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Europa League: Liverpool, Sevilla fined for final incidents
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Amazon Kindle Fire eReader w/7in multi-touch display for $130
Original Amazon Kindle Fire, pages and pages of them this morning. I audited just a few pages of listings and spotted several grade 6 offers. I'm probably in for two when I get back to my desk in a couple of hours. Christmas is coming, after all.
Easy to root with XDA stuff (took me about 5 minutes once I found the correct files) for access to GoogleMarket and Google apps, gadget will dual-boot after rooting too.
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Which version is this?
The new fire is $159 direct from Amazon and has twice the RAM and a faster CPU.
@j5: Old version. In the specs it lists 512MB of ram. The new version has 1 gig.
@homiejome: Yeah, $30 away from the Gen 2 and $70 away from the HD? Can't say this is much of a deal.
@j5: "Original Amazon Kindle Fire", as per my original post :D
ill just wait for somebody to get the new one and throw the old one away...to me.
If you are planning to use it as a kindle than yeah, you're better off waiting for refurbs of the new one or just buying the new one.
However the new one is proving harder to hack so if you want it as a $130 jellybean tablet once you've rooted it, then its not too bad of a deal.
I would probably hold out and see how they do hacking the new nook, or just get a nexus.
@portezbie: Not sure about the Base Kindle 2, but the HD was rooted pretty quickly
Old deal...need to expired it.


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What to Bring:
- Proof of U.S. citizenship in the form of a previous passport,
certified birth certificate or naturalization certificate.
- Proof of identity, with photo (driver's license or Michigan
State ID). Social Security cards will not suffice.
- Two separate checks or money orders will be needed for passport
processing for a total of $135. Check or money order will be the
only accepted form of payment ($110 to the Department of
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Parks & Rec: Dublin Edition
The Phoenix Park is the largest enclosed urban park in Europe, encompassing 712 hectares (1,760 acres). This park offers large, grassy areas and treelined avenues, and features a herd of wild fallow deer. Áras an Uachtaráin, the residence of the President of Ireland, is located in this park, as is the Dublin Zoo, the residence of the U.S. Ambassador, and Ashtown Castle. Every summer the park hosts various concerts and festivals.
Herbert Park is tiny in comparison, just 13 hectares (32 acres), but it provides a good example of Dublin's smaller city parks, offering a variety of amenities. The park includes sites for football, tennis, boules, and croquet, and a children's playground was added in 2007.
St. Stephen's Green is adjacent to a shopping center and is surrounded by offices, flats, and government buildings. The park, spanning 9 hectares (22 acres), is roughly rectangular in shape and features an artificial pond and waterfall that is home to ducks, a garden circle with wide expanses of green grass, and, most notably, a garden for the blind featuring scented plants that are labeled in Braille.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
Develop wheat germplasm with an emphasis on club wheats, which maximizes economic returns by, a) increased nutrient efficiency, b) exploitation of resistance to diseases, c) increased winter hardiness, d) versatile and superior end-product use, e) specific adaption to agricultural systems that conserve soil, water, and energy. Identify key wheat properties desired in foreign and domestic wheat food products. Elucidate the molecular, biochemical, and genetic events that regulate wheat seed dormancy and germination; determine the molecular mechanisms of cereal adaptation to environmental changes. Control of foliar and smut diseases with emphasis on conducting and coordinating basic and applied research on rusts and smuts; approaches include forescasting epidemics, crop loss assessment, pathogen virulence, disease resistance, and integrated pest management. The inheritance of important traits, germplasm enhancement of resistance to diseases favored by erosion-control practices, and tolerance or avoidance of environmentally induced stresses receive emphasis. Quality studies concentrate on exploratory research of objective tests to define wheat market classes and quality evaluation of germplasm for several breeding programs.


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Issue Date:
February, 2008
The February 2008 issue of Environment & Climate News notes how scientists skeptical of global warming alarmism are finding new outlets for their opinions. On page 1:
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has denied California's attempt to impose automobile emissions standards, ruling a nationwide standard is more appropriate to the issue than a patchwork of state standards.
- The massive energy bill signed by President George W. Bush on December 19 will have serious negative effects on the economy.
- Computer models that form the basis for future global warming predictions have projected significantly more warming in recent years than has actually occurred.
- The BP oil company's plans to expand its Whiting, Indiana refinery will not hurt Lake Michigan.
Also in this issue: bee colony collapse disorder, the Federal Clean Water Restoration Act, Oregon's coast coho salmon, coal-fired power in Kansas, malaria and other mosquito-borne disease, GM crops, a review of The Great Lakes Water Wars, and an interview with Kentucky state Rep. Jim Gooch.
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My sense is that these phrases mean the same thing: the suspension has been reversed or nullfied.
Here's the Ngram, for what it's worth.
The fact that "lifted the suspension" is much more popular than "dropped the suspension" surprises me, since I'm inclined to think that the way to counteract a suspension should be to put it down, not further up.
So two questions.
(1) Is the Ngram right that we should prefer lift to drop in this context?
(2) Regardless of what is "right," how did the seemingly counter-intuitive phrase come to be the dominant one?


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Soprano Laura Heimes (left), a 1990 Geneseo alumna, and baritone Douglas Balkin will be soloists in the Nov. 18 performance of Brahams' "Requiem," which will be sung in English.
GENESEO, N.Y. -- The Geneseo Symphony Orchestra and Geneseo Festival Chorus will combine for a performance of the Brahms "Requiem," sung in English, Nov. 18 at 3 p.m. in Wadsworth Auditorium.
The concert will feature two soloists: Soprano Laura Heimes, a 1990 Geneseo alumna who performs all over the world and has eight vocal CDs to her credit, and baritone Douglas Balkin, a Geneseo native pursuing a career in operatic performance. James Walker, Distinguished Service Professor of Music, conducts the orchestra and Gerard Floriano, professor of music, directs the chorus. The concert is free and open to the public.
Heimes has sung at Geneseo concerts in the past, including a 2009 performance of Handel's "Messiah." She has collaborated with many of the leading figures in early music, including Andrew Lawrence King, Julianne Baird, Tempeste di Mare and others. She earned her bachelor's degree at Geneseo and master of music degrees in choral conducting and voice performance from Temple University.
Balkin earned his backelor's degree in vocal performance from Oberlin Conservatory and has master's in music from the University of Illinois. He has appeared as Florian in "Princess Ida" and Snug in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" among other roles. He has other concert soloist performances to his credit, including Pontius Pilate in Bach's "St. John Passion" with the Geneseo Orchestra.
Brahms' "Requiem " is a large-scale work for chorus, orchestra and soloists and is the composer's longest composition, comprising seven movements.
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BELTON (January 4, 2013)--A Belton man pleaded guilty Friday in Waco's federal court to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
U.S. District Judge Walter S. Smith set Brady Ray Daggs for sentencing on Feb. 27.
An affidavit filed in federal magistrate's court showed Daggs was arrested after a confidential informant arranged a controlled drug buy at a convenience store in Belton.
The affidavit says on Oct. 4, 2012, the informant telephoned Daggs to arrange the purchase of 2 ounces of methamphetamine.
The informant was taken to the agreed spot in an unmarked police car and when he identified Daggs, Belton police officers surrounded his car and arrested him.
Another man who was in the car with Daggs got out and as he did, a Baggie of what police believed was methamphetamine fell out of his pants.
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FLC401: Chinese2 (2014-2015)
CURRICULUM PROGRAM: Foreign Language Program
COURSE TITLE: Chinese II
COURSE LENGTH: 36 weeks
SUGGESTED PREPARATION: Chinese I (Mandarin)
Major Concepts/Content: The Chinese II course provides activities, projects, and experiences that enable students to appreciate and value the target language and its culture. The content of Chinese Level II includes teaching students to follow specific directions given in the target language and to understand main ideas after listening to presentations on familiar topics. Students increase their skills by using basic sentence patterns correctly in spoken and written communication. Students increase the vocabulary (hanzi) required. In addition to learning how to read Chinese characters, student will learn how to use the correct strokes when writing. Students become increasingly more aware of the difference between non-alphabetic languages and alphabetic languages in terms of grammar and syntax. Students will study Chinese language grammar rules and learn how to apply them correctly, including such components as verbs, demonstrative case, clause modifiers, interrogative words and various question patterns. Students will become familiar with short stories, essays, magazines, simple readers, news articles, videos, CD's, and computer programs representative of the language and culture. Students are made aware of the value of foreign language study. Career opportunities are analyzed and students learn that the knowledge of a second language can be a useful tool in international, economical, and social situations.
Major Instructional Activities: Instructional activities emphasize proficiency in communication and cultural knowledge and will incorporate the four basic skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students will participate in daily class activities and exercises in order to achieve the goals and objectives of the course. Activities will build on that of Level I and seek greater depth of learning. Use of computers will help build communication skills and reinforce grammatical principles. Students will be encouraged to visit museums, theaters, and attend activities, as available, where they can practice Chinese and continue to build an appreciation for the Chinese culture.
Major Evaluative Techniques: Students will be required to pass tests that are proficiency oriented as-well-as achievement oriented. Tests may come with the program materials and/or be teacher-generated. Projects will be encouraged. Daily class participation and homework are of vital importance in the total evaluation of students.
Course Objectives: Upon completion of the Chinese II course, students should be able to: Listening:
- Reinforce and expand on discrimination among typical intonation patterns of affirmation, information questions, yes-no questions, as well as other typical segmented patterns taught in Level I.
- Make intelligent guesses by listening to a recombination of familiar material containing unfamiliar vocabulary items.
- Discriminate among structure signals such as markers to indicate gender and number or case and inflections to denote tense.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the language spoken by a variety of both male and female voices of various age groups.
- Produce with more consistent accuracy the sounds of the target language with minimal interference from English.
- Produce with greater accuracy patterns of intonation, stress, rhythm, linking, and pitch.
- Express ideas using appropriate grammatical forms and word order characteristic of the language
- Participate in dialogues of greater length and complexity.
- Produce conversations and short narratives paraphrasing familiar material.
- Read aloud using the appropriate pronunciation, intonation, stress, and rhythm.
- Recognize selected idioms and notice how they are appropriately used in context.
- Read silently, with comprehension, material more difficult than in Level I. These could be items such as short paragraphs, short stories, essays, news articles.
- Write the characters that stand for sounds/meaning.
- Write accurately the structure, grammar and vocabulary within their experience.
- Punctuate correctly.
- Identify some of the principal heroes and/or leaders of the target language culture.
- Explain aspects of the educational system of the target language culture.
- Explain customs related to birth, marriage, and death in the target culture.
- Explain how the knowledge of languages can broaden career opportunities.
- Give examples of how using another language facilitates global communication.
- Compile information about careers that require a second language.


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Women's Basketball Game Notes Released for Mars HillFebruary 11, 2014
ANDERSON, S.C. – The game notes for the Anderson University women's basketball team's home matchup with South Atlantic Conference opponent Mars Hill have been released.
With a 91-73 setback to SAC-leading Wingate on Saturday afternoon, the Trojans look to bounce back and grab the season sweep over Mars Hill on Wednesday evening. Anderson enters the midweek contest with a 12-10 overall record and an even 8-8 mark in conference play, which puts the Trojans in a three-way tie for sixth-place.
Mars Hill comes into Wednesday's game with an overall record of 5-15 and 4-12 in the league, but seeks its second winning streak of the season, as the Lions knocked off Coker 71-65 on Saturday afternoon. MHU is currently in a deadlock for 11th-place in the conference standings, joining Queens.
Anderson claimed the first meeting between the teams with a 78-71 win at Stanford Arena on Jan. 15. Junior Lesley Woods drained five 3-pointers en route to her team-high 17 points.
The game will be broadcast on FOX SPORTS Radio 1280 AM, WANS and will also be available on the internet at www.wrixfm.com and the Anderson web site at www.autrojans.com, along with video and live stats. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m.
Game 1&2: Nov. 8 USC Aiken & Nov. 9 Lander
Game 3&4: Nov. 12 Erskine & Nov. 14 Winston-Salem State
Game 5&6: Nov. 18 USC Aiken & Nov. 20 Brevard
Game 7: Nov. 23 Lenoir-Rhyne
Game 8: Nov. 25 Lincoln Memorial
Game 9: Nov. 30 Furman
Game 10: Dec. 4 Wingate
Game 11: Dec. 7 Newberry
Game 12: Dec. 12 Liberty
Game 13: Dec. 16 Georgia College
Game 14: Jan. 4 Catawba
Game 15: Jan. 8 Lincoln Memorial
Game 16: Jan. 11 Coker
Game 17: Jan. 14 Mars Hill
Game 18: Jan. 18 Lenoir-Rhyne
Game 19: Jan. 22 Brevard
Game 20: Jan. 25 Queens
Game 21: Jan. 29 Carson-Newman
Game 22: Feb. 1 Newberry
Game 23: Feb. 5 Tusculum
Game 24: Feb. 8 Wingate
Game 25: Feb. 12 Mars Hill


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Track and Field Wraps Up the Bob Pollock InvitationalFebruary 1, 2014
CLEMSON, S.C. – The Anderson University track and field teams completed the two-day Bob Pollock Invitational, hosted by Clemson on Friday and Saturday at the Tigers' Indoor Complex.
"We had a pretty good weekend," said Anderson head coach Randy Greer. "We are three-quarters of the way through our indoor season and this should set us up nicely for our final indoor meet in Winston-Salem."
More than 20 schools competed in the two-day event, including the host Tigers, N.C. State, Pittsburgh, Coastal Carolina, Charleston Southern and S.C. State.
Freshman Olivia Gardner captured ninth in the seeded 3,000 meter run in a time of 11:02.01, while junior Sydney Hazel finished 16th in the seeded one mile run with a time of 5:27.34.
Sophomore D'Yandra Morris garnered 20th in the shot put with a toss of 11.28 meters and junior Brooklyn Watt earned 23rd with a distance of 10.94 meters.
The combination of Gardner, Hazel and freshmen Bari Robinson and Sherin Malone finished fourth in the distance medley with a time of 13:21.14.
Freshman Ben Boerma earned third in the men's seeded 3,000 meter run with a time of 9:04.92, with senior Parks Edwards (9:29.82) garnering ninth.
Following a two-week layoff, Anderson will get back in action at the UCS Invitational on Feb. 14-15 in Winston-Salem, N.C.


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At the beginning of the school
year in September 1939.
Whether or not Governor Adkins
has attributed that accident
to Governor Bailey or to me I do
not know. In the absence of proof to the contrary
I think it is fair to assume
that there was no "politics"
in President Futrall's untimely
and tragic death. In other
words the occasion for the
election of a successor
to President Futrall cannot
possibly be said to have
been inspired by political
considerations. It was inspired by the bond of death. Furthermore,
in view of the apparently
normal health of my
predecessor, it was at that time more
than probable that be waved
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McMahon a better choice for Senate than Chris Murphy
Michelle Rakebrand, Southbury In his U.S. Senate campaign, Rep. Christopher Murphy, D-5th District, has presented himself as a leader of moderate Democrats who desires nothing more than to reach across the aisle to strengthen bipartisanship. That's quite an evolution for a politician who votes with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi 98 percent of the time, and received an "F" grade from the National Taxpayers Union. Let's get real.


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i made sure to require every component needed on launch time, my application consists of 5 tab panels , each one contains a navigation view with multiple panels , i have set the autoDestroy property of navigation views to true.
i used sencha 18.104.22.168 and 22.214.171.124 and phone gap cordova 1.7.0 , cordova 1.8.0
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Hello and welcome to my latest documented save that I am going to be doing. My last save didn't turn out very well as I didn't realise how much of a failure the add or remove league system is. Fortunately now that I know how bad it is I won't fall into the same trap this time.
The aim of this save is to develop the continent/region of Oceania and make it the power-house of the world regarding football. To do this I will try and advance all of the club's youth systems of the 11 different countries in Oceania. Therefore unlike my last save this won't be a one club save, however it will be a youth project meaning I'm not allowed to buy any players.
World Rankings (as of July 11)
American Samoa - 203rd
Cook Islands - 197th
Fiji - 141st
New Caledonia - 163rd
New Zealand - 94th
Papua New Guinea - 206th
Samoa - 191st
Solomon Islands - 178th
Tahiti - 183rd
Tonga - 194th
Vanuatu - 165th
Game Setup
Database Size - Large
Player Count - 9000
Manager Experience - Sunday League Footballer
- I cannot buy any players as this is a youth challenge
- I must not manage outside of Oceania
- I must stick with a club for at least a couple of seasons (unless I get sacked)
Short Term:
Take over a national team
Manage in New Zealand
Raise the profile of the smaller nations of Oceania
Long Term:
The overall aim is to get all 11 Oceanic countries in the top 20 of the world rankings.
Win all the leagues at least once.
Win the World Cup.
Database Used
I am using the Project O database created by FMUpdates. You can download it for yourself here.


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By John Rieger, John Stanley, and Ray Traynor
Concern over climate change and the ongoing challenges of managing degraded ecosystems have made the field of ecological restoration a growing focus in the agendas of national and international conservation organizations, including the United Nations. The problems facing us are both complex and urgent, and effective solutions are needed.
Pro... read more
By Andre F. Clewell and James Aronson
Ecological Restoration, Second Edition, published in 2013, offers a comprehensive and coherent account of the field for everyone who initiates, finances, designs, administers, issues government permits for, manages, and implements ecological restoration projects, and all those who serve in supportive roles. Ecological restoration is a rapidly growing ... read more
Edited by Charles T. Roman and David M. Burdick
Tidal Marsh Restoration provides the scientific foundation and practical guidance necessary for coastal zone stewards to initiate salt marsh tidal restoration programs. The book compiles, synthesizes, and interprets the current state of knowledge on the science and practice of salt marsh restoration, bringing together leaders across a range ... read more
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Plant Reintroduction in a Changing Climate, published in 2012, presents a comprehensive review of reintroduction projects and practices, the circumstances of their successes or failures, lessons learned, and the potential role for reintroductions in preserving species threatened by climate change. The findings culminate in a set of Be... read more
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Restoring Natural Capital, published in 2007, brings together economists, ecologists, theoreticians, practitioners, policy makers, and scientists from the developed and developing worlds to consider the costs and benefits of repairing ecosystem goods and services in natural and socio-ecological systems. It examines the busine... read more
Edited by Donald A. Falk, Margaret A. Palmer, and Joy B. Zedler
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January 20, 2012
Press Contacts:
City and Brooklyn Officials Join NYU Leadership Today to Inaugurate 120,000 sq ft Expansion Space in MetroTech
WHAT: A ribbon-cutting to officially open a major expansion for NYU-Poly: 120,000 sq ft in MetroTech--For the Computer Science and Engineering Department, the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, computational labs, classrooms, faculty offices, and administrative space.
The expansion is part of both NYU's city-wide approach to development of new academic space under its NYU 2031 plan – fully half of which will be outside Greenwich Village – and NYU-Poly's i2e campus transformation.
WHO: Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President
Joan Millman, member of the New York State Assembly
Gale Brewer, member of the New York City Council
Robert Steel, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development
Josh Wallack, COO of the NYC Economic Development Corporation
John Sexton, president of NYU
Jerry Hultin, president of NYU-Poly
Tucker Reed, president of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership
Bruce Ratner, chair and CEO of Forest City Ratner
Kenneth Daly, president of National Grid for New York
WHERE: The NYU-Poly lobby of 2 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY (Lawrence St. )
WHEN: Friday, January 20, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Note to repoters: This event is not – repeat not – an announcement related to the City's Applied Science initiative.
This Press Release is in the following Topics:
Polytechnic School of Engineering, All University
Type: Press Release
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September 12, 1969
Governments, as do people, develop
vested Interests, and when governments
manipulate and control the flow of
information bearing on vital public
interests it promotes its own, not the public's,
interest. Thomas Jefferson, a believer in
the public's right to know, put the issue
at stake this way:
He who permits himself to tell a lie once,
finds It much easier to do it a second and
third time, till at length It becomes habitual;
he tells lies without attending to it, and
truths without the world's believing him.
This falsehood of the tongue leads to that
of the heart, and in time depraves all its
good dispositions.
I hope that the disease he described
has not reached the heart of America.
But the disease is curable by ample doses
of the truth. This administration can
start the process. Whether it will do so
remains to be seen-but this exchange
of correspondence is not a hopeful sign.
Exhibit 1
Department of State,
Washington, D.C, September 2, 1969.
Hon. J. W. Fulbright,
Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations,
U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Chairman: I am writing in
response to your letter of May 12 to Secretary
Rogers in which you refer to General
Westmoreland's "Report on the War in Viet-Nam."
You specifically asked about "a formal
request from the South Vietnamese
Government for United States intervention with
combat troops."
As General Westmoreland's report makes
clear, the initial decisions to deploy United
States combat troops to South Viet-Nam in
the spring and summer of 1965 resulted from
a continuing analysis of a constantly-changing
situation, a major factor in which was
the deployment to South Viet-Nam of
regular North Vietnamese Army units from the
end of 1964 onward. As General
Westmoreland states in later portions of his report,
the subsequent infiltration of still more
North Vietnamese Army units and the
intensified offensive activity which those forces
undertook necessitated the assignment of
additional United States combat forces and
the expansion of their role beyond the
relatively limited one originally conceived.
The continuing analysis to which I have
referred, and the series of decisions resulting
from it, were made In close and constant
consultation with the Government of VietNam.
The process of analyzing the situation
by the two governments, and the consultation
and agreement thereon, were such as to
be regarded by our government as
constituting a request from the Government of
Viet-Nam. This request was confirmed by the
Communique issued by the office of the
Prime Minister of the Government of
VietNam, Dr. Phan Huy Quat, on March 7, 1965,
concerning the arrival of two United States
Marine battalions in South Viet-Nam-the
first such deployment of United States
combat forces:
During these past months and particularly
in the course of the last few weeks, the
North Viet-Nam authorities have intensified
their aggression by sending arms and troops
by land and sea into the areas bordering the
17th parallel.
In the face of these undeniable acts of
open provocation, the Government of Vietnam
has asked for and obtained the agreement
of the American Government for the
stationing of two United States Marine
battalions at Da Nang, one of the vital military
zones of Viet-Nam, in order to reinforce both
the military and civilian defensive system.
This measure is part of a program of purely
legitimate defense made necessary by the
intensification of Communist aggression
directed, supported and enlarged by the Hanoi
I trust that this information will prove
useful to you, and I hope that you will not
hesitate to call on me if I can be of further
Sincerely yours,
H. G. Torbert, Jr.,
Acting Assistant Secretary for
Congressional Relations.
Hon. William P. Rogers,
Secretary of State,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Secretary: As you know,
questions have been raised, from time to time,
concerning the circumstances under which
United States combat forces were first sent
to Vietnam. In the recently released "Report
on the War in Vietnam," General
Westmoreland wrote:
"It was my estimate that the government
of Vietnam could not survive this
mounting enemy military and political
offensive for more than six months unless
the United States chose to increase its
military commitment. Substantial numbers of
U.S. ground combat forces were required.
"I realized, as did Ambassadors Taylor and
Johnson, that the U.S. was faced with a
momentous and far-reaching decision. In
making my recommendations in the spring
and early summer of 1965, as indeed in the
case of later recommendations, I was
mindful of the stated U.S. objective with respect
to Vietnam: 'To defeat aggression so that the
people of South Vietnam will be free to shape
their own destiny.' It was my judgment that
this end could not be achieved without the
deployment of U.S. forces. With the
concurrence of Ambassador Taylor, I so
I was unable to find any reference in
General Westmoreland's account of a formal
request from the South Vietnamese
government for U.S. intervention with combat
troops. For the Committee's records, would
you please provide copies of any such
request received from that government.
Sincerely yours,
J. W. Fulbright,
Mr. FULBRIGHT. Mr. President, I
have been noting with interest and mild
encouragement the initiative taken by
the U.S. Representative to the United
Nations in proposing that the United
Nations consider the creation of a
category of associate membership for
so- called mini- or micro-states.
The Committee on Foreign Relations
has long been concerned with the
unrealistic distribution of voting power in
the General Assembly of the United
Nations and has repeatedly questioned the
equally unrealistic policy of the
Department of State of assigning full-fledged
ambassadors to every independent
nation, no matter how minimum our
I commend Ambassador Yost for
stimulating thinking and action in the United
Nations on its relations to mini- and
micro-states and express the hope that
our State Department will do likewise
in this area.
I ask unanimous consent that
Ambassador Yost's statement of August 27 to
the Security Council be printed in the
Record at this point, together with an
editorial from the Washington Post of
the same date.
There being no objection, the statement
and editorial were ordered to be
printed in the Record, as follows:
Statement by Ambassador Charles W.
Yost, Representative of United States to
the United Nations, in the Security
Council on the Question of Micro-
States, August 27, 1969
Mr. President, the United States has
requested this meeting of the Security
Council to deal with an important problem which
has long been foreseen in the evolution of
the United Nations, but on which the first
practical step has yet to be taken-with
the consequence that a solution to it is
now urgently required. That problem is to
find a way by which the growing number
of very small independent states, often
called "micro-states"-many of which may
soon seek to become members of the United
Nations-can find an appropriate place and
status within the United Nations family.
Such a status should respond to their needs
and rights, yet should not do violence either
to their nature and interests or to the
nature and interests of the United Nations
To put this matter in its most concrete
terms: Should even the smallest independent
state be eligible for full membership in
the United Nations, no matter how few its
people or how limited its resources may be?
What would be the consequence for the
authority and effectiveness of our Organization
if, during the coming years, 40 or 50
very small states, so small as to be unable
to carry out the obligations of membership,
should nevertheless apply and be admitted as
members? What alternative methods might
be devised for associating such states with
the United Nations, for assuring them of
its benefits without imposing upon them
burdens they could not bear, and for giving
them a status within the UN family
appropriate to their independence, their
capabilities and their needs?
This problem did not become urgent for
the United Nations until recent years, when
the progressive ending of the colonial age
began to bring into being independent states
of widely varying size-some very substantial
but others very small indeed. Our Secretary
General was the first to mark the problem
officially for our attention when he referred,
in the introduction to his annual report for
1965, to "the recent phenomenon of the
emergence of exceptionally small new states
(whose) limited size and resources can pose
a difficult problem as to the role they should
try to play in international life."
The Secretary General went on to suggest
that "the time has come when member states
may wi^h to examine more closely the criteria
for the admission of new Members in
the light of the long-term implications of
present trends."
Later, in the introduction to his annual
report in 1967, the Secretary General again
raised this same question and discussed it
in more detail. He urged that "the line has
to be drawn somewhere" in the matter of
membership, and noted that the Charter
itself limits United Nations membership to
states which not only are peace-loving, but
in the judgment of the Organization "are
able and willing" to carry out the obligations
laid down by the Charter. In the light of
this Charter rule,' he pointed to the problem
posed by emerging micro-states, some of
which contain only a few thousand or, in
one case, fewer than 100 people.
From these considerations the Secretary
General drew certain conclusions which, in
my Government's view, are entirely sound,
and which I commend to the Council:
That full membership in the United
Nations "may, on the one hand, impose
obligations which are too onerous for the
'micro- states' and, on the other hand, may lead to
a weakening of the United Nations itself."
That "it appears desirable that a
distinction be made between the right to independ-
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The Leavenworth High School Lady Pioneers are giving back this year through a partnership with the Leavenworth Parks and Recreation Bitty Basketball program, which establishes an early connection with the sport for 3, 4, and 5-year-olds. For the first time, the program is led by the Pioneer girls basketball players.
Makia Taylor, LHS junior, said, "It was really fun working with the little kids. They were so happy and I enjoyed making them smile. We taught them coordination drills and of course, they showed us some of their tricks."
The program's four sessions allow these young boys and girls to learn the basics of the sport and build a foundation for future basketball success. For the Lady Pioneers, it is a way for them to be involved in the community, reach out on behalf of the team and school, and to get kids excited about basketball.
LHS Varsity Girls Basketball Coach Derek Zeck said, "Through athletics you can do a lot for kids to keep them out of trouble and on the right path, especially when it starts at a young age. We wanted to get in at the ground level and start with the young kids. We are really trying to build that pride in LHS basketball and the love of the community."
Tiara Stegall, LHS sophomore, said, "It was really exciting. We taught them a lot of basic skills like dribbling, but we also told them they should never be scared to follow their dreams. We want to help them be ready to play at LHS."
This experience has been beneficial for both the young basketball prospects and the Lady Pioneers.
Freshman Pioneer, Remi Wilkerson, shared, "It's good to start learning a sport at a young age. I started playing when I was about 5 years old, and now I'm finding success in high school. This project will also be good for our team, making us better because we are working together doing something for others."
Leavenworth High School is full of giving organizations, clubs, and teams. Students learn many life lessons by doing for others and start on a path of contributing to their community that will last into adulthood. The school is fortunate to have partners in the community that allow students to use their leadership skills for the betterment others.
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Adelaide Airport
1 James Schofield Drive, South Australia 5950, Australia
Telefon: (08) 8308 9211
Website: www.aal.com.au
The airport is situated 6km (4 miles) west of Adelaide city centre.
How to get there
Follow Sir Donald Bradman Drive from Adelaide city centre and turn off down Sir Richard Williams Drive after 5km (3 miles).
Information about parking possibilities at the Adelaide Airport
Access by public transport
The Skylink Airport Shuttle (tel: (08) 8332 0528; www.skylinkadelaide.com) operates every 30 minutes from the terminal during flight operation hours and links the airport with the city centre. Adelaide Airport Flyer (tel: (08) 8284 4456 or 1300 856 444; www.adelaideairportflyer.com) offers door-to-door mini coach services to and from areas further afield.
There are taxi ranks at the airport (journey time to the city centre - 15 minutes) and all taxis are metered.
Information desk
Information and service desks (tel: (08) 8154 9490) are located on the arrivals level.
Airport News:
Plans were announced in mid-2007 for further expansion of the new terminal, which opened in in 2005.
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Its very interesting for me which advantages gives "global root class" approach for framework. In simple words what reasons resulted the .NET framework was designed to have one root object class with general functionality suitable for all classes.
Nowadays we are designing new framework for internal use (the framework under SAP platform) and we all divided into two camps - first who thinks that framework should have global root, and the second - who thinks opposite.
I am at "global root" camp. And my reasons what such approach would yields good flexibility and development costs reduction cause we will not develop general functionality any more.
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I'm creating a database to keep track financial information for about 30 different accounts. So far this has all been handled with each account as its own Excel table with the different years across the top, and the and ledger lines along the side. All of the tables are identical.
I want to put this into a database to make it more manageable, but I'm not sure if I have the best structure. Here are the basic table structures:
ledger_lines(ledgerCode, ledgerName)
account_X(accountCode, ledgerCode, year1, year2...)
With the bold bold as the primary key and ledgerCode referencing the ledger_lines table. Also, there would be 30 of the account_X tables eg. account_1, account_2... for all of the different accounts, all referencing the ledger_lines table.
Is this the best structure for managing this database? For example, and new field will have to be added to every table at the beginning of every year and to compare ledger lines across the accounts I will have to query all of the tables.


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1932 Ford Highboy Coupe - Dynaliner Deuce CoupeWritten by Brian Brennan on February 15, 2007 scott whitaker's radically chopped '32 highboy coupe is a tribute to hot rodding
There's always something interesting happening in hot rodding, and this can be directly attributed to one-of-a-kind, original-thinking individuals who live in our world. This month's featured cover car represents the fauxtina look, as it has grown to be a noteworthy addition to our hobby. The liberal use of both old and new (muriatic acid was used to age) parts gives these cars a place of their own.
The Dynaliner Deuce highboy coupe belonging to Scott Whitaker of Hamilton, Ohio, is the latest (and possibly the most creative) in a run of these cars. If this car looks vaguely familiar, you either attended the 2005 SEMA show or saw pictures of the featured vehicles. You may remember the "half car," or the half of a Bonneville coupe with the .5 number on the door. It was a hit at the show, but it also brought the point home for Dynamic Control, the manufactures of Dynamat, as an excellent traffic builder for its booth. (Dynamat is a solution to unwanted noise and vibration commonly found in many aspects of life--not just our hot rods.)
What you see may not be the entire story with the Dynaliner Deuce coupe. Scott, who makes his living with marketing, understands the hidden meaning and the importance of appealing to the creative souls in all of us. Therefore, the coupe is loaded with read-between-the-lines messages.
This car was built at Scott's hot rod shop, Speed Kings of Cincinnati (famous for faux'd automobiles), which is manned daily by Josh Shaw and Jamie Reedy, but Charlie Mallory, Ben Whitaker, Scott "Slick" Williams, and Jason Smith also contributed mightily to the overall project. With Scott's creative guidance, all the guys put in the hours, and we do mean hours, having built both the .5 car and the 1.0 car.
Let's take a closer look at the coupe and see if there is more than meets the eye. Look closely at the license plate. It appears to be a state of Ohio license plate reading 999 AU. Yes, but what does it mean? Well, the number designation of 999 is a tribute to Henry Ford and the 75th anniversary of the Deuce. According to Ford Motor Company records, Henry was seeking investors in his soon-to-be motorcar company, and, in an attempt to gain notoriety, had famous driver Barney Oldfield pilot the 999 car in 1902 and '03, breaking several speed records. In 1904, Ford achieved the publicity he desperately needed by breaking two records in the Arrow (sister car to the 999) on a frozen lake in St. Clair Lake, Michigan; he set a speed record (91.4 mph) and covered the mile in 39.4 seconds. And what about the letters AU? Well, for those of you who fell asleep in chem class, find yourself a periodic table. Clue: Look closely at the 79th element titled Au--it's gold. "Hmmm," you say, "the car is gold in color--that's clever." Well, the story isn't finished. Note that it's also the 75th anniversary of the Deuce and the traditional anniversary gift is a diamond, but the modern gift for the 75th is, you guessed it, gold.
The D/C class distinction painted on the side of the car truthfully stands for Dynamic Control, the company that markets Dynamat. For the record, if we were trying to get the right designation, the car would be an XF, which designates a Ford- or Mercury-production Flathead V-8. It too would carry the letters BG for blown gas, or possibly BGCC for blown gas competition coupe, but you get the drift. (Editor's Note: Yes, we are aware of the pre-'59 class designations, which were later turned around.)
One fun appointment is the spreader bar, which is made from an early Ford wishbone; and, while it is the rear spreader bar/bumper, note that it features a relatively quick release that allows Scott immediate access to the quick-change. Look closely at the pushbar and it too may look familiar. It's a pushrod all right, but this one didn't come from any ol' small-block; it is directly from a big-boy diesel--bend and all!
On the subject of the rearend, it is based on a Dick Spadaro Early Ford Reproductions (Altamont, New York) Winters quickie with 3.78 gearing, '37 Ford bells, and early Ford axles. Other rearend items include a POSIES (Hummelstown, Pennsylvania) SuperSlide spring, '40 Ford drum brakes, and scratch-built wishbones by the guys at Speed Kings. The Vintique 17-gallon gas tank was notched to clear the quick-change.
The chassis is based around a pair of American Stamping 'rails bent into place by Dennis Lesky and son Matt at Ionia Hot Rod Shop (Ionia, Michigan), who provided the 'rail, belled boxing plates, and K-members. The Speed Kings fabricated, welded, boxed, lengthened, kicked (2 1/2 inches at the firewall), and pinched the frame. Just your basic hot rod mods! They also stretched the wheelbase to 112 inches (approximately 5 inches longer than stock), step-boxed the frame, and built the frame with lots of old-timey looks (round head rivets, belled K-member). The front crossmember is another scratch-built item from the Speed Kings staff. The frontend utilizes a '37 Ford tube axle (one year only for the V8/60 cars) coupled with Pete & Jake's (Peculiar, Missouri) spindles, POSIES SuperSlide spring, modified Speedway Motors (Lincoln, Nebraska) friction shocks, '40 Ford drums, Schroeder (Burbank, California) side steering, '39 Ford steering column, and a Kugel Komponents (La Habra, California) master cylinder and swing pedal assembly. The coupe rolls around on familiar rubber with Coker 4.50x19 Excelsior's (four-ply nylon) mounted to 4x19 wires in front, and in back, Coker 6.50x20 Firestones are mounted to 5 1/2x20-inch rear wires. The one-of-a-kind Rolls Royce-style aluminum wheel covers carry out both the vintage and racing themes nicely.
The body began life as a collection of pieces from Brookville Roadster (Brookville, Ohio). The idea was to complete the half-car that was such a success at SEMA and other shows like the Detroit Autorama. Beginning with a floor full of sheetmetal, other items, such as the nose, dashboard, and 31-louver hood, were all scratch-built to go along with the project. From here, Josh and Jamie Reedy got to work giving the coupe a slant chop--6 inches in front with a laidback A-post, and a 5-inch chop in back. From here, the hood came to life after two stock hoods were cut up and put together featuring 31 louvers, while the grille is another Speed Kings item called the Rocket, displaying 32 teeth.
The bodywork is yet another Speed Kings in-house project, handled by Jamie, while Josh tuned up his spray gun to apply the gold and ivory colors. Josh also applied all of the lettering and related artwork to the final sheetmetal. The headlights are '36 Ford with Vision X (Kent, Washington) parabolic reflectors and HID bulbs; the taillights are genuine vintage aircraft lights. The door handles are '34 and the mirrors are more vintage peeps. Look above the doors and you will see the famous yet hard-to-find Les Noyes--the driver of record for the Dynaliner--but we think you can "see" right through this humorous note.If you are looking for good vibrations or a cool breeze, you may be surprised--stereo comes by way of the blown Flattie, and the A/C is achieved by driving in the early morning hours! Inside, it's more vintage rodding. The Speed Kings steel dash houses the Cyclops speedo cluster that sports a vintage pointer, and gas, temp, and oil gauges. The 5-inch Stewart Warner tach is neatly housed in the column drop, creating an early version of the "knee knocker tach." Charlie Mallory of Speed Kings handled the wiring using an American Autowire system. The buckets are real-deal military aircraft, while Jerry Schnetzer (Hamilton, Ohio) upholstered the snap-on canvas door coverings. Look closely and you will note the liberal use of Dynamat products throughout the interior.
The powerplant is just that--powerful. An 8BA Flathead comes by way of its 284 inches via a Scat crank with forged H-beam rods (4.125-inch), a 3.312-inch bore, and a compression ratio of 8.26:1 on this Dick Lewis-built motor. You can't miss the blower--known by various names, such as Italmeccanica, I.T. Superchargers, and S.Co.T. (Supercharger Company of Turin [in Torino, Italy])--it was one of the most popular "roots" style blower kits available in the 1950s. Other popular vintage and modern-day speed equipment that gives this V-8 the looks and performance are twin Stromberg 97s with copper screens and hose clamps yielding an old-timey pair of air cleaners, as well as Sharp heads (available through Wilcap), Speedway springs and water pump, Powermaster (Knoxville, Tennessee) PowerGen, Vertex mag, Fenton cast-iron headers, Smithy's exhaust, and a gennie Hildebrandt oil filter. The car ran so cool on its maiden voyage cross-country during the POSIES Dirty Driven Tour that Josh had to tape off the lower portion of the Walker (Memphis, Tennessee) radiator to bring the engine up to suitable operating temps. Hooked up to the Flattie to finish out the powertrain is a Tremec T5 five-speed tuned up by Classic Chevy 5 Speed using a McLeod (Placentia, California) flywheel, clutch, disc coupled, and a swan-style shift lever, with an Inland Empire Driveline (Ontario, California) 'shaft.
Well, there are the basics. Come back next month and you will read and see more about how this Deuce coupe fared on its first outing across the country from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Las Vegas, Nevada, just in time for the 2006 SEMA Show. We will give you a hint--the car performed flawlessly. But, there is more to tell from the human-interest standpoint, and, let's face it, there is nothing like a good hot rod story to tell around the ol' campfire.
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The "mad" genius (and we say that with respect) is Scott Whitaker of Dynamic Control, whose fertile mind brought us Dynamat, the "half-car," and the 1.0 coupe.The 8BA Flathead sports 284 inches via a Scat crank and forged H-beam rods (4.125-inch), with a bore of 3.312 and a compression ratio of 8.26:1. Other goodies include Sharp heads, Speedway springs and water pump, Walker radiator, Powermaster PowerGen, Vertex mag, Fenton cast-iron headers, Smithy's exhaust, and a gennie Hildebrandt oil filter.The made-to-look-old Stromberg 97s feature a copper screen and hose clamps yielding an old-timey pair of air cleaners.The pushbar mounted to the rear spreader is another clever item: It's a bent pushrod out of an 18-wheeler diesel engine. The bend you see is as it came from the diesel. Hey, big engines have big pushrods.The rear spreader bar is another Speed Kings mark of ingenuity using an old radius rod. It is also quick release in function, allowing the gas tank to be removed immediately to get to the quick-change. Now that's fast thinking!Taillights are vintage aircraft, but one must admit that they look right at home. (Having followed the tail end of this coupe for 2,000 miles, I can tell you the lights work and they are bright! -BB)The steel dash was fabricated at Speed Kings; seats are vintage bomber sporting blanket upholstery. Something is out of place--could it be the GPS system riding front and center? Oh well, it is the 21st century.
You gotta love the "knee knocker" Stewart Warner 5-inch tach mounted into the column drop. Hmmm, when was the last time a Flattie saw 8,000 rpm?A Schroeder steering box is mounted at the end of the '39 column with a '40 wheel. A Kugel master cylinder and swing pedals are used to complete the early look (but with thoroughly modern function).If names like Krupa, Rich, Moon, or Ringo make you smile, than you like drums. This should give you a clue as to where the gas pedal came from, and maybe a bit more--think about it!The front axle is an original '37 tube (V8/60 model) with Pete & Jake's spindles, POSIES SuperSlide spring, and '40 Ford shoes. The headlamps are '36 Ford items.The gas cap is your basic Deuce tank cap, but it was "gently" massaged with a ball peen hammer to create the aged dimples before it was painted.Driver Les Noyse wasn't around to answer any questions, but we think he would be proud of his vintage ride; it performed above and beyond on its maiden voyage, which just happened to be on the POSIES Dirty Driven Tour from Cincinnati to Las Vegas, just in time for the SEMA show.You might think the dry lakes class lettering means D class, Coupe. Good guess, but it really stands for Dynamic Control--the parent company that markets Dynamat. The company is responsible for the heat and sound-deadening material many a rodder does or should use.Metalwork is done, and the Dynaliner based on a Brookville Deuce coupe body is ready for the "treatment" to make it look as if it came straight from the Wendover hanger back in the '50s.
The rear view shows off the Dynaliner (1.0 car) lines before any lettering, but here you can see the 5 1/2x20-inch rear wires with the Coker 6.50x20 Firestones mounted.What better way to display your product at a trade show than to cut a hot rod in half and let prospective buyers walk around to the "other side"?Here is the original half-car, or the .5 coupe, as it was displayed at the SEMA show in 2005. The inspiration came for the 1.0 or "full-coupe" from this. (Photo by Scotty Killeen)


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Provided two diagonal real matrix which has positive entries, $V$ and $U$.
Find a real matrix $A$, satisfying $A^TA=a^2I$ for some scalar $a$, to minimise
where the matrix norm could be an induced one, or in form of $|M|^2_{F}=\mathrm{tr}(M^TM)$.
I believe the problem is quite useful, however I am not sure where I can find the related materials. A numerical approach is also welcome.
I found some related works , I think I can program the general framework for non-linear optimisation problem with unitary constraints. But since $(*)$ is only a quadratic form. I wonder if there are some improvements.
remark: there are two trivial cases, namely $V=U$ or $U=I$.


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(Lawrence, KS) - A news conference was held at 9:00 Monday morning at the Law Enforcement Center. Sgt. Paul Fellers identified one of the deceased men at 18 year-old Gage Hauke from Mclouth. The 20 year-old was not identified by police but flowers left at the home had a note attached that read R.I.P. Roland.
Police say the homicides occurred after an attempted robbery went sour. The 16 year-old and Hauke were planning to rob the home at 1311 Delaware. The 20 year-old lived at the residence and police say he allegedly used a shot gun to kill 18 year-old Hauke. Sometime after that police say the 16 year-old allegedly shot the 20 year-old. The second weapon found was a rifle.
13 News questioned neighbors Monday afternoon who said they wouldn't be surprised if drugs were involved. One neighbor said she had noticed people going in and out of the house at all hours of the day and night. She also says she noticed increased traffic on weekends.
(Lawrence, KS)-- A 16-year-old from Lawrence was arrested Sunday in connection to the shooting death of an 18-year-old and a 20-year-old in Lawrence.
The teen has been booked into the Douglas County Juvenile Detention Center where he faces charges of felony murder, conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery and attempted aggravated robbery.
Around 2:45 Saturday morning Lawrence Police received several reports of gunshots on Lawrence's east side.
Lawrence Police responded to a house on the 1300 block of Delaware and found two deceased white men and one weapon in the home and another about a block away.
Police say there was no information surrounding the scene that made it obvious as to how the men died.
Neighbors living in the area say they have never seen anything like this happen there. They say they were shocked to hear two men had been found dead.
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Deeplinks Blog posts about Coders' Rights Project
It's been more than a year since Aaron Swartz's tragic death, and now Aaron's life is the subject of a new documentary, The Internet's Own Boy, directed by Brian Knappenberger. The documentary has received much acclaim and deservedly so. It tells the story of a political activist and innovator who put theory into practice, always experimenting and building new tools and methodologies to animate his theory of change.
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55% off Mattress Toppers? Well, it's not as exciting as a Star Trek Pizza Cutter, but it's still an amazing deal.
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Don't know if it works or not. Something to consider with latex toppers is if it's Talalay or Dunlop (Talalay is better). If the code works though, 75 bucks for a queen is a decent deal, though it is only 1.2 inches thick it seems. I have a 2 inch topper, and I'd consider that to be the minimum for latex due to the springy "give" that it has. I got my Talalay from Overstock a while back for $125. Best 125 I've spent in recent memory. Even if you don't get this deal, get a latex foam pad, feels more pillowy and is more supportive than memory foam. I can actually feel my back stretch back out after a long day when I lay down on mine.
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@pacificpillows: Thanks, works good now!
It's been a few weeks since putting these on my beds and the chemical smell is still very bad!


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Armstrong Sued Over $12 Million in Prize Money
A prize-insurance company sued Lance Armstrong on Thursday in Texas state court in a bid to recover $12 million paid out to the former pro cyclist for three of his Tour de France wins.
The lawsuit, filed against Mr. Armstrong and his agent, comes three weeks after Mr. Armstrong said in an interview with Oprah Winfrey that he had used performance-enhancing drugs when he captured his seven Tour de France titles. In that interview, Mr. Armstrong provided no details on who had helped him dope and said nothing about how he avoided getting caught.
Mr. Armstrong was stripped of his titles last year after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, which polices drug use in American sports, initiated formal charges against him for allegedly conspiring to run an organized doping program aimed at dominating the Tour de France. Usada doesn't have the authority to bring criminal charges, but it can sanction athletes by stripping them of their titles and banning them from competition for doping.
Mr. Armstrong chose not to fight Usada's charges, which alleged that he had participated in a conspiracy to cheat. Usada also barred him for life from participating in elite-level sports.
The lawsuit by SCA Promotions Inc., filed in Dallas County state district court, accuses Mr. Armstrong and his agent, William Stapleton, of engaging in a civil conspiracy to commit fraud, as well as unjust enrichment and breach of contract. The complaint alleges that Messrs. Armstrong and Stapleton conspired to defraud SCA regarding Mr. Armstrong's "rampant drug use."
It also claims Mr. Armstrong perjured himself in January 2006 when SCA was trying to prove in arbitration hearings that he cheated to win the Tour de France. "I race the bike straight up fair and square," Mr. Armstrong testified under oath in the SCA arbitration, the suit says.
A spokesman for Mr. Armstrong said SCA had already settled its dispute with Mr. Armstrong in 2006, agreeing to pay him $7.5 million and signing an agreement with Mr. Armstrong and Tailwind Sports Inc., the company that managed his former team.
Mr. Stapleton didn't return a phone call Thursday seeking comment.
The dispute between SCA and Mr. Armstrong dates back to 2004, when SCA declined to remit $5 million in bonuses that Tailwind had agreed to pay if he won the 2004 race, citing published reports and other allegations that he had doped. SCA Promotions, based in Dallas, indemnifies sponsors offering large cash prizes based on athletic feats. SCA generally charges fees of 3% to 15% of the prize value.
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Essential Rules of Parenting: Discipline Do's and Dont's
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Focus on the Problem, Not the Person
When you tell a child that they are naughty, selfish, lazy, fat, stupid, rude, pushy, careless or anything else, you label them. And if they believe that label (and why shouldn't they -- they're trained to believe what we tell them), they will start to live up to it. They'll think, "There's no point to make an effort, I know I'm lazy." Or "What have I got to lose? They've got me down as naughty anyway." Of course, this won't be a conscious thought process, at least not when they're small. But if you give them a label, they'll live up to it.
What you have to do is condemn their behavior, not them. You can tell them, "That's a selfish thing to do," or "It's very rude to push." That way you're not passing comment on them, but only on their behavior. If at this point you feel like shouting, "But he is lazy!" I'm not telling you you're wrong, though it would be very un-PC of me to admit you could be right. I'm just saying that you should never, ever say so in front of him, or anyone else in case it gets back to him. Save it for your most private thoughts after the third time in a row he goes out without even clearing the table, let alone helping you load the dishwasher.
Positive labels are a different thing entirely. If they're accurate (don't pressure your child by making them live up to something they can't), they likewise encourage your children to behave like their label -- thoughtful, careful, brave, or whatever.
And actually, you can sometimes use these positive labels to reinforce good behavior when they've lapsed: "I was really surprised to see you behave so rudely. I always think of you as a particularly polite person." It reassures her you haven't given up on your positive view of them, so it's not too late to live up to the "polite" label.
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From The Rules of Parenting Copyright © 2008, FT Press. Used by permission of FT Press, and Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
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As the center of administrative activity in the IU Jacobs School of Music, the Deans' Office is dedicated to maintaining the school's reputation as one of America's finest institutions.
With a commitment to attracting world-class scholars, performers, instructors, and administrators, the Deans' Office continues to build the school's reputation by helping our students manifest their potential as performers, composers, researchers, scholars, and teachers. Contact the Deans' Office with questions, comments, or suggestions that cannot be served by another administrative office.
Gwyn Richards was appointed dean in 2001, having served as interim dean since 1999. Dean Richards has two music degrees from the University of Michigan. His field is choral conducting, and he is a tenured professor in that department.
Eugene O'Brien, Executive Associate Dean
Prior to being appointed Executive Associate Dean in 2002, Dean O'Brien-an accomplished composer-served as the School of Music's Associate Dean for Instruction. Dean O´Brien is a tenured professor in the composition department, has received many prestigious awards and honors, and has had numerous compositions published and recorded.
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Mary Wennerstrom, former chair of the Department of Music Theory, was appointed Associate Dean for Instruction in 2002. Dean Wennerstrom is a tenured professor in the music theory department, has received several teaching and service awards, and has published numerous books, articles and reviews.


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This section offers helpful links for federal agency purchasers as they build their facilities solutions. The Educational Resources section offers training and written materials, in addition to GSA's Schedules program. The External Resources section includes an online library of relevant documents. GSA Support includes helpful contacts and purchasing support programs.


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I want to build a server for my small business, but my budget is incredibly small (would prefer to stay under $1,000, not including operating system costs). I'm perfectly content with refurbished hardware, so long as the CPU supports hardware virtualization and Windows Server 2008 R2. I'm also perfectly content with building the server from the ground up with individual components. A banged chassis isn't a problem (assuming it doesn't prevent me from opening/closing the case).
Trust me, I totally understand the value of more expensive hardware. Fault tolerance, ease of maintenance, etc., are all very important to me. However, because of my current budget constraints, it's literally cheap or nothing.
Edit: By the way, I'm specifically referring to the computer. I have spare monitors and keyboards, so I am able to save in that regard.


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To the Editor,
Here is an excerpt from this writer in a letter that appeared on June 14, 2009, "Opinion is not fact:" "Talk radio and cable TV have dug a deep hole of negative reporting. The damage done to journalism as we once - truth is paramount - knew it may be irreparable."
This is Glenn Beck reflecting on his time at Fox News with Megyn Kelly on Jan. 22: "I made an awful lot of mistakes, and I wish I could go back and be more uniting in my language," Beck said, evoking a keen sense of sadness and regret. "I think I played a role, unfortunately, in helping tear the country apart, and it's not who we are.
"Now I look back and I realize if we could have talked about the uniting principles a little bit more instead of the problems, I think I would look back on it a little more fondly."
Beck admits his divisive language and outlandish conspiracy theories have played a role in tearing the country apart and has major regrets about his time at Fox News.
If Beck admits he played a role in tearing the country apart, must we assume Fox News itself is responsible for providing Beck with an audience to infuriate the public along with his cohorts Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Greta Van Susteren and Kelly? Throw in the puppeteers Bernie Golderg, Dennis Miller and Charles Krauthammer, and one can understand that talk radio and cable Fox News TV have dug a deep hole of negative reporting.
Contriteness to tearing the country apart is a serious offense and Fox News should not use of treat their listeners with pool hall mentality theories while laughing all the way to the bank. Repeat: The damage done to journalism by all cable TV pundits (including those at MSNBC) as we once - truth as paramount - knew it may be irreparable.
Just a thought: There must be some truth to climate change. The news channels spend 15 minutes of their hour hour news bite reporting the weather.
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In Shemona Esrei we Daven for Da'as - understanding, Teshuva, Geula - redemption, Refua - health, Parnassa - livelihood, etc. Yet nowhere to my knowledge do we Daven for our children. Is there perhaps somewhere we do? If not why not?
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This question comes from a faulty understanding of the purpose of shmonah esrei. The Rambam (sefer hamitzvos 6, and elsewhere) explains that tefilah (meaning specifically shmonah esrei) is an avodah. The purpose is to serve Hashem, not ourselves. We are having a convesation with Hashem about the ways in which we hope he will interact with the world. Even what may sound like personal bakashos (requests) are tied back into our desire to be able to serve our creator to the best of our abilities and so we ask for forgiveness or understanding not to fulfill a personal need, but as a way for us to be better avdei Hashem.
Therefore we don't daven for children, spouses, parents or any other relationship (why don't we daven for a good Rebbi?!) because our focus needs to be how we can serve God and how creation as a whole yearns to be connected to him.
I heard from R' Kelemen that he asked R' Volve this question, and his response was that davening for the needs of one's children cannot be limited to the set times of prayer. It is necessary at every moment of child-rearing.


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This is really basic (I'm new to this stuff), and doesn't even matter at all - But I'm just curious:
From my book:
If $R = (G,A,B)$ and $S = (H,B,C)$ the composition of $R$ and $S$ is known as $S \circ R = (H \circ G,A,C)$
First of all, if it says "of $R$ and $S$" I'd expect the $R$ to come first, and then the $S$. Which is not the case in $S \circ R$.
Even the graphs are inverted. I would expect $G$ to come first. But we got $(H \circ G,A,C)$.
I can live with that. But I'd like to know why is this the case. Why are they inverted?


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It's already back to $10.99. Where's the deal?
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The LDS (Mormon) Church has a visitor's center in Independence, MO, which area is apparently related to New Jerusalem. What is the significance of this in LDS theology and what is the LDS belief on this matter?
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The tenth Article of Faith, given by Joseph Smith to a newspaper as a brief overview of LDS beliefs and later accepted by the church as canonical, states:
(Note: The original text stated that it will be built upon "this, the American continent." The word "this" was removed after the worldwide growth of the church caused it to no longer make sense for a lot of church members.)
This article deals with LDS eschatology, and touches on both the Old and New Testaments. As the Wikipedia article notes, the New Jerusalem is mentioned in Ezekiel, and in the Book of Revelation it describes that the city would not simply be established on earth, but would descend from heaven, already built. It is frequently equated with Zion by scholars, and as the text of the tenth Article of Faith makes clear, Latter-Day Saints agree with that interpretation.
Genesis chapter 5 tells us of Enoch's surprisingly short lifespan compared to his contemporaries, cryptically stating that Enoch eventually "walked with God: and he was not; for God took him." Many Bible scholars interpret this as meaning that he was taken up to heaven without tasting death, much like Elijah. The Latter-Day Saints accept this interpretation, but also believe that Enoch was not alone.
Moses chapter 7, (part of an excerpt of Joseph Smith's unfinished project to produce an inspired translation of the Bible that would restore truths that had been lost and correct the errors of history,) tells of Enoch's work and ministry, describing him as a great prophet and a leader of men. He established a city which was named after the concept that it embodied:
The chapter closes with a description of the city's fate, just before the Flood:
Joseph Smith taught that the location of Zion, the city of Enoch, had been upon the American continent, and that it was to return from heaven as the prophesied New Jerusalem at the beginning of Christ's millennial rein, and be established upon its original site, in modern-day Missouri, and be joined with the righteous community that was established there in modern times. He explained that this was an important part of the meaning behind Isaiah 2: 3 (emphasis added):
Joseph Smith taught that the last part of this verse was not simply parallelism; it literally referred to two distinct places, and during the Millennium, there would be two world capitols, a political capitol at Zion (the New Jerusalem) and a spiritual center in Jerusalem.
For a more in-depth treatment of the topic, see Talmage's "The Articles of Faith", lecture 20 (covering Zion) and lecture 21 (covering Christ's millennial reign.)
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The city of Enoch, which was taken up into heaven, will descend and become the center of New Jerusalem. The reason for it being in Independence MO, is that the area is referred to as Adam-ondi-ahman in by the LDS church. Which could open up about a million more questions, but in short, it is believed to be the actual location of the Garden of Eden.
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Will have to wait until I am not at work, but involves the Second Coming, among other things.


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The TLC Experiment: Just How Dumb is The Learning Channel?
In today's super ultra modern world, learning is as easy as getting crabs from a public toilet seat. Just sit there long enough and it'll happen. Feeling confident that this itch-inducing belief is pretty much 100 percent accurate, I ventured forth to do what few men dared do before me. I would watch the Learning Channel for five days and, in the process, learn everything there is to know. About everything.
In an effort to maximize my knowledge, I equipped myself with a pen and notebook, and some Gatorade. It's a known fact that as your brain absorbs knowledge, the rest of your body loses valuable moisture and electrolytes and I'll be goddamned if I end this week as the smartest man alive only to die of dehydration. Stephen fucking Hawking would just love that. Suck it, Wheelie, you're going down.
Day 1
Things start out fairly promising. A solid two hour block of Cake Boss, a show that takes place in Carlo's Bake Shop in Hoboken, New Jersey. I like it already because Hoboken is one of the most hilarious place names on the map. Look, "hobo" is right in the word. Ha!
In my first two hours I learned that you can make a cake shaped like a bi-plane. You can make a cake shaped like a dragon. You can make a cake shaped like a roulette wheel. But you know what form cake can't take? Love.
Ass Cake with spine? Delicious!
Next up on the schedule? Another two hours of Cake Boss. Fire engine cake. Tiki cake. Leaning tower of Pisa cake. I don't want to sound ungrateful for all this free knowledge, but I'm starting to think all they do on this frickin' show is bake cakes shaped like things that aren't normally cakes.
You'll never guess what was on next. I'll give you a hint, it rhymes with "another four straight hours of Cake Boss." Fireworks cake. Roller skate cake. What could be next? Some kind of cake maybe? Some kind of fucking zany, novelty cake made by mafia stereotype bakers? Cage-fight cake.
The marathon continues until midnight, I shit you not. 16 full hours of Cake Boss. I checked online, there are only 30 half hour episodes of the show, including the newest episode which aired just last week. Do you know how many hours that is? 15. 15 hours. How the fuck did you run a 16 hour marathon of 15 hours worth of show, The Learning Channel?
Things I learned:
The Learning Channel can bend time like a sadistic contortionist obsessed with baked goods.
Preliminary Test:
I attempt to solve a Sudoku puzzle in under five minutes but fail miserably, not necessarily because I'm not smarter than I was yesterday, but because I'm not a single, 43-year-old woman.
Sudoku depression claims hundreds of victims every day
Day 2
After a fitful night of sleep, I return mildly refreshed but not particularly any more intelligent. With any luck the Cake Boss marathon is over and we can get on with learning everything the world has to teach me about things not related to cake shaped like Luke Perry.
We start our day with an hour block of Bringing Home Baby. It seems to be a show about the first day of life as a new parent. Fascinating. I bet you could make a baby-shaped cake super easy.
Next hour - A Baby Story. This show covers the final weeks of pregnancy and the first couple weeks with a child. So it's like the last show, only the camera crew wasn't as lazy. It makes me wonder if you made a baby cake out of chocolate, would it be racist? Would Asian babies be lemon cake? You'd think vanilla for white babies, but what about albino babies? Probably a little crass to make an albino baby cake.
That chimp stole my cake!
Next up is What Not to Wear. A shrill harpy and a homosexual degrade strangers for the clothes they wear. I learn something about tapered pants and vertical stripes. I can almost hear the mechanical taunts of Stephen Hawking.
Suddenly I'm hit with something new and my pen and notebook come alive in a flurry of knowledge preservation. The show is 18 Kids and Counting. What I learned? Freak shows are still in business.
As quick as "freak show" rolls off my pen, TLC treats me to Little People, Big World. It's a show about little people. I'm forced to assume the size of the world corresponds since they followed through on that first promise.
I'm hit with What Not to Wear again. I haven't even gotten dressed yet today, so your pleas are falling on deaf ears.
Goddamn Cake Boss is on next. I elect to take this opportunity to defecate and read some grocery fliers. At the same time! Maybe I am getting smarter.
As I re-enter the room, I'm horrified to discover TLC has bent time again. 19 Kids and Counting is on. I swear to God they had 18 kids like four hours ago, what the fuck?
Preview of next season's 32 Kids and Counting
To put me to bed in a rage, TLC opts to air two more shows about little people and another Cake Boss. The same Cake Boss that was just on. It was just on, The Learning Channel! Come on!
Things I learned:
The Learning Channel loves the circus, vertical stripes are slimming, there are babies, beans are on sale.
Interim Test:
After searching in the storage space under the stairs for 15 minutes, I find the Rubik's Cube I got when I was 10. I spend roughly 30 seconds trying to solve it before I notice two green stickers and one red are completely missing and many others seem to have been peeled and re-stuck. I forgot I did that.
Day 3
I feel like The Learning Channel has been testing me. Obviously I can't become the smartest man alive all catawampus. This kind of power belongs to the worthy. People who can sit through 16 hours worth of 15 hours of show. These past two days have been a test. Today I will learn a surefire way to convince hookers to pay me and the cure for cancer, just wait.
Same shows as yesterday start me off. In fact, the schedule is the same for the next 7 straight hours until something insane happens. 17 Kids and Counting is on. What kind of hijinks are going on here? Also, 17 kids or 19 kids, that woman must have a vagina like a windsock. A big, droopy, Shar Pei one.
Your breath smells funny, yes it does. Yes it does!
The next few hours repeat yesterday as well and I take the time to catch up on my correspondence. I also make myself some delicious Hawaiian Punch.
Next is Mystery Diagnosis. This show is straight up intense. Some kind of crazy shit is wrong with someone, and their family doctor is basically completely retarded, and so are like 5 other doctors. It's like House but without the cleavage, everyone's guessing, they're all idiots and then BAM! Turns out it was Hurler Syndrome the whole time, bitches! Give your medical degree back to that school in the Dominican, you failure.
Just what I think I'm becoming adept at diagnosing Crohn's disease, TLC switches gears and I get Obese and Pregnant. If you just snickered and called bullshit, you know how I feel. There's literally nothing to this program beyond what the name indicates. Everyone at The Learning Channel is horribly literal.
Not content to leave well enough alone, this is followed by Twins by Surprise. It's a show about women who have twins. Surprise!
Bet that leopard was surprised
For a nightcap, I'm treated to Toddlers and Tiaras, a show about beauty pageants for children that taught me I hate owning a television. You can go to prison in some countries if the last thing you see before bed is a bunch of six-years old in a swimsuit competition.
Things I learned:
TLC is fascinated by reproduction and if I ever get really sick, my doctor will be of no help.
Interim Test 2:
I have a friend write out 25 words on cue cards that I will read through once and attempt to write out again from memory, in order. The test fails when the second card verifies my fear that he wrote "cock juggler" on each and every card.


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As an online shopper I'm always looking for the best price or deal. A while back a friend told me about Bargain Match (http://cb.bargainmatch,com) and not too long after that eBates (http://www.ebates.com) shows up.
I've earned and redeemed nearly $150.00 in cash back in the past year and a half shopping at the same sites I normally would, like Buy.com, Sears.com, Target.com, Newegg.com, Drugstore.com and more.
Often times I find that some of the deals posted here on deals.woot are also listed on 3rd party cash back sites. Sometimes the cashback is less than 1% and other times I've earned 8% cash back but the truth is over time all of that adds up.
My question to you is have you considered using a 3rd party that offers cash back? Why or why not?
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I use several different sites. Don't forget FatWallet, they have a program also.
I use FatWallet.
I've been using ebates for years. It really pays off after the holidays. They issue the refunds quarterly and I've always gotten money back -- anywhere from $15 to $50.
I used to use ebates but now pretty much shop with upromise since I get cash back for my son's education.
Actually, I use Upromise, too, but not as often, for my niece.
I've been weary of using these sites, mainly because I worry about giving information to unknown 3rd parties, and because they seem like a lot of work (and I'm not great about remembering to request my rebates by the deadline). I'm glad you posted this so I can feel safer about signing up for them - I'm definitely going to look into it now, thanks for starting the conversation!
Anyone have any feedback on Upromise and if they have redeemed any of the cash yet? I've been considering signing up to pay down some of my student loans but haven't found any real-people comments on if it's a good program. Let me know if I should post a separate question so I don't hijack this one, but it seems related enough.
@kristiwsu: You might get better responses if you create a new question about Upromise as more people would see it in the title.
Myself, I like Bargain Match because they have a browser plugin that will remind you when you visit a participating site so it simplifies things. It works in both IE and FF. All I had to do was give them my PayPal email address and I can request cash back at any time.
I signed up for eBates but found that the cash back % was lower for most sites so I really didn't stick with it.
I didn't know about FatWallet but I'll add that to my list too!
Most of my cash back comes from things I was buying anyways, like gifts (iPod Touch for my wife), some IP cameras, computer parts from Newegg, health items from Drugstore.com (use my Flex Spending Account deit card and earned cash back!)
I remember when Bing had a cashback program that worked with eBay. I got $250+ in cashback on things I was buying anyway.
Now I mainly use Bank of America's "Add It Up" program and Mr. Rebates.
Most work on an affiliate program basis. They get a kickback from the site you buy from, and in turn, they give you a small percentage of that. Sometimes, they get volume bonuses so even though their initial per-transaction earnings may be tiny, they can increase what they pay out to you by figuring in their bonuses.
I've never used them, but now I'm interested. Thanks for the heads-up.
I always mean to but can never remember to.
I've used Ebates religiously for a couple years now and am approaching $500 total cash back since I started. I use them for everything. I will check out the others mentioned here though if their cash back percentages are higher!
I've used ebates for several years. I wish Amazon was on somebody's list.
I actually run BargainMatch, so I definitely use it. My balance is now up to $337!
If anyone is interested in giving it a try (or is already a user), shoot me the email address you registered with at BargainMatch and I'll put $10 into your account as a thank you for trying us out. You can reach me at support (at) bargainmatch.com. I've used both FatWallet and eBates in the past, and we've tried to improve the experience...making it easier to get the best prices on product with shopping comparison, paying people faster, etc. Let me know if you have any questions.