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The Commerce Department said on Thursday the economy expanded at a 0.1 percent annual rate in the last three months of 2012, scratching an earlier estimate that had showed a small decline.
The growth rate was the slowest since the first quarter of 2011 and fell short of the 0.5 percent economists had expected.
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Indeed, other reports on Thursday showed a drop in new claims for jobless benefits last week and a sharp rise in factory activity in the Midwest, adding to a string of recent data that suggests the economy improved early this year.
The GDP report showed consumer spending expanded at a 2.1 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter. That suggests modest underlying momentum in the economy as it entered the first quarter, when a significant tightening of fiscal policy began.
Inventories subtracted 1.6 percentage points from the GDP growth rate during the fourth quarter, while defense spending plunged 22 percent, shaving 1.3 points off growth. Many economists expect both of those categories to add to growth in the first three months of the year.
The drag from inventories was actually greater late last year than initially estimated, suggesting an even sharper rebound is due in the first quarter.
Data on retail sales and on housing have suggested a tax hike enacted in January did not deal a big blow to households, and most economists think growth will pick up later this year despite a wave of federal spending cuts due to begin on Friday.
There were some relatively bright spots in the GDP data.
Imports fell 4.5 percent during the period, which added to the overall growth rate because it was a larger drop than in the third quarter. Buying goods from foreigners bleeds money from the economy, subtracting from economic growth.
At the same time, exports did not fall as much as the government had thought when it released its earlier estimate. Exports have been hampered by a recession in Europe, a cooling Chinese economy and storm-related port disruptions.
Excluding the volatile inventories component, GDP rose at a revised 1.7 percent rate, in line with expectations. These final sales of goods and services had been previously estimated to have increased at a 1.1 percent pace.
Business spending was revised to show more growth during the period than initially thought, adding about a percentage point to the growth rate.
Growth in home building was revised slightly higher to a 17.5 percent annual rate. Residential construction is one of the brighter spots in the economy and is benefiting from the Federal Reserve's ultra-easy monetary policy stance, which has driven mortgage rates to record lows.
A separate report showed the number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, suggesting some traction in the labor market recovery.
Initial claims for state jobless benefits dropped 22,000 to a seasonally adjusted 344,000, the Labor Department said.
Economists polled by Reuters had expected first-time applications to fall to 360,000.
While the level of jobless claims is near where it was in the early days of the 2007-09 recession, hiring has remained quite lackluster. Job gains have averaged 177,000 per month over the past six months.
High unemployment prompted the U.S. central bank last year to launch an open-ended bond buying program that it said it would keep up until it saw a substantial improvement in the outlook for the labor market.
In a separate report, the Institute for Supply Management-Chicago said the pace of business activity in the U.S. Midwest rose to its highest level in nearly a year in February as new orders increased.
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I'm not one for having a bunch of specialized kitchen appliances. Just because I have the storage does mean I want it packed to the gills. BUT, I also don't want my oven running all night so someone can make beef jerky or dry cranberries. (By the way, drying cranberries in the oven was an awful mess. I had them in there for 27 hours and they never actually dried. I ate them anyway. I felt guilty for wasting all that electricity.)
I have plans for that dehydrator, once my husband stops making jerky every weekend. I had not realized the full impact of his enthusiasm and the power that dried meat has over men. I also had not ever actually tasted beef jerky. Or turkey jerky. Or deer jerky. Don't tell anyone, but the last batch of jerky he made dwindled quicker than he thought it would largely due to me sneaking pieces to snack on with apples and cheese in the afternoon. Shhhh! But without further ado, here are my top 5 plans for dehydrated snacks!
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Checkpoint 1
Back in his apartment, Max takes in some pills and booze. The next day Rodrigo Branco is not a very happy camper as he reads the ransom note with his brothers, Max, and Raul Passos. The gang is identified as the Comando Sombra. They decide to pay up and Max volunteers himself plus Passos to make the exchange.
Flash forward and the two are in the middle of a football (soccer) stadium with their helicopter. The gang enters the field from a tunnel and forces them to drop their guns. They get shown the money in the bag and Max tosses it over. Right after the toss a red laser appears which takes out one of the gang members. Max takes a hit to the arm and more gang members go down from the red light of death. Those left alive run for cover including Passos.
Checkpoint 2
Max gets to his feet and you need to get him off the field. He cant run due to his painful injury but the other gang members keep the laser busy. Get to Passos in the tunnel and hell lead you through. Max will tell you that hes not doing well and stop here and there because of the pain. Passos beats up a gang member and takes his gun. Continue following him though the showers.
On the other end Passos will clear a room and lead Max into a training room with a small field complete with ball and cones. Max calls it a dumb sport but Passos reminds him thats not something to say around here. They find the infirmary adjacent to the field and Passos bandages Maxs arm (not to mention giving him a pain killer). Max questions who broke up the party with the high-powered weapons and training but Passos says it could be anyone. More gang members are shown getting around and come towards the training room.
Checkpoint 3
Max and Passos get out of the infirmary to meet the incoming gang members. They take cover behind a wall for a surprise attack. Clear the enemies coming from both sides across the way. Once they are all dead go check the office behind you for a large picture of Victor Branco on the wall to examine. Go back into the infirmary for a pain killer on the wall to the left. Next head across into the conference room behind the glass and watch the TV. Go back out and down the hallway. Passos is waiting at an elevator but first examine the blood stains on the doors to the left. Activate the elevator and the two head up.
Checkpoint 4
Passos runs ahead and finds an injured gang member. He tries to interrogate the injured but fails to figure out who the snipers were. The gang member will either die eventually or you can end it sooner. More gang members run in and take the stage. Clear them all and continue on. There is a Golden M10 part in the AV room toward the right before you leave this main room. You end up leading Passos through the hallways. A lone enemy will appear from a door on the left so be ready for him. Check his room for a pain killer on the table. Follow Passos through the next hallway and up the stairs.
Checkpoint 5
In the stairwell, more shots will be heard in the distance but keep going. The two end up in a store area and spot gang members with the bag of money running away. Another runs in but has his legs shot by some other police-like men with vests. They end up executing him and moving in on the other gang members in a bar. They take off with the bag of money and Passos is tired of screwing around so he shoots at the police-like guys. Max joins him in cover as you are put in control again.
Checkpoint 6
Take out the enemies and Passos moves ahead. Before you follow him, go to the right and explore the bathroom to find pain killers back-right. There's a Golden GM82A1 part on a shelf under a picture of the soccer team back where you came from. Join Passos who compliments the gear of the fallen enemies. Max wants to get the sniper but Passos wants the bag of money.
Checkpoint 7
Passos runs ahead shooting so follow him and take cover through a doorway. In the lobby ahead are plenty of enemies to kill. Some are on your level and there are a few up on a balcony. Pain killers are directly across from your cover on the wall. Clear the room and get to the far end. There is a bloody hand print to examine on a column on the right.
Go through the doors and into the hallway with an enemy waiting at the other end. If you miss him hell run away so take chase. Go through the small rooms and into the box overlooking the field. There's a pain killer in the second small room in front of you. The sniper is waiting so take him out too along with another guy. Passos rummages the gear bag and gives Max a headset. They overhear some yelling outside and spot the police-like guys cornering the gang member with the money bag in the stands. Max decides to go after them with Passos providing covering fire.
Checkpoint 8
Take out the enemies ahead. Go down the stands to the row closest to the field and look for a Golden M10 part all the way towards the left. Now go back to the dead enemies. The guy with the bag will take off and more enemies will appear at the far end of the stands.
Checkpoint 9
In addition to those in front of you, more will come up from the left so watch out. Clear the stands and go up the stairs on the right. A few more enemies will be up there so be ready. At the top there are pain killers ahead of you towards the left. Go through the doors on the left and Max ends up sneaking into a VIP lounge.
Checkpoint 10
Max takes cover behind a column with a group of police-like guys walking towards him. This is a perfect time for a shootdodge to surprise attack them. There is the group in front of you plus a couple more ahead to the right in a lower area with display cases. More will run in from the far end. There is an area on the left that provides good cover if needed plus a Golden M10 piece on one of the seats looking at the field.
At the far end another enemy will run in from the doors on the right. Also there is a memorial to a fallen player, Claudio, that can be examined. There are pain killers on a small bar to the left as well. Continue through the doors to the maintenance elevator. Max will go to the upper stands while talking to Passos who once again provides covering fire.
Checkpoint 11
You are faced with multiple enemies below shooting up at you. Kill them all and Passos points out another sniper that hell try to keep busy. Quickly go down the stands and left to the tunnel which has a Golden GM82A1 part. Next move across the stands towards the sniper and down into another tunnel. There are pain killers on the left. Go through the doors (also on the left) and youll be faced with an enemy ahead and the sniper up in the booth. Finish him off and its Maxs turn to cover Passos who is getting overrun.
Checkpoint 12
Kill all the enemies chasing Passos - who will tell you where they are since your view can be limited at times. It is possible to zoom in and out with the sniper. First wave is above him from the right side of the booth. Another lone one will also come from the left side of the booth. Next three more will come from the top of the stands, two left and one right. Passos tries a door but its locked.
Checkpoint 13
Three more appear from the left, one from the right, and another from the bottom. He runs to the last set of stairs but one more appears at the top and draws down on him. Take out the enemy before he gets Passos. The two discuss the exit plan but another sniper appears and almost gets Max. He abandons the booth and makes his way to the stands again. He dodges a few shots and gets back inside.
Max finds a security desk and spots Passos sneaking up on an interrogation in the lobby. The paramilitary men have the money bag gang member at gun point. Passos translates that Fabiana is being held at some docks up the Tiete River. With the info they need and the bag of money, the gang member is executed. Passos tells Max to get the last sniper and theyll meet at the chopper. Max gets back out into the stands just below the sniper.
Checkpoint 14
Take out the two enemies up the stairs under the booth and avoid the red laser. Go up the stairs and hug the top wall all the way to the right where a Golden GM82A1 part is. Go back to the opening and around the corner where three more enemies are waiting two of them behind another corner. Go up the ladder and take out a few more enemies at the far end of a cat walk. Move up to them and go up another ladder. Max wonders why cops havent shown up yet. At the top of this ladder are more enemies around the lights. Kill them and Passos tells you that you are right above the sniper.
Checkpoint 15
Head to the right to trigger an awesome cutscene of Max sliding down a roof, grabbing a light set, and smashing through the window to kick the sniper. Youll need to finish him off. Max and Passos reunite and get to the helicopter. They quickly take off to get away from this mess. An enemy RPG is called off since they are being paid to get the money, not Max and Passos.
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[root@fbsd8-laptop ~]# uname -a FreeBSD fbsd8-laptop 8.3-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p3 #0: Tue Jun 12 00:39:29 UTC 2012 firstname.lastname@example.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 [root@fbsd8-laptop ~]# which gcc /usr/bin/gcc [root@fbsd8-laptop ~]# which ld /usr/bin/ld [root@fbsd8-laptop ~]# gcc --version gcc (GCC) 4.2.2 20070831 prerelease [FreeBSD] Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. [root@fbsd8-laptop ~]# ld --version GNU ld version 2.15 [FreeBSD] 2004-05-23 Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License. This program has absolutely no warranty.
When I try to upgrade opencv (either using portmaster or cd /path/to/port && make build && make install), I get this error:
Scanning dependencies of target opencv_test_highgui [ 28%] Building CXX object modules/highgui/CMakeFiles/opencv_test_highgui.dir/test/test_main.o [ 29%] Building CXX object modules/highgui/CMakeFiles/opencv_test_highgui.dir/test/test_video_io.o /usr/local/portswrkdir/usr/ports/graphics/opencv/work/OpenCV-2.3.1/modules/highgui/test/test_video_io.cpp: In member function 'void CV_HighGuiTest::VideoTest(const string&, int)': /usr/local/portswrkdir/usr/ports/graphics/opencv/work/OpenCV-2.3.1/modules/highgui/test/test_video_io.cpp:173:9: warning: variable 'counter' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable] [ 29%] Building CXX object modules/highgui/CMakeFiles/opencv_test_highgui.dir/test/test_gui.o [ 29%] Building CXX object modules/highgui/CMakeFiles/opencv_test_highgui.dir/test/test_precomp.o [ 29%] Building CXX object modules/highgui/CMakeFiles/opencv_test_highgui.dir/test/test_drawing.o [ 30%] Building CXX object modules/highgui/CMakeFiles/opencv_test_highgui.dir/test/test_ffmpeg.o /usr/local/portswrkdir/usr/ports/graphics/opencv/work/OpenCV-2.3.1/modules/highgui/test/test_ffmpeg.cpp: In member function 'virtual void CV_FFmpegWriteSequenceImageTest::run(int)': /usr/local/portswrkdir/usr/ports/graphics/opencv/work/OpenCV-2.3.1/modules/highgui/test/test_ffmpeg.cpp:125:10: warning: variable 'frame_s' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable] Linking CXX executable ../../bin/opencv_test_highgui /usr/local/bin/ld: CMakeFiles/opencv_test_highgui.dir/test/test_drawing.o: undefined reference to symbol 'cv::rectangle(cv::Mat&, cv::Point_<int>, cv::Point_<int>, cv::Scalar_<double> const&, int, int, int)' /usr/local/bin/ld: note: 'cv::rectangle(cv::Mat&, cv::Point_<int>, cv::Point_<int>, cv::Scalar_<double> const&, int, int, int)' is defined in DSO /usr/local/lib/libopencv_core.so.2 so try adding it to the linker command line /usr/local/lib/libopencv_core.so.2: could not read symbols: Invalid operation collect2: ld returned 1 exit status *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/local/portswrkdir/usr/ports/graphics/opencv/work/OpenCV-2.3.1. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/local/portswrkdir/usr/ports/graphics/opencv/work/OpenCV-2.3.1. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/local/portswrkdir/usr/ports/graphics/opencv/work/OpenCV-2.3.1. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/graphics/opencv. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/graphics/opencv.
I read several posts which recommended to re-build opencv-core port, I get this when I try to do it:
[root@fbsd8-laptop /usr/ports/graphics/opencv-core]# make clean ===> Cleaning for opencv-core-2.3.1_7 [root@fbsd8-laptop /usr/ports/graphics/opencv-core]# make build ===> No options to configure ===> License BSD accepted by the user ===> Fetching all distfiles required by opencv-core-2.3.1_7 for building ===> Extracting for opencv-core-2.3.1_7 => SHA256 Checksum OK for OpenCV-2.3.1a.tar.bz2. ===> Patching for opencv-core-2.3.1_7 ===> Applying extra patch /usr/ports/graphics/opencv-core/../opencv/files/extra-patch-opencv-core ===> Applying FreeBSD patches for opencv-core-2.3.1_7 ===> opencv-core-2.3.1_7 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/cmake - found ===> opencv-core-2.3.1_7 depends on executable: pkgconf - found ===> Configuring for opencv-core-2.3.1_7 ===> Performing in-source build /bin/mkdir -p /usr/local/portswrkdir/usr/ports/graphics/opencv-core/work/OpenCV-2.3.1 /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version GLIBCXX_3.4.11 required by /usr/local/bin/cmake not found *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/graphics/opencv-core. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/graphics/opencv-core.
IMPORTANT NOTE: I also have gcc4.6 installed from ports:
[root@fbsd8-laptop /usr/ports/graphics/opencv-core]# /usr/local/bin/gcc46 --version gcc46 (FreeBSD Ports Collection) 4.6.3 Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Currently I'm using gcc 4.2.2.
I can't find recent information in UPDATING file:
[root@fbsd8-laptop ~]# cat /usr/ports/UPDATING |grep -i -B 1 opencv |head -5 20110822: AFFECTS: users of graphics/opencv -- OpenCV python module was moved to own port: graphics/py-opencv
Does anyone have similar problems building opencv / opencv-core 2.3.1_7 ?
Any advice on solving this problem is more than welcomed.
Thank you in advance.
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Keenan ignored the excited murmurs buzzing through the room. None of the others knew the reason for the meeting. Moira dismissed their questions, saying only that she would explain everything when Ellis and Garrick arrived. They gave Keenan curious stares, but Moira did not introduce him, and his sullen manner successfully discouraged any attempts at conversation.
Keenan steeled himself as he watched the door. After contemplating Moira's story all afternoon, he still he did not know what to make of it. He would never have believed it, save for one fact: Father did not deny her claim. On the contrary, he knew exactly what she was talking about.
What interested Keenan most was that his supposed "mother" had kept his brother. If she could keep one son, why not both? Why did she leave him to face Father and his dagger night after night, while she and her other son lived a peaceful life just one hour away? If Moira was telling the truth, and he could only conclude that she was, then his mother possessed the coldest heart in all of Fairfax.
The door handle jiggled. Keenan felt a twinge of excitement, despite himself. What were these people, his "family," like? Would his brother look like him? He had not thought to ask if they were identical twins.
"Here they come," Moira whispered in his ear.
The door swung open.
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BitBake recipe
From Openmoko
BitBake is a build tool for executing tasks and managing metadata.It was inspired by Portage, the package management system used by the Gentoo Linux distribution. BitBake is the basis of the OpenEmbedded project, which is being used to build and maintain OpenMoko.
For the user guide of Bitbake, please visit the site : [1]
Bitbake Recipe
The literal meaning of a recipe is that it is a direction to making something. Similarly, a bitbake recipe tells bitbake how to build a particular package X. It includes all the package dependencies, sources to fetch the source code from, configuration, compilation, build, install and remove instructions. Apart from this, it also stores the meta data for the package in certain standard variables.
Some Standard Variables in a Bitbake recipe
1. DESCRIPTION = "This application will print hello world on your screen" : Gives the description of the application that you are developing
2. AUTHOR = "Deepank Gupta" : Gives name of the author of the package. Similar variables can be defined such as HOMEPAGE, LICENSE, SECTION etc.
3. PN = "Helloworld" : This specifies the package name of the package excluding the version number of the package. The version number is specified by PV and revision number by PR variable.
4. DEPENDS = "X Y Z" : With regard to dependencies, it expects the .bb to define a DEPENDS variable, which contains a space seperated list of "package names". In the above example the package is dependent on X, Y and Z packages. The run-time dependencies of a package are specified by the variable RDEPENDS.
5. PROVIDES += "virtual/package" : This specifies the functionality provided by the bitbake recipe.
6. PREFERRED_VERSION_a = "1.1" : This specifies the preferred version of a package named a. This is used if there are more than 1 versions of a same package such as a-1.1.bb and a-1.2.bb
7. SRC_URI = "file://myhelloworld.c" : This specifies the source address from where to fetch the source files. It can fetch from local disk using file:// , websites using http:// , cvs and svn using cvs:// and svn:// and others like ftp, git etc.
Some variables specific to Openmoko recipes
$WORKDIR = $OMDIR/local/packages/<application directory> $bindir = $OMDIR/build/tmp/work/armv4t-linux/<application directory>/image/usr/bin $docir = $OMDIR/build/tmp/work/armv4t-linux/<application directory>/image/usr/share/doc $D = $OMDIR/build/
Standard tasks in a recipe
1. do_fetch : Fetch the source files from the URI given in the SRC_URI.
2. do_configure : for doing the configuration
3. do_compile : To compile the program(s) using a compiler specified by CC variable.
4. do_build : To build the package including its build-time dependencies.
5. do_install : To install the package on the filesystem i.e copy the binaries where required.
You can define your own tasks (as many as you like) which can also be python functions. eg.
do_mytask () { echo "Hello, world!" }


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I. Lit.
A. In gen., a train, i. e. a collected multitude in motion or moving forwards; of things of any kind, but esp. (so most freq. in prose) of men or animals. —Of streams of water, motion, course, current: quod per amoenam urbem lent fluit agmine flumen, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4: "inde super terras fluit agmine dulci," Lucr. 5, 272; cf. id. 6, 638; also, "in imitation of Enn., Virg. and Val. Fl.: leni fluit agmine Thybris," Verg. A. 2, 782; cf. Val. Fl. 4, 721.—Of a train or succession of clouds: "denso sunt agmine nubes," Lucr. 6, 100.—Of rain: "immensum caelo venit agmen aquarum," body, mass, Verg. G. 1, 322 —Of atoms: "agmine condenso naturam corporis explent," crowded into a compact mass, Lucr. 1, 607.—Of oars: "agmine re morum ceieri," with quick plashing of oars, Verg. A. 5, 211.—Of a flock of birds: agmi ne magno. Corvorum. Verg. G. 1, 381.—Of a snake winding onwards: "cum medii nexus extremaeque agmina caudae Solvuntur," Verg. G. 3, 424; cf. id. A. 2, 212.—Of clouds of dust following any thing in rapid motion, as men, animals, etc.: "agmina cervi Pulverulenta," Verg. A. 4, 154.—And, as subst. concr., of birds turba Agminis aligeri, of the winged band, Verg A. 12, 249.—Of ants; "frugilegas aspeximus agmine longo formi cas," Ov. M 7, 624; so id. ib. 7, 638.—Of the stars: diffugiunt stellae; "quarum agmina cogit Lucifer," Ov. M. 2, 114; so id. ib. 11, 97 al.—Eap. of a company of persons, a multitude, troop, crowd, number, band: "ut a Brundisic nsque Romam agmen perpetuum totius Italiae viderem," Cic. Pis. 22: "magno senatorum agmine," Tac. H. 3, 55: "ingens mulierum agmen," Liv. 2, 40: "muliebre et miserabile agmen," Tac. A. 1, 40: numerosum agmen reorum, Plin Ep. 3, 9, and Tac. H. 4, 6: Eumenidum agmina, Verg A. 4, 469.—But particularly,
B. The train, procession, march, progress of an army: "de castris, de agminibus, etc., dicere," Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 210: "ne miles gregarius in castris, neve in agmine servum aut jumentum haberet," Sall. J. 45, 2: "pugnatum saepe directā acie, saepe in agminibus, saepe eruptionibus," Vell. 2, 47: "effuso agmine abire," Liv. 44, 39: "uno agmine victores cum victis in urbem irrupere," id. 2, 30; "uno agmine persequentes," Vulg. Judith, 15, 4 al.—
II. Transf., concr., an army, and properly considered as in motion, on the march (while exercitus is a disciplined army, and acies an army in battle-array) —As soon as the signal for marching was given, the Extraordinarii and the allies of the right wing, with their baggage, first put themselves in motion, then the legions, and last the allies of the left wing, with a part of the cavalry, which either rode behind the army, ad agmen claudendum or cogendum. to close the train, i. e. to keep it to gether or on the side in such an order (composito agmine, non itineri magis apto quam proelio) that it might be easily put into the line of battle, if the enemy ven tured to attack it; cf. Sall. J. 46, 6.—An army in close ranks was called agmen justum, Tac. H. 1, 68, or agmen pilatum, Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 121—When there was no apprehension of the enemy, less care was taken for the protection of the army: "agmine incauto, i. e. minus munito, ut inter pacatos, ducebat, sc. consul," Liv. 35, 4.— "The order of march was, however, different, according to circumstances and the nature of the ground," Liv. 35, 4; 27, 28; and cf. Smith's Antiq.—Sometimes the army marched in the form of a square, agmen quadratum, with their baggage in the middle, so as to be in battle-array on meeting the enemy; hence agmen quadratum often means the same as acies triplex, an army formed in line of battle, only that the former indicates that they are on the march, and the latter that they are at rest.—Hence, like acies, with the epithet primum, the vanguard, Liv. 34, 28; Tac. Agr. 35: "medium," the centre, Liv. 10, 41; Tac. H. 4, 22: "extremum," Liv. 34, 28; Tac. H. 2, 100; "or, novissimum," the rear, rearguard, Liv. 44, 33; so, "extremi agminis," Vulg. Deut. 25, 18: "ut inde agmine quadratc ad urbem accederet," marching in a square, Cic. Phil. 13, 8: "pariter atque in conspectu hostium quadrato agmine incedere," Sall. J 100, 1; cf. id. ib. 46, 6, 7: "Hannibal agmine quadrato amnem ingressus," Liv. 21, 5; se id. 31, 36; 37, 39: "quadrato agmine velut in aciem irent," Curt. 5, 1, 19 al.—Sometimes, esp. in the poets in the plur., in gen. sense, = exercitus or copiae, an army, host, troops: "huic tanto agmini dux defuit," Just. 12, 10: "occidit Daci Cotisonis agmen," Hor. C. 3, 8, 18: "agmina curru Proterit," Verg. A. 12, 329: "barbarorum Claudius agmina diruit," Hor. C. 4, 14, 29; so id. S. 2, 1, 14; id. Epod. 17, 9; Ov. M. 3, 535; 5, 151, 161; 6, 423: "Del agminum Israël," Vulg. 1 Reg. 17, 45: "agmina ejus dispergam," ib. Ezech. 12, 14; 38, 6.—For military service, warfare: "rudis agminum Sponsus," Hor. C. 3, 2, 9.—
B. Trop.
1. An army, troop, band, multitude: "educenda dictio est ex hac domesticā exercitatione et umbratili medium in agmen, in pulverem, in clamorem, in castra, aciemque forensem," i. e. before the public, Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 157: "e Brundisio usque Romam agmen perpetuum totius Italiae," an unbroken train, id. Pis. 22, 51: "ingens mulierum agmen," Liv. 2, 40; 9, 17: "agmina Eumenidum," Verg. A. 4, 469; 6, 572: "agmina comitum," Ov. Tr. 14, 30: "in angusto fidus comes agmine turbae," Tib. 1, 5, 63: "numerosum agmen reorum," Plin. Ep. 3, 9: "agmen occupationum," an army of, id. ib. 2, 8.—
2. March, movement: "agmina fati et volumina," Gell. 6, 2, 5.


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EDITOR'S NOTE: The Los Angeles News Group's J.P. Hoornstra was one of only two baseball writers voting for the American League's Cy Young Award that didn't put Detroit's Max Scherzer, the winner, at the top of the list. Hoornstra explains why in this column.
Chris Sale got my vote for the Cy Young Award because he was the best American League pitcher I saw this season.
I saw Sale twice, on back-to-back starts in May — once in person in Anaheim, and five days later on TV when he was pitching in Chicago. Coincidentally, he was matched against the Angels' C.J. Wilson both times.
A couple points of context. The White Sox finished the season last in the American League Central, with more wins than all but two major-league teams. But in May, after Scherzer's second straight shutout against the Angels, his team was two games under .500. They were still playing for October.
So were the Angels, whose lineup featured Albert Pujols, Mike Trout, Mark Trumbo and several other batters you would expect to succeed against left-handed pitching.
Wilson, for his part, was no slouch this season. He finished 17-7 with a 3.39 earned-run average. In another year, or on another team, Wilson might be a Cy Young award candidate. In those two starts against Sale, he was mincemeat.
Sale allowed one hit May 12 in Anaheim, striking out seven batters and walking none. It might be the closest thing I've seen to a no-hitter in person. Five days later, he allowed three hits in 7 2/3 shutout innings while striking out 12.
In two games that meant something, against a good lineup and a pitcher who didn't allow much margin for error, Sale was the best AL pitcher I saw all season.
The second-best pitcher I saw this year was Yu Darvish. He went 3-0 against the Angels in four starts, including six shutout innings in which he struck out 11 baters.
However dominant Darvish was, that was back in April. During one stretch in August/September, the Rangers really needed an ace and Darvish went five weeks between wins, losing four straight decisions in between. So I took that into consideration.
This wasn't the end of my voting thought process, however. It was the start and the end, with a lot of number-crunching in between. I probably spent a full morning and an afternoon making out my ballot.
Numbers have taken a lot of heat these days. #Killthewin is an actual, recognizable hashtag among advocates of advanced baseball metrics (not murderous losers). I'm more egalitarian than murderous when it comes to numbers, but I wanted to know if there was a reliable statistic that confirmed that Chris Sale and Yu Darvish were the two best pitchers in the AL this season. If they weren't, I would change my vote.
In my opinion, the numbers — and there are many — revealed a tie.
Ranked by Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP) or DIPS: Anibal Sanchez, Felix Hernandez, Max Scherzer, David Price, Sale.
Ranked by ERA: Sanchez, Bartolo Colon, Hisashi Iwakuma, Darvish, Scherzer.
Ranked by WHIP: Scherzer, Iwakuma, Sale, Darvish, Price.
Ranked by FanGraphs WAR: Scherzer, Sanchez, Hernandez, Justin Verlander, Sale.
Ranked by basbeall-reference.com WAR: Iwakuma, Sale, Scherzer, Sanchez, Darvish.
Importantly, ranked by average run support, Scherzer was first and Sanchez fourth.
I kept looking.
One newer statistic, xFIP, attempts to control for home runs allowed — something that can vary based on which park a pitcher happens to be pitching in on a given day. Ranked by xFIP: Hernandez, Darvish, Sanchez, Sale, Scherzer.
Another, tERA, ignores whether a run is scored as a result of errors or hits, and rates a pitcher's performance based on rate of fly balls, ground balls, line drives and pop-ups allowed. That's a slightly subjective judgment too, but the top five looked familiar: Scherzer, Sanchez, Hernandez, Price, Justin Masterson.
FanGraphs.com, a comprehensive clearinghouse for all these numbers, claims that SIERA — Skill-Interactive ERA — "is the most accurate of the ERA estimators." I read how it was calculated. In short, strikeouts, walks, and the various types of balls in play are all input into the formula, with the random chance of errors and ballpark quirks taken out. The math is quite a bit more complicated than my crude explanation.
The 2013 AL SIERA leaders: Darvish, Hernandez, Sale, Scherzer, Sanchez.
At some point on that late September afternoon, I concluded these were the five best AL pitchers in 2013. They had repeatedly passed the numbers test; The two that I saw passed the eye test. But in what order?
I went with the two best pitchers I saw. Sale one, Darvish two. This is why I have a vote — because I'm there.
Scherzer's repeated appearances across these leaderboards (and probably to a degree, sure, his won-loss record) made it impossible to leave him out of my top three.
Hernandez four, with a big assist to WAR, FIP, xFIP and DIPS.
Sanchez five. I couldn't ignore his ERA and WAR. Iwakuma was a close sixth but didn't make my ballot.
I didn't poll any other writers, so I had no idea that Scherzer was going to win this award running away. Mine was not a token vote for Sale because I knew Scherzer would win — an argument that's been used to justify Hall of Fame votes for Aaron Sele and Brad Radke in the past (to name two).
My vote was the result of scouting and numbers. Lots and lots of numbers, and a little bit of scouting to break the tie at the end.


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1. What is Nicholls' school code?
Nicholls' school code is 002005.
2. If I have a parent who is enrolled in a college or university, can this parent be counted as a family member in college when calculating my financial aid?
Under normal situations a parent cannot be included as part of the "number of family members in college". However, certain circumstances may warrant the inclusion; contact the Office of Financial Aid for more information.
3. My parents have a lot of debts. Where are expenses reported on the FAFSA?
There is no specific section that you list expenses. The formula used by the Federal processor to calculate the Expected Family Contribution assumes that a certain amount of income is needed to support a family. Also, it is based on the household size and the number of family members in college. The Federal financial aid methodology does not make allowances for different lifestyle choices, which often influence the amount of a family's living expenses.
4. I'm going to be married during the school year for which I am applying for aid. Can I fill out my FAFSA as "married"?
No. You must indicate your marital status as of the date you are completing the FAFSA. In general, once you have indicated your marital status, it is not changed. However, certain situations may warrant an update.
5. My parents are separated or divorced. Whose information should be given on the FAFSA?
On the application, information should be given for the parent you lived with the most in the last 12 months. If you don't live with either parent or lived with both parents for an equal number of days, information should be given for the parent who provided the greater amount of support to you during the last calendar year. FAFSA instructions have information that will be helpful if you have questions about providing information from separated or divorced parents.
If the parent that you reported has remarried, you must also include information about your stepparent on the FAFSA. Your stepparent must be included, regardless of the marriage date or the stepparent's intent to provide financial support for you. If you receive financial support from the parent not reported also, you should report this as an Other Untaxed Income amount on the FAFSA.
6. My custodial parent remarried and signed a prenuptial agreement that absolves the step-parent from financial responsibility for my education. Why does my step-parent have to provide financial information on the FAFSA?
Prenuptial agreements are ignored by the federal need analysis process. After all, two individuals (parent and step-parent) cannot make an agreement between them that is binding on the third party (the federal government). The federal government considers the step-parent a source of support regardless of any prenuptial agreements to the contrary. If a step-parent marries the parent, he or she is considered responsible for supporting the parent and children even if he or she is unwilling to do so.
7. What does it take to be considered an independent student?
In determining whether you are independent, our office is required to adhere to the standard definition of independent status as outlined by the United States Department of Education. To be considered an independent student for financial aid consideration, you must be able to answer "yes" to at least one of the thirteen questions in Step Three of the FAFSA. If you cannot answer "yes" to at least one of the questions below, you are considered a dependent student and should include parental information on the FAFSA.
- Were you born before January 1, 1989?
- As of today, are you married?
- At the beginning of the 2012-13 school year will you be working on a master's or doctorate program?
- Are you currently serving on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces for purposes other than training?
- Are you a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces?
- Do you have children who will receive more than half of their support from you between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013?
- Do you have dependents (other than your children or spouse) who live with you and who receive more than half of their support from you, now through June 30, 2013?
- At any time since you turned 13, were both your parents deceased, were you in foster care or were you a dependent or ward of the court?
- Are you or were you an emancipated minor as determined by a court in your state of legal residence?
- Are you or were you in legal guardianship as determined by a court in your state of legal residence?
- At any time on or after July 1, 2011, did your high school or school district homeless liaison determine that you were an unaccompanied youth who was homeless?
- At any time on or after July 1, 2011, did the director of an emergency shelter or transitional housing program funded by the U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Development determine that you were an unaccompanied youth who was homeless?
- At any time on or after July 1, 2011, did the director of a runaway or homeless youth basic center or transitional living program determine that you were an unaccompanied youth who was homeless or were self-supporting and at risk of being homeless?
8. My parents don't want to fill out the FAFSA. Can I use only my information?
If none of the dependency status questions on the FAFSA apply to you, the parental information is required because you are classified as a dependent student for financial aid purposes. However, under limited circumstances you may be able to submit your FAFSA without parental information. If you are unable to provide parental information, skip steps 4 and 5. Once you have submitted your FAFSA without parental data, you must follow up with the financial aid office in order to complete your FAFSA.
9. My parents don't claim me on their tax return and don't give me any money. Can I file as "Independent"?
The definition of an independent student is very narrowly defined by law and impacts many students who consider themselves "independent." See "What does it take to be considered an independent student?"
10. I am really independent, why do I have to apply for financial aid using my parent's income and asset information?
The definition of an independent student is very narrowly defined by law and impacts many students who consider themselves "independent." See "What does it take to be considered an independent student?"
11. I'm moving out of my parents' house and will support myself from now on. Do my parents still have to fill out the FAFSA?
Students under 24 years of age are considered dependent on their parents by federal law no matter where they live (there are limited exceptions – please note them in the FAFSA instructions). If your parents do not provide their information on your application, you probably cannot be considered for aid. If you have special circumstances that make it impossible for your parents to complete the application, contact us. See "What does it take to be considered an independent student?"
12. What happens if my parents decide they will not provide any financial assistance (Expected Family Contribution) towards my college expenses?
The federal student aid programs are based on the premise that students (and their parents, or spouse, if applicable) have the primary responsibility of paying for their college education. You are encouraged to seek scholarships. You can also seek employment. Additionally, you may want to consider a student loan. If mitigating circumstances apply, contact our office.
13. What if my, or my parent's, income has changed significantly since I completed my FAFSA?
If you or someone in your household has experienced a loss or change of income since you completed the FAFSA, please contact our office for more information on special circumstances. Specific information will be needed from those in the household affected.


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We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
We had enough snow to build a snowman and a snow fort!!
Our kitten, Georgia, became the perfect Christmas Kitty.
Elijah and Brooke selfies at the University of Evansville Purple Aces basketball game.
What mornings often look like at our house.
It's hard to take good pictures of Elijah because he has super light sensitive eyes, but here's a decent one with his Snap Circuits set.
Leah and Georgia watch TV.
Hannah was dressed in her "Driver" costume for the play "The Case of the Missing Paragraph" performed by the homeschool co-op stage skills class.
Trent and Georgia
A very cold reindeer Daisy Girl Scout getting ready to walk in the Christmas parade.
Peter, Brooke, Hannah, Elijah, and Leah Rosen :)
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Merry Christmas 2013!!!
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
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- Suzanne said...
Merry Christmas and happy new year! Hope to run into you sometime soon.
- January 3, 2014 at 7:47 AM


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Student or Learner
Hello everyone,
Would you please tell me to what part of speech do these words belong ?
work permit ; video game ; bike trailer...
Should they be listed under the category of:
a) compound nouns = 1 part of speech (does it exist ?)
b) noun (video; work; bike)
+ noun (game; permit; trailer) =
2 similar parts of speech
c) descriptive adjectives OR nouns functioning as adjectives ? (video; work; bike...)
+ nouns (permit; game; trailer) =
2 different parts of speech ?
Many thanks.
I wish you all a merry Christmas.
Does it really matter?
Yes, I need to know, if you wouldn't mind.
Thank you. :)
They are compound nouns, but the first noun is functioning as an adjective IMO.
For such questions, I simply refer to a dictionary. The part of speech does not have to be dependent on the sentence, hence, if a dictionary gives a single entry for "work permit", I call it whatever the dictionary says -- in this case a noun.
The part of a sentence is quite a different matter, and a dictionary cannot help.


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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are 0-7. They'll likely be 0-8 with a road trip to Seattle next week. Fans were chanting "fire the coach" at the end of Thursday night's 31-13 loss to the Carolina Panthers and billboards have been put up around Tampa Bay calling for Greg Schiano's firing.
The hot seat for Schiano appears to be increasing in temperature by the day. However, Schiano says he can't pay attention to the noise surrounding his job status with the Buccaneers.
"It doesn't affect me," Schiano said. "People are certainly entitled to their opinion. Here's the thing, my whole career – player and a coach – you get up in the morning, you work as hard and as smart as you can. It usually puts you to bed tired and you get up and you do it again and that's the way I do it. I do it the best we can.
"Our coaches and players stick together. Sometimes it doesn't go your way. We've just got to keep doing it, look for new ways to make us better and hopefully go get a win in Seattle. You can sit there and cry about it, feel sorry for yourself but that ain't going to help anything. You just get back to work, get on this tape and get better."
The Buccaneers have now lost 12 of their last 13 games and won just 7 of 23 games overall with Schiano at the helm. Schiano lamented mistakes made against the Panthers after the game; the inability to keep Cam Newton contained in the pocket, errant snaps and a struggle to convert third downs.
"Those are the things you get paid to do as a coach is to get your team to perform those things so certainly it falls on me. As the head coach, I've got to make sure that all the assistant coaches are getting it across to our players and our players are understanding it and executing it on the field. That's what matters," Schiano said.
Whatever the reason, the messages preached by the coaching staff don't seem to be getting across to the players. If losses continue to mount – and the way the Buccaneers are performing right now, it's seems likely they will – Schiano may not have much longer to pilot the Buccaneers' ship.


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From the upcoming edition of The Catholic Key:
Just the Facts
The Way
DIR Emilio Estevez
SCR Emilio Estevez
Starring Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheen, Deborah Kara Unger, James Nesbitt, Yorick van Wageningen
Reviewed by Santiago Ramos
EL CAMINO DE Santiago, or the "Way of St. James," is a pilgrimage route in Spain which stretches for around 500 miles, if you start from the most popular starting point in the French Pyrenees. The path leads right up to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, in the Spanish region of Galicia, where the remains of St. James the Apostle rest and are venerated. Most pilgrims take a month or more to make the journey. For hundreds of years, pilgrims from all over the world have traveled the Camino, in a quest to pray before some bones which also had to travel—to Spain, from the Holy Land, where James had died.
Martin Sheen (whose real name is Ramon Estevez), had heard about the Camino from his elder relatives in the Old Country. For years he entertained the romantic idea of going on it himself, but he was not able to do so until he already had grandchildren. During a West Wing filming hiatus, he flew to Spain with his grandson Taylor (son of Emilio Estevez), and traveled the Way—by car. ("Like a good American," as he said during a Q and A session I attended in Boston.) During the trip, his grandson fell in love with a Spanish girl, and so the Way and the pilgrimage became even richer with meaning for them.
The best way to celebrate this happy significance, this joyous pilgrimage, would be to make a film. Sheen wanted to make a humble documentary, but his son Emilio (who already has directing credits for Bobby under his belt) wanted to tell a story. And he wrote a script with his father in mind for the starring role.
THE RESULT OF their efforts is The Way. Martin Sheen plays Tom Avery, a wealthy ophthalmologist whose estranged son, Daniel (played by Emilio) dies on the first leg of the Camino. Traveling to Europe to retrieve his son's body, he decides to go on pilgrimage himself, as a way to honor his son. While in the Pyrenees he befriends a policeman, a veteran of the Way who warns Tom that one only ever does the Camino for one's self.
Along the way, Tom meets three other characters who make it clear that they are on the path for themselves. Yoost (Yorick van Wageningen) is an archetypical decadent Dutchman, smoking marijuana and gorging on food and wine. He is on the path for a very worldly reason: he needs to lose weight. Sarah (Deborah Kara Unger), a Canadian woman in her thirties, is coy: she chain smokes and says that she will leave her last pack of cigarettes on the foot of the statue of Santiago, and never smoke again. But her real reason for traveling will become clear later on. Finally, Jack (James Nesbitt), aggressively annoying when you first meet him, endears himself to the audience once we figure it that he is a broken hearted writer who is trying to find something real to write about.
This collection of motivations might, at first, appear to have nothing to do with the bones of St. James. They are not explicitly religious. One month is a long time to go on pilgrimage. Without having the reasons for the pilgrimage clear in one's mind, that month might feel like a year. If those reasons aren't significant, that year might feel like a lifetime. Yet it is the case that people go on the Camino for many reasons, lofty and banal, as people who have been there will tell you. In the film, a gypsy tells Tom that the Camino "has nothing to do with religion." Tom also runs into a priest suffering from brain cancer, who hands him a rosary. "I am a lapsed Catholic," Tom tells the priest. But a few stops later along the Way, he finds the priest and thanks him for the rosary, saying that it has come in handy. Later on, Tom encounters real-life flagellants—bleeding, faces hidden, slowly walking the same path that he is on. The path is crowded with spirits.
This film places us before the brute fact of the pilgrimage. It shows that 1.) people go on it for many different reasons and from all parts of the world; 2.) that what they all have in common, in the most essential sense possible, is the need for something that they cannot obtain without help; and 3.) that they go to pilgrimage to this site, and not another. They go to Santiago, not to Madrid, or Disney, or the beach. That they travel the same road that has been traveled and this is the most interesting fact of all.
WHY THIS PILGRIMAGE and not that one? Or, why a pilgrimage at all? In a beautiful book titled The Life You Save May Be Your Own: An American Pilgrimage, the writer Paul Elie defines a pilgrimage in this way: "A pilgrimage is a journey undertaken in the light of a story. A great event has happened; the pilgrim hears the reports and goes in search of the evidence, aspiring to be an eyewitness. The pilgrim seeks not only to confirm the experience of others firsthand but to be changed by the experience." All of the pilgrims in The Way have heard reports from a specific place, and they seek confirmation.
This film is the story of their experience. It doesn't force coherence upon it, and it doesn't explain it completely. But this film is also, in its own way, the report of a great event. It makes you want to go on the Camino itself, looking for confirmation and experience. The film is interesting in itself because it makes you interested in life itself. What more can you ask from a movie?
The Way opens in theatres October 7. Santiago Ramos is pursuing graduate studies in philosophy at Boston College.


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HOUSTON — TransCanada on Wednesday started delivering oil to the Texas coast through the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline, a move that will bolster the Canadian company's case for building a controversial northern connection, the company's CEO said.
"Showing people that this isn't an export pipeline, that it can be operated safely, should provide the base underpinning and evidence that the Keystone XL is at the end of the day just another piece of energy infrastructure," TransCanada CEO Russ Girling said in a conference call with reporters Wednesday morning. "It's just a pipeline and it can be built and operated safely."
The $2.3 billion southern leg runs 487 miles and has the capacity to transport up to 700,000 barrels of oil per day from Cushing, Okla., to Nederland, Texas, where it can be moved to refineries along the U.S. Gulf Coast. It started moving oil at 11:45 a.m. Central time at a rate of about 300,000 barrels a day. The line will slowly increase its rate in 2014, with an average of 520,000 barrels of oil per day moving through the pipeline this year, Girling said.
Kerry: No rush to decide on Keystone XL pipeline
The controversial northern leg of the Keystone XL line, which would move oil from Canadian oil sands fields and through TransCanada's network to the Cushing oil storage hub, is awaiting presidential approval to move hydrocarbons across an international border.
Safest ever
Girling said TransCanada incorporated advanced technology that makes the pipeline the safest ever built. The carbon steel pipe is capable of withstanding the impact of a 65-ton excavator with 3.5 inch teeth and it has advanced corrosion-resistant coating, he said.
Still, environmentalists said Wednesday that the pipeline's operation would increase production of oil sands crude, which generates more emissions than extraction of other crude types and is more difficult to clean when spilled.
"At a time when America is making huge strides on wind and solar power, this dangerous and unnecessary tar sands pipeline is a step backward when we should be moving forward on clean energy," Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune said in a written statement.
Northern leg
Without being able to draw on a large flow of oil sands crude from Canada that would be available with the northern leg of the pipeline, the southern leg will deliver mostly oil produced from U.S. shale plays, including the Eagle Ford Shale in Texas.
The southern leg, also called the Gulf Coast Pipeline, is one component of the $8 billion Keystone XL project, which will also include the 1,179-mile northern leg extending from Hardisty, Alberta, to Steele City, Neb., if it is approved for construction. The line will then connect with an existing TransCanada pipeline that will move oil to Cushing. If the project is fully completed and expanded, it will be able to move 830,000 barrels of oil per day to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
TransCanada CEO: Obama will approve Keystone XL pipeline (video)
Even without the northern connection, refineries along the Gulf Coast have been looking forward to the southern leg's startup, which will bring more oil to the coast. The U.S. Gulf Coast is the nation's largest refining center, with more than half of national capacity for transforming oil into gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and other products, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
"The Gulf Coast refiners can now access cheaper domestic crude instead of relying upon oil from other countries that have weaker or no environmental standards," Girling said.
Refiners benefiting
Valero and LydondellBasell have made changes to accommodate more of the kind of light crude from U.S. shale plays that Keystone XL will make increasingly available to refineries.
Still, most refineries along the Gulf Coast are best suited for processing heavy crudes, which currently come from South America. If Keystone XL's northern link is completed, the pipeline would offer another source of heavy crude, giving refineries more options and likely lower prices.
Because of concerns about the environmental damage caused by producing oil sands crude, and because of the risks associated with an oil spill, activists launched a series of protests over the last two years to block construction of Keystone XL in Texas. In some cases, they succeeded, forcing contractors to halt work on the line as demonstrators stood in front of heavy machinery or camped out in trees along the pipeline route.
In one instance, TransCanada opted to alter its route around a group of protesters that refused to descend from tree encampments, cutting out trees around the demonstrators' tree village.


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Soine-ya is a "snoozing with women" establishment that first opened in Tokyo's gaming and geek district, Akihabara. Since then, Soine-ya has become popular enough to open another branch in Tokyo's Shinjuku.
Soine-ya is just sleeping with women, not sleeping with women. But for a price, you can rest your head on some woman's tush. A very steep price. There's a new service being offered called "Butt Pillow". The rate is ¥1,000 (US$11) per minute.
Recently, Japanese late night variety program News Flash! B-Grade News Show introduced the service. This reaction sums up the butt pillow pretty well.
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Fishing for New Lake Records at Pat Cleburne Lake
ATHENS—While drought and reports of low lake levels have kept many anglers at home instead of on the water, recent rains have refilled many lakes, and the fishing is fine. Pat Cleburne Lake near the town of the same name is a case in point.
Many Pat Cleburne anglers, especially catfish anglers, claim the lake to be their favorite "honey hole" due to the lake's relatively low visitation. These claims are easy to justify based on water body records. Rod and reel records for the lake include 11.0-pound largemouth bass, 1.3-pound white bass, and 1.0-pound white crappie. Jug line records boast a 30.1-pound blue catfish and 52.0-pound flathead catfish, while the bowfishing record for common carp is 7.0 pounds.
Anyone can enjoy fishing Pat Cleburne and have a great opportunity to seek out new record fish, since existing records are limited. For example, there are no rod and reel records for channel, blue and flathead catfish, black crappie or spotted bass. Additionally, there are no records for freshwater drum, smallmouth buffalo, river carpsucker, common and grass carp, spotted and longnose gar, bullhead catfishes or panfishes. This means there are plenty of new water body record fish swimming freely around the lake! Other record categories, such as fly-fishing and junior angler, are also wide open for Pat Cleburne anglers.
Pat Cleburne is a 1,558-acre reservoir supplied by the Nolan River. Although maximum depth is nearly 40 feet just out from the dam, the upper end consists of mostly shallow water. Fish habitat consists of rocky shoreline near the dam, small timber laydowns, private docks, overhanging brush, and emergent shoreline vegetation in the form of water willow, bulrush, and cattail. Like most central Texas lakes, Pat Cleburne suffered from extreme low water levels in 2011; however, the lake is currently full again.
Information about all Texas Parks and Wildlife Department fish record categories, including how to apply for each, can be found at http://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/programs/fishrecords/. The link also contains a list of certified scale locations throughout the state, photo galleries of junior and adult anglers with their catches, and a mobile record search which can be set to the home screen of certain smartphones and used like an app, allowing anglers to look up current records for any given water body in the state.
So the next time you're wondering where to fish, consider Pat Cleburne Lake, and keep the current water body records in mind. If you think you have a record fish, please contact the Inland Fisheries Management office in Waco at (254) 666-5190, Academy Sports of Waco at (254) 399-2410, or consult the above-mentioned link to find a certified scale near you. Don't forget to take pictures of your catch; you might just be the next record holder!
And who was Pat Cleburne? According to the Handbook of Texas, he was a major general in the Confederate Army who was killed in the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, in November 1864.
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Sony Ericsson believes that a new focus on smarpthones has helped bring about a return to profitability in the first quarter of 2010.
Sony Ericsson has recorded $28 million (£18.1m) in earnings – a huge turnaround from the €293 million (£256m) loss in the same quarter of 2009 – shows the increasing effect of high end phones in the market.
Sony actually shipped more than a quarter (27.5 per cent) fewer phones in the same period last year, but people were prepared to spend more money, more than making up for the shortfall.
Satio and Vivaz
Sony Ericsson's higher end phones include the Xperia X10 and Vivaz, smartphones which have performed well for the company.
"Both models have been well received by global customers," said Bert Nordberg, the president of Sony Ericsson
"Increases in both gross and operating margins show that we are on the right track to build the correct cost structure for our business organization and strategy."
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Steen saves Blues again against Hurricanesby Louie Korac
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Blues knew all they had to do was hit the reset button. But the shock of squandering a two-goal lead by allowing two shorthanded goals made it tougher than usual.
So who else would the Blues turn to other than their go-to scorer?
Alexander Steen has been on a personal-record pace in goals and points, and the Blues left wing came through again Saturday.
Steen's NHL-leading 17th goal of the season snapped a 2-2 tie and helped the Blues finish a 4-0-1 homestand with a 4-2 victory against the Carolina Hurricanes at Scottrade Center.
Steen also had an assist, enabling him to pass Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby for the NHL points lead with 26, and extended his NHL-best point streak to 13 games. Steen has 13 goals and five assists in that stretch.
The Blues were cruising late in the second period, leading 2-0 on goals by Roman Polak and David Backes, and were going on their third power play when the momentum and mood in the building changed.
After scoring the shorthanded goals, the Hurricanes were back in the game. The Blues didn't panic.
"We came in, we knew what we had to do in the third," Steen said. "I thought we did a good job of resetting and regrouping."
Polak had his first two-point game since March 30, 2011; T.J. Oshie added an empty-netter; and Jay Bouwmeester had two assists for the Blues (13-2-3), who are 8-1-1 in their past 10 games and 5-0-1 in the past six. Brian Elliott stopped 18 shots for his third straight win.
The Blues are 6-1-0 against the Eastern Conference this season. They are 30-9-5 against the East since 2010-11, the best interconference record in the NHL. The Blues matched their 1990-91 team with their 13th win in the first 18 games of a season.
Blues coach Ken Hitchcock won his 618th game, passing Jacques Lemaire into sole possession of ninth place all-time.
The Hurricanes, who were 4-0-1 in their past five, got the shorthanded goals from Eric Staal and Nathan Gerbe. Justin Peters stopped 28 shots and lost in regulation for the first time in six games.
Steen took a stretch pass from Polak as the Hurricanes (8-8-4) were in the middle of a line change and went in alone on Peters. Steen snapped a shot from the right circle stick side 6:20 into the third period to break the 2-2 tie.
"Big goal ... big-time player, big goal," Hitchcock said of Steen. "We needed that goal right there. We dialed it up.
"We really had a good start to the third period. We really dialed it up and I thought we took control of the hockey game again."
Steen said, "It was a good heads-up play by both Roman and [Ian Cole] to get the puck quick. They were in the middle of a change. ... I found a hole."
The Hurricanes scored twice shorthanded in 57 seconds of the second period to get life.
Staal's breakaway goal after the Blues lost the puck at the blue line with 4:23 remaining in the second period made it 2-1, then Elliott came out to play a puck off the boards and lost it to Riley Nash, who fed Gerbe for the equalizer with 3:27 left in the period.
"My bad on trying to get it up to the guys and [Nash] knocked it down with the stick," Elliott said. "It's a great feeling for me that [Steen] goes down there and gets that. ... [Steen] came through like he has all year. Just a gritty effort to come back and solidify that win."
It's the first time since Oct. 8, 1992 that the Blues allowed shorthanded goals on the same power play. That night, Russ Courtnall and Gaetan Duchesne scored for the Minnesota North Stars.
"Great effort to get us back in the game," Peters said. "They were taking it to us pretty good, but we got some great individual efforts.
"It stung getting scored on in the third. [Steen] came down and made a good shot."
Polak's third goal of the season (one off his career-high set in 2009-10) was the 10th straight game the Blues scored first and 15th time in 18 games. Polak took Chris Stewart's pass and fired a wrist shot from the high slot past Peters on the short side 9:25 into the second.
Steen's assist marked the first time since Pierre Turgeon did so in 1999-2000 that a Blues player had such a streak; Turgeon's reached 15 games.
Backes scored his second goal in as many games and fifth point in three games when he took Brenden Morrow's feed from behind the net. Morrow caught Backes coming in off the bench and gave the Blues captain a sharp-angle pass that Backes was able to one-time off a short hop into the near side with 8:24 left to give the Blues a 2-0 lead.
Oshie scored a power-play, empty-net goal with 43.3 seconds remaining.
After seeing Carolina tie it, the Blues simply regrouped, then headed on the road to play the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
"I think we were unlucky in the first period not to be up a lot," Hitchcock said. "We got the 2-0 lead, our power play's been good for us all year. We made a couple mistakes on entries. We didn't get it deep and they took advantage of them.
"It was the momentum that we needed to play with on the power play that we didn't take advantage of, we tried to make plays in delicate areas and turned it over and they were off to the track meet."


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Opinion: The Case Against Gay Marriage
Ralph Reed, President of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, on the Supreme Court cases regarding the Defense of Marriage Act and California's Prop. 8.
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... welcome to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... Supreme Court will hear two landmark cases on same sex marriage this term ... first the Defense of marriage act in the second on California's prop eight ... which defines marriage as between a man and a woman ... so what's the what's your take on these issues you don't hear very much ... Ralph Reed president of the faith and Freedom Coalition is here Ralph welcome thank you ALM to be sure this issue of same sex marriage ... be in the courts in the first place ... well look I think that these kinds of issues should really be living in the public square ... on at the ballot box Peter for candidates are referenda or in the halls of Congress ... where the people's elected representatives make the decisions ... you know we have a we have a case study on this ... which is the Supreme Court render was all ... a deeply contentious called to wish him ... it's called Roe v Wade ... and I think you could make a very strong argument ... that that court decision by trying to impose the most liberal abortion laws in Western civilization ... on all fifty states by judicial fee on ... made an issue more contentious not less ... if that's true that same sex marriage should be ready getting in the public square ... we do away with all of the tax provisions that are pro marriage ... well I'd I think that that's what is at the heart of these cases you know the fact is that the the tax code ... and to its ... policy to strengthen marriage to the new iteration of the marriage only ... the child tax credit which it is there too ... not only support families but to ... encourage people have children all these kinds of things in my concern is ... that if the Supreme Court takes a position that the voters of California were wrong ... in deciding that Mary should be defined as between man and woman ... then that lays the predicate for future courts to say ... that making judgments about the ... the social value the court ruled good if you will of the family unit is undermined ... from the same sex marriage advocates and they're everywhere in the national media I did actually predominately that's the argument here but say ... oh gosh I'm doing isn't affecting you when the quarry litigate these cases I'd feel everyone should be equal under the law ... twenty make of that argument ... well the argument that I would make it as I was I was there I was at the Christian Coalition when the defense of marriage Act was passed ... the the purpose of the Defense of marriage ... was to make sure that if one state redefine marriage to include ... same sex couples ... yet another state would not be forced to recognize there's a deer those unions ... under their very different ... law ... it wasn't a forcing anybody ... to live under the laws of ... a Georgia or Ohio ... it was to make sure that people in George or Ohio or in this case California ... don't have to live under the laws of Massachusetts or Vermont ... it seems to me the federal government ... has a legitimate state interest in making sure that's the case in ... theory I would just remind your viewers and those were debating this issue to remember ... the Defense of marriage Act passed by a margin in both Chambers large enough to pass a constitutional amendment ... and was signed into law by Democratic president ... this was not out of the mainstream of American democratic tradition ... in the mainstream of of what is our democratic tradition of the moment changes on the crop a couple numbers here are the same sex marriage in California for example ... by two thousand and three sixty one percent support ... you compare that ye have done onscreen two thousand and four ... it was only forty four percent ... from what is changing our society ... to see these numbers we had that ... degree ... well I think that what's happened critique Lee among younger voters ... voters under the age of forty an especially under the age of thirty ... he is they have a belief that you know how does this affect me it serves live in lovely ... um ... that that isn't an intellectually defensible position to take its not one that I agree with ... I think what we have not done as good a job of Mary is making it clear that there are social ... and called troll benefits ... to the intact loving marriage and family of a man and one such as ... well such as all the statistics and data that we have ... which is ... dad the people who were in those intact loving families are far less likely to be ... involved in ... the criminal justice system ... therefore more likely to excel in school therefore more likely to be model employees ... I had a CEO one time tell me ... I he said we went back and we look that are Beery best employees ... the very depths without respect to gender race ... he said the number one determinant of how hard they work and how dedicated they were ... why isn't ... whether or not they graduate from an Ivy League university or had an IQ ... it was whether or not they were in tact loving ... of marriage and family and ... there would be those who would argue with and therefore we should allow same sex couples to have access to that ... is going to ask ... my counter argument to that is we have not tested that thesis on a national level ... the number of same sex couples that are getting married ... even in the states that legalized ... is very small ... and the number of years the past is very short ... and we should not in my view ... Tinker with a revolutionize ... the foundation in court to rating and social is ... socializing ... institution in the history of Western civilization wheeling knowing ... certainly not the national table you have the