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"I've experienced a whole lot the last few years and I have a lot to share. So I hope that you'll take a moment to sit back, relax and enjoy the words I've put together for you in this book. I think you'll find I've left no stone unturned, no door unopened, no window unbroken, no rug unvacuumed, no ivories untickled. What I'm saying is, let us begin, shall we?" (Ellen DeGeneres)
"Very Entertaining!"
The star of Parks and Recreation and author of the New York Times best seller Paddle Your Own Canoe returns with a second book that humorously highlights 21 figures from our nation's history, from her inception to present day - Nick's personal pantheon of "great Americans".
"Swagger and mirth"
A masterpiece of satire, this classic has entertained and enlightened readers the world over with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life and foibles from the vantage point of Screwtape, a highly placed assistant to "Our Father Below". At once wildly comic, deadly serious, and strikingly original, C.S. Lewis gives us the correspondence of the worldly-wise old Devil to his nephew, Wormwood, a novice demon in charge of securing the damnation of an ordinary young man.
"One to Read Again and Again"
God Is Disappointed in You is for people who would like to read the Bible...if it would just cut to the chase. Stripped of its arcane language and interminable passages, every book of the Bible is condensed down to its core message, in no more than a few pages each. Written by Mark Russell with cartoons by New Yorker cartoonist Shannon Wheeler, God Is Disappointed in You is a frequently hilarious, often shocking, but always accurate retelling of the Bible, including the parts selectively left out by Sunday School teachers.
"The Only Audio Book I Started Again Immediately"
From legendary comedian D. L. Hughley comes a bitingly funny send-up of the Obama years, as "told" by the key political players on both sides of the aisle. What do the Clintons, Republicans, fellow Democrats, and Obama's own family really think of President Barack Obama? Finally, the truth is revealed in this raucously funny "oral history" parody.
"Clever and Hilarious!"
Academy Award nominee Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) rocks this mock bedtime story, capturing a hilarious range of emotions as the voice of a father struggling to get his child to sleep. Go the F**k to Sleep is a bedtime book for parents who live in the real world, where a few snoozing kitties and cutesy rhymes don't always send a toddler sailing blissfully off to dreamland.
"Read the F--king REVIEW!"
If one George Carlin audio is funny, then two are funnier and three must be funniest, right? That's our thinking behind this new collection. t's a HighBridge library of laugh-out-loud, award-winning recordings featuring George himself performing many of his best bits.
"Like a Cast of Thousands"
Jon Stewart, host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning The Daily Show, and his coterie of patriots deliver a hilarious look at American government.
"Runs hot and cold..but when it's hot...it's hot"
One part parody, one part fashion fun, and one part personal experience, Grace's latest guide to life as a woman in America today is more H&M than Chanel. So tighten your Banana Republic belt a few notches, and learn how to pretend and convince everyone around you that you've got style and grace!
"Good book! Except this audiobook skipped a part"
A compilation of funny, irreverently reverent stories on aligning with the Divine in daily life. For the passionately spiritual and bemusedly skeptical alike. Adapted from a popular column originally published as "San Francisco's Spiritual Examiner" at examiner.com. "What if God IS the story? What if the Divine is constantly igniting roadside flares to get our attention? What if there actually IS a Supreme Organizing Principle with a ribald and unbridled sense of humor? And what if we each have this ardent inner suitor who's writing us love letters every day that often go unopened?"
"Perfect blend of depth and humor"
Julia Greenfield has a problem: She's 26 years old, and she's still a virgin. Sex ought to be easy. People have it all the time! But without meaning to, she made it through college and into adulthood with her virginity intact. Something's got to change. To reroute herself from her stalled life, Julia travels to spend the summer with her mysterious aunt Vivienne in North Carolina. It's not long, however, before she unearths a confounding secret - her 58-year-old aunt is a virgin, too.
"Too descriptive, bad story"
Steve and Orson are back in this cracked sequel to Hell's Super, book two in the new satire and humor series, Circles in Hell. This time, the guys must fix Hell's heating and air conditioning (HVAC) system, which has failed. Hell is getting progressively colder, and things are a lot more serious than devils and demons needing to put on some sweaters.
"A must have for fans of Neil gaimen, terry pratchett, etc"
Steve Minion attends Beast Barracks, where he learns both the arcane and mundane arts of being a servant of the Devil. Strength, speed, and endurance are all part of a demon's physical makeup, but he must be taught to be sneaky, cruel, and ruthless and of course to ignore personal hygiene. As Steve begins work as a full-fledged bad guy, he must confront the inevitable: demons exist to torment the damned, and Hell's former handyman-in-chief doesn't seem to have the stomach for the work.
"One Day Listen"
Kate Schechter would like to know why everyone she meets knows her name - and why Thor, the Norse god of thunder, keeps showing up on her doorstep. Dirk Gently, detective and refrigerator wrestler, can uncover the mystery, and only the absurdist wit of Douglas Adams can recount them with such relentless humor.
"Makes you miss him even more..."
Look, maybe you're a nice girl, but we're guessing you're more like us or you probably wouldn't have downloaded this audiobook. But being nice is just not the way to get what you want. And this audiobook is about getting what you want. Not in a finding happiness, giving back to the world, being grateful for what you have sort of way. But in a ruling your world, being the most desired, powerful badass in the room way, so you can come out on top of any situation: guys, career, friends, enemies, whatever.
"terrible idiotic book"
A strange and charming collection of hilariously absurd poetry and writing from one of today's most popular young comedians...In Egghead, Bo brings his brand of brainy, emotional comedy in the form of off-kilter poems, thoughts, and more. Bo takes on everything from death to farts in this weird audiobook that will make you think, laugh and think, "why did I just laugh?"
After a freak accident that was definitely not Babe's fault, her estranged mother offers her the perfect escape from LA: an invite to her grandfather's 80th birthday party in Maryland, of all places. Babe's journey throws her headlong into elementary school classrooms full of small, unfashionable people; pizza buffet restaurants that will haunt her nightmares; and eventually back to Los Angeles, thank goodness.
In the tradition of the late, great George Carlin, Corey Taylor, the lead singer of Slipknot and Stone Sour, sounds off in hilarious fashion about the many vagaries of modern life that piss him off. Whether it's people's rude behavior in restaurants and malls, the many indignities of air travel, eye-searingly terrible fashion choices, dangerously clueless drivers, and - most of all - the sorry state of much modern music, Taylor's humor and insight cover civil society's seeming decline.
"Laughed so hard, I cried"
Mark Russell & Shannon Wheeler's faithful yet irreverent approach to the Bible made their book God Is Disappointed in You a modern cult classic. Now, by popular demand, they turn their attention to the best parts left out of the canonical Bible, including the Midrash, the Apocrypha, Gnostic Gospels, and more! And if you thought the Bible had some weird stuff in it....
"A Goldmine of Weirdness"
Dirk Gently has an unshakeable belief in the interconnectedness of all things, but his Holistic Detective Agency mainly succeeds in tracking down missing cats for old ladies. Then Dirk stumbles upon an old friend behaving bizarrely - and he's drawn into a four-billion-year-old mystery that must be solved if the human race is to avoid immediate extinction.
"Amazingly Absurd"
Vinegar Girl, a novel by Anne Tyler, is a loose retelling of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Set in modern-day Baltimore, it follows 20-somethings Kate and Pyotr as they plan a marriage of convenience. Pyotr needs a green card so he can continue working with Kate's father on a scientific breakthrough. Kate needs a life beyond caring for her father and sister. As the couple sort through the logistics of their sham wedding, the line between fact and fiction starts to blur. Hijinks ensue.
From the hit scripted comedy show Effortless comes Effortless Annotated Scriptbook! This collection features remastered, high-quality audio of our first 30 stories.
A humorous and sometimes spot-on guide to the secrets of aging, from an author who, unlike consultants and bureaucrats, has been there and done that.
When drama teacher Paul Samson decides to put on a high school production of Macbeth, he forgets that it isn't just the Scottish play, it is the cursed play. And Paul soon learns just how cursed. After grappling with his principal, the PTA, his family, and his students, he must contend with witches, ghosts, and skeletons from his past. The show is destined from the outset to end badly, but no matter what, Paul cannot cancel the play. Theater has but one rule: The show must go on.
With a growing band of oddball friends, Ben's adventures escalate in strange and uproarious ways. He must complete an unknown quest before he has any chance of getting home. Weirdness and danger abound, and there is still no pizza!
"A Quick Laugh"
Hilarious, profound, and achingly true to life, Jonas Karlsson's new novel explores the true nature of happiness through the eyes of a hero you won't soon forget. A passionate film buff, our hero's life revolves around his part-time job at a video store, the company of a few precious friends, and a daily routine that more often than not concludes with pizza and a movie in his treasured, small space in Stockholm. When he receives an astronomical invoice from a random national bureaucratic agency, everything will tumble into madness.
In direct response to the lasting negative effects of the Bush administration, Beat Me Sweetly, Heavy Jesus portrays a United States misrun by a series of Bush clones, each more degraded than the last, anchoring a destructive and self-fellating government which more closely resembles a monarchy. Cast into dismal times are Joe and Sam, men who struggle to survive within the new economy of the reign of President Bush VIII.
Parody - don't buy if you don't understand humor, please! Paris - the city of lights and dog shit. Where the women don't shave their armpits, but they spend millions on perfume. The most-visited city in the world. The best city for gullible tourists, then. Learn the scams, learn the places to avoid. Here's an example for the Eiffel Tower: Known as the "awful tower" locally. Locals often go to the top, as that's the only part of Paris where you can't see it. Long queues.
There is a man who has lost all hope in life. He has been brought up to do the right thing, but has never been able to show much emotion. After the death of his beloved wife, Ove has no reason to live. That is until an Iranian woman named Parwaneh shows up next door with her clumsy husband and two adorable daughters. Gradually, Ove realizes that as much as he misses his wife, he could contribute something to society and, in turn, gain from other people.
Why can't Millie Lord remember who she is? What is Birdly Laughing? Does Dr. Nottle's Cheese Diet work? Crane Mansions is a novel for grown-up children, a darkly comic and magical world in which the wondering, fantasy, and confusion of children come face-to-face with the schemes, delusions, and machinations of adults.
Sherlock Holmes meets the Beatles in this comic mystery story. Hear how Sherlock gets to the bottom of one of the most famous mysteries in music history: the Paul McCartney death clues.
What do you do when you spot a wild Trump in the election season? New York Times best-selling author and comedian Michael Ian Black has some sage advice for children (and all the rest of us who are scratching our heads in disbelief) in this perfectly timely parody book intended for adults that would be hysterical if it wasn't so true.
"So funny!!"
Public Hangings: Tickets for these are understandably popular, but your hotel can usually get you good seats for a small fee. Restaurants / Dining Out: Westerners in particular find many of the meals offered to be unusual, although nutritious dog and (protein rich) caterpillars are making fewer appearances on tourist menus these days. Always remember that if you don't actually enjoy a meal, it is unlikely that you will keep it for long, anyway.
Years before they made headlines with the Ghostbusters, Erin Gilbert and Abby L. Yates published the groundbreaking study of the paranormal, Ghosts from Our Past. Once lost to history, this criminally underappreciated book is now back in print, revised and somewhat updated for the new century. According to Gilbert and Yates, "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence", and whether you're a believer or a skeptic, you'll find the information you're seeking right here in this extraordinary book.
Hi, I'm Nicole. I met Zara - she's my life coach - a few months ago when I became one of the first members of the B.I.G. Girls Club. I hadn't even realized the bad space I was in until she showed me that there was another way to be living my life now, regardless of what the numbers on the scale tell me. And isn't it crazy how much those numbers can affect our moods? Now I'm fully onboard and determined to change my life, regardless of what Joe - he's my boyfriend - says.
I didn't expect to spend my annual company party sobbing in a photo booth, wearing nothing but a homemade grass skirt and a pair of coconuts. I also didn't expect to lose my apartment, my job, and my boyfriend in a rapid series of embarrassing events. Events that, unfortunately, also landed me in a bit of hot water, and left me with a secret that only money can fix. So when the opportunity arose to enter my book club buddies into a contest for a chance to win $50,000, I took it. I just forgot to tell them about it.
"Road trippin' with my two favorite allies..."
In modern-day America, Dez is a former lawyer and teacher - an ephebophile with a proclivity for teenage girls hiding out in a trailer park with his latest conquest, Chloe.
Having been in and out of courtrooms (and therapists' offices) for a number of years, Dez is adrift, at odds with a society that persecutes him over his desires. From his couch one afternoon, Dez watches an interview with Jasper Ulrickson, a doting father and loving husband whose heartrending memoir, Lessons from My Daughter, has become a national best seller.
Once in a lifetime, like rising cream, a literary work emerges from obscurity, penned by an author with the ability to take the listener's hand and lead him (or her, or uncommitted) on a journey of transformation that eternally changes one's perspective on life. A tome so powerful, it shakes the very foundation of contemporary thought, culture, and philosophy and challenges the value system of an entire generation. This is not that book. Still, I'm sure it will come in handy somehow.
Emmy Award-winning actor Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, Malcom in the Middle) follows in the exasperated footsteps of Samuel L. Jackson, giving voice to the long-suffering father whose indifferent child will just not eat in this hilarious follow-up to Adam Mansbach's international best seller, Go the F--k to Sleep.
"Another role that Bryan Cranston plays to a T."
Master storyteller and satirist Kurt Vonnegut was one of the most in-demand commencement speakers of his time. For each occasion, Vonnegut's words were unfailingly unique, insightful, and witty, and they stayed with audience members long after graduation. As edited by Dan Wakefield, this book reads like a narrative in the unique voice that made Vonnegut a hero to readers and listeners of all ages. At times hilarious, razor-sharp, freewheeling, and deeply serious, these reflections are ideal for anyone undergoing what Vonnegut would call their "long-delayed puberty ceremony".
"This IS nice"
In Modern Manners, cultural guru P. J. O'Rourke provides the essential accessory for the truly contemporary man or woman - a rulebook for living in a world without rules. Traditionally, good manners were a means of becoming as bland and invisible as everyone else, and thus of avoiding calling attention to one's own awkwardness and stupidity.
Gazing into the bathroom mirror one morning while shaving, Josh Kornbluth realizes that he looks remarkably like the guy on the $100 bill. Like any good Jewish son, he immediately calls his mother. From there he becomes obsessed with what it means to be a founding father, especially when your own father/son relationship (Ben had an illegitimate son named William who was a British loyalist during the Revolutionary War) is more than a bit strained.
"Satirical Disembowelment"
Downton Abbey has brought out the Anglophile in American fans of the hit TV series. But Anglophilia has a long history in America. Why are some native-born residents of our Shining City Upon a Hill, where All Men Are Created Equal, seduced by the fluting tones of manor-born privilege? At last, Anglophilia explained - in American, thank you.
"Qualifies as my most irritating Audible purchase"
They love nothing better than sipping free-trade gourmet coffee, leafing through the Sunday New York Times, and listening to David Sedaris on NPR (ideally all at the same time). Apple products, indie music, food co-ops, and vintage T-shirts make them weak in the knees. They believe they're unique, yet somehow they're all exactly the same.
"Hilarious...but maybe not for everyone"
P.J. O'Rourke began writing funny things in 1960s underground newspapers, became editor-in-chief of National Lampoon, then spent 20 years reporting for Rolling Stone and The Atlantic Monthly as the world's only trouble spot humorist, going to wars, riots, rebellions, and other "Holidays in Hell" in more than 40 countries.
A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland From Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. Swift suggests in his essay that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling children as food. By doing this he mocks the authority of the British officials.
"Not a bad proposal at all"
The antidote to those cotton-candy platitudes that are all too familiar to anyone who's ever worn a mortarboard, Wheelan's 10 head-turning aphorisms - backed up by a PhD in public policy and extensive social science research - set the record straight. Readers everywhere agreed, turning a Dartmouth Class Day speech that had gone viral into a best-selling book.
"Thought provoking message"
They were bored, broke, burned out, and turning 40, so when Ben and Dinah saw the advert looking for a husband and wife team with young kids to write a guidebook about family travel around Britain, they jumped at the chance. With naïve visions of staring moodily across Coniston Water and savouring Cornish pasties, they embark on a mad-cap five-month trip with daughter Phoebe, four, and son Charlie, two, embracing the freedom of the open road with a spirit of discovery and an industrial supply of baby wipes.
"Laugh, Learn and Cry a Bit"
When Bonnie Grayduck relocates from sunny Santa Cruz California to the small town of Lake Woebegotten, Minnesota, to live with her estranged father, chief of the local two-man police department, she thinks she's leaving her troubles behind. But she soon becomes fascinated by another student - the brooding, beautiful Edwin Scullen, whose reclusive family hides a terrible secret. (Psst: they're actually vampires. But they're the kind who don't eat people, so it's okay.)
"Not A Bad Deal At All"
It's impossible to go a full day without using snark, so why fight it? Snark is everywhere, from television to movies to everyday life. This lively collection provides hours of entertainment - better than an Etch A Sketch, and more fun than Silly Putty! At the heart of it, being in a state of snark can be one of the most useful tools at one's disposal and hence (yes, I used "hence"), a powerful way to get what you want. With snark, you can catch people completely off-guard, and royally piss them off.
A quirky and darkly comic take on domestic life in southern India. Ousep Chacko, journalist and failed novelist, prides himself on being "the last of the real men." This includes waking neighbors upon returning late from the pub. His wife Mariamma stretches their money, raises their two boys, and, in her spare time, gleefully fantasizes about Ousep dying. One day, their seemingly happy seventeen-year-old son Unni - an obsessed comic-book artist - falls from the balcony, leaving them to wonder whether it was an accident.
"bad narrator"
Your future is...limited! Wait, we mean...limiting...No, hold on...limitless. Sometimes your first steps into the "real world" send you falling flat on your face. It's natural to be optimistic about new experiences, but most of us set ourselves up only to be let down every time. And disappointment hurts like a $%&*#. News flash: You don't have to be an Einstein to survive adult life. You don't even have to abandon your standards to get what you want. All you have to do is keep your expectations realistic.
"If only I had this book in my twenties"
Meet Gregor Samsa, a humble young man who works as a fabric salesman to support his parents and sister. His life goes strangely awry when he wakes up late for work and discovers that, inexplicably, he is now a man-sized baby kitten. His family freaks out: Yes, their son is OMG so cute, but what good is cute when there are bills to pay? As his new feline identity threatens to eat away at his personality, Gregor desperately tries to survive this bizarre, bewhiskered ordeal by accomplishing the one thing he never could as a man: He must flee his parents' house.
"Let down"
The hilarious new spoof diet book from New York Times best-selling author Chris Dolley. It's a fun, quick listen, covering everything from "the science of possession" to "Crapper Clinic's Demon Dating Service", while ensuring "clients" are possessed by the demon most compatible with their slimming needs. This is the diet book that everyone is talking about.
Sure, everyone gets sick sometimes, but do you realize that plenty of those folks also die slow, unpleasant deaths from diseases that stumped even the experts at top-notch (still privately run) hospitals? That's right: There are plenty of illnesses that even physicians have never heard about. Nodding Disease, Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, and Cutaneous Horn (yes, you grow a horn) are all featured here in pithy, energetic entries. You won't have to worry about socialized medicine if you have this book....


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Greer Farms
Cyril, Oklahoma
Family Farm
On our family farm we grow fruits, vegetables and herbs in the most natural means possible and our chickens are free range and happy. A lot of what we grow are heritage varieties or by request so if you have a favorite just let us know at the beginning of the year and we'll try to keep you supplied. We make our own compost and have a greenhouse for salad greens all winter long. Our farm is horse friendly featuring a "Horse Playground" full of obstacles to challenge your trail horse.
Free range eggs, herbs and vegetables in season. Salad greens and specialties through the winter. All naturally grown!
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Many PCs are dual or multi-core and have CPUs faster than 1GHz. That is a lot of instructions per second.
So when a PC decides to stop for even a few seconds, or does that thing where it will slowly refresh the screen from top to bottom I often wonder what the heck it's doing.
Is there any way I can get some kind of fairly low-level breakdown of what it's doing?
Maybe even something like a list of categories of API calls with %s next to them (more interested in this than what programs are taking up the time).


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103 N 18th Street
PO Box 354
Unionville, MO 63565
ph: 660.947.2429
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Hammers, saws and drills can be heard in the vicinity of the Putnam County Health Department these days as work is being done to complete an addition to their existing building. The current office will be connected to their shed space which is the building directly to the west.
This project will add two additional offices, another treatment room and a conference space to the existing office quarters. The additional space will allow staff to have a more efficient work space.
The project was awarded to Anchor Constructors and Schoonover Plumbing and Electric. The Putnam County R-I Building Trades class is also assisting with a large portion of the project. The Putnam County Health Department Board of Trustees has been very diligent in their fiscal management and as a result will be able to pay for the entire project without the need for any loans.
We appreciate the support and patronage of the county residents. Business should not be interrupted during construction, although the north parking lot will not be accessible most days. It is anticipated that the addition will be completed by the end of June so watch for a notice of an open house this summer.
Effective March 1, 2011, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has implemented new guidelines on requesting birth and death certificates. Please note, that you are now required to provide proof of identification when requesting a copy of such record. You may still obtain a birth or death record from our office. Print an application here and bring it into our office.
*The health department offers confidential STD testing in our office.
*The health department and the ACIP encourage all persons not vaccinated with Tdap to receive one dose as soon as possible.
*The health department works with the PC Sheriff's office to encourage people to turn in their expired medications safely.
*The health department can provide newborn baby home visits after hospital discharge.
*The health department offers free child safety seat inspections and assistance with installation.
Snacks, crafts, games, & "mom" discussions
New Immunization Availability
The Putnam County Health Department is undertaking a new endeavor, commercial billing for immunizations. After receiving one-time grant funding from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (contract number DH160006021), the local health department initiated the project in 2015.
Currently, Putnam County Health Department has contracts established with Blue Cross Blue Shield (Right Choice), Humana, and Cigna. Other contracts are being pursued but have not yet been executed so be sure to watch for future updates as additional carriers are added. Insurance will be billed through the portal, Transact RX.
Initially, the health department will be offering some adolescent and adult immunizations which include: Prevnar 13 (Pneumonia), Zostavax (Shingles), Adacel (Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis), Varicella (Chicken Pox), HPV-9 (Human Papillomavirus), and Menactra (Meningitis).
"Having private purchase vaccine on hand is important because we don't want to miss opportunities when insured clients present in our office for vaccine," explained Ericka Klingner, administrator of the health department. "Due to the Affordable Healthcare Act, these changes have been looming for some time and the funding we received enabled us to dedicate the staff and time necessary to get this program underway."
The health department anticipates expanding the selection of private purchase vaccine billable to insurance later this year, so feel free to check with them or your primary care physician for your vaccine needs. The Putnam County Health Department will continue to participate in the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program as well, covering those children who are uninsured or on MoHealthNet insurance. For more information or to schedule an appointment please call the health department at 660-947-2429.
Services provided on a non-discriminatory basis.
WIC Disclosure: "In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination, write to the USDA, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington D.C., 20250-9410, or call (866) 632-9992 (voice) or (202) 260-1026 (local) or (800) 877-8339 (TTY) or (866) 377-8642 (relay voice users). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
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How Jaroslaw Kaczynski has politicized Poland's plane crash
Some wild events commemorated the anniversary of the crash that killed Lech Kaczynski.
With ski jumper Adam Malysz's retirement, Poles lose a rare international sports star
Poland, unlike Russia and China, has not invested in athletic success.
Poles can't take a Polish joke? Chopin comic causes a fuss.
Comic book intended for distribution in German schools depicted classical composer Frederic Chopin as a foul-mouthed rocker.
In Poland, it's no longer okay to joke about gays
Gay rights have quickly become mainstream in conservative Poland.
Jan Gross' new book accuses Poles of profiting from Jews' deaths
Did Poles plunder Jewish mass graves after the Holocaust?
Poland grows but struggles with debt
Polish economy ends two strong years with mounting public debt problem.
Poland keeps Belarus in the spotlight
Warsaw leads EU action against its neighbor's authoritarian ruler.
Pope John Paul nears sainthood, to be beatified (VIDEO)
John Paul II moved closer to sainthood Friday as the Vatican announced he will be beatified later this year.
Poland wonders where Kaczynski was buried after plane crash
Russia blames Poles for Smolensk crash, while Poles harbor conspiracy theories.
Full Frame: Auschwitz today
A photographer captures life in the shadows of a former concentration camp.
Europe's Copts on high alert after church bombing
Faraway fears after Egypt attack kills 23 worshipers.
2010: The year in sex
From "bunga-bunga parties" to designer vaginas, behold the 10 best sex stories of 2010.
WikiLeaks overshadows Polish president's US visit
Leaked cables show Poland it is not as close to America as it thought.
Poland battles synthetic pot boom
Dubious law meant to counter synthetic marijuana could have broad application.
The Catholic Church's post-communist windfall
A commission tasked with returning confiscated property to Poland's Catholic Church did that and then some.
This is Poland's almost-president, on drugs
Jaroslaw Kaczynski disavows his campaign messages and fires key staff.
Wanderlust: Catholic priest becomes unlikely sex guru
In Poland, sex is divine. So is the "Catholic Kamasutra," apparently.
Oil and politics, the Lithuania round
How a Polish investment in a Lithuanian oil refinery went bad and raised Russia's ire.
Polish highways: Europe's deathtrap
Poland's harrowing roads have dire consequences for both drivers and the economy.
A college for the worldly student with big plans
The international make-up of the College of Europe represents a world of possibility.
Struggle in Poland over Jewish war diaries
The fight over diaries full of graphic detail about Nazi atrocities.
Poland pays homage to its "Elvis"
Poles set out to reclaim Chopin, two centuries after his birth.
Poland: empty university degrees
Polish universities rank below most other European institutes for higher education.
Poland's summer of economic discontent
There's breathing space on Poland's beaches, but that's a bad thing.
Poles question Warsaw legend
The Warsaw uprising, popularized in the post-communist era, is again a subject of controversy.
Full Frame: In the Baltic Sea, taking the plunge
Photos: Bathers brave water temperatures that dip to 39 degrees Fahrenheit.
Taking the plunge
Losing faith in the Polish church
The Polish church is losing members due to sex scandals and increasing secularism.
Poles decide on a president and a war
The presidential election brought Poland's commitment to Afghanistan and Iraq into sharp relief.
Poland: the next gas superpower?
Poland hopes to find large amounts of natural gas that will rival Texas.
Plane crash upends Polish election
The death of President Lech Kaczynski could make all the difference on Sunday.
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1. Can we use Essbase with SQL Server BI?Yes. Here is a good whitepaper on Essbase with SSRS: http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/7/a/47a548b9-249e-484c-abd7-29f31282b04d/UsingSSRSandESSbase.doc
Essbase does have an XML/A adapter. XML/A or XML for Analysis, is the XML specification that is used by both Essbase and Microsoft.
Both OLAP databases use MDX as the query language. But you cannot use PPS with Essbase.
2. Are there trial versions available for PPS?
I believe that this is good for 180 days: http://www.microsoft.com/business/performancepoint/howtobuy/trial-software.aspx
3. How is PPS priced? http://www.microsoft.com/business/performancepoint/howtobuy/default.aspx


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Murder suspect ruled incompetentOctober 05,2013Murder suspect
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BURLINGTON A doctor has determined that a man accused of killing a Vermont social worker in her Burlington home in 2010 is incompetent to stand trial.
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Julep Lamb Chops Flambe
28 Aug 2010
|Vegetable oil spray
|Dried mint
|2 Teaspoon
|Lean lamb loin chops
|8 , all visible fat removed
|Vegetable oil
|2 Teaspoon (Acceptable)
|Canned no sugar added pineapple in juice
|Black pepper
|To Taste
|2 Tablespoon, warmed
Preheat broiler or grill.
Lightly spray broiler pan or grill top with vegetable oil.
Press dried mint into surface of chops.
Place on prepared broiler pan or grill.
Cook about 4 inches from heat for 12 to 16 minutes, depending on thickness of chops.
Meanwhile, heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat.
Add pineapple slices and brown slightly on each side.
Place in bottom of a serving dish.
When chops are done, season with pepper.
Arrange over pineapple slices.
Sprinkle bourbon over chops, ignite with a match and take to the table aflame.
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Difficulty Level:Easy
Course:Main Dish
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I'd like to celebrate the life of my aunt Chris. She passed away last week after a brave fight against cancer. I was fortunate to be touched by such a vibrant life and it is very sad that hers was cut short. At our recent Health and Life Sciences Developer Conference, one of the inspirational messages was how our software was helping our customers and partners make cancer a managed disease. I salute you all, keep up the fight.
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Creating the Connections for Better Cancer Care – The innovative use of technology eases visits for patients and staff
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Speaking of being inspired, check it out…boo if you didn't think Microsoft knows how to do open source right. Hooray Microsoft; nice work!
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After two years of pioneering work and collaboration in AIDS research, Microsoft openly shares its software source code with the greater scientific community to help expedite global research.
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I'm moving all my files from a physical Windows 2008 server to a virtual one, and was wondering if there is any way to retain my existing "previous versions" shadow copy data.
so, p2v is a block level copy - all of this data will come across - it has for me every time.. the only real gotchas that you might face will be that the hypervisor will see a new mac address and consider this to be a new nic. back up your nic config and reapply with the nic set to 'do not connect at startup' to avoid any potential dns issues. Once the the nic config is reapplied - dont forget to change the setting back :) your backout plan is to simply restart the physical server with the vm powered off


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Pio X: Pio X
Hello, here you can rent a room safely in cochabamba:
Welcome to Bolivia. We are located in Cochabamba, close to the International Airport Cochabamba and bus terminal (10 minutes away) in a quiet residential neighbourhood.
Comfortable rooms are self-contained apartment with a shared bathroom and kitchen. We offer high standards at low prices.
Living in our apartments is extremely safe due to the location of our rooms on the grounds of the parish, so no need to worry about anything.
Around the rooms is a fruit garden and car park. It is possible to organize conferences, picnics and barbecues.
- Chicha15
- Reviews: 46
Hotel Esmeralda: Great View
Very comfortable and fairly priced, great views all around! great place to relax after a biking trip. Its far from the main plaza and you will need to call a cab to enjoy the town of Coroico. There werent too many tourists there, good and bad, if you like the company of other travelers.
Great Views!
- iwys
- Reviews: 2023
Hotel Jerusalén: Budget hotel in Potosi
This is a cheap, friendly backpackers' hotel much favoured by adventure tour groups. When I was here it was undergoing major renovation work, so I had to clamber over dusty piles of bricks and planks to reach my room, but I'm sure once they've finished it will be very nice. It has a good, central location.
- iwys
- Reviews: 2023
Toñito Hotel: Good base for an expedition across the salt flats
Toñito Hotel is not only a decent place to stay, but it has probably the best restaurant in Uyuni. It is owned by an American married to a Bolivian and they are really helpful. I left my diary here and they sent it to me, by bus, to Sucre.
The rooms are clean and comfortable and there is a good supply of hot water.
- RobyG
- Reviews: 62
HI Sucre Hostel: Greatest Value in Sucre
The building is amazing inside, rooms are wide and clean, staff friendly and qualifided. Bad Point, this place is half an houre walking from the centre even if they tell you it's only 15 minuts.
To safe some money don't need to do the laundry there as just around the corner there is a good Laundry Service for half of the price offered inside the hostel
- RobyG
- Reviews: 62
Hostelling International Sucre: Great Hostel in Sucre
The Hosteling International in Sucre is the best in the city. Rooms are incredibly big, clean and nice. All the hostel in general and the building is very good, but few inconvenient things : It 's 25/30 minutes far from the city center (where you can actually find a lot more hostels with different prices but different qualities too) and Don't use the laundry service there as just beside the corner there is a shop who makes the same job for half of the price.
This is honestly one of the best building adapted in Hostel I have ever seen. But just a bit far from the center.
- RobyG
- Reviews: 62
"The Adventure Brew Hostel": Best Hostels in La paz
This Hostel is in Av. Montes 533. If you arrive by bus and stop in the main bus station of La Paz, you don't even need to take a taxi. Ask somebody near the station and the Avenida is 5 minutes walking away. This Hostel has an other "cheaper" building next to the main one, don't be surprised if they are overbooked or you choose the cheapest accommodation and they will walk you to an other building. Both of them are very good value. In the night time in the first and main building there is a nice bar that offers you a free beer everyday and food is served too. The other building has an amazing terrace where travelers usually drink beer and smoke cigarettes, the view is breathtaking.
The main hostel has a nice bar where travelers even order food and get drunk. The other building has a better view. Please notice that if you are staying in one of the two hostel you can still go and visit the two buildings whenever you want. Personally I was staying in the one with a better terrace and view, but I still went every night to the main one to use the bar and take the free beer.
- SpittingLlama
- Reviews: 10
Hotel de su Merced: Luxury at Motel 6 prices
If you want to splurge on one accommodation in Bolivia, this is the place to do it in. The hostel is a converted hacienda and is located in the heart of Sucre. The rooms are elegant and the furniture fits with the architecture. All rooms have access to the roof where one gets a nice view of the rest of the city. A full breakfast including eggs, fresh fruit, oj, and breads is included. And best of all, if one is so inclined, you can take a proper bath with as much hot water as you could want.
- Chicha15
- Reviews: 46
Hostal Regina Maria: Hotels in Santa Cruz
Very friendly staff. The lady that took care of our accomodations was very knowledgeable and was not shy to share her thoughts with us about where we should go and what we should do. It was great! she was very motherly like! she really wanted to make sure we had a great time, she recommended a laundry list of things for us to do, it was unfortunate that we went there during carnaval (everything was closed) but even so, she helped us get away from the crazyness and even booked a trip to the missions last minute!
- Chicha15
- Reviews: 46
Loma de San Juan: Hotels in Tarija
The hotel has big inviting rooms with a small balcony and large tub. The main reason i picked this hotel was to get away from the construction going on at my other hotel. The fact that this hotel has a pool was also a plus, (tarija is very hot), but i was dissapointed with its size and upkeep. The water was visibly dirty! Also, this hotel is far from the main strip and very close to a bar that played loud music all night long! I heard my phone ring several times and heard a knock on my door late at night, but had no explanation from the front desk the next day... I dont recommed a stay here. I did not feel safe.
- Chicha15
- Reviews: 46
Hostal Crystal: Hotels in Tarija
Hostal Crystal was recommended by my cab driver, what a smart man! the hotel is relatively new and right smack in the middle of the main hub.
Very friendly service! the room was always clean, fresh towels, shampoo and laundry service.
Since its right in town, be prepared to hear the constant celebrations going on around you at all hours of the night. It didnt bother me at all. Also, there are no screens on the windows, so if you want fresh air, be prepared to invite mosquitos in if you open those windows!
- lemondrop
- Reviews: 237
Hotel Gloria: Nice hotel in Copacabana
Hotel Gloria is a great hotel with nice views of the lake. Rooms are very clean and the staff is friendly. It's slightly outside of the town center, but only a very short walk to it. Breakfast is included.
- lemondrop
- Reviews: 237
Hotel Eldorado-La Paz: Conveniently located hotel
The Eldorado Hotel is a good base for your stay in LaPaz. It's fairly modern and comfortable, and the rooms are decent. It's in the Sopocachi section of town where there are many restaurants nearby. It's an easy 15 minute walk to Plaza San Francisco and the market area.
- Chicha15
- Reviews: 46
Hostal Independencia: Make reservations well in advance! worth it!
If you are planning on having a comfortable stay, this is your place! the Hotel was very clean, staff very helpful and within walkign distance to the main plaza.
- Chicha15
- Reviews: 46
Hostal Rosario: Great View!
What an incredible view! in walking distance from the famous Lago Titicaca. The Lago is practically their back yard. The rooms are very clean and the hotel is spotless! internet access, friendly service, restaurant with a great view! did i mention the VIEW!
Only negative...far from the center of town. Dont walk alone, the streets are not lit at all until you get to the main strip. The main strip down from the hotel has a few restaurants, but none struck me as anything worth the while. It is best to call a cab and venture into the town.
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ST. JOHNSBURY A Vermont town is planning to sell a dilapidated vacant house for $1 so it can be demolished and a new house built on the site.
The town of St. Johnsbury acquired the St. Mary Street property after it failed to sell at a tax sale.
The Burlington-based Vermont Housing Finance Agency offered to buy the property, demolish the house, build an affordable single family house, and sell it.
The Caledonian-Record reported that the selectmen unanimously supported the proposal with the stipulation the agency must construct the new home within three years.
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A spending bill that funds watchdog agencies overseeing Wall Street will offer lawmakers one of their last opportunities to undercut President Barack Obama's signature financial overhaul before the November elections.
Financial interests are pushing for big changes, championed mostly by Republicans, to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the $21.7 billion House Financial Services draft appropriations bill . The debate will also give Democrats a chance to rail against big financial firms and reinforce a popular campaign trail refrain.
Partisan gridlock is likely to thwart any substantive changes to the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial law, but messaging amendments from both sides should grab the spotlight if the full House Appropriations Committee takes up the bill after the Memorial Day recess.
In addition to the CFPB, which was authorized by Dodd-Frank, financial industry lobbyists say they're pushing for changes to insurance regulations as well as to the Financial Stability Oversight Council, which monitors the stability of the financial system.
"This particular bill is a magnet for Wall Street's lobbyists and Wall Street's allies," said Dennis Kelleher, president and CEO of Better Markets and a proponent of Dodd-Frank.
[ On Fifth Anniversary, Dodd-Frank Financial Regulations Appear to Be Here to Stay ]
The draft bill approved by the House Appropriations Financial Services Subcommittee on Wednesday included a provision that would change the CFPB from a director-led agency to a bipartisan commission, as well as language that would make funding for the bureau subject to the annual appropriations process. Both measures largely pit supportive Republicans against Democrats.
Richard Hunt, president and CEO of the Consumer Bankers Association, said Democrats should find such changes palatable with the possibility of presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump winning the presidency.
CFPB Director Richard Cordray's term expires in 2018, when the next president could install someone hostile to financial regulations, Hunt said.
"We have never called for the end of the CFPB; we have only called for a bipartisan commission," said Hunt, a former aide to ex-Louisiana GOP Rep. Jim McCrery. "I bet a lot of Democrats change their minds after Trump wins."
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Still, Hunt said, making any changes to Dodd-Frank would be "much harder" because of the political rhetoric in the run-up to the elections.
Better Markets' Kelleher opposes any revisions to the CFPB's structure regardless of who occupies the White House next year. "Wall Street is trying to gut and neuter the CFPB with these changes," he said.
Financial lobbyists said such proposals, especially the one that would convert the CFPB into a commission, should be taken seriously.
"I would hope it would offer an opportunity, particularly given the fact, as you look at the presidential race, there's uncertainty," said Brad Thaler, vice president of legislative affairs at the National Association of Federal Credit Unions.
[ Chances of Changing Dodd-Frank Appear to Rest With Handful of Moderate Democrats ]
Banking lobbyists say that getting any of the Dodd-Frank provisions included in the financial services bill would help make the argument for including the items in a year-end stopgap package to keep the government running past the elections.
"Appropriations bills are one of the few things, whether individually or rolled into a package, that'll be passed this year," Thaler noted.
The incendiary nature of the Dodd-Frank provisions has been one of the reasons the financial services spending bill hasn't passed the full House since 2009. Dodd-Frank was enacted in 2010.
[ Consumer Bureau Gets a Leader, and Dodd-Frank Gets an Enforcer ]
Wall Street interests scored a change to a swaps provision in the financial law in the 2014 "cromnibus" spending package (PL 113-235 ), even as Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren was leading a public fight against it.
Wall Street and its regulators will face scrutiny beyond Capitol Hill this summer and fall as the government appeals a decision by a federal judge to remove America's biggest insurance company, MetLife, from Dodd-Frank's "too big to fail" list. In 2014, MetLife was designated a "systemically important financial institution" and the Federal Reserve began regulating it along with other big non-banks Prudential Financial, GE Capital and AIG. Briefs will begin to be filed in the case by mid-June and oral arguments could start in late October.
Since Dodd-Frank's passage, the financial sector has spent just shy of $500 million annually on federal lobbying, according to congressional disclosures tabulated by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics. The sector's campaign donations have tilted consistently to Republicans since the 2010 cycle, the center's data shows.
[ New Group for Lobbyists Moves to Fill Void ]
By contrast, in the 2008 cycle, the financial sector gave more in campaign cash to Democratic congressional candidates, according to the center.
"Wall Street made a conscious strategy to politicize financial reform and moved virtually all their money to Republicans, particularly those who are committed to killing financial reform," Kelleher said. "Is financial reform going to be a campaign issue? You bet."
Doug Sword contributed to this report .
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Senator Chuck Schumer wants phone companies to provide consumers with technology that would stop voice and text message robocalls to landlines and cell phones.
He plans to introduce a bill called the Repeated Objectionable Bothering of Consumers on Phone (ROBOCOP) Act, which also would require telephone companies to label and block fraudulent phone calls that try to hide the identity of the caller.
"Robocalls are one of the things that annoy Americans the most and the ROBOCOP Act will finally help put a rest to these dreaded calls that are interrupting family dinners — or worse, scamming people out [of] their hard-earned money," the New York Democrat said in a statement .
It's already illegal for someone to mask their caller ID for fraudulent or harmful purposes. The Truth In Caller ID Act of 2009 was aimed at stopping caller ID spoofing, which makes the phone call appear to be from a bank, credit card company, or even a government agency, as a way to swindle consumers.
The ROBOCOP Act would help consumers from ever receiving those calls, according to Schumer's statement.
In April, similar legislation was introduced in the House by California Democrat Jackie Speier. It also includes language that would also make it illegal to hide the identity of a text message.
The House bill has been referred to the subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Americans can already add their phone number to a national "Do Not Call" registry that is supposed to prevent these unwanted robocalls.
But that hasn't stopped the robocalls. In 2015, the Federal Trade Commission received almost 3.6 million complaints from people on the registry who'd been called.
The FTC is on pace to receive more than five million complaints in 2016.
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Carla D. Hayden is one step closer to becoming the first African-American and woman to head the Library of Congress.
The Senate Rules and Administration Committee approved Hayden's nomination by voice vote Thursday. Chairman Roy Blunt of Missouri said he expects her nomination to move to the floor this month.
"The nominee, in my opinion, will bring a wealth of experience to the position," Blunt said at the committee meeting.
[ Library of Congress Nominee Impresses Senators ]
Hayden, 63, currently heads the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, a position she has held since 1993.
"She is just an incredible person to lead the Library of Congress," Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin said Thursday. Cardin and his fellow Maryland Democrat, Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, had encouraged President Barack Obama to consider Hayden for the post.
"We're very proud of what she's done in Baltimore," Cardin said. "A person with incredible credentials, credibility and energy, and I look forward to her leadership."
Obama nominated Hayden in February to lead the 216-year-old institution. Her approval Thursday cleared a backlog of civilian nominations before the committee.
Obama said in a statement at the time that he and first lady Michelle Obama knew Hayden from her time at the Chicago Public Library, where she worked from 1973 to 1981, and again from 1991 to 1993.
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She would be the first African American and the first woman in the position, and the first to have a limited term .
Hayden would fill the vacancy left by former Librarian James H. Billington, who retired in January after a 29-year tenure in which he came under fire for a host of technology failures.
At a hearing in April, Hayden impressed senators with her experience. Colleagues commended her work during riots that consumed Baltimore last year after the death of Freddie Gray when she kept the Enoch library open — and stayed there for several days.
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At that hearing, members questioned her stance on a variety of issues plaguing the library, including how to make its voluminous materials available digitally and whether the copyright division ought to be spun out of the agency.
She said one of her top priorities would be helping to make the library more modern and accessible.
Hayden said she wanted to make the library accessible to everyone, particularly those in rural parts of the country. She also touted traveling exhibits as a way for the library's collection to reach those far from Washington.
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The German Parliament on Thursday approved a measure recognizing the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces a "genocide," drawing attention to the failures of similar efforts in the United States.
Turkey, the successor state to the Ottoman Empire, condemned the vote and responded by recalling its ambassador from Germany. The expected backlash from Ankara comes just when the European Union is looking to the country to help stem the flow of migrants into Europe.
[ Guest Chaplain Asserts Armenian Genocide in Opening Prayer ]
Multiple bills attempting to recognize the massacre as a genocide have stalled in Congress, including one that was referred to the House Foreign Affairs Committee last year. President Barack Obama promised during his first campaign to "recognize the Armenian genocide," but has so far failed to honor that promise.
[ 100 Years Later, Time to Recognize the Armenian Genocide | Commentary ]
Western historians have long used the term "genocide" to describe the killings of as many as 1.5 million Armenians during World War I. More than 20 other countries, including France, Russia and Austria, have passed similar resolutions and Pope Francis drew the wrath of the Turkish government last year when he referred to the killings as the first genocide of the 20th century.
Turkey, a U.S. partner and NATO ally, denies that there was a systematic campaign to kill Armenians and says the death toll has been inflated.
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Senate Democrats unveiled a sweeping plan Thursday that would overhaul the nation's campaign finance and lobbying laws, and provide election-year messaging for its sponsors.
Sens. Tom Udall of New Mexico, Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island said the measure would repeal the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizen's United decision, which helped pave the way for big-spending super PACs. It would also permanently ban lobbying by former members of Congress — a prohibition previously championed by Colorado Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet , who is up for re-election this year.
"This reform package will shift power away from the special interests, dark money groups and lobbyists with outsized, undue influence, and put it back into the hands of the people we came here to represent," Bennet said.
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Republican leaders are expected to ignore the bill.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has often said the public finds the campaign finance debate about as exciting as static cling. But Sen. Charles E. Schumer , the New Yorker poised to be the Senate's top Democrat next year, said this time, McConnell will be in for a rude awakening.
"Make no mistake about it: This will be a huge issue in the presidential and in the senatorial and House campaigns," Schumer said. "And those members who refuse to support proposals like this are going to pay a very significant price. They have not in the past, but this year the electorate is fed up."
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Campaign finance overhaul groups said they supported the effort, which also would require organizations to disclose corporate money to tax-exempt 501(c)(4) groups.
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Okayu Japanese Rice Porridge
Total Time
Prep 10 mins
Cook 1 hr
Japanese Rice Porridge
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1⁄2 cup japanese rice
- 3 cups water
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- some chopped green onion
- sesame seeds
- Wash Japanese rice well and drain. Put water and rice in a pan. (*an earthenware pot is suitable.) Leave it for 30 minutes. Put the pan on medium heat and bring to boil. Turn down the heat and cook the rice for 30-40 minutes. Add salt before serving. Sprinkle chopped green onion and sesame seeds if you wish.
- This is a recipe to make plain okayu. You might want to add some vegetables or meat, depending on your appetite.
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Good basic Okayu recipe, can be made sweet as well as savoury; good if you are feeling under the weather :)
I tried this with American rice and no sesame seed; I was expecting rice soup but ended up with something with the flavor of rice and the mouth feel of oatmeal -- wonderful! Can't wait to try again with my next bag of Botan. Seems to me a logical add-in would be minced dried seaweed of some sort.


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Videos Released:
Comedy Video Classics,
Complete Comedy Video Collection
Get Serious
Compilations released:
Greatest Hits - RCA #2,
The Best of Ray Stevens - WING,
The Best of Ray Stevens - PLOYGRAM,
Ray Stevens' Greatest Hits,
Greatest Hits - CURB,
Greatest Hits - BARNABY,
The Very Best of Ray Stevens,
Greatest Hits - RCA #1,
Greatest Hits - MCA,
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2,
Everything is Beautiful and Other Hits,
His All-Time Greatest Comic Hits,
#1 With a Bullet,
At His Best,
Collector's Series,
Collecion - MCA,
Classic Ray Stevens,
Most of Ray Stevens,
20 Comedy Hits Special Collection,
All Time Hits,
Great Gospel Songs,
Everything is Beautiful - MCA,
Golden Classics,
The Best of Ray Stevens - RHINO,
Back 2 Back,
His Country Hits Collection,
Misty: The Very Best of Ray Stevens - EMPIRE,
All Time Greatest Hits,
12 Hits: Five Star Collection,
Thank You/Ear Candy,
The Collection - MADACY,
Classic Masters,
The Millennium Collection: The Best of Ray Stevens,
Everything is Beautiful/Unreal!!!,
Turn Your Radio On/Misty,
Nashville/Boogity Boogity,
Ray Stevens Box Set
Single Released:
Osama-Yo' Mama/United We Stand
Albums released:
Don't Laugh Now,
I Saw Elvis in a U.F.O.,
Ray Stevens - Barnaby,
Funny Man,
Be Your Own Best Friend,
Just for the Record,
The Feeling's Not Right Again,
1,837 Seconds of Humor,
Ahab the Arab,
Ray Stevens and Hal Winters,
This Is Ray Stevens,
Even Stevens,
Have a Little Talk with Myself,
Ray Stevens...Unreal!!!,
Everything is Beuatiful,
Turn Your Radio On,
Boogity Boogity,
Feel the Music,
Shriner's Convention,
One More Last Chance,
He Thinks He's Ray Stevens,
I Have Returned,
Crackin' Up,
I Never Made a Record I Didn't Like,
Surely You Joust,
Beside Myself,
Lend Me Your Ears,
Mississippi Squirrel Revival,
Back to Back: Ray Stevens and Jim Stafford,
Ray Stevens/Jim Stafford,
The Gospel Side of Ray Stevens,
Ray Stevens Live!,
Serious Side of Ray Stevens,
Do You Wana Dance,
Everything Is Beautiful - RHINO,
Hum It,
Back to Back: Ray Stevens and Roger Miller,
Last Laugh,
Osama-Yo' Mama: The Album.
He was born in Clarkdale, Georgia.
Appeared on the show "Where The Action Is".
Was a guest star on "The Morecambe & Wise Show".
Appeared on the show "The Captain and Tennille".
Plays Webb Covington on "The Fall Guy".
Was a guest star on "Happening '68".
Guest Starred on "American Bandstand".
Hosts "The Ray Stevens Show".
Sang the song "Everything is Beautiful".
Performed a comedy version of the song "The Streak".
Performed a comedy version of the song "Surfin' U.S.S.R."
Performed a comedy version of the song "Santa Claus Is Watching You".
Performed a comedy version of the song "It's Me Again Margaret".
Performed the comdey version of the song "Help Me Make It Through The Night".
Was featured on his VHS release "Ray Stevens Comedy Video Clasics".
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Hi, this is a question about Apache module development. I'm not sure whether I'm writing to the right mailing list, but this topic doesn't seem belong to the user mailing list. Please forgive me if I should have sent this email to a different mailing list. I'm planning on using shared memory in my Apache module. This shared memory contains data structures, and will be read from and written to by all the Apache processes and threads. Needless to say, the data structures must be kept in a consistent state. So I'm wondering whether the prefork and worker MPM will ever forcefully child processes. If that happens then I won't be able to keep my data structures in a consistent state. Regards, Hongli Lai
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On-Bill Repayment: A Way To Eliminate The Upfront Costs For Energy Efficiency Projects
by Kate Zerrenner, via Environmental Defense Fund
When a state is facing electric resource shortages, like Texas is, it's just common sense to explore all the ways to make our electric use more efficient.
We know efficiency makes sense – in terms of grid reliability, lower emissions, and reduced costs to ratepayers. But there is a barrier to some ratepayers in implementing more energy efficiency: upfront costs. Several options currently exist to finance efficiency, such as home equity loans and incentive programs through utilities. But what about creating a market to allow private investors to invest in the market by offering lower rates for utility customers by ensuring some security through repayment on the utility bill? That's what on-bill repayment aims to do.
On-bill repayment (OBR) offers an opportunity for home and building owners to finance energy efficiency and renewable electricity generation projects through cost-saving loans from third-party investors. The loans are repaid through customer's utility bills. The money comes from private sector lenders at no cost to ratepayers or taxpayers. OBR also allows for longer term loans with lower interest rates.
The general concept of OBR is not new. Several utilities around the country have instituted on-bill finance programs. However, there is a key difference. On-bill finance programs use utility money to finance the program, thus creating an additional cost for the ratepayers. On-bill repayment would use new money from third parties, such as banks, to create a new market that is secure, cost effective, and enables more bang for the buck in terms of what the ratepayer receives.
OBR is a flexible program that works for a wide variety of properties and vendor business models. In some programs, contractors are told what solutions can be offered to each customer. OBR, on the other hand, allows each contractor or vendor significant latitude to design solutions that meet the needs for their customers. This could include everything from insulation upgrades for residential customers or lighting upgrades for restaurants all the way to deep retrofits of commercial or industrial properties. All of these would be delivered by the private sector and would be completely voluntary to each property owner.
Benefits of OBR include:
- Job growth: We estimate that it could generate 100,000 new jobs to install energy efficiency and renewable electricity.
- New market creation: We estimate that OBR could generate $13.5 billion over a decade in private sector investments in energy efficiency, renewable generation, and demand response projects.
- Ratepayer and state savings: OBR would promote energy efficiency and distributed energy resources that avoid the cost of expensive new power plants and other high-cost generation—saving ratepayers $4.8 billion in energy bills.
- Flexibility for contractors and vendors: Program participants would have considerable discretion to design product offerings and go-to-market strategies to meet their customers' needs.
In a state like Texas that prides itself on making its economy attractive to investors and creating markets, especially in the energy sector, OBR could be an effective tool to opening up the state to a private sector solution that can ameliorate our Texas energy crunch. Efficiency is an investment that makes sense for Texas. As utilities face increasing demands on their energy resources, and fewer dollars to spend on efficiency for their customers, giving them another tool, energized by funds from the private market, will benefit the entire state.
Kate Zerrenner helps develop and implement strategies to promote energy efficiency in Texas and leads EDF's multi-year campaign to influence and enact state and national energy efficiency policy. This piece was originally published at EDF's Energy Exchange and was reprinted with permission.
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"On-bill repayment (OBR) offers an opportunity for home and building owners to finance energy efficiency and renewable electricity generation projects through cost-saving loans from third-party investors. The loans are repaid through customer's utility bills. The money comes from private sector lenders at no cost to ratepayers or taxpayers."
Why is the idea that no government taxpayer money is highlighted (once again) as a positive feature of such programs?
Why would it not be more appropriate, less costly, and way more pragmatic to use government funds to convert to renewables?
This paradigm, that only market-based solutions should be contemplated for our national conversion to renewable energy is an completely abject failure over the past three decades. Our CO2 emissions have never been higher!
Continuing down this path is going to destroy civilization as we know it – unless you think that repeating the same failed strategy that has not worked is magically going to make our looming environmental catastrophe disappear.
=> We do not have the luxury of time anymore to futz around like this. It is time to start talking about how the Federal government can be our national 100% renewable electricity utility.
We need to reduce our carbon emissions to zero in the next ten years if we are going to survive AGW. Bullshit like "on-bill repayment" is merely rearranging the chairs on the Titanic.
Well said, Ginger! The habit of letting the Right's ideological canards go unanswered, even unquestioned, is moral madness and intellectual cowardice. Government is the supposed expression of the popular will in so-called 'democracies', and taxation the price one pays for civilized decency. In this case Government spending paid for by taxation is also the means by which we escape annihilation. Why has no-one on the American pseudo-Left the guts to argue this case?
I agree with you in principle but it's impossible to hit net zero emissions of carbon in 10 years without killing off a whole lot of people. It'll take longer than that to build out the infrastructure needed to make the transition. What's important is that we get serious about making the transition.
I'm sorry but there really is no way to sugar coat this – you are going to watch a lot of people die in the next 10 years. There is only one possible way out of major global catastrophe now, possible only, and that is for the only unifying forces we all have to mobilize everything we have and can dream up to stop the emissions now, and those forces are called governments, ME
Impossible? Why? And why will people die?
If we had a crash Federal program, and invested the money to, say, cover the Mojave with PV panels, upgrade our grid, retrofit our homes and businesses to electric, and added electrical-induction charging to our roads we could accomplish this in perhaps five years.That one installation would be enough to replace every calorie of carbon energy our country needs.
And supply millions of jobs along the way. Stimulate our economy like crazy.
Even if the government paid for every penny of this plan, and gave the resulting electricity away for free forever, it would cost about only about 1/100 that the cost of adaptation to our current policy trajectory will take us.
1/100th the cost and free electricity. Or business as usual and catastrophe.


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Security Shortfall Spotlights British Firm
U.K. security firm G4S GFSZY -0.64 % PLC faced an onslaught of criticism on Friday after admitting it didn't yet have enough personnel to guard the Olympic Games, with Prime Minister David Cameron calling for the company to face penalties.
G4S's Chief Executive Nick Buckles has been asked to appear before a parliamentary committee Tuesday to answer questions about the G4S's fulfillment of its £284 million ($440 million) contract to provide security guards at the Games, which are two weeks away.
"If companies don't deliver on their contracts then they should be pursued for that money," Mr. Cameron said.
The government said Thursday it would provide 3,500 more military personnel to guard venues after learning this past week that G4S—the world's largest security company by employees and second-largest private-sector employer after Wal-Mart—didn't have enough workers.
The private contractor is being paid to supply 10,400 guards to a planned force of 23,700; it said Thursday it had already deployed 4,000 guards and another 9,000 were in the process of vetting, training and accreditation.
G4S said in a statement that it accepts responsibility for the additional cost of the increased military deployment and expects to incur a loss of up to £50 million.
"We are deeply disappointed that we have not been able to fully deliver against our contract," Mr. Buckles said. "We are working flat out around the clock to resolve the situation."
G4S's shortfall two weeks before the Olympics opening ceremony sparked criticism by opposition-party leaders of the government's handling of security for the event, and gave a black eye to a top U.K. company.
Caroline De La Soujeole, a security-industry analyst at Seymour Pierce, said G4S faced damage to its reputation following the blunder. "There must be some question marks now over Nick Buckles' future," she said.
But Ms. De La Soujeole said of the problems with the Olympics contract, "I don't think it should reflect on the rest of the group. They do have a very good track record." The company's share price fell 3.9% in London trading in the two days to Friday's close.
Government and opposition officials expressed shock as the extent of the company's shortfall emerged this week. But hundreds of G4S recruits had been publicly complaining for weeks about problems in the hiring and training of security personnel.
A G4S spokesman declined to respond to staffers' allegations, saying the company's current focus is "delivering the contract."
In May, a G4S employee who was vetting job applicants, Sarah Hubble, described flaws in G4S's screening process to a local television station. Ms. Hubble—who said she wasn't vetted herself—said she and others were pressured to process up to 10 applications an hour, and prospective guards with "really dodgy backgrounds" were quickly approved in a push to provide the promised security force on schedule.
'Securing Your World'
G4S, tracing its roots to 1901, was formed in a Danish-U.K. merger in 2004. It is the world's largest private security company by employees and the world's No. 2 private employer, after Wal-Mart—with 657,000 staff and an annual revenue of £7.5 billion ($11.6 billion)
Some big contracts:
- £284 million to provide 10,400 security guards for the 2012 London Olympics
- Screening services at 20 Canadian airports: 400 million Canadian dollar (US$392 million) for 5 years, beginning in November 2011
- Official security provider of the European Commission in Belgium
- £300 million, 5-year contract in September to provide 800 staff to the U.K. Ministry of Justice around the country
Some recent problems:
- October 2010: Detainee dies after being restrained by G4S guards. Firm loses contract to deport denied migrants
- November 2011: Investor backlash scuttles $8 billion takeover of Danish rival ISS
- June 2012: Staffer tells TV station that employees were cutting corners while vetting security staff for the Olympics
- July: U.K. calls up 3,500 more troops to guard Olympics venues to make up for any shortfalls in hiring by G4S
Ms. Hubble says she was subsequently fired. G4S didn't comment on her dismissal. G4S said all staff employed at the firm's vetting centers are approved and vetted "to an industry standard."
Comments by recruits, posted in recent weeks on the company's Olympic Facebook page, suggested a climate of disorganization. Hundreds of G4S recruits have posted comments complaining about canceled training sessions, missing uniforms and IDs, confusing communication and scheduling mishaps. Many of them accused the firm of losing or mixing up their records. One reported being called to venues even after having been told his application was rejected. The accounts couldn't be independently confirmed.
"Waited months for screening info on sia/ role specific training and they've only just emailed me to tell me my training is tomorrow," a staffer wrote last week, referring to the Security Industry Authority, the public body which manages licenses for private firms' security staff. "This has been a ridiculous process."
"This is a joke with the games so close and still being untrained," one wrote after passing his screening on Wednesday.
U.K. officials have tapped local police to help alongside the additional troops, despite a stretched force after a recent 20% cut to police budgets.
The West Midlands Police Federation was asked to fill in vacant 350 security spots for 10 days. after Thursday's revelation. "This should have been planned months ago," said Ian Edwards, chairman of the federation. Mr. Edwards said officers pulled in from different areas will have to be paid overtime at their regular rate—more than the £8.5 an hour G4S pays its security staff.
"The bottom line is that the priority for private companies will always be shareholders and profit margins," said Simon Reed, vice chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales.
In Surrey, the local police authority said Friday it would revisit plans to give some police jobs to private security companies—after drawing up a list of six such firms, including G4S.
G4S was formed when Danish company Group 4 Falck—with roots in a firm of night watchmen in Denmark established in 1901—merged with U.K. security group Securicor in 2004. With the slogan "securing your world," it soon had 657,000 staff and a growing business as governments outsourced services to cut costs and improve efficiency in the face of economic troubles.
Among its many contracts, G4S runs security centers, prisons and court cells across the U.K. and in more than 125 countries, with an annual revenue of £7.5 billion.
G4S has had a number of top security contracts but has also attracted unwanted attention at times. In October 2010, Angolan detainee Jimmy Mubenga died after being restrained by three G4S guards before he was to be deported from London's Heathrow Airport, causing the company to lose its government contract to deport refused migrants.
Last year, two G4S workers were fired after they attached an electronic tag to the prosthetic leg of a parolee in the U.K., enabling him to remove it and go wherever he pleased.
A few months later, inmates in G4S-managed Birmingham Prison were unable to leave their cells for food or exercise for a day when a set of master keys went missing.
The company has also had a bumpy corporate ride in the past year. In November, G4S's proposed $8 billion takeover of Danish cleaning company ISS A/S came undone after being shouted down by shareholders over its offering price and strategy. A spokesman for G4S declined to comment.
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Council backs Forres flood prevention scheme
- 1 June 2010
- From the section NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Councillors have backed a £40m flood prevention scheme for Forres in a bid to protect homes and businesses.
Members of Moray Council's planning committee gave officers the power to grant approval once some "routine matters" are finalised.
Next week will see the start of a local public inquiry into the application for a flood prevention order for the scheme.
Moray has been badly affected by flooding in recent years.


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The kick-off for the 10th annual Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival has been postponed due to storms but is expected to resume "hopefully" in the next couple of hours, said Brett Mosiman, the festival's director.
Lightning and wind have caused the estimated 15,000 attendees to seek shelter in their vehicles; the cars are parked adjacent to the festival's grounds, which are located at Mulberry Mountain Lodging & Events, north of Ozark, Mosiman said.
"We won't know the exact time of when we'll resume because we're waiting for Mother Nature to start the party," he said with a laugh. "I've been told we have another 20 minutes with the current cell that's passing through, so we're addressing this by the minute."
The festival runs through Sunday and will showcase more than 100 bands on multiple stages. Those scheduled to play tonight include The Black Crowes, STS9, Yonder Mountain String Band and Tipper. Those playing Friday will include Umphrey's McGee, Dispatch and Zeds Dead, while Widespread Panic will play Saturday and Snoop Lion, formerly known as Snoop Dogg, will play Sunday.
"Right now, we've cleared the venue, thanks to the 30- to 45-minute warning we're getting from our weather service system here," Mosiman said. "The service is giving us fantastic, accurate information, so it's helping keep people safe and informed."
For the most part, band schedules will resume to their originally set times, he said.
"We don't want to mess up 10 sets for just one set, plus, there are other logistical issues with production and artist availability," Mosiman said. "In general, when we do start back up, we'll stay on schedule."
Mosiman said the festival had to stop for two hours Wednesday night because of lightning, but was confident those attending will have a memorable, safe time.
"We have a great fan base," he said. "We also have a great staff, so we're up here riding it out. I'm optimistic that we'll see sunny skies again very soon, so people can watch our Facebook page and keep up on our Twitter page to get the most up-to-date information."


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Visual C++ language architect Herb Sutter, Lead PM Tarek Madkour, and Dev Lead Ale Contenti join us to answer your questions – live - about Visual C++ 2013's ISO C++ language conformance, new libraries, compiler optimizations, enhanced IDE productivity features, and new tools for Windows apps.
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Yes, where is the video for this session?
Really like the honoesty of the VC++ team. Thanks for all the great answers.
You're the man Charles. Can you do anything to get Erik Meijer back? Like all the C++ guys, but, Erik was the best.
@Jon: Thanks, Jon. I keep in touch with Erik, virtually. Not sure when he'll be on C9 again (it will require that we are in the same place, same time and a camera is also in the room...). We all miss his energy and brilliance!
I don't like this thing. What about talented people work outside MSFT.
Can Erik Come to C9 again as learnvisualstudio.net guys make video on c9 about JS and C#. I am sure they are not working at MSFT maybe as partner.
It would be nice if we could have something similar to Angular.js (angularjs.org/) for c++ and/or c#. WPF's somewhat hectic to manuever and MFC is certainly too old.
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Suburban students lucky to have help
I read with interest the article about volunteers funding Clarence school clubs and funds. What wonderful opportunities for those kids, all because volunteers in the community support public activities with private dollars when tax dollars run short.
Then I thought about the kids here in my community. Will there be "opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement" for Buffalo kids?
Alan Bozer


text: I have a blog here: http://www.theveggietable.com/blog Any time I make a change in the blog admin area - any change at all - WordPress stalls and the entire site (not just the blog) stops working for 10-15 minutes. This has been happening for a couple of months now. I upgraded to the latest stable version a few days ago - no change. I only use about 5 plugins, and they are all fine. Any ideas at all?


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I recently moved hosting services and installed WordPress 2.0.5 (I was using 2.0.4) on the new server. I then imported my old database into MySQL 5 (I was using MySQL 4). Then WordPress said I needed to upgrade. I clicked the upgrade link and it completed. That all seems to have gone well. Then I uploaded my old plugins and themes folders. I also uploaded the root index.php file.
When I go to the blog, I see " Error 404 - Not Found" in the main part. My domain name hasn't migrated yet so I'm using a temp URL. Do you have any suggestion on how I can find the file it is referring to?
Here's the temp URL: http://site384.mysite4now.com/brettr/blog/