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Part 1 of VH-1's "100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs" premieres tonight at 10 PM, and parts 2-5 will air each night this week, all right in time for October 6th's VH-1 "Hip Hop Honors 2008." Yours truly is a talking head weighing in on the picks – I'm definitely on Wednesday night's segment so if you get a chance please check it out!
I filmed this show back in April and on the way out of the studio I ran into Erick Sermon, who is way more attractive in person than I expected. Seriously, he made me want to step my game up bigtime to catch me a grown old head with some of those early hip-hop money stacks. Anyway, I figured my footage would end up on the cutting room floor considering hip-hop heavyweights like him were also being asked to participate in the show, so I feel very fortunate to be included at all! I also got to introduce this "New School Hip-Hop" video playlist – do I look and sound anything like you imagined?
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November 2016 - Norwegian Epic to Caribbean
Way too many people for the crew to handle. Embarkation and disembarkation was a disaster. Way too long for both. I followed the line off the ship down to customs and out the door without my luggage. No signs indicating where to go for luggage. Had to find a porter to get me back inside to find the suitcases, then had to go through customs again. More paperwork. It took 2 hours from time we left the cabin until we reached our car. They charge for entertainment. $29 for regular seating and $39 for premium seating. I have never had to pay to be entertained. The ports of call were nice. It rained in St. Thomas which curtailed activities.

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Relationship Of Application Developers And iPhone Applicatio
Nowadays, technology is growing so fast that new and new applications and devices are coming out every time, and this could be seen in mobile phone technology. Smart phones are so popular that lots of people have them. These devices can be bought everywhere, from local phone shops to stores over the internet. Although, there are a lot of smart phones sold in the market today, there's only one name that stood above all. It is the iconic iPhone. This special phone is thanks to Apple. The great iPhone is full of great and special features, like high internet connectivity as well as great multimedia applications. iphone app development, ipad app development, iphone app developers london
iPhone is much distinct from any other smart phone. In the smartphone industry, the name iPhone is always mentioned. This renowned phone is why mobile phone industry today can reach this level, with regards to technology and competitiveness. The demand of iPhone also increases every time. The need for iPhone is high and keeps rising because it has numerous uses and applications, thanks to its distinctive features. These applications are the reason why iPhone app development is popular today.
Application Development's Famous Categories
In app development, the applications for iPhone are created according to what category. These categories would depend on the demand of iPhone users. Today, the most well-known and most used type of applications are those related to gaming, entertainment, social networking and the internet. Businessmen would look up for applications linked to business and finances, productivity and banking. If you ask what category of applications travellers use, most of them would be related to outdoors, travelling and even the weather and climate. Shopping, education, utility applications and many more, are also some of the categories in app development.
Application Knowledge of These Developers
It is true that most applications today are from Apple industries, but you can find others that do not. Some app developers aren't even related to Apple industries at all. There's a thing that is common in each and every app developer. This common trait app developers have is all about the knowledge on how to make applications. Because of this knowledge they have, they are able to create eye-popping applications. When in regards to what application is demanded by people, they also have a knowledge about it. This is the way these developers are able to create applications according to demand.
iPhone Application Cistomization
Some applications developers do not work on iPhone applications development. Other expert application developers choose application customization as their trade. Unsatisfied iPhone users would look for this person in an effort to get what he or she wants. These applications developer can customize and transform an existing application to a more dynamic one. They can transform complex applications to user-friendly ones.
Doing The Right Job
If one hires a developer, they would always cooperate with what a client wants. They would complete a project depending on what the client wants. For instance, if a client orders a personalized application, then the developer would personalized it. The developer would do the same task if required by the client.
Prodigies, that is what many smartphone users would say when it comes to app developer. Without iPhone and Android app development experts, smart phones would surely be a dull existence.


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Every new year, our family has one more reason to celebrate.
That one reason is the birth of my husband.
Yes, he was born a few minutes past midnight while the whole world was rejoicing.
He told me how his mother nearly died giving birth.
The doctors and nurses were in a celebratory mood that time and who can blame them, after all it's a brand new year. Which may be the reason why they left something in his mom's tummy after stitching her up. She bled and bled and when they opened her wounds they found a foreign object left behind.
So scary, right?
Anyway, let's greet my hubby a very happy birthday! He might be in denial that he's already 33 but in my eyes he'll always be 25. LOL! We love you, Dad!


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JPMorgan Asks Judge to Keep Draft U.S. Fraud Suit Secret
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) had a hearing behind closed doors with a Pennsylvania judge in its bid to keep secret a draft of a government lawsuit related to its $13 billion settlement with the U.S. as well as the identity of an employee who cooperated in a federal probe.
The company is fighting an Oct. 17 order by Judge Stanton Wettick in Pittsburgh that it release the document and the employee's name to lawyers for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, who say the material may provide a more detailed account of the U.S. Justice Department probe of JPMorgan that could be used in their lawsuit against the New York-based bank.
"FHLB has not set forth any facts supporting why it needs the draft DOJ complaint or what admissible evidence it might glean from the allegations of a complaint," Deborah Little, a lawyer for JPMorgan, said in a court filing. "FHLB has not demonstrated any nexus between the DOJ's investigation and the subject matter of this case."
Prior to the start of a hearing today, Wettick closed the courtroom to the public. Lawyers on both sides declined to comment after the hearing.
The FHLB lost $2.3 billion on mortgage-backed securities it purchased from JPMorgan. The losses aren't covered by the record U.S. settlement resolving allegations that the bank misled buyers about the soundness and risks of the investments.
JPMorgan, the biggest U.S. lender by assets, is paying the record settlement to resolve Justice Department probes into the bank's sale of mortgage bonds that officials said helped feed the financial chaos of 2008.
FHLB's Case
The conduct and deals at issue in the settlement are the same ones at the heart of the FHLB's case, David Beehler, an attorney for the Pittsburgh bank, said in court filings.
JPMorgan acknowledged the settlement's statement of facts without admitting violations of law, Chief Financial Officer Marianne Lake said on a Nov. 19 conference call. In the statement, the official narrative of events leading to the infractions, the bank acknowledged that from 2005 to 2007 its subsidiaries securitized subprime and Alt-A mortgages loans and sold the resulting mortgaged-backed securities to investors while failing to disclose that the loans didn't meet underwriting standards.
The statement doesn't refer to specific employees, documents or events. It also doesn't provide any details about the loan programs or vendors.
The Pittsburgh bank is suing JPMorgan and credit rating companies including Moody's Investors Service over mortgage-backed securities it bought in 2006 and 2007.
Draft Complaint
FHLB attorneys persuaded Wettick in October to order JPMorgan to turn over the draft civil fraud complaint prepared by U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner in Sacramento, California. The lawsuit alleged violations of the Financial Institution Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, known as FIRREA, according to court filings in the case.
The law allows the government to sue an individual or group, rather than charge them with a crime, for fraud that affects a federally insured financial institution.
FHLB agreed to give the bank until Nov. 22 to provide the document at the request of Justice Department lawyers who said the agency was close to a settlement, according to court filings.
The accord was announced Nov. 19, and three days later JPMorgan attorneys notified the FHLB that it would seek to block Wettick's order, according to the filings.
'Fraudulent Conduct'
"Given JPMorgan's apparent deep desire to prevent it from ever seeing the light of day, it would not be at all surprising if the draft complaint is a much more detailed account of JPMorgan's fraudulent conduct, and as such, far more enlightening than the statement of facts," according to the filing.
JPMorgan said the draft complaint was provided to it by the Justice Department as a "confidential settlement communication" and it agreed to use it solely for the purpose of settlement negotiations, according to a court filing. Allowing the document to be turned over to the FHLB would violate state and federal law and "chill the use of such materials in future settlement negotiations," JPMorgan said.
Moody's Case
In its case against Moody's, the Pittsburgh bank is seeking to question Jerome Fons, a former executive of the ratings company who criticized credit graders to U.S. lawmakers in 2009.
Lawyers for the FHLB have asked Wettick to allow them to question Fons on his testimony in a case against Morgan Stanley (MS) and other banks in federal court in Manhattan. That testimony, under seal after the case was voluntarily dismissed, was given to plaintiff lawyers in Pittsburgh. Moody's argued in court papers filed Nov. 20 that a deposition of Fons would "provide no evidence relevant to this action and will only place undue burden on Moody's."
Fons "has no firsthand knowledge of any Moody's structured finance analyst ever allowing market share pressure to impact a particular rating," lawyers for Moody's said, citing sections of the sealed testimony transcript.
House Committee
Fons told the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in October 2008 that originators of structured securities typically chose the agency with the lowest standards, "engendering a race to the bottom in terms of rating quality."
The plaintiffs allege Moody's and other rating companies assigned the highest possible ratings to mortgage-loan pools so they could be sold to institutional investors all the while knowing the certificates were actually junk bonds, according to court papers.
Fons, formerly a Moody's managing director for credit, left the firm in August 2007. Until his departure, he helped set criteria for how the firm rated the debt of corporations, financial institutions and countries.
"The truth is that the rating agencies did not have sufficient and reliable information to place a triple-A rating on the securities," the Pittsburgh bank said in court papers. "The rating agencies and other defendants knew they were feeding false information into their predictive models and that those models could not predict the losses on the loans in the mortgage pools."
The case is Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh v. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, GD09-016892, Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh).
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Please see below for the wineries that exhibited at this year's festival!
Berberana, founded in Rioja Alta in 1877 by Miguel Berberana is one of the most famous houses in Spain. Its modern winery in Cenicero has over 50,000 barrels in its ageing facilities, producing wine of the highest standard. The founder's aim remains true for all the wines today: to consistently deliver the finest quality at an affordable price and to deliver the latest in innovation and technology.
Bodegas Beronia
Nestled in the foothills of Mendiguerra in the heart of Rioja Alta, Beronia is known for its range of classic and single varietal Riojas, all made with the greatest of respect for the environment. Winemaker Matias Calleja creates a highly distinctive style of Rioja, characterised by intensely fresh fruit and softly integrated oak.
Bodegas Consejo de la Alta S.A
Consejo de la Alta, brainchild of a group of wine-loving friends, began in 1990. A warm and welcoming winery, the winemakers strive to produce wines with complex aromas, colour and body, while retaining the traditional finesse of Rioja.
Bodegas Faustino
Based in the Alavesa region of Rioja, Grupo Faustino has been family owned and run since 1861 and represents four generations of winemaking. It remains one of the oldest family owned Spanish still wine groups. Faustino exports to 79 countries across the globe and is the number one exporter worldwide of Gran Reserva Rioja.
Bodegas Federico Paternina
Founded by Federico Paternina in 1896, this Rioja bodega is based in Haro, the epicentre of Rioja, and combines the very best of the modern and the traditional. Well-equipped cellars incorporate some of the latest technology along with tried and tested practices, while the vast barrel ageing cellar has been described as a 'cathedral of wine' and contains nearly 50,000 barrels of gently ageing wine.
Bodegas Las Orcas
Bodegas Las Orcas is located in the town of Laguardia, in the Rioja Alavesa region. It is a family-run project, started in the early 90s by the descendants of the founders of the CVNE winery and is now owned by Rai and his wife Cristina. The focus, as Rai describes, is on making wine with soul, which expresses the character of each vintage and the magnificent terroirwhere the vines are planted.
Bodegas Muriel
Bodegas Muriel was founded in 1926 by Mr. José Murúa in Elciego, Rioja Alavesa, northern Spain. His son Julián Murúa took on the family business in 1986 and nowadays it is the job of the third generation to run the winery.
Bodegas Perica
Bodegas Perica is a family winery that has its origins in 1912 when Don Juan García started out by selling wine to the locals and bordering towns. He attributed the winery's success to his son Don David García (nicknamed Perica), who is named after and inherited the project.
Bodegas Ramón Bilbao
Established in 1924 by Ramon Bilbao Murga, this modern winery is situated in Haro in Rioja Alta, on the banks of the River Ebro. The Bodegas owns some 75 hectares of vineyards and winemaker Santos Calahorra makes wine with a modern style which has earned the winery many accolades and awards.
Bodegas Riojanas
Bodegas Riojanas was founded in 1890 by two families and was born out of passion and tradition for wine making. With over a century of winemaking tradition, Bodegas Riojanas controls more than 300 hectares of the best vineyards in Cenicero, San Vicente de la Sonsierra and nearby towns and villages. Whilst Rioja's quintessential grape variety is Tempranillo, Bodegas Riojanas also owns one of the largest surface areas dedicated to Mazuelo and Graciano in the wine region.
Bodegas Tarón
Bodegas Tarón was born as a result of four small villages in Rioja Alta pooling their vineyards and their knowledge, accumulated over generations dedicated to farming and winemaking to launch an exciting project in the world of wine.
Bodegas Valdemar
Being the first to make a cask fermented white wine, rediscovering the bleeding method for making rosé and producing single-variety wines such as Maturana and Tempranillo Blanco are just a few of the small parts of history which make Bodegas Valdemar. Its wines are synonymous with quality, tradition and a deep love of wine.
Campo Viejo
For over 50 years, Campo Viejo has been crafted in the heart of Rioja at Bodegas Campo Viejo, one of Europe's leading wineries. Its dedication to winemaking, combined with advanced technology, has allowed the team to create modern twists on traditional methods to create approachable and progressive styles of Rioja.
Castillo Clavijo
The Castle of Clavijo is located in the heart of the Rioja region, just 6km away from the Castillo Clavijo winery. A crossroad of valleys, rivers and mountains where the Continental, Mediterranean and Atlantic climates meet, this is a unique landscape that is ideal for growing grapes. It is a landscape full of diversity, where Rioja's indigenous varieties, led by the delicate Tempranillo, find the most suitable terroir for growing.
Compañia Vinicola del Norte de España (CVNE) was established in 1879 by two brothers, Eusebio and Raimundo Real de Asúa. Five generations on, CVNE is still in family hands. CVNE has three wineries in Rioja; Cune in Haro, and Viña Real and Contino both located near Logroño. Cune is the modern expression of traditional winemaking from Rioja Alta, and its Monopole range comprises vibrant, youthful Riojas reflecting a modern, fresh style of wine. Imperial was created by Cune in the 1920s with the aim of producing only top quality Reserva and Gran Reserva wines from the very best vintages.
Domeco de Jarauta
The Domeco de Jarauta family has been involved in wine since the late 19th century but the modern day story began in 1995 when Jose Vincent Domeco de Jarauta built a modern winery and began to commercialise his own wines. In 2005, he created the winery, Domeco de Jarauta with his son (also Jose Vincent) joining as head wine-maker.
El Coto de Rioja
El Coto de Rioja dates back to 1970 and its establishment signified a new style of Rioja, removed from the more traditional patterns. The winery aims to maintain a good price/quality ratio across all its products, including its world-renowned Crianza.
Faustino Rivero Ulecia
Since the founder – Olegario – began his adventure in the late nineteenth century, the Rivero family has always been linked to the cultivation, processing and ageing of wines in the region of Amedo.
Today, the fourth and fifth generations of the Rivero family continue at the head of the winery, personally directing all of its operations. Its family structure has evolved into a modern, professional company able to meet the needs of the most demanding markets, present on five continents.
Finca Egomei
Owed by the Beltrán family, Finca Egomei is an estate of 30 hectares of Tempranillo and Graciano vineyards. The team pays a lot of attention to the vineyards, as it believes that you cannot make a good wine if you do not have good grapes. The treatment and care of the vineyards is made with the objective of getting grapes of high quality with the average yield per hectare being just 4,000kg.
Finca Nueva
Founded in 2004, Finca Nueva is located in Briones, Rioja Alta. The winery produces two different ranges of wines: the fresh wines such as Finca Nueva Tempranillo and the oak-aged wines such as Finca Nueva Barrel Fermented. Miguel Angel De Gregorio, the winemaker and owner is also winemaker and owner of Finca Allende.
Gran Familia
Rioja Gran Familia comes from Bodegas Castillo de Fuenmayor, located near Briones at the heart of Rioja Alta. This winery belongs to a family with one of the longest traditions in Rioja winemaking and the winemaker has access to some of the finest wines in Rioja.
Hacienda El Ternero
El Ternero is a 250 hectare enclave of Castille in Rioja Alta. Its medieval origins date back to 1077. Sheltered by the mountains, among olive trees and forests is a group of buildings that were formerly used as a monastery, military headquarters, school, hospital for pilgrims on the 'St. Jaques Way' and chapel, which remains open today to shelter the saint, La Virgen de La Pera, also the name of the winery's young red wine.
Laithwaite's Wines (Gómez Cruzado, Bodegas Larchargo, Bodegas Muriel)
Tony Laithwaite started out in 1969 with a small van bringing wines of authenticity and character directly to customers in the UK. Today Laithwaite's delivers wine to over 700,000 customers and represents a number of Rioja wineries, including Gómez Cruzado, Bodegas Larchargo, Bodegas Muriel.
La Rioja Alta S.A.
On July 10, 1890, five Basque and Rioja-based vine growers created "Sociedad Vinicola De La Rioja Alta" in Haro. This was the beginning of a fascinating business venture in which the only dream of the five founders was to craft and age high quality wines. The European spirit which is so popular today was present in La Rioja and in the winery from the very beginning. Mr Vigier, a French expert, was hired as technical manager and the team was soon familiar with what is now known as "classic" vinification. The company changed its name to "La Rioja Alta" in 1891.
Leza García
Leza García is a third generation family wine cellar, where the team takes great personal care in carrying out each and every one of the processes in the lifecycle of the wine. The family members cultivate their own vineyards, situated in the Najerilla river Valley, in the heart of the Rioja Alta region. Their motto is "sustainable quality at all costs over volume" and they use grapes only produced and cultivated by the small and highly experienced family team.
Manzanos Wines
Five generations of winemaking knowledge have been passed down through the Fernández de Manzanos family to create a twenty-first century winery. Finca Manzanos owns 210 hectares of its own vineyards, and produces Rioja wines under the brands Finca Manzanos, Viña Marichalar, Viña Berri, Marqués de Butrago, De Alto Amo, Más de Víctor, Voché, and V.
Marqués de Cáceres
Bodegas Marqués de Cáceres was founded in 1970 by Enrique Forner, a prime mover in bringing Rioja into the modern world, bringing with him expertise acquired in Bordeaux's Haut-Médoc region. The winery is known for a range of wines which show rich concentration and intense fruit and aromas, and will be showing a range of reds, whites, and rosés at Rioja Tapas Fantasticas.
Marqués de la Concordia
Marqués de la Concordia wines are the result of the blend of New World innovation and technology in winemaking and the best traditions, terroir and know-how in Spain. Marqués de la Concordia delivers a New World Style wine that is bold and fruit driven using only the finest grapes.
Marqués de Reinosa
The bodega was established in Autol in Rioja Baja in the late 19th Century by Don Joaquin Garralda Oñate, the Marquis of Reinosa. The red wines sold under the Reinosa label are 100% Tempranillo and the winery also produces a modern white, made from 100% Viura with no oak influence and a rosado made from Garnacha.
Marqués de Terán
The Bodega is located on a hill in the highest part of the town. It is a real balcony with views of the Ebro Valley and the Sierra de Cantabria, the Sierra of La Demanda and Ollauri and its vineyards. Its structure perfectly integrates with the landscape, following the traditional construction of the vineyard'sarea that presides over the high part of Ollauri, a mound whose slopes have traditionally been used to excavate its characteristic depths.
Marqués de Vargas
Grupo Vinícola Marqués de Vargas S.L. is a business venture that began in 1989 with the creation of the prestigious winery Bodega Marqués de Vargas in Rioja. The group's wines stand out for their superb balance of traditional values and the most advanced technological artistry of modern oenology.
Bodegas Muga is a family owned winery characterised by traditional production methods such as the use of fresh egg whites to fine red wines, as well as using gravity to rack wines every four months. The whole production process, from fermentation to storage and ageing takes place in wooden casks. The vineyards span 135 hectares and are located in the Rioja Alta region.
Bodegas Navajas is a family owned winery based in the small village of Navarrete, Rioja Alta. Since its inception in 1918, generation after generation has tried to be faithful to the principle of "making quality wines". The modern facilities include three ageing cellars for 10,000 barrels, and a bottle ageing cellar for 200,000 bottles, both of which are equipped with the latest technology for the treatment and care of the wines.
Real Rubio
These days, Real Rubio has over 100 hectares of planted vines with a range of grape varieties and ages amongst them. The vineyards are home to most of the official varieties of the DOCa Rioja: Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano, Viura, Verdejo and also house 60 year-old vines alongside others which are less than a decade old. This diversity, managed using novel, environmentally respectful growing practices which seek to extract the best qualities from each parcel, provides Real Rubio with excellent raw materials for making wine.
Rioja Vega
Founded in 1882, Rioja Vega even predates the official creation of the Denominación de Origen as a guarantee of quality. With a winemaking tradition dating as far back as the origins of wine culture in this region, the philosophy of Rioja Vega is to preserve the characteristic flavours of high-quality grapes from old vineyards to their cellars to the glass. After over 130 years, the history and heritage of the winery is notable in the wines.
Solar Viejo
Founded in 1937, located in the northern, Alavesa area of the famed Rioja region, Solar Viejo winery and vineyards have benefited fully from the Freixenet Group's substantial investment and expertise since 2004. Lifelong collaboration has nurtured a close, successful working relationship with local vine-growers.
Viña Pomal
Viña Pomal is one of the oldest estates in Rioja and was one of the first registered bottlers in the region. Comprising a range of premium Tempranillo-based wines, Viña Pomal is a quality reference point for classic Reserva wines in Rioja Alta.
Created by the Vivanco family in the heart of Briones is this new and modern winery; a flagship of oenological innovation for the production of high quality wines. The winemaking philosophy is to maximise the natural and unique character of the different categories and varieties of the wines. The result is a modern and daring range of wines with abundant character that reflect the entrepreneurial and innovative spirit of Bodegas Dinastía Vivanco.
Depending on the ageing process, Rioja wine can be put into one of four categories:
Young wines: Wines in their first or second year, which keep their primary freshness and fruitiness.
Crianza wines: Wines which are at least in their third year, having spent a minimum of one year in casks. For white wines, the minimum cask ageing period is 6 months.
Reserva wines: Selected wines of the best vintages with an excellent potential that have been aged for a minimum of 3 years, with at least one year in casks. For white wines, the minimum ageing period is 2 years, with at least 6 months in casks.
Gran Reserva wines: Selected wines from exceptional vintages which have spent at least 2 years in oak casks and 3 years in the bottle. For white wines, the minimum ageing period is 4 years, with at least one year in casks.


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If there is a format you use frequently in your work, but that is not offered in Word's collection of preset templates, you can easily create a template using your own formatting and setting selections. The new template can then be saved with Word's other templates, and accessed each time you want to use the custom format (refer to Creating New Templates).
From the File menu, select Project Gallery...
The Project Gallery dialog box appears.
Select the New tab
From the Groups list, select the desired category
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Select the desired template
Click OPEN
The template is applied to the layout and format of the new document.
From the Where pull-down list, select the desired save location
HINT: Your personal home directory is generally your username$.
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WARNING: If you modify the file, the original template will be permanently changed.
Open the desired .dot file
Modify the template by adding the text, graphics, and formatting you want to use in every document created with the altered template
From the File menu, select Save
The template is saved with your changes applied.
Click OPEN
Modify the template by adding the text, graphics, and formatting you want in every document created with the altered template
From the File menu, select Save As...
The Save As dialog box appears.
In the Save As text box, type the desired filename
From the Format pull-down list, select Document Template
From the Where pull-down list, select the directory where the template will be saved
Click SAVE
If there is a format you use frequently in your work, but that is not offered in Word's collection of preset templates, you can easily create a new template using your own format and settings.
Create a file that contains the elements and settings that you want included in the template
From the File menu, select Save As...
The Save As dialog box appears.
In the Save As text box, type the desired filename
From the Format pull-down list, select Document Template
Click SAVE
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When I open wordpress.com, the screen appears as 'reader' and all the blog posts are diminished in size and centered in the middle of the screen and the text is too small to read. The same holds true if I click on 'my blogs' or 'stats'. Only if I pick a blog to read does it then open up in full screen. Wasn't always like that. Suspect I have altered something along the way that caused this. Any help appreciated.
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Last Friday the IIDA (International Interior Designers Association) held it's Lavish In The City event here at the new New Life Hardwoods event venue in the Dallas Design District at 915 Slocum st.
The event was a smashing success. Designers had two weeks to prepare vignettes using donated and refurbished items. The vignettes themselves being planned around trend setting cities around the world.
All items were available for auction and the benefactors of part of the nights auction were Dwell with Dignity, a non-profit that through it's many volunteers, fund raisers and auctions helps families to escape poverty.
Here's a few shots of the evening. Enjoy.
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When it comes to Valentine's Day, chocolate seems to top the most popular list – at least it does in my house. This little chocolate cake is a great example of how simple, quick and easy can also be both elegant and special without being complicated. In a half hour from start to finish this can be your Valentine's Day dessert.
Last year I scored this Kaiser heart-shaped baking pan after the holiday for less than a bag of chocolate chips. I almost forgot about it until the pan literally fell out of a big pot while I was looking for something else. Storage becomes pretty creative when one's kitchen is the size of a postage stamp.
I've seen similar (disposable) heart-shaped pans at Safeway, or others on Amazon or Target that seem reasonably priced. But they'll be even more reasonably priced after the holiday.
This recipe makes two small (7 inch) heart-shaped cakes or one 8×8. Top the cake with a white chocolate drizzle or even just powdered sugar. It would taste great with fresh berries if you can find some that are reasonable.
If the recipe looks familiar, it is the same one I used for the base of the Rocky Road Cupcake bites. A great chocolate cake recipe should get some use, I say. Especially this time of year when chocolate everything rules, it should get lots of mileage.
If you find yourself in a last-minute pinch to create a Valentine dessert, this will have you covered. Just make sure to serve up a generous slice on a pretty plate, alongside some pretty berries and whipped topping and it'll look like you worked for days to make this.
Guess what I'm baking?
|Chocolate Valentine Cake
- 130 grams AP GF flour (1 cup)
- 60 grams unsweetened cocoa, sifted (heaping ½ cup)
- 150 grams granulated sugar (3/4 cup)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 96 grams shortening (Spectrum Organic Solid) (8 tablespoons)
- 2 extra-large eggs
- 150 grams brewed coffee (decaf is fine) (scant ⅔ cup)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 113 grams white bar chocolate (4 oz. bar - not chips)
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease two small heart tins or one 8x8 cake pan with nonstick spray.
- Whisk together flour, cocoa, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Add shortening, eggs, coffee, and vanilla to bowl. Using an electric mixer blend everything together until batter is light, fluffy and well combined.
- Divide batter evenly if using two small heart pans or pour all the batter into the 8x8 pan. Rap pan on the counter to even out the batter.
- Bake 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out without crumbs. Let cake(s) cool for 5 minutes in the pan and then remove to a rack to cool completely.
- In a double boiler melt chocolate. Let cool until bowl is not hot to the touch. Either drizzle on cake with a fork or pipe chocolate onto cake. Let chocolate set about 15 minutes before serving.


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Frozen Chocolate-Covered Bananas
Some days, in between meals, I am in desperate need of a little snack before I run off to my next class. I've found that bananas are a college student's best friend when in a hurry. They give you energy (potassium!), they are mess-free, and you can eat them with as little as 3 (humongous) bites.
Unfortunately, bananas are not the most interesting fruit. They can get boring. To mix it up, sometimes I add some excitement by eating bananas with peanut butter. One day, I got the idea of a fancier banana that brings this fruit to a whole new level…frozen-chocolate covered bananas! I thought it would be a simple, easy-to-make treat since all it took were 3 ingredients…
But of course, there were problems.
Problem 1: I did not have any popsicle sticks for the bananas. I didn't even know where I could buy popsicle sticks around campus! So, I used spare wooden chopsticks that we use for sushi!
Problem 2: The slow-cooker crockpot I brought from home that I was going to use as a chocolate melter wasn't working. I took a chance with the microwave but was skeptical since I've never successfully melted chocolate with a microwave. This time I microwaved the chocolate chips with 20 second intervals and stirred in between with a chopstick and it worked out nicely!
Problem 3: I thought it would be difficult to dip the bananas in a bowl so I heated the chocolate up in a mug for easier dipping!
And the best part of this yummy snack? They're covered with chopped almonds! I was SO delighted when I found out the school grocery store (which has been re-done over the summer to look like a miniature version of Whole Foods) has unsalted mixed nuts. Over the summer, I had become heavily dependent on Costco's deluxe unsalted mixed nuts for snacking and felt devastated that I wouldn't have them at school. I immediately bought a whole bag of nuts as soon as I found out we had them!
makes 4
2 bananas
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup almonds (or other nuts), crushed
4 popsicle sticks (or wooden chopsticks)
Peel bananas completely and cut in half.
Put a popsicle stick through each banana half. Freeze for 1-2 hours.
Melt chocolate using a chocolate-melter. If using a microwave, microwave for 15-20 second intervals, and stir chocolate in between so you don't overheat it. For convenience, heat it up in a cup or mug.
Take bananas out of freezer and dip in the chocolate and then the crushed nuts. Make sure to cover with nuts immediately after dipping because the chocolate freezes quickly.
Place bananas back in freezer for 1 hour and then enjoy!


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Tom Selleck gives the boldest performance of his career in this revisionist western with the panoramic scope of a movie epic. Fierce gunfights, forbidding landscapes, breakneck chases are reinvented in this hard-pounding action film set in the Australian outback when American sharpshooter Matthew Quigley thinks he's been hired to kill off wild dogs only to discover that his mission is murder.
Rated PG-13, this 1990 favorite runs approximately two hours. For more information call (802) 348-7488.


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By DAVID NELSON, INSIDE BELLTOWN
Equity apartment buildings in Belltown, Lower Queen Anne and Downtown Seattle are having a contest to raise money for the Seattle Founders Day Festival.
Equity residents, and the public, can donate money on behalf of the following apartment buildings until July 30th:
Thanks in advance to all who donate.
This is the third event Belltown event to help raise funds for the Seattle Founders Day Festival. The first event was the "cash mob," then came the Belltown Chili Cook-Off.
Founders Day will be on Aug 11th and 12th. Sponsors and vendors are still be accepted, if interested go here.
Email David at firstname.lastname@example.com
David can be found on Facebook
Follow his Twitter feed @MissingSonics


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Big book of crochet afghans : 26 Afghans for Year-Round Stitching. / Connie Ellison.
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- ISBN: 9781596357006 (electronic bk)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource
- Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.
Content descriptions
|Summary, etc.:
| Adding a touch of comfort and style to a crafter's home decor, the patterns in this collection can be made from a variety of yarns and colors and by crocheters of all skill levels. With 26 designs, this book features full-color photographs and detailed instructions on stitching and incorporating motifs and patterns such as Granny Squares, Tunisian Lace, Pineapples, Shells, Ripples, and more. Beautiful, whimsical, and practical, these afghans make perfect gifts and home accents.
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| Electronic reproduction. Chicago : Annie's, 2012. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 16097 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 8232 KB).
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Irish American Heritage Museum opening picture from Times Union.com "Were you seen at the Grand Opening of the Irish American Heritage Museum in Albany on Thursday, January 19, 2012? (Joe Putrock/Special To The Times Union)" blogger and John Carswell discuss Irish Heritage at fundraiser.
Great start with Martin Luther King Jr. celebration on Monday and then a complete whirlwind.
Working backwards, we were part of a Association of Government Accountants (AGA) continuing education seminar Friday, held at the Wolf Road Holiday Inn. The New York Capital Chapter of AGA, 300 members of federal, state,local government and private sector accountants and auditors, held an all day seminar on Advancing Government Accountability. My 60 minutes was on Reform and covered our consolidation proposal to reduce costs and improve the effectiveness of local government in Albany County. The "In order to form more perfect union" proposal laid out how to reduce the personnel costs of 20 local governments by $30 million dollars. We talked about the Albany County structural budget deficit that approaches $20 million dollars and laid out a few suggestions to implement the savings.
• Retain competent private management for the Albany County Healthcare Facility – immediately
• Complete negotiations for either a partnership with SCCC or SUNYA College of Nano Technology for an Albany County Community College
• Provide the Albany County Department of Audit & Control with the same charter authorities all other elected County Comptroller in NYS have, including but not limited to subpoena powers
• Using those powers, complete an audit of the Albany County Department of Social Services to reduce spending and improve service delivery
• Complete a re-organization of the Albany County Departments and eliminate commissioner level positions where possible
• Consolidate claims payment and accounting functions
• Institute Medicaid payment consolidation
• Begin auditing of Medicaid claims within Albany County and seek NYS legislation to allow our office to share in the revenues generated from the audit of fraud, waste and abuse of Medicaid dollars
• Begin the development of a countywide employee census including job titles, duties, civil service status, years within the ERS, age of employee and other details necessary to develop a long term
attrition plan
• Begin development of a 2013 Budget that combines all ten towns, six villages, three cities and the county by account, item description, count and by fund for a consolidated report that can be
shared with all local government leaders and the public
Friday morning, I called the Mayor's Radio Show on WGDJ Talk 1300 and after waiting 20 minutes got to ask him a few questions. More on that after Thursday's discussions put the context there.
Thursday afternoon was spent with the Times Union Editorial Board discussing the importance of the Albany County Nursing Home and proving that the bed demand far outstripped the supply. The board's immediate interest was on the potential rejection of Albany County's Certificate of Need. Asked what we would do in the event of a rejection, my reply was Executive McCoy, Chairman Morse and our office would meet with Senator Breslin, Assembly Members, Canistrari, McEneny and Reilly to challenge it. Several laughs from the TU folks and question about whether or not Senator Breslin would be supportive of the Nursing Home (something maybe about my run for the Senate?) and assured them that I was sure Senator Breslin would do what is best for the people of Albany County.
Thursday morning exiting Albany City School District Superintendent Ray Colucciello called back and we discussed succession at the District. We wondered whether or not Mayor Jennings would be willing to take that task on due to his interest in the education system and Albany's children. That evening Jenning's State of the City address focused on higher education. Dr. Colucciello's quote on his web site says it all, "We are grateful to Mayor Jennings for his continued partnership with our school district and his leadership in helping to build a bright future for public education in our community." That led to Friday morning's call.
After asking Jennings if his ears were burning Thursday and enjoying the banter, I asked him if he'd be willing to be Albany City Schools Superintendent. Bang the trap sprung closed and Jerry quickly answered he could do the additional job for only $25 thousand more than his Mayoral salary (I think in the low $150,000's). Some more exchange on the failure of Albany County to effectively bring accountability to welfare programs, work with the city and school district to send a common message and break the crippling permanent cycle of poverty and Jennings ask if I'll set up lunch with he, Dr. Colucciello, new County Executive Dan McCoy and myself. After teasing about who's going to pay (naturally the guy with the lowest salary gets the bill) and more insulting banter we sign off the radio show. McCoy shows up in my office about 10:30, we make a few calls and…
We're meeting on February 8th, a first in probably 20 years or more and I'm getting stuck with the bill. Just to note, NOT AT TAXPAYERS EXPENSE (something learned from my father). Topics will range from the County's failure to supervise and prepare welfare recipients for school, hold their parents accountable, failures in getting a significant number Albany children ready for work and higher education, the City's problems with child on child violence and most importantly, what we can do to better work together to develop a better outcome. Say some prayers that special interests don;t derail the meeting.
Our office has been dealing with the switch of our banking relationship from Bank of America to M&T Bank, a tremendously complicated transaction after a relationship with them and predecessor banks for probably over 100 years. Bank of America did some great work helping us fight fraud and has some wonderful local people but the home office was gouging us. We bid the relationship out and got 6 wonderful proposals and M&T crushed the competition on the price. Big problems getting our Finance Director off the dime for months but we are making most of the change over this month and will be earning significantly more interest income on your money. System compatibility requires lots of testing and we could not get the previous administration to focus on the necessary work so what should have occurred the week after Christmas will phase in this month and hopefully be completed before spring.
Went to a few great events at the Irish American Heritage Museum this week and highly recommend you stopping by. Comments from Bishop Hubbard, Roman Catholic Dioceses of Albany, Rabbi Cashin and several speakers mentioned the drive, passion and vision of the late great Joe Dolan, tremendous staff and board. Jerry Jennings made news that will thrill the Irish Community by announcing this year's later St. Patrick's Parade, March 17th, will again end at State and Broadway instead of turning down North Pearl Street into the bar crush that marred the end of the parade.
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EA confirms Battlefield 6 is coming in 2018; Battlefield 1 is getting Esports Mode and GOTY Edition this Fall
The Scientifically Proven Best Video Games of All Time: An Introduction and The Top 100
Capcom is splitting the games from the Mega Man X franchise across two Legacy Collections
Electronic Arts reiterates that Battlefield 6 and Anthem are coming in 2018
Saving Benny: The Bromance of Fallout: New Vegas
Metal Gear Survive's Launch Trailer is here
Burnout Paradise Remastered will race onto PS4, Xbox One in March; PC launch will hit the gas "later this year"
THQ Nordic unveils a new gameplay trailer for Biomutant
Dark Horse will publish Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia this October
Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 + 2 will be released for Switch on May 22
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Nintendo Download: Lego Lord of the Rings, Scribblenauts Unlimited, a lot more
Nintendo seems to have really gotten the hang of this digital download thing since the release of the Wii U. The consolemaker has added 13 games to their quartet of download services today as well as the first Wii U demo (FIFA Soccer 13).
This week's biggest new releases can be found on the 3DS eShop: Lego Lord of the Rings and Scribblenauts Unlimited. Also available this week is Harvest Moon 3D: A New Beginning, Classic Games Overload: Card & Puzzle Edition, Murder on the Titanic, and the NES favorite Mighty Bomb Jack.
More information on all of these games (as well as new DSiWare, Wii Shop, and Wii U eShop titles) can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in 3DS, DS, News, Wii, Wii U Tagged Lego Lord of the Rings, Scribblenauts Unlimited
New Releases: Wii U, Hitman Absolution, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, More
The Wii U is finally here! If you managed to pre-order one, you're likely playing it right now. And you also probably know that 29 games will be available on day one including New Super Mario Bros. U, Nintendo Land, ZombiU, Scribblenauts Unlimited, Assassin's Creed III, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, and Mass Effect 3. Wow.
In non-Wii U release news, Square Enix will release Hitman: Absolution, the first game in the series in over six years, for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
Also available this week is Sony's PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale (PS3, Vita), Activision's Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse (PC, PS3, Xbox 360), and Sega's Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (PS3, Vita, Xbox 360, Wii U).
Disney Interactive and game development legend Warren Spector have teamed up again to bring a second Epic Mickey title to stores. Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two (PC, PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360) is available today, along with its 3DS spinoff, Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion.
Finally, Atlus plans to release Persona 4: Golden for the Vita this week.
Looking for more new releases? You can find them after the break. (more…)
Posted in 3DS, DS, News, PC, PS3, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360 Tagged Assassin's Creed III, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Epic Mickey 2, Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion, Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse, Hitman: Absolution, Mass Effect 3, New Super Mario Bros. U, Nintendo Land, Persona 4: Golden, PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale, Scribblenauts Unlimited, Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed, ZombiU
New Releases: CoD Black Ops II, Lego Lord of the Rings, Paper Mario Sticker Star, More
It's the second week of November and that means that Activision is finally ready to release Call of Duty: Black Ops II for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. A Vita-exclusive spinoff, Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified, will also be available in stores this week.
If the future warfare of the biggest first person shooter series on the planet doesn't sway you, there are plenty of other family-friendly options this week including Lego Lord of the Rings (PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360), Paper Mario: Sticker Star (3DS), Scribblenauts Unlimited (3DS), and Wonderbook: Book of Spells (PS3).
And if you're looking for something as far removed from Call of Duty as possible, might I suggest the Midway Arcade Origins compilation for the PS3 and Xbox 360. It contains over 30 games, including classics such as Rampage, Joust, and Smash TV, which was cruelly pulled from the Xbox Live Arcade a few years back and is now available on HD systems once again.
Even more new releases can be found after the break. (more…)
Wii U will be playable at PAX Prime 2012
Nintendo has announced that if you've got a ticket to this weekend's PAX Prime expo, you'll be able to demo eight different Wii U games during the big show.
The lines are sure to be long, but expo attendees who brave them will be able to play…
- New Super Mario Bros. U, the latest 2D Mario game
- The long-awaited Pikmin 3
- The minigame collection Nintendo Land
- The superhero squad sim from Platinum Games, Project P-100
- The Wii U-enhanced Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge
- Scribblenauts Unlimited, the hi-def sequel to the popular DS series
- The Wii U-enhanced Trine 2: Director's Cut
- …and ZombiU, Ubisoft's zombie epic
PAX Prime will take place this weekend (August 31 – September 2) at Seattle's Washington State Convention Center.
Scribblenauts Unlimited coming to 3DS, PC, Wii U
Warner Bros. and 5th Cell are expanding Maxwell's horizons yet again, bringing him to the 3DS, PC, and Wii U with Scribblenauts Unlimited this holiday season. We'll finally be learning more about Maxwell's background as well – not only do we get to find out how he got his magical notepad, but we'll also get the skinny on his parents and twin sister, Lily.
The PC and Wii U versions will also include an Object Editor, allowing players to make and share creations online. All objects – shared and summoned in the game – can be stored in your "magic backpack." Jeremiah Slaczka, C.E.O. and Creative Director of 5th Cell, said, "With new gameplay modes and features, Scribblenauts Unlimited sets no limits on how players can use their imagination. The game breaks the franchise's previously set boundaries and allows for unlimited creativity."
This sounds promising. Even though I never finished the first one, I'm ready to put my Maxwell hat back on and jump into another creative adventure with him.
Nintendo @ E3 12: Scribblenauts Unlimited announced for Wii U
WB Games wasn't finished with their presentation, announcing Scribblenauts Unlimited, "the definitive Scribblenauts experience"
Developed by 5th Cell, the game promises players will "explore like never before" and create any object they can think of. The game will feature high definition graphics and also includes a new multiplayer mode and "the secret behind Maxwell's magical notebook."
Scribblenauts Unlimited will also be available for the 3DS.
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Having a ball on the beach
IT is generally-regarded as one of the best spectator sports in the Olympics, for very good reasons, and Ballybunion learned first hand at the weekend as the Ladies' Beach was transformed into a beach volleyball arena in an international event.
The reasons as to why this particular sport is so easy on the eye might differ between male and female perspectives but the sexes were at least united on one thing: it sure made for great craic and colour.
And the players were delighted with the stunning Atlantic venue for their two days of single and mixed-double play, too - not least the homegrown volleyball talent that is Miriam Gormley.
"We were delighted with the weekend, one of our biggest events in the year," Beach Volleyball Ireland's Graham Torrance told The Kerryman.
"It's a fantastic venue. We've played a number of times before, but this was our first time coming down for a two-day event.
"Ballybunion really ticks the boxes for us as it has plenty of accommodation, the beach is right in the town and it is, of course, a fabulous place."
Graham - who has what sounds like the rather plum job of Beach Development Officer with the BVI - said that locals really made it too.
"We had great crowds in fairness and a lot even got the chance to try beach volleyball for themselves as we left the nets up at the end of the competitions each day."
It came as a proud moment for Kilgarvan native and volleyball ace Miriam Gormley as she got to show her friends in the sport the stunning setting of her native county.
"Miriam's a great talent and she actually finished third in the mixed event. Miriam also represented Ireland in June at the Continental Cup in Bournemouth which is a qualifying stage of the Olympics," said Graham.
One local female said the best thing about the event for the good folk of Ballybunion was the fact that all spectators were catered for: "As there were both men and women playing there was something for everyone watching from the beach, male and female!"


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Scriptural Heartburn: Hearing and Telling on the Road to Emmaus
Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?
Watch and Wonder
Luke 24:13-35
as told by Rev. Leslianne Braunstein
Watch and TELL
Use the video below to practice speaking the dialogue of the story.
How will you portray the characters feelings as you read?
BREAK IT down
New to storytelling? Storytelling with kids? Why not learn just the ending this week? What if 3/4 of the way through reading the story, you looked up from the Bible and finished the story by telling it? Here is the ending: Luke 24 end.
Here is a link to the full text (thanks to GoTell Communications): Luke 24:13-35.
Getting SOCIAL
Faith and Wonder is on Facebook and Twitter! Please like and share. I will be utilizing those accounts to do some real-time story learning in the near future!


text: On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 01:33:31PM +0900, Izumi Tsutsui wrote: > Is't it better to check mips_sdcache_line_size > (which is taken from CP0, though mips_machdep_find_l2cache() > overrides it) rather than mips_sdcache_size? Yes. My original analysis of the problem was slightly wrong. The problem was not that mips_machdep_find_l2cache() did not properly set mips_sdcache_line_size; the problem was mips_machdep_cache_config() called r5k_enable_sdcache() iff MIPS3_CONFIG_SC was zero. MIPS3_CONFIG_SC is not reliable for r5k on IP22. Since r5k_enable_sdcache() will gracefully exit if SC size is zero, we should call it unconditionally. I believe the patch below does the right thing. My IP22 seems happy with it (although it doesn't seem any faster, perhaps I should run a benchmark). -- Chris GPG key FEB9DE7F (91AF 4534 4529 4BCC 31A5 938E 023E EEFB FEB9 DE7F) Index: machdep.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/src/sys/arch/sgimips/sgimips/machdep.c,v retrieving revision 1.93 diff -u -r1.93 machdep.c --- machdep.c 3 Jun 2005 19:02:33 -0000 1.93 +++ machdep.c 15 Oct 2005 13:31:37 -0000 @@ -862,6 +862,7 @@ #if defined(MIPS3) case MIPS_R5000: case MIPS_RM5200: + r5k_enable_sdcache(); break; #endif }


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Defensive end Michael Bennett might be leading the Seahawks in sacks, but TMZ reports that he's not exactly a leader when it comes to dog ownership.
In a report over the weekend by TMZ — so take it with a grain of salt — Bennett was accused of leaving his 4-month-old boxer, Koa, at a kennel in Tampa Bay, Fla., when Bennett and his wife moved to Seattle this past offseason.
Bennett never went back for the dog and, TMZ reports, never paid the bill. After four months of trying to reach Bennett about his dog and the $5,000 he owed, Tampa's Lucky Dog Boarding Facility gave Koa away to a new family "that actually gives a crap about him," TMZ wrote.
TMZ said Bennett "might be the worst NFL puppy owner of all time (well, 2nd worst)." Naturally, the first worst would be Eagles quarterback Michael Vick.
Visit seattlepi.com for more Seattle news. Contact Nick Eaton at email@example.com or @njeaton.


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BLAG defense of DOMA fees: Triple the fees for half the work
Many people read late last month that Republican leaders in the U.S. House authorized tripling the attorney fees for an outside legal team "to litigate the constitutionality of Section III" of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Far fewer likely read Footnote Number 3 in that legal team's September 22 brief. That footnote indicated that the legal team, led by former Solicitor General Paul Clement, plans to defend DOMA "only with respect to its constitutionality under equal protection."
Given that a federal district court judge struck down DOMA both on equal protection grounds and Tenth Amendment state sovereignty, one might argue that House Republican leaders have agreed to triple the spending for half the work.
The footnote was part of a 60-page brief prepared by Clement and associates at the law firm of Bancroft, which litigates "high-stakes" cases. (In fact, on October 24, Clement filed an appeal brief to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of two dozen states challenging President Obama's Affordable Care Act.)
The DOMA brief Clement filed four weeks earlier was to the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on behalf of the U.S. House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Committee (aka BLAG). Republican House Speaker John Boehner, through his leadership operatives, hired Clement to—as the contract states—"litigate the constitutionality of Section III" of DOMA. Section 3 states: "In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United States, the word 'marriage' means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word 'spouse' refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife."
The litigation in the First Circuit is a consolidation of three cases challenging Section 3 of DOMA: Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, Hara v. OPM, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The first two cases were brought by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders; the latter by the state. (This article refers to the consolidated cases as Gill.) It is very likely to be the first litigation to test DOMA before the U.S. Supreme Court.
One week after Clement filed the brief, the Republican Chairman of the Committee on House Administration approved tripling the amount of money the U.S. House will pay Clement's firm from $500,000 to $1.5 million—unless, of course, they later agree, through "a written agreement," to pay more.
The cost of things is a big concern for the Republican leadership and for Clement. In his brief, at page 42, he cites it as one of the reasons Congress had good reason to treat same-sex married couples differently than straight married couples.
"Wholly apart from the broader debate about the definition of marriage," wrote Clement, "Congress had ample rational basis for preserving the traditional definition in allocating federal burdens and benefits: DOMA preserves both the public fisc and the legislative judgments of earlier Congresses that used terms like 'marriage' and 'spouse' to refer to traditional marriages alone."
One problem with this argument is that Congress passed DOMA in 1996, when the federal deficit and debt were on their way down. One might argue that, since the passage of DOMA, the federal deficit and debt have gone up significantly. But one need not go down that road to refute the "protect the fisc" argument.
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office reported in 2004 that repeal of DOMA would actually save the federal government money. Looking at 2000 Census data, CBO "assumed that about 0.6 percent of adults would enter into same-sex marriages if they had the opportunity." It then calculated that outlays for Social Security, veterans benefits, and the like, would be reduced "by about $100 million to $200 million annually from 2010 to 2014." Medicaid spending would be reduced by about $50 million a year through 2014 and by $400 million per year starting in 2014. And tax revenues, it said, would be increased about $700 million annually between 2011 to 2014.
Williams Institute scholar Gary Gates says the CBO estimate of the number of same-sex couples who would marry was probably too high.
"Right now," he said, "individuals in same-sex couples represent 0.55 percent of all adults in the U.S. So, the CBO assumption that 0.6 percent of adults would enter into marriages if they had the opportunity essentially assumes that more than all individuals in same-sex couples right now will marry a same-sex partner. That's unlikely." Data from Massachusetts, said Gates, predicts "a little less than 70 percent" of same-sex couples have married.
"Another problem with the CBO analyses is that it uses Census 2000 figures for same-sex couples," said Gates. The Census Bureau has, since 2000, revised its estimate downward. Gates said a more accurate estimate of the individuals in same-sex couple households in 2000 is 0.4 percent.
What that means, of course, is that, if recognizing same-sex marriages could help reduce federal spending, the savings might not be quite so high as the CBO report in 2004 suggested.
And there was one area of federal spending the CBO identified as potentially increasing, should same-sex marriages be recognized: federal employees receiving health insurance under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program for their spouses. The increase, said CBO, would be "less than $50 million a year through 2014."
So, $50 million more in spending for federal employee health insurance but $700 million more in tax revenues and $550 million in annual savings –for a gain of about $1.2 billion.
A response brief filed by the Massachusetts Attorney General's office on October 27 points out another powerful irony of Clement's "public fisc" argument: "Congress did not investigate, let alone hear testimony about, DOMA's effect on the myriad federal programs and laws at issue. Despite asserting financial savings as a purported rationale, the House rejected a proposed amendment that would have required budgetary analysis by the General Accounting Office."
And, as GLAD's response brief October 27 points out, Clement "never explains why gay men and lesbian should bear the burdens of the supposed cost-cutting."


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Kareena Kapoor has bagged the lead role opposite Aamir Khan in his next movie.
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In this chapter, we will introduce the fundamental syntax of Maude, concentrating on those aspects of most concern to us. You can find manuals and tutorials on the Maude website, and many of our examples in this chapter have been adapted from them (or in some cases, just 'lifted' as-is). You are of course welcome to look at the material on the Maude site: however, for the most part it goes beyond what is required here, and may be rather difficult to interpret. The exception is the Maude Primer which is worth looking at.
We start with a simple Maude module for the Natural numbers:
fmod BASIC-NAT is sort Nat . op 0 : -> Nat . op s : Nat -> Nat . op _+_ : Nat Nat -> Nat . vars N M : Nat . eq 0 + N = N . eq s(M) + N = s(M + N) . endfm
Modules start with 'fmod name is' and end with 'endfm'. This is a functional module - hence the 'f'. There are other kinds, but we do not need them.
The module BASIC-NAT introduces a new sort called Nat, and three operators. The first operator op 0 : -> Nat . is a function of no arguments, and is hence a constant, since (mathematically) any function which takes no arguments must always return the same value. Pretty much all statements within a module end with '.': and note the space before the '.'. We will return to whitespace in Maude below. The second operator op s : Nat -> Nat . is the successor function (or more accurately, is intended to represent the successor function).
The third operator op _+_ : Nat Nat -> Nat . is the addition function: notice the underscores _ in the definition of _+_. It is notationally very inconvenient to have to write operations like + in the 'conventional' programming language-like syntax for user-defined functions: that is '+(a,b)'. We would prefer to write 'a+b'. Mixfix notation allows us to do this: the presence of underscores in a function name imply that we are using mixfix. The idea is that each argument of the function will replace one of the underscores. For example, consider
op if_then_else_fi : Bool Nat Nat -> Nat .
We could then apply this operator like this:
if B then X else Y fi
where B is a Boolean, and X and Y are Nats. It is your responsibility to ensure that (a) the number of underscores matches the number of arguments; and (b) the arguments replace the underscores in the correct order. It is also your responsibility to not use underscores in identifier names if you do not wish to use mixfix: if Maude sees an operator name without underscores, it automatically assumes you wish to use conventional function notation. So because the operator 's : Nat -> Nat' does not have any underscores, we apply it like this: 's(X)'. In practice, mixfix is extremely convenient if used properly, and eliminates most of the syntactic irritations that traditionally arise when representing mathematics in a programming language-like notation.
Following the operators, we define the behaviour of the addition operator by structural induction in the usual way. Notice that we declare all the variables that appear in the equations. Notice also there are no equations defining the behaviour of s and 0. Strictly speaking, as we saw earlier these generate data and are called constructors. In fact, s and 0 between them can generate all the possible elements of sort Nat, and the addition operator just 'chooses' one of them: the result of an addition will either be 0 or of the form s(s(...s(0)...)). Constructors do not need defining equations, though we can optionally denote them in our algebras by [ctor]: for example,
op 0 : -> Nat [ctor] .
This does not actually affect the logic, and we will generally omit it. Incidentally, there are a number of other flags that can be added to operators using '[...]', and we will see a few more later.
After introducing the operations, we declare some variables. Note we are declaring more than one variable of the same sort on the same line: to do this we use the keyword vars. If we only wanted to declare a single variable, we would use the keyword var. A similar situation occurs when declaring multiple operators on the same line. For example:
ops _+_ _*_ : Nat Nat -> Nat .
Another flag that's useful for our simple natural number algebra is [iter]. In our current version, if we want to represent '5' we need to write:
which is inconvenient. However, if we defined s like this:
op s : Nat -> Nat [iter] .
we can simply write s^5(0) instead, which is better if not perfect. Note you can only use [iter] with operations that have only one argument. Here is another version of BASIC-NAT with [ctor] and [iter] added as appropriate.
fmod BASIC-NAT2 is sort Nat . op 0 : -> Nat [ctor] . op s : Nat -> Nat [ctor iter] . op _+_ : Nat Nat -> Nat . vars N M : Nat . eq 0 + N = N . eq s(M) + N = s(M + N) . endfm
If we evaluate s^5(0) + s^3(0) we get:
If we want to do the equivalent in the original BASIC-NAT we would need to write something like s(s(s(s(s(0))))) + s(s(s(0))) and would get:
which is obviously less convenient.
Maude has very liberal views on identifiers which, combined with mixfix notation, provides a flexible syntax, that is very convenient. However, it has consequences - the most obvious to new users being its 'sensitivity' to whitespace. Notice in the example above that we have put spaces around all the key tokens - :, -> - and even before the terminal '.' ending each statement. A 'normal' programming language would not require this - but Maude does, and will report syntax errors if you do not do it. Failing to observe this is the most common syntactic problem new users have in my experience. That is, historically a lot of coursework submissions that are syntactically incorrect can be fixed by adding spaces at the appropriate point(s). Another common problem is failing to match brackets properly. These problems are not well-reported by Maude, but are easily fixed with a bit of help. (So just ask!)
Here is another simple example, that we introduce largely because we will need it for an example later. Notice the use of [ctor] here. (Leaving this out will make no difference.) Also note that the list of equations is incomplete.
fmod BOOLEAN is sort Boolean . op true : -> Boolean [ctor] . op false : -> Boolean [ctor] . op not : Boolean -> Boolean . op _and_ : Boolean Boolean -> Boolean . op _or_ : Boolean Boolean -> Boolean . var A : Boolean . eq not(true) = false . eq not(false) = true . eq true and A = A . eq false and A = false . eq true or A = true . eq false or A = A . endfm
Notice that we have made no provision in this example for the associativity and commutativity of operators and and or. We address this in a later section. Also, Maude has a built-in version of the Booleans (the sort is Bool), so you do not have to declare your own. (In fact, Bool is the only built-in algebra in Maude.)
To simplify and organise our descriptions of systems we can structure them hierarchically by a system of importation. Maude provides two ways of doing this: protecting and importing. Here is an example using protecting
fmod NAT+OPS is protecting BOOLEAN . protecting BASIC-NAT . ops _*_ _-_ : Nat Nat -> Nat . ops _<=_ _>_ : Nat Nat -> Bool . vars N M : Nat . eq 0 * N = 0 . eq s(M) * N = (M * N) + N . eq 0 - N = 0 . eq s(M) - 0 = s(M) . eq s(M) - s(N) = M - N . eq 0 <= N = true . eq s(M) <= 0 = false . eq s(M) <= s(N) = M <= N . eq M > N = not(M <= N) . endfm
Recall that earlier we were concerned about what might happen if we 'changed' an operator that appears in a module we import. By using protecting we are saying that we are, essentially, not changing the behaviour of anything in the modules we are importing. However, in the next example (natural numbers modulo 3) we must use importing because we are modifying the behaviour of BASIC-NAT:
fmod NAT 3 is including BASIC-NAT . var N : Nat . eq s(s(s(N))) = N . endfm
Generally, we will be using protecting.
We have seen how to create simple modules: how do we go about using them? First you need to set your path to point to Maude. This can be found at:
The precise way you do this depends on which shell you are using. If you are using the 'traditional' default csh, then create (or edit if it exists) the file .cshrc (note the leading '.') and put in it the line:
set path = ($path /compsci/jupiter/maude-linux/bin)
If you are using a different shell, then you are on your own - but basically you need to modify the environment variable PATH (note all capitals).
Download the first example, and type
maude.linux basicnat.maude
You should see something like:
\||||||||||||||||||/ --- Welcome to Maude --- /||||||||||||||||||\ Maude 2.0.1 built: Aug 1 2003 17:25:59 Copyright 1997-2003 SRI International Thu Jan 8 20:26:59 2004 Maude>
( By the way, to exit Maude type quit.) If you are running Maude within a different environment (Windows, MacOS) then you will have to type a slightly different command (e.g. on a Mac it's maude.darwin).
To evaluate something within Maude, you must reduce it, using the reduce command (shortened to red). At the prompt, type:
red s(0) + s(s(0)) .
Notice the final '.' and the space before it! This is necessary when you type in reductions (or put them in a file) as well as for statements in Maude. You should see:
reduce in BASIC-NAT : s(0) + s(s(0)) . rewrites: 2 in -10ms cpu (0ms real) (~ rewrites/second) result Nat: s(s(s(0)))
You have just asked Maude to evaluate s(0)+s(s(0)) (i.e. 1+2) and got the answer s(s(s(0))) (i.e. 3). To see things in a little more detail, type set trace on . before performing the reduction. You should see:
Maude> set trace on . Maude> red s(0) + s(s(0)) . reduce in BASIC-NAT : s(0) + s(s(0)) . *********** equation eq s(M) + N = s(M + N) . M --> 0 N --> s(s(0)) s(0) + s(s(0)) ---> s(0 + s(s(0))) *********** equation eq 0 + N = N . N --> s(s(0)) 0 + s(s(0)) ---> s(s(0)) rewrites: 2 in 0ms cpu (0ms real) (~ rewrites/second) result Nat: s(s(s(0)))
Maude first applies the equation s(M) + N = s(M + N) to rewrite s(0) = s(s(0)) to s(0 + s(s(0))), and then applies equation 0 + N = N to rewrite 0 + s(s(0)) to s(s(0)). To understand what is going on, the lines beginning 'eq' denote the equation that Maude is about to apply; the lines containing '-->' show what the variables in the equation are instantiated to; the next line shows the left-hand side of the equation after the variables have been instantiated (i.e. the term that is to be rewritten); and the lines after the '--->' show the right-hand side of the equation after the variables have been instantiated (ie. the result of the rewrite).
Try some experiments with BASIC-NAT, BOOLEAN and NAT+OPS to get the hang of things. You'll probably want to do
set trace off .
(or restart Maude) as your expressions get more complex, or you will find the output gets a bit 'voluminious'.
As you experiment with BOOLEAN you will get some complaints from Maude about 'multiple distinct parses'. This is because there is already a built in version of the Booleans (Bool) with constants true and false. Unless you distinguish them, it cannot tell them apart: did you intend to use your own BOOLEAN or the built-in BOOL?. There are two ways to do this. First, rename true and false to (e.g.) tt and ff inside BOOLEAN (try it), or secondly to explictly tell Maude the sort(s) you intend it to use. For example, instead of typing
red true and true .
red (true).Boolean and true .
You could have typed (true).Boolean and (true).Boolean, but this is not necessary (why?).
We have discussed associative and commutative operators in the term rewriting chapter, and clearly some of the operators above are commutative and/or associative. We cannot just add equations asserting this without getting a non-terminating rewriting system, so instead we annotate the operators with the desired property or properties using the assoc and comm flags. For example:
op _+_ : Nat Nat -> Nat [assoc comm] .
Modify the modules in this chapter appropriately, and try some experiments with them.
There are many such directives that can be appended to operators - and some of the pre-defined modules that you will use will employ some of them. However, the only ones you will ever need to use are assoc and comm. Also, if you do use assoc and/or comm, please take the trouble to check that the operators you apply them to are associative or commutative or both, as appropriate - a common error in coursework.
Maude is a very useful, and flexible, system. However: (a) it can take some getting used to; and (b) it is not that good at error reporting. In this section, we will look at some practical issues that will (hopefully) help.
Maude has a wide range of internal commands, some of which are more useful than others from our point of view. The most helpful ones are these.
As has been said, the main syntax problem is failure to put spaces in the right places. Another common problem, that is badly-handled by current Maude versions, is mis-matched brackets, and certain kinds of 'missing' syntax (e.g. leaving off the '.' at the end of statements). There may be no error messages, and no real sign that anything is wrong.
We will step through the process of tracking down such an error. Here is a deliberately faulty example: it's a bit complex (and based on an example later in the module) but we need an example with more than one module to show how to track down errors. Most of the code has been left out of the notes for simplicity - you need to look in the file to see all of it. If you look near the end - the last but one equation - you will see a comment marking a line with a missing bracket.
*** Lots left out but in the actual file var X : IntStr . var T : Int . vars I J K : Int . eq W1 = 1 . eq W2 = -1 . eq W3 = 1 . eq W4 = -1 . eq C(I,J,K) = K . eq convImp(T,X) = (conv1(T,X), conv2(T,X), conv3(T,X), conv4(T,X)) . eq conv1(T,X) = ips(W1,X(T - 3),0) . eq conv2(T,X) = ips(W2,X(T - 2),C(conv1(T - 1, X))) . *** Missing bracket, next line eq conv3(T,X) = ips(W3,X(T - 1),C(conv2(T - 1, X)) . eq conv4(T,X) = ips(W4,X(T),C(conv3(T - 1, X))) . endfm
If we run this through Maude and then hit return we get:
maude.linux convImp.maude \||||||||||||||||||/ --- Welcome to Maude --- /||||||||||||||||||\ Maude 2.0.1 built: Aug 1 2003 17:25:59 Copyright 1997-2003 SRI International Thu Jan 8 21:34:47 2004 Maude> >
Type 'control-C', and you will see something like this:
Advisory: <standard input>, line 2 (fmod CONV-IMP): discarding incomplete module.
This tells you that there is a problem (normally 'control-C' does basically nothing) and that the faulty module is CONV-IMP. At first sight it seems that you also get the line number ('line 2') but unfortunately this is just the second line of input that you have typed.
If you cannot see the problem, then try putting these two lines part-way through the module:
endfm eof
In this case, we put them after the first block of equations:
var X : IntStr . var T : Int . vars I J K : Int . eq W1 = 1 . eq W2 = -1 . eq W3 = 1 . eq W4 = -1 . endfm eof eq C(I,J,K) = K . eq convImp(T,X) = (conv1(T,X), conv2(T,X), conv3(T,X), conv4(T,X)) .
Maude now ignores everything after 'eof' - and now when we type 'control-C' the error is gone. This means we know that the problem is after the 'eof'. We can repeat the process if necessary to further narrow down the problem.
Maude is essentially a programming notation, that sits within the paradigm of equational programming. As always, when you first use a new programming paradigm, things can be difficult (recall the first time you wrote logic, and functional, programs; or the first time you wrote object oriented programs; even conventional procedural programs).
In terms of expressing solutions to problems in Maude, the closest alternative paradigm is functional programming - and functional programming examples can be helpful. Remember, that in equational languages - as in functional languages - there is no iteration (you must use recursion) and there is no assignment (the equation 'X=Y' means 'X is equal to Y' - not 'make X equal to Y').
In the next chapter we will look at some specific, and small, examples.
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I'll bring a couple of pots of chives in and see how they do, but I think they might be a bit too small, although they may prefer conditions inside and as I've got loads of pots of them it's worth a try.
Thanks both!
Thanks Verdun, Hellebores are in pots of 5 and 6 inch diameter and are reasonably large plants, grown on from plugs in spring.
I've got some small pots of chives and delphiniums grown from seed in my greenhouse together with a couple of clematis from the GW offer earlier in the year. Should I plant these out now or pot them on and overwinter in the greenhouse for planting out next spring. I've also got a few hellebores which I presume can go out now as they're winter flowering.
Any advice gratefully received
I only got my copy of the magazine today, maybe the code isn't live till October 1st, I couldn't get it to work either.