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CONCORD (January 23, 2013)--Three children were killed Tuesday night after their mobile home caught fire in Concord in rural Leon County.
"Our first instinct is to always save lives," said Marquez firefighter, Mark Wacasey, who helped battle the fire Tuesday night.
"But we didn't make it this time."
The fire swept through the mobile home, as the family of five slept.
"When we got here the mobile home was pretty much fully engulfed except for the back of it," Wacasey said.
Tammy and Ray Fulton told authorities they could barely breathe after thick black smoke filled the master bedroom Tuesday night.
As the two rushed out of the room, first responders said, powerful flames hindered their efforts to rescue their three girls who were sleeping in a bedroom at the front of the home.
"Everybody suited up and we had people prepared to go inside," Wacasey said.
"We couldn't get in there [front bedroom] with all the flames," Wacasey said.
When they did finally reach the room, firefighters found the girls, ages 2, 4 and 4-months, dead.
"We had it under control in about 15 or 20 minutes and then it took a couple of hours to make sure everything was put out," Wacasey said.
"We just didn't get there in time to save the girls."
Neighbors, relatives, and the grieving parents watched Wednesday as state fire marshals and Leon County sheriff's investigators scoured the smoldering scene, trying to figure out how the deadly fire started.
"I have two children myself, and I couldn't imagine," Wacasey said..
"It's so hard to imagine if you're not going through it, but this mother and the whole family, they're going through a real hard time right now," he said.
The American Red Cross is assisting the family and an account has been set up at Wells Fargo Bank to help the family with funeral expenses under the name "Fulton Girls."
The deposit number is: 1494976465.

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Are you finished Christmas shopping yet?!?!
Or are you waiting until the last minute and hitting up a dollar store?
For the first time ever, I'm finished with my shopping with time to spare. But there's nothing quite like that Christmas Eve panic at walmart and toys r us.
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I think this year was the latest I finished... Two and a half weeks ago. Crazy year.
Yes, thank goodness.
Just finished last night!
(I think...I really hope so anyway...hmm...I'm probably forgetting someone -- crap!)
I was finished before Thanksgiving. Or so I thought... However, I just bought a PS3 from Amazon and shipped it overnight, so I guess I wasn't.
Must be the boredom of having to work today...
No, doing it tonight. Had to make sure all my bills were paid for. Le unemployed, oh well ham dinner on Sunday :D
I finished about a week ago, but I couldn't resist ordering something yesterday just to take advantage of Amazon Prime's $3.99 one day shipping. I looked for more stuff this morning to do it again, but couldn't find anything else I could justify purchasing.
He who plans early, plans twice.
No matter how much I can get ready, I keep doing more to think of my loved ones until xmas. I will still get a few stocking stuffers until the last day I leave my house. The term 'finished' is a tricky word.
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A search warrant is served and a local Bowling Green doctor becomes part of a federal investigation.
Investigators from local, state and federal agencies were seen carrying computers and boxes full of documents out of the office of Dr. Fred Gott. By the end of the day it was enough to fill a small trailer.
"We are in the process of executing a search warrant, conducting interviews and since this is a federal investigation most inquiries will have to be directed to the U.S. Attorney's office in Louisville," said Tommy Loving, Director of the Bowling Green - Warren County Drug Task Force.
The U.S. Attorney's office refused to comment on the investigation saying the case was now a sealed indictment.
Local authorities tell WBKO they have been in discussions on where to take this case.
"Our task force initiates several investigations a year that go through the federal system. Many times we will evaluate the case between the Commonwealth Attorney and U.S. Attorney before we reach a decision where is the most appropriate jurisdiction," says Loving.
Dr. Fred Gott is listed as a cardiologist outside his office on Professional Park Court in Bowling Green. Authorities say he also practiced pain management.
Late Monday The Medical Center released a statement concerning Dr. Gott:
"Dr. Gott holds medical privileges at The Medical Center but does not perform cardiac catheterization at that facility," said Doris Thomas, Vice President of Marketing & Development for Commonwealth Health Corporation, the parent company of The Medical Center.
Greenview Hospital says Dr. Gott is on courtesy staff but never admitted a patient in 2012.
Authorities say the investigation is ongoing and Dr. Gott faces no charges at this time.
As for his office, investigators say it's not closed and it's up to Dr. Gott if he wishes to continue.


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Time hasn�t made it any easier for Petty to return to the site where his 19-year-old son died in May 2000 from injuries suffered in a crash in Nationwide Series practice. Adam Petty would have been 33 on Wednesday as the Sprint Cup Series prepares for the first of two races at New Hampshire this year.
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My question is whether 32 bit SharePoint Designer 2010 will work with SharePoint Server 2010 or not. SharePoint Server 2010 is 64 bit only while SharePoint Designer is available in 32 bit or 64 bit. Which one is best to work with SharePoint Server 2010?
The answer is yes, it will work. I think your choice will depend on what version of MS Office is already installed. My understanding is that they should match. So if you have 32-bit MS office, install 32-bit SPD otherwise 64-bit.
The simple fact that you can download a 32-bit version of designer tells me that it should work with SharePoint Server 2010.
As regards which version would work "best", I would follow Ashish's advice around currently installed products.
From the Microsoft download site for Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 (32-bit):
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On a dynamic website we have two systems - content management, and user interface (trivial).
We are trying to decide if the two should have separate authentication systems (being two systems, this might increase security [or not - @GlenH7?]), each having its own hierarchy of permissions etc.
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I was informed that in order to shoot a Canon 5D with 17-40mm lens set at 17mm that I would need the 20mm t-adaptor as only using this adaptor would I be able to set the camera at 111mm on the upper rail (this is the suggested setting as per http://www.nodalninja.com/html/canon_settings.html). I wasn't told, however, how to mount the 20mm t-adaptor, so I guessed:
Question #1: Did I mount the 20mm t-adaptor to my camera correctly?
This brings me to question #2: Which hole do I use on the 20mm t-adaptor to mount it to the upper rail (refer again to the photo above)? I guessed the hole closer to the camera--the one with the center-line mark. If I did actually mounted the plate correctly, please confirm that it is now properly aligned at 111mm as it's supposed to be:
Lastly, the upper rail, when the gear is mounted, slips slowly even after I tighten as best I can. Solution?:
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First responders, city employees and the public gave blood today at the Bowling Green Police Department.
The American Red Cross was in the department's community room today. Many people came to donate something one officer says first responders see a need for more than anyone. He says it's a way to give without spending a dime.
"I've been donating blood for a long time. It's one of the things you can do to help your community, and it doesn't cost you any money to donate and help someone," said Bowling Green Police Public Information Officer Ronnie Ward.
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I made a batch of braggot (~46% honey) a couple of weeks ago, and used the Duvel strain (a pack of Wyeast 1388 and a vial of WLP570). Pitched at 65 and ramped it up to 82 over the course of 7 days. Is there a good rule of thumb for how long the yeast should sit at the high temperature before I cool it, or is it best to just watch the gravity and wait until the yeast finishes?
If the temperature schedule was intended for high attenuation and cleanup of yeast byproducts, such as diacetyl and acetaldehyde, then you should keep it at the warm temperature until a minimum of two days after terminal gravity has been reached.
If you fermented warm to produce more esters, fusels, and phenols, then you only need to keep the beer at the current temperature until terminal gravity is reached. Dropping it earlier will cause the yeast to slow, or even exhibit heat shock, and your fermentation may fall a point or two short of the lowest possible final gravity.
Also, just a warning - you're probably going to have excessive acetaldehyde from fermenting this warm - I would guess upwards of 300 ppm.
Since you're making a braggot, I don't think the "traditional" rules apply. Being a few degrees out of the recommended temp range isn't gonna be a big deal. While I'd never ferment a beer anywhere near that warm, you might be just fine for a braggot.


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Billy says: "The photo was taken during a business trip last week. I wanted to capture the vibrancy and freshness of the Waterfront area, where I spent most of my evenings. Cape Town is an astounding city, with some of the friendliest and most warm people I've had the pleasure to meet. I enjoyed the history, the culture, the scenery, the weather and the food. An all-round great place to visit."
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I'd much rather throw the chicken in the pan straight from the freezer but I worry about the tastiness and tenderness. Looking for seasoned advice on this one.
Not a great idea. The oven cooks from the outside in, so by the time your chicken is done on the outside, it'll still be uncooked on the inside. If you cook it longer so it cooks through, the outside will be as tough as shoe leather and the inside will be just lukewarm enough to encourage microorganisms (that may have survived the freezer) to fester, which could sicken you.
Put it in the pan the night before, cover it (or not, as Alton Brown sometimes suggests), and put the pan in the refrigerator. When you get home from work or whatever, preheat the oven to 450 F, season it, and bake until done. When is it done? It's done when:
Note that some would say 165 F is over done, but safe is better than losing a kidney to E. coli or other nasty microbeasties.
Since you mentioned the chicken tenders instead of a whole chicken it's easier to give a more appropriate answer now. Chicken tenders have much less mass and more surface area than the whole chicken, and because of that they thaw faster.
I have, before, cooked frozen chicken breasts and tenders by adding the frozen chicken to a cold, lightly oiled pan. Add water to come halfway up the chicken, cover the pan and cook on a medium-low heat for 15 minutes or so. Then turn the heat up slightly and uncover the pan to boil the water off and brown the chicken.
I've cooked from frozen to the pan as long as it just the chicken flats (thin cuts of chicken breast). It's kind of like throwing a frozen hamburger patty in the pan.
When you get to thicker meats, it is a problem. When the outside is done, the inside is still raw. I wouldn't do whole chicken breasts in the pan frozen or even a steak. Take the time to either pull it out and defrost or throw in the refrigerator the day before.
On my cooking show I always recommend bringing all meat to room temp before seasoning, marinating and cooking.
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I was thinking about the impending collision between M31 and the milky way galaxy, and I've heard that since a galaxy is mostly space most of the contents of both galaxies would be just fine. Could a similar effect be responsible for the late heavy bombardment era? Just instead of galaxies, stellar systems?
There are several potential explanation for the cause of the late heavy bombardment. One of them includes a passing star that disturbed the Oort cloud. A "stellar system collision" would have destroyed the solar system, though. While galaxies are mostly empty and a galactic collision won't involve that many actual collisions (if any), the gravitational interactions between the galaxies actually changes star orbits around the galactic centers. Similarly a "stellar system collision" would heavily change planetary orbits, even if there were no collisions at first.
Another hypothesis is a totally "interior" one: A 2:1 orbital resonance between Jupiter and Saturn changed the orbits of Neptune and Uranus, potentially even causing them to swap positions. Neptune's new orbit then affected many Kuiper belt objects, either sending them way out to form or join the Oort cloud, or sending them in as part of the late heavy bombardment.
Recent studies and simulations reported in the paper Impact-induced compositional variations on Mercury (Edgard et al. 2014), suggest that the Late Heavy Bombardment (LHB) was
The 'E-belt' is a simulated and theorised primordial extension of the asteroid belt that extended
In the paper The Primordial Excitation and Clearing of the Asteroid Belt (Petit et al. 2001), state an important point to be considered when answering this question:
In their simulations, they suggest that the asteroid belt could have been a major feature of the entire inner solar system where the 'planetary embryos are forming (from 0.5 to 4AU), stating:
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I backed up my data to an external HD. Do I need to disconnect the drive before installing Ubuntu?
It is not necessary, but I would suggest to unplug it for safety. This way, you are sure to not format it by mistake.
no, just do not install ubuntu on the external drive
You should not have to disconnect your external HDD when installing Ubuntu. The installer will give you the option of which drive you wish to partition and setup for the OS during the installation and as long as you don't select to install to the external HDD then it will remain untouched by the installer.
I dont see any reasons to take it out or keep it...
If you are worried about it, and do not need it during the installation, might as well take it off! It should not interfere with the installation however... its just another disk....
You can leave it plugged in. Just be aware that you may wind up with extra entries in you GRUB menu if the external drive has any bootable partitions. If that's not what you want you can always "sudo update-grub" after the fact.


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Happy Easter everyone! I am stepping out into this rainy morning in hopes of catching a few nice steelhead. Truth is, I'd settle with one. It is my sincere hope that Jesus, being a fisherman himself, will pass out a little Easter luck and allow me to actually land one today! : ) Have a fantastic day, those of you with children, enjoy your morning through the eyes and smiles of your kids.
Holiday mornings are often a very good time to fish as tyhere are fewer fishermen on the water. This allows the opportunity to fish alone in many cases thus, the potential to catch undisturbed fish.
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In essence, I'm asking about whether there are any historical inaccuracies in the movies/plays themselves. I'm pretty sure the book would have very few, due to the fact that it was written in a similar time, but what about in the movies/plays?
The points that Samuel raised are all valid, books don't really attempt to present a fair and balanced depiction of events, however I still think it's a good question, and to answer your question directly:
Yes, for the most part it is pretty accurate, as long as you recognize the perspective that it's coming from. As the title suggests, the book is focused on the lowest rungs of society, so the feelings of desperation and oppression come as much from the social class as they do from the time period. Not everyone in France was that desperate or oppressed.
The uprising portrayed is the June Rebellion of 1830 and for the most part that is depicted accurately. It began after the funeral of Lamarque, and it was a mixture of the poorest people of Paris (who were almost always ready to rebel), and wealthier intellectuals from secret societies who fought for a variety of idealist causes. It never caught on and was quickly crushed by the military with moderate casualties on both sides.
As for the characters, Valjean and Javert are both pretty exaggerated (to be expected), but none of the beliefs expressed in the book would be uncommon or unlikely at the time. As far as accuracy goes, it's probably one of the most historically valid fictional works out there. It's an honest depiction of a series of events as seen and experienced by one segment of society. Granted, the harmonies in the musical version are probably much tighter than they were at the time.
Novels are not typically accorded a high status as a primary source by historians because they have a purpose other than the truthful representation of the past as it was, as recreated from the documentary records of the past. Novels are incapable of "accuracy" in this sense. Similarly: plays and movies are incapable of historical accuracy.
Novels may present a useful way for readers to encounter the sentiment of the past, or the sentiment of a novellist regarding the past. They may provide a complex and difficult to interpret primary source, or a jumping off point.
They're not the place to go for the social or cultural history of France in the early 19th century.


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Source: The U.S. Department of Justice
quote: VHS movies were once over $50 each (not adjusted for inflation) so why are blu-rays $25 and CD's $15? Why were cd's more than cassette tapes when CD's were cheaper to produce?
quote: Apple didn't re-invent the wheel, they simply took the MODEL of digital music and applied it to digital books. I can't fathom how selecting a price model for an item can ever be considered 'price fixing', if anything they are being chastised for bucking the trend.


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Chicago's grueling race for mayor is over; results have been called, and the winner is... Richard Daley's secret brother Cosmo! Kidding. Kidding! The winner, as has been predicted forever, is foul-mouthed former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.
By taking home more than 50 percent of the vote, Emanuel avoids a runoff and is granted the right of Prima Nocte within city environs. For more, we turn, as we always do when we hear news of Emanuel, to the allegedly parodic Twitter account @MayorEmanuel:
If you have a giant fucking pile of money and a bunch of dumb fucks running against you, DREAMS DO COME TRUE.
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The Washington County Drug Task Force consisting of the Chipley Police Department and the Washington County Sheriff's Office reports multiple arrests as narcotics investigations that have spanned several months have concluded.
The investigation included the sell of marijuana, crack cocaine and controlled substances as well as the manufacturing of cocaine and illegal possession of firearms.
"During this roundup we were able to extend our reach not only to local drug dealers, but had the unique opportunity to apprehend a suspect for the manufacturing of crack cocaine" states Chief Crews. "Anytime we have the opportunity to stop someone responsible for producing crack cocaine in our community, we have had a successful day."
Arrested was:
Dana David Johnson, 43 year old black male of 716 Orange Street Chipley, FL
· Sell of Crack Cocaine
· Manufacturing Crack Cocaine
Patricia Ann Dampier, 37 year old white 1278 Plum Circle Chipley, FL
· Sell of Crack Cocaine
Jeffery Fern Martin, 37 year old white male of 1811A Piney Grove Road Chipley, FL
· Sell of Methamphetamines
David Christopher "Chris" Baxley, 38 year old white male of 1355 Williams Road Chipley, FL
· Sell of Opium
Linda Fae Wood, 40 year old white female of 919 Alicia Lane Chipley, FL
· Sell of Crack Cocaine (2 Counts)
Julious C Russ, 77 year old black male of 1200 Old Bonifay Road Chipley, FL
· Sell of Opium (Trafficking)
Julie Darlene Bledsoe, 43 year old white female of 511 2nd Street Chipley, FL
· Sell of Marijuana
Robert Martin "Marty" French, 55 year old white male of 921 Waits Avenue Caryville, FL
· Sell of Opium (Trafficking)
· Possession of a Weapon By Convicted Felon
· Violation of Probation
"The numbers tell a very small part of a much larger story of success as a result of this recent roundup" states Sheriff Haddock. "We were able to not only apprehend suspects who were dealing in trafficking amounts of illegal drugs, we were also able to diffuse an active methamphetamine lab that was within a few feet of a 50lb bag of ammonia nitrate creating the potential for a life threatening explosion within close proximity to several residences."
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PRYOR, Carl Kester, 93, of New Cumberland, WV, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, at Woodland Hills Manor, Weirton, WV.
He was born Aug. 18, 1919, in Friendly, WV. The son of the late Michael Leroy and Ardelia Miller Pryor. He was also preceded in death by his wife; Alice Louise Way Pryor, siblings; Edith Hadley, Faye Gardner, Leona Huffman, Kenneth Pryor, and Walter Ray Pryor. Carl retired from Weirton Steel as an Armature winder. He was a member of the Tomlinson Run Church of Christ, Georgetown, PA and a U.S. Army veteran of WW II.
Surviving are his daughters; Anita Joyce Morris of Orlando, FL, Janice Eileen Schroyer of Mt. Jackson, PA, Judith Elaine Snider (Dan) of New Cumberland, WV, six grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be at the Steel & Wolfe Funeral Home, Inc., 380 Penco Road, Weirton, WV on Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. where funeral services will be Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, at 10 a.m. with Minister Paul Blake presiding. Burial will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. www.steelandwolfe.com.


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Minister of Higher Education Dr. Khalid Al-Angari opened in Riyadh today the Second National Symposium on Information Technology.
The three-day gathering, organized by King Saud University's Computer and Information College, is entitled "Challenges and Solutions in Information Economy and Investment."
The speakers at the symposium include Mohammad Bin Ibrahim Al-Sowaiyel, the head of the King Abdul Aziz City for Sciences and Technology; Indian software expert Faqir Kohli; and Abdulwaheed Khan, Deputy Director General of UNESCO for the information and communications sector.
Around thirty working papers and subjects will be presented, focusing on issues pertaining to information technology investment.


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Industry News
Harte Foods Buys Bako Products, Builds Chalet
Through sequential acquisitions, Harte Foods has grown and transformed into Chalet Specialty Foods, which both manufactures desserts and supplies organic, bakery, confectionary and sweet ingredients.06/10/2005
ConAgra cuts jobs, seeks efficiencies in response to sluggish processed meats sales06/09/2005
Naturex Takes Over Pure World06/07/2005
Research Contradicts Milk's Weight Loss Claims
Children who drink more than three servings of milk each day are prone to becoming overweight, according to a large new study that undermines a heavily advertised dairy industry claim that milk helps people lose weight.06/07/2005
Analysis distorts organic market in Canada
The recent analysis of Statistics Canada's data on organic fruit and vegetable production collected between 2000 and 2003 presents a distorted picture of the market for Canadian produced organic products, according to the Organic Trade Association (OTA).06/07/2005
Orange juice health claims disputed06/03/2005
Study finds new nutrition labels inadvertently hurt food industry competition
Duke University researchers found that standardized nutrition labels may actually dampen market competition by helping large food manufacturers gain a sharper edge over their smaller rivals.06/03/2005
Worldwide Food Expo Full of Information06/02/2005
Clemson, Diversa join to develop nutrition-enhancing enzymes
Clemson University (Clemson, S.C.) and Diversa Corporation (San Diego, Calif.) announced June 2 that they are collaborating to assess opportunities to leverage existing Diversa enzymes that have the potential to enhance human nutrition.06/02/2005
General Mills, ADA serve up grants to support child health initiatives
General Mills' Champions Grants Program awards a total of $500,000 to community and school programs that educate children on leading healthy lifestyles.06/01/2005
Grape polyphenols may help reduce atherosclerosis
Eating fresh grapes may prevent the accumulation of oxidized cholesterol as well as the development of atherosclerotic lesions, report scientists in Israel.05/31/2005
IAFP honors DuPont's contribution to food safety05/31/2005
New Technologies and Demands Cause Food Identity Crisis05/31/2005
Is Obesity Killing Us or Not?
CDC report misinterpreted, restated; fat is not the No. 2 killer.05/31/2005
Fresca gets fresh look, two new flavors
Coke announced May 25 it was revamping the 39-year-old beverage with new packaging and two added versions peach citrus and black cherry citrus. They'll be sold starting in September.05/26/2005
U.S. Supreme Court rules beef checkoff program is constitutional
On May 23, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985, overturning lower court decisions by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and the U.S. District Court for Montana, which ruled the measure unconstitutional.05/24/2005
Link Between Low-Fat Diet and Breast Cancer Reduction Spurs Discussion
A new study suggesting that a low-fat diet may help reduce the recurrence of breast cancer in women has reignited interest -- and some debate -- about what level of fat is best to eat.05/24/2005
Ball Park fires up 'Free Frank Friday' in-store consumer promo05/20/2005
Plascencia Could Face Charges in Alleged Chili Finger Hoax05/20/2005
Pepsi's Nooyi points finger at U.S., draws ire05/20/2005


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Just like a Dirty Sanchez but you end up on TBS.
This week on Lopez tonight Heidi Montag tells all about her dirty sanchez, now officially becoming a dirty lopez.
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The sister of the dirty sanchez. During sex, when the male licks or kisses the butt of the female, then comes up to kiss her on the mouth. Usually not appreciated.
If I could give just one dirty lopez, it would be to jennifer lopez. Man, would that piss her off!
by blavatsky January 31, 2005
When one inserts two fingers in the pink and a fist in the stink.
Brian totally just gave that slute the Dirty Lopez...and she liked it!
by the dirty lopez July 15, 2009
Laying on your back while recieving a BJ right before busting a nut, lift your legs up, lock your feet, and push your feet in. This forces the girls head down, making her deep throat. Then bust in the back of her throat. Don't let go until she swallows everything.
I was getting some head, and totally gave my girl a Dirty Lopez.
by Raul Lopez May 02, 2008
The act of sexual penetration in the eye socket of a skull.
While David was decorating for halloween he gave the skull a Dirty Lopez.
by ecvbub February 09, 2011
When a man eats out a woman as fast as he possibly can.
Yeah dude she wanted to go all night but i just went down and gave her a dirty lopez bro.
by aarpero April 23, 2010
When one individual has sex on consecutive nights with two different girls who are best friends.
- Dude I pulled a Dirty Lopez with those Brynn and Ashley!
- Aren't those two best friends?
- Yeah! And neither one knows I did it with other!
- Aren't those two best friends?
- Yeah! And neither one knows I did it with other!
by trojanman2406 March 07, 2014
The act of leaving a shit eyebrow on a girl's forehead.
That bitch at the salon used so much eyebrow pencil that it looked like she gave me a Dirty Lopez.
My cock was so covered in shit that I could give her a Dirty Sanchez and a Dirty Lopez.
My cock was so covered in shit that I could give her a Dirty Sanchez and a Dirty Lopez.
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TMX Sees Dodd-Frank Pushing Debt to Exchanges
TMX Group Ltd., owner of Canada's equity and derivatives exchanges, will expand its offerings of fixed-income products as regulations drive trading to public markets, Chief Executive Officer Thomas Kloet said.
The new products are likely to be helped by the Dodd-Frank law in the U.S. and other regulations designed to reduce risk and increase trading transparency after the 2008 global financial crisis, Kloet said in an interview at Bloomberg's Toronto office. The regulations create "enormous potential" for exchanges and clearing house operators, the 54-year-old CEO said.
"It's a fundamental sea change, bigger than I've ever seen in the last 30 years," Kloet said. "The fixed-income space is a natural space for us to look at. We have a relatively modest position in fixed income."
The parent of the Toronto Stock Exchange, taken over by Canadian banks and pension funds September, is integrating businesses gained from the C$3.73 billion ($3.74 billion) deal. The merger brought Canada's main equity exchanges and clearing services under one roof, adding stock exchange competitor Alpha Group and the Canadian Depository for Securities Ltd. clearing house.
TMX aims to attract more customers and accelerate fixed-income electronic trading with the new products. The firm already owns the Montreal derivatives exchange, as well as its Shorcan Brokers inter-dealer bond broker and a 47 percent stake in Candeal.ca Inc., the fixed-income venue for Canadian government bonds and money market instruments.
'Logical Move'
"It seems to be, to me, an extremely logical move," Michael Smedley, who helps manage about C$1 billion at Morgan Meighen & Associates in Toronto including TMX shares. "It's probably a great advance forward."
TMX Group rose 0.8 percent to close at C$50.78 in Toronto. The stock has fallen 0.6 percent this month, compared with a 0.2 percent rise in the 44-company S&P/TSX Financials Index.
TMX received 43 percent of third-quarter revenue of C$171.5 million from trading and clearing of equities, fixed income, derivatives and energy contracts, according to company filings. Twenty-seven percent of revenue comes from providing market data, while 26 percent is from listing fees.
"The strategy is also a way of capturing flow that's happening off the exchange, or over the counter," said Shubha Khan, an analyst with National Bank Financial in Toronto. "That seems to be what they're trying to achieve with this fixed-income push, and there's a lot of upside there."
Trading Slump
TMX has been hurt by a trading slump that has sapped revenue. The number of shares changing hands on the Toronto Stock Exchange dropped 21 percent for the first 10 months of the year compared with the same period a year ago, according to company statistics. Trading volume on the TSX Venture Exchange plunged 35 percent. In comparison, the number of contracts traded on Montreal Exchange rose 4.9 percent for the period.
Changing regulations may also create opportunities for takeovers, Kloet said.
"When regulatory change happens, there's a host of opportunities that come out of that," Kloet said. "That's why I'm not willing to close the door and lock it and say, 'no acquisitions for awhile -- small or large'."
Kloet said his main focus is on integrating Alpha and the CDS clearing house into the company's operations, though he's not ruling out takeovers, whether they include smaller acquisitions such as its March purchase of Razor Risk Technologies Ltd., or more transformational deals.
"'We are not going to put our head in the sand and ignore what's going to happen in the marketplace," Kloet said.
'Strong Exchange'
Investors such as Smedley say TMX shouldn't lose sight of acquisition opportunities.
"They should be exploring as much as possible the international opportunities because they are a very strong exchange," Smedley said. "In particular in the resources sectors they have great global strength, possibly the best."
Kloet cited Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.'s bid to buy London Metal Exchange as an acquisition he's watching closely. At $2.2 billion, TMX couldn't afford it, he said.
"The Hong Kong Exchange acquisition of the London Metal Exchange is a huge transaction," Kloet said. "Don't think for a second that we wouldn't have been interested in that."
Other exchange deals this year include London Stock Exchange Group Plc's plan to buy a majority stake in LCH.Clearnet Group Ltd., Europe's biggest clearinghouse, and Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc.'s $1.6 billion takeover of Osaka Securities Exchange Co.
"We're in a period in history where things are moving very fast and they're not going to wait for us to finish our integration," Kloet said. "I feel a responsibility to the shareholders and the marketplace to seize opportunities if they're out there."
Primary Focus
TMX's "primary focus" is enhancing Montreal Exchange's futures products around fixed income, including Canada's key interest-rate contract and Canadian government bond contract notes, Kloet said. That involves creating a fixed-income market-maker program where dealers offer firm bid and offer prices within the Montreal Exchange.
"That will allow people who want to manage risk from fixed income via our derivative markets to have an even more liquid market," Kloet said. "We've been in the process of developing our marketplace there and it continues to grow."
Montreal Exchange on Nov. 7 requested proposals from market participants to provide market-making of the S&P/TSX 60 Index Standard Futures contracts, starting in January, according to company filings.
"This is really a broader push into derivatives," said Khan, who rates TMX a "sector perform." "Given the regulatory changes that are afoot, that's probably a right strategy, because derivatives are probably where the bulk of the growth opportunities lie."


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Trojan Volleyball in Costa Rica Day TwoAugust 8, 2014
The AU volleyball team is in the midst of a weeklong mission trip to Costa Rica.
The Trojans arrived in Central America Tuesday for their second visit in four years and are tentatively scheduled to play five or six matches against the Costa Rican Junior National team and various club teams, while also visiting orphanages and schools to share their Christian testimony during volleyball clinics for local teams.
Here is the team's update from the second day …
"Today we had another great day. After breakfast we headed to a public elementary school in San Jose and did a volleyball clinic with about 75 kindergartners. We performed the clinic on a beautiful new soccer field built for the school. We were a little under-resourced as we tried to teach 75 kids without a net and with only 10 volleyballs. However, the team did a great job as we broke up into four groups so that we could do a better job of giving the kids as much attention and repetitions as we could. We made a lot of new friends and the school allowed us to come into the school, share a testimony, and then one of our translators shared the Gospel to the children. Then the school did a really nice thing for us as they fed us a nice snack. They were very thankful that we came and invested time into their students.
Later today we headed to UNED, a Costa Rican College, and competed against a level one team (the highest in Costa Rica). The team did a great job of competing as we defeated the team in four sets. Afterwards, Hailey Pittman shared her testimony to the UNED team."
Check back with www.autrojans.com, Facebook and Twitter (@autrojans) for more updates from the team.


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I was looking at Yoreh De'ah 40:5 (יו"ד סימן ש"מ ס"ק ה) and Moed Katan 25b (כה עמוד ב), which require Kriyah (garment-rending) for all who are there at the time of death. It would seem to me that an EMT, EMS member, doctor, nurse, or any other emergency first responder who is there at the time of death must rip Kriyah for all the places they respond to when a death of a Jewish patient occurs. Also a doctor who regularly see patients die must tear Kriyah every time, as he can lose many patients in a single day (oncology, cardiology). What is the approach with ripping Kriyah in these cases?
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Nit'ei Gavriel (Aveilus 4:4) cites various sources that there is a common practice to not tear kriyah in this instance anyway (and in note יב he mentions other variations, such as leaving a button undone for a while, or tearing kriyah at the moment of death only for a distinguished person).
In 4:7 he also writes that it is indeed not customary for doctors or nurses to tear kriyah, and in note טז various reasons for this are offered - although he also cites a statement in the name of R. Moshe Feinstein that indeed they do need to do so.
I will find the source later but one only has to tear kriya when they are present at the time that a person dies. Additionally one only has to tear kriya on clothing that you own. If you are wearing a uniform owned by the hospital (scrubs) or are a paramedic wearing uniforms issued by the company than you are exempt. I was a paramedic for many years. My rav at the time paskened that I should tear kriya only if wearing my own shirt and the person who died was a Jew.
See the Tzitz Eliezer 13:35 section ד on this page.
I know of one doctor who did it when he was present when a Jewish patient died (and there was no family present). Not sure of any standard procedure or the like beyond that.


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What is the purpose of the
.xsession file in the home folder? What should be put in there? The desktop environments don't use that file and for the X startup from the tty there is
If you log in in text mode then start a GUI session with xinit or with the wrapper script
If you log in in graphical mode on an X display manager (xdm, gdm, kdm, wdm, lightdm, …), traditionally, what is executed after you log in is some scripts in
Nowadays, most X display managers give you a choice of a session. Choosing a particular session launched a specific desktop environment, session manager, window manager. What is executed then is only that DE/SM/WM and whatever programs it chooses to start based on whatever configuration files it chooses to read. Many environments provide a "custom session" that reads the traditional
X session startup can be complicated these days. A good place to start is the script
On my Debian/Ubuntu systems, the script
.xsession is the traditional startscript for the X11 environment. Nowadays with sessionmanagers like kdm it is not that much of a use anymore, but on a traditionaly set up system. This is what is run after starting X11 with startx.
I strongly recommend you to take a look in the book X Window system administrator's guide : for X version 11. Chapter 2 explains the purpose of
Although it's rather outdated you can find a lot of information of the underlying concepts that didn't change until today and it is very legible. Moreover it is really funny to take a look at what was top notch at those days.


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Volume 3, Number 3—September 1997
Host Genes and HIV: The Role of the Chemokine Receptor Gene CCR5 and Its Allele (∆32 CCR5)
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1Garred P, Eugen-Olsen J, Iversen AKN, Benfield TL, Svejgaard A, Hofmann, B, the Copenhagen AIDS Study Group. Dual effect of CCR5 D32 gene deletion in HIV-1-infected patients. Lancet 1997; 349:1884.
2Martinson JJ, Chapman NH, Rees DC, Lui Y-T, Clegg JB. Global distribution of the CCR5 gene 32-basepair deletion [letter]. Nature Genetics 1997;16:100-103.
3Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Facts about CCR5 and protection against HIV-1 infection; 1997.
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RHS Super Dirt Late Model LS7 Engine Build - Part 3Written by on January 13, 2014 New Era Dirt Engine
Check out Part 1 and Part 2 of this series on building the next generation race engine!
Welcome back to Circle Track's continuing experiment to see how an engine based on LS7 architecture will work as a full-bore dirt racing engine. Yes, Chevrolet Performance does sell the LS-based CT525 crate engine, and it is a great option for crate racing. But we know this engine design is capable of so much more, especially thanks to ever growing aftermarket support. And besides, why settle for a "mere" 525 horsepower when you can shoot for 600 or more?
In previous installments of this engine build we took a closer look at the major components and why we chose them, and we also documented engine builder Bob Cronin's pre-fitting process. This time around we are finally putting parts together, and we're happy to sit back with a Coke while CRD Engine Development's own Cronin and Rick Fred does all the work. While Fred was assembling our short block, we could hear some of CRD's LS-based sports car racing engines wailing on the facility's two dyno cells, and we can't wait to hear this 400-plus-inch bad boy fired up for the first time.
This engine design is capable of so much more, especially thanks to aftermarket support


text: September 2011 News & Notes STC News & Notes Sponsored Advertisement Table of Contents Call for Proposals for 2012 Summit Associate Fellow Nominations, Fellow Applications Now Open Community Achievement Award Applications and Guidelines Posted Other STC Deadlines Alumni Offer Expires 30 September Member Get a Member Coming Soon Education Events Community Events Links of Interest Call for Proposals for 2012 Summit The Society for Technical Communication invites you to contribute your ideas, studies, experience, and expertise the 2012 Summit, STC's 59th Annual Conference. Deadline is Wednesday, 28 September at 10:00 AM EDT (GMT-4). All proposals must be submitted through the online submission system. For more information, including general information about the conference, descriptions of the individual tracks within the education program, descriptions of session formats and required supporting materials, answers to key questions, and a proposal checklist, visit the Call for Proposals website. Please note, progressions are being handled differently this year. To integrate the progressions more closely with the Summit program this year, all progression speakers need to submit their progression topic ideas through the Call for Proposals. See STC's Notebook for more information on submitting a proposal for a progression. Associate Fellow Nominations, Fellow Applications Now Open The nomination period for Associate Fellow is now open, with a deadline of 17 October. Beginning this year, Senior Members may self-nominate for this honor. See the Associate Fellow Guidelines on the STC website for details. The website also includes the nomination form, the list of previous honorees, and more. Applications for Fellow are also due 17 October. STC members who have held the rank of Associate Fellow for at least three years are eligible to be considered for advancement to the rank of Fellow. Qualified Associate Fellows will be contacted and invited to present their credentials for review by the Fellows Committee. If you are not contacted and believe you are eligible, please contact Fellows Committee Chair Mary Wise. For more details on both honors, visit STC's Notebook. Community Achievement Award Applications and Guidelines Posted The 2011 Community Achievement Award Guidelines and applications are now available. SIGs, Chapters, and Student Chapters are all eligible to apply for the Community Achievement Awards. There are three levels of recognition: Merit, Excellence, and Distinction. The CAAs will be awarded at the 2012 STC Summit in Chicago-Rosemont. Based on their applications, two of the CAA honorees will also be recognized as "Most Improved Community" and "Community of the Year." Applications and supporting materials are due 23 January 2012. Other STC Deadlines Don't forget about other deadlines for STC honors and awards. Nominations for the Jay R. Gould for Excellence in Teaching are due 1 November. That's the due date, too, for nominations and applications for the Ken Rainey Award for Excellence in Research. If you're a student, put 26 October on your calendar, as that's the deadline for nominations to the Sigma Tau Chi and Alpha Sigma Honor Societies. And the Distinguished Community Service Awards have a deadline of 31 October. See the Awards section of the STC website for eligibility and forms. Alumni Offer Expires 30 September The Alumni Renewal Offer for STC alumni expires on 30 September. Former members are invited to rejoin STC for the remainder of 2011 at a special price of $99. 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Remembering 9-11: Ten Years LaterPosted on March 10th, 2011 2 comments
A few weeks ago, I was part of a conversation with an interdenominational group of rabbis about how we will mark the tenth Yahrzeit of 9-11. I was somewhat surprised with the range of and complexity of emotion that emerged from our collective psyche. The only easy observation from that discussion was that there is need to think about how we will approach this anniversary. To help understand how that thinking is emerging, I turned to the community of HUC-JIR alumni for some initial opinions and insights. Planning is only in the beginning stages, so what follows are early thoughts. It is my hope and intention to return to this topic again in the coming months. I welcome your thoughts and input on this topic; your insights, liturgical and ritual suggestions can all help build thoughtful remembrances.
–Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder Ph.D.
9-11 vacillates between personal loss and collective experience of tragedy. We all remember where we were on 9-11. We all live with the consequences, reactions to and realities of that day. Judaism has in it distinct rituals and liturgy for both individual and collective losses. But those events that affect us on both the communal and individual level are not directly addressed by our tradition. How then, as we approach the tenth Yahrzeit are we to memorialize 9-11?
Where we were ten years ago does impact how we think about memorizing that day. David Adelson, of East End Temple in Manhattan, had been at the congregation for just over a year when the planes hit the twin towers. His own experience and memory 9-11 is integrated with those of the community that he continues to serve as well as personal. On his days off that fall he was a volunteer chaplain working at the recovery center. The immediacy of the events touched even the little and disconnected elements of congregational life; Adelson recalls that three shabbatot later he stood waiting with the family of a bat mitzvah outside the synagogue they could vividly smell of fire and smoke from ground zero. Though he is only beginning to think about how to mark the tenth anniversary, this mix of personal and collective will undoubtedly be important.
In 2001, Mary Zamore was working in Westfield, New Jersey at a congregation that was deeply affected by the destruction of the Twin Towers. A few years later she moved to serve a congregation just west enough of Manhattan that the congregrants were not as directly touched. In Westfield, post 9-11, "when you met a new person, you would compare notes on where you were that day," explained Zamore but that did not happen as frequently in Morristown. On the 5th anniversary, she preached a sermon on healing but realized that her congregants may have experienced the event differently than she did in Westfield. Sarah Hronsky was still in rabbinical school in 2001 and missed out on what continues to be remembered as one of the most meaningful and spiritual services in the history of the congregation. Recognizing the difference between our own experiences and the memory of the congregation is a theme raised repeatedly.
Many communities have not focused on 9-11 as a day of particular congregational significance in recent years. When Steven Sirbu came took a pulpit in Teaneck NJ, in 2003, he welcomed the broader community into the congregation for an interfaith memorial service. But since then the local Committee for Patriotic Observances, which marks Flag Day, Memorial Day and the like, has taken on the communal observance with only token clergy representation. Many congregations have been marking it on the closest Shabbat though some like Adelson's have let it slip by in recent years and he is not expecting it to become an annual event. "This 10th, may be the last 9-11, service we do for a while," according to Adelson. For some, like Hronsky, who has family in the military, it is not just about what happened ten years ago, it is about what is happening now and the sacrifices being made which are, in her words, "important for us to remember as a country." Several rabbis, who spoke off the record and who are only beginning to think towards the fall, feel that the memorial needs to be interfaith to send a message of unity and common purpose. Yet in some settings, like the JCCs or Hospitals, remembering 9-11 may fit into the institutional setting.
On a practical note, Sirbu pointed out that for many congregations, Hebrew school will start on the eleventh of September this year, opening the question of how we might communicate this memory of loss with people who have no memory of the event itself. Teaching such things to children is difficult. Those like Adelson in New York can point to the skyline and speak to the loss through experience but as Zamore points out, "we have to be careful when we talk about New York. It is not an abstract place for our kids, the way it might be for those in Chicago, but a place where they and their families go all the time. We need to be thoughtful not to paint it as a place of danger." She recommends that we turn to the lessons learned by Jewish educators from our collective experience teaching the Shoah and other recent tragedies.
Every congregation will have to find their own way in this new and still forming understanding of what occurred on the 11th day of the 9th month of 2001, which involved four planes, a handful of terrorists, many heroes and much loss. As Hronsky point out, we would do well to share our experiences and plans, our liturgical suggestions and poetic readings, so that we can help each other craft both memory and meaning.


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My husband is in the hospital and his compaq6510b worked fine for a day with their WiFi. The above message appeared when he turned off the computer and changed rooms. help!
It sounds as though the wireless button was clicked and the wireless card was turned off.
from the HP/Compaq manual:
The button should be where the #4 circle is below.


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Missing Angel Juan (Paperback)
Lonely City
A tangly-haired, purple-eyed girl named Witch Baby lives in glitzy L.A. She loves a guy named Angel Juan. When he leaves for New York she knows she must find him.
Looking For Love
So she heads for the city of glittery buildings and garbage and Chinese food and drug dealers and subways and kids playing hip-hopscotch.
Finding Trouble
Her clues are an empty tree house in the park, a postcard on the street, a mannequin in a diner. Angel Juan is in danger, and only Witch Baby's heart-magic can make him safe.
When Angel Juan leaves L. A.and Witch Babyto play his music and find himself in New York, Witch Baby, wild and restless without him, follows. The story that ensues "is an engagingly eccentric mix of fantasy and reality, enhancedthis timeby mystery and suspense. It is also magical, moving and mischievous, andliterallymarvelous."SLJ.
About the Author
Francesca Lia Block, winner of the prestigious Margaret A. Edwards Award, is the author of many acclaimed and bestselling books, including Weetzie Bat; the book collections Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books and Roses and Bones: Myths, Tales, and Secrets; the illustrated novella House of Dolls; the vampire romance novel Pretty Dead; and the gothic werewolf novel The Frenzy. Her work is published around the world.


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Is there a way to make a file that would run a terminal command when you click it? Similar to a .bat extension in windows?
Open your text editor, and type the following line:
In Linux those are called scripts of more accurately shell scripts.
Linux does not care what extension the file, it will look at the file's permissions to find if the file is set as executable and will run it if so.
You can create a script with any favorite text editor, just open one up and start scripting, you can use any shell interpreter you want being the normal used ones
Normally you start your scripts by declaring which command interpreter you want to use,
After you have done editing, save your file and make it executable.
You can either open a terminal and type
When you are done you can double click on the file and your file manager should try to run it or ask if you want to run it. As an alternative you can also invoke your script in a terminal changing dir to where your script is and invoking it with
A good start to learn Linux shell scripting is LinuxCommand.org, they teach you what you need, how to do it and have a lot of good examples on scripts that you can have a look at.
If it is a simple, one-line command, you can create a
Put the command between quotes, save the file with a
You can make a
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And that's what's great about cooking and being a grown up.
You can make food however you like it and no one can tell you otherwise!
That's because when the cook (that would be your Momma or Grandmomma) would have
egg whites leftover from making the pudding part, she wouldn't want to waste the egg whites. So, she'd take those egg whites and whip up a meringue for the topping.
With this recipe, you'll only be wasting one egg white.
Oh, and the custardy-pudding is totally worth the little bit of effort it takes to make.
Such a great flavor.
3 tbsp. salted butter
2 tsp. Banana Extract (or 1 tsp. vanilla extract)
4-5 bananas, peeled and sliced
Half a box of Vanilla Wafers (About 50)
For the whipped topping:
Prepare a 9x9 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
Once well-combined, place the pan over medium-high heat.
Making this custard takes a bit of patience.
You are stirring and stirring and then all of a sudden, blamm-o, it starts getting thick on ya.
So that's why you gotta stick with it while you're making it.
Whisk often to prevent lumps from forming.
Cook until thick and bubbling.
Remove the pan from the heat and add the butter, banana extract (or vanilla extract) and whisk until butter is completely melted.
In the baking dish, place a layer of bananas, then top that with a layer of vanilla wafers.
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"To produce quality dock products at a reasonable price with on time and courteous service utilizing U.S. employees." -Merco's Mission
When Merco was started, we decided that there were several principles that the business would adhere to: all taxes and bills would be paid on time, we would be honest, knowledgeable and courteous with our customers, and we would run our business honestly and would treat our employees fairly and share our business success with them. Because of these principles that we have adhered to, Merco Marine has been more than successful.
Merco's product catalog is updated each year. We print 60,000 catalogs and send them out to each person or business that has placed an order or
An interesting fact about the name "Merco". It stands for "Meriwether Company" The last name of President and Vice President Jim and Jon Meriwether.
Merco has received awards for employment from the West Virginia Department of Employment. The West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services has named Merco outstanding employer of the year. (Merco has its fasteners bagged by the Sheltered Workshop in Wellsburg, WV.) Merco also receives many thank you letters each year from customers that mean a great deal to us.
Web Site
Our web site has been a great success. There is a wealth of information available online on our web site. Customers can view products, place orders, request catalogs, download catalogs, learn about flotation, view photo galleries, download credit applications, and much more. The web site gets many thousands of hits a month.
Unlike many of our competitors, we are the manufacturer. Our manufacturing plant and production methods are constantly being updated. We have many automated machines now in use in our production plant for efficient cost and effective production. We have a High Definition computer controlled plasma table which we use to make tabs, deck plates, and special or demo parts. We make over 35,000 ½" tabs that you see on single "T" male and female parts as well as outside corner males and females every year.
Since many of our products get shipped out in parts and pieces, it's sometimes hard for us to gather specific information about projects. If you use Merco Marine parts and accessories to build your dock, whether it is large or small, please, send us a few pictures and some information about your project. We always like to hear back from our customers when projects are complete. You can communicate with your sales representative to get information on where to send your information. Who knows, maybe we will add something about you to our catalog or website in 2010. It is very hard to pick two or three projects to mention because we do so many and every one has a story behind it and turns out well.
Merco after Hours
Merco sponsors a 5-liter hydroplane called "Miss Merco Marine". The owner/driver/builder/designer John Jenkins lives in Kingston, Ohio. John rebuilds vintage race boats full time. Jon and Jeanette Meriwether, the vice president and secretary of Merco Marine, crew for John during the summers on weekends.
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The Audi Q7 is the perfect car for every opportunity, as it not only is suitable for all terrains, but a convincingly comfortable car for travelling long journeys at the same time. At first glance the ABT Q7 looks brawnier than its original counterpart which is mainly due to the fender extensions lending the vehicle a more powerful appearance. The ABT Q7 features modified six cylinders V-engine that now provides 272 HP instead of the standard 233 and an explosive torque of 580 Nm (standard: 500 Nm).


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Can you please give me some hints as to how I might approach this problem? Thanks!
Given the polynomial $f = 2X^3 - aX^2 - aX + 2, a \mathbb \in R$ and roots $x_1, x_2$ and $x_3,$ find $a$ such that $|x_1| + |x_2| + |x_3| = 3.$
Edit: We know $-1$ is one of the roots of that polynomial, regardless of the value of $a$. So, in essence, what we have to demonstrate is that $|x_2| + |x_3| = 2.$


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We have a Vaillant Ecotec combi boiler in the loft. When showering, hot water pressure is fine. But if someone opens any other hot tap in the house, it massively reduces the hot water coming into the shower (obviously because now two taps are sharing the same hot water). Is there a cost effective way to allow both taps to run at the same time but the pressure to remain constant so it doesn't interrupt someone's shower? It's very annoying if someone else in the house decides to use the hot kitchen tap while someone is showering.
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A small story behind the reason for this question.
In Russian, just as in English, many fundamental words are a combination of two basic ones. The verb "forgot" is "zabil" in Russian. It is formed by "za" - in this case most likely in the meaning of "after" - and "bil" - literally "was" or "I am in the past". If you put them together, it forms a logical structure of "after the way I was".
In English we have "forget/forgot". As it happens in Russian, it is formed by "for" and "get" in different tenses. What meaning do these two words logically take (if any), to be righteously forming the word that logically means "to lose something that was known"?


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Why Kids Aren't Watching Baseball
Thrills in October, But Kids Don't Watch Like They Have in the Past; The 'Opera of Sports'
The 2013 World Series has given baseball nearly everything it could have dreamed of. A long series. Tight games. Storied teams. Controversial, game-changing calls. The irrepressible David Ortiz. And those outrageous beards!
Through the first five games, Fox averaged over 14 million viewers, 12% more than last year. This was about more than just Boston and St. Louis, the two cities involved.
There's one problem, though: Too many kids have found something else to do.
It isn't hard to figure out why. So many games dragging deep into their fourth hour. All those AARP-eligible folks lining the lower levels of the stands. Baseball has morphed into sports' version of the opera—long productions filled with pomp, color and crazy facial hair that younger audiences just don't get.
The average World Series viewer this year is 54.4 years old, according to Nielsen, the media research firm. The trend line is heading north: The average age was 49.9 in 2009. Kids age 6 to 17 represented just 4.3% of the average audience for the American and National League Championship Series this year, compared with 7.4% a decade ago.
Comparisons with the NFL are pointless. That behemoth of North American sports dominates nearly every demographic. But kids make up a larger segment of the television audiences for the NBA, NHL and even soccer's English Premier League than they do for baseball.
Kids accounted for 9.4% of the NBA conference finals audience this year, compared with 10.6% a decade ago. They represented 9% of the NHL conference-finals audience in the spring. For Premier League soccer on the NBC Sports Network, kids are accounting for 11% of the audience.
And this isn't about how late in the day the games are being played. Baseball's two league championship series had more pre-prime time starts this year than in 2003, yet the average youth audience for the two series added up to 542,000 this year. In 2003, it was nearly 2.5 million. That drop can't be explained completely by the epic Red Sox-Yankees and Marlins-Cubs series that year, or by the pre-Hulu/Netflix TV landscape. Through the first five World Series games this year, kids accounted for 4.6% of the audience.
Baseball officials argue that their audience tracks closely to that of prime-time network TV in general, where kids now make up about 5% of the audience, and the median age of viewers is in the early-to-mid 50s. They attribute their declines in part to the fragmenting TV audience, especially among kids.
Also, they point out, TV is far more competitive in October, with pro and college football and a new TV season in full swing, than it is in May and June for the NHL and NBA playoffs.
Bob Bowman, chief executive of MLB Advanced Media, baseball's tech company, said that while TV remains king, it isn't the only measure of fan engagement in the mobile era. Fans, presumably many of them kids, downloaded 10 million copies of MLB.com's mobile app this season, up from 6.7 million in 2012. "We know that with kids today, that is the best way to reach them, and in some cases that's the only way to reach them," Bowman said.
Yet participation rates also continue to decline, too, especially among casual players. Little League Baseball, which represents about two-thirds of the world's youth baseball, had 2.1 million players last year, compared with 2.6 million in 1997.
This isn't good. Executives know that if kids attend games, stay up late to catch the last out of the World Series and play baseball, they are far more likely to follow the game as adults and pass the habit on to their children.
With commissioner Bud Selig set to retire after next year, when he will turn 80, it's time baseball became less like "La Bohème" and more like "Rent." This isn't about a generation's shortening attention span. These are the same kids who devour 800-page Harry Potter tomes. It's about the game's waning ability to capture a worthy generation's attention.
As riveting as the sport can be at its most intense moments, baseball's primary activities are the pitcher staring at the catcher to decide what to throw and the batter stepping in and out of the batter's box. It doesn't have to be that way.
May we suggest two simple rule changes: Once batters step into the box, they shouldn't be allowed to step out. Otherwise it's a strike. If no one is on base, pitchers get seven seconds to throw the next pitch. Otherwise it's a ball.
Playoff baseball games aren't much longer than those in other sports. They just feel like they are because the game often lacks flow. Only rarely does baseball feel like you can't leave your seat because something big is about to happen. If the game doesn't feel that way, a lot of kids will find something that does.
Something has to give here. If baseball were a stock, analysts would applaud its earnings growth—roughly double the past 10 years to nearly $8 billion—but they would warn about the long-term prospects, especially since so much of its business relies on TV revenue.
For the love of beards and Big Papi, someone please fix this great game. This many kids can't be wrong.
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United Way of Greater Attleboro/Taunton, Inc. regularly coordinates and facilitates Days of Caring community service projects throughout our 11 cities and towns: Attleboro, Berkley, Dighton, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Norton, Plainville, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, and Taunton.
These DOC projects vary in size and scope and match the interests and skills of our volunteers with the needs of our non-profit partners. Often, the materials needed are donated by the volunteers in addition to their time, hard work, and labor.
On Saturday, June 21, United Way Worldwide held a National Day of Action. In addition to our other numerous year-round DOC projects, UWGAT participated in this Day of Action. We had 15 civic-minded community volunteers help our staff conduct a house-to-house "door-knob drop-off" with information about UWGAT and Mass 211 (a free information, resource and referral service available 24 hours/day, 365 days/year) to raise awareness and provide direction and guidance if needed.
We canvassed several neighborhoods in Raynham and Seekonk. We chose these two towns as we felt they would benefit from additional exposure. We would like to thank our volunteers: Louann Calverley, the Castro family, Johan Dominguez, the Edgar family, the Higgins family, Kelly Lamoureaux, Barbara Maynes, Eric Morrison, Robert Treano and Nancy Westberg.
As a result of participating in the 2014 National United Way Day of Action undertaking, more of our service areas have information regarding how UWGAT helps to advance the common good and improve the quality of lives. It also helped to inform households that confidential help is available if needed.
At UWGAT, we work tirelessly to earn the right to continue to invest donor dollars in direct services that will make local positive impact. This agency benefits greatly from the support of our generous volunteers. UWGAT is fortunate to have this charitable support and we hope our communities feel fortunate to have UWGAT working for them.
Dianne L. Richardson, LICSW
President & CPO
United Way of Greater Attleboro/Taunton, Inc.
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Australia GFS Surface Temperature/Wind +24 hour Chart
About GFS
Global Forecast System. The operational numerical weather forecasting model run by NCEP. The GFS superceded the AVN and MRF models, on which it is largely based. Forecast data from the GFS is available out to 180 hours at full resolution and 16 days at a reduced resolution.
Weather News
NSW's Riverina sees a wet and warm month
For the Riverina area, July turned out to be consistently wet and warm.
Workers stem flow of water into flooded Myer redevelopment site in Hobart
Builders at the flooded Myer redevelopment site in Hobart have been able to stop water flowing into retailer's Liverpool Street store.
NSW foggy facade
Parts of New South Wales woke to a blanket of low cloud and fog this morning, reducing visibility dramatically.


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Downsizing Blog
Details of the Cromnibus
Last night, House and Senate negotiators released the legislative text for the government's newest spending bill, dubbed the "Cromnibus." The bill authorizes the government to spend $1.1 trillion on discretionary programs between now and September 30, 2015. The total spending level honors last year's Ryan-Murray budget deal, but also makes a number of important changes to federal law.
Government Waste Continues
Earlier this week, I noted that some Inspectors General provide insufficient oversight of federal government activities. They should be more aggressive in uncovering waste and abuse in federal agencies.
Mississippi Copies Misguided Energy Subsidies
The federal government has a long history of "green energy" failures. Many states have also foolishly subsidized green energy, including Mississippi.
Reviving Federalism Is a Winning Issue
In his new book, Saving Congress from Itself, James Buckley argues that Congress should abolish the entire federal aid-to-state system to save money and improve American governance. A recent Cato study shows that there is substantial public support for reforms in that direction.
Who Will Watch the Watchdogs?
Inspectors General (IGs) serve an important purpose within the federal bureaucracy. They are supposed to be independent, internal watchdogs that guard against fraud, corruption, waste, and other failures. But based on the recent actions of some Inspectors General, their independence is being questioned.
Improve Government: Repeal Aid to States
James L. Buckley's new book, Saving Congress from Itself, examines federal aid-to-state programs. The federal government spends more than $600 billion a year on 1,100 such programs for education, welfare, and many other state and local activities.
Fraud in the Defense Department
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan cost more than $1 trillion with billions going to Department of Defense (DoD) contractors. All of that spending has led to a large uptick in waste and fraud. As much as $60 billion has been wasted on U.S. operations in those two countries, according to analysis from the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Justice Department has brought more than 235 criminal cases since 2005.
Drugs for the Deceased
Medicare fraud is rampant. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimates fraud compromises 8 percent of total expenditures, or $44 billion annually. Outside estimates are as high as $120 billion. A recent report from the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General highlights just one of the many examples of waste, fraud, and abuse within the system: Medicare paying for drug coverage of deceased beneficiaries.
Ivanpah: Time to End the Subsidies
Ivanpah in California is the world's largest solar project. The project is owned by Google and NRG Energy, and is heavily subsidized by taxpayers. Ivanpah originally received a $1.6 billion loan from the Department of Energy (DOE) in 2011. Now the company is asking for another government subsidy to pay off its original loan.
Highway Bill: The Unmentionable Option
In an article about federal highway legislation yesterday, the Washington Post illustrated the art of advocacy journalism cloaked as news reporting. The article explored different options for raising federal taxes $100 billion to fund state highways. It quotes three transportation lobbyists and included scare lines about the supposed consequences of not raising taxes ("… hundreds of thousands of construction jobs put at risk…").


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Women's Weight Concerns and Body Image
In This Article:
Society plays a large role in girls' and women's unhealthy obsession with body image and weight concerns. Being female automatically subjects you to pressures to be thin and beautiful, thin and fit, or thin and successful. Athletic girls and women are also subject to athletic or performance pressures to be thin, especially those who are involved in activities such as skating, dance, and diving that are judged and require thin physiques. These problems usually start early in life and can be difficult to overcome. Most girls and women have struggled with weight concerns and body image problems at some time in their life.
Weight management can be a very difficult balancing act, because a desire to be as thin as possible combined with poor body image can lead to bizarre eating and exercise habits. Many active and athletic women struggle to achieve healthy yet nutritional lifestyles. Even elite athletes can tend to limit themselves from certain food groups, missing out on healthy fats, carbohydrates, and other essential nutrients. To have healthy eating habits, girls and women must develop an understanding of what their nutritional needs are and develop a realistic awareness and expectation of body shape. They need to understand that not everyone can be a size 6, and that this size is healthy for only a very small percentage of women. Striving for a healthy, well-muscled physique that performs at its best is the ideal goal. Fortunately, the popularity of women athletes such as Mia Hamm, Julie Foudy, Leila Ali, Jenny Thompson, Summer Sanders, Gaby Reece, and Lisa Leslie has made a strong, well-muscled female physique desirable. These women understand the strength and beauty of muscles and are role models for young girls. Their popularity is a tremendous breakthrough for girls and women.
Struggling with Weight and Body Image
Body Image
Body image is a term used to describe how you see your body. It is a state of mind that can affect confidence, not only in regard to how you look, but also how you feel about yourself, which can affect your physical and mental health. Unfortunately, many women have poor body image; even those who have beautiful, thin, fit bodies can look in a mirror and criticize themselves for their imperfections (that are often out of proportion to how they look) rather than their strengths. In contrast, women who have positive body image are confident in knowing that, no matter what the weight on the scale, they are fit, strong, healthy, and beautiful.
To have a positive body image you must realize that the women on TV, in magazines, and in movies spend their entire life and savings on their looks. Some images are not even real, and have been altered by computers or airbrushed to hide natural imperfections. Many models and actresses have had plastic surgery, are buried beneath tons of makeup, are shot with flattering camera angles, and wear only clothes that look good on them. Some models and actresses admit that they often don't look like their photos in real life!
Also, many female movie stars and fashion models live unhealthy lives; many smoke or take pills to control their weight, eat restrictive diets, and have abusive exercise schedules. Most do not have any significant muscle and would perform terribly as athletes. A recent study found that one-fourth of Miss America contestants have a Body Mass Index less than 18far below healthy weight limits. These women do not represent ideals of fitness or health.
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On vacation, a mind is a terrible thing to worry
BONITA BEACH, FLA. — The white sand feels soft between my toes. It quickly sticks to the sunblock slathered on the tops of my feet. I've learned the hard way over the years that there is nothing more painful than a wicked sunburn on the tops of your feet. And as someone whose skin starts to turn pink when I get too close to a 60-watt light bulb, I'm taking no chances.


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How does one go about building a page in wordpress that contains a contact form full of custom fields, boxes, inputs, etc. completely determined by the author of the site. It seems odd that wordpress currently lacks this feature, but knowing the wordpress community, it's unlikely that we must do without.
Contact Form 7 is one of the most popular plugins to add a contact form to a WP blog. It supports multiple contact forms and you can add/remove fields as needed. Additional services such as reCAPTCHA and Akismet can be added. I use this on most of my blogs to power the contact features.
One of the most common plugins used to do this is Contact Form 7. There are also numerous other free plugins to add this functionality, as well as paid plugins such as Gravity Forms.
Consider using Gravity Forms. It's commercial but only $39 per site and it's one of the best $39 I've ever spent for WordPress development.
If you are looking to do a highly custom form, and want complete control over what happens, you can also create a new template for the page, and your form on that template would post back to itself. At the top of the template you could do something like this:
Not the most elegant, but it works.
Add me to the Gravity Forms supporters list. Of course it does a lot more than just contact forms. You should definitely check out the feature list and decide if it is worth your $39 dollars. It was a no-brainer for me and I bought the unlimited site developer license. The time that it saves me makes it worth it.
I've been pleased with the (free) Deko Boko forms plugin. Flexible, easy to modify and recaptcha is integrated.
Secure Form Mailer Plugin For Wordpress
For years and years I have been using the form plugin from dagon design: http://www.dagondesign.com/articles/secure-form-mailer-plugin-for-wordpress/ for free! (so let me do my happy user giveback thing:)
This plugin has a wide range of features including:
This plugin was designed to be easy to use, while still being extremely flexible. If you just want a simple contact form, you can set one up with just a few clicks.
For those of you who need something a bit more advanced, you can completely customize the plugin to fit your needs – whether it is 5 fields or 500. A non-WordPress version is also available. ReCaptcha support has also been added, as well as support for storing the data in a delimited file.
It has served me well for years.
See the different- for only a form in one page it is easy and fast (no filter-hook or other) to write a template for a page in WP, for more flexibilty and functions us a plugin. A ready solution or a starter there you can find here: https://github.com/bueltge/WP-Contact-Form-Template
Plus one for gravity forms as I have found it to be much easier for my clients to use. Is easier to provide theme support for (ie Easier to customize via CSS) and has fewer conflicts with other plugins
There is as well the Grunion Contact Form (Wordpress Plugin) which is quite simple to use. Just add a
Shortcode inside a page or post. Job done. Can be configured as well.