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Great chicky. What's that really blue plant in pic 2?
The potting shed
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28 Jul 2013 20:25
Great chicky. What's that really blue plant in pic 2?
28 Jul 2013 20:33
Thanks all.
Bev - both cart and watering can were discovered in the undergrowth at the bottom of the garden when we moved in - so they have "history"!
Nut - on the left is a salvia transylvania, and towards the back is a clematis perle d'azure climbing up an obelisk. Camera seems to make them slightly bluer than they are in real life.
28 Jul 2013 20:41
It all looks lovely, I'm impressed
28 Jul 2013 22:24
very nice chicky, wild looking but tamed. Lovely plenty of buzzing no doubt.
28 Jul 2013 23:00
Chicky, that's so pretty. I've never heard of Isotoma, wonder if they sell it in France. There are deer here.
29 Jul 2013 06:42
Hi Lizzie - isotoma changed its name recently, it used to be called Laurentia blue star. It is a tender annual, so needs replacing every year - but flowers away til the frosts with no deadheading. I have always bought mine as bedding plants, but I think you can buy seeds, which might be your best bet in France.
29 Jul 2013 07:43
Lovely pix again.
Deano -nice tree fern! KEF what a shame you lost yours. Not something I'd try here either but they look great.
Zombie the Fatsia flowers are clusters of small creamy white ones. Not very special but nice when they happen. Re the positioning of them nut, I should have said that although they like some shade and moister soil it should still be well drained. Mine probably got a good bit of feed because there was a clematis next to it too. Maybe that's why it always flowered! I had another one which wasn't quite as good but it also probably had a bit too much sun where it was.
Don't think I'd have room for the Mariesii Verd - perhaps in another part of the garden as I agree it's a very nice shrub. Depends whether I stay here - don't want someone else to get the benefit
29 Jul 2013 09:04
Chicky.....why do these plants change their names so often? Pretty clever these plants arent they? But, we humans can't keep up!
29 Jul 2013 10:23
So are you saying the potty gardener is really a plant plant as she can change her name? Well then yes I have to say plants are very clever...
29 Jul 2013 19:14
Gets me very confused - even dicentra seems to be called something else now.
And don't get me going on snickers bars and Jif bathroom cleaner ......
29 Jul 2013 20:15
It's really nice of you to call me clever Verdun but I'm not sure I like being called a plant.
29 Jul 2013 21:10
29 Jul 2013 21:40
Newly planted and reorganised, hopefully late flowering bed. Unfortunately I didn't get enough plants to fill the bed so will have to wait for them to do it for me! (I thought I could split them up).
the idea was tall pink Veronica (will also get a blue one of same height) at the back,mid height dark pink penstemon (garnet) and blue campanula, low blue salvias with 'pinks' between. There's also an existing purple spikes thing which isn't quite flowering yet. I forgot about the orange montbretia, but if I add another (late flowering and lower growing) orange towards the front it might be ok.
29 Jul 2013 21:52
Wow - did you do all that thi afternoon? Looks like its been there years already. Really pretty
29 Jul 2013 22:07
Thanks chicky, not quite up to your skill but trying. I did all from the 2 sets of bricks ( you can just see) this evening. Used some existing plants but all but alliums were moved.
Any further suggestions for late flowering welcome ( won't really see in winter so no prob if all sleep through). Just want a bed for bbqs and school hols.
29 Jul 2013 22:18
impressive MrsGarden.
29 Jul 2013 23:39
Mrs G, how about a geum totally tangerine there to finish that lovely plantIng of yours? Or, if it's sunny there an orange gazania?
29 Jul 2013 23:41
Mrs G, how about a geum totally tangerine there to finish that lovely plantIng of yours? Or, if it's sunny there an orange gazania?
Late summer! Rudbekia Goldsturn and frikartii monch.
30 Jul 2013 10:08
MrsG that is really lovely
30 Jul 2013 10:53
OK time for a contribution from me - quick recap we moved into a new house early June, and it has become increasingly apparent that the garden, though recently neglected/overgrown, was originally very well planned and planted.
The area at the top of the steps, alongside the main seating area, had a couple of overgeown shrubs, lots of weeds, and a fair amount of junk:
I thought it would be nice to have some prettiness to look at here, so it now looks like this
It's got a couple each of my favourites (heucheras and hebes), some sedum, agapanthus, penstemon, etc. I've left the (old, rotting) planks of wood behind for the time being as 1) I have nowhere better to put them, and 2) a toad lives in them (the pond is at the bottom of the steps just off screen to the right). I may put up some trellising to screen the shed. And I may actually move one of the plants at the back, and put the Peace rose (mentioned in this thread http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/plants/when-to-plant-rose-in-garden/88301.html ) there as it will then be seen every time we sit out on the patio. Still lots to do in this garden, but the journey is the fun


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It's an unappetizing accompaniment to those summer-evening barbecues: the nagging concern that mad cow disease, which raised fears over the safety of British beef in 1996, may lurk here as well. Behind the concerns are occasional reports of similar symptoms in other countries, and not just in cattle.
A new book about the outbreak and similar diseases, "Deadly Feasts," by Richard Rhodes, makes for unsettling reading.
There's no reason to think that the British mad cow epidemic, or the fatal human disease that has apparently been linked to it, has crossed the Atlantic. But given what's known about how mad cow disease arose in Britain, there's reason to believe that we could breed our own native version.
Should U.S. consumers worry about the safety of the meat they're eating? There's clearly no reason to panic. But unfortunately, no one knows precisely how widespread such diseases are, or how hazardous they might be to people, which makes it difficult for consumers and policy-makers to decide what to do.
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The several fatal brain diseases now under close scrutiny are called TSEs, for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. The name is based on the major effect: As the disease progresses, the brain typically becomes riddled with spongelike holes. Diverse evidence suggests that the surprisingly similar diseases sometimes seen in people (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, or CJD), sheep (scrapie), cows (mad cow disease) and other animals are all caused by a previously unrecognized type of infectious agent, a mutant cell protein that can apparently induce normal cell proteins to mimic its shape.
Recent evidence from Britain suggests that the disease can jump from species to species when a diseased animal is eaten. Mad cow disease has caused the deaths of 160,000 cattle in Britain in the past decade, and more are still coming down with it. The best guess is that the disease was transmitted in cattle feed. The feed at first contained remains from scrapie-infected sheep carcasses, and then from infected cattle as well.
In 1996, the cows' disease was suspected of somehow infecting a number of people in Britain who contracted CJD at an unusually young age (there are 16 such cases so far). The concern is great enough that Britain has banned the feeding of mammal protein to all food animals. Other countries have banned the import of British beef.
Adding to the concerns: Whatever agent causes this class of disease, it's incredibly durable. It can survive very high temperatures (cooking does not destroy it), common disinfectants, even 10 years of soaking in formaldehyde at a research laboratory.
What makes the investigation difficult, and the threat potentially worse: The infection can go undetected in animals when they're slaughtered. And in people, it may take years for symptoms to appear. The uncertainties are so great that one risk analysis projects the number of human deaths in Britain from infected beef over the next 20 years at anywhere from 100 to 80,000.
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If some version of mad cow disease exists in the U.S., it seems rare. In the past eight years, the USDA has examined the brains of 5,000 slaughtered cattle and found no clear-cut evidence of the disease. But the tests are not definitive and other evidence indicates that we may have the necessary ingredients for trouble ahead.
The same feeding practices once used in Britain have been commonplace here for the past couple of decades, and TSEs already are present to some degree in some animals in the U.S. Some sheep have scrapie, some wild deer and elk have a similar disease, and recently a suspicious case was discovered when researchers examined 20-year-old movies and brain samples of pigs with similar symptoms.
An odd but possibly important clue comes from several incidents in which groups of ranch-raised mink died of TSEs (after they were fed meat from cows that had been deemed unfit for humans to eat).
There's no direct evidence that people in this country have been infected with any sort of TSE through food. But two small studies of Americans with CJD (considered a rare disease) demand follow- up. One of them, in 1973, found that CJD patients were more likely than other people to have eaten brains, particularly hog brains. The other, in 1985, found that they were more likely than other people to have eaten certain meats, including lamb and several types of pork. The authors concluded that the results could mean that a scrapie-like disease might exist in swine and might be infecting people.
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To judge from the available evidence, even if TSEs were somewhere in the food supply, the odds that the meat you eat is affected are extremely small. If you eat meat and are determined to keep your risk as close to zero as possible, here's what the evidence suggests about various kinds of meat:
Brains. The presumed infectious agent is found on nerve cells and so is most concentrated in the brains of affected animals. In a British experiment, a gram of infected brain, when fed to a calf, was enough to induce infection. The British have banned the sale of brains from British cows, sheep and goats to consumers.
Other meat cuts. The infectious agent has been found in nerve tissue in the spine and elsewhere, and in organs like the spleen. You can't avoid nerves entirely, since they run throughout the body. But whole cuts of meat have less nerve tissue than some other meat products. Hot dogs and sausage can be made with organ meat and with mechanically deboned meat, which can end up containing parts of the spinal cord.
Hamburger isn't supposed to contain spinal tissue, but recent USDA tests at meat-processing plants discovered that some hamburger does. If you want to take the absolutely safest course, buy a cut of meat and ask the butcher to grind it for you.
Fish, poultry. There's no reason to think that poultry or fish have TSEs. While scientists have succeeded in inducing such diseases in cattle, pigs and sheep, all efforts to infect poultry have failed. In addition, evidence so far suggests that milk and dairy products pose no risk of transmitting TSEs.
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The most effective way to be certain that the meat we're eating stays safe is to prohibit the feeding of animals that might be infected to animals that people might eat. In our view, the FDA should stop practices that could spread TSEs in U.S. food animals. It could do that by banning the feeding of any mammal remains to food animals, as the British government has now done. And the sosoner the better. Even after a comprehensive ban, it will take several years before all the meat in the supermarket comes from animals that have never consumed animal protein.


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The Southwest Raiders took sole possession of first place in District 7-4A baseball Tuesday with an 8-2 victory over visiting Granbury.
The Pirates (9-7 overall) fell for the first time in district, slipping to 3-1 in the league. Southwest (8-6 overall) improved to 4-0 in district.
"It was not a good outing. Way too many walks and we were awful at the plate," said Granbury coach Brad Hart.
"They (Southwest) played good and had good approaches at the plate, and their lefty threw strikes."
The trio of Granbury pitchers delivered six walks and managed to strike out just three batters.
The Pirates had outscored their first three district opponents by a 31-5 margin, including posting a pair of shutouts. However, they never got their offense untracked against the Blue Raiders, failing to score until the fifth inning.
By that time, Southwest was already well in command with an 8-0 cushion.
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Granbury hitting – Landon Gray 2-2, walk, RBI; Rhodes 1-3, walk; Tristen Fallin 1-3; Tyler Titus 1-3, double; Caleb Bendewald 1-2, walk; Hickey 1-4, RBI.
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In an interesting study, "The New eCommerce Decade: The Age of Micro Targeting", conducted recently by Piper Jaffray & Co., it was found that Internet search was more efficient. It compared the customer acquisition costs of search, Yellow Pages, online displays ads, e-mail and direct mail. Customers prefer Internet to online market places for finding products and services.
The study also showed that Yellow Pages came as the second-most efficient at $20 per customer acquisition, after that comes online display ads at $50, e-mail at $60 and direct mail at $70. It is believed that with the increase of local search, the current number of 700,000 online advertisers might go upto 2- 4million over the next five years.


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Typically, when we think of physical rehabilitation we think of physical therapy. However, with the exceptional rise in the popularity of Pilates over the past ten years, awareness of its rehabilitative effects has increased. Doctors recommend Pilates to their clients with foot, knee, back, shoulder, neck pain and more. Physical therapists are integrating Pilates equipment and exercises into their practices, and many are trained as Pilates instructors as well. This interesting and growing relationship between Pilates and physical therapy is what we will look at more closely in this article.

Before we get underway, I want to say that there is no intention here to imply that Pilates and physical therapy are the same or interchangeable, but rather to look at the mutually beneficial relationship between the two – for clients, therapists, and instructors – as well as distinctions that need to be made with regard their approaches and limits in addressing health and disease. Also, please note that in this context we are talking about experienced Pilates instructors who are comprehensively educated in Pilates methodology, exercises, and equipment.

To get a clearer look at the differing roles of Pilates instructors and physical therapists, how rehabilitation is approached differently between the two, and how they can successfully work together I turned to Dr. Brent Anderson. Dr. Anderson is the founder, president, and CEO of Polestar Pilates. He is a licensed physical therapist and orthopedic certified specialist with a Ph.D. in physical therapy. Polestar Pilates has for many years been at the forefront of the dialogue between Pilates and physical therapy. I start our interview by asking Dr. Anderson to clarify some key roles and terminology between Pilates and physical therapy.

Defining Rehabilitation and Who Gets to Do It

So often, we have advertising promoting Pilates as good for rehab of this or that -- knees, backs, necks, shoulders, etc. But Pilates is a method of fitness; and the scope of practice for a Pilates professional specifically excludes claiming to diagnose, prescribe, treat or rehabilitate any injury or disease (this is true for all non-licensed fitness professionals). So I asked Dr. Anderson, What is the relationship between rehabilitation and physical therapy and what the appropriate use of the term rehabilitation?

Rehabilitation, Dr. Anderson says, is the medical arm of restoring function. "You have to be a licensed professional to say you offer rehabilitation. Physical therapists, chiropractors and speech therapists, for example, are licensed so they can offer rehabilitation. Since they are not licensed, Pilates, yoga, movement instructors in the United States cannot say they offer rehabilitation. To get even more specific, physical therapists are the licensed professionals who can offer rehabilitation through physical therapy and physical therapy is exclusive to them."

What Pilates teachers can do, Dr. Anderson suggests, is say they provide post-rehabilitation or wellness education. We are talking now about legalities in the United States because, as Dr. Anderson points out, "these rules have been defined by the states and the professions and all the lobbying that goes on to protect their special interests". They do not apply in most other countries.

Pilates Has Roots in Rehabilitation

It is quite relevant, Dr. Anderson points out, to look at the history of Pilates in terms of rehab. Rules regarding scope of practice and what can and cannot be called rehabilitation were not in place when Joseph Pilates began to develop his work in WWI as a prisoner on the Isle of Man. Pilates took injured and sick people through exercises with the definite intention of rehabilitating them. Later, as Pilates' studio in New York City grew, it was in large part because Joseph and his wife Clara were rehabilitating dancers. Pilates Elders Carola Trier, Ron Fletcher, and Eve Gentry were among many dancers who went to Joe for rehab.

Further, Pilates equipment was designed to address rehabilitation – to take people through ranges of motion they couldn't do against gravity. Dr. Anderson gives an example: "if you could not hold your arm up against gravity, you could suspend the limb. You could lay on your side with your arm connected to a spring or a chain, and you could move your arm forward and backward without the effect of gravity on it and start re-engaging muscle fibers. That's the trapeze table. And on the reformer, if you couldn't stand or squat on your legs, you could set it to a lower spring and still have the closed chain effect of squatting and moving. So Joseph Pilates' work had an element of rehabilitation built into it."

Two Views of Pilates in Physical Therapy Today

Today, as Dr. Anderson reports, thousands of physical therapists are utilizing Pilates. Some are fully trained in Pilates and incorporate the entire holistic philosophy into their practice. We'll talk more about that later. Other physical therapists take what Dr. Anderson calls "a smorgasbord approach". This, he describes as a therapist using a few Pilates mat exercises or utilizing the equipment on a limited basis -- essentially using Pilates in bits and pieces as part of to a more a traditional, allopathic approach to physical therapy. In that approach, the idea is to identify a pathology and rehabilitate it from a localized point of view.

Dr. Anderson offers the example of the sequence of events a traditional physical therapist might use with a client who has shoulder pain: "We start looking at the shoulder and if there is shoulder pain, we look at the rotator cuff to see if there is a rotator cuff injury. If we think there is, we treat the rotator cuff. If it doesn't respond, we go on to injections or, heaven forbid, surgery." He goes on to contrast the "start with pathology and pain" scenario with the holistic approach a Pilates teacher or physical therapist who integrates the Pilates holistic philosophy into their practice might take, which is to start by looking at overall movement patterns and compensations.

Though Pilates does have rehabilitative effects where we point to benefits to one part of the body or another, many of us bristle at the smorgasbord approach within Pilates itself. I ask Dr. Anderson if it makes any sense at all to say "Pilates for this or that..." Pilates for back pain, for example.

Dr. Anderson's view is that as a general rule, a holistic, comprehensive Pilates class is going to make a significant difference in a clients' quality of life. Where it makes sense in Pilates to talk about the uniqueness of a specialty population is in terms of precautions and contraindications. If you have a special population, perhaps someone pregnant or healing an injury, Dr. Anderson says: "There are certain things you are going to avoid or modify in your holistic, comprehensive Pilates class. So if you're telling them things that are especially good for them, and a few things to take precaution with, then by all means that is appropriate. To use Pilates to isolate body parts, for example, to use Pilates to only do knee exercises, is a little ridiculous because it defeats the whole purpose of the philosophy."

Pilates and Physical Therapy as a Continuum of Healing

There is a scale of strategic healing Dr. Anderson says is used in Polestar training that shows us how Pilates and physical therapy are different, but also where they can meet on a continuum of healing for the client. "Restriction of any kind", he says, "psychological or physical, leads to compensation patterns. Those compensations lead to malalignment or deformation. Then, people manifest pathologies that lead to pain." And here is where Dr. Anderson makes an important distinction between traditional physical therapy and Pilates: "Traditional medical professionals are going to address pathologies and pain. A Pilates teacher is not looking at pathology. A Pilates teacher is looking at overall alignment, at articulation and mobility, at control, at balance and fluidity".

This is not to suggest that physical therapy is wrong or coming from an outdated point of view. Dr. Anderson also affirms that there are structural problems that need manipulation, or surgery, or some kind of structural fix. The opportunity is to see Pilates and physical therapy in terms of a strategy of healing that starts with overall movement patterns and compensations, which is in the realm of Pilates. If that is not working or there is clearly a structural issue, the client needs to move into physical therapy. After physical therapy, Pilates can provide cost effective post-rehab benefits.

Next, Pilates Instructors and Physical Therapists Working Together

Ideally, the dialogue between Pilates instructors and physical therapists is organized around the needs of the client and benefits each professional as well. Dr. Anderson looks at the potential flow of clients between physical therapists and Pilates instructors this way: "There is no physical therapist in their right mind that would suggest hanging on to a patient forever to keep working with them. And there should be no Pilates teacher that thinks they're the end all, that there is no structural problem that they can't fix, because there is and they need the physical therapist and the doctor, chiropractor and osteopath to be able to help them in delivering care to the most important person which is our client."

What we need, of course, is communication between Pilates instructor and physical therapist. I ask Dr. Anderson whether that kind of give and take actually happening. His answer is a definite yes. "We have physical therapists who have good comprehensive Pilates skills and they can work fairly independently but they tend to refer to the Pilates teacher to transition their patients out of the physical therapy spectrum because they know the client needs something more affordable. They need movement classes and they [the P.T.s] want [the client] to take them with someone trained in post-rehabilitation. So we see that relationship strengthening, he says.

Dr. Anderson also suggests that physical therapists and Pilates instructors enhance their own work, gain confidence about referrals, and be more informed on behalf of their clients by observing and experiencing each other's work. Basically, don't be shy. A Pilates instructor can call the physical therapist and ask about movement agendas and contraindications. They can go observe their client in a physical therapy session. Similarly, the physical therapist should experience Pilates before deciding whether or not Pilates is good for their client.

As extra encouragement for the Pilates teacher who might be intimidated by contacting a physical therapist, Dr. Anderson reminds us not to assume that all therapists are created equally: "Somebody who doesn't want you to come observe their treatment is probably not giving very good treatment or is incredibly insecure. It's like heaven to me to have a teacher take the time to come see me."

Great thanks goes to Dr. Brent Anderson of Polestar Pilates for all of his insights into Pilates and physical therapy as well as for the work he has done to facilitate a mutually beneficial relationship between the two. This is my second interview with Dr. Anderson. The first was Pilates and Sciatica. Learn more about Polestar Pilates and Polestar Pilates teacher training at their website.


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Egyptian Ballet 'Al Qursan' to Participate in Shanghai Int'l Art Fest
Artists Nelly Karim and Nadine are training along with the Cairo Opera ballet troupe to perform Al Qursan (Pirate) at the third Shanghai International Art Festival, according to Akhbar Al Nuggoom magazine.
The team is gearing up to leave for China early next month to perform the ballet, which was designed and directed by Abdel Mine'm Kamel, for five days .
Three performances will be at the Beijing Theater, which can seat 2,700 people. The troupe will perform for two days at the Shanghai Theater and then will tour the other Chinese cities for the same purpose.
The Shanghai International Art Festival is considered one of the most famous international events of its type. A variety of performances are staged at the festival including ballet, opera, theatrical dancing, jazz music and opera.
International troupes are usually keen on participating in the festival, despite the fact that it only began in 1999. The present festival will be attended by 23 troupes from all over the world.
The participation of the Cairo Opera troupe has come as part of the art protocol recently signed between the director of the Egyptian Opera House, Samir Farag, and Uan Shi Hwhy, director general of art and cultural Projects at the Chinese Ministry of Culture – Albawaba.com


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October 5, 2005
Record Labels, Satellite Radio Seen in Showdown
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -- The record industry may next aim its legal guns at satellite radio due to a dispute involving new portable players which let listeners record and store songs, an analyst and industry sources said on Wednesday.
The record industry, led by major labels, such as Vivendi Universal', Warner Music Group Corp, EMI Group Plc and Sony BMG, believe the recording capability is a clear copyright violation and could take revenue away from paid download music services.Illegal song trading has been blamed by the record industry for declines in sales, and labels have become increasingly aggressive in their legal battles to defend their product. Now that focus includes portable players.
"There are genuine issues here but it is our continuing hope that we can resolve this on a business to business basis," said an RIAA spokesman.
Two music industry sources said that the two sides were in talks to resolve the issue and could go to court over the matter.
JP Morgan analyst Barton Crockett in a report suggested there might be more conflict in store.
"Based on recent talks with execs at record labels and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), we see potential spats ahead. RIAA may file a lawsuit this fall to stop a new feature for upcoming wearable satellite radios," he wrote.
No. 1 satellite provider XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc said it was also hopeful the issues will be resolved.
"The music industry is an important partner and we continue to listen to their concerns in hopes of finding a resolution that benefits everyone, especially consumers," said Nathaniel Brown, a spokesman for XM.
Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. declined comment.
In August, Sirius said it will introduce a small portable device, dubbed the S50, for its subscription radio service that can store 50 hours of music, news and programs from Sirius channels, in a move to narrow the gap with XM Satellite, which has had a portable device on the market since last fall.
Beginning in the fourth quarter, XM will also begin to offer MP3-enabled portable satellite radios developed by Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.
Even if the conflict winds up in court, Crockett said in his report he did not believe such a suit would succeed because so-called 'fair use' laws allow users to record songs for their own use.
He said it could would pose a "headline risk" for satellite radio and prompt a lobbying push by the recording industry as the two industries wrangle over a new music rights contract.
Crockett said the RIAA may seek $1 billion plus in music rights fees for a new contract covering 2007 to 2012 to replace the current $80 million pact that expires in 2006.
But the record industry expects these contract talks will wind up in arbitration, one source said.
In the meantime, XM has announced a partnership with paid service Napster Inc that lets portable device listeners mark songs they hear on the satellite service to purchase from Napster.
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For those of you who like to view properties and their surrounding area from your computer (and see many places around the world) try mapstreetview.com
Try it out with your home address. This is a bit different from showmystreet.com and gives a nice neighborhood view whereas showmystreet gives better commercial building views (multi-story). Google Earth is still best for overhead views and views away from the street.
With a property profile from Dennis and these tools you can do a pretty fine quick CMA without leaving your office.


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This is just curiosity and so people can talk about how they feel about the government of their country or what government they believe is right.Personally, I believe in a small government where the government hardly does anything to affect your life, but people just don't care nowadays what happens: They just want free stuff, like money, food to make them fatter, other free junk from what the government 'romises' also known as 'lies' and the government has just controlled people.So, I believe in a small, democratic government that won't control your daily life. That would include Capitalism as well.
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Mar 05, 2014 Maan Pamintuan-Lamorena National, Politics 0
Distinguished writers, scholars and other academics in Japan have joined forces to challenge the government's move to reinterpret the country's Constitution. A group aiming to gather one thousand members, calling themselves the "1,000-member committee to prevent Japan from entering war," declared its purpose while at a news conference in Chiyoda Ward in Tokyo.
Following World War II, Japan's Constitution limits its use of armed forces to self-defense under the restrictions set in Article 9. However, recent actions by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are directed at revising and reinterpreting the restriction to defending defending allies under attack. Constitutional scholar and professor emeritus at Tokyo University, Yasuhiro Okudaira, who is also a founding member of the committee, said "We have to stop the move to allow the Cabinet to undermine Article 9 simply by reinterpreting the Constitution." Writer Makoto Sataka also reminded, "If the right to collective self-defense is granted, Japan would cross the line of 'self-defense' and also defend other countries, obliging Japan to engage in a war led by the United States." Another founding member and writer, Keiko Ochiai, said, "While Japan should contribute to world peace, it is becoming a country that can export arms and enter war."
Others already believe Japan is headed towards war with the government's recent actions. Constitutional law professor at the University of the Ryukus in Okinawa, Tetsumi Takara noted, "For the Okinawan people who have experienced war, it looks as if war is imminent." Currently, 83 people have already signed the group's appeal, including writer Jiro Akagawa, songwriter Reiko Yukawa and actor Bunta Sugawara. The group hopes to attract more people to their cause to fill the 1,000-member list.
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Beyonce ended the lucrative, Mrs. Carter World Tour, by bringing out her husband to perform, "Drunk In Love," in Lisbon. Check below for Beyonce's farewell video.
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Amazon will create 2,000 permanent jobs in France this year. This means that there will be about 7,500 people working for Amazon in France at the end of this year. The new positions are open to people with various levels of experience, training and skills. "The economic context in France Continue reading


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Origin: The Aristocats (1970)
Edgar Balthazar. I have not seen a worse Disney villain. I think he may be the worst. At least he won't be making any AFI top ten lists. He's pathetic, he's incompetent, he's dull. Someone like Maleficent or Ursula would have put a bullet in his head on day one. It doesn't help that he's in such a tedious movie, but part of the villain's job is to spice things up. And is there anything more cliche than "the butler did it"?
Motivation: A little part jealousy and a little part greed. There's no originality in a guy seeking vengeance or reclamation because he got cut out of the will. That's a
Character Strengths: I don't think he has any character strengths. I suppose he's a competent at his job -- he helps that doddering old man up the stairs, and can get a cuppa on time -- but he can't wait a few years for the cats to die so he can get the inheritance. Even if he didn't wait, what does he expect the cats to do with the money? Someone's going to have to use it. Someone's going to have to feed the cats. Just skim some cream off the top until you can get the whole bowl.
Not to mention when he does make his criminal move, it devolves into three-stooge-like buffonery with redneck dogs, sight gags, and rubberface mugging. All it does his show is ineptitude. He can't even drown a bag of sleeping kittens. Not to mention he doesn't have the foresight to simply shoot them in the face. And then he leaves all kinds of evidence behind, and doesn't even make sure the cats are dead.
Evilness: As aforementioned, he doesn't make the smart move of killing the cats outright. Of course, if he does that, there would be no movie (hallelujah) but in the climax when he has the chance to correct his mistakes, he screws it up. A few cats attack him (fat, stray cats, mind you) and they send him to Abu Dhabi a la Animal Farm.
Tools and Powers: He has two natural abilities. Jack and shit. And Jack left town.
Complement to the Hero: Like Bambi, this movie is all about twee animals being twee. The wikipedia page lists O'Malley as the deuteragonist rather than the protagonist, but I think O'Malley's the one that changes the most in this story. Fact is, it's hard to find material for this area, because the hero is just as badly written. He has nothing he wants, no back story, he gets nothing by helping Duchess -- he doesn't even want a little tail (these are the jokes, people). He just pops up like an guardian angel, and accomplishes anything he tries. He even has no problem shedding his stray lifestyle. At least the Tramp had to think about it.
Fatal Flaw: I dunno. Maybe hubris, since for some reason he feels it necessary to tell the horse what he did, which sets off "the rescue". Look, I know animals can't talk, but if I had just committed a plan to betray my employer -- my wealthy employer -- I'd still keep my trap shut just in case someone's hiding behind the barn.
Maybe it's lack of killer instinct, since he doesn't have the balls to take out a few fluffy pets (the stray, however, he tries to stab with a pitchfork... and MISSES!) Maybe his fatal flaw was that he should have learned how to use a gun.
Method of Defeat/Death: While he's attempting to seal the trunk, a bunch of alley cats scamper to the rescue, latching onto his arms and legs, until he falls into the trunk he intended to lock the cats in. I'm surprised I didn't see a ripped out pant seat with heart underwear.
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This is just beautiful and so useful (a recent food magazine gave a big explanation about the difference between the two, and described the American/Hachiya in detail, then only included a pic of the Fuyu…).
I would argue that the final step 3 is optional, though, as I eat my way through dozens each season, and have never peeled a single one! So lovely sliced across the equator too, so you can see the star shape inside.
Consider selling this as a print?!
I am considering selling this as a print. I'm opening up an etsy shop soon!
I always peel my persimmons, but I guess I should have marked that last step as optional 🙂
I buy Fuyus every year for eating raw, salads (there's a great salad with Brussels sprouts), and Persimmon Bread.
Like the previous writer though I have never peeled them! Oh, I am so ready for them right now! It's a cute posting.
So very helpful! But it makes me say, "Hmmm …" A month or so ago, I got a box of persimmons labeled Fuyu, but while roundish and tomato-shaped, they had the jelly-like texture you describe of the Americans. Slicing wouldn't have been possible. The pulp was sweet. I'd never eaten or worked with persimmons before, so I bagged the pulp and look forward to experimenting with recipes through the winter. Yay!


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Spring… Is It Really You? How to Reinvigorate
- By Cheryl
- 22 March, 2014
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We've passed the 21st of March! How did you fare through this winter? Depending on where you are located, this was a winter for the record books. We had more snow days than I can remember in a long time and record breaking cold temperatures. Do you find that you feel a little more sluggish, unmotivated, tired, or sad during the winter season? Read on!
I know that I suffer from a slight Seasonal Affective Disorder (details from the Mayo Clinic here), and so this year I took some steps to get me through the winter while still working hard, growing my business, and generally not being sad. I realize that this post is coming out after the fact, but March has been a bit strange in the US this year, and we are still locked in a quasi-winter mode – with possible snow coming next week! Now is the time to see what you can do to throw open the windows, as it were, and get going!
Ways to put some "Spring" in your step this month:
1. Vitamin D: Please consult your doctor or pharmacist first, of course, but most of us are at least slightly low on vitamin D. We can get vitamin D from the sun (difficult in the winter and also difficult if we are always covered in sunscreen), from our diet, or from supplements. The benefits of vitamin D for our bodies are pretty amazing (more here) and include things such as more energy, better sleep, fewer illnesses, better absorption of other vitamins and nutrients, etc. That's a pretty good list! I found an excellent vitamin D supplement and tried to use discipline and remember to take it!
2. Be grateful: This is probably the most important tip for all of us. Sit down every evening before bed and/or every morning just when you get up and make a list of things for which you are grateful. These could be small events that happened that day or major people in your life or simply the sun or the weather. Focusing on things for which we are grateful creates positive thoughts in our brains, positive actions in our lives, a bounce in our step and thus attracts more positive events and people into our lives. Even more interestingly, if we focus on these grateful things before sleeping, our brains "chew on" them during the night and we get extra subconscious benefits. (If you are an entrepreneur, check out more with Dana Wilde here.)
3. Go outside! It might still be a bit chilly or maybe a bit gray (yes, this works even better if it's sunny and mild), but go outside anyway. Take a walk down the street or around the office park in the middle of the day. Look around at the people and things around you. Clear your mind. Think about your grateful list. Look up at the sky and just breathe. This kind of fresh air can do wonders for our attitude and mood. It's March, so no matter what the weather, you're going to see a glimmer of spring… a hope of something to come. Grab it! Savor it.
What kinds of things do you do to appreciate spring and get re-energized? Comment below and help us add to the list!
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Hi Cheryl, I have not enjoyed this "icy" winter, much. I did have a few high points, though, and for those I need to remember to be thankful, as you said.
Going outside when I have a case of the blues has always worked wonders for me. You made some very good points! Thanks for a great post:) Di


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On Wednesday night, NOVA ScienceNOW's season finale showcased emerging technologies. In the three-segment show, there was a lot of David Pogue, The New York Times' Technology writer, dramatically enthusing over different gadgets. Among the featured were the DARwIn robots playing soccer, the Google Glass and video games that you can control with your mind. Lightly intercut with the techno-gasms was some surface discussion about the ethical implications of these technologies, with MIT professor Sherry Turkle serving as a kind of spokeswoman for these views. While I could have used more of that discussion, it didn't seem to be the point of the show – so no real complaints. It was an otherwise very engaging show and Pogue is an electric host.
However, with all of that said, by and far the most exciting part of the show actually had little to do with new robot technology and more to do with a concept and technology that has been around for quite some time. The third part of the show was a profile of Carnegie Mellon computer scientist Adrien Treuille. This is a guy who has spent his life being interested in and studying crowds and the behavior patterns of groups, and he sought to apply that interest to help better the world. With a group that includes biochemist David Baker, and computer scientist Zoran Popović, he sought to take advantage of the massive brainpower used by people when gaming. Thus, Foldit was born.
Foldit's origins date back to the @home distributed computing programs like Rosetta@home, Folding@home and SETI@home. In fact, many of the developers who worked on Rosetta@home also helped developed Foldit.
When installed, the @home distributions use left-over computer processing power to execute its programs. For example, Folding@home would take left-over processing room and examine misfolded proteins. The information was sent back to labs and a person or a group was awarded points for how many proteins their computer(s) examined. The analysis of misfolded proteins helped scientists further their research on Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease and some cancers. The point was to lean on massive public interest in these programs and to bring regular people into the fold, even in the easiest way possible.
Still, playing a game is much more exciting than setting up a passive program to do all the work. Foldit takes the distributed computing idea to a new level. Like Folding@home, the program looks to analyze folded proteins. However, instead of making the computer work, you do the work in the form of solving the mystery in a puzzle format. You're scored on how well you fold the protein, and the highest scoring folded proteins are analyzed by scientists.
The gamers using Foldit helped AIDS research scientists solve a 15-year-long problem in ten days. According to Dean Praetorius of the Huffington Post, "With an accurate model of this protein, drugs can be created that could potentially help stymie the multiplication of the virus in humans."
You can see the full Nova ScienceNOW episode here, and you can download Foldit here.


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Regarding a permanent police panel, the Police Advisory Panel and City Hall have shifted their focus to two contentious issues: the scope of power and the ethnic makeup of the permanent panel.
"I don't want it to be white elitist," said Dr. James Unnever, a police panel adviser. "It needs to be the voice of the community."
During an Aug. 26 meeting designed to settle differences between the Police Advisory Panel, city management and the police department, Unnever focused on what he said was distrust between the minority community and police officers.
"Who do the police arrest most? Minorities," he said.
Panel member Dan Bailey took exception to that assessment.
"(Police) primarily arrest people committing crimes," said Bailey.
Unnever maintained that if the panel addresses issues that deal with minorities, it should be mandatory that minorities sit on the board. He advocated that minorities with criminal records should sit on the panel, because they have experience with police.
"Without an African-American on (the panel) it is nearly racist," he said.
City Manager Bob Bartolotta, though, said he did not want to enact a quota system.
"You've got to have a little trust that we believe in diversity," he said.
In terms of finding permanent panel members, the city proposes that a super majority of commissioners appoint a chairperson, then the chair and city manager would solicit the community for four additional members. The idea is not yet commission-approved.
The chair and the city manager would submit 10 finalists to the commission, which would then choose the four remaining panel members.
Unnever insisted, though, that that vetting process would only spit out white men as potential members.
"Where do you get that?" Bartolotta asked him.
Unnever said the vetting process would discount black people with criminal records.
But nowhere in the city's proposal does it state that a criminal record would eliminate any potential panel member. Instead, Bartolotta said that he wants to avoid choosing anyone with a personal agenda or anyone who is suing the city.
"I have no problem with someone with a criminal record being on the panel," said panel member Wayne Genthner. "They've got street cred."
Bartolotta responded: "This panel has to represent the whole community and have credibility everywhere."
The two black members of the Police Advisory Panel raised no objection as to how the permanent panel was chosen.
"I don't care how the panel is made up, as long as they're the right people," said Barbara Langston.
Another debate about the permanent police panel centered on how much power it would have.
Several panel members insisted that it get a say in the police department's budget.
"Maybe the commission would like some additional citizen input on the budget," said Bailey.
Bartolotta resisted, saying the panel should focus on officers' relationship with the community, not day-to-day operations.
"It's not about micromanaging the police department," said panel Chairwoman Susan Chapman, who said it was more about seeing how taxpayer dollars are spent.
The police panel was formed in November as a result of the June 2009 incident in which a police officer kicked a handcuffed Hispanic suspect. The City Commission tasked the panel with rebuilding trust between the community and the Sarasota Police Department.
Despite the two disagreements Aug. 26, over which the City Commission will have the final say, the panel said it was pleased that City Hall carefully considered its input.
"I think we've come a long way, and I want to congratulate you," said panel adviser Peter Graham.
The permanent police panel will advise the City Commission and make recommendations on global policy matters, such as:
• Homeless issues
• Noise issues
• Surveillance cameras
• Community-oriented policing
• Area-wide initiatives, such as those on the North Trail
• Mental-health issues
• Alternatives to incarceration
The permanent panel will not deal with issues under the authority of the police chief or city manager, such as:
• Operating budget
• Personnel
• Discipline
• Resource allocation
• Hiring or firing
• Day-to-day operations
The city changed some wording in the panel's recommendation about filing complaints against police officers to make it sound less intimidating.
Current language states that if someone intentionally lies about an officer's actions that person will be guilty of a first-degree misdemeanor and will be punished according to state laws.
Panel members felt the wording was too threatening and may dissuade people from filing complaints.
The offices of the city and state attorney, however, wanted to make it clear that someone making a false statement could be punished, so the two sides agreed to soften the wording to say: "I understand any false allegations may subject me to prosecution."


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Replaced Ignition control module, crankshaft position module, plug wires, distributor cap and rotor still would not start. Replaced PIP sensor and it ran for about 1 month engine shut off and hasn't started since. Replaced distributor it came with the PIP sensor still would not start retested PIP sensor and test indicates it is bad. But it is brand new could a bad computer that is working intermittently cause this to? I have also tested the injectors to make sure they were getting signal and they were working. Please help I have ran out of ideas
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This set was a bit of spontaneous creation based on a few characteristics of the grindhouse cinema aesthetic.
These textures were made using a microscope slide that contained water, dish soap, and coffee grounds.
Burned film on its own is quite gorgeous. Put it under a microscope, and the beauty increases infinitely.
After taking a look at a year-old milk-filled microscope slide, I noticed the great shapes and texture that had formed…
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Making history
Go Beyond tops $100 million
Supporters of Wheaton College have contributed more than $100 million to the college's Go Beyond campaign, the greatest amount ever donated to a Wheaton fundraising effort.
This "philanthropic first" coincides with a historic moment for the college: in 2012, Wheaton will mark the 100th anniversary of its becoming a four-year college.
"What an auspicious way to begin a new century," said Wheaton President Ronald A. Crutcher. "We're excited about reaching this unprecedented milestone—and so very grateful to the people who brought us here. In the current economic environment, this level of support is humbling, and it gives us great hope for the future."
With the comprehensive campaign slated to continue through FY2014, the $100 million tally already represents 11 percent more than the college community raised during the preceding campaign, which concluded in June 2000 with $90 million.
The generosity of today's alumnae/i, parents and friends has already translated into new and enriched resources for Wheaton students:
- The state-of-the-art Mars Center for Science and Technology opened this fall, with 99,000 square feet of classrooms, laboratories, study spaces, offices and gathering spots to support learning and research.
- Giving to the Wheaton Fund now tops $4 million in gifts each year, an increase of 33 percent since 1990. This essential source of income contributes to the college's operating budget, thus supporting every aspect of the student experience.
- 165 new scholarships have opened Wheaton's doors wider to talented students from every economic level, background, and geographic region. A robust financial aid budget helps the college recruit some of the ablest students in the U.S.
As Wheaton progresses toward its campaign goal of $120 million, the college has introduced an additional fundraising priority: student-faculty research. Wheaton professors view collaborative partnerships with students as a unique and powerful form of teaching, while students testify to the practical learning they gain that often gives them an edge in their first professional job or in graduate school. The college seeks to increase endowed funds to support these activities.


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Ten Book Marketing Mistakes New Authors Make
If you are new to self-publishing, avoid making book marketing mistakes
You have written your book at last, and it is finally available on Amazon, Kindle and all the other retailers.
So the next thing to do is open a Twitter account, start a fancy looking Facebook page and perhaps design a new website, and maybe get back to using your blog, which you had forgotten all about while getting your book written and published.
Then the sales will roll in, of course.
So, so very wrong! Here are ten book marketing mistakes to avoid.
Book Marketing Mistake No. 1.
Thinking that you need to sell your book is probably the most common mistake new authors make. Cars need sales people to sell them. Real estate needs agents to sell houses.
Books cannot be sold like this. They are bought by readers, with no one pushing a pen and a contract across a desk and pressuring them to sign.
Book Marketing Mistake No. 2.
Thinking that social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook can help to sell books.
Social media is very useful for an author in building an interested following.
But in saying that, you need to be seen as an interesting or informative person to gain these followers and friends.
People want interaction, information or light entertainment on social media. Not book covers and Amazon links.
Book Marketing Mistake No. 3.
Releasing a book with no marketing plan. Readers can only buy books that they have heard about.
A marketing plan is the means by which you plan to make your book known to potentially interested readers.
Book Marketing Mistake No. 4.
Thinking that the world is a huge book market and that your book will appeal to everyone.
In reality, your book, like all books, will only be of potential interest to a very tiny part of the market.
This is your niche market. If you don't know what it is, you need to find out and define it.
Book Marketing Mistake No. 5.
Thinking that having the title of an author will impress people. It doesn't, and especially nowadays when everyone can or is an author.
Basing your online presence on the title of author is not going to sell books.
'Author of the Up The Spout', is now so common, it is an instant turn off. Being someone interesting, though, can and does attract book buyers.
Book Marketing Mistake No. 6.
Not understanding the importance of metadata.
In some respects, book marketing can be as simple as getting your books in the right place. Books at the front of a bookstore always sell better than those at the back.
But today, this means at the front of an online store.
To get any attention at all, a book needs to be published with precise metadata, which includes categories, keywords, a short book description, ISBN and title.
Metadata is how book buyers can find your book – and then buy it.
Book Marketing Mistake No. 7.
Using 'kill' words online.
These include check out my book, buy my book, check out my blog, get my book for free, free for two days only or five-star reviews for my book.
These 'call to action' words and imperative phrases might work for dishwashing detergent, but not for books.
The mistake many new authors make is in not thinking how they themselves react to these 'kill' words. Most often, the honest answer is, negatively.
Book Marketing Mistake No. 8.
If you haven't invested any money into your book, don't expect a return on your investment.
Money spent on a great cover, good editing (or at least thorough proofreading) and online book promotion before, during and after the release is money well spent.
It does not need to be a huge investment, but you get what you pay for.
Book Marketing Mistake No. 9.
Promoting a free ebook. Why waste time and probably money on promoting something that has no possibility of making a cent in return?
The days of giving away 1,000s of free ebooks to help a book's ranking on Amazon are long gone.
On top of that, free ebooks are a great way to attract one-star troll reviewers. Why give them a chance?
Book Marketing Mistake No. 10.
Failing to use your book's themes and topics as the cornerstones for attracting interest.
Telling the world that you book is a crime thriller is of no real interest. But if its theme is about mafia gangs in Naples in the 19th century, this may well be of interest to some readers.
Follow blogs related to the theme of your book, comment, interact and inform people of your knowledge and build an audience, but leave any mention of your book aside.
If you interest people they will discover your book, and discovery is by far the most powerful bookselling tool in your marketing cabinet. Use it.
Free Bonus Book Marketing Mistake.
Not having a second book underway or almost ready.
Relying on one book will rarely bring in a lot of royalties. Writing a second book will help, as will a third.
Most importantly, the lessons learned from a debut book can be invaluable in not making the same mistakes again.
Writing and self-publishing is a steep learning curve and only those who persevere and are willing to learn, succeed.
An Extra Free Bonus Book Marketing Mistake.
Not reading advice articles such as this.
There is no shortage of sound advice available on the Internet for new and not so new self-published authors.
Use other people's experience to help you understand how to give your book its best chance of success.
Keeping up to date on news in the industry, changes, which are constant, and trends in online publishing all help in making better decisions.
I know how bad the consequences of these mistakes can really be because I have made absolutely all of them over the years.
Take a shortcut on gaining experience the hard way, and try not to make my mistakes all over again.


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This Saturday from the Rogers Centre in Vancouver British Columbia UFC 174 starts their pay-per-view portion of the card with an up and coming Canadian as Ryan Jimmo takes on Ovince St. Preux in a light heavyweight tilt.
The UFC Oddsmakers don't like the Canadian's chances as he's currently a +120 underdog against the St. Preux. St. Preux is listed as a -150 favorite; bettors will need to risk $150 for every $100 they want to win.
UFC Betting Odds
Ryan Jimmo +120
Ovince St. Preux -150
St. Preux is undefeated so far in 3 UFC fights. He went 6-1 during his time in Strikeforce. He's looked impressive in his last couple of fights as his opponents never made it out of the first round; he KO'd Cody Donovan and choked out Nikita Krylov before the first buzzer sounded.
St. Preux has solid kickboxing and he'll look to push the pace against the entertaining Canadian. Jimmo has only lost three times in his career but two come via the knockout.
Jimmo isn't afraid to stand and bang with his opponents, he owns a black belt in karate. He'll need to emphasize his kicks to slow down the more athletic St. Preux. He has fires big powerful shots and he's always one shot away from finishing a fight as we saw in his 7 second KO of Anthony Perosh and first round KO in his last fight against Sean O'Connell.
St. Preux has beaten most the fighters Strikeforce and the UFC have put in front of him except for Gegard Mousasi. Mousasi is the most skilled fighter he's faced and it didn't go his way. Jimmo is not Mousasi but is he better than St. Preux's other opponents.
I expect this fight to be a sleeper for fight of the night, both fighters are big strong guys who like to throw hands but if St. Preux's camp decided to put Jimmo on his back as their best chance to win, it might turn into a standup wrestling match against the cage as Jimmo has blocked 85% of his takedowns.


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I'm going to plant a flag and say that the fourth film in the "Terminator" series is not science fiction. Furthermore, that's exactly its problem.
Arguing about whether something is science fiction is probably self-defeating – but that didn't stop us from trying to do it for seven years, once a month, two hours a shot, during which time I attended the venerable Bloomington, Indiana Science Fiction Discussion Group. And if you think a political or religious argument can get heated, just put a dozen hard-core science fiction fans in a circle and ask them to define their passion. In fact, maybe SF IS a religion.
Then again: nobody in the science fiction field itself has ever proposed a definition of the genre that didn't get shrugged off or burned to the ground. When we start splitting hairs, things get slippery, and more and more works can be filed in numerous places. Hence, terms are coined, such as "hard SF" (the science is rigorous) and "soft SF" (like the so-called "soft sciences", perhaps social issues or psychology are inventive, but at the expense of cutting edge physics).
But again: there is no room in SF for "Terminator: Salvation". That's because SF is primarily a field of ideas; and "Salvation" doesn't have any – not about science, not about fiction – other than "let's keep things moving".
At least one facet of the "Terminator" series hasn't gone straight downhill: the special effects. The first film was down-and-dirty (though the night photography was nice, and makeup by Stan Winston, turning Arnold's face into half robot, worked well). The second film did its part to push the movies into the computer graphics age. The third "Terminator" we can skip.
And now this new one, with effects by ILM, is cutting edge again (if, last year, you thought "Transformers" was cutting edge). But like all technology, computer graphics are dated the instant you pay for them. Take a dispassionate second look at "T2″ some time. The morphing metal man now looks quaint. Not so when he freezes and shatters, done via a model (Stan Winston again).
But in terms of ideas, the series seems to be on a fatal slide. The first "Terminator" delighted in the intricacies of its time travel plot (maybe a bit too much; SF writer Harlan Ellison sued, successfully proving that the film ripped off an earlier story by him). "T2″, while it layered excitement upon excitement like cheese upon bacon upon salt upon oil upon French fries, was awfully short on real feeling. The third "Terminator" we can skip. But you knew that.
The new chapter works for a while, coasting on Christian Bale's murderous focus. If this is your first "T" film, that performance will seem bizarre. But consider that Bale is playing John Connor, who grew up an orphan, thinking his mother was psychotic, telling him Armageddon was coming in a year or two and human-looking killer robots would stalk him without end. Bale's choice, to bring all his intensity to the surface was one way to make sense of the character, but it's overkill and a waste of his energy. As much watched on YouTube, it also caused him to explode on set, revealing what a toll it takes on him for this to be his method of choice. Time to broaden out.
So "T4″ works best in its opening and middle acts, when there's very little dialog ("…better to close your mouth and be thought an idiot than to open it and remove all doubt"). If it had stayed lean to the end, maybe we would have given the film the benefit of the doubt. But in the third act, it all funnels down to a traditional climax smothered in nostalgia; and when "Terminator – Salvation" opens its mouth to tell you what it's about, its lack of ideas reveals it as so much less than the sum of its parts.


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The lawyers at Heygood, Orr & Pearson have filed lawsuits against Life Partners on behalf of investors who purchased life settlement investments from the company.
Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) April 22, 2013
The law firm of Heygood, Orr & Pearson is announcing the launch of its new website, Life Partners Lawsuits (http://www.lifepartnerslawsuits.com/). The site will serve as a resource for news and information about the life settlements company Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (LPHI) and its affiliates.
The Waco, Texas-based Life Partners, Inc. sells a type of investment product known as life settlements. Life settlements are life insurance policies which are sold by the insured individual to a third party for immediate cash payment that is less than the face value of the policy. When the insured individual dies, the benefit from the policy is paid to the purchaser.
The value of life settlement investments is determined in large part by the life expectancy of the insured individual: the shorter the life expectancy, the sooner the investor can expect to receive payment on their investment, and, thus, the more valuable the policy.
According to lawsuits filed against Life Partners and its executives (No. D-1-GV-12-001128, 201st Judicial District), the company hired a doctor in Nevada named Dr. Donald Cassidy who allegedly provided inaccurate life expectancy estimates on the lives of the people insured under the life settlement policies offered by Life Partners to investors. The lawsuits allege that out of 282 life settlement investments that were sold through Life Partners from 2007-2009, Dr. Cassidy underestimated the life expectancy of the insured by an average of nearly five and one half (5 1/2) years, drastically inflating the value of these policies.
The lawyers at Heygood, Orr & Pearson have filed lawsuits against Life Partners (No. 352-265287-13, 352nd Judicial District) on behalf of investors nationwide who purchased life settlement investments through the company. If you or a loved one purchased life settlements through Life Partners, you may be eligible to file a lawsuit and seek compensation. For a free legal consultation about your case and to find out if you qualify for a lawsuit, contact our attorneys by calling toll-free at 1-877-446-9001, or by sending us an email at info (at) hop-law (dot) com.
About Heygood, Orr & Pearson
The lawyers at Heygood, Orr & Pearson (http://hop-law.com/) have represented hundreds of individuals in cases involving personal injury, wrongful death, commercial litigation, and business disputes. Our attorneys have tried over 200 cases to verdict, and have achieved verdicts and settlements for our clients totaling more than $200 million, including settlements of more than $50 million in 2012 alone.
In addition to clients who purchased Life Partners life settlements, our law firm also represents clients in product and pharmaceutical liability cases involving the fentanyl pain patch; Actos bladder cancer; SSRI antidepressants; opioid painkillers such as hydrocodone, methadone and oxycodone; transvaginal mesh; Pradaxa; and table saw injuries. We also handle cases involving other areas of law, including lawsuits involving commercial disputes, contract claims, qui tam whistleblower claims, intellectual property disputes, and other business and injury claims.


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As you're probably aware by now, Japan is still recovering from a massive earthquake-tsunami disaster that hit its northern shores on March 11, 2011. Thousands—possibly tens or hundreds of thousands—are dead, injured, missing, or left homeless. Furthermore, others are in need of emergency medical attention, food and water, and other life essentials. You might be asking how you can help, and Adapt Clothing has one very stylish way!
As part of their recently released Spring Collection, Adapt has introduced the Japan Earthquake Relief Tee. It sports a bold motif of Japan's country code plus the international aid sign. When you purchase one or more, rest assured that all net proceeds go directly to the American Red Cross's efforts in northern Japan.
Tees for this worthy cause are available in either white with red-and-black or black with white-and-red interlocking symbols. Tees ship the week following the purchase and may or may not arrive simultaneously with other merchandise purchased from Adapt Clothing.


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Come check out this Sea Ray 390 Sundancer. She has plenty of room to entertain all your guests in sleek style and comfort. Large cockpit area with plenty of seating, wide helm station and spacious cabin make for a boat that is both easy to use and enjoy your time on the water.
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Fun fact of the week: Did you know that Yuri is also a girls name?
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I would like to meet him, but if I did, I think he would break my bones or something, at least hit me with a cane.


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It is 7 a.m, 56° and headed to 64°. Details for the next ten days are here. Looks like it will be fairly pleasant for Pride weekend.
Speaking of things that aren't pleasant, the New York Times has an interactive map of the places in the country that are hardest to live in. According to the map, the Bay Area isn't one of them.
MissionMission shares a delightfully pleasant passive aggressive note by past Mission Local contributor, Marta Franco.


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I just got approved for a personal uncollateralized loan (This is NOT a small business loan or a car loan) and the reason I gave them for why I was taking out the loan is completely resolved so I no longer need the money for that. However, I would still like to take out the […]
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This guitar is the latest production from my workshop. It will find its new home in the hands of a waiting-list customer in Baton Rouge, LA. It features a back and sides of Amazon rosewood and an Engelmann spruce soundboard finished with ultra-thin padded varnish. The tuners were invented by my most-admired luthier, the late John Gilbert.
Installing Frets with Epoxy: Update 2
In recent times, since I published the article Installing Frets with Epoxy, I have eliminated infra-red curing of the epoxy when installing frets with epoxy. If you've already read the article, click here to go directly to the update where you can find more details regarding this update.
Humidity Management
Humidity is an important concern both for luthiers and for guitarists who own and play valuable instruments. Both have to deal with that substance called wood, which shrinks and expands as it releases or absorbs moisture. However, the humidity management challenges for the two are quite different. Continue reading Humidity Management
Shipping a Guitar
Some guitar owners will blanch with anxiety at the very thought of shipping one of their precious, expensive guitars. There's no need for fretting, as it were, if you go about it the right way. The links below will provide guidance for this process for both guitarists and luthiers—
Installing Frets with Epoxy: Update
Since the article "Installing Frets with Epoxy" was first posted in September 2014, California luthier David Schramm has presented an alternative that dispenses with Dremel-re-cut fret slots. After pondering his idea for some time—and hearing from David that he had tried it and found that it worked well—I've concluded that his alternative has merit and deserves consideration. In fact, I plan to try it myself on my next guitar. (Click here to go directly to my article update.)
Installing Frets with Epoxy
In 1989 when I built my first of seven guitars for Bill Kanengiser, I got myself into a pickle. Bill found the original frets were too low. When I removed those frets to install higher replacements, I somehow managed to get the slots bollixed up; they ended up too wide for any frets. What now? Continue reading Installing Frets with Epoxy


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Just ran across a list on VirtualTourist.com of the Top 10 Mispronounced Places. No. 8 is Coxsackie, N.Y., where I lived for seven years when I was a child.
Oh, how we cringed at some of the attempted pronunciations of that particular hometown. But perhaps we did not cringe as deeply as the English speakers who live in Phuket, Thailand …
For the record, anyway, it's (Cook-SOCK-ee). And because I now live in Connecticut, I need to point out that the the second c is silent, (Konn-ETT-ih-kut or Kon-ETT-ih-ket). The second ending is preferred only when rhyming it with etiquette in a limerick, to whit:
Speaking of mispronounced names,
Ignoring what Britain proclaims
Here in Connecticut
By regional etiquette
Our river is known as the THAMES


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November Holiday Toy Drive
by admin / Monday, 14 November 2016 / Published in Blog, Front Page 1
On Nov. 26th at 8PM the Zodiac will be holding a Holiday Toy Drive w/Live music! Come by and help fill our box with new unwrapped toys for our community's children while enjoying Live performances by The Mostly Don'ts, MILOGIC, Cheap Perfume, Mad Trees W/ Charlie Milo, and Kevin Mitchell & Lord Damage. This event is hosted by Gary Vanderpool and J-Dup of the Weed Pimps. It will be a great night of fun and doing good for our community's children. Your generous gifts will brighten the Christmas season for many children who are in need. It's a win-win event created just for YOU. Entrance fee is $5 or free with your donation of a new unwrapped toy for the children. Doors open at 8 PM and the show starts at 9 PM sharp.


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Honor Found In Decay
December 2012
Released: 2012, Neurot Recordings
Rating: 4.0/5
Reviewer: Peter Atkinson
Few bands deal in doom as forcefully or convincingly as Bay Area stalwarts Neurosis. The sextet's seismic, shuddering drone is the sound of slow death, a sonic mudslide that swallows all. And yet it's so much more. The turbulent often tribal rhythmic undercurrents; the ambient, industrial and psychedelic atmospherics; and the raw, primal power and sheer majesty set a standard that most stoner/doom/sludge/shoe-gaze metal acts who have followed in their wake can only aspire to.
Honor In Decay, the band's 10th album in a 27-year career that began in the hardcore underground, is another landmark. Sprawling, dense and once again hewn rough by minimalist producer Steve Albini, Honor continues in the more organic, less experimental direction of 2007's Given To The Rising and most definitely brings the thunder – guitarists/vocalists Steve Kelly and Scott Von Till seem content now to save most of their acoustic/folk leanings for their solo work – even if it does so at an achingly deliberate pace.
"My Heart for Deliverance" is a 12-minute elephantine dirge, driven by a lumbering, looping, rather massive main riff that follows the equally expansive "At the Well." The centerpiece "Bleeding the Pigs," however, concludes with an almost startling burst of shrill guitar and roiling drums that come seemingly out of nowhere and provide some of Honor's most emphatic moments. And though this relative sense of urgency merely provides a bridge of sorts into the funereal "Casting of the Ages," it re-emerges on "All Is Found … In Time" which is punctuated by belligerent fits and starts.
The more melancholy "Raise the Dawn" brings things to a somewhat surprisingly somber, quiet close. Instead of building to an anticipated – if not obligatory - crescendo, Neurosis turn a 180 and ease "Dawn," and the album, out with keyboardist Noah Landis re-creating pan flute/Andean pipe strains. It's oddly soothing after all of the dread that came before it.
But no one could ever accuse Neurosis of being predictable. And by continuing to evolve and expand with Honor In Decay, the band have again made a statement and reset the bar for what ominous should sound like.
Track Listing
1. We All Rage in Gold
Scott Kelly: vocals/guitars
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Honor Found In Decay
February 2013
Released: 2012, Neurot Recordings
Rating: 5.0/5
Reviewer: Metal-Rules.com UK Team
With a career that spans almost 30 years, Neurosis are one of the true giants of the doom metal movement – and a band with a reputation for doing things exactly how they want them to be done, not least in the founding of their own bespoke record label, Neurot, a little over a decade ago, for which this is their third full-length studio album (and their tenth in total).
It's been five years since the band's last platter, the awesome 'Given To The Rising', but it has been well worth the wait, as 'Honor Found In Decay' is another masterwork – and an epic one at that, with its seven tracks spanning slightly more than an hour. It's another demonstration of how Neurosis use the darkness to fill the spaces of your soul into which their music slowly seeps…
Opener 'We All Rage In Gold' opens in characteristically undr-stated style, building its wall of noise slowly and with the anticipation that comes right before that moment you inevitably plough into the back of the juggernaut in front of you, knowing that your brakes had failed just seconds earlier, while 'At The Well' and 'My Heart For Deliverance' are both dark and morose yet hypnotically entrancing; 'Bleeding The Pigs' is dankly ambient, contrasting sparse, atmospheric electronica with mind-blowingly crushing riffs, and 'Casting Of The Ages' is cavernous in its brooding depth.
'All is Found… In Time' initially references the band's punk roots, with its opening drum salvo by far the fastest few moments on the opus, before kicking into a classic downtuned bass riff, which again is mesmerising in its effectiveness, especially when coupled with the downright evil-sounding main vocal; closer 'Raise The Dawn' is the antithesis of its title: another slice of epic (despite being the shortest track on the album, at just shy of six minutes) brutality, it's the perfect ending to a nigh on perfect slice of classic doom metal.
This album is a must!
Review by Mark Ashby
Track Listing
1. We All Rage In Gold
Scott Kelly – guitars/vocals
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