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The national Libertarian Party, some months ago, determined to do everything in its power to get its presidential nominee on the ballot in all states except West Virginia and Oklahoma. The latter two states were deemed too expensive. Oklahoma requires 43,913 for a presidential candidate of an unqualified party, and West Virginia requires 15,118.
The Bob Barr campaign has raised enough money to attempt the West Virginia petition. The drive starts on July 9. The deadline is August 1. Concerning Oklahoma, Barr expects to bring a lawsuit, which may include other presidential candidate-plaintiffs as well. Oklahoma lets any independent candidate on the November ballot with no petition whatsoever, unless the candidate is running for president. Yet Oklahoma requires 43,913 for an independent presidential candidate, or for the presidential nominee of an unqualified party. This policy contradicts the U.S. Supreme Court decision Anderson v Celebrezze, which says that states have less valid interest in keeping presidential candidates off the ballot, than they do in keeping candidates for other office off the ballot. The Court said this is because a presidential election is a national concern that transcends the concerns of any particular state.


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The 2008 oil price surge has been blamed in part on major supply disruptions in Nigeria and Iran. In Nigeria, militants have in the last two months significantly increased attacks on oil installations. Shell, which has the biggest presence in Nigeria of any oil major, has had to cut its one million barrels-per-day production by a quarter in the past two years because of attacks on its facilities by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend). Local and expatriate workers have been kidnapped. Most Westerners have now fled the region.
Militants are dictating the agenda, say sources in the delta, making use of news wires to send out requests to US presidential hopeful Barack Obama and ex-President Jimmy Carter to intervene in escalating disputes which threaten to destabilise the world's economy.
Fuelling discontent in the Niger Delta is dire poverty. The proceeds of oil have not trickled down to communities where unemployment, prostitution and Aids are rife. Corruption is widespread among local and national politicians, although some see signs of improvement under the new president.
The government of President Umaru Yar'Adua, who last year won an election fraught with intimidation, is also taking a harder line on historic oil contracts, many of which are being renegotiated. Shell privately is angry that the Nigerian government has failed to match its investment in new refineries and anti-gas flaring measures which severely blight communities near oil installations. It also argues that virtually all the oil revenue goes to state coffers.
In Iran, the second biggest Opec exporter, the oil industry is suffering from chronic underinvestment, which has severely reduced supplies just when the world needs it. It is estimated that $9bn (£4.6bn) a year is needed to invest in its 'upstream' operations, but Iran is only pumping in $3bn. The government last week marshalled a fleet of supertankers to store up to 28 million barrels of crude oil in the Gulf, according to reports. A top Iranian official said that Tehran's oil exports had slowed by about 200,000 barrels per day since early April because of reduced demand from global refiners undergoing maintenance.
Oil firms are also facing difficulties getting new projects on track. The industry has high hopes that it will be able to extract 7 billion barrels of oil and 32 trillion cubic feet of gas from waters close to the Arctic Circle. George Bush controversially granted licences to BP and Shell earlier this year. But last week, environmentalists took legal action to prevent seismic testing of waters there. Environmentalists argue that as climate change is seeing rapid depletion of Arctic, oil extraction there will have a ruinous impact on polar bears and marine life.
Also facing mounting opposition is US giant Exxon. Last week, whaling experts condemned the firm for planning to route an oil pipeline off the coast of Sakhalin Island which would go through a feeding ground vital for the endangered western grey whale.

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text: During their title-winning heyday, Bill Belichick, Tom Brady and the Patriots set the NFL record with 21 consecutive wins overall from 2003 to 2004, including a Super Bowl XXVIII victory over the Panthers. The streak ended midway through the 2004 season, but New England went on to win its second straight Super Bowl. Robert Deutsch, USA TODAYIn perhaps a microcosm of his entire career, Peyton Manning led the Colts to an NFL-record 23 consecutive regular-season wins from 2008 to 2009. Indianapolis lost in the wildcard playoffs following the 2008 season. Sam Riche, The Indianapolis StarJerry West and the Lakers won an NBA-record 33 consecutive games during the 1971-72 season that saw Los Angeles win a then-record 69 games and its first championship since moving from Minneapolis. AP file photoDuring a run of 10 national titles in 12 years (an impressive streak of its own), legendary coach John Wooden, center, and the UCLA men's basketball team won 88 consecutive games from 1971 to 1974. The streak ended here with a 71-70 loss at Notre Dame on Jan. 19, 1974, a date star center Bill Walton (32) says is seared in his memory. AP file photoMaya Moore and the Connecticut women's basketball team set the NCAA mark with 90 consecutive wins from 2008 to 2010, claiming two national titles during the run. UConn's streak ended with a 71-59 loss to Stanford. Jessica Hill, APDuring his final season in the majors, Hall of Fame pitcher Christy Mathewson helped the New York Giants amass an MLB-record 27-game unbeaten streak in 1916. The Giants' run included 26 wins and one tie. AP file photoPhil Cavarretta and the Cubs set the National League record with 21 consecutive wins at the end of the 1935 season. The streak helped Chicago clinch the best record in the majors that year, but the Cubs lost the World Series to the Detroit Tigers. AP file photoThe Moneyball-era A's set the American League record with 20 consecutive wins in August and September of 2002. Oakland got win No. 20 in dramatic fashion when Scott Hatteberg hit a walk-off homer here in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Royals 12-11. Paul Sakuma, APBobby Clarke (16) and the Flyers ran off an NHL-record 35 consecutive games with at least a point early in the 1979-80 season. Philadelphia went 25-0-10 during the streak that propelled the team to the best record in the league and a Stanley Cup Final appearance. AP file photoThe Penguins hold the NHL record for most consecutive victories, ripping off 17 wins in a row at the end of the 1992-93 season. Coming off back-to-back Stanley Cup titles, though, coach Scotty Bowman and Pittsburgh lost in the second round of the playoffs. Rick Stewart, Getty ImagesThe Blackhawks set an NHL-record streak of 24 consecutive games with a point to begin the 2012-2013 season. Chicago went 21-0-3, with all three overtime losses coming in shootouts. Rob Grabowski, USA TODAY SportsLed by Hall of Fame coach Bud Wilkinson, Oklahoma set the NCAA Division I football record for consecutive wins with 47 straight from 1953 to 1957. The streak, which ended with a 7-0 loss to Notre Dame on Nov. 16, 1957, included three consecutive undefeated seasons and back-to-back national championships. Harold Valentine, APDivision III Mount Union owns the two longest win streaks in NCAA football history. Coach Larry Kehres guided the Purple Raiders to 54 straight wins and three national titles from 1996 to 1999. Mount Union quickly started a new streak and won 55 straight and three more championships from 2000 to 2003. Ron Schwane, APThe Penn State women's volleyball team won 109 consecutive matches, including three national titles, from 2007 to 2010. The streak ended early in the 2010 season, but the Nittany Lions recovered and went on to win their fourth straight NCAA championship. Charlie Riedel, APRichard Petty, arguably the greatest race car driver ever, holds countless NASCAR marks, among them a record 10-race winning streak during the 1967 season. AP file photoLegendary Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez won the first 87 fights of his career, from his debut in 1980 to 1993. He fought Pernell Whitaker to a draw, then won his next two fights to run his unbeaten streak to 90 before suffering the first loss of his career against Frankie Randall on Jan. 29, 1994. Gary Hershorn, ReutersLike this topic? You may also like these photo galleries:Replay1 of 162 of 163 of 164 of 165 of 166 of 167 of 168 of 169 of 1610 of 1611 of 1612 of 1613 of 1614 of 1615 of 1616 of 16Last SlideNext Slide


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When she dreams, Lois Lane dreams of utopia.
She is never dressed in more than she fell asleep in, so she makes it a habit to go to bed in a silk nightgown that swooshes between her knees and makes gooseflesh erupt if the season is right. When the frost bites, her breasts stand pert against the flimsy fabric, so Richard hardly complains. In time, Lois adapts to the uncomfortably bare extremities. In time, she grows accustomed to reminding herself every time her tousled curls grace the pillowcase exactly why she does this-
It's less to have between them once it begins.
When reality dissipates like sand through fingers, she finds herself flying.
The moon is a harbinger in a sea of black canvas; a warm hand caresses her cheek.
His lips hold steady at her ear, and she thinks it's sheer luck she hasn't gone into some form of cardiac arrest yet. Billowing clouds are at her fingertips. These circumstances are never set, and Lois never has the same dream twice. Dream, Lois thinks, is a very broad term. For these happenings feel like the most humane form of paradise, even though there is never any real organization to them.
She writes for a living.
This is not a story with a set timeline of events.
This is euphoria singing in her veins, and she imagines a rare semblance of heaven bursts from the seams of all that it can reach, every night. Paradise is:
She never speaks with him aloud, yet he scribes indentations onto the tender span of her neck that wax poetic, even in the chastest of gatherings. She knows she sees his face, she knows, but she never remembers it when she wakes up. Too in awe, she guesses.
Nigh upon perfection, and too much for her weak mind to process.
Lois Lane tells herself this is for the best. She tells herself crazy people can still have their dreams.
He never makes love to her, but the sensations his embrace, only his embrace, bring are a blessed duplicate. When she allows her mind to go there, she decides a part of her does sincerely love Richard.
But still, but still, but still-
She has never fancied herself an adulterer, but still-
Sometimes, when Richard is fucking her into the sheets, she pretends he's holding her like a lover, and kissing her like she's wispy, fragile, clouds. Breakable.
She's always been a good actress, and in the beginning she'd just scream a little, and contract her abdominal muscles to get it over with. When the thought of the man in the sky finally traipses through her thoughts one meaningless night, she doesn't have to fake orgasm again.
Lois Lane tells herself that this is for the best, and always makes sure to kiss Richard goodnight before she rolls over to sleep. She's usually still breathing heavily, inner muscles still pulsating. Reality, better, best.
It pains her, because before these premonitions, recollections, whatever they may be- sex with Richard was enjoyable. He was a fairly attractive man, and he knew what she liked.
(Tense holds every bit of importance.)
Now, he is always asking for permission.
"Lois, are you all right?"
"Lois, honey, are you feeling well?"
"Sweetie, you seem tired, or upset. Is everything alright?"
He reminds her of a doting puppy. She imagines herself tugging at his choke chain. Yet, he always manages to fetch the collar back to her. He will not leave, as he likes assuring her. At first, it would confuse her. For all her beloved Lane strength, Richard sees through it. Richard sees the abandoned (was she?) haze in her eyes. Richard tries to find the pieces of her that she doesn't remember losing.
It kills her every time he fails.
When she drowns enough in the guilt, she begins to hate the dreams. She begins to hate slumber with a fiery passion.
Maybe those cherished pieces of hope in a part of her she never knew existed were really just cancer cells, eating away at what life still existed. She needs remission.
She needs a cure for whatever she has.
Her doctor gives one to her, all wrapped up in thirty white pills of Lunesta. She takes it with a smile.
This is not real, she tells herself. Only Peter Pan can fly.
"Lois," Jimmy calls. "Lois, you've got someone on the phone. They say it's important."
She rolls her eyes at him, typing another word determinedly. She has been working for a majority of the morning on a political schmoozing article Perry had the audacity to pin her with. The florescence is too beseeching on her eyes that sting from lack of proper sleep. If some tight sphincter from the Mayor's office is calling to hassle her about the article she called their offices for, now is not the time.
"Tell them I'm busy," she grits harshly. Out of her peripheral vision, Lois sees Jimmy's whole body shudder in rebuke. She doesn't have the motivation to care.
Until, timid- as if he's about to stick his hand inside a carton of venomous snakes-
"Lois," she hears Jimmy babble. "Lois, they say it's about Superman."
Lois stops typing.
Her head bows for a split second, and she squeezes her eyes shut. A moment of utter silence passes. A few people around the cubicle halted their actions as well, no doubt watching for the imminent catastrophe.
No one asks Lois Lane about him anymore. In fact, the name is almost so foreign it sounds childish to her ears- almost. The feeling of it is sorely reminiscent of how she feels of a childhood toy, a doll- that is already so vague to her. Forgotten- likely in a box- in tatters, in her sister's attic.
She turns in her seat abruptly. "Give the phone to me."
The people who had taken curiosity return to their work, but they still listen in. For a moment, Lois contemplates screaming at them, but decides against it. Perry would have her ass.
She ignores the way her hands shake when she's finally handed the receiver, and sets her jaw like she's about to take a punch. She is strong. She is the General's daughter. She will not fall until the last shot has rung. The voice that greets her on the line is accented; hard to understand.
"Hello, Miss Lane. My name is Genevieve Sarkozy, my father is the Prime Minister of France. How are you this morning?"
"Peachy," Lois smarts.
"I am pleased to hear that. My confidante had informed me you were the woman to contact if I had information on Mr. Superman."
That strikes her oddly. "Mister?"
"Well, yes. I know this sounds foolish, yet I cannot ignore my heart. When I first saw him I felt this connection, and I would like to know when he is coming back. I don't believe my heart could bare it-
Her knuckles go chalky around the grip of the phone. Intake of breath too sharp- Lois feels as if she might dry heave into the trashcan by the end of the desk. It takes her a moment to reign in her thoughts, and collect herself.
When she finally speaks, her voice books no room for discussion.
"He is not coming back."
She slams the phone down with all the strength she can muster up and a few papers fly to the floor. Lois glares at them. Then, as if every molecule is a ton of concrete, she moves to pick them up and sit them back down on her desk quietly.
Gauging, her coworkers continue to work.
Lois turns back to her desk, and exhales shakily.
Opening a word document; a fresh one, delicate fingers begin to type quicker than they ever have before. She is known for her eloquence, not her punctuation, or grammar. Eloquently, boldly, resolutely, at the top of the screen-
No one sees- no one will ever see- but sentences in a lone tear streaked her cheek. Just one.
Later that night, when she's rolled to the side after her nightly round with Richard, she buries her face into the pillow and sobs twice, only twice. Richard is a heavy sleeper.
She likes that about him.
Lois Lane does, as a rule, consider herself a strong woman. That doesn't necessarily equate to a mean right hook, but she's got that covered too. No, strength is more, in her eyes.
Strength is not asking for more, and making do with what you have.
It only happens once, so she still holds steady with the conviction she has never begged a man for something.
It only happens once:
He hasn't overtly graced the skies in four months. Richard and she have been an item for three of those. The buzz has died down about him, yet Lois still finds herself working the same extreme hours, still feels the same dog tired ache in her bones. Her heart is Swiss cheese.
The office is empty save the cleaning crew, her newest report on a flu outbreak is open at her desk, vacant, and Richard is at home, waiting with dinner. She cannot bring herself to go home to him; to kiss him.
Next to her purse, there is a crumpled brown paper bag, and inside it are the remnants of a pregnancy test. The used stick rests ominously, result side down, next to her keyboard. With a tremble to her lower lip, she reaches out and flips it over.
Time splutters.
Then, quietly- because she hasn't ever done it before, she's not the kind of person, God, she's not the kind of woman who-
"Please,"she whispers. "Please come back."
She realizes, while sitting in an infinitely sterile waiting room, those pieces of her she thought lost had really just died. Lois, I'm sorry, Princess ran into the street. Lois, I'm sorry, your father has had a heart attack. Lois, I'm sorry, your mother's been in a car accident.
"Miss Lane?" the doctor catches her attention.
Staring through him, but seeing everything.
"The blood test results came back positive, so I can confirm," he tells her.
She doesn't flinch when she asks, muted, like every ounce of light that once resided in her has been stomped out with steel toed boots-
"Would mind giving me information about the nearest abortion clinic?"
That night, when she dreams, she dreams of his hands.
They are sturdy, and comforting, and remind her so much of her father she can barely take it.
They caress her bare arms, which she relishes in, before they move down to her waist. One large palm rests on her midsection, and so quietly- maybe begging isn't his thing either-
Something flutters beneath his hand.
Her eyes pry open with a shout. Wiping a hand across her face, Lois startles at the wetness there. It takes her a long time to realize she's been crying. She figures out quickly she hasn't taken her pill, and grasps at the bedside table to do so.
When Lois wakes up the next morning, she cancels her appointment. On her way to work, she picks up a bottle of prenatal vitamins.
She pulls out into an intersection, and an SUV promptly slams into her car door.
Later, they'll tell her it took the Jaws of Life, six men, and an ambulance to save her life.
Lucidity is not technically relevant when she cries out, "The baby?"
Even though she can't see anything, she hears Richard gasp loudly, voice stuttering with relief and blithe. He sounds like Kent, her inner self rambles. She almost laughs because she hasn't thought about him in months. Why would she-
"Fine, Lois," Richard assures her. "Our baby is fine."
Here's the thing:
Richard never questions if he is or isn't the father.
Richard would be, for all intents and purposes, a magnificent father.
It makes it too easy to lie. And at first, pretending is easy. She doesn't even technically know Superman is the father. She doesn't remember. Trying to is like grasping at strings on balloons once you've already let them go; struggling, in the weakest fashion. Lois detests being weak.
Relinquishing the pull is easier.
Besides, on a scale of one to The Shining, this is a significantly high rater for weirdness. Of all things carrying an alien baby was not on her to do list for this lifetime. Would that even be genetically possible?
It's easy to kiss Richard's lips, stop taking medicine, and clean out her proverbial skeleton closet.
The next time someone asks, she goes-
"How the hell should I know where he is? I'm not his wife. Go ask Betty Crocker."
Still, still, still-
When they laugh, she struggles to follow suit.
Jason is early, too early, the doctors say.
He's not, she wants to tell them. He's just part Kryptonian.
Instead, she settles for taking him in like he's the last good thing in the world- he is- and reaching through glass to rest a finger over his little chest, just above his heart.
"You've got my heart now too, you know," Lois whispers.
It's the first time in ten months she has felt the pieces fit together again.
She feels the ache recede like the waves that kiss the shoreline no matter how many times they've been sent away. Home, she thinks, and smiles graciously as she watches his little eyes flutter.
When Jason will dream, he will dream of home.


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Harvest 1994
The 1994 vine cycle began with a late March/early April budbreak. Winter was cold and, more importantly, dry, resulting in a water deficit at the beginning of the season which challenged us through to harvest. Spring was comparatively cool, leading to a slightly delayed bloom. Rain and thundershowers during flowering extended the bloom-set period and caused slight trepidation among growers regarding resulting yield.
Our crop was slightly less than our twelve-year average due to smaller berries and slightly smaller clusters. Even with a few heat spikes, summer was relatively cool (gratefully so—with the water table rapidly decreasing, this dry season was nicely balanced with mild weather), and a delayed harvest was the inevitable result.
Our '94 harvest began August 30th with Sauvignon Blanc. The Spottswoode Estate harvest began September 19th and proceeded in an orderly fashion; it protracted over the month of September and into October, when the last of the Cabernet Sauvignon was picked.
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i don't agree - i just think God is bigger than Christianity
the most important things in reality cannot be proved - such as love itself, or your own consciousness - and if we get really serious about our empiricism then we must admit that nothing can be proved, only disproved
Must not have been living Christianly, at all, or you;d not have turned your back..* Prays you find your way back. Sorry you gave up on the only hope there is.
Thats the kind of close minded thinking that turns me away from Christianity
Why is that and what at all was negative about my statement. Nothing .. Thanks.
PS "Turns you away?" So You are already and are giving up? or secretly wish to be but are afraid of what others will think if you do.
Believing is your own decision not anyone elses. Its common sense that if a Christian or believer of any other faith changes their mind on it then obviously they never truly believed because if you really did, nothing can shake your faith ..Period. Amen. Wake up and smell the truth. Its invigorating. Sorry I care about where shes going to spend eternity. Apparently ..you dont.
lol That'd be like being given the winning lotto numbers and a dollar right before the drawing and then buying a bag of Skittles instead. Oh well your decision is yours alone. Hopes you make the best of the rest of the time left here..* party like a rockstar! =)
Theres only one answer and he is the truth..Jesus, Christ, Son of God, Savior!
There has and always will be attempts to discredit and disprove this truth and every time they will fail. =) Its a simple choice we make to believe in something more than ourselves. and in the end, when its just about over, I wont mind if I find out I was wrong to put my faith in a hope so great.. But I highly doubt that, if you find out youre wrong, youll be smiling. Just something you might want to think about before its too late . Stubbornness and doubt are mans worst infliction. Theres no harm in trusting and hoping in love and dreams.. But then again, you dont believe in them Do you.? =) and if you do..Prove hope and love are real as well Its ok We know You dont want people to think these are real eaither but you know they are because you feel them everyday.. Actually ..you may be the exception. * God bless you..Hope you see/feel something in life that drives you to be better than you think you are
God is always with us
I dont know if there are gods, but i dont believe in them.
Got that, gave up on him and his hypocritical followers a few years ago
There are many of us. Welcome to enlightenment.
Im not a practising christian but I disagree. I think we're all in this together and we should look out for each other and not do things to people that hurts them, just for your own gain or pleasure.

I guess im hypocritical as I write this, being a homewrecker, but then again I dont believe people should stay together when they fall in love with someone else.
Congratulations. Nothing changed in your life.
That's a big step in the right direction!
Not bitter are you?
Lol. Why would she/he be bitter?
I'm sorry if some Christians are attacking you rather than face up to the doubts in their own hearts - IMO Judaism has a less naive conception of God, for the Old Testament God never pretended the world couldn't be a terrible and violent place, nor does He pretend that he exists only to hug us [i'm not Jewish btw] - in life there is no knowledge without suffering, and no truth that won't cut you if you clutch it too tightly - i would only remind you that God is something much greater than any book or religion - while i don't deny the possibility i have never believed that God was some kind of fatherly superhero in the sky
I'm inclined to :)
I believe in God just not the Human seeming god of the bible that is so like parents Do what I say not what I do:-)
It is apparent that you were not obedient.

For others, if you are believing but don't have GOD's presence in your life, what is the secret sin you are doing? Are you part of a false Christian cult such as catholicism, lds or the witnesses? Do you actually read and believe the entire Bible? Are you really seeking GOD with all your heart? Did you ever really believe at all?

Having, then abandoning the faith is a very serious crime, exhaust every Biblical recommendation before doing such a thing or better yet, never do it no matter what misunderstanding you have.
I have read it all and I repeatedly read it all again and again and i believe every single word. As for living it, I live according to the New Covenent most all of the time but I have to confess that I sometimes do things I should not do, especially when I get angry, but there are people who are better than I am who live it every day of their lives. Many Mennonites are like this, it is my goal in life, with GOD's help to be a good Mennonite like that.
Well just because there is a lot of bad things that happen and he doesn't answer your prayers doesn't mean there is no God. You gotta figure there are billions of people in the world all praying to him at once . How is he supposed to answer all those prayers plus find the time to perform miracles and on top of that he also has to judge people on whether they can enter heaven or not. He probably doesn't have time to scratch his own ***.
Well after being taken in for 45 years at least you are now free of the absolute nonsense, I did 5 years of Church, no more now.
what happened?
I agree wholeheartedly. What made you believe that there is no God?
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There's never any denying that Marty Love is a man who oozes raw masculinity, but even so it's not often that we see him displaying the degree of domination that he shows in this scene with young cutie, Troy Stevenson. Clearly spending time with a doe-eyed twink has sent the cigarette-wielding stud into a frenzy of rough-necked perversity, as he bundles the boy over a pool table and makes the young guy wear a rather kinky - and somewhat sinister-looking - cock toy. It's not a development that Stevenson appears to readily welcome, it has to be said, but with Love's persuasion it's not long before the youngster's dick is proudly hosting the contraption. But whilst getting the whipper-snapper to don the said hardware is clearly a definite whizz for the hard-hitting top, it's pretty obvious that the fellow's next ambition is to get his own bare knob deep inside Stevenson's ass - something he achieves with remarkable ease given the initial resistance. Once that's achieved, it's a case of enhancing the abuse by fucking the bottom with a snooker cue and thrusting pool balls up his arse! In short, a glorious fest of kink, topped off by Stevenson receiving a full-on facial!
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Less than a week after he announced via Twitter that their relationship was over, the 23-year-old singer spoke about the split on the social networking site as well.
"I don't usually address speculation but I've had an incredible time w Calvin,& i will treasure the memories," Rita tweeted Thursday. "I've moved on from this topic so i hope people will respect that and do the same."
Days before, Calvin Harris tweeted, "To address speculation - myself and Rita ended our relationship some time ago. She is a beautiful, talented woman & I wish her all the best."
After the duo started dating in May 2013, Rita went on to dish to the UK Mirror about how they made their long distance relationship work. "You have to fly each other out, you just have to," she said last month. "Sometimes you fly for 20 hours, sometimes you only fly for five hours. It's an effort, but you make it work."
"I'm not a fan of long distance relationships," Rita continued. "If you had a choice, you want that person with you. It makes me pretty sad. But you work with what you've got."
Before the duo confirmed their split, the "R.I.P." songstress was spotted hanging out with Justin Bieber quite a bit. Not long after, TMZ reported that Rita and Calvin called it quits because he heard she was getting comfy with the Biebs during recording sessions over the past few months.
According to the site, Calvin reportedly found out that the "Confident" crooner had been rubbing his lady's back and she had been sitting in his lap as well.
Neither Rita or Calvin have addressed the Bieber rumors...yet.
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The Gilt Lounge at QT Sydney has released a line up of new cocktails in the lead up to warmer temperatures. The new cocktail menu includes twists on classics along with vintage tipples and signature libations.
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The Gilt Lounge is located on on the second level of Gowings Bar & Grill at QT Sydney. Enter the hotel via Market Street where you will be welcomed by the hostess then take the lift to the first floor and the stairs up one level. You'll find modern and sleek bar bathed with moody lighting and dotted with bespoke furniture including an inviting lounge space ideal for intimate dates and small groups.
The Natural Hispster
From the new cocktail menu, The Natural Hipster ($20) gives a nod to Bondi and combines ingredients that make you feel good about imbibing a spirit thanks to spirulina's herbaceous punch. The cocktail is in essence a take on the Margarita where tequila is infused with earl grey tea then mixed with melon liqueur, aloe vera juice, lime juice, agave syrup and spirulina – almost a breakfast juice and too good for you to be a cocktail. It's green and bright, herbal and vegetal with the tequila and agave notes taking a back seat to the tea and spirulina. It's an afternoon style of cocktail to get you started and very easy to drink,
The Gilligan
The Gilligan ($45 serves 2) brings an element of theatre to the table. The cocktail is designed for two persons and comes in a beautiful copper pineapple served on dry ice. Vodka infused pineapple meets spiced rum, absinthe, lemon juice, pineapple vinegar falernum and frosty a fruit reduction with pineapple lump smoke. The aromatics alone will seduce let alone a cocktail that perfectly balances sweetness and spice and makes one well worth ordering not just for the theatrics.
Weis Daiquiri
The Weis Daiquiri ($20) gives a nod to Australiana with gold rum, macadamia syrup and oil with melted Weis mango sorbet. A crowd pleaser, it's sweet and delicious, like having a boozy dessert in a glass.
Oaked QT Old Fashioned
If you like your cocktails more spirit-forward, the Oaked QT Old Fashioned ($20) is well worth saving till the end. While many bars have barrel aged cocktails, this version aged in French oak barrels for 8 weeks is one of the favourites and blends the flavours of the drink with soft oak in perfect harmony.
If you haven't been to The Gilt Lounge at QT Sydney yet, a sophisticated and welcoming experience awaits. The Gilt Lounge is until 2am Wednesday to Saturday.
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Full Title: Luna: A Novel
Author: Julie Anne Peters
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (2004)
Number of Pages: 248
How long it took me to read: 2 days
Where I bought this book: I bought this book at Bowling Green State University's campus bookstore.
Like a Moth to a Flame
Luna was brought to my attention as an assignment for a class. Usually, I am not a huge fan of books that are assigned to me. However, once I started reading Luna, I could not put it down. It is full of descriptions and story lines that opened my eyes to a world that is not familiar to me.
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I propose that the top 5 quotes from this book are:
5. "The whole gender role expectation thing was too confusing to me. Why couldn't people just be accepted for who they were?" (p.51)
4. "Her smile warmed the room. She loved hearing that, that she could pass. Most girls spend hours and hours working on themselves so they'll be striking, eye-catching, desirable. Liam would give everything to live one day as a plain, ordinary girl." (p.54)
3. "Her medicine cabinet was crammed with uppers and downers and equalizers and mood stabilizers. I think she was going through the change—mental pause. I just wish she'd lock up all her pills." (p.11)
2. "But I watched him pretty close. I think he'd gotten to a new place, a better place. Having the freedom to dress in my room had cured him—I thought." (p.68)
…and my pick for the No.1 quote is…
1. "Luna lowered her head and spoke directly to me, only to me, when she added, 'Don't you know, you're the girl I always wanted to be.'" (p.246)
Conversation with the Reader
While I read, I write, and as I write, I read. Here's some of what I wrote while I read this book:
"Liam and Regan have a different type of bond than most brothers and sisters. Most siblings share toys, gadgets, and maybe a car. But Liam and Regan share clothes, make-up, and wigs. Regan is able to support her older brother and be the person that he needs the most. She can support him in ways that most other people cannot. Regan is an example of a sister that goes above and beyond the expectations of any sister. Regan has unconditional love for her brother Liam, and she is able to convey that as a child. Regan teaches us a valuable story about the importance of love and support. We often forget to show the ones we love the most just how much we love them. The bond between Regan and Liam stuck with me because they show each other how much they support each other. Liam is able to make his transformation to Luna because of the support from Regan."
"On page 17, Regan rehashes a story of when she and Liam were younger. She says, "I already have a sister." Regan is aware that her brother is trapped in the wrong body when she is very young. She is accepting of her brother wanting to be a girl, and although the entire process is hard on Regan, she is still Luna's number one supporter. This point in the story resonated strongly with me because Regan is so young when she is able to identify that Liam is stuck in the wrong body. Getting to know someone is important because people are connected in all sorts of ways. While Liam/Luna are brother and sister/sisters, it is still important to get to know other people. When you are connected to someone, it is easier to support and understand them. Regan is able to connect to Liam/Luna because she has taken time to get to really know him/her."
"Regan begins to think about expectations of friends when she says, "I had lots of friends when I was little, in preschool. First grade. Second. Before friendship got complicated. Before it came with expectations." (p.47) This passage is important because all of Regan's friends act a certain way. In addition, they expect Liam to act a certain way. Why do people place expectations on others? Expecting a person to act a certain way because of the way you see them on the outside is unfair. Regan's ability to recognize the expectations people place on her and Liam is important because it shows that Regan is capable of understanding the way people react to her and Liam. Regan also seems like the type of girl who is able to cast aside expectations and judgments when she is with other people.
"I am a future high school English teacher and I think that being able to cast aside judgments and expectations will be an important factor to being a successful teacher. Luna taught me several different things that I wish to bring into my classroom, the most important being that it is necessary to come from a place of understanding. I have never been exposed to a transgendered person, and I do not know much about the subject. However, after reading Luna I feel that I can better understand students or people who are faced with any issues of being different, whether it is about sexual orientation, race, hair color, or gender. While Luna is about the transition of a transgendered adolescent, it teaches us that dealing with anything that peers feel is not "normal" is not an easy process. It is imperative that parents, teachers, and adults are able to understand the hardships of being different, and more than just understand, but encourage children and adolescents to be different."


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Lenovo A660 Specifications : Lenovo has launched its new smartphone A660 on October 2012. The Smartphone is now available to purchase at the price of Rs. 7,500 from leading shopping portals and retail outlet. The smartphone comes in two colors options which are Black and Orange. The smartphone gives competition to Nokia X Plus and LG L60i Dual.
Lets take a look at the Lenovo A660 Specifications and Features.
Lenovo A660 Specifications
Display: 4.0 Inch TFT capacitive touchscreen with 16M Colors
Resolution: 480 x 800 pixels
Dimensions: 125 x 65 x 10.5 mm
Pixel Density: 233 ppi
Primary Camera: 5.0 MP with Autofocus and LED Flash
Secondary Camera: 0.3 MP
Video Recording: Yes HD
Operating System: Android v4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Processor: 1.0 Ghz Dual Core
Ram: 512 MB
Weight: 184 gms
Dual Sim: Yes
Internal Memory: 4 GB
Expandable Memory: Upto 32 GB
Bluetooth: v4.0 with A2DP
Wifi: 802.11 b/g/n
WLAN Support: No
USB Support : Yes
Sensors: Accelerometer, Proximity, G-Sensor
Battery Capacity: 1500 mAh Li-Po
Total Charging Time: upto 3 Hours
Total Standby Time (2G) : Up to 250 hrs
Total Standby Time (3G) : Up to 230 hrs
Total Talktime (2G) : Up to 10 hrs
Total Talktime (3G) : Up to 8 hrs
Network Band : GSM
Network (2G): GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 MHz
Network (3G): HSDPA 900 / 2100 MHz
Lenovo A660 Review
The smartphone comes with 4.0 inch TFT touchscreen with 16M Colors and has resolution of 480 x 800 pixels.
The Smartphone has inbuilt memory of 4 GB Which is expandable upto 32 GB via SD Card.
The smartphone has 5.0 MP of rear camera that record HD video at the framerate of 720p@30fps and it have 0.3 MP of Front Facing camera for video calling.
Operating System
Lenovo A660 runs on Android v4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system and it does support dual sim functionality.
The smartphone has good processing speed 1.0 Ghz Dual Core and has 512 MB of ram which is not sufficient to run every apps on this device.
The smartphone gives good battery life of 1500 mAh which gives good standby time of upto 250 hrs and talktime of 10 hrs.
The connectivity options include in this smartphone is Bluetooth V4.0, GPS, Micro-USB, Wi-Fi 802.11 and GPRS/EDGE.
Lenovo A660 Features
- Intel Dual Core Processor
- TFT Touch Screen
- Android v4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS
- Predictive Text Input
Lenovo A660 Price
The price of the smartphone according to country are given below-
Price in USA:- $ 125 Approx
Price in India: Rs 7,500 /-
Price in UK: £ 83 Approx
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Matt Marcus and Josh Sloane
Matthew Marcus and Joshua Sloane, both graduating seniors, have been awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions. As the oldest graduate fellowship of its kind, the GRFP has a long history of selecting recipients who achieve high levels of success in their future academic and professional careers.
Fellows benefit from a three-year annual stipend of $30,000 along with a cost of education allowance for tuition and fees in the amount of $10,500, opportunities for international research and professional development, and the freedom to conduct their own research at any accredited U.S. institution of graduate education they choose. Learn more about the program here.
Matthew Marcus, is a member of the Aerospace Engineering honors program. As the 2011-2012 President of the Sigma Gamma Tau UMD chapter, Matt was instrumental in working to reintroduce the chapter to the UMD engineering community. Matt also worked to develop a strong relationship with Tau Beta Pi through joint service activities. He was awarded the 2012 AIAA Foundation Space Transportation Technical Committee Scholarship and the 2011 AIAA Junior Foundation Scholarship. Matt is also the 2012 recipient of the H. Russell Knust Memorial Scholarship, the 2011 recipient of the Shirley C. Sorenson Academic Excellence Award from the UMD Phi Kappa Phi Foundation, and he was awarded the College Park Scholars ETE Outstanding Achievement Award. Matt is currently conducting departmental research pertaining to wireless power transfer using superconducting resonantly coupled coils and plans to continue this research for his masters thesis. In addition, Matt works part time at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with the Satellite Servicing Capabilities Office.
Joshua Sloane is in Aerospace Engineering Honors, University Honors, and Gemstone student in the astronautics track. Josh was the recipient of the Joseph Guthrie Memorial Scholarship in 2012, and the ASPIRE Research Scholarship in Summer and Fall 2012. From 2010 to 2011, he was president of the Society of Inquiry, a student group that promotes science and critical thinking to the University of Maryland community. Josh works with Dr. Raymond Sedwick researching Multi-grid Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion in the Space Power and Propulsion Lab, and will continue working in this lab for graduate school.
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Diamondbacks Hold Town Hall MeetingPosted by Jeff Summers on Jul 24, 2010 in 2010 Regular Season | 0 comments
The Arizona Diamondbacks held their second Town Hall meeting for Season Ticket Holders prior to today's game against the San Francisco Giants. These meetings allow Season Ticket Holders an opportunity to talk with club officials and ask questions.
The subjects at these meetings vary from discussing on-field player personnel to making suggestions for changes to game day fan experiences. During today's meeting the speakers were Diamondbacks President/CEO Derrick Hall and interim General Manager Jerry Dipoto.
With all of the changes to the Diamondbacks management team there were many questions surrounding the state of the team and what changes the fans could expect the team to take in order to be more competitive either this year or next.
This was the first meeting where Season Ticket Holders have had an opportunity to hear from Dipoto so I was especially interested in hearing what he had to say. My first reaction was pleasant surprise.
Speaking in the past with Josh Byrnes, his ego and dare I say arrogance was so prominent that it made communications difficult. You always came away from these conversations frustrated as it seemed Byrnes was talking down to you.
Conversely Dipoto appeared very open as he answered fans questions and laid out the organizational goals in creating a 25-man and 40-man roster. Looking at the faces around the room I was not the only one to make that connection.
I will attempt to relay some of the highlights from the question and answer session.
Dipoto described the situation with the team structure as one where they have too many players with the same skill set/deficiencies. Normally fans and media talk about this with regards to having too many hitters who strike out a lot, hit long balls, and are inconsistent hitting with runners in scoring position.
He then went on to say the pitching staff has similar problems. So many of the pitchers on the Diamondbacks staff are the same that it gives batters repetition to be successful. They throw from the same arm slot, angle, side of the mound etc. What the team needs is complementary pitchers who are each a little different to mix things up.
Hall and Dipoto described how the team had been focused on starting pitching but little had been invested in the relief staff. They then described how a staff needed to be 12-pitchers that acted as a relay team getting you through nine innings.
From that perspective they committed to developing a roster where each of the 12 pitchers had depth and experience to work towards a common goal. That may seem like common sense but looking back at the past two plus years that is not how the Diamondbacks had been constructed.
Much of the conversation in the town hall dealt with the state of the roster and of the farm system. The Diamondbacks admitted the upper levels (Double-A and Triple-A) were fairly barren while the lower levels seemed to be stocked with high ceiling talent.
The goal going into this trade deadline is to make deals that will help to bridge the gap from the major league level to the lower farm system in order to strengthen the team and set them up to have a continual flow of talent from the minor leagues to the major league.
From that you can assume that any deal the Diamondbacks make it will have to include prospects at the Double-A or Triple-A caliber and that the team will trade losses this year for wins in the next couple of years.
For fans that is a mixed signal. On one hand it was encouraging that they want to build for sustained success but that means it is probably going to be a couple of very long seasons before they are able to be competitive.
Besides the on-field personnel questions Hall also fielded questions regarding the 2011 All-Star game and the impending ticket price increase.
From an All-Star game perspective the team has not been given any indication that the commissioner is considering any change in venue. The Diamondbacks are moving forward planning to have the game in July 2011.
Most season tickets will go up $1-2 per game for the 2011 season. After two years of holding ticket prices flat, the team needs to increase prices by a nominal amount. This is due in part to the low attendance figures this season.
Everyone acknowledges that a winning team will increase attendance and ultimately revenues but until that happens the Diamondbacks need to raise ticket prices to slow down the losses that are mounting from higher payrolls and fewer fans in the seats.
I can appreciate the spot the team is in and while I never like to see prices raised, even with the increases the Diamondbacks will still be the most affordable ticket in the valley and probably throughout all of baseball.
Overall the town hall meeting was a success. The room was packed and the fans and team officials were very open and honest in their questions and answers. Hopefully some of these proposed changes will made a difference not just in the wins and losses columns but also in the attendance figures.


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Resolution demands Iran halt nuclear program
Vienna, Austria -- For the first time, 35 nations in the U.N. atomic watchdog agency demanded Saturday that Iran freeze all work on uranium enrichment -- a technology that can be used for nuclear arms -- and said they would judge Tehran's compliance in two months.
The resolution passed by the agency was its toughest yet on Tehran but didn't go as far as the United States had sought -- stopping short of saying Iran will automatically be sent to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions if it fails to meet the demands by November.
U.S. officials, however, insisted the 35-member board of the International Atomic Energy Agency must refer Iran to the council when it meets again on Nov. 25 if Tehran doesn't comply.
The United States says Iran's nuclear program is aimed at producing weapons, a claim Tehran denies.
The resolution passed unanimously Saturday said the board "considers it necessary" that Iran suspend all uranium enrichment and related programs. And it expressed alarm at Iranian plans to convert more than 40 tons of raw uranium into uranium hexafluoride, the gas that when spun in centrifuges turns into enriched uranium.
Pakistani prisoners return from Guantanamo
Islamabad, Pakistan -- Thirty-five Pakistani prisoners released from U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba returned home Saturday, a senior interior ministry official said.
Pakistani authorities detained the men for questioning after they arrived at a Pakistani air base near the capital, Islamabad, said Brig. Javed Iqbal Cheema, director-general of the National Crisis Management Cell at the Interior Ministry.
He said the men would be freed and allowed to go home after the interrogations were completed.
The Department of Defense said the 35 Pakistanis were among 191 prisoners to be released from Guantanamo Bay.
"This (Saturday's) transfer included 29 to the control of Pakistan for continued detention, and six to Pakistan for release," said the Department of Defense on its Web site.
Pakistan is a key ally of the United States in it war on terror.
Hundreds of Pakistani Islamic militants went to Afghanistan to fight alongside Taliban after the United States began military operations in October 2001, in response to the Sept. 11 attacks.
The Pakistanis were among some 600 detainees from 44 countries being held at Guantanamo.
Dan Rather critic says he was fired
Seattle -- A radio talk-show host said Saturday he had been fired for criticizing CBS newsman Dan Rather's handling of challenges to the authenticity of memos about President Bush's National Guard service.
"On the talk show that I host, or hosted, I said I felt Rather should either retire or be forced out over this," said Brian Maloney, whose weekly "The Brian Maloney Show" aired for three years on KIRO-AM Radio, a CBS affiliate here.
Maloney says he made that statement on his Sept. 12 program. He was fired Friday, he said.
KIRO Radio's manager, Ken Berry, did not return a call seeking comment. A staff member at the station said Berry would not comment because it was a personnel issue.
KIRO Radio is affiliated with CBS but owned by Entercom, based in Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Sage Holdings, a financial communications firm, is opening a call center in Gloversville and is promising to create as many as 1,000 part-time, temporary jobs.
The company has hired several area staffing companies to help it fill the positions, including Linium Staffing in Colonie.
"We thought it was a joke when we got the call last week," said Miriam Dushane, a Linium branch manager. "We were shocked."
The call center would open in downtown Gloversville, in a space last occupied by Frontier Communications. Most jobs will start at about $10.40 per hour, and the positions are advertised as lasting for only six months.
The call center workers would be charged with conducing shareholder votes for clients of Sage or D.F. King, a company that Sage acquired in 2008. King is a well-known Wall Street proxy soliciation firm. UPDATE: (We learned Monday afternoon that King TeleServices, a Long Island-based subsidiary of D.L. King, will operate the call center.)
The company will operate the call center seven days a week, with staggered shifts. Many workers will likely work just a few days a week; 30 hours per week will be the maximum offered, she said.
Michael Reese, chief operating officer for the Fulton County Economic Development Agency, said he believed there's enough demand for employment in Gloversville to fill the positions, even if they are only temporary.
"They would certainly be one of the largest employers in the area," he said.
Frontier Communications closed its Gloversville call center in 2007, putting about 200 people out of work. The Mid-Town Plaza space has been empty since.


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Ron Newsom is my name, and HAPPINESS is my game! Come join me on a happiness safari to discover, learn, and apply the wisdom of the ages.
There are many who have gone before us and have tasted peace of conscience and tranquility of mind that are the fruits of happiness. This will be a personal search as well as a group effort.
Grab your gear, put on your thinking cap and let's go hunting!
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Quote: "This above all: to thine own self be true, and it follows, as the night the day, thou canst not be false to any man." (Shakespeare)
Commentary: To be true to self involves honesty, integrity and doing the right thing. We are often tempted to deceive, rationalize, or avoid responsibility and accountability for what we know is true, correct or right. I have learned when I am honest with myself, I feel that I am doing the right things for the right reasons. (Dr. Ron)
Quote: "The Buck Stops Here! (President Truman and others)
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There currently is one natural gas company authorized to operate in Vermont -- Vermont Gas Systems, Inc. (Vermont Gas).
Vermont Gas provides natural gas to over 50,000 families, businesses, and institutions in Chittenden and Franklin counties. Vermont Gas is working to expand its service territory to Addison County as part of its Addison County Natural Gas project approved by the Commission in Docket 7970.
Vermont's natural gas is transported from Canada via the TransCanada Pipeline and enters at Highgate, on the Vermont/Canada border. Vermont Gas currently serves customers through a network of more than 750 miles of underground transmission and distribution lines.
Service Area Maps
Vermont Gas has prepared maps showing the areas of the state in which it provides service.
Current Tariffs
A utility's tariffs state the rates the utility charges its customers, as well as the terms and conditions under which the utility provides service. Vermont law specifies the process a utility must follow to change its tariffs. The official paper version of a utility's current tariffs is available for review in the Public Utility Commission offices during normal business hours. As a convenience, Vermont Gas has posted summaries of its rates and an electronic version of portions of its tariffs on its website. However, the Commission does not verify the accuracy of the tariffs or rate summaries posted on Vermont Gas' website.
Natural Gas Utility Annual Reports
Vermont law requires each natural gas utility to file an annual report with the Department of Public Service ("the Department"). These reports include a variety of utility financial and operational data and are available from the Department.


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Antique cars destoryed in Blaine Co. fire
April 9, 2014
A large garage and workshop adjacent to the home of Trish and Skip Taylor was gutted by fire on Wednesday afternoon. Two antique cars and three other vehicles were destroyed.
Havre, Chinook and Harlem firefighters were on the scene of the blaze, on Highway 2 just east of the Hill-Blaine county line.
The workshop was owned by Mike Dolan. Skip Taylor and Dolan lost tools in the fire.
Vehicles destroyed included a '60s-era Mustang, a Model T Ford. a camper and a pickup.
The fire had already engulfed the building when Chinook firefighters arrived on the scene.
There were a series of explosions as the firefighters tried to put out the fire.
The shop belongs to Mike Dolan. Both Dolan and Skip Taylor lost tools, equipment and vehicles in the shop, including a pickup, a '60s era mustang and a Model T. They also lost a camper that was beside the shop.
A trailer house adjacent to the workshop that belongs to Taylors sustained some damage. The damage was confined to the corner of the trailer nearest shop. Havre firefighters said the home was repairable, but the workshop/garage was destroyed.
No one was home at time of fire. Skip Taylor was in Havre when fire broke out, and Trish Taylor is out of the state.
Neighbors rounded up two of the family's dogs.
Chinook firefighters summoned help from Harlem and Havre fire departments.
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(a) Show that you would expect to get a six on the first roll ten times out of the 60 repetitions of the experiment.
(b) Find the expected frequency for two rolls correct to one decimal place.
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Wow! This is probably the hardest break from school to come back from. With Thanksgiving being so late this year it leaves less than two weeks to cram every single project, paper and presentation in. Plus like many students I suffer from an extreme form of procrastination. Definitely feeling the stress only being back to Nyack for a couple hours, I would be lying if I didn't admit that this semester did in fact come in like a wrecking ball. I just felt like I got so much dumped on me this semester all at once. The challenges of life often neglect to respect our time. And this has been the most stretched for time period of my life. Finding some unreachable challenge of balancing homework, classes, jobs, room mates, family, friend, and the occasional sleeping time has proved to be a challenge. This semester has its difficulties, but intertwined within each of them has brought each of their blessings. But, with all of these come also the distractions and desire to try new things and have lots of fun in college. Such is the never ending juggling act that we call life. So needless to say this semester has caused my eyes to be a little distracted from just focusing on school work, and so now it's time to really crack down and get this homework knocked out. But, honestly it is overwhelming as the end of the semester draws nearer and nearer, but I know that in just a couple of weeks is when I can breathe a sigh of relief.
That is really what college and even life is all about. Things can be really hard and full of challenges with no end in sight, but honestly at the end of it God always sustains us we realize how strong we really are. Wow that was deep! Ha, but really looking back on this semester there have been multiple times when I have had to stand toe to toe with my biggest insecurities or fears and overcome them. It literally meant hiking mountains to see how strong I truly am. This has been the strangest semester, but with each new thing I feel like I have gained so much knowledge in the process. I've learned much about strength, generosity, church, calling, grace, culture, love, and hard work thus far. And, I trust that these things can carry me through these last to weeks.


text: My name is Bocephus Chevrolet and I am a 2 year old dapple black/tan long-haired mini-dachshund. I am named after my dad's favorite classic country music star and his truck. I love to play fetch with my plastic squeeky fish. I could play all night long if my mom or dad let me. I also think I'm an outside dog and love to just sit outside with my ears in the wind. I would sit out there all day (again, if my mom let me). I go almost everywhere with my mom (except to work). She recently got me a bike trailer so I can go on bike rides with her. I also like to go on long power walks with my mom, jump, run, go for car rides, and sniff. My best friend is also a dachshund. His name is Xander and he lives at my Grandma's house. We really like to wrestle with my dad and grandpa. My Auntie Ray also taught me a fun game called "hide and seek." I wait on her bed until she says "ready" then I run and sniff her out of her hiding spot.Add to Favorites


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- Galbraith, John Kenneth 1908-2006. Canadian-born American economist, writer, and diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to India (1961-1963). His works include The Great Crash (1955).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. United States economist (born in Canada) who served as ambassador to India (born in 1908)
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Specifically, Galbraith is calling for a three-year window during which workers aged 62 and older could retire on full Social Security -- i.e. the same monthly benefit they would normally get if they retired at age 67.
Job-Creation Idea No. 12: Let The Old Folks Retire Early And Make Way For Young Workers
Galbraith is no longer quoted, a polite method to discredit.
Paul Samuelson, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Re-reading Galbraith is like watching black-and-white footage of the 1955 World Series.
Half a century ago, the "conventional wisdom," in Galbraith's familiar phrase, was statism.
In plain English, Galbraith shows that the Republican Party has been hijacked by political leaders who long since stopped caring if their message conforms to reality.
Former Ambassador to Croatia Peter Galbraith is claiming President George W. Bush was unaware that there were two major sects of Islam just two months before the President ordered troops to invade Iraq ...
One other point: the "appalling loss" was already well known in the financial community when Black died, not about to become known as Galbraith misstates.
Captain Galbraith later described feeling a thump and losing control of the aircraft.
Everyone's favorite liberal, JK Galbraith is fond of reminding his audience that the most rapid growth in US history was after WWII when the top marginal tax rate topped 75%.
Listen Up, Jim, Kill The Progressive Tax System « Unambiguously Ambidextrous
It was a tavern, and it was known as Galbraith's Place.


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What does green stool mean ?
Green stool can be a trivial problem or it can be an indication of an underlying health condition. The color of human poop is an answer to the condition and functioning of the digestive system and other parts related to it i.e. liver, intestine and gall bladder. Any change in functioning of one of these body parts, affects the color of human stools e.g. if a person is suffering from hyper acidity or gastritis, he will pass out stools which would be black in color or have black spots on it. This is because of the fact, when a person is suffering from gastritis, a lot of acid is secreted within the stomach of the patient. As a result, bleeding occurs and black color signifies dry blood. Similarly, green stools could be the result of any such condition. Generally, it is nothing to worry about passing green stools, as this could be because of excess intake of green leafy vegetables or food containing excess amount of artificial color. However, if you are passing out green stools regularly, you should see a physician soon, as this could be an alarming situation.
Causes of Dark Green Stool
As discussed briefly above, we shall now discuss various factors, which could result in formation of green stools.
Watch out your diet
One should watch out, what s/he is eating, as foods what you eat can change color of your stools or feces. Eating a lot of spinach, lettuce and fenugreek leaves could change color of your feces. Also, eating a lot of food containing excess amount of artificial green color, results in green feces. This is considered normal as green stools resulting from intake of food is temporary and does not require any special attention.
Medicinal effect and Supplements
Intake of different type of medicines and supplements also affect the color of human feces. This is evident from the fact that if a patient has been prescribed Vitamin B12 capsules, his or her feces will change color to bright yellow and this will also affect his urine color as it will change to bright yellow as well. Similarly, intake of iron supplements, which also contain chlorophyll, change color of human feces to green. Intake of vitamin supplements containing fructose, too change color of human stools to green. It has also been found that consumption of certain laxatives and colon cleansers change color of human feces.
Presence of certain type of bacteria in intestinal tract can also affect the color of human stools. Salmonella, a type of bacteria, if enters in human intestine or digestive tract, could disturb its functioning and result in change in color of stools. This could be easily treated with antibiotics. One should always drink a lot of water, to stay hydrated as this helps in smooth functioning of bowel movement and flush out microorganisms present in the digestive tract of human body.
Change in color of human stools can be caused due to intestinal or stomach diseases. Few of them are IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), celiac disease, Crohn's disease and colitis. If a person is suffering from any of the mentioned diseases, he might pass out greens stools. Human liver secretes bile juice and it helps in digestion and absorption of fats from chyme, which is a semi-solid mass of partly digested food. During digestion of food, if a person is suffering from IBS or Crohn's disease, bile juice from liver does not get properly absorbed and is passed out with human stools. This also results in green stools as bile is made up of lecithin, pigments, cholesterol and some other salts.
Though human emotions have nothing to do with green colored stools, however, if you are over stressed, you might pass out green stools. This is so because when you are stressed, your bowel movements take place faster.
Along with above mentioned reasons, one can pass out green stools because of food poising as well. Food poising is caused by infestation of bacteria and germs in human digestive tract, caused due to unhealthy eating habits and unhygienic food.
When should you consult the doctor about green stool ?
One should not worry about green stools, as already discussed, if one keeps himself hydrated by drinking sufficient amount of water, all germs are flushed out and color of the stools come back to normal, yellowish brown. However, if green stools are accompanied with blood or mucus, one should immediately consult a physician. Gastroenterologist will diagnose the reason for green stools with the help of stool test, blood test, endoscopy or colonoscopy. Once diagnosed properly, appropriate treatment is prescribed to the patient.
Therefore, we have now understood that passing out green stools is a normal condition, until it is accompanied by blood or mucus. Drink sufficient amount of water every day and keep stomach ailments at bay.
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Can eating fish, notably sardines, have this affect?


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Okay, it's been a little over three months since I've written here, and I apologize profusely…
But – I have good reasons. First I had to get the yard ready for a beyond-humongous swing-set we bought for Connor with our tax return. This involved weeding virtually every inch of garden I had created in my "our house will look like a Victorian garden" phase (believe me – I made some dreadful design mistakes, which I will talk about in another post) in order to make use of the eight yards of mulch I bought foolishly thinking my husband would help me spread (it's been sitting in the same spot in our yard for five years – how was I to know we'd have a Connor and he'd be working so often he wouldn't be able to help?) The next step was spreading all of that hateful mulch. Don't get me wrong, I love the way mulch makes a garden look so clean and "finished", but this pile had been staring me in the face for five years and was – needless to say – full of happily growing spaghetti weeds. So, I patiently began pulling the awful roots and weeds from the edges of the mulch, and away we went. The gardens I had enough mulch for looked beautiful, the pile was gone – as was the grass that was originally under it – and it was time to build the swing-set.
A word of warning, ladies – DO NOT EVER let your husband begin the process of putting together anything prefabricated without first going through all the pieces yourself, separating them, labeling them, and replacing any missing parts! I had offered to take these steps myself while Lee was at work and the boxes of swing-set parts were sitting in the driveway, but he had insisted that it would make his part more difficult. I relented – solely on the basis that I didn't want to have a fight. Next time, I'll not say anything and just do it. After three days of unseasonable heat, unexpected trips to Home Depot and countless hours of cursing – the swing-set was finished. The last step was de-thatching what seemed like miles of neglected lawn. This entire process took from approximately mid-April, through to the end of May.
Then, to our utter surprise – the septic tank overflowed. Lee was leaving for work, and needed to use the bathroom, and when the toilet overflowed, he was ready to take the day off to deal with it – which I found ridiculous. I insisted that he go to work as usual, I can plunge a toilet, and assured him not to worry. Well, hours of plunging did nothing, so I called my mother, who offered to bring my niece over to play with Connor so we could remove the toilet and snake the pipes. Again…nothing. I called a good septic pumping company, and it was done in an hour and for only $235. Problem solved. I used the resulting mess as an excuse to renovate a 40 year old bathroom, so we've been diligently removing tiles from the walls, stripping wallpaper and getting as much out of there as we can. Thankfully, we have enough left over marble tiles in our cellar to do the floor – and we're doing all the work ourselves, so it's only going to cost around $600 or so for us to do the whole thing…toilet, pedestal sink, bead-board wainscoting, everything.
During those two months, I felt great – I was getting exercise every day, my breathing was improving (I still haven't quit smoking, but that's coming soon), my yard was starting to look pretty, and my energy levels were increasing. When I was finally able to start removing piles of fallen and cut branches, my energy levels suddenly plummeted, and even though I spent two solid months working my ass off in the yard – I was gaining weight. Talk about depressing.
I spent about a week wallowing in self-pity – and Lee making a comment that I was going to get fat if I didn't lay off the ice cream was the last straw. When my period was a day late, I immediately took two pregnancy tests. When they both came out positive – I was terrified. Here we are, with me 38 and Lee nearly 42, house- and child-poor, with me out of work at least until Connor can go to school full time…and we're expecting again. I hid the stick from the second test until the timing was right to tell Lee.
Two days after I took the test, he was cleaning up a case of glass-bottled root beer that he dropped in the driveway, and Connor was in bed and staying there for the first time, so I took advantage of the situation, went outside and said – "regardless of how much ice cream I eat, I'm going to get fat anyway", and handed him the stick. I could lie and say that his reaction was wonderful and that he said "don't worry, we'll work it out", but that only happens on TV and in fairy tales. He immediately wanted me to abort – and I had to remind him (in between rants and about eight times) that we didn't find out I was pregnant with Connor until I was nearly 5 months pregnant, and that an abortion might not even be an option. He still wouldn't shut up. Our sex life hasn't been great, but we've done it often enough that he was just being an ass. Finally I said – "Hey! I'm scared shitless too!", and turned around and went in the house. He came into the den about five minutes later and said "I only said you would get fat from the ice cream because I wanted it."
That was mid-June. I found an OB/GYN (my last one was a bitch from hell, and I refused to see her again – she actually gave me shit while I was giving birth to Connor) and made an appointment…for July 7th.