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The polar bear's future is literally melting away along with the Arctic sea ice beneath its feet. Meanwhile, some countries continue to allow the bears to be hunted for sport and their body parts to be sold legally in the international commercial market.
The polar bear has been sending us a desperate S.O.S. There have been documented reports of polar bears drowning and starving — and of snowy dens collapsing on newborn cubs and their mothers from unseasonable rains. The world no longer has any polar bears to spare — certainly not to end up as a rug in front of a trophy hunter's fireplace. We have to put a stop to the worldwide commercial trade in polar bear parts.
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Paulinho with Barkley on the bench as midfield cover.
Michu with someone cheap on the bench who won't play (no mid cover).
Januzaj with Livermore from Hull on the bench as midfield cover.
My mids include Ramsey and Ozil who i'm not positive are definite starters so cover might be a good idea!
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Published: Thursday, March 23, 2006 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, March 23, 2006 at 12:25 a.m.
The League of Women Voters held a Town Hall style meeting Tuesday allowing residents to ask questions of seven candidates seeking election to a state or local office.
Candidates for the 117th District of the N.C. House Shannon Baldwin and incumbent Carolyn Justus, District Attorney candidates Will Cathey and incumbent Jeff Hunt, Clerk of Court candidates Kim Gasperson-Justice and T.C. Thompson and Register of Deeds candidate Nedra Moles.
Evona Kilpratrick, who will appear on the ballot as a candidate for Register of Deeds, sent a letter explaining that she, "has had a change of heart" and will not be actively campaigning for the position.
N.C. House
Q: How can we protect our mountain towns from the affect of economic development?
Baldwin: We cannot over develop to the point that it destroys air and water quality. It's all about sustainability and not degrading our natural resources.
Justus: One of the most basic needs is economic development and jobs. We need to make sure that industry is good and a clean industry when it comes to Henderson County.
Q: Would you be willing to vote for a raise in the state minimum wage?
Baldwin: Not having much time to research the matter, at this time I would not be inclined to vote for a raise.
Justus: I would have to do some research. One side of the argument says that minimum wage makers are high school students, if that's not true something needs to be done. It deserves a good hearing in Raleigh.
District Attorney
Q: What actions are necessary to deal with illegal immigrants?
Cathey: They are in the state illegally, and we can let them go to Atlanta and back to Mexico City.
Hunt: That is a federal issue the jurisdiction is in federal court. There is new legislation in the works that would certify local law enforcement in immigration law.
Q: Why hasn't Gail Gash been tried for murder?
Cathey: (In his opening statement said that if elected getting cases such as the Gash case to trial would be a top priority) I said what I said and you can hold me to it.
Hunt: There are a bunch of reasons. The defense attorneys are not ready for trial. My office is trying to get everything done and plan for a trial in the late spring or early summer. As cases go in North Carolina this is not an old case. I am also limited on what I can say about the case, and I hate that.
Clerk of Court
Q: What are the duties of the Clerk of Court?
Justice: The Clerk of Court office is unique. The office is basically split between administration, record keeping and judicial, making decisions on estate matters.
Thompson: The Clerk's office is the hub of the court system. With out the Clerk's office the district attorney and the judges can't do their job.
Q: Is there an appeal process for a clerk's ruling?
Justice: There is an appeal in Superior Court.
Thompson: I am unsure.
Register of Deeds
Q: Please explain why more records are not available online?
Moles: It is our choice not to put those records online due to worldwide access to social security numbers and other privacy issues. There is a law that will allow for those numbers to be removed, but it requires the citizens to request that those numbers not be included. Until more citizens know about this law that is why some records are not available online at this point.
Q: What would you do to protect citizens from identity theft?
Moles: Not put your records on the Internet. Until people are educated on how to protect themselves, I will protect you.
All Candidates
Q: Why are you qualified?
Baldwin: I have a graduate degree in public administration. We need to think outside the box. I have been a town planner, town manager and now a commissioner. I know how government works on the local level and that is a good way to move to the state level.
Justus: I believe because I worked 18 years with my late husband, and I understand the system. I have served you now for four years and I work on the issues you have with the state government.
Cathey: At one time I had a 100 percent conviction rate in Polk County. Ask your police and fire departments and they will tell you.
Hunt: I have been a defense attorney and prosecutor. The district attorney's office is a law firm that represents you the people. I know how to deal with both the legislature and the administrative office of the courts.
Thompson: I am extremely efficient and have a high level of energy and innovation. I have been in the trenches working as a deputy clerk of court. I also have the contacts with the administrative office of the courts to know who to contact if a question arises.
Justice: I have practiced law for 17 years. For the first few years I did criminal law, then moved in the area of guardianships and estates. I believe my legal background helps me to know how to tackle the issues.
Moles: I started my career as a paralegal and wondered why the register of deeds do what they do. Now I know why because I have walked in those shoes for 12 years. I feel qualified and it is your records I want to protect.
-- John Harbin
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said a potential European resolution mechanism to wind down failed banks must not come at the expense of Europe's taxpayers. A "solidarity fund" to support cash-strapped governments will serve primarily to boost competitiveness, Merkel also said after a meeting of European Union leaders today in Brussels.
On bank supervision and resolution:
"We need two things besides the supervision mechanism: once supervision is in place, which will be in March 2014, we need on the one hand rules for the direct recapitalization of banks that are supervised by the European supervisor."
"Secondly, and that's something Mario Draghi as president of the European Central Bank made clear today, we also need a legal framework to wind down banks that are under European supervision, if needed. It says very clearly in the documents that these resolution mechanisms mustn't come at the expense of taxpayers but must be designed in a way that those who are responsible for adverse developments at banks carry the burden."
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In my last post on the SQL Server China R&D team, I brought up culture as one of the most important leadership challenges in building up a team. How do we ensure that a team grows up with the "right" culture? And what exactly is this "right" culture anyway? In this post, I want to delve into these questions in a bit more detail.
Let's start with the definition of the word first – Merriam-Webster defines culture as
Main Entry: 1cul·ture Pronunciation: 'k&l-ch&rFunction: nounEtymology: Middle English, cultivated land, cultivation, from Anglo-French, from Latin cultura, from cultus, past participle
the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations b : the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group; c : the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution or organization d : the set of values, conventions, or social practices associated with a particular field, activity, or societal characteristic
So, culture is about shared attitudes, values, goals and practices. Every organization has a culture, whether one that has been fostered intentionally, has evolved in a grass-roots manner or some combination of the two. Sometimes, organizations are very explicit about verbalizing the kinds of values and cultural attributes they would like to foster. But it should be no surprise that most people cannot understand, or even remember, what the "mandated" culture of an organization is supposed to be. Each of us grew up with some cultural background, but probably not many of us would say that we acquired our cultural leanings by reading a set of values in a document. Most of us imbibe culture through our daily lives, through everyday experiences, actions, reactions, positive and negative rewards and reinforcements, from a variety of quarters – our elders, superiors and peers. Over time, these values and patterns of behaviors become ingrained in our very being and we then become part of the "established culture", doing our part in passing that culture on to others in the organization.
Research shows that culture, once ingrained, can be very difficult to change or "unlearn", for individuals and even more so for groups or organizations. At the same time, over the long term, culture has been shown to be a much more reliable and important factor that differentiates successful organizations from average or below-average ones, much more so than business strategy, a particular technological or process advantage, or even particular leadership howsoever charismatic or visionary it might be. That is why it is so important, IMHO, to start off a team with the "right" culture, howsoever each organization might define right.
For a team such as the SQL Server R&D team in China, clearly a lot of the "right" culture for us follows from the culture of our "parent" team in Redmond. Of course, we will interpret and adapt and bring our own local flavor to this culture here in China, but many of the essential characteristics that define who we are and how we behave we will inherit from the larger SQL Server R&D team. So what are some of the elements of this "SQL Server culture"? It is hard to give a definition or boil down to a few bullet points to things that have been accumulated over a period of many years, but let me try to list here a few things that I believe are core to the SQL team:
Systems Culture: We are a systems team. We build mission-critical platform software which is used by tens of thousands of organizations to build and run business-critical applications that are in turn used by hundreds of millions of people world-wide every day, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We build software that has a lifetime of years, indeed decades. Any mistake or weaknesses, whether in design or implementation or in our processes or methodology, can and will show through. The bar is high! To be successful in this kind of an environment, we need a mind-set of being professional grade engineers (see below). Amateurs need not apply!
IC Culture: Building mission-critical systems software is a craft that takes years to learn. We often tell engineers when they're hired, especially those coming straight out of universities, that they won't even be fully productive until 3 to 4 years into their job! While this might sound hyperbolic, it is actually true. By the time an engineer learns what customers want, how to translate that into a product or feature, what is good design versus bad design (versus great design), what tradeoffs to make, how to write robust, secure, reliable, scalable high-performance code that is maintainable and supportable in the field, and to do all this in a productive way working in a team environment, it is going to be several years. This is the process of transforming a smart fresh graduate into a professional grade engineer and there are no short-cuts.
So what is IC culture? IC is Microsoft-speak for Individual Contributor – as opposed to lead or manager. When a business depends on deep technical skill and knowledge like ours does, we have to value the individual contributor. We cannot build a product like SQL Server if every smart engineer wants to stop writing code 4 years into their career and start only managing people. I often cite this statistic – Microsoft has dozens, perhaps hundreds, of VPs world-wide, but only 14 Technical Fellows (and we are fortunate to have 2 of those in SQL Server). The take-way is not that a VP is not an important post, but that at Microsoft, and definitely in SQL Server, we very highly value people who want to remain technical through their career. In a way, Bill Gates himself is the ultimate IC – sure he has a staff, but his main role as Chief Software Architect (CSA) of the company is to help chart the technical direction for the company. There can be no greater testament to the value placed on ICs and deep technical knowledge in our environment.
In fact, I believe this point is so fundamental, I'd like to step back here for a moment from SQL Server or Microsoft or any particular company. In my travels around the region, many people express a belief/hope that the Asia-Pacific region as a whole and in particular countries such as China and India shall increasingly take on the mantle of technological leadership in the world economy. Obviously there is a wealth of talent in this region that provides the necessary conditions for this to happen. However, there is also no doubt in my mind that if this region is really to get to that next step where long term product and industry innovations are being driven from labs and companies here, we have to create a culture that values deep technical achievement. In today's environment, when I talk to college students about their career aspirations, 8 out of 10 want to be managers within a few years of graduating. We simply cannot expect to build the next generation of technological leadership on such a foundation. I see valuing deep technical knowledge and the IC culture as an imperative for the entire eco-system in this Asia-Pacific region, not just for a particular company or group.
Innovation culture: The database industry is a mature one: 30+ years, 20+ billion USD in annual revenues world-wide. It'd be easy to think that innovation is not a driving force in this industry at this stage. You'd be dead wrong! In my earlier post on the transformation from Database to Complete Data Platform, I described the unprecedented breadth and depth of challenges facing our field. To tackle these challenges successfully, innovation needs to be a core value in our genes, or else we'll be extinct soon enough. Innovation can be big or small, technological or process oriented, but innovation needs to be a daily value that every employee lives and breathes. SQL Server has had a history of innovating in ways that fundamentally changed even this mature industry – pioneering ease of use and auto-management, integrated BI capabilities in the core platform, dramatically simplified developer experience. Today, we continue that tradition with many break-through technologies in the next release of SQL Server such as the Entity Data Model. We will absolutely need to continue to this focus on innovation going forward.
Customer-focus: In today's super-charged environment, it is easy to focus on the competition and forget about the customer. But it is vital to understand that the way to beat the competition is by serving your customer, not the other way around. Customer-focus is not the job of one particular department or role. Sure there will be customer-facing departments like our Customer Support Services (CSS) and various other field organizations. But customer-focus is vital to job of every single individual throughout the organization. Without knowing what the customer ultimately wants, you cannot do your job properly – regardless of whether you are a developer, tester, program manager, architect or even an admin! There is no easier way to become obsolete than to lose touch with what the customer wants. On our team, it is mandatory for every employee to spend some portion of their time with customers, whether it be through participation in newsgroups and forums, attending customer conferences, or a variety of other ways.
"Do the right thing": I could go on about other values we cherish within SQL Server and Microsoft, such as respect for diversity, being open and honest yet respectful, taking on big challenges etc. While these are all great values and ones we do indeed cherish, if you talk about everything you talk about nothing. So I would like to conclude by focusing on a summary value that I call "do the right thing". I admit it may sound a bit sappy, but it is true that this is something we strive hard to live by in SQL Server. Whether it is with regard to a customer issue, a product issue or an internal issue, this is a motto that guides us in our day-day work. I'll give you a couple of examples. I'm sure every SQL Server customer remembers the Slammer worm to this day. This one event completely changed our approach to software development within SQL Server. When the worm hit, we had actually just gone through a security push and released SQL Server SP3 (which actually included a fix for the exploit used by this worm). However, once this problem hit, it was no longer a question of whether we had issued a fix or not. We had to help our customers get their systems back up and running as quickly as possible in a safe way. The SQL Server team mounted a Herculean effort in the short term to produce the tools and guidance needed for customers to recover their systems. But it is the long term changes we made – in our development processes, in our disaster-preparedness, in our entire approach to security – that stand out in my mind. The results of those efforts have proven themselves over the last several years as SQL Server has proved itself to be one of the most secure products on the market. Does this mean we will never have a vulnerability or an exploit again? Clearly, the answer is no. But what we can say is that we're working hard every day to make that as unlikely an event as possible, and we're also constantly prepared to be ready to respond if such an event does occur again.
Another example I'll cite is the case of the Database Mirroring (DBM) feature in SQL Server 2005. As one of the most important and popular features in the release, clearly there was a pressure on us to ship this feature. However, as we got close to the end-game of shipping SQL Server 2005, it became clear to us that we would not have the time to run this feature in production (both internally within Microsoft and at selected customer sites) for the duration we would need to have a crucial high-availability feature like DBM be certified for production use. So we had a difficult set of choices – delay the release, ship DBM anyway, or pull the feature from the release. None of them were easy choices – if they were, we would not be talking about them. But in the end, we decided the right thing to do was to ship SQL Server 2005 but not certify DBM for production use, complete the production-test runs in due course, and then certify DBM for production use with SP1. Sure, there was pain associated with this decision in the short term, but looking back customers now tell us they appreciated the extra care and effort that we put in to make sure the feature was completely ready before we let them use it in production.
Hopefully these couple of examples give you an idea of what we mean by "do the right thing." There are so many more examples that come to mind but this post is long enough already. I hope you also got a sense for what we mean when we say "SQL Server culture." It is going to be an interesting challenge to make sure our SQL Server China R&D team grows up with the important elements of this culture ingrained in us as we grow the team over the next few years. But that is a core part of the commitment we made when we decided to create this team.
Until next time – cheers and zai-jian!
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Forty Years of Change in the Bulrush Marshes of the St. Lawrence Estuary and The Impact of the Greater Snow Goose
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During its spring and fall migrations, the Greater Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens atlanticus) stages in the marshes along the St. Lawrence Estuary in southern Quebec, where it feeds on three-square bulrush (Schoenoplectus americanus) rhizomes. The goose population has grown from 70 000 birds to around one million over the last 40 years, thus increasing pressure on these tidal marshes. To determine the impact of geese on the ecological integrity of the marshes over this period, we used IKONOS satellite imagery and aerial photographs to classify vegetation types. We estimated changes in bulrush cover using the eCognition image analysis software (Trimble). We examined the spectral, textural, and contextual characteristics of the identified classes. The proportion of bulrush cover has declined significantly in the lower marsh since around 1980, and bulrush has been gradually replaced by wild rice (Zizania aquatica var. brevis). We also documented the erosion between the lower and upper marshes along most of the shoreline.
KeywordsRemote sensing Bulrush Marsh Greater Snow Goose Object-based classification Erosion
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- Forty Years of Change in the Bulrush Marshes of the St. Lawrence Estuary and The Impact of the Greater Snow Goose
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Volume 32, Issue 6 , pp 1175-1188
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- 2012-12
- 10.1007/s13157-012-0347-z
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- 0277-5212
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- 1943-6246
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- Springer Netherlands
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- Remote sensing
- Bulrush
- Marsh
- Greater Snow Goose
- Object-based classification
- Erosion
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- Matthieu Allard (1)
- Richard A. Fournier (1)
- Marcelle Grenier (2)
- Josée Lefebvre (3)
- Jean-François Giroux (4)
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- 1. Department of Applied Geomatics, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boul. de l'Université, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, J1K 2R1
- 2. Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, 351 boul. Saint-Joseph, Gatineau, Québec, Canada, K1A 0H3
- 3. Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, 801-1550, avenue d'Estimauville, Québec City, Québec, Canada, G1J 0C3
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Published: Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 6:18 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 6:18 p.m.
OUMA — The Terrebonne Levee District is beginning maintenance projects aimed at repairing and elevating levees in Dularge that have been exposed to erosive waters and sunken to as little as 5 feet in some spots. But new hurricane protection levees for the community, which flooded during hurricanes Rita and Ike, could still be more than a year away.
"There's all the government red tape, and they're working the parish from east to west," said Dularge resident and Constable Dale Theriot. That puts Dularge, Terrebonne's westernmost bayou community, toward the bottom of the list. "But it's never fast enough when people's houses have flooded."
Terrebonne Levee Director Reggie Dupre said the Levee District plans to use its own equipment to place rocks along the eroding bank of the Brady Road levee on the west side of lower Dularge. The southernmost 2 miles of levee has experienced erosion due to water lapping against the levee from passing boats in nearby Bayou Dularge, he said. The Levee District has also budgeted $500,000 this year to rehabilitate a levee on the lower eastern side of Bayou Dularge. The district plans to fill in low spots and attempt to raise that levee as high as 8 or 9 feet.
Whereas most Terrebonne communities will gain a double-layer of protection from improved drainage levees currently being bolstered to the tune of $80 million by the parish government, and the local Morganza-to-the-Gulf levee officials are building right now, only an easily-overtopped drainage levees protect lower Dularge from the Gulf. And some spots in the levee have sunk as low as 5 feet, Dupre said.
The Houma Navigation Canal funnels a lot of water up into the community during storms. Upper Dularge residents also complain the current levees have only exacerbated their flooding problems. The community currently has levees along its west side, running parallel to Dr. Beatrous Road. There's also a levee on the lower east side of Dularge.
During Hurricane Ike, residents said, areas north of Falgout Canal flooded the worst because water stacked up against the east side levees until it overtopped at the northern end. The water then became trapped by levees on the west side of the community and unable to drain, causing more damage.
Dularge Fire Chief Quint Liner agrees levees on the east side of Dularge are important to protect the community, but he worries that raising the southern levees first, like the Levee District plans to, would only worsen flooding in northern parts of Dularge.
Liner's Dularge Volunteer Fire Station was destroyed by flooding during Hurricane Ike, and FEMA gave the fire department money to rebuild an elevated station, which should be finished in April. That station will be rebuilt north of Falgout Canal and won't be protected by these new levee improvements. The northern part of Dularge needs better protection, he said.
Public officials have said areas like Dularge are closer to the Atchafalaya River, and have experienced less drastic wetland loss and have more of a buffer against storms. But Liner said they're losing land too, and feeling the effects.
"We're more vulnerable now," Liner said. "It's because we're losing so much coast. When Little Caillou floods, and Grand Caillou floods, you know within 24 hours we're going to have the water."
After Hurricane Ike, the parish had proposed raising the Dr. Beatrous Road levee to 10 feet, resulting in a mass protest from Dularge residents who believe the levee does them no good. The $14 million was granted to the Levee District to build a 3-mile levee south of Falgout Canal Road, which the Levee District says will help to lessen flooding in Dularge.
Terrebonne Parish Manager Al Levron said the parish is doing some smaller projects to improve and extend levees in the High Street area, and build a ramp in the road to close off levees around Sunrise Gardens in the Tina Street neighborhood. But the parish's main levee project planned for Dularge is a $15 million project that will build a levee from Marmande Canal down the east bank of Dularge to Falgout Canal. That would close off the gap in protection that's caused residents in upper Dularge to flood.
Since there's no existing levee to build on top of, the parish has to go through a comprehensive environmental review and land-rights agreement process to build the levee. The environmental review is going on right now, but Capital Projects Administrator Jeanne Bray said there are many residents the parish must secure land rights from to get the project done. She said because of that, the levee likely won't go to construction until next year.
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What do people want from debt panel?
Published: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 10:57 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 10:57 a.m.
WASHINGTON — Americans have advice for congressional leaders who have to choose the members of the deficit "super committee" by next week: Pick appointees who are ready to deal.
In a USA Today/Gallup Poll, six in 10 of those surveyed said members of the joint panel established in the debt-ceiling negotiations should be willing to reach an accord, even if it means making major compromises.
Just over a third said the members should stand firm on principle, even if doing so blocks an agreement.
While a majority of Democrats, Republicans and independents endorse doing what it takes to reach an agreement, supporters of the Tea Party disagree: 53 percent said they want committee members who will stand on principle no matter what.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Tuesday that he will name Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., to serve as the co-chair of the panel. His other two picks are Sens. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and John Kerry, D-Mass. He said the three senators "each possess an expertise in budget matters, a commitment to a balanced approach and a track record of forging bipartisan consensus."
The poll's findings underscore the difficult task ahead for the 12-member panel. By Thanksgiving it is supposed to come up with a plan to reduce the federal deficit over 10 years by $1.5 trillion, on top of more than $900 billion in spending cuts already promised.
If the panel can't agree, or if Congress blocks their proposal, $1.2 trillion will be cut automatically from defense and non-defense spending.
So how to reach a deal?
The poll finds solid majorities in favor of raising income tax rates on top earners (66 percent), raising revenues by making changes in the tax code (60 percent) and cutting domestic spending (59 percent).
There was a closer divide and higher opposition to more controversial steps.
Fifty-one percent oppose cutting defense spending; 47 percent support it. And on making significant changes to Social Security and Medicare to save money, 56 percent oppose, 42 percent favor.
The Tea Party movement has driven the debate so far and will continue to do so, says Mark Meckler, co-founder and national coordinator of Tea Party Patriots.
"The people who are engaged and really care and take action are opposed to this kind of deal-making," he says. "We've been making these kind of deals and we've compromised our way into $17trillion worth of debt."
However, Lanae Erickson of the centrist think tank Third Way sees risks for the GOP with a hard-line stance. "This could be dangerous for Republicans, if they're really being run by the Tea Party," she says. "Moderate Americans are really fed up with this gridlock."
Each of four congressional leaders is supposed to appoint three members to the panel by Aug.16.
House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell say they won't appoint anyone who is willing to raise taxes. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi says she'll choose appointees who will "fight to protect" Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Reid had said he wanted committee members who have "open minds."
Erickson says it's no surprise that in the survey Democrats are more open to compromise than Republicans, 67 percent compared to 55 percent.
To win national elections, she notes in a study being released by Third Way this week, Republicans can rely on energizing the nation's conservative voters and attracting some of the moderates. Democrats, however, must not only hold liberals but also gain 60 percent or more of moderates.
The survey of 1,319 adults, taken Thursday through Sunday, has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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I suggest everyone trying out this Quiz, I think it's quite "accurate" (it's based on that Zombie Survival Guide) :
I think I would go to the nearest school, should be quite lot of supplies there, expect any weapons. There are small stores nearby too.
I would just try to keep zombies from getting inside until someone comes to help. And I would take family/close friends with me, if I could.
i got a z+ is that good lame that after wards they tell you the answers


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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- In 2007, at the age of 28, Cliff Lee got shipped to the minor leagues by the Cleveland Indians to iron out his delivery. He had to climb the bush-league ladder all over again: He began at Single-A, worked his way up to Double-A and made eight starts at Triple-A.
A season later, Lee won 22 games and captured the American League Cy Young award. He has been one of baseball's most imposing pitchers ever since.
Is there a lesson in here somewhere for Scott Kazmir?
It was hard to avoid that question after watching Lee out-pitch Kazmir in the Seattle Mariners 8-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. It continues to be a season in which one step forward results in a long backward slide for Kazmir, one of the Angels' highest-paid players. Angels manager Mike Scioscia said Kazmir is close to ironing out his issues, but the results would seem to argue otherwise: After nine starts, Kazmir (3-5) has a 6.34 ERA and has allowed 79 base runners in 49 2/3 innings.
Last week in St. Louis, Kazmir retired 17 straight St. Louis Cardinals at one point. Friday night, even after the Angels somehow scored two runs off Lee in the first inning, Kazmir didn't know what to do with the lead: He blew it all and then some in a three-run Mariners rally after he'd gotten two outs in the third.
"There's nothing else to say, it's just frustrating," Kazmir said. "It feels like when I go out there, everything feels great, then the next thing you know I get two quick outs and, before I could blink, two runs are a cross, three runs are across."
If it's frustrating for Kazmir, imagine how owner Arte Moreno must feel. He owes Kazmir at least another $20 million for the next two seasons. For the investment so far, the Angels have gotten five regular-season wins and two sub-par playoff starts out of him. The Angels picked up Kazmir from the Tampa Bay Rays after the trade deadline last year and it's becoming more and more apparent why no other team bothered to claim him off waivers. He's only 26, but his arsenal of pitches is nothing like what it was a few years ago.
It's a different problem every start. For much of the season, Kazmir complained of his inability to throw his slider. Friday, he had that and a pretty decent changeup, too, but he couldn't get his fastball into good locations. He tried to jam right-handed hitters and instead left the ball dangling over the plate. Jose Lopez hit one of those over the left-field wall for a solo home run in the fourth.
If the Angels are considering a drastic move with Kazmir, Scioscia isn't letting on. Then again, he's usually pretty good at keeping his poker face.
"We're going to have to keep working at it. I'm certainly disappointed in his start tonight, especially coming off the way he pitched in St. Louis, but we'll keep going," Scioscia said. "He's pretty close. I don't think there are a lot of major things we're going to need to do with Kaz."
Lee (3-2) is the finished product. After his shaky first inning, the Angels looked overmatched the rest of the night. He struck out 10 batters in eight innings and has now walked three batters in 44 2/3 innings this season.
You could have predicted Friday's outcome by glancing at the pitching probables.
It's getting hard to watch the decline of Scot Shields.
The man who Sports Illustrated dubbed the "Setup Man of the Decade" has mostly been setting the table for opposing teams. Shields had another rough outing Friday, giving up three hits, a walk and hitting Ichiro Suzuki in the foot with a curveball.
The Mariners would have scored more than two runs off Shields, but their third base coach Mike Brumley inexplicably held Suzuki from scoring from second on Franklin Gutierrez's single to right. Chone Figgins missed the stop sign and raced for third, allowing Mike Napoli to tag out Suzuki.
Opponents have a .460 on-base percentage against Shields this season.
Scioscia was asked afterward if Shields' roster spot was in jeopardy. If the team releases Shields, it would have to pay him the remainder of his $5.35 million salary.
"Nobody is under a microscope here, but especially in the pitching -- we're focusing a lot on our bullpen -- we need some of those guys to get into their game to give us a little bit of stability," Scioscia said.
Scene and heard
Most players consider interviews to be a bit of a drag, but few of the Angels seemed to mind when Japanese actress and one-named model Sheila asked them to speak on camera for a Japanese TV show. Sheila, who was born in Cuba, spoke with several of the Angels' Latino players in Spanish.
Quote of the day
"That was very frustrating. I give up a bloop single to Ichiro. That's how he gets his hits, so you can't be too mad at that. The walk to Figgins, that's what really hurt." -- Kazmir on giving up three runs after getting two outs in the third inning. Figgins is batting .196.
Looking ahead
The Mariners, who had two off days last week, changed their pitching rotation to keep Felix Hernandez closer to his normal four days' rest. Hernandez (2-4, 3.80 ERA), the Cy Young runner-up last year, will pitch Saturday opposite the Angels' No. 1 starter, Jered Weaver (4-2, 3.36). Ian Snell (0-3, 4.32) now will pitch Sunday for Seattle.
Weaver and Hernandez hooked up May 7 in Seattle and it wasn't much of a pitcher's duel. Weaver took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Hernandez couldn't get out of the fourth in an 8-0 Angels win. Weaver hasn't won since then. The Angels have lost in four of his last five starts.
Mark Saxon covers the Angels for ESPNLosAngeles.com.


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why did you hate the tune? Fuel and boost is how you make power on a alh. Can't have more power without smoke.
Unitronic is like 300ftlbs of tq. How could you not like that.
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why did you hate the tune? Fuel and boost is how you make power on a alh. Can't have more power without smoke.
Unitronic is like 300ftlbs of tq. How could you not like that.
just chip your diesel and call it a day.
It will be faster anyway.
Very nice.
I always enjoyed ordering and often times getting candy.
Mil.Spec is a Metal Substrate Cat
I went this direction when I did my full 3 inch dual cat system.
Do you have the car down here in FL? I'm in Orlando and would be interested in taking a look at it.
I don't mean to interrupt your thread. But i would love to see a unitronic/hpa dyno...
It will be worth the wait... I do believe. Congrats again on the monster.
That is a pretty bold statement.
Some interesting threads as to late. I'm another happy HPA customer. I really don't understand where a lot of the drama comes from. The way I look at it is my FT465 is putting me to the limits on 1...
why did you opt for the Unitronic tune over HPA?
sent message... I'm located in Orlando and interested.
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It's gonna be soooo cool when he unveils it at H2O......2011.
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Remember he doesn't work... So it may be possible.
you guys are racist... Why does it gotta be a black man...
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pops needs tires... who has the hook up?
well... so much for this sport alignment. The insides of my front tires are shot.... Ugh.... It definitely wasn't worth changing alignments.
What are some tire recommendations? I had Bridgestone...
I hear you guys.... Maybe I am turning into a wanker... I just need to do P90X.... Does anyone have DVD's I can borrow. My man boobs must be going to my head....
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Due to the upcoming nine-game football schedule in the ACC, Virginia Tech has updated their future non-conference schedules.
ACC teams will now play three non-conference games each season, and that forced Virginia Tech to shuffle some games.
The Daily Press reports that the Hokies have pushed back the start of their four-game, home-and-home series with East Carolina one year to 2015. Tech has also added a home game against the Liberty Flames to their 2016 schedule, which replaces a previously canceled game against Western Kentucky.
Virginia Tech has also canceled a 2015 home game against Akron, although a contract for that contest was never signed.
With these changes, the Hokies now have three non-conference games scheduled for 2013 through 2016. Tech also has two games penciled in for 2017 and one for 2019.
Here is a look at Virginia Tech's future football schedules (dates are tentative):
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Dr. Dre says Tupac hologram 'was not done for a tour'
Dr. Dre wanted to clear up some rumors about the Tupac Shakur "hologram" rumors by, in some ways, stoking them further.
The rapper/producer posted a video from the Coachella Valley Music & Arts festival last night (April 22) before taking the stage with Snoop Dogg and the technology sensation that is 2Pac's projection.
"It was strictly for Coachella, get it right," Dr. Dre said. "I want to get rid of all the rumors out there. This was not done for a tour."
After thanking the artists and organizers involved in putting the spectacular display of resurrection technology out there, he did also add that a tour isn't totally out of the question.
"If a tour happens, we'll see," he said. "[But] this was done strictly for Coachella 2012, baby, just for you."
And with a "we'll see," Dre keeps the mic on the stand.


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I want to setup magento enterprise edition for my site for that i want to go for two environments like one is development& testing environment and another one is live site. But i have only one server hosting with rackspace. Is there any possibility to separate two different environments even i change something in testing that should not affect live site.
Contact Magento to make sure. However, since it runs on Apache and MySQL, you could probably do a second installation to a different Apache site (or even different httpd instance) and use a second MySQL database.
Or you could install your test instance on a home machine, if you're the only one who will be doing testing.
Host your development environment in a virtual machine on the same server. That way, you can allocate specific resource limits to the virtual machine and changes won't impact the live site as it's a completely separate instance. VMWare server and Virtualbox are free solutions to do this.


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part 1 of my Boomtown diary for Broken Arrow can be read here....
stay tuned for more
Here you can listen to myself and other BA contributors Dan Young and Noah Moralis ramble on about what's going on at the magazine and the music world. Featuring chat about what we got up to at Hevy and Boomtown. We were also joined by a last minute guest, Waff Ill, local BMX rider who's signed to a fairly prestigious company
The link below you can read my latest feature for Broken Arrow Magazine on Ska Punk/Dub band Popes Of Chillitown,
They are a sick band and everyone needs to check them out!
One of the first local bands I ever saw in 2004, and tonight they're doing a one off show for charity! time to feel 14 again
They've kept me busy. I've been queuing up posts for their website and twitter. Data collection for their radio and tv plays then cataloging it. Same with magazines. Cutting out pages, scanning and cataloging them. Been researching for any recentish reviews of NB bands. I did a retail price difference and stock check for certain releases on Amazon, then I wrote a couple...
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not much has changed, still working, about to finish my year of college, and in general just been going to shows and hanging with mates, had my 24th at download festival...
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Hi all,
I'm very grateful for having lost my pregnancy weight. DD is 5 months old now... I do miss working out thought and I think I should start exercising soon.. It's just been hard to find the time.
Even though I've lost the weight, my stomach area is really not what it used to be.. not that I expect it to be but it's really really jiggly and I have major muffin(ssss) top! I can grab a handful of skin.. is this all fat or this it all loose skin?
I have been eating a lot of ice cream and sweets after my regular meals.. I know I should cut down on that.
In the 20 minutes I'm trying to find here and there, I'm wondering how I should target my workouts..low intensity cardio to get rid of fat if the middle is mostly fat or toning exercises if the middle is mostly just extended skin???


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customary whitebait fishing tidied up as soon as possible,
amid concerns the issue could blow up on the West Coast again
this season.
Problems arose two years ago when Te Runanga o Ngati Waewae
issued two permits to allow customary fishing on the Hokitika
River - just days after the public whitebait season had
At the time, the Department of Conservation said iwi fishing
was outside its management.
The West Coast Whitebaiters' Association took up the issue
with the parliamentary primary production select committee,
but Ngati Waewae said it was a lot of fuss over 5kg of
The committee has now released a briefing paper, which says
after the 2012 fishing incident, "no action was taken by the
responsible authority".
"We are concerned that if they are not swiftly addressed, the
issues raised by the West Coast Whitebaiters' Association
could lead to friction within the community, and may already
be doing so."
The committee said it recognised the challenge of balancing
customary fishing with the need to maintain or enhance fish
stocks, which had declined significantly.
"We urge the department to pursue a satisfactory solution for
all parties, as well as helping whitebait populations towards
recovery," if necessary by making regulations under the
Conservation Act.
Whitebaiters' association chairman Des McEnaney, of Awatuna,
said they were happy with the select committee conclusions.
The association told the select committee a customary fishing
event on the Hokitika River in 2012 had ignored responsible
Mr McEnaney told the Westport News that during the incident
some whitebaiters fished heavily for about a month after the
season ended.
They caught up to about 300kg and were reported to be selling
significant portions of it over the counter of a local pub.
They said they were fishing to supply a hui in Kaiapoi.
Mr McEnaney said the one-off event highlighted a serious
shortcoming in the legislation and the way whitebaiting was
being policed on the West Coast.
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BROOKLINE, Mass. - Two hours later, the U.S. Ryder Cup team would be spraying champagne from the balcony of the clubhouse. The hundreds of fans spread across the grounds below would be chanting, "Jus-tin Leon-ard, Jus-tin Leon-ard."
But that moment, that incredibly unlikely moment, was two hours away. At this time, Leonard was making the long walk from the 11th green, where he had just recorded his third straight bogey and fifth of the day, across the bridge to the 12th tee.
Hal Sutton, who had won his match to finish as the leading American point-getter, pulled Leonard aside. "Hey, man, you can do it. You've got it inside you," said Sutton, who would later say, "Justin's a great player. He just has to believe it sometimes."
Leonard responded with the greatest clutch putting of his career. From four down to Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal with seven holes to play, the Dallas resident gathered his game and rallied for a tie that propelled the U.S. team to victory in the Ryder Cup.
By the slimmest margin possible, 14 1/2 to 13 1/2, the Americans avenged two straight defeats to regain the Cup at The Country Club.
If the sporting world hadn't figured it out by now, 1999 belongs to Texas and Texans.
The Stanley Cup in Dallas. The NBA title in San Antonio. The WNBA championship in Houston. Lance Armstrong in the Tour de France. Finally, this improbable record-setting comeback produced by Leonard's hot putter.
Think this wasn't strange? Leonard hasn't won a Ryder Cup match in eight tries. But his 45-foot uphill birdie putt at 17, once Olazabal missed his long birdie try, gave the U.S. the winning margin in the Ryder Cup.
"I didn't know if I could make it," Leonard said. "Let's say this. I was trying to make it ... but I was also trying to get it close. The ball was destined to go in."
The record book says Leonard is 0-3-5 in Ryder Cup play, but that didn't keep teammates, wives and caddies from staging a wild, dancing, hugging victory party on the 17th green.
And that was before Olazabal got a chance to putt.
The European team complained about the celebration, and Crenshaw and Leonard apologized. But as Olazabal himself said: "The fact is they played better. They won the matches today, and so they won the match."
Leonard, who played poorly here the first two days, had a quick answer for NBC's Johnny Miller, who had said he had a hunch Leonard should have been home watching the match on TV.
"I'd just say it's probably a good thing I didn't go home," Leonard said.
Instead, he sent the Europeans home in disbelief. Leonard trailed Olazabal by four with seven to go. Combined with the leads Paul Lawrie, Colin Montgomerie and Padraig Harrington held at that time, those four victories would have provided a 14-14 final score that would have allowed Europe to retain possession of the Cup.
Someone had to make a move. Payne Stewart was closer, but somehow you knew Montgomerie would find a way to hang on for the point in that match. Start to finish, Montgomerie was the best golfer in the Ryder Cup.
Leonard said he was inspired by all the early leads his teammates gained, but he certainly didn't copy them. The nine Americans who teed off ahead of Leonard all shot 32 or 33 on the par-35 front nine.
Leonard shot 37.
His comeback began with pars on 12 and 13. On 14, Leonard's 15-foot birdie pulled him within one. On the par-4 15th, Leonard rolled in a 35-foot putt and then pumped his fists at having tied the match.
After both parred 16, Leonard's uphill 45-foot birdie on 17 delivered the match for the Americans. Assured of at least half a point, which proved to be the final margin when Olazabal birdied 18, the U.S. had the trophy.
Crenshaw, who had told reporters he believed in fate and said he felt good even with a 10-6 deficit Saturday night, explained himself Sunday.
"I really do believe in fate," he said. "And I know many of you know what happened here in 1913. We all know about Francis Ouimet and his victory against two of the finest British players at the time.
"I'll tell you one thing that's a little spooky. Justin Leonard made that putt on the 17th green. That's where Francis Ouimet made two 20-footers in regulation play and the playoff to win the (U.S.) Open. And his house is right across the street."
Ouimet's victory ended England's dominance of the Open, putting the U.S. on the map. Leonard's putt kept Europe from staging its third straight upset in the Ryder Cup, restoring the U.S. to golf supremacy.
If it wasn't a product of golf history, Leonard's putt instantly became a part of it.
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Australia Should Make 'Bold' Move on Climate, De Boer Says
Australia can influence global efforts to reduce carbon emissions and should make a "bold advance" to tackle the issue, said Yvo de Boer, former head of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
"Australia is well-positioned to make a move," De Boer, an adviser to KPMG International, told reporters in Sydney today. "Contrary to many other industrialized countries, you have not been severely affected by the economic crisis. You have a very energy-intensive economy, which is very clearly at odds with where the international community wants to go. I would argue this is the moment for Australia to make a bold advance."
Australia, the world's biggest coal exporter, will impose a price on carbon in July next year before the start of a trading system as early as 2015, according to plans set out by the ruling Labor Party. The opposition Liberal-National coalition has vowed to repeal Prime Minister Julia Gillard's proposal if it wins the next election.
Developed countries are falling "far short" of achieving a target of reducing emissions in a range of 25 percent to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, De Boer said. He is hearing companies in Australia and across the world "cry out for clarity" on the cost of greenhouse gas emissions, the former UN official said.
"We are nowhere near, as an international community, delivering on the ambitions that the scientific community has said we need to have if we're really going to address climate change in a fundamental way," he said.
China's Leadership
In countries such as China, economic expansion plans reflect an "understanding that we need to see a fundamental shift," he said. This is "not just because of climate change, but because of global trends that relate to energy prices, energy security, material scarcity, and the huge population growth coming our way," he said. "In a conversation about leadership, my inclination would be to point to countries like China, rather than a number of industrialized nations."
China, the biggest emitter, has set a target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions per unit of gross domestic product by between 40 percent and 45 percent by 2020 from 2005 levels.
"I often hear, 'Does it actually make any difference if Australia acts on this issue or not?' with the argument being that Australia is small," said De Boer, who is from the Netherlands.
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This Friday, Italian gothic doom metallers The Foreshadowing will release their fourth full-length, 'Seven Heads Ten Horns'. For a preview of the album, fans can hear the record in its entirety now at metalblade.com/theforeshadowingRead More
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Today, Hammers of Misfortune have released their sixth full-length, 'Dead Revolution'. To hear 'Dead Revolution' in its entirety, head over to MetalSucks.net for the exclusive album stream.Read More
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If flaccid, identikit, breakdown-laden 'metal' is the disease, Necromancing the Stone is the cure. Today, the band has launched a guitar play-through with Justin Wood for one of those tracks - 'Crusher' - via GearGods.net.Read More
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Backpackers Guide To AsiaTravel guide for three of the best countries to visit in Asia for backpackers
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Thanks to the folks over at Skilly Mag for their interest in OPZ! We had a blast talking with them. You kids can read about it right here: http://skillyonline.com/onplanetzu/
Another great write-up, thanks to Marquix Global Network! Head on over and tell 'em to holla at yo boi http://www.marquix.tv/features/onplanetzu.html
ONPLANETZU RELEASES A NEW TRACK TITLED "SKIPTOMYWU" New single debut from upcoming second album 'King of the Planet' Los Angeles, CA ( For Release: Sept 1, 2015) OnPlanetZu returns with a fresh sound for the summer with a new track titled "Skiptomywu". With the success of their first album 'Adventures of Yo Mama', which featured hit songs like "Speakers" and "Fire", the new single debuts off of their upcoming second album 'King of the Planet' and carries the same boldfaced intensity and originality the band is known for. Their new track is right on time for the summer and ready for continuous play in your speakers. OnPlanetZu certainly holds back no punches as "Skiptomywu" is audacious and delivers a nostalgic rhythmic flow of the 1980's era, touching on musical influences such as Public Enemy, KRSOne and the Wu Tang Clan. Their unconventional approach to making music has lead them to create great tunes that move their audience and keep the crowd captivated at every show. Follow @OnPlanetZu on Twitter for updates and which clubs and venues they will perform in and around Los Angeles.
Download the new release "Skiptomywu" currently available for purchase on Bandcamp at www.onplanetzu.bandcamp.com (King of the Planet). OnPlanetZu is an American electronic dance music Hip Hop band from Los Angeles, California. The band plans to debut a second single on September 1st with the official release of the entire album. King of the Planet was mastered at Cleopatra Records by Decoding Jesus (1/2 of the dubstep band, Blackburner). The new album has a strong electrozerg glow about it. Guest artists such as funkmaster, George Clinton, Angelo Moore from Fishbone & Dr.Mad Vibe, rapper girl legend Kayanne, and Brazilian Reggae master JahgunJahgun are just some of the voices you will hear on the 'King of the Planet' album.
Working on a new e.p. right now as GALILEE. Already it's getting some attention and filled with guest artists as an electrohop crossover release tentatively titled "The Dope Fiction". Guests include legendary hiphop guru C.L. Smooth, Zu [OnPlanetZu, Bazerk], 2 Tallin', Verce, Emaximus, Tee Munny, SUPA, Mike V, Jay Storm, I.N.X, Filthy J, A. Tone Da Priest and more. The e.p. will drop in time for Christmas worldwide on VOD Recordings. The single "Get Your Money Right" will also be included on this release. stay tuned for more info...
OnPlanetZu fans, do you like PUNK?
Bazerk, Zu's punk/metal/hiphop band will be playing a free show this sunday nite at Petie's Place in Tarzana, CA. 21+, 8pm
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It has just been confirmed that some OnPlanetZu minions will be hitting the streets as part of the new album, and we could not be happier. What does this mean? It means that Earthling ears will be hearing some new and possibly familiar personalities on some of our new tracks. Here on Planet Zu, we are always trying to break the boundaries of genre, traveling into the realm of the unpredictable. We hope you enjoy this mess of musical DNA we like to call OnPlanetZu.
Since y'all been wondering what's goin on and why is Zu here, then there, we gonna set the story straight. Your boi has been working on TWO albums. One for OnPlanetZu that is just a few sessions from being able to publish and one for Bazerk, which will contain massive new material and styles that you ain't heard from these guys before.
Will there be shows? Yes. Oh yes, there will be shows. We are currently working on solidifying a few dates and the summer performance list begins. So hang on, keep checkin in, and hit us up!
Our boi Douglas Garnett down at Skopemag took a listen to OnPlanetZu and decided he could sum us up in four words, "Skrillex Meets Busta Rhymes" Whoa, are we flattered? YES! He didn't leave it at that tho. Take a read of our first official press review. We would love to hear your feedback. Hit us up, kids, that's why we're OnPlanetZuuuu http://www.skopemag.com/2013/05/06/welcome-to-the-zu
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Skip to comments.Wendy Davis calling for supporters to "have her back" and "Stand With Wendy"
Posted on 01/22/2014 12:09:31 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Taken from the Texas Tribune Candidate page:
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Last summer, you had my back and said #StandWithWendy. Today, I need you to do the same. Add your name: http://t.co/DxC4PMHxbG - 5 minutes ago
No false attack can take away my story. And no sleazy political trick will stop me from giving voice to yours. http://t.co/WmURHnVgp3 - a day ago
The only thing Abbott & his allies have proven with these desperate attacks is that they dont understand these Texas stories of struggle. - a day ago
Our stories, fighting to give our children a better future across Texas, are what drives this campaign every day. http://t.co/WmURHnVgp3 - a day ago
And you're damn right it's a true story. http://t.co/WmURHnVgp3 - a day ago
Mine is the story of single mothers who feel alone in the world, searching for their chance to become something more. http://t.co/WmURHnVgp3 - a day ago
I share my story of being a single mother, of fighting for a chance at a better life not because my story is unique, but because it is not. - a day ago
The other side has reached a new low - attacking my family, my education and playing politics with something that is deeply personal. - a day ago
My story of struggle and sacrifice is not unique - it is the story of millions of Texas women. Our opponents are scared of that truth. - a day ago
Today, we celebrate the life and legacy of extraordinary civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: http://t.co/wpksYRDzHP - 2 days ago
(Excerpt) Read more at texastribune.org ...
"And no sleazy political trick will stop me from giving voice to yours."
And nothing will stop her from stealing the voices of the unborn.
Another big phony like Sen. Spreading Bull D-MA.
LOL stick a fork in that Commie baby killer..she is done..but hey Wendy, no matter what happens to you, your still in better shape than the babies you enjoy watching die
So a liberal newspaper reporter spills the beans on Wendy and somehow Abbott is to blame?
I find her lack of logic disturbing.
Wendy Davis needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle...
A bicycle that will cash in it's 401K to send her to Harvard, accept a divorce the day after the last payment is made and take care of the children she abandons...
Stand with windy... stand with satan.
And now back to Little House on the Prairie were we find little Wendy......!
Your education sucks. If you weren't falling asleep in torts class, you'd know that your libel suit in 1996 was doomed to fail miserably.
She needs serious psychological help, and an exorcist.
Love my lies!
Elect me and I'll get even better at it!
Her family? She abandoned her family.
Unlike Greg Abbott, Wendy has walked a mile in their shoes...
Well, she seems like an expert at achievement while on her back...
While we can't judge the ebb and flow of her relationship with her husband, we can observe the following:
1. He was used financially.
2. He made sure the children were in good care.
3. Even cared for the child, not biologicaly his.
He's the hero in this saga.
We need to know more about his story, not hers.
His story defines her.
This sick creature is a vulgar disgusting sub human slot. Her desire to be gubner of Texas is a pipe dream. This will not stop the locust like Demonrats from trying to turn Texas Blue and strip it clean like New York Illinios and California. Oh how I despise these sub human slime balls.
Well, at least she did not tell him to stand up and take a bow.
"....fighting to give our children a better chance..."
I guess she means the children who are NOT given a fighting chance because of baby killers like her. 55,000,000 so far.
These democrats can simply lie and that's that. Their supporters don't care. They'll ignore it or actually repeat the lies. People on TV last night when asked about all this simply repeated what Davis said....that her story of living in a mobile home is true....she was a single mother....that she worked a way through college by waiting tables...blah, blah, blah.
And by the way, her being a single mother was HER choice. She could have just killed the kid and went looking for another bed to hop into.....for money.
Stand up Chuck, said Joe Biden to the man in the wheel chair.
What a piece of gutter trash!!
Wendy Davis Divorced Husband Day After He Finished Paying Off Her Student Loans
Let the dogs of war go after her.
Just don't pull a Clayton.
What's next, "Stand Up Greg" ?
If Texas Hispanics vote for this Satanic beast, it will prove for once and for all that Hispanics will vote Rat no matter who they run, including Satan himself. Satan is on the ballot with this scum.
In my book, she was finished long before the "trailer park story". Because of her support of baby murdering filibuster she had already lost the race for governor. Besides, what makes her think she is governorship material? Maybe in New York or one of the "blue states". She certainly has an inflated ego. Wonder how much makeup she has to use to cover the tracks of her slut filled life. Is that Ann Richards under all that makeup?
Since she is appealing to Obama's Persons, is it wise, is it even prurient oops, make that "prudent", to ask such to "have her back"?
just askin'
She can't be written off yet; TX has millions of socialists waiting to take over.
Speaking of Ann Willis Richards, didn't she withhold information about her background too? Hardly any mention of ol' "Dave", I believe was his name. He may have been in CA.
just askin
According to the divorce filings other men "having her back" was part of her husband problem with her.
Apparently she is older than she looks from a glance.
Watch her back? Wendy launched her career on her back. She chased some wealthy lawyer that could pay her ticket. She then throws him and her children away when they're not useful to her.
We now know more about Wendy Davis' background than we do Obama's.
Messrs. Underwood and Davis are both fortunate to be shed of this succubus.
She didn't have her second husband's back after he paid off her educational loans and she didn't stand with her kids after their divorce.
"Stand up, Chuck!"
Wendy has stepped on her "pink sneakers"...so to speak.
Abortion Barbie's 15 minutes is up.
Wait, what? The woman who abandoned her two children in her second marriage along with her child from her first marriage is somehow interested in giving children a better future?
You mean, of course, children other than your own.
Hammer it. She abandoned her family and will do the same for Texas. Every time she opens her mouth, remind everyone in Texas that this bitch is NOT to be trusted. She abandoned flesh and blood and expects to run Texas?
Funny you mentioned Ann Richards because I was thinking the same thing
The facts of her lying her butt off are now characterized as Greg Abbott's "attack" on women. Nice try, you witch.
Shes a Democrat....being a LIAR and CHEAT is a Resume ENHANCEMENT!! They would vote for her if she KILLED ABBOTT at high noon.
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UNI's Washpun Showcasing Skills For NBA Scouts
Former UNI Panthers' guard Wes Washpun is continuing his basketball experience this week at the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament (PIT) in Virginia.
Former UNI Panthers' guard Wes Washpun is continuing his basketball experience this week at the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament (PIT) in Virginia.
Preparations for the 2016 football season are officially underway at UNI. Spring practice for Coach Mark Farley's team began in the UNI-Dome on Wednesday (March 30, 2016).
Former football coach Dan McCarney and seven other ex-stars of the Iowa State Cyclones make up the school's 2016 Athletics Hall of Fame class.
Have you recovered from your college basketball coma yet? Better hurry. The NCAA men's basketball tournament field of 68 was reduced to 16 over the past six days. Here's what to expect in this week's Sweet 16.
The 2016 NCAA men's basketball tournament field of 68 was announced Sunday evening. While college students around the country rejoiced and planned epic road trips to see their teams in action, you may have been gripped by anxiety: your 2016 NCAA Tournament bracket for your office pool is due soon.
For the second time in state history, three of Iowa's four Division-I men's basketball teams are going to the NCAA Tournament.
David Harris has been named director of intercollegiate athletics at the University of Northern Iowa, school officials announced Wednesday afternoon (Feb. 24, 2016).
What do you think was the top Cedar Valley Sports Story in 2015? The GR Rebels boys basketball perfect season? The Hawkeyes go 12-0 & Rose Bowl bound? Look at our picks for the Top 10 Headlines from 2105 then vote for the top headline in 2015.
The UNI Panthers made history by upsetting the No. 5 Iowa State Cyclones, 81-79, at the Big Four Classic in Des Moines Saturday night (Dec. 19, 2015).
A late first-half surge sparked New Mexico to a 76-57 victory over the UNI Panthers at The Pit (WisePies Arena) in Albuquerque Saturday evening (Dec. 12, 2015).


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Sony buying Gaikai validates cloud gaming, says OnLive
Sony's acquisition of Gaikai has brought legitimacy to cloud gaming, OnLive's UK GM Bruce Grove has said, and it "will help drive the idea further."
In an Edge interview, Grove said he believes the deal goes a long way to highlight cloud gaming as a major prospect for gaming.
"It has validated it", Grove explained, "It's good for us, good for the market and it will help drive the idea further. And Sony's a consumer devices company so for them it's an opportunity across all of that hardware."
But Grove is unsure whether such a deal would be a good fit for OnLive, as he believes its service should not be limited to just one device.
"I think it kind of defeats the purpose of cloud gaming to limit [OnLive] to a subset of devices. The whole point of putting anything into the cloud is to make it available on everything."
"The whole reason I have a Dropbox account is that I want to access my files from any device", Grove continued, "It doesn't matter whether it's my Samsung phone or my iPad, PC or Mac. That's the key to the idea of cloud technology."
And on the rumours that Microsoft is eyeing up an OnLive acquisition? "If that was to happen – and that's pure speculation – that's really up to the company involved."
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walton is more likely to improve over the course of the season than spike. walton's upside, even for this year is higher. for that reason, i'd run walton out there more for now, at least until the difference between the two could be the difference between a win and a loss.
well that's just, like, your opinion, man