April 18 conference in Singapore. The subsidiary opened a casino at the Aqueduct Racetrack in New York in October, controls casino operators in the U.K. and owns Resorts World Sentosa, one of Singapore's two gambling resorts.
The group's plantation division's pretax profit fell to 45.1 million ringgit from 98.5 million ringgit in the same period last year while earnings from power climbed to 79.9 million ringgit from 33.3 million ringgit, the company said.
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I came into this world -- like you – a pure, unblemished being. And when I come to the conclusion of this earthly life, I will remain -- like you -- pure, unblemished spiritual being.
What a paradox. The body that makes possible my presence in the earth has experienced many traumas and tragedies -- like you -- and many fulfillments and delights. And yet the hero within us all is untouched and unchanged by any of these external events.
Some say we are here to grow, and learn, so that at some later time we can return a wiser and more enlightened soul. But I experience that the hero -- the truth at the core of my existence -- is already wise, and enlightened.
Yes, I am here to grow. But it is so that I may love the hero more and express the hero more -- and know more deeply with each passing moment that this is who I truly am.
A long time ago, when I was a young fellow, I was told that if I do this, or don't do that, I will go to heaven when I die. But life has taught me that the hero is already in heaven. Others insist I am nothing but dust of the ground. From dust I came and to dust I will return.
But I prefer to listen to the hero. And what I hear the hero say – in a moment when I am still, and quiet within – is this: "You are a spiritual being and you are alive forever more."
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METHUEN (MyFoxBoston.com) –The search is on for a dog that was stolen from the MSPCA Animal Care and Adoption Center in Methuen and Nevins Farm just before being adopted.
The MSPCA says Pete the 5-year-old Beagle was taken sometime between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Thursday, right before his adopter was scheduled to pick him up.
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The dog is described as mostly white and brown and was last seen wearing a red collar.
The MSPCA said it does not plan on pressing charges. The person who has him can bring him back no questions asked as long as he is safe an unharmed. Anyone who has any leads or who wants to help in the search for the dog can email MSPCA-Nevins Farm Director Mike Keiley at email@example.com.
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Those substances which have the ability to carry charge from one place to another are called conductors. Silver is one of the best conductors. There are lots of examples of conductors like aluminum, coal, iron, copper, etc. Some conductors are solid and some are liquids. Examples of liquid conductors are acid alkalis, salt solution etc. Our body is also a good conductor of electricity. That's why sometimes we get shocked by some of the electric appliances. Conductivity of a body depends upon the no of free electrons present inside it. More the number of electrons more is the conductivity.
So, in metallic conductors there are large number of free electrons. In an atom one or more electrons can be movable but they did not leave the atom shells at any cost. So, under the normal conditions they do not become absent from the metal.
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We are now over 3 years working on Event Store! Ouro's second birthday will be happening in London Sept 17. In general Ouro's birthday is always a lot of fun!
This year we will have some short talks by varying contributors on the OSS side (what they have done, what they are working on etc) and I will do a talk on major functionality completed/on the way including showing off some new goodies.
There will be plenty of people from the community there and I am sure lots of good discussions. After there will be a bit of a celebration with free food/beer and of course some ouro swag. Come on out and hang out for the evening! RSVP required: http://geteventstore.com/two-years-on/#tickets


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View Thread: UI advise for my cron app.
You've laid things out very logically but in a way which simplifies things for the programmer not the user. There are too many choices and free text boxes on screen to make it easy for the user.
Consider having the user select from Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly and then change the UI for the rest of the dialog accordingly.
Consider allowing selection of "Every n days/weeks/months" or
"First Monday of the month", "Second Tuesday", "First weekday" or "Last Friday" etc.
Using 32 as meaning the last day of the month is a little obscure. Have a separate selection for this.
Check the Recurrence dialog in Outlook for more ideas.


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02 Begin The Begin
03 So Fast, So Numb
04 Animal
05 Boy In The Well
06 Seven Chinese Brothers
07 High Speed Train
08 Everybody Hurts
09 Aftermath
10 Imitation Of Life
11 Leaving New York
12 The Great Beyond
13 I Wanted To Be Wrong
14 The One I Love
15 Final Straw
16 Losing My Religion
17 Walk Unafraid
18 Life And How To Live It
19 What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
20 Fall On Me
21 (Michael speaks)
22 Permanent Vacation
23 I'm Gonna DJ
24 Man On The Moon
NOTES: Joseph Arthur guests on 'Permanent Vacation'. First performance of 'Seven Chinese Brothers' since 26 November 1986. Peter played on one song during Joseph Arthur's set, and when Peter lent Joseph his guitar to finish his set when he broke strings on 2 guitars.


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I still can't get a good read on David Coleman
David Coleman, architect of the Common Core standards, will become the president of the College Board in October.
I've been following Mr. Coleman for a while. Many English teachers are leery of him because of his emphasis on teaching nonfiction over fiction. They also don't like that he believes in New Criticism, or close reading, over Reader Response. Finally, Coleman is controversial because he claims not to tell teachers what to do but has spent the last year traveling across the country and offering a way to teach Martin Luther King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail."
Now he will lead the College Board, the behemoth organization that administers the SAT and Advanced Placement tests.
In the New York Times article that I read, Coleman said he is interested in building solid curriculum that will prepare students for the high-stakes tests. It also sounds like he wants to level the playing field for students taking advanced placement courses. "The College Board should consider any student in an AP class a student in our care," he said. "We need to find better ways to support their success."
But some educators, including reading expert Stephen Krashen, are not having any of it. Here's an excerpt from the article:
"There's no reason on earth for common core standards and these tests that we're wasting billions of dollars on," said Stephen Krashen, an emeritus education professor at the University of Southern California. "The problem is poverty, poverty, poverty. Middle-class children who go to well-funded schools do very well, but even the best tests, the most inspiring teachers, won't mean anything if the kids don't have enough to eat."
It's weird. I still don't have a good read on David Coleman. I mean, I think he means well, but he seems out of touch with teachers and students. On the other hand, I want to like Stephen Krashen, and I do — at least on the subject of reading. But his emphasis that poverty is the reason for all educational ills cannot be the answer, either.


text: Hi. There is link to my instructions on making NetBSD Live CD on http://www.netbsd.org/Foundation/reports/2005Q3Q4.html I was unable to find anything related to building Live CDs on http://www.netbsd.org/guide/en/ and I wonder what it takes to make documentation and instructions like that get included in the official NetBSD guide? Whom do I contact to review my work, language (I am not a native english speaker) etc. I've written a few docs already and I wished they were avaliable to more people than the most stubborn google users. Cheers, Marcin.