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On the 1st February this year I decided the BBC had ripped me off enough, I told them NO MORE LICENCE AS I AIN'T GONNA WATCH TV ANY MORE.
I bought hundreds of videos off Ebay for pennies, got hundreds more for nothing off my local FREECYCLE, still get DVD's when they hit budget prices.
Got i-player on the internet for almost every channel which I am permitted to watch.
£150 saved and you know, I have watched 4 movies in 4 months on video/DVD and ONE TV program on i-player, I do not miss that F*Ck1nG box one bit, life is wonderful again.
Celtica27 - I live in Spain and no matter where I buy using my credit card I am always but always no ecxception asked for ID. Including nosh shops that know me - no exceptions for residents and tourists.
A few years ago someone from the UK claimed that their card must have been cloned as they had not purchased the goods as per their statement. Investigation showed that they had purchased the goods as the shop asked for proof of ID - their passport and the number was photographed for security. Result they got a prison sentence in the UK plus a criminal record for life.
MSN you have got to be joking.
I read this exact 'report' this time last year. Verbatim. (that's word for word as you obviously have no clue about journalism or editing)
Do you know how I know this? Because I made this same comment then, as it was repeated from the year before!!!
If you have nothing to say, don't say anything
Useless, crud excuse for journalism.
very poor
Scams of the summer, lets see: BBC extorting the British public so that it can fund the likes of: Linekar- Graham norton and it's rather forgettable brand of tv, yep all 10 channels, do we have a say, is this democratic?THE GOVERNMENT and all its reformed /undetected criminals/.
U really need look no further, then again that would require : effort, dare I say any palpable level of journalistic integrity. thanks for providing the toilet lid...MSN never lets you down
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I have changed all my passwords so beware these invoices were very convincing and forward all details to paypal immediately.
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Conjoined 8-Month-Old Twin Girls Successfully Separated During Surgery (VIDEO)
A pair of 8-month-old conjoined twin girls underwent separation surgery yesterday at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), and miraculously -- the procedure was a success!
Allison and Amelia Tucker were born attached at the chest, and they shared a liver, diaphragm, and pericardium. Their mother, Shellie Tucker, delivered them via c-section at CHOP when she was 35 weeks along. And as expected, she and her husband were scared about what would happen to their precious babies, but they knew separation surgery was a must -- and they started planning it months before it happened yesterday.
And they are certainly celebrating and breathing a huge sigh of relief this morning, because the lead surgeon on the girls' case, Holly Hedrick, said she expects that "the girls will be able to live full, healthy, and independent lives."
Take a look at this video clip to hear a little more about Allison and Amelia's amazing surgery.
Can you even begin to imagine how happy and thankful their parents are today? Their strength and prayers definitely pulled them through during what had to be the most difficult day in their lives. As parents, all we truly want is for our kids to grow up happy and healthy, and thanks to the amazing surgeons at CHOP, Shellie and her husband will be granted the gift of raising these beautiful twins as little individuals.
What words of encouragement would you offer these brave parents?
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AngelaNovember 8, 2012 at 10:55 AMI'm wondering how this pregnancy continued. Dont they have tests for these things that show abnormalities? I know the parents are probably happy to have 2 hopefully healthy children but 40 doctors and nurses to possibly help them? The tests taken early in pregnancy should prevent things like this. If you know you are possibily not having a healthy child and then still go through with the pregnancy to me is cruel. Its hard enough for a normal child. To bring one or more into this world knowing they have a percentage of problems is just unnecessary.
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FondueNovember 8, 2012 at 11:41 AM
The use of the acronym CHOP in an article that references a C-section and separation of conjoined twins makes me cringe a little.
And to Angela: Spoken like someone who's never known the heartache that can be involved in wanting a child. May you never be familiar with that pain.
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aenevaNovember 8, 2012 at 12:53 PM
Oh Angela if only those tests were 100% accurate and never had false positives or negatives. Just because you feel it wrong to bring a child with a disability into the world does not mean that everyo noe does. I have two beautiful nieces who are special needs and they are a huge asset to our family. Yes it is difficult at times to take care of them, but they are worth it. And for the record one is downs that was NOT picked up during the ultrasound or blood testing etc. The other one is cerebral pulsy which happens during birth.
I hope these girls are happy and healthy for years to come.
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Some people just don't believe in killing their children.
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Raechelle BarberNovember 8, 2012 at 1:27 PM
angela, YOU are the cruel person. children are blessings to a family that is willing and loving and supportive. to say that a child shouldn't live because they aren't the norm is cruel. if the parents (who i am sure knew that they were having conjoined twins) are willing to raise the girls together or have the two seperated, who is anyone to judge them? there is a time and reason for abortion, but as birth-control and to stop a life that isn't what society considers normal is not okay. if it was, i wouldn't have my amazing dd brother.
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shesliketxNovember 8, 2012 at 1:39 PMAngela- I am pro choice. And so I feel like if someone wants to make that choice, then that should be an option avaliable to them.
HOWEVER, this isn't your business. People are capable of love in so many circumstances, but they are the only ones who can judge what is best for them. How awful of you to say such a thing.
These girls were from an area where my family lived last year, and I couldn't be happier for their family!
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RebeccaNovember 8, 2012 at 2:39 PMAngela you have no idea what Shellie faced with this pregnancy, or the fact that this wasn't discovered until very late in her pregnancy after already having multiple ultrasounds. Shellie and Greg are amazing parents and agonized over what was going to be best for these girls, and they made the right choice for their family. How dare you say they are cruel for going through with it. You are cruel for mentioning it. These little girls are so strong, and will one day be just as strong as their mom who fought so hard to give them a normal life.
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Stephanie AdamsNovember 9, 2012 at 4:55 PMawesome doctors, separating conjoined twins is extremely risky.
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I wish them all the best!! :)
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NikkiNovember 9, 2012 at 6:33 PMAngela not all the test are accurate. When I was pregnant the doctors told me that my son had Down syndrome, they urged me to abort the pregnancy, my husband and I decided that we would leave it to god and love him no matter the outcome. Today my Cameron is a 10 year old boy that does not have Down syndrome and is gifted. I look at him so often and think about what a life altering mistake I could of made if I would have just listened to the doctors that tried to push termination of pregnancy on me. I wish this family nothing but the best.


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Some of you are new to Paleo/Primal and are following me because of my lunch bin idea. Welcome! I eat no-crap foods. If it's been processed or changed it's not part of my food choices. I avoid grains and beans because I feel so much better when I don't. I avoid GMO's. I rarely eat Continue Reading »
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Two variations here. I got the original online and removed some Almond Butter and put in Coconut Flour as I needed to reduce the Omega 3′s from the nuts. They were great! 1 cup Almond Butter 1/4 cup Coconut Flour 2 eggs 1.25 cup honey 1 Tbsp Epicure Vanilla 1/2 cup Epicure's Cocoa 1/2 tsp Continue Reading »
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This is a yummy side dish and really easy, it cooks in the background while you're doing other things. 1 lg onion, sliced 1 Tbsp Butter 2 lg Parsnips Green Onions Epicure's 4 Pepper Blend Epicure's Chili Garlic Salt Saute your onion in butter over med-low heat until carmelized. While onions are cooking cut parnips Continue Reading »
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It was a foggy night in Meridian on October 18 when the Borderites challenged the Trojans on their home turf in the most important game of the season so far. The Borderites snatched a 24–21 come from behind win with an untested sophomore quarterback running the offense for three quarters of the game, but major injuries cast a pall on both teams.
Blaine was certainly the underdog going in. The two teams were tied at 2–0 in Northwest Conference (NWC) standings, but Meridian has a bigger line, an all-star back (conference-leading Letrez Jones) and a legendary coach (13-year veteran Bob Ames). To top it off, the Trojans were defending their home turf.
When starting quarterback Nathan Kramme went down late in the first quarter clutching his knee, Blaine's hopes for a win –
along with a successful second half of the season – seemed to be sidelined with him. Coaches have described Kramme as "the general" of Blaine's offense. A junior with a great arm and game smarts, he can scramble as well as he can throw, and he keeps defenses guessing. As of October 22, coaches were waiting on MRI results and said Kramme would not likely play in Friday's game against Mount Baker.
As coaches and trainers helped Kramme off the Meridian field, throwing coach Sean Linville worked with second-string quarterback Marcus Potts, a tall, thin sophomore with a good arm but little game experience, to get him ready. Potts took over the offense on Blaine's second possession at Meridian.
"He was really nervous," senior running back Cole Muder recalled. "I told him to keep his head on a swivel and stay calm."
The low-hanging fog was so dense fans could barely see what players were doing and the game announcer had to omit details at times. Potts handed off to Muder two plays in a row, and
Muder gained a first down. Potts was taken down in the backfield for a nine-yard loss, but on the next play Muder broke free of the melee at the line and sprinted 34 yards to the end zone for the first score of the game with eight seconds to go in the first quarter.
The Trojans answered one play after the kickoff return. Jones scored on a 66-yard run, and he scored again on Meridian's next possession, this time on a 60-yard run. The 5-foot, 6-inch, 140-pound senior leads the Northwest Conference (NWC) in rushing with over 1,000 yards in six games. It was clear Jones would be Meridian's biggest offensive threat, but he left the game in the first half and did not return in the second. He was seen sitting with his leg up, but any guesses as to an injury are purely speculative.
Blaine running back Rudy Nolasco also left the game with an injury in the first half, and didn't return. Muder said the fog might have played a factor in the roughness of the game.
"It was tough to make reads downfield – we had to react quickly," he said. "I've definitely never played in a game this foggy."
In the second quarter, Potts had some shaky moments, fumbling a snap and a handoff and throwing few complete passes. In an effort to shore up those mistakes, Blaine coaches took advantage of a long halftime to hold a spur-of-the-moment practice in the end zone.
"It's a credit to our coaching staff and a credit to our kids that we were able to make that shift," said head coach Jay Dodd. "We all did a good job of changing the game plan."
In the second half, Potts' improvement was visible even through the thick fog.
"We had confidence in [Potts], and he gained confidence in himself throughout the game," Dodd said.
Meridian scored early in the third quarter on a pass to wide receiver Sam Chambers, making the score 21–7 Meridian. After receiving the ensuing kickoff, the Borderites put together a long drive. Muder carried for a first down in a fourth-and-long situation, then the drive gained momentum. Wide receiver Josiah Westbrook caught a nine-yard pass over the middle, and then Muder gained another first down on a six-yard run. He broke free on the next play, gaining 17 yards and bringing the ball to the Meridian 20-yard line.
On the next play, Potts dropped back to pass and launched a high spiral to the left side of the field, where Westbrook made the catch and carried it in for a touchdown halfway through the third quarter.
For the next 12 minutes of play, the defense on both teams became almost impenetrable. Blaine and Meridian traded four consecutive turnovers on downs, with both teams refusing to punt and battling for every inch of field position. Finally, halfway through the fourth quarter, Blaine broke the stalemate and evened the score at 21 apiece on a 36-yard touchdown pass to Westbrook.
"Westbrook made a couple great plays," Dodd said.
With momentum on their side, the Borderites forced a punt on the next possession, and then traded interceptions with the Trojans. Muder carried the ball to the Meridian 17-yard line and a fourth-and-two. Blaine called time out and brought in the special teams.
Kicker Peter Benne had nailed all three of his extra point attempts, and now faced a 36-yard field goal to take the lead. Fans in the stands had trouble seeing where his booming kick went. It looked like a Meridian defender got his hand on it, tipping it sky-high. The officials' signals eliminated all doubt – Blaine was on top 24–21 with two minutes to play.
On their subsequent drive, the Trojans fought hard to gain ground against an amped-up Blaine defense. Smelling victory, linemen Josh Fakkema and Andrey Baydak broke through to tackle the Meridian quarterback for a major loss.
"Granted I'm only a sophomore, but that was the most memorable play of my career so far," Fakkema recalled.
The Trojans didn't give up. They converted a fourth-and-eight and marched to the Blaine 25-yard line before the Borderite defense forced a turnover on downs and won the game.
Anthony Westbrook, a Blaine fan who made the trip to Meridian, said players on both teams played hard despite the injuries.
"Our kids played well together as a team," he added. "Marcus (Potts) really stepped up, Cole (Muder) had a great game and my son (Josiah Westbrook) played a great game as well."
Dodd had a similar response looking back at the game and summing up the season so far.
"I felt we were the underdogs going in even before Nate (Kramme) got hurt, but our kids don't care about that. They believe in themselves and they believe in each other, and that's more important than being big and strong. There's great senior leadership on the team, and the whole team has the right attitude."
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U.S. pork exports in May were up 3 percent in volume (186,809 metric tons) from a year ago and 9 percent higher in value ($524.3 million). Through the first five months of the year, pork exports exceeded last year's record pace by 6 percent in volume (968,485 metric tons) and 15 percent in value ($2.7 billion).
Although May was the strongest month so far this year for U.S. beef exports, volume (95,221 metric tons) was down 13 percent compared to May 2011 and stood 10 percent lower (456,343 metric tons) through the first five months of the year. Beef export value in May ($471.1 million) was 4 percent higher than a year ago, which kept year-to-date export value ($2.19 billion) 5 percent ahead of last year's record pace. These results are based on statistics released by the USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).
Pork export value surges in most major markets
With the exceptions of South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines, U.S. pork export value is trending upward to every major destination. Exports to Korea were extremely high in 2011, due in part to a foot-and-mouth disease-related shortage of domestic pork and temporary duty-free access for a large volume of imports. U.S. exports to Korea through May stood at 77,790 metric tons valued at $222.8 million, down 32 percent in volume and 19 percent in value from last year's record pace, but still far exceeding exports in the first five months of any previous year.
Mexico continues to perform well as the leading volume destination for U.S. pork, and ranks No. 2 in value. While May exports to Mexico were about even with last year, exports through the first five months of the year were 15 percent higher in volume (254,059 metric tons) and 13 percent higher in value ($463.6 million). USMEF recently launched a campaign to build overall demand in Mexico by enhancing the image of pork and broadening its appeal among Mexican consumers.
"USMEF has reached agreements with several major supermarket chains in Mexico - totaling more than 500 outlets - to help USMEF promote pork through advertising and point-of-sale materials and to collect important sales data for evaluating the effectiveness of the campaign," explained USMEF President and CEO Philip Seng. "Per capita pork consumption in Mexico is only about 25 pounds per year, compared to 47 pounds in the United States. So we feel there is still great potential for expansion of overall demand, with the U.S. industry positioned to be the primary beneficiary."
Japan remains the leading value destination for U.S. pork, with exports through May reaching $869.1 million. This is 10 percent above last year's record pace, despite a 5 percent decline in volume (199,061 metric tons).
Other pork highlights for January-May 2012 include:
• Despite an upswing in domestic pork supplies and a softening of the hog market in China, exports to the China/Hong Kong region were up 34 percent in volume (192,926 metric tons) and 83 percent in value ($389.2 million).
• Exports to Canada were up 14 percent in volume (91,424 metric tons) and 19 percent in value ($328.7 million).
• In the first year under a new quota system, exports to Russia are off to an excellent start – 35 percent higher in both volume (39,132 metric tons) and value ($115 million).
• In the Central and South America region, where U.S. pork and beef are currently on display at the USMEF Latin American Product Showcase in Bogota, Colombia, pork exports were up 13 percent in volume (33,266 metric tons) and 16 percent in value ($85 million). This expansion was led by growth in Colombia, where exports were up 62 percent in volume (5,596 metric tons) and more than doubled in value ($15.9 million).
• The controversy over beta agonists continues to create a difficult business climate in Taiwan, where pork exports were down 45 percent in volume (8,108 metric tons) and 29 percent in value ($18.2 million). Larger domestic supplies have also impacted this market, as Taiwan's pork imports from all sources are down nearly 40 percent this year.
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Pearson says the city has been selling the fobs for two weeks now and the're available at all five Community Centers or at the Parks and Rec office. She says you can't go to one of the swimming pools and buy a season pass anymore. She says that's because the equipment the city bought to issue the fobs has to be in a climate controlled environment.
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It appears the geniuses in Illinois government will probably mandate sprinkler systems in all new homes built in the state. Depending on who you talk to, adding a sprinkler system will add anywhere from $5,000 to $25,000 to the cost of building a new home depending on it's size.
They don't talk about the cost of ongoing maintenance, repairs and damage from accidental discharges. But you can bet the plumber's union is salivating at the prospect of a new stream of revenue from yet another unfunded government mandate. But I digress.
I've been in the fire service for 16 years. It is my firm opinion that a $10,000-$15,000 sprinkler system in your home won't do anything to save your life that a couple of $10 smoke alarms won't do.
I've responded to several calls where someone was close to death due to smoke inhalation from small smoldering fires that were not even large enough to trigger a sprinkler had they had one.
I've also seen a few fatalities that were attributable as much to lack of working smoke alarms as they could have been for lack of sprinklers. In my 16 years I've also yet to see a fire that was extinguished by a sprinkler system in a business. I've been on plenty of false alarm calls though where a malfunctioning system sets off the fire alarms.
My point is, mandating expensive sprinkler systems in single-family homes just does not make any sense from a cost/risk analysis. I liken it to mandating that all speed limits be just 10 mph.
Crazy you say? Well, according to the National Fire Protection Association 2011 statistics I checked, in the entire USA, 2,105 people died in fires in single-family homes. By comparison, 918 people died in Illinois alone due to traffic accidents. So, why not 10 mph speed limits that will virtually eliminate all traffic accident deaths, saving 10 times as many lives as mandated sprinklers?
There are risks in life. Risks we accept when we get behind the wheel and drive whatever speed we drive. Risks we accept every time we spend that $10 on something far less important than that needed smoke alarm or fresh batteries for the one you already have.
I don't have a sprinkler system in my home. That is a risk I'm willing to accept because the fact is the odds of my home ever having a fire are quite small, and if I do, my smoke alarm will alert me and I'll be out long before I have to worry about burning to death.
]I find it quite ironic that I've yet to talk to any sprinkler law advocate who already has shelled out the bucks for a system in their own home. I call them hypocrites. If they truly believed in sprinklers they wouldn't need a law forcing them to install them nor would they want it mandated for anyone else.
Working smoke detectors are the single best way for you to be saved from a fire in your home. Multiple egress routes out of your home should also always be a part of your escape plan.
Sprinklers? Not so much. Buy them if you want them. Don't mandate them.
Carl Burney of Silvis, is a longtime firefighter.
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Ty Lawson, Denver Nuggets teammates react to first win
Some leftovers from the Nuggets' first win of the season, 109-107 over the Atlanta Hawks:
— Ty Lawson, who led the Nuggets with 23 points, said the winless record going into the night "was weighing on everybody. Coach Shaw (and) the assistant coaches had speeches for us today. To get this monkey off our back feels good for everyone." Lawson, who has looked uncomfortable in the Nuggets' new approach at times, said: "I think it's the right mix. I think we're going to run more as the season goes along. We also have sets in the halfcourt that we can run and execute. We're going to get better as the season goes along."
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ALBANY, Ga. -- Albany police responded to at least 30 incidents Friday into the early hours of Saturday, according to available police reports. Police responded to incidents including:
-- Aggravated assault, man reported shot on the 400 block of West Third Street. Officers responded to Palmyra Medical Center because of a reported shooting. While walking near the intersection of Pineview and Marie Roads, Tervorous Thomas, 23, was shot in the back with an unknown firearm while walking with his brother Derreck Thomas Jr., 26, who was uninjured, said Phyllis Banks police spokeswoman. "The victims provided no information concerning the suspects," she added;
-- Aggravated assault, a man was reported stabbed in the back on the 2200 block of South Jackson Street. Officers responded to a fight at the above location, Banks said. While Cary Demond Cooper, 31, tried to break up the fight he was stabbed, she added. "After he left the scene, he says it was then he realized that he had been stabbed and he drove himself to the hospital, Banks said;
-- Theft by taking a four wheeler on the 600 block of 16th Avenue;
-- Injured person, dog bite on the 1000 block of West Fourth Avenue;
-- Deceased person on the 600 block of West Mercer Avenue;
-- Possession of less than an ounce of marijuana on the 2100 block of Clark Avenue;
-- Disorderly conduct, a fight at Club River on the 1000 block of Flint Avenue, reports stated;
-- Interference with an officer on the 1000 block of Flint Avenue;
-- Possession of less than an ounce of marijuana on the 1100 block of West Waddell Avenue;
-- Burglary on the 800 block of Cherry Avenue and the 200 block of Waverly Avenue;
-- Simple battery, criminal trespass (domestic violence) on the 500 block of North Cleveland Street;
-- Vandalism (family violence) on the 1000 block of North Slappey Boulevard;
-- Domestic (unfounded) on the first block of Patricia Drive;
-- Assault (family violence) on the 200 block of Monarch Drive and the 700 block of Muse Avenue;
-- Simple battery (domestic violence) on the 2700 block of Westgate Drive.
DOUGHERTY POLICE: Dougherty County police responded to at least 32 calls, according to police reports.
Police responded to incidents including:
-- Recovery of a stolen vehicle on the 300 block of Corn Street. Police found a 2000 Ford reported stolen from Lee County and arrested Darren Moore for theft by receiving, a police report stated.
-- Entering auto on the 57oo block of Moultrie Road.
-- Wanted person arrest on the 1100 block of Dawson Road;
-- Domestic violence (battery) on the 2800 block of Barnaby Road.
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When late last year I visited New London's first new bookstore to open, since, well, the time when State Street was still a creepy, empty pedestrian walk, I heard a lot of apologies from owner Chris Jones.
Indeed, Jones and his partner, Gina Holmes Jones, had hurried to open their new Monte Cristo Bookshop toward the close of the holiday shopping season, and they were busy still painting and putting together bookshelves.
The opening inventory in the Washington Street store was also on the makeshift side, largely the remnants of a closed Borders store they bought on Craigslist. Their starting capital was about $10,000, which they raised in a crowd-funding campaign.
When I caught up with Jones this week, inside the bright new Monte Cristo Bookshop, which has moved to the corner of Green and Golden streets downtown, just the toss of a book from the municipal parking lots on Eugene O'Neill Drive, Jones noted that he no longer has to make apologies for the store.
The shop re-opened in its new space, a sunny room with a high, tin ceiling and lots of big plate glass windows, just before Sailfest, and Jones said they packed in the customers that weekend, a cool refuge where people came to relax and browse.
Monte Cristo is certainly now a full-fledged bookstore, with a big inventory of both new and used books, books in lots of different categories, from a big selection of young adult fiction to bestsellers, biography and children's books.
The move turned out to be the product of good timing, Jones said. Their old landlord had new tenants lined up and their new landlord was happy to have them, in a building that is being renovated to include a collection of artist studios and work spaces.
The store has already brought a nice cultural vibe to Green Street and the surrounding neighborhood.
One of the customers who stopped in to see Jones Friday was a playwright on her way to her regular Friday lunch of playwrights who gather each week for the bean soup special at the Dutch Tavern.
Next to the Dutch is a new skateboard shop where some young men were ogling a wide assortment of boards. Around the corner on State Street, Mangetout, the organic restaurant, had a blackboard in the window advertising its Friday night dinner specials.
Some of the passers-by on the busy street corner included a gaggle of lawyers on the way back to their downtown offices, carrying plastic bags from the midday Friday farmer's market on the Parade. I also saw two men walking back up from City Pier, their fishing poles tucked under their arms.
Downtown is looking as lively lately as I have ever seen it, and a bookstore is a remarkable new asset.
Chris and Gina Jones gave the city a great gift with the Monte Cristo, which regularly holds author readings and community events and which features the work of more than 100 local writers.
A rack in the front of the store even features the top 10 bestselling local authors.
Chris and Gina Jones did it all during an especially busy year, with Gina giving birth to their first child. The baby was born June 23. The new store opened July 12.
"Having a baby is such a nice thing to come home to," Chris Jones said. "It's something that makes me forget about all the work I have to do.
"We have a baby store and a real baby."
Jones said they now have so many books that it took 25 trips in a U-Haul truck to move them all.
They moved the store's piano by having five guys push it down State Street.
They didn't get a parade permit, Chris Jones said, although so many people stopped to watch, they might have needed one.
They did, though, get a green light in front of City Hall.
While I was chatting with Jones Friday, he was setting up folding chairs for an event that night that was to include both a writer reading from his new work and a dance performance.
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Mavericks blow by Celtics
The Celtics (18-34) couldn't keep pace with Dallas Sunday night, falling to the Mavericks, 102-91.
The Mavs (31-21) outscored the C's in each of the first three quarters and coasted to their 31st win of the season while the Celtics dropped their first game in over a week after winning three straight.
Rajon Rondo played a season-high 37 minutes in the Boston loss and led the C's with 12 assists. Jeff Green scored a team-high 18 while Chris Johnson chipped in with 14 off the bench.
Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 20 points.
What they'll be saying: The Celtics once again looked like a lottery team after facing their first non-lottery team since the Kevin Garnett/Paul Pierce reunion at the Garden two weeks ago. The Mavs built on a steady lead in the third quarter and Boston couldn't hang with Nowitzki and the Mavs from there on out. The C's will be in Milwaukee Monday (8 p.m., CSNNE) to face the Bucks, the owners of the worst record in the NBA at 9-41. Losing to the Bucks would certainly qualify as a "quality loss" for those in Boston in full "tank" mode.
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Edwards, who lost the championship last season on a tiebreaker to Tony Stewart, won the pole for the season-opening Daytona 500, beating teammate Greg Biffle for the top starting spot during a windy Sunday qualifying session at Daytona International Speedway.
Edwards turned a lap at 194.738 mph — the fastest pole-winning speed since Jeff Gordon's lap of 195.067 mph in 1999. Biffle was second at 194.087 to give Ford and Roush Fenway Racing a sweep of the front row.
"It's so neat to come down here and to be so fast and to really have fun qualifying here," Edwards said. "These are the best race cars we've ever had at Daytona. Coming down here I didn't even consider the pole, so this is huge."
Biffle was not as thrilled.
"I'm a little disappointed," Biffle said. "I hate the wind. I guess if you're out sailing, it's good. It was singing down the back, but coming down the front I just got a big gust of wind coming off of [turn] four. ... I knew I didn't have it."
Edwards and Biffle were the only two drivers to lock down their starting positions in Daytona's unique qualifying format. The rest of the starting order for next Sunday's race is set through Thursday's twin 150-mile qualifying races.
But only four starting spots are up for grabs.
NASCAR guarantees starting spots to the top 35 teams from last season, three spots go to the fastest drivers in time trials not already locked in, and one spot goes to a previous NASCAR champion. The drivers who earned starting spots in qualifying were defending race winner Trevor Bayne, Tony Raines, David Stremme and former NASCAR champion Terry Labonte.
Clint Bowyer, making his debut for Michael Waltrip Racing, was 22nd in qualifying but had his time thrown out when his car failed inspection. NASCAR said Bowyer will have to start last in Thursday's qualifying race, but that's the only penalty his No. 15 team will face.
Danica Patrick was 29th in qualifying, but is guaranteed a spot in her first Daytona 500 based on a business deal Stewart Haas Racing made with Tommy Baldwin Racing. Patrick goes into the season with the points Dave Blaney earned for Baldwin last season, and gets into the 500 because it was a top-35 team last year.
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The Blazers were winning!  That is the key word, were.  Blazers are living proof that you can live and die by the jumper.  Lately it has been dying.
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Today's tutorial comes from Mara Zepeda of Neither Snow. She believes (like me) that mail matters. Mara is a brilliant calligrapher – tomorrow I plan on shining the spotlight on her and her work. But for today, she is here to share her tips and tricks on writing postcards. Welcome, Mara!
Eva Jorgensen already covered the correspondence bases in her great post on the forgotten art of letter writing so I thought I'd create a companion tutorial on postcarding.
This year I am in graduate school. Every day I am faced with an hour and a half commute back and forth, and I've been flummoxed about how to spend this time. Recently I've taken to writing postcards on the subway. This is because often my days are so busy that I can't even reply to a friend's email. So this is my way of reminding them that I'm thinking about them and love them enough to get to a mailbox, even if I can't manage an electronic missive.
Here are the four obstacles I've found to postcard writing:
- The Postage
- The Postcard
- The Message
- The System
Tackling these in order:
#1: Right now we have one postcard stamp ($.28) option: the unoriginal and uninspiring (in my humble opinion) polar bear stamp.
I have worked around this problem by creating my own $.28 "stamp" with two $.10 clock stamps and two $.04 Chippendale chair stamps. It's an imperfect system but at least it isn't the polar bear.
For people with would like to scour Ebay, visit their local stamp shop or work with me, the postage options are limitless. Here is a sample of my most recent scavenging. These stamps celebrate, in no particular order, mineralogy, the 5th world forestry congress, steam engines, butterflies, city planning, higher education, Emily Dickinson, youth, and wool…yes, a stamp commemorating America's wool.
While the value of these stamps is small ($.3 – $.18), I think an assemblage of them looks lovely.
Finally, there is the world of vintage postal stationery (and yes, that bottom envelope celebrates the American seafaring tradition):
#2: Too often we think that if we don't have the perfect card, we shouldn't write. My solution is to go minimalist. I found these postcards at a tiny convenience store in Cambridge years ago and I try to go through a package of them every month (and stockpile them via friends visiting the UK as often as I can). But the key is to find something basic that comes in quantity. The Paper Source has a dizzying array of options and the A2 size will go through the mail with regular postage.
#3: Keep the message short and simple. Choose a favorite line of a poem, write it on a scrap of paper and then copy and send it to everyone you think would appreciate it. Tell them something you did that day that made you think of them. Recount a memory or reminiscence. Some phrases to start things out: "Remember that one time when…", "Today I saw….and it made me think of you."
#4: The final obstacle is how to pull all of these elements together so that the postcard actually makes it in the mailbox. Here's what I propose:
- Pre-stamp 25 postcards with the correct amount of postage
- On Sunday evening (or at another regular interval) once a month, pre-address the cards to their recipients – now is a good opportunity to see who has a birthday or milestone coming up.
- Set aside a sturdy, purse sized pouch or envelope to carry the supplies: your cards, a pen, a few extra stamps (if you want to send internationally).
Keep this pouch in your purse at all times, write a card when you have a spare five minutes and the drop it in a post box, which you'll soon discover are everywhere.
[all images Mara Zepeda]
Thanks, Mara!
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What You Need to Know about Fat and Your Family's Diet
Monounsaturated Fats
The word fat means different things to different people and is often cause for confusion. For many, fat has a negative connotation and should be avoided or battled daily. Food manufacturers take advantage of society's distaste for fat by marketing low-fat foods, implying that these products will help you manage or lose weight. The marketers offer the notion that fats are a component of many foods that we eat, and that minimizing fat intake is a good thing.
Some people have heard the true story about fat and know it just is not that simple. There are indeed both good fats and bad fats—some we need, some we should avoid. Words like trans-fat, fatty acids, omega-3 fats, and cholesterol add to the general confusion. Well, it is time to clear up the confusion.
For a dietitian, the word fat has a technical and precise meaning as one of the fundamental categories of nutrients that are required by our bodies for healthy functioning (the other commonly referred to nutrients are carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, and minerals).
There are different varieties of fats: some are essential for good health, while other fats can have harmful and even deadly consequences for you and your family. The four basic varieties of fats are:
- Monounsaturated fats
- Polyunsaturated fats
- Saturated fats
- Trans-fats
The monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats are collectively known as the unsaturated fats and are good for you. The saturated and trans-fats are generally unhealthy fats—and trans-fats are the absolute worst of the entire lot.
Monounsaturated fats are found in plant oils, such as peanut, canola, and olive oils. The health benefits of these fats are related to their impact on cholesterol levels in your body. Cholesterol plays important roles in your body, including helping in the formation of cell membranes and hormones. So, cholesterol, often derided as a health concern, is not intrinsically bad for you; it is in fact essential to your body's healthy functioning.
It's important to know, there are two varieties of cholesterol: LDL, or bad cholesterol, and HDL, or good cholesterol. If too much LDL cholesterol builds up in your arteries it can cause atherosclerosis (clogged arteries) and heart disease. Eating monounsaturated fats reduces the levels of bad cholesterol in your body and raises the level of the good, constructive cholesterol. It is hypothesized that for this reason a Mediterranean diet, or one high in healthy olive oil, can contribute to reduced risk for heart disease.
Polyunsaturated Fats, Saturated Fats, and Trans-Fats
Polyunsaturated fats are found in certain fish such as salmon and tuna, as well as in soybean oils. This group of fats includes the omega-3 and the omega-6 fatty acids, also known as essential fatty acids because your body can't manufacture them and they must be consumed through eating. These fats play several critical roles in your body, including fostering healthy growth of cells.
Saturated fats differ from unsaturated fats in that they are typically solid at room temperature, whereas unsaturated fats are typically liquids (such as oils). Butter is a typical example of a food high in saturated fat. Saturated fats are generally found in meat and dairy products. Eating saturated fats tends to raise the levels of both good and bad cholesterol in your body, and diets high in saturated fats have been implicated in increased risk of heart disease. You don't actually need to consume any saturated fats—your body manufactures all the saturated fats it needs.
Finally, we come to trans-fats. These are an entirely man-made, un-natural phenomenon. And though you may not realize it, trans-fats are found in many, many manufactured and processed foods consumed by most people.
Trans-fats are derived from unsaturated fats through a process called hydrogenation, which involves heating the unsaturated fats in the presence of hydrogen to load extra hydrogen atoms into the fats. These fats were invented to give unsaturated fats a property important for food companies: it makes them solid at room temperature and allows the companies to make fat-filled foods with a solid form and a long shelf-life.
Trans-fats are also cheaper ingredients for food companies. Most margarines are full of trans-fat, and shortening is pure trans-fat. Many packaged cookies and pastries are packed with trans-fats, fast foods (especially French fries) are packed with trans-fats, and potato chips are often loaded with trans-fats too.
Be sure to read the labels on your food to see if they have the words hydrogenated oil or partially hydrogenated oil on the package. If they do, don't purchase these products—they contain trans-fats. Because of the dangers of trans-fats, the FDA required food labels to break out the number of grams of trans-fats in foods in 2006.
Why are trans-fats harmful? They actually have the opposite effect of monounsaturated fats: they raise levels of the bad cholesterol in your body and lower the levels of good cholesterol in your body. It is also hypothesized that trans-fats may contribute to degenerative diseases by interfering with a cell's ability to process healthy fats. This illustrates that not all of the impacts of trans-fats on the body have been fully researched or discovered yet, but rather they are the subject of active scientific research. Because they are man-made chemicals and relatively new, we may yet discover that trans-fats have many other harmful effects as well.
How to Manage Fat in Your Diet
So, now you know that not all fats are created equal: Unsaturated fats have many important health benefits, and saturated and trans-fats, eaten in excess, can damage your health.
How do you protect your children and yourself? The key is to read food labels, pay attention to the amounts and types of fats in the foods you eat, and seek to emphasize the healthy fats. Try to substitute the saturated and trans-fat in your diet with unsaturated, healthy fats. This will greatly decrease your and your child's risk for heart disease. Eating healthy fats also contributes to satiety (i.e. feeling full).
The total number of grams of fat recommended for a day is 70 for a typical 2,100 calorie diet. Keep in mind that a maximum of 21 of these grams should come from saturated and/or trans-fat (but even less is certainly desirable).
Having the right amounts of healthy fat in your daily diet will lead to greater satiety and help you to manage the overall number of calories you and your family consume.


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In court Tuesday, she was also ordered to pay 90-thousand dollars in fines. While crying, she told the court, "Your Honor, I stand before you a broken person," adding she had humiliated and disgraced herself. In January, Hathaway pled guilty to one count of felony bank fraud after she transferred ownership of a house in Florida to a family member while trying to set up a short sale of her Grosse Pointe Park home.


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Archived:How to create interactive messagebox for getting user response in Qt
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Qt Quick should be used for all UI development on mobile devices. The approach described in this article (based on QWidget) is deprecated.
This (archived) example creates a QMessageBox with three buttons is created. A different operation is performed depending on which button is clicked.
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Platform(s): S60 3rd Edition, S60 5th EditionPlatform Security
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Capabilities: NoneArticle
Keywords: QMessageBox
Created: james1980 (28 Dec 2008)
Last edited: hamishwillee (11 Oct 2012)
- Download and install the Qt SDK
Various Function
- Holds the informative text that provides a fuller description for the message.
msgBox.setInformativeText("Do you want to save your changes?");
- Holds collection of standard buttons in the message box.
msgBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox::Save | QMessageBox::Discard | QMessageBox::Cancel);
- Sets the buttons that gets activated when the Escape key is pressed to button.
- To set The window title
msgBox.setWindowTitle("HELLO WORLD");
#include <QtGui/QApplication>
#include <QMessageBox>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
QApplication app(argc, argv);
QMessageBox msgBox;
msgBox.setText("The document has been modified.");
msgBox.setInformativeText("Do you want to save your changes?");
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The Sustainability major and minor are highly interdisciplinary. As such, courses for the Sustainability program are offered from a variety of departments.
Fall 2014 Sustainability Course Offerings
Core Courses
- SUST 201 – Sustainability and Society
This course will examine what is meant by the term sustainability and will assess how sustainability can be used as a framework to address complex societal issues including our food systems, social justice, and sustainable development.
- BIOL 310 – Environmental Science
A lecture discussion course dealing with human impact on the environment and on the use and misuses of our renewable and non-renewable resources, including air, water, soil and living organisms. Discussion of pertinent literature dealing with humans as a member of an ecological system.
- SUST 494 – Sustainability Internship
Applied, monitored, and supervised field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.
- SUST 496 – Sustainability Field Experience
Applied, monitored, and supervised field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study established by the student, instructor, and field-based supervisor. Due to the presence of a field experience supervisor, a lower level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with an internship or practicum course.
- SUST 498 – Sustainability Undergraduate Research
Independent research problems/projects or scholarship activities. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and student. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical.
Social Sciences Specialization
- ANTH 426 (also SUST 492) – Questioning and Collapse
Connecting archaeology's study of the past to present day concerns, this course will examine materials and data on successful management practices of the past, including information on lasting agricultural and forestry practices. These insights will not only broaden our sense of what collapse means but also what sustainability can mean.
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An introduction to the theory and practice of public relations, emphasizing its publics, management function, writing skills, communication processes, tools and professional ethics.
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This course uses simulations and public management cases, as well as contemporary public administration literature, to introduce students to the theory and practice of public administration. Students work in teams to resolve issues and problems common to the public service environment.
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A review of the major literature and fundamental questions related to the theory, history, and rationale for nonprofit organizations; considers also public-private partnership and the blending of nonprofit and governmental sectors.
Natural Sciences Specialization
- BIOL 311 – Principles of Ecology
Basic principles of ecology including the sub-disciplines of physiological ecology, population ecology, community ecology, evolutionary ecology, and ecosystems ecology from both a theoretical and applied aspect.
- CHEM 326 – Organic Chemistry I
A systematic treatment of the chemistry of carbon compounds, including nomenclature, structure-reactivity relationships, reaction mechanisms, synthesis, and spectroscopy.
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Comprehensive survey of earth resources including energy, metallic, nonmetallic, soil, and water resources. Consideration of origin of resources, their uses, their global distribution, and environmental issues surrounding their extraction and use.
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This class explores broad trends in biodiversity and cover the methods and patterns that show how that loss of biodiversity affects ecosystems, their functioning, and the services they provide to humans. We will rely on the primary literature to gain an understanding of what biodiversity is, how it's measured, why it's declining, and how researchers have tested its effects on ecosystems. The class is a mix of lectures and student-led discussions.


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Templates are pre-configured environments that can be easily deployed to a virtual machine through the management interfaces. Virtual Machine Templates include a virtual server configuration as well as a base operating system. This allows companies to harden or pre-configure operating systems once and use that environment over and over improving consistency & compliance across the company. A template may also include different software packages and configurations.
A popular example of a Virtual Machine Template is a developer environment. In this example, an organization create as standard template for Web development that includes all of the tools and applications needed in the "stack" to enable the developer to perform his work. The template can be created once and stored in the management console. From that point forward, every time a new developer environment is to be provisioned, the template is applied to a virtual machine. The environment is fully configured and ready for use nearly instantly.
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The Ark of Taste Docks in Turin, Will Your Favorite Foods be on Board?
21 Jul 14
Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre will take place October 23 – 27, 2014, and what happens in those five days could have a profound impact on the future of our diets and of our planet. Think that sounds dramatic? Not when you consider that just in the past hundred years, some 75% of plant genetic diversity has been lost, and up to six livestock breeds are lost each month. If biodiversity continues to disappear at this rate, what will our food system look like four generations from now? The Slow Food Ark of Taste is a unique project that documents foods that are at risk of extinction. No other organization in the world is calling attention to the connections between the loss of agricultural biodiversity with environmental degradation, the loss of income and opportunities for small producers, and our disappearing culture in the form of recipes, rituals and traditions. But what also makes the Ark unique is the involvement of thousands of individuals around the world who have taken the time to tell us about these products – about a favorite cheese that was always part of a particular holiday meal that's now difficult to find; about a drought-tolerant legume their mother would grow and sell at the market to help provide for the family; or about the a peculiar variety of rice, stickier and sweeter than others, used in a favorite family recipe. This October, the hundreds of thousands of visitors to Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre will have the opportunity to share their culture through their endangered foods by bringing with them a product to board on the Ark of Taste, a six hundred square meter physical display dedicated to agricultural biodiversity. If you'll be at the event, we need you to join us in this fight to stop biodiversity loss by bringing a product from your culture to save! If you can't make it to the event (or can't bring your favorite livestock breed on the plane to Turin!) please use our online nomination form to tell us about your product. The Ark of Taste is your story, and we can't tell it without you!
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To me, that's the beauty of science: to know that you will never know everything, but you never stop wanting to, that when you learn something, for a second you feel crazy smart, and then stupid all over again as new questions come tumbling in. It's an urge that never dies, a game that never ends.
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WoW's population is well over the 10 million mark.
That makes the diabled player estimate ~5% which i think is probably close to true.
Certainly within my guild we have a couple of hearing and visually impaired people, it does not make much of a difference in game except to require extra attention and information gving in certain situations however they number 5 in a guild of 97 accounts.
I'll go by this estimate.