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Mariners sign GM Zduriencik to extension
SEATTLE -- Jack Zduriencik, whose Mariners are contending for their first postseason berth since 2001, has received a multiyear contract extension as executive vice president and general manager, the club announced on Tuesday.
Zduriencik is in his sixth season as GM, and the Mariners enter Tuesday's game against the Rangers with a record of 71-59, having already equaled last year's win total with 32 games remaining.View Full Game Coverage
SEATTLE -- Jack Zduriencik, whose Mariners are contending for their first postseason berth since 2001, has received a multiyear contract extension as executive vice president and general manager, the club announced on Tuesday.
Zduriencik is in his sixth season as GM, and the Mariners enter Tuesday's game against the Rangers with a record of 71-59, having already equaled last year's win total with 32 games remaining.View Full Game Coverage
Terms of the extension were not disclosed, per club policy, but Zduriencik was operating on a one-year deal this season and the extension is for multiple years.
"I'm excited and happy to be able to be here for a couple more years," Zduriencik said. "I believe in what we're doing. I believe in the people we have in place. It hasn't always been easy. I think we put a plan in place and you do what your gut instincts tell you to do. Where we're at right now is a good spot as an organization.
"Our fans have been very, very patient and I really appreciate that," he said. "And I thank ownership for the vote of confidence. I'm happy and my family is happy and we're looking forward to seeing this thing through. We have a goal in mind and we're on our way to doing it."
Mariners president Kevin Mather said the negotiation went quickly after he broached the subject with Zduriencik at lunch Tuesday.
"It was a short discussion," Mather said. "The question really was, 'Do you like it here? Are we treating you OK? Are you enjoying your job?' He said, 'I love it here, my family loves it here.' I said, 'Well then let's stay. Let's stay.' Big smile on his face. I said, 'I guess that's a yes.'"
Lloyd McClendon, hired by Zduriencik last offseason to replace Eric Wedge as field manager, said he's been thrilled by the working relationship that has quickly developed.
"I think it's well deserved," McClendon said of the extension. "Jack has done a tremendous job of putting this club together and making the necessary acquisitions to make us better. I just think he's done a tremendous job all around, starting with Spring Training, and getting the pieces that we needed to be competitive. Hopefully this continues to build."
Zduriencik has been in Major League Baseball for 35 years, working with the Mets, Dodgers, Pirates and Brewers before joining Seattle prior to the 2009 campaign.
Zduriencik is the eighth GM in Mariners history and is credited with helping rebuild the club's farm system and developing a young core that is now maturing at the Major League level.
McClendon said the club's Minor League system is one of the best in baseball, something he knew even before he took his job last winter.
"I didn't need to be here to know what they've got," McClendon said. "This is one of the finest farm systems in all of baseball. I don't think you'll find anybody that would tell you different. We're tremendously talented in the middle of the field, we've got some tremendous arms in the Minor Leagues and certainly some real nice bats at the lower levels. I'm excited about what the future holds for this club. I said it in my initial press conference, this is a golden era for the Seattle Mariners and it's only going to get better."
When Wedge resigned last year after failing to get a desired multiyear extension prior to the end of a 71-91 season, he blasted Zduriencik in a newspaper report and called the organization "dysfunctional," a point McClendon wryly made light of on Tuesday.
"We talk every day on a lot of different subjects," he said of working with Zduriencik. "We're probably as dysfunctional as dysfunctional can get. It's a pretty good relationship.
"Seriously, and this is a real important point, when you talk about dealing with someone on a daily basis, the one thing you have to understand is the first thing you need to do is agree that sometimes you're going to disagree, to make your organization better. It's not always about 'I love you' and 'You love me.'
"There are some days when he leaves this office with a bandage over his head and other days I leave the office with a bandage over my head," McClendon said. "But our relationship is one of mutual respect. I think he's tremendous at what he does and I hope he's proud of the job I've done for him. It's pretty good."
Zduriencik acknowledged things haven't always gone smoothly, but he looks at the big picture and sees positive steps all around.
"As an organization, we're in a good spot," he said. "You're never satisfied. If I had Mays and Mantle, I'd still be looking for more. That's just the nature of what you do. But I think we're on our way to being what we want to become and that's a world champion. We have a ways to go to get there, but we also have pieces coming that are going to help us and we have pieces that are continuing to develop on our big league club.
"I'm happy we're where we are today personally, but also for this city and organization. And I'm looking forward to where we're going. It's going to be better than where we're at today."
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog.


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Selena and Nina both got surprise appearances from their main men at the MuchMusic Awards — who was the cuter couple?
The two cutest couples in Hollywood headed north for the MuchMusic Video Awards June 19! Selena Gomez and Nina Dobrev presented the award for favorite video the year and got some help from Nina's main man Ian Somerhalder and the night's big winner, and Selena's beau, Justin Bieber.
Who do you think is the cutest couple?
Who is the cuter couple?

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Amadeus Flight Traffic API
The Amadeus Flight Traffic API provides developers a way to integrate the Amadeus Flight Traffic service with their applications, enabling their users to find the origin and destination traffic summary between two journey points over a specified period. The search returns number of flights & travelers for each origin and destination, ordered by popularity, for each month specified within the search period. Amadeus is a technology company that provide services businesses and individuals relating to their travels.


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In the heart of the Gold Coast, Oak Tree Restaurant and Bakery serves only the freshest of ingredients and made from scratch recipes. Come visit for lunch or breakfast in our new dining room or fresh to-go from our bakery counter.
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SEVENDUST members John Connolly (guitar) and Vince Hornsby (bass) have joined forces with ALTER BRIDGE/CREED drummer Scott Phillips and guitarist/vocalist Eric "Erock" Friedman in a brand new project called PROJECTED.
PROJECTED has entered the studio to begin recording its debut release, to be made available later in the year.
Connolly describes PROJECTED's musical direction as "not super heavy. . . somewhere closer to FOO FIGHTERS/A PERFECT CIRCLE. It's sorta heavy, just not real metal. I guess. The songs are pretty badass, though."
PROJECTED is:
John Connolly (SEVENDUST) - Guitar, Vocals
Vince Hornsby (SEVENDUST) - Bass
Scott Phillips (ALTER BRIDGE, CREED) - Drums
Eric Friedman (a.k.a. Erock; TREMONTI) - Guitar, Vocals
As previously reported, CALL ME NO ONE, the new project featuring SEVENDUST members Clint Lowery (guitar) and Morgan Rose (drums), entered the studio on January 22 to begin recording its debut album for a tentative May release.


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MSI R7970 Lightning Review: AMD's HD 7970 Gets the Treatment
Will it Strike Again?
It can now be claimed that we are arguably in our 4th generation of Lightning products from MSI. It can also be claimed that the 3rd generation of products really put that brand on the mainstream map. The R6970 and N580GTX (and XE version) set new standards for enthusiast grade graphics cards. Outstanding construction, unique pcb design, high quality (and quantity) of components, and a good eye for overall price have all been hallmarks of these cards. These were honestly some of my favorite video cards of all time. Call me biased, but I think when looking through other reviews those writers felt much the same. MSI certainly hit a couple of homeruns with their three Lightning offerings of 2011.
Time does not stand still. Resting on laurels is always the surest way to lose out to more aggressive competitors. It is now 2012 and AMD has already launched the latest generation of HD 7000 chips, with the top end being the HD 7970. This particular product was launched in late December, but cards were not available until January 9th of 2012. We are now at the end of March where we see a decent volume of products on the shelves, as well as some of the first of the non-reference designs hitting the streets. Currently Asus has its DirectCU II based 7970, but now we finally get to see the Lightning treatment.
MSI has not sat upon their laurels it seems. They are taking an aggressive approach to the new Lightning series of cards, and they implement quite a few unique features that have not been seen on any other product before. Now the question is did they pull it off? Throwing more features at something does not necessarily equal success. The increase in complexity of a design combined with other unknowns with the new features could make it a failure. Just look at the R5870 Lightning for proof. That particular card tread new ground, but did so in a way that did not adequately differentiate itself from reference HD 5870 designs. So what is new and how does it run? Let us dig in!
Continue reading our review of the MSI Radeon HD 7970 3GB Lightning Graphics Card!!
Packaging has always been a strong point of MSI. Opening the cover details the many features that the Lightning series brings to the table.
Same Philosophy, New Features
The R7970 Lightning appears to be a ground-up redesign. While it retains much of the physical appearance of the previous products, quite a few things have changed under the hood. Considering that MSI has had specifications out on the HD 7970 since last year, and have been producing reference HD 7970 cards for some time, the 3+ month wait to release this particular card appears to be well spent.
The card itself is well protected in its sleeve and surrounded by the standard sea of foam.
The board is obviously based on the HD 7970 GPU from AMD. This unit features the new GCN architecture which radically changes the way that AMD processes graphics. This architecture is much more flexible in terms of workloads than the previous VLIW-5 and VLIW-4 series were. It also appears to be overall more efficient per clock than previous iterations. AMD also continues to keep overall die sizes down as compared to the much larger products like NVIDIA's Fermi. The standard clock for a HD 7970 is 925 MHz, but the Lightning board takes that all the way up to 1070 MHz core. It also overclocks the memory from 1375 MHz to 1400 MHz (from 5500 MHz to 5600 MHz effective). This gives the card 268.8 GB/sec of bandwidth. The board has two CrossFire connections, so it can have a maximum of four cards in CrossFire.
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wow, didn't even test it agains another 7970 really guys, time to get on the ball.
If you're looking at this card and the premium it carries, its likely you're buying it for the overclocking headroom, not the base specs.
What I would have thought was more important is this vs a 680. I can understand not putting it in though. Its unlikely there was one available for review at the time this was being put together.
Gotta work with what I have. The performance of a standard HD 7970 is not exactly a secret, so I decided to test it against the two previous Lightning cards to really detail what a user gets when upgrading to this particular overclocked monster. In hindsight I guess it would have probably behooved me to lower the clocks on this card to standard settings and gone from there. I will certainly keep that in mind next time I test an overclocked product like this. Also, Ryan is in Kentucky with the standard HD 7970s, and I live in Wyoming. Swapping parts between the two areas is a bit troublesome.
So do you think it really is worth the mark up in price?
For the $50 increase in price over a stock? Yes, absolutely. But you must remember that this is a brand new product, and the GTX 680 is still not out in force. Once that happens, then I am sure the dynamics of the pricing of these cards will change drastically. I am judging this card by what is available today. So yes, at $599 it is a good card. Two months from now, when there are many different examples of not just HD 7970 cards, but also GTX 680... it might not look like such a nice product at that price. I am pretty sure though that prices will drop pretty dramatically during that time to keep it competitive with other offerings.
were you able to take the heatsink off and find out if it is on a reference pcb?
It most certainly is not a reference PCB. A reference board has a 5+1 power phase setup (iirc), while this one is 17 total phases. If you look at the pictures of the boards from behind, you can see that the PCB is smaller at the front of the card (display outputs), then gets taller after the CrossFire connectors. It is also longer than the reference design. This is a much larger PCB to accomodate the more power phases, as well as give the necessary room to optimize trace pathways to the different components.
A good buy! I just hope we get to see more available GTX 680 products soon!!!
BUT although the 680 outperforms on a SINGLE monitor application, it would take 2 680's to do an eyefinity setup.
Advantage AMD
Nope, the new GTX 680 can output to 4 monitors in total with one card. It will only do 3 monitors in NVIDIA Surround with the 4th being an "accessory monitor" when using 3D applications. So, users no longer require 2 NVIDIA video cards in SLI for more than 2 monitors.
Great article, thanks! I am positive that there will be a 680 version, they would be foolish not to make one.Look forward to reading about it too
I also have to agree, the 50$ premium for better quality parts on the card is well worth it.
I bought a R6970 Lightning just for the quality parts.
Obviously I haven't been given a timeline for the eventual GTX 680 Lightning card, but I would expect it to be around 3 months away due to the shortage of chips and the design time for the product as a whole.
You don't think they got some chips already?
Or are you expecting it will be on the market by then?
GTX 680 chips are scarce. TSMC shut down the 28 nm line in mid-February, and I am unsure if they have started it back up again. NVIDIA got a couple of complete chip shipments from them, but I think that until manufacturing starts up again, supply is going to be super tight. So tight that guys like Asus, MSI, and others will not have the amount of product on hand to create a second line of non-reference cards.
"GTX 680 chips are scarce. TSMC shut down the 28 nm line in mid-February, and I am unsure if they have started it back up again."
I doubt the GTX 680 could of been released worldwide, albeit in short supply, if it was.
Well, the long and short of it is... NVIDIA set a date for release assuming that TSMC would be able to continue to process wafers at a certain rate until that date. TSMC dropped all production after NVIDIA had set the release date. NVIDIA had enough product out to release the card and have some decent numbers in retail, but after that it would be touch and go. I have heard that the beginning of April will have more cards available than at launch, but the big question is availability after that. I guess time will tell, but from what I am hearing availability might be scarce for a while.
It's really very complex in this busy life to listen news on Television, thus I just use world wide web for that reason, and obtain the most up-to-date information.
my blog post: here are the findings
Thanks, I wanted someone to face off BF: Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 3 so I could compare then side by side.
lololololo my gtx 570 scores a 7135 in 3dmark11 ATI is heading downnnnnnn hilllllllllllllllllllll
Are u mentally impaired? His test bed consisted of an AMD Phenom CPU.
Ofcourse the overall score is going to take a major hit on all cards tested.
Just got my 7970 Lightning in, BAAARELY fits in my antec 1200 with 3 hdd's (Had to move those).
It's a thing of beauty this is. Kind of sucks Josh had such a horrible experience.
Is there any way to tell if the retail ones that I and others will receive have the updated bios?
I'll have to check and see. But if your card is working without issue, there is no real reason to flash the BIOS. VBIOS are typically much simpler than a motherboard BIOS.
Last question,
You said you had some OC issues, what was the ASIC quality of your lightning card?
To find it, you go to GPU-Z, click on the upper left corner, and near the bottom it will have ASIC quality.
I know MSI has said in the past they don't bin their cards, but it would appear they may for the lightning. Mine was 82.5% or right around there. The lower the number, the better the OC possibility.
Thanks again man.
So far, benchmarks are:
Alan Wake 12.9 -> 81 AVG FPS by the upgrade
RUSE went from 30 up to 160.
Insanity, I'll try to OC it tonight, see how I do. Only the 2nd thing I have owned to OC it.
Bios is 015.013.000.011.000000 (113-AD40900-X01)
Bios: 015.013.000.011.000000 (113-AD40900-X01)
So yeah, same bios. Here is a portion of ASIC and OC results.
EDIT: After reading through the thread a bit again, there appears to be some sort of drop off between OC and ASIC Quality.
The lower number means higher voltage, higher potential for OC, but when you get to a point (say below 75 or above 95) there is a dropoff between OC and voltage heavily.
It will take some more looking into, but that is what I have seen for a bit now.
Remember those special Phenom IIs that were aimed at the LN2 crowd and only like 1000 of them were made? This seems to be along the same line of thought. Leakier, hotter running chips that take super cooling really well. On air cooling, not an impressive overclock... on LN2, the sky is the limit. So yeah, I would imagine my sample might do well under LN2.
It's wierd. I was looking at it tismorning. Stuff at around 65%, with 1175 and 1250 voltages. Got up to around 1250-1300, some on air, some on WC, but everything was drastically varied.
It just seems odd that these things with the same "quality" don't have the same characteristics. But then again, when you have 40+% leakage, it is a lot of heat in such a small area. I know for me I have to re-wire my case and move the HDD up to the top to free up the bottom two 1200 intakes for the GPU. Working on that this weekend, but yeah.
Thanks the insight man. I'll throw up something and try to OC for sure.
I was thinking about the bios thing. I can combare the bios HEX to mine and get the version based on that. Can you post or add a GPU-Z screenshot of the MSI 7970 Lightning?
Appreciate it.
Right now I'm at 1180 Core Clock and 1440 on the memory.
If I could add voltage to the memory then I would be able to up that as well, but right now It's locked? I read a post that said to mess with the powertune settings to 20%, but the memory voltage didn't change. Perhaps I need to switch to the LN2 bios selection?
EDIT: Had to back things off a bit, way too much voltage I'm guessing, but ended with 1175/1435.
There is a CFG setting you have to manually put in with Afterburner to get the memory and PCI-E bus to over volt.
Surprised the memory doesn't go any higher than that for you. Also, put power tune to + 20%. That essentially increases the amount of available power to the GPU. Powertune was put in place so in corner cases like Furmark, the board/chip would not exceed the rated TDP (and shut down).
Nevermind. I can OC the memory now. In the msi utility, to the right of the core voltage there is a small arrow, hit that and you can get the other 2 voltage settings.
I got it up to 1220/1520 The memory is about done. Even 5 MHz and I get corruption. I don't know whether to add a ton more voltage (I have slider space for 75 mV). I tried 1240 on the core, but got some severe image corruption.
I think I will try some stability testing, just let it run for an hour or so instead of 5-10 loops on the metro benches, and see if anything ends up happenings in terms of corruption. As far as voltage goes, I'm not sure if there is a "less is more" type approach, or if you simply add more when you reach corruption.
From my Computer Engineering background I know a bit about how the ripple and stuff affects everything, and I'm not sure just how much ripply is being introduced and so forth, but, needless to say...
Wow, not a bad overclock at all. I had overclocked the one I have to 1100 MHz... but I was using Oblivion to play, so I don't know if the vid card was causing problems or that rather unstable game was...
I'm betting the game.


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Top Ten Most Embarrassing Hip Hop Moments
It's been over two decades since Hip Hop was considered a laughable fad. I was there in the eighties, I saw how record labels, pop music fans and the such dismissed Hip Hop as a joke. Well, here we are in 2012 and pretty much everything from music to fashion to film is decided in some way by the billion dollar global industry of Hip Hop. When anything becomes this popular it seeps into the fabric of society and becomes part of the mass culture. When that happens, well, shit can go really, really wrong. In the spirit of such spectacle, we've dug up ten examples of how Hip Hop can be abused, for the Top Ten Most Embarrassing Hip Hop Moments. Prepare yourself: This isn't just bad, it's emotionally scarring.
10. Krispy Kreme – The Baddest
While Krispy Kreme has become something of an internet phenomenon, I cautiously put this at number ten simply because it's supposed to be funny. Tyler Cassidy, aka Krispy Kreme, is the valedictorian of his class in Michigan. He also has some real songs that are actually pretty good. That being said, this Krispy Kreme alter ego is awful.
Now you understand the chills of sadness.
09. Rappin' Rodney – No Respect
Before Hip Hop caught on and became the juggernaut it is today, there was a time when it was used as a vehicle for comedies and comics. This is one of the most egregious examples of that. Rodney Dangerfield, using his age-old No Respect shtick, attempts to make a funny video about getting no respect.
Some find this to be classic Rodney Dangerfield but since that term makes more sense applied to Easy Money or Back To School, this video gets no respect (see what I did there?).
08. Luscious C and DJ Fist – Watchman Rap
If DC Comics current Before Watchman series makes original Watchman author Alan Moore angry, then he can't have seen this 1985 video because it would have been a blood bath. Outside of the horrible lyrics, this is the most unnecessary rap song ever.
Who the fuck decided a rap song about a comic book would be super awesome and would only truly work when put over music that sounds like it was lifted from a shitty video game? I'm still waiting for the follow up. Perhaps "V Is For Vendetta's On The Mic" or "The Dark Knight Returns (To Diss Your Crew)".
07. Tom Hanks & Dan Aykroyd – Dragnet Rap
Hooo man, I don't even know where to begin with this one. Like Rappin' Rodney, the producers of Dragnet thought it would be pants shitting hysterical to have the whitest white guys making a movie about the whitest show in TV history do a rap song. I have no idea how many pounds of cocaine were huffed before this gem was slapped together but I'm sure it was staggering. I DEFY anybody to make it past the Goat Pants guy rapping. It's impossible to continue watching without your eyes and ears exploding.
Dancing Tom Hanks and Dan Aykroyd is the most horrible thing ever.
06. Joe Pesci – Wiseguy
Oh I'm sorry, did I say the Dragnet Rap was the worst movie tie in rap ever? Sorry, I forgot about Joe Pesci grabbing the mic and laying down lyrics about being a Wiseguy. I'm sure the Pesci faithful out there will defend this as a joke but it's so bad that the comedy is completely lost.
I can only assume a drunk Joe Pesci wandered into a studio after listening to Rapture by Blondie and started screaming, "I can do this shit". At that point two seriously high engineers layed down this "fat beat" and then laughed their asses off while Pesci rhymed.
05. Speak – Sometimes People Make War
I feel kind of bad putting this one on here because Hungarian rapper Speak has a solid message about peace and love. That being said, holy shit this is funny. I love how Speak doesn't so much rap as just randomly talks over this beat that sounds like leftover Wilson Philips. I also dig how Speak's message of peace and non-materialistic living is performed in front of his fancy car. Oh, and why the graveyard? I guess to represent the fallen soldiers? Does this mean Speak will pour out some Palinka for the fallen homeys?
Best part is the chorus; it raises this up to nearly an SNL skit about a European rapper.
04. Celtic Frost – Hip Hop Jugend
No, you didn't read that wrong, this is metal legends Celtic Frost performing a club banger Hip Hop jam. I wanted this to be a joke. I desperately, desperately prayed to Gods Of Metal to make this a basement project from some batch of kids who hated Celtic Frost. Nope, not a joke.
Thankfully I was able to shatter some old Celtic Frost vinyl in order to stab the shards into my ears until the pain stopped. I share this with you so I don't have to suffer alone.
03. The Rappin'Granny
Turn away from this video, I FUCKING DARE YOU!! You can't, you can't turn away. It's like this old couple symbolically turned us all into Alex from A Clockwork Orange and we must watch this with our eyelids ripped open screaming. I don't care that it was a contest for free furniture; there was no need for this to happen. Don't these two have kids who can buy the furniture instead of allowing this tragedy to unfold?
I tried to laugh at off but when granny goes "Pee, ugh ugh, pee," I instantly threw myself into traffic.
02. A. Samuels – Livin' De Life
Remember that douche chilling moment when you heard your Uncle or Grandfather say, "That's the bomb" or "That's radical" and then he winked at you to let you know he was cool? Well, here's a whole fucking video of that feeling. A. Samuels isn't kidding, he really thinks he has a message and that he's street enough to bring it with Hip Hop. The lyrics here are so laughably bad that they must be serious, no comedy is brilliant enough to come up with this. One of the most horrifying aspects is the live show cut in. THIS GUY DID LIVE SHOWS?
The best line is actually from some other guy at the end of the video. What the hell is a Twizzum Chain?
01. Insane Clown Posse – Miracles
As much horror as you have seen here today, nothing comes close to this song. Easily the worst rap song ever written. I love how the ICP guys hate scientists but yet ask scientific questions like the infamous "Magnets, how do they work". The only way these guys can redeem themselves is to admit it's all performance art and they know how ridiculous they are.
So there you go. Ten Examples Of Embarrassing Hip Hop. Did we miss something? Besides anythign ever done by Lil Wayne, of course – but we didn't want the list to be entirely limited to one baby-talking base-rhymer. So please add your own link in the comments below and help round this list out. If anybody needs me, I'll be bleaching my eyes and ears.


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The surprise entrance of an older couple caused quite a stir at the U.S. Supreme Court's first day of arguments about same-sex marriage. Justice Elena Kagan summoned the pair from her imagination, and it seems safe to say that Charles J. Cooper, the lawyer representing proponents of limiting marriage, never saw them coming.
Here's how Kagan described them: They're both over 55 years old, apparently heterosexual and they want to get married. Oh, and she's past her childbearing years, though he probably isn't.
Kagan conjured the couple as the justices probed Cooper's argument that "redefining marriage as a genderless institution" would undermine its foundation for having children and shift the emphasis to the needs of adults.
You can listen to their exchange here or read how it went below (with the transcript edited to eliminate some repetition and cross talk):
COOPER: The concern is that redefining marriage as a genderless institution will sever its abiding connection to its historic traditional procreative purposes, and it will refocus the purpose of marriage and the definition of marriage away from the raising of children and to the emotional needs and desires of adults, of adult couples.
JUSTICE KAGAN: Well, Mr. Cooper, suppose a state said that, "Because we think that the focus of marriage really should be on procreation, we are not going to give marriage licenses anymore to any couple where both people are over the age of 55." Would that be constitutional?
COOPER: No, Your Honor, it would not be constitutional.
KAGAN: Because that's the same state interest, I would think, you know: If you are over the age of 55, you don't help us serve the government's interest in regulating procreation through marriage. So why is that different?
COOPER: Your Honor, even with respect to couples over the age of 55, it is very rare that both parties to the couple are infertile, and –
KAGAN: No, really, because if the couple – I can just assure you, if both the woman and the man are over the age of 55, there are not a lot of children coming out of that marriage.
COOPER: Your Honor, society's interest in responsible procreation isn't just with respect to the procreative capacities of the couple itself. The marital norm, which imposes the obligations of fidelity and monogamy, Your Honor, advances the interests in responsible procreation by making it more likely that neither party, including the fertile party to that –
KAGAN: Actually, I'm not even –
JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA: I suppose we could have a questionnaire at the marriage desk when people come in to get the marriage [license], you know – Are you fertile or are you not fertile?
I suspect this Court would hold that to be an unconstitutional invasion of privacy, don't you think?
KAGAN: Well, I just asked about age. I didn't ask about anything else. We ask about people's age all the time.
COOPER: Your Honor, and even asking about age, you would have to ask if both parties are infertile. Again –
SCALIA: Strom Thurmond was not the chairman of the Senate committee when Justice Kagan was confirmed. [Note: The Republican Senator from South Carolina was known on Capitol Hill as "Sperm Thurmond" for having fathered the first of four children with his beauty-queen wife when he was nearly 70.)
COOPER: Very few men outlive their own fertility. So I just –
KAGAN: A couple where both people are over the age of 55 –
COOPER: And Your Honor, again, the marital norm which imposes upon that couple the obligation of fidelity –
JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR: I'm sorry, where is this –
CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS: I'm sorry; maybe you can finish your answer to Justice Kagan.
SOTOMAYOR: I'm sorry.
COOPER: It's designed, Your Honor, to make it less likely that either party to that marriage will engage in irresponsible procreative conduct outside of that marriage. That's the marital norm. Society has an interest in seeing a 55-year-old couple that is – just as it has an interest of seeing any heterosexual couple that intends to engage in a prolonged period of cohabitation, to reserve that until they have made a marital commitment. So that, should that union produce any offspring, it would be more likely that that child or children will be raised by the mother and father who brought them into the world.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A very costly victory could have been much more deflating for the Yankees whose seemingly endless river of injuries continues to flow.
In the middle of a 9-4 win over the Rays in front of 17,825 at Tropicana Field last night, the Yankees lost Curtis Granderson to a fractured knuckle on the left pinkie.
Three innings later Ben Zobrist's screaming liner connected with David Phelps' right forearm and glanced off his chest.
Granderson, who was hit by a Cesar Ramos pitch and taken for X-rays that revealed the fracture, will be examined by the Yankees' doctors Monday and should be told how long he will be out.
Though Joe Girardi didn't want to get into the speculation business the manager did say: "Usually broken bones don't heal in two weeks. I would say a minimum of four weeks.''
For Granderson it's the second fracture of the year. His season didn't start until May 14 because of a fractured right forearm suffered in his first spring training at-bat.
This injury is similar to the one Alex Rodriguez had a year ago when he missed 36 games, but didn't require surgery.
"As of right now it should be better than the last one,'' Granderson said. "It's crazy but you can't get too frustrated.''
Though Granderson missed six weeks, the Yankees were relying on his muscle that produced 43 and 41 homers in the previous two seasons.
"No matter how many games we won [without Granderson] he is one of those guys that hurts,'' Robinson Cano said. "It's going to hurt all of us. Hopefully he gets back soon.''
That's not likely to happen.
While Girardi was dealing with having four outfielders for three spots he certainly didn't want to lose one to injury. Outfielder Brennan Boesch, who was sent to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on May 13, is a strong candidate to replace Granderson.
Girardi has the right-handed hitting Ben Francisco to play the outfield and said he isn't afraid to use infielder Jayson Nix in the outfield.
As for Phelps, he believes he will make his next start Wednesday against the Mets, but that will require the soreness that is expected to settle into the meat part of the forearm to be gone.
"I will be fine,'' said Phelps, who retired the first 13 Rays, gave up four runs and six hits in 7 2/3 innings and is 3-2.
Phelps knew that a few inches either way, and he could have been seriously hurt.
"My guardian angel was looking out for me,'' said Phelps, who slammed his glove to the ground with the right arm and walked off the mound.
"I was just mad. It was the first time I was hit in the upper body,'' Phelps said. "With everything going on with our team I didn't want to be the next guy.''
He likely won't be the last.
The victory halted a two-game losing streak for the Yankees who received a two-run homer from Brett Gardner in the fourth. Lyle Overbay and Nix also drove in two runs each.
"I don't think we are going to have anything there but a bruise,'' Girardi said of Phelps, whose X-rays were negative. "We will have to see how he feels in a couple of days.''
Unfortunately the Yankees have plenty experience dealing with playing without high-profile players. Derek Jeter, Mark Teixeira and Rodriguez have yet to play.
"It's baseball and you have to deal with it,'' Girardi said. "And we will deal with it.''


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text: On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Brian LaMere wrote: > For whatever reason, management has decided that real estate in the server > room is an *extreme* issue. There are plenty of empty racks, but hey...what > do I know. > > After testing, I found a single-cpu p4 system literally did almost exactly > (averaged, less than 1% difference) the same amount as a dual p3 1ghz. > > For what ever reason, it has been decided that getting 1U 6-way p3 1ghz > systems at extreme costs would be better than simply getting a dual p4 > system. The dual p4 would do 2/3 the work, at 1/7 the cost. Maybe I > didn't take that special math that has caused so many places so many issues > lately, but...that just doesn't make sense to me. I'm assuming that you mean one 2.4 GHz P4's (or thereabouts) compared to one dual P3 at 1 GHz, although you don't say. I assume the higher than 2x P4 clock because (surprisingly) I personally find that a P4 doesn't quite scale with clock relative to the P3, for at least some of my applications. Still, the rest of your argument is flawless. Here are some more arguments to through out there to even more strongly support your point: a) What is the power consumption of the 6xP3 loaded with your task(s)? The dual P4's consumption is likely to be lower. Depending on how your server room is wired, it might well be that circuit capacity is far more of a limiting issue in your server room than rack space. See also the recent discussion on harmonics and switching power supplies -- loading your circuits to capacity could reveal all sorts of horrible problems if the server room wiring wasn't done correctly. b) Same question backwards -- if it uses more power, it generates more heat (in a 1U case!). Just because you can find boxes out there in odd configurations doesn't mean that they will run stably under all load mixes. A 1U 6xP3 might do just fine for a HA application (where the per-CPU load is poissonian and intermittant but die a heat death in an HPC application (where it generates the maximum possible amount of heat all the time). In many cases AC capacity is the fundamental limitation on what you can put in a server room without VERY expensive renovations. So, you need to figure out how many circuits there are in the server room and what the maximum kVA they can supply under any circumstances is (multiplying by 0.6-0.8 of theoretical capacity to obtain real capacity to accomodate the harmonic problem unless the room is on a harmonic mitigating transformer or you use expensive power factor correcting power supplies in all your nodes). You need to also find out what the peak AC capacity is serving the space (presuming that you need to maintain an ambient temperature of <70F, ideally <60F). You may find that rackspace is a total non-issue and can never BECOME an issue unless somebody spends a $100K or more on room renovations. c) Your computation that with P4's you are buying 2/3 of the capacity for 1/7 the money is still pessimistic. This is true IF AND ONLY IF your parallel code scales perfectly and Amdahl's law is all but irrelevant (for example, doing nothing but embarrassingly parallel computations for very long blocks of time). Otherwise, fewer, faster CPUs will often significantly outperform more, slower CPUs because they complete the rate-limiting SERIAL fraction of the code many times faster. As a single (extreme) example, suppose your parallel application has a 1/7 serial component. It takes one minute to execute the serial component on one of the P3s. It then splits and takes one more minute to complete the other six minutes worth of task using all six available P3 CPUs. On the P4, it takes 30 seconds to complete the serial fraction (half the time as the single P3). It then completes each remaining sixth of the computation in 30 seconds of CPU time, with two CPUs (taking a minute and a half). The two architectures complete in the SAME about of time! It would be fairer to state that the BEST the 6xP3 can do on ideal parallel code is 1.5x the work of the 2xP4, where it could easily be a lot less depending on where and how the code contains serial bottlenecks. YMMV, and is likely to be worse (for the P3s) than your estimate, almost certainly never better. d) On a similar note, consider other hardware bottlenecks and architectural limitations. OK, so you have a 6xP3. How much memory does it hold, and how is it apportioned for use per CPU? How is disk shared? How is the network shared? Do all the CPUs access the same memory, or does each CPU have its own memory space? If the latter, how do the CPUs communicate? These are all CRITICAL questions, and would ordinarily be among the FIRST questions addressed in any serious consideration of a multiprocessor machine. Consider some of the possible answers: i) 6 P3s share one block of three SDRAM slots, maximum memory of 1.5 GB (or 256 MB per CPU). Memory is shared, so all CPUs can access all memory, but can EASILY saturate the memory bus, so one might easily end up with five CPUs waiting and doing NOTHING while the other CPU reads a big block of memory. For certain classes of memory bus bound code, your 6x P3 might be no faster than a 2x P3, while your 2x P4, sharing 2 GB (or 1 GB per CPU) might also use DDR or RDRAM with a faster FSB and be able to run flat out, or nearly so. This is presuming SERIAL applications, not even parallel at all. Big applications simply don't run 6 way. ii) 6 P3's each have a block of three SDRAM slots, maximum memory of 1.5 GB per CPU. Now you have lots of memory, but have to pay a penalty for CPUs to talk to each other. What lives between them? If they are on a network of some sort, you need to know what sort, and whether or not you have drivers for it in any given OS. The system runs MUCH hotter. Things like DMA for any shared peripherals (e.g. NICs, disks) become "interesting" (in the sense of the chinese curse). Similar issues accompany all the other shared resources, including NICs and disks and video controllers and anything else. 6 way shared means the potential for HUGE bottlenecks if you try to run ANY application that bottlenecks on a shared resource. Resources that are not shared create bottlenecks or resource crunches in other places. You are NOT just comparing raw FLOPS or IPS, you have to look at the nonlinearities and bottlenecks in the systems' design to have any idea of how parallel performance will scale even if all you want to do is run 6 more or less independent tasks. e) Finally, in light of all of the above, what sort of operating system support is there for the 6x system? Perhaps you can run linux, perhaps not. Presumably you can run SOMETHING, but that something might be a proprietary OS with lots of custom drivers. In this case the cost of the hardware may be a tiny fraction of the total cost of ownership of the 6x system, and if (as is not horribly unlikely) the system turns out to be moderately unstable and not particularly aggressively maintained, system downtime becomes yet another hidden cost waiting to bite you. I mean, I personally would want to SEE and PLAY WITH the 6x P3 fairly extensively before committing to it on this basis alone to ensure that yes, I can install it and manage it and that it won't just crash the minute I try to actually USE it. I personally think that one would almost certainly have to be fair-to-middling insane OR to have one of a small class of very specific tasks to accomplish to go with the 6x 1U system, and even then one should probably look at the other "exotic" architectures (such as blade computers using the transmeta CPU) before deciding, as tasks that actually can do well on the 6xP3 (with its likely mish-mash of memory and peripherals) can probably ALSO do well on a blade computer that would beat it in flops/U (over several U), heat and power (significantly) and architectural cleanliness. If you're going to spend a lot of money anyway, of course -- a single or dual P4 or Athlon is likely to be your best price/performer and will probably perform MUCH better in a real parallel or memory intensive application either way. HTH, rgb > > So I'm trying to find out if anyone knows of a 4-way p4 system out there. > I'm wanting to bring a couple dual-p4's in here just so they'll see that the > performance far surpases the current per-node performance we have on our > cluster, but...brick wall. The guy above me agrees with me, the guy above > him won't talk to me about it. He just gets all excited about a 6-way p3 > server in 1u. Whoopie. > > So...help? Anyone know of any 4-way p4 systems? And no, amd isn't an > option (unfortunately). > > Brian > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > Robert G. 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It used to be fashionable to look classy; everyone did his best to look his/her best. It's understandable that sensible people would want to look their best. It's good to aspire to better things; mankind should always be climbing.
But in today's world appearances — and values — are sinking. If you look at photos from the 1940s, you will see that almost all women walking in center city were wearing dresses, and men almost all wore suits. Even at Phillies games, this attire was standard. Today, at even the most elegant restaurants, blue jeans and running shoes abound.
The goal today seems to be to look like a bum. Class is definitely out!
Tattooing is an ancient art — and remains a popular art — among the world's primitive cultures. Go to any part of the globe where written language or the wheel are unknown, where nakedness is commonplace and food is eaten raw (and sometimes humans, too) and you will find lots of "body art."
For those who need to worry about nothing but pursuing prey and avoiding predators, the body paint makes perfect sense. It provides the kind of camouflage many wild animals and even military combat troops also use as a survival tool. It's not as if you need to worry about job interviews in the wild.
But in the First World, impressions are everything. Do you think prospective employers won't notice tattooed necks or knuckles? If you're planning a career in the sewer or slaughter house, then looking like Queequeg or the Illustrated Man might be an asset. But if you're aspiring to a professional career, then you might leave body art to the Amazons.
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I knew a girl in junior high school who wore a ring on every finger and both thumbs. Her nickname was "Rings and Things." She stood out at the time like a candle in a dark room, but how modest she would appear by today's standards.
No longer worn so much on fingers, today's flesh-ripping, cartilage-tearing rings are punched through every part of the ears, as well as the lips, eyebrows, noses and even tongues. Does it remind you a little of nose bones, patterned scarring of the flesh or lip-stretching clay saucers? From the heart of darkness to Main Street, U.S.A.
Isn't it nice to deal with a youngster working a cash register whose face is covered with rings that have been punched through bloody, pus-infected flesh? Works up a real appetite for that food you just bought!
I recently saw a pink-haired young woman in a store whose face was covered in rings. She had more holes in her face than poor Harry Whittington did after Dick Cheney shot him. Had Dick Cheney shot her, he would have done less damage than she has gladly done to herself.
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I've noticed that young people today like to dress down — very down. Department stores are even selling pre-torn jeans, and young people are actually wearing them! So if pre-torn jeans are making a hit, then maybe we can add to that.
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• Underarm perspiration.
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Clothing will also be artificially pre-odorized so that your underarm stains will smell like actual B.O. The B.O. will cover the full spectrum of B.O. types, including B.O. of people who've been exercising, living on the street, digging through the trash, eating too much garlic or you name it! No longer will you be limited to your own natural stench; now you can smell like any bum from any part of the world or from any walk of life.
Now anyone can look like a bum, even if you don't sleep in an alley or relieve yourself under someone else's porch. Now that we are an "inclusive" society, nobody needs to feel left out. Why should the street people have all the privileges? Don't middle and upper class people count anymore?


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The inverted pendulum is a classic problem in dynamics and control theory and is widely used as a benchmark for testing control algorithms. It is also an area of active study, with many new innovations and applications - for example, the problem is solved in the technology of the Segway, a self-balancing transportation device. This book provides an overall picture of historical and current trends and the developments in nonlinear control theory, based on the simple structure and rich nonlinear model of the inverted pendulum. After an introduction to the system and open/current problems, the book covers the topic in four parts: applications of robust state estimation and control to pendulum-cart systems; controllers for under-actuated mechanical systems; nonlinear controllers for mobile inverted pendulum systems; and robust controllers based observers via Takagi-Sugeno or linear approaches. With contributions from international researchers in the field, The Inverted Pendulum in Control Theory and Robotics is essential reading for researchers, scientists, engineers and students in the field of control theory, robotics and nonlinear systems
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Found your site through the fatfreevegan blog earlier (from the vegan carrot cake recipe post, that looks so good)
I was wondering if there's a way to make a low-carb vegan version of these brownies? I don't mind the sugar or dates or whatnot, it's the flour/potato/starch ingredients that seem to get me in trouble
I transitioned from being vegetarian to being vegan in the past few years [because I love animals] but now I'm trying to go low-carb as well [can't control my weight otherwise, I seem to burst up into a large pumpkin when I eat carbs]
I tried some vegan black bean brownies from another vegan recipes website, and they came out okay, I put in molasses, maple syrup, coffee etc to mask the taste of the beans which kind of worked, sort of
Sorry this comment is so long, jeez, I'll end it here
Thanks for your reply 🙂
"Black beans, almond flour, cocoa powder (or carob) and dates would probably work to make a good brownie."
^ Yea, sounds good. I think I'll try this combination, the black bean brownies I've made so far were not overly terrific, but I didn't add in dates or almond flour.
I just posted a similar recipe on my site. I should have used your icing recipe!
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These are absolutely amazing. Thanks a bunch for your amazing, tasty recipes. I love that there is no butter and no added sugar..


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It amazes me that OBs can still be resistant to testing for progesterone deficiency and treating it. After two consecutive losses and a clean blood panel, I begged my OB to test my progesterone levels. I was pregnant again. Not only did she refuse to test, but she also said that even if I tested low for progesterone, she wouldn't supplement. Her "brilliant" idea to treat pregnancy loss was Clomid! (You can read tons of stories about women taking Clomid and suffering miscarriages as well as being blessed and challenged with multiple gestation issues.)
I lost that baby at 10 weeks gestation. It died a few weeks earlier. I was devastated and so angry. I'm still angry at that nutjob OB. For numerous reasons I transfered to a more compassionate OB who had been through infertility with his wife and also seemed to enjoy thoughtful discussions with his patients. Although he misdiagnosed my problem, he supported me in seeking a second opinion with a reproductive endocrinologist (RE).
The RE discovered low low low progesterone. The RE also found adenomyosis in my uterus that was distorting the shape of my uterus. He believes that my cesarean caused the adenomyosis. He removed as much as he could.
I received the all clear to TTC and quickly became pregnant again. (Becoming pregnant was never my issue.) I began supplementing with progesterone via 17-hydroxyprogesterone shots. An early ultrasound discovered that I was carrying twins. (Recall the one OB's suggestion to give me Clomid?!??!!!!!!!)
I continued the progesterone injections and weekly progesterone tests during the first trimester of that pregnancy. My progesterone levels seemed ok on their own, but it was prudent to continue especially since specialists don't know what a good level of progesterone is for multiple gestation. After three consecutive losses, I carried my twins to term. 🙂
I accidentally became pregnant during my September 23, 2010 cycle. I suspected it almost immediately after conception, so I began early testing. By CD 28 I tested positive for pregnancy. I contacted my OB's office (my previous lovely OB died the day he cleared us to TTC in 2008) on a Friday, and was frustrated that it took until the end of the business day on Monday to get a script. In the meantime, I contacted medical friends and even the RE's nurse. I was amazed that she got back to me and was still willing to advise me . . . 2 years later and from out of state. What a blessing.
Your typical OB isn't always well-equipped to deal with early pregnancy issues. My OB recommended 100mg oral progesterone. I double-checked this with the RE's nurse, and she did NOT recommend this treatment. My SIL also told me some sketchy stuff about oral progesterone supplementation. The RE's nurse said the best thing to do is either go back on the shots or do 200mg prometrium vaginally. Since prometrium is so accessible and doesn't require a stick in the bum, I went that route. I also want readers to know that it took a while to straighten out the script, but by Tuesday I had what I needed thanks to a lovely independent pharmacist, the RE's nurse, and the OB's office following through with exactly what I requested.
I just want to offer this information up for those who are struggling to make sense of their losses. Really, if you think you suffer from low progesterone and/or a short luteal phase, you need a medical script for progesterone supplementation. It is unlikely that natural supplements will do the job . . . maybe for marginal progesterone?
Someone on one of my advocacy lists said that taking prometrium vaginally seemed "iffy" to her. I must admit that irritated me, but she doesn't know anything about me or how seriously I consider my health decisions. Had I not been directed to this reproductive endocrinologist in 2008, I would probably not have my twins or be 16 weeks pregnant with my fourth and final baby.


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Advanced packaging techniques such as wafer bumping, 3D Interconnect, and chip scale packaging allow different components of an integrated circuit (IC) to be stacked on each other and directly connected, rather than side by side on a printed circuit board. These new packaging methods enable the production of ICs with reduced cost, lower power consumption and higher performance.
Wafer bumping or three-dimensional stacking of wafers for wafer level packaging employs specific alignment and lithography. EVG's mask aligners offer full field proximity exposure and dark field alignment up to 300 mm. Wafer-to-wafer bond aligners support micron level face-to-face alignment for 3D interconnects.Wafer level packaging techniques use wafer bonding as an enabling solution for stacking of wafers and three-dimensional integration of devices. EVG offers flexible wafer bonding systems with a unique bond chamber design to perform different wafer bonding processes. High vacuum or high pressure conditions can be applied to achieve a uniform and strong bond. Suitable for small diameter substrates up to 300 mm EVG's wafer bonding systems ensure the advancement of promising new packaging techniques.Wafer stacking has become a viable solution to reduce actual die size for new IC packaging applications. The SmartView Aligner offers a proprietary method for micron level face-to-face wafer level alignment. This alignment technique is key to achieving the required accuracy in multiple wafer stacking for leading edge technologies. SmartView technology combined with the GEMINI wafer bonding systems allows stacking of wafers through face-to-face alignment and subsequent permanent bonding to form electrical or optical interconnects between wafers.
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impactsignz08 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 48 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
We are a growing emergency equipment and communications business that takes stock vehicles and converts them into police cars and security vehicles. We need a logo that is eye catching, and cutting edge with a high tech look, but also professional, as I am marketing to law enforcement and security guard offices .
We do installs of communication radios, lightbars, decals ect, on police and security cars. We want to stick with using red, white, blue and black. I like the idea of maybe incorperating a set of emergency vehicle lightbars into the logo, but I am open to other options also. It does need to be vector. Other logos that will be used on my marekting materials will include the following distributors: FedSig.com, Soundoffsignal.com. However I do not like those logos and are not very impressive. I want a clean line cuting edge logo that will be brandable. A competitor website is LGSPublicSafety.com, but that is a bad example, beacuse there is really no logo for them, but you can see what we do.
- Logo with solid colors
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Tom Felton Attends Fan Meet-and-Greets in Chicago, Throws First Pitch at Wrigley Field
Jul 25, 2011
Felton Interviews
Actor Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) made several appearances in the Chicago area over the weekend to continue promoting "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2."
On July 22 and 24, Mr. Felton was at the Hollywood Blvd. Theater in Woodbridge and at the Hollywood Palms on July 23 to sign autographs and take photos with fans. Photos from the two events can be seen here, courtesy of Feltbeats.
An interview with the Draco Malfoy actor was also published in a local newspaper, in which he talks about filming Harry Potter and maybe one day reuniting with co-star Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) on another film:
When asked if he'd like the tables turned and act in a film with
Daniel Radcliffe as the villain and himself as the good guy, his face
lit up and he exuberantly replied, "Oh, yes!" He then began to
"Daniel and I have commented to each other that we probably won't get
another chance to work in another movie together but if we do, he'd be
the bad guy and I'd be the good one."
Mr. Felton was also invited to throw the first pitch at the Cubs-Astros game at Wrigley Field on Friday evening. You can seen how well he did in this video.


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Something which is not capitalism.
I can't spell, so I wrote a definition for captialism instead of capitalism.
by PoopyPoo October 27, 2004
An economic system that is hierarchal, under which wealth is accumulated by those few in control of the hierarchy, though the surplus value of wealth created by people who work, in partnership with a government that subsidizes industry, while opposition is suppresed. In the United States, it is called Democracy.
Capitalism is great. I can choose from 20 diffent kinds of catsup but I can't afford to see a doctor.
by eugene February 01, 2004
The best economic system known to mankind. Socialist pinkos don't get it yet, but capitalism is THE shit.
Boy, do I love capitalism! I can actually make something of myself and provide for my family!
by Rob Lawson March 17, 2004
buy the domain for your art site
Not communism.
I love capitalism.
MMMM, I owe this hot dog to capatilism.
Yay, not communism!
MMMM, I owe this hot dog to capatilism.
Yay, not communism!
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Packers tight end Jermichael Finley said earlier this week that he hopes to remain with Green Bay despite reports that the team has decided to move in a different direction.
We'll hear more on that front from Finley when he sits down for a chat with Erik Kuselias on Pro Football Talk on NBC Sports Network. Finley had a rough first half of the season as drops and talk of a lacking chemistry with quarterback Aaron Rodgers grabbed more attention than any big plays in the passing game. We'll find out if Finley thinks a strong close to the year was enough to erase that start and anything else he cares to share about the end of the Packers season.
Mike Florio and Ross Tucker will also be on hand to talk about the biggest news of the day, including San Diego's decision to hire Mike McCoy as their new head coach. Florio and Tucker will also start looking ahead to Sunday's conference title games over the course of our hour together on Tuesday afternoon.
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I am pleased that you started this site, I have been curious about blogging and was so disappointed when your first invitation came because I tried to respond without success. You have probably figured out that I have a mental block when it comes to using computers so I immediately thought it was me - what a relief to find no one could leave message. Oh, well we are cooking on all burners now. Speaking of burners I console myself when it comes to my inability to use many facets of a computer with the knowledge that at least I am a good cook!
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Friday, May 23, 2008
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Hooray for your blog post! It was my error and not yours you couldn't first time around.
Feel free to blog about what you are up to re Monroe & associated families research and let me know if you have folks you would like me to invite. Maybe this blog will get more of our cousins talking.
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Geronimo Busselton 14,000ft with Handcam Video and Photos - Gift Voucher
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Skydive over one of WA's most outstanding coastal getaway locations: Busselton. Land right on the beach for an unforgettable experience.*
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* Stunning flight to altitude over Geographe Bay, the iconic Busselton Jetty and the Margaret River Region
* Exhilarating 60 seconds of free fall time with your experienced Skydive Instructor
* 5 minute parachute ride with unobstructed views of the iconic Busselton Jetty
* Beach landing on one of Australia's most beautiful beaches
* A free beach side drink at Equinox Café to celebrate (skydiving is thirsty work!)
* Handcam Video and Photo's package. Share your experience instantly with your friends.
* All beach landings are weather dependant. Your safe landing area will be determined on the day of your skydive.
Don't just jump... Create a life long memory!
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Your experience begins with a warm welcome at our facilities at the Busselton Regional Airport, followed by a briefing with your qualified and friendly Skydive Instructor. After a quick goodbye to family and friends, you will board the Geronimo aircraft and fly to jump altitude. The 15 minute flight features views of stunning WA coastline, breaching whales (from September – December) and landmarks such as the Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse and the Busselton Jetty.
Together with your Instructor, you will free fall at 200kms/hr for 60 seconds! This is by far the most exciting part, so we recommend considering an upgraded height of 15,000ft, which can be arranged on jump day. Your Instructor will deploy your parachute at 5,000ft and you then enjoy a spectacular 5 minute parachute ride, before landing on the beach alongside family and friends. Then it's time to celebrate! Customers enjoy a free celebratory drink the Equinox Busselton, while overlooking the ocean and the parachute landing area - skydiving is thirsty work!
Video and Photos to capture your experience. This is going to be something you want to remember forever, so we offer professionally edited, high definition (TV quality) cinematography unlike any other!
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After the jump, your video is edited with great music and you can head to our tandem lounge to watch it on our big screen and re-live the adventure all over again. You will be able to take your video and photo's home on the day of your jump, ready for viewing, sharing and printing!
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Skydive Geronimo have the most fun and our team love being at the Drop Zone as much as you do! We know that this will be an unforgettable experience, so our crew are dedicated to making it as enjoyable possible. You will jump with Western Australia's most experienced team with over 40 years of skydive and aviation experience. We have a 100% safety record.
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The Kinetic Reflex wire stripper has combination solid and stranded wire stripping holes. The wire stripper incorporates an ergonomically curved handle with a stress-reducing grip and a thumb guide. The multi-purpose tool features a plier nose, precision-ground knife-type blades, bolt cutters that shear bolts and screws, and a wire loop.
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Insulated hand tools
This line of impact-resistant, flame-retardant, insulated hand tools can withstand 1,000V. The tools come with a visual wear indicator, and they're laser-marked with a safety warning and part number.
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Reciprocating saws
The RS series of corded reciprocating saws is available in three models. The 9A RS5 saw weighs 7.2 lb and features a variable speed trigger, a soft grip handle, a rafter hook, and a 360° scroll collar for cutting in confined spaces. The 12A RS10 saw weighs 8 lb and is equipped with the company's LockJaw blade change system, a 0.75-in. stroke length, a pushbutton adjustable open-slot foot, and a rafter hook. The 13A RS20 also weighs 8 lb and features a 1.25-in. stroke length, one-handed blade insertion and removal, and a Direct Connect cord management system in addition to all the features of the RS10.
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The "Build Your Own Combo" 18V system allows users to customize their own tool kit. It starts with the base kit, which includes two 18V battery packs, a charger, and a contractor bag. The company then offers 12 different tools to add to the kit like a 0.5-in. driver/drill tool, a rotary hammer, or a metal-cutting circular saw. The company also has a list of recommended tool kits based on profession.
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This line of seven XRP cordless hammerdrill/drill/drivers comprises three 18V models, three 14.4V models, and one 12V model. The drill/drivers feature a 550-in.-lb, high-torque motor and a 3-speed, all metal transmission. They come equipped with a 0.5-in ratcheting chuck, an all-metal sleeve, and carbide jaws to prevent bits from slipping or falling out of the tool.
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Zac Brown Band Guitarist Coy Bowles Writes Anti-Bullying Kids Book
While the members of Zac Brown Band have tasted commercial success in the past few years, they've also each experienced something else entirely new: parenthood. Perhaps this is partially what drew the band's guitarist Coy Bowles to pen his first children's book, "Amy Giggles: Laugh Out Loud." Speaking on HLN yesterday morning (March 16), Bowles elaborated on the origins of the anti-bullying book, as well as his hopes for its future.
"I met somebody who is Amy Giggles," he says in the video clip below. "I know a girl who has a really crazy laugh." After talking to his friend, Bowles realized that she had been bullied about her laugh while she was a kid, and something about that story struck a chord with him.
He continued, "So I came up with a rhyme, and the crazy thing about it is that the band's success has been so insane over the last three or four years, it took me 15 minutes to write the book and two years on and off the road to finish the book." While he says writing a book is entirely different than sitting down to write music, Bowles points out that there is a rhyming structure to this book, which brought the two crafts together for him.
In addition to speaking out against bullying, the book touches on of self-confidence and encourages kids to accept themselves for who they are. You can watch a trailer for the book here. Bowles is donating a portion of the proceeds to Camp Southern Ground, a camp that strives to "overcome academic, social and emotional difficulties so they may reach their full potential."
When asked what his hopes are for the future of the book, the artist says, "Man, just if it changes one person's life, which it has. I would love for the message to get spread and for kids to learn that having confidence can be more than getting picked on." The book, which is available on Zac Brown Band's website, does include a cameo of Brown within its pages, so be sure to check it out.
Watch Coy Bowles Talking About His New Book on HLN


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Author Notes: This salad is simple to make, with few ingredients, and tastes delicious. The tartness of the apples is accented well by the crumbled bacon and sharp flavor of the blue cheese. And what better way to top off the salad than with a warm bacon vinaigrette to see us through the cold winter months.*This recipe was inspired by Bobby Flay's chopped apple salad. I used toasted pecans instead of walnuts, developed a warm bacon vinaigrette instead of using his pomegranate dressing and subbed spinach for romaine to give it a more Cobb salad feel. - Table9 —Table9
Food52 Review: Table9's chopped apple salad is culinary perfection. The warm bacon vinaigrette (flavored with shallot, dijon mustard, honey, and brown sugar) is heavenly— I could happily sip it as an aperitif. Toasted pecans, blue cheese crumbles, bacon bits, apple cubes, and chopped romaine combine beautifully, delivering lots of crunchy crispness and lively, contrasting flavors. Honestly, this is one of the best salads I have eaten anywhere. Enjoy it as a main or first course. (I successfully substituted balsamic for the red wine vinegar.) —AppleAnnie
Serves: 6
Chopped Apple Salad
6 ounces Blue Cheese crumbles
6 Granny Smith Apples, Cored and Diced
Medium Head of Romaine, Chopped
cup Chopped Pecans, Lightly Toasted in the Oven
Warm Bacon Vinaigrette
Slices of Thick-Sliced Bacon, Diced
Medium Shallot, Minced
cup Red Wine Vinegar
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teaspoons Light Brown Sugar
teaspoon Dijon Mustard
teaspoon Honey
- Heat large skillet over medium heat and cook diced bacon until crispy. Remove bacon and place on paper towel. Discard all except 3 tablespoons of bacon drippings.
- Add shallots to bacon drippings in the skillet and cook for one minute.
- While shallots heating, in a small bowl whisk red wine vinegar, light brown sugar, Dijon mustard and maple syrup. Pour and mix together with shallot and bacon drippings in the skillet. Remove from heat.
- In a large bowl toss apples, romaine, pecans and blue cheese crumbles, and as much vinaigrette as you prefer. Serve immediately.
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Salad with Apples
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CLEVELAND, OHIO - Harvard freshman Steven Keith won the 55kg title at the ASCIS FILA Junior National Championships over the weekend and qualified for the World Team Trials next month. Classmate Paul Ligouri also competed at the tournament, falling one match short of placing.
Keith defeated Anthony Zanetta of Pittsburgh Wrestling Club, 4-3, 1-3, 3-1, in the championship match at 55 kgs (121 pounds). He won four matches to get to the finals beating, Ty Mitch of Seasons (0-1, 6-0, 8-3), Columbia's Robert Dyar (5-1, 6-0), Justin Brooks (3-6, 4-0, 2-1) and Cory Ryak Finch of Arizona Heat Wrestling (6-3, 4-2).
At 70kg, Ligouri won three matches before falling to third-place finisher Drake Houdashelt in the consolation brackets. Ligouri defeated Phillip Egnor of Burnett Trained Wrestling by technical fall (7-0, 6-0), but fell to RJ Pena of Orange Crush (3-1, 2-0) in the championship round. In the wrestle backs, he picked up wins over Timmy Boone and Shawn Perry before a three-round loss to Houdashelt.
Keith advances to the best-of-3 finals for May's FILA Junior World Team Trials in Colorado Springs, Colo. The top six wrestlers in each weight class advance to the Junior World Team Trials.


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Jeniffer Zimmerwoman
Title: Butterfly Maiden
Year Created: 2003
Medium: Oil Pastel
Width: 17 inches
Height: 11 inches
Theme: Culture
Edition: Print
Price: US$ 58
Jeniffer Zimmerwoman
Tucson, AZ
United States
My life
is surrounded by cultural religious symbols, my favorites being ones that represent the
female form as the Divine. I have come to realize that these icons are windows into places
inside of me that are inherently connected to the Celestial. My spirit is hungry for
stories and art that unite me with an unspeakable place that is both within and without,
linking me to others and to something bigger than myself. Icons remind me.
I am inspired by archetypes that speak to my spiritual nature, and throughout my work you
will see reoccurring symbols that are born from that place: The Moon, The Serpent, horned
women, exposed breasts and ripened pregnancy are among some of my common themes. These
symbols are a small part of a secret language that whisper to me on an ancient level.
My art has a life of its own. Each piece is created from a place that is deep, spontaneous
and personal. It wasnt until recently that I began to share my work with the
community, and I discovered that the representations spoke to others as well. Some of my
art is accompanied by brief stories that were inspired by the art, others still have
stories waiting be put on page. This site is an offering to those of you who hear the
Please feel free to e-mail with questions or feedback, I welcome any communication.
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