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Regulatory reforms in selected EU network industries
In the course of the 1990s, the EU has embarked on an ambitious regulatory reform programme for a number of European network industries, such as telecommunications, energy and transport. This paper analyses the potential benefits of successful reforms in these sectors with a focus on the price effects of regulatory reforms. Following a review of the existing empirical literature in this field, the paper discusses the evolution of the current regulatory framework for network industries in the EU. An empirical analysis of the main determinants of recent price developments in these industries provides evidence that regulatory reform measures had a substantial downward impact on prices in the four sectors under review.
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- Adalbert Winkler & Francesco Mazzaferro & Carolin Nerlich & Christian Thimann, 2004. "Official dollarisation/euroisation - motives, features and policy implications of current cases," Occasional Paper Series 11, European Central Bank.
- Alberto Musso & Thomas Westermann, 2005. "Assessing potential output growth in the euro area - a growth accounting perspective," Occasional Paper Series 22, European Central Bank.
- Gonzalez, F. & Haas, F. & Johannes, R. & Persson, M. & Toledo, L. & Violi, R. & Zins, C. & Wieland, M., 2004.
"Market dynamics associated with credit ratings: a literature review,"
Financial Stability Review,
Banque de France, issue 4, pages 53-76, June.
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"The EU budget – how much scope for institutional reform?,"
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27, European Central Bank.
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- Francesco Mazzaferro & Arnaud Mehl & Michael Sturm & Christian Thimann & Adalbert Winkler, 2002. "Economic relations with regions neighbouring the euro area in the 'euro time zone," Occasional Paper Series 07, European Central Bank.
- Andrea Enria & Lorenzo Cappiello & Frank Dierick & Sergio Grittini & Andrew Haralambous & Angela Maddaloni & Philippe Molitor & Fatima Pires & Paolo Poloni, 2004. "Fair value accounting and financial stability," Occasional Paper Series 13, European Central Bank.
- Guido Wolswijk & Jakob de Haan, 2005. "Government debt management in the euro area - recent theoretical developments and changes in practices," Occasional Paper Series 25, European Central Bank.
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Two uniformed men, sitting on crates of explosives, having a conversation. The man on the right is wearing shorts as part of his uniform and both are wearing steel helmets. The man on the left is holding papers in his left hand. Printed labels stuck to the wooden crates state 'GOVERNMENT EXPLOSIVE.' The men appear to be in a shallow dip in the ground, and are surrounded by dry and dusty earth.
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All text fields in Firefox can undo changes to the text, except for the toolbar search field. Undo should be enabled there as well.
1. Type or paste something into the toolbar search field.
2. Press Ctrl+Z or right click and select "Undo" from context menu.
In step 2, Ctrl+Z does nothing and the menu item is greyed out (both the item on the context menu and in the Edit menu).
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9b4pre) Gecko/2008022004 Minefield/3.0b4pre ID:2008022004
Seems likely to be related to the changes made in bug 406095 (bug 406095 comment 24, second last paragraph).
That being said, I can't reproduce with a nightly on Windows.
works for me too.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-DE; rv:1.9b4pre) Gecko/2008022104 Minefield/3.0b4pre
Perhaps it's only a problem on Linux, due to some strange focus issue?
I'll test that, can't do it right now.
Created attachment 304870 [details]
Screenshot of trunk Minefield's search toolbar context-menu under Ubuntu 7.10
I can confirm with Ubuntu 7.10 using Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9b4pre) Gecko/2008022104 Minefield/3.0b4pre
*** Bug 423158 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Bug 423158 was filed against windows, but I still can't reproduce on Windows. Are any addons involved?
I can reproduce this on Windows on a clean profile.
Yes, its reproducible on each platform with some simple steps:
1. Open Firefox
2. Click into the search field (don't use Cmd/Ctrl+K!!!)
3. Enter some words
4. Open the context menu
This happens only if the cursor is placed by a left mouse click into the box. But the undo function is available when using the keyboard shortcut.
The regression window is:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b4pre) Gecko/2008021704 Minefield/3.0b4pre
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b4pre) Gecko/2008021804 Minefield/3.0b4pre
Bonsai checkins within this timeframe: http://tinyurl.com/5ccgzf
It doesn't look like that this bug is a regression from Dao's patch on bug 406095. But no idea which one of the list could have been raised this one.
FWIW, this happens for any textbox control with the emptyText property, most notably the location bar on trunk.
IRC conversation with gavin which is relevant:
<ehsan> gavin_: any idea of a possible fix?
<gavin|> well, reverting the code from the second last paragraph of https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=406095#c24
would be a good first attempt
<ehsan> hmm, I'm not familiar with that code
would it be good enough to whip up a patch and ask for review? :)
<gavin|> well, that would probably regress bug 338168
<ehsan> bummer
That change would still be valuable as an experiment, though, to see whether it's actually at fault.
It's more annoying for any instance of a search widget which is using the emptyText attribute and is doing an immediate search, e.g. within the application pane of the preferences panel. Right click into the text box while the empty text is visible and select Undo from the context menu. No entry is shown anymore even after doing an additional search and hitting the x button.
Dao, shall I file a new bug on that or can it be fixed with a patch on this bug?
This bug covers all textboxes with emptyText.
Created attachment 354633 [details] [diff] [review]
Trivial patch
Trivial patch.
When constructing a textbox with empty text, both the constructor and emptyText attribute setting code were calling _updateVisibleText, and hitting the code to begin a new batch, thus mucking up the undo/redo stack.
Comment on attachment 354633 [details] [diff] [review]
Trivial patch
Thanks a bunch for looking into this! Any chance I could convince you to write a test? :)
Why is the emptyText setter being called, out of curiosity?
nit: I'd leave the empty line you're removing.
Comment on attachment 354633 [details] [diff] [review]
Trivial patch
Sure that this makes a difference? There's already 'if (textbox.hasAttribute("empty"))' in the timeout callback.
I was confused -- you're testing for _not_ this.hasAttribute(...), which makes sense of course.
(In reply to comment #17)
> Why is the emptyText setter being called, out of curiosity?
The search bar sets emptyText in updateDisplay() via init(). The value setter also calls _updateVisibleText for empty vals.
Created attachment 354761 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch with mochitest
> nit: I'd leave the empty line you're removing.
Meh. That shouldn't have slipped in there, and I should have caught it.
To my surprise and delight, this was time-consuming because I couldn't get my test to fail (I more often have the opposite problem!) - specifically, I struggled to get it to fail against trunk when I was checking the test was indeed testing the problem.
In the end, I found I had to write this as a chrome test - I originally intended to append my tests to the existing test_textbox_emptytext.xul. However, when I did that, I eventually discovered that any attempt within textbox.xml to touch the editor property was failing with NS_ERROR_DOM_SECURITY_ERR. Not sure if that was my misuse of XUL or a genuine bug.
> + t1.editor.canUndo(t1Enabled, t1CanUndo);
Yuck. Alex Vincent's XPCOM Cheat Sheet states that the last out parameter in the IDL definition becomes the return value of the call in js, but this seemed to return undefined...
(In reply to comment #20)
> In the end, I found I had to write this as a chrome test - I originally
> intended to append my tests to the existing test_textbox_emptytext.xul.
Does netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege("UniversalXPConnect") help?
> Does netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege("UniversalXPConnect")
> help?
Alas no.
Leaving my patch for this bug aside, on trunk if you drop a dump in the catch block of _updateVisibleText in textbox.xml to spit out the error message, and run the test_textbox_emptytext.xul mochitest, you will see that construction of the textbox with id t1 hits the security error. This makes me think that the textbox widget isn't playing well on non-elevated XUL pages.
Based on bug 321879 comment 4, it looks like I was running into bug 59701.
Can we live with a chrome test for the moment? Whilst it would still pass living in test_textbox_emptytext.xul, it would be passing because of the failures in textbox.xml and not because it's the right fix!
Comment on attachment 354761 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch with mochitest
Yeah, a chrome test is fine. I think all of the widget tests should be chrome tests, really, but that's a separate issue. Thanks again!
Comment on attachment 354761 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch with mochitest
The test is failing randomly on linux. For example,
Failed again today:
Verified on trunk and 1.9.1 with:
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.2a1pre) Gecko/20090201 Minefield/3.2a1pre ID:20090201020604
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2a1pre) Gecko/20090201 Minefield/3.2a1pre ID:20090201164324
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.1b3pre) Gecko/20090202 Shiretoko/3.1b3pre
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1b3pre) Gecko/20090201 Shiretoko/3.1b3pre ID:20090201033606
(In reply to comment #29)
> Failed again today:
> http://tinderbox.mozilla.org/showlog.cgi?log=Firefox/1232605415.1232610668.12421.gz
I cannot see failures anymore. Seems that the test is processed successfully now.
The test failed again today:
The sporatic mochitest failure is causing a lot of problems. We should have it disabled, backed out, or rewritten; strong preference for the latter.
Failed again today:


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Not to mention old scars, Sirius's bike and Harpies shirts that Harry wears
Author's Response: i have a lot of fun with that stuff :-D -N-
Love all these chapters. They seem to get better with each chapter. I love the mentions of George and Lavender. I like seeing Molly, Terry and Harry's neice and nephew. It would make my day if Ron and Hermione showed up to the bbq though I acknowledge that that isn't a likely possibility. Ron interacting with muggles and Hermione elbowing him in the ribs everytime he screws up makes me smile. Keep up the good work
Author's Response: Ron and Hermione won't be at the bbq. They will, however, make an appearance very soon as will various other Weasleys. Throwing in snippets about George, and especially Lavender as they relate to my other stories is probably a little self indulgent. But Mrs Moon might even make an appearance. -N-
wow. . .i cant wait for ur next chapter to come. . . pls update it fast
Author's Response: Thank you, I hope to update soon. -N-
I really love this story, it's well written (and not all fanfics are) and i really like idea! my only request is that you update more often! i check, like, everyday to see if you have, and then i'm disappointed :(
Author's Response: Thanks for the review.
Strangers has been nominated for the best post-Hogwarts story in this years QSQs, the only one of my stories to achieve this honour. It is also my most-reviewed story (93 reviews for 7 chapters is staggering).The next update is half-written, but if I increase the frequency of my updates of this story, which other story suffers? Aurors and Schoolgirls? Moons? MLT? A&S has twice the favourites and gets twice the reads of this, so it is also a priority. I like writing Moons (although not many people like to read it). So, MLT will be delayed (as it missed the challenge deadline) but the other three will progress as quickly as I can manage.
Great chapter!
Author's Response: Thanks. -N-
Fabulous writing and amazing story so far. Can't wait to read more!
Author's Response: Thanks for the review. The next chapter is slowly inching towards completion. -N-
I'm loving this story so far! When are you going to upload the next chapters? HURRY!! I can hardly wait
Author's Response: More soon(ish). -N-
so far so good! when are you submitting more chapters???
Author's Response: Thanks. When will I submit more? When I finish the next chapter! :-D -N-
I LOVE this story it is well written, funny and very true to cannon! I like that I am always guessing with this story! Please keep updating!
Author's Response: Thanks. I will keep updating, but slowly. I really must finish Aurors and Schoolgirls. -N-
I love this, I think this a creative way to show Ginny and Harry post-Hogwarts. I honestly at this point only have praise for the story, the characterizations are great and I love seeing Harry, Ginny and the kids interacting with muggles and from a muggle perspective. Just great, can't wait for more!
Author's Response: Thanks for the review. Next: more Polly; more confusing comments by James, and a barbeque! How very mundane (apart from Polly, of course). -N-
A nice little chapter that showcases Harry and Ginny very well, I think. I really enjoyed the part with the awkward exchange about Harry's scars. Those are the parts I enjoy the most; when the muggle and magical worlds overlap and seeing what the results will be. I hope we can look forward to more of the same.
Author's Response: Thanks for the review. I find the overlap interesting too, and Jacqui is really growing as a character. Butdespite my love of my narrator, (though not next chapter) Im going to have to write a third person chapter. Otherwise the mystery plot wont go anywhere. -N-
That was another great chapter. Can't wait to see what happens at the b-b-q. Keep the great stories coming.
Author's Response: Thanks for the review. -N-
Thanks for the update, i enjoyed it greatly! I can't wait to see whatever other clues Henry and his family see that makes the Potters "Unusal" Keep updating please!
Author's Response: Thanks. I hope to update soon. And it wont be long before Jacqui meets Rose and Hugos parents. -N-
Well done again. I just love reading your stories. The chapter flowed so well, I got lost in story and forgot where I was.
Author's Response: Thanks for the review. This story is great fun to write, though surprisingly hard work. -N-
Fantastic! I've been waiting for the story to progress. Loved the 'argument' about red - it's just so Ginny. And the character development of Mike and Jacqui - it's great to have a greater insight into their relationship. Can't wait to see if the Charltons will ever find out about magic and how Harry and Ginny will react to that as Jacqui is clearly beginning to pick up that there's more to the Potters than meets the eye. Great chapter. Hope you update soon.
Author's Response: Thanks. This chapter was intended to establish Mike and Jacqui as a couple, and to cement the Potter/Charlton relationship. If they fall out, I lose my narrator. There will be more soon. -N-
your story is awesome i love it so much your one of my favorite authors. i did see something on this page i might be wrong but i though harry could swim after the second task in the goblet of fire. again i might be wrong, Great job anyways.
Author's Response: Thanks for the review. In GoF Harry swam with the help of Gilliweed. As a pupil in a Muggle junior school hed have been taught the basics, but probably no more (not with Dudley in the class). -N-
Author's Response: Thanks -N-
Everything seems good. There's so much overpoliteness, but I suppose that's natural for new acquaintances.
Another great chapter--keep posting! Every time I see that you've posted a different story, I wish it were a new chapter of this one!!
Author's Response: This takes place at the end of James first week at school; overpoliteness is to be expected as the families get to know each other.
I really must finish Aurors and Schoolgirls, that story (and this one) should be my priority, but I couldnt resist the Mysterious May Challenges. Lavender is constantly pestering me to write about her, too. -N-
Naw! I thought that it was going to be Teddy Lupin...now I'd love to see how Jaqui would handle him and his hair!!! but he'd be what, only 10 or so when this is set? Another great chapter, but for some reason i keep on expecting one of the kids, probably James to do magic unknowingly (like start to struggle in the pool but end up getting themselves out too quickly)
thanks for the update!!
Author's Response: Thanks. According to my timeline, Teddy is now eleven, and has just started at Hogwarts. Jacqui will, however, meet Ginnys brothers and their wives and kids. The question is, however, will James remember about the national statue of secrets.
Im working on a one-shot about accidental magic, its provisionally called The Drakeshaugh Dragon. -N-
I've just about given up on an update . Please please please PLEASE update! I really want to see where this is going!
Author's Response: Thanks for the review. The next chapter is done. However, ever since the Mysterious May challenge started I've had two chapters in the queue and no room to submit an update here. More as soon as I have a space. -N-


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The abuse never stops,
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The phyisical pain can be healed.
But emotional pain,leaves its scars.
We can't out grow it,
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The hurt keeps hurting,
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Hiding our pain,only allows it to grow.
The abuse never stops.
Because some are ashamed to show it.
Some have no where to turn to,
or have no where to go.
So, the abuse continues on,
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Standing to Sue in the Myriad Genetics Case
Megan M. La Belle
Catholic University of America (CUA) - Columbus School of Law
November 23, 2011
California Law Review, Vol. 2, Circuit 68, 2011
CUA Columbus School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011-20
In recent years, the topic of gene patents has generated significant debate among medical researchers, biotechnology companies, academics, policymakers, and patent lawyers. The controversy implicates a wide range of legal and policy questions, including whether human genes should be patentable, and whether such patents stimulate or stifle innovation. In Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, a high-profile case recently before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, a divided panel of the court addressed these questions. Before reaching the merits of the case, however, the court had to decide whether the plaintiffs had standing to sue the patent owner for declaratory relief. Although scholars and other commentators have discussed at length the substantive issues raised by the Myriad case, little has been said about this crucial procedural question.
This Essay explores the question of standing in the Myriad case, specifically, and in patent declaratory judgment actions more generally. In Myriad, the Federal Circuit concluded that only one of the twenty plaintiffs had standing to sue. While this was sufficient for the case to proceed, this Essay critically examines the Federal Circuit's approach to standing in Myriad. The Essay argues that the court misinterpreted and misapplied Supreme Court precedent, thus adopting a formalistic and overly narrow test for standing. The Essay urges the Supreme Court, if presented with the opportunity, to grant certiorari in Myriad to reconfirm its holding in MedImmune v. Genentech that standing in patent declaratory judgment actions must be analyzed under the all the circumstances test, not according to bright line rules. Finally, the Essay concludes by underscoring the importance of declaratory judgment actions to our patent system. The Supreme Court consistently has adopted legal standards that facilitate patent declaratory relief actions because of the public benefit afforded when bad patents are invalidated. The Federal Circuit, too, should consider its obligation to the public when deciding the justiciability of patent declaratory judgment actions.
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Keywords: Patent, Declaratory Judgment, Declaratory Relief, Myriad Genetics, Gene Patents, Standing, Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction, Article III, Case or Controversy
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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 20 September 2013 approved the setting up of Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) near Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
The ITIR, spread over 50000 acres, with an investment potential of about 2.19 lakh crore Rupees in Information Technology and Electronic Hardware manufacturing over 25 years.
The Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Union Ministry of Urban Development and Union Ministry of Railways would initiate the detailed feasibility of the project.
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Politics in Karnataka, has for long been characterised by a sea-saw struggle between two dominant communities - Lingayats and the Vokkaligas. Things, however, have been changing, and the changes have been most pronounced during the regime of Devaraj Urs. Certain deliberate (and occasionally crude) measures adopted by the Urs regime have been instrumental in undercutting the role of these traditional power centres. The result has been the emergence into political prominence of groups which had suffered from both Vokkaliga and Lingayat oppression. This article attempts to analyse some of these class and caste dynamics of the Urs regime.
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Yes. I am obsessed with coupons!! My fiance and I go every Sunday to the grocery store, and first sit down with coffee at a table and clip the coupons from the Washington Post. I have a little holder (got it at Target in the dollar bins a couple years ago) that I organize them with. FI knows the system, so it works out where we can clip, organize, and be ready to shop before we finish our coffee! haha We make a list before we go of the things we need for the weeks meals. We found that this way we're not shopping "just because we have a coupon". Most of the time, the coupon in the Sunday paper is for a sale item in the store. Stores are good for that!! Then we take our list, and highlight or star* the items we have a coupon for so we don't forget at checkout to pull it out! We usually save much more than we spend!!
On weeks that we don't do this...we end up spending about $75 more than we would otherwise! Yesterday, for instance, we spend $133 for the week, and our coupon and sale item savings was $189. :) :) :)
Good luck!! It takes some time getting used to, but it's sooooooo worth it!
I really want to take a class on coupon cutting...LOL. I have found that when I have clipped coupons, I buy usless stuff that I normally wouldn't buy but I purchase because I have a coupon :-)
I still have a lot to learn!
I get the Sunday paper purely for the coupons! I think it's worth it, as long as they were things you were going to buy. If you're going to save a dollar buying crackers that you don't usually get, then it's pretty pointless.
Best place has been www.moneysavingmadness. This website has saved me tons of money and also hooked up some great deals.
Try and find a regional blog about coupon cutting and store match-ups. I have a local one here in MI that I am wholeheartedly dedicated to. =) Every week she'll take coupons and match them up with the best store sales around town. Saves me a boat load of time. Bargins to Bounty to see what I mean.
I'm obsessed with it:) I check all the papers and websites.
Unfortunately today I got called white trash by the guy behind me for checking out with all my coupons. Unfortunately for him that is. FFI took care of his rude comment outside. I think the man left feeling 2 inches tall and needing to go to church:)
awww Riley I'm sorry to hear that....... I'm glad the FI handled that. He needs church and an a** kicking IMO.
i love coupons but always forget them at home and end up losing them. i havent used a coupon at a store in years. :(
I also want to take a class on coupon cutting... :) we never end up using them, we just collect and forget...
***that SUCKS rileymichelle21. I'm sorry that happened.***
I clip them, but I never use them. I only look in the Sunday paper and the ones they have in the aisles at the grocery store.
I'm particular about what I buy, and those things never seem to have a coupon :(
www.thekrazycouponlady.com will explain it all.... its amazing how much free stuff you can get
You guys, seriously start using coupons! I'm not crazy-wild using coupons, but it's nothing for me to save 6 or 7 bucks each time I shop with coupons. It really adds up! For example, I never buy laundry detergent (Tide due to hub's skin issues) without it being on sale AND with $1.00 coupon. This alone saves me about $3.00 on Tide!
I don't keep coupons on items I don't use regularly. That is, unless it's a new product and I want to try it. And I don't buy name brand items if a generic is just as good even though I may have a coupon. I buy based upon the final price of the item. So, sometimes I'll have say a Green Giant frozen veggie coupon, and when on sale, I'll buy them, but if not on sale I look to see what the generic brand costs and base my decision accordingly. I try to time using a coupon when a product is on sale too.
It's a little bit of a pain to 'coupon', but I just keep my coupons in my car. That way they are usually handy. There are a few times I may be with someone else and not have my coupons with me, but that doesn't happen very often.
Keep track of how much you save using coupons and you'll soon find you'll start using them even more! Now I get mad when I let a good one expire!


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a terrorist who blows himself up in order to kill or injure other people
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Sorry I found an error and went in to fix it and have tried three times to format this properly but to no avail. Still hope you like it. Susan :)
A lovely story for the holiday my friend. You did such a good job. Original story no doubt. You have such an imagination. Never ceases to amaze me. Excellent job. Lily
Aren't you supposed to be resting. Really beautiful story. Love it. Gary
What a wonderful way to tell the story of of the star. So different and a lovely read.
Hope you are feeling much better Susan? Take care my friend. God Bless. Patx
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Very neatly done. Love stories like this one.
I have thought of this story from many points of view but never the star. this would make a wonderful play. I love the way your wrote it :)
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This article is part of a series in celebration of a new, dynamic voice in Black America: the NUBIANO Exchange. Brace yourself for the NUBIANO experience.
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Something disturbed me a few weeks back while watching the new American Bandstand – easily disguised as American Idol. The panel of judges (Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, and Simon Cowell) had to endure the cacophony of a particular weak link among the female contestants. Among the future divas was one Antonella Barba, a current student at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., who croaked her little heart out, singing the 1998 Aerosmith hit, "I Don't Want to Miss A Thing."
As she made her final, forgettable note, Humpty Dumpty (Jackson), Loopy (Abdul), and the Grinch (Cowell) evaluated her suicide-committing rendition of the previously mentioned song. Jackson, the newer, darker Simon Cowell (always with a "yo" here and a "dawg" there), pretty much listened to Barba's voice and didn't like it one bit. Miss Abdul, famous for being the cop-out among the three arbiters, told Miss Barba 1) she's pretty, 2) the song "choice" was not good and 3) she sounds just like her – a cute face with no tonal quality whatsoever.
Then, America's star grump from across the Atlantic bashed Barba's performance. Surprisingly, in a weird twist of fate, he followed that dismissal, possibly saving the 20-year-old from elimination, by adding that she is an attractive girl and voters would place that in her favor.
Beauty over talent? Noooo! Not again!
Cowell was right: On Thursday night, Barba wasn't kicked off the island, er, stage, as host Dick Clark, ahem, Ryan Seacrest booted off two other hopefuls whose performances were slightly better than Barba's own. Harmless, right? Barba did nothing wrong, right? This is the land of opportunity, a country which gave its popular vote to Al Gore in 2000, without glaring spots of fault, right?
Here's the problem: on a show like American Idol, no one is really concerned about Barba's singing – or those of any stick-thin Barbie, for that matter. It's all about prejudice and the image bias that reeks through Western society, just as heavily as racial bias. It is not to say every female contestant, before this sixth installment, sailed through sounding and looking like Beyoncé or Britney Spears, but some have gone on the penultimate rounds, like Fantasia Barrino in Season 3, with a fine church lilt and a very curvaceous figure.
There were other "thick girls" who were gone too soon, who seemingly didn't fit the societal image of beauty – like recent Oscar-winning, supporting actress Jennifer Hudson, who was told by Cowell that her time was up, a fourth runner-up as a result.
Pictures of Barba in her birthday suit, in various positions and poses of debauchery, had allegedly appeared on the Internet, file sharing of her going all over the States worse than when Napster was a free-for-all back in the late 1990s. Some members of the media suggested that Barba be kicked off the remaining group of 20 post-haste. After all, wasn't this the same production company that had sent previous contestants home for bad behavior, those with criminal records? Did the producers of shows like this and So You Think That You Can Dance? not have Frenchie Davis, a former Howard University student and contestant during the early parts of the show in 2003, packing after it was discovered there were similarly questionable pictures of her on an adult web site?
A statement from Fox reads, "[they] don't comment on the personal lives of our show participants." Nigel Lythgoe, one of the aforementioned mega-producers, speculated in Entertainment Weekly magazine that her friends placed those pictures online, not she. Even the school she attends is looking the other way, trying not to get its hands dirty.
Whether the removal of Frenchie Davis or the stand-pat approach of keeping Antonella Barba was okay or not, once a woman or man is in a compromising position and his or her body is captured (or altered to resemble or enhance that same image) on the Web, even if that person is featured on a nationally televised stage in a more positive, trouble-free manner, there is a problem. The overall image that American Idol wants to project is not a squeaky-clean one, but one not involved in racy photos – making the the winner head towards a career-declining spin of twists and turns à la Lindsay Lohan.
The producers of this popular show on Fox should not make one black contestant (beautiful and voluptuous and very talented) look bad, even if she had done something immoral and risqué, and after that, turn the other cheek, keeping the "personal" matters of another contestant, a young white woman, who is considered stunning (but not nearly as gifted as her fellow female counterparts) hush-hush! Although some of the pornographic evidence has been reported to be a hoax, her image remains to be seen around the world in scenes of pleasure and poor behavior, without clothes – something lacking a musical or uplifting stance.
Regardless of the speculation behind this brouhaha, this is a very unfair handling of the case and it should not be allowed. Yet it's not a complete shock, seeing how passé producers in general have been in the past with certain contestants on TV shows (think: Tara Conner, Miss USA, pardoned by Donald Trump). However unfortunate for some, everyone is not able to skate over their transgressions without being reprimanded.
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Kate is a level 3 personal trainer. Do you want to lose weight or put on muscle? Get ready for a challenge or competition? Maybe you just want to get in shape? Kate is here to help. Helping you attain your fitness goals is a passion of Kate's so if you see Kate around the gym floor feel free to ask her for valuable advice.
Take a virtual tour of Anytime Fitness Ilkeston!!!
Always-open convenience of a 24 hour gym
We are a fitness centre that fits your on-the-go lifestyle. At our Ilkeston, health club, you can exercise any time using your own security-access key! That's 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Talk about no more excuses!
Our staffed hours are:
Monday to Thursday: 10am - 8pm
Friday: 10am - 6pm
Saturday: 10am - 5pm
Sunday: 10am - 4pm
We can't wait to show you the fantastic facilities we offer so pop in and meet the team.
Why choose us?
Not only are we the very first 24 hour club in the area, we also offer spotlessly clean facilities with all the latest equipment in a welcoming environment. Our staff are polite, friendly and professional who will always put the needs of our members first to ensure that they achieve all of their fitness goals.
Our fully qualified personal trainers will offer a variety of classes throughout the day and evening. Not able to make the timetable provided? Not a problem, we also offer a wide variety of virtual classes to take part in at your own convenience using our state of the art wellbeats system 24 hours a day!
Affordable memberships
It doesn't cost a lot to achieve your health and fitness goals at the Anytime Fitness gym in Ilkeston. For a low monthly fee, you get far more than you'd expect. Come in and see our fitness centre for yourself. We'd love to show you around!
All you need, all you want in a 24 hour gym membership
You will find amazing amenities—including the best fitness equipment available!. Plus, our health club has a friendly and supportive atmosphere. To help you get started, each new member receives a FREE personal fitness orientation!
One membership, thousands of health clubs
We are proud to offer the benefit of Anywhere Club Access. With this benefit, you can visit thousands of our fitness centres for the price of a standard monthly gym membership. With Anywhere Club Access, you can exercise whenever—and wherever—it suits you best.
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Baikal Java User Group is the community intented to bring together Java programmers, Java users, and Java-driven companies in Ulan-Ude. We aim to meet and share ideas, thoughts and best practices on how to best implement Java technologies in everyday software development. We also try to help our members find Java-related jobs in Ulan-Ude and outside the region.
We are a group of geeks from Barcelona (in Spain) that we want to share our experiences and knowledge related with this development language that gives us so many joys and headaches ;-). We would engage people to think, opine, ask and share and everybody is welcomed and we would like to listen as many suggestions as will be possible.
Comunidad JUG de El Salvador
Founded in Apr 30, 2012. The group focuses and promotes Java . The members of the group are java professionals and junior java enthusiasts
Based on Java Management Extensions API JMX Calibration Services implements Diagnostic & Calibration functionality for Java EE Web Applications as part of Performance Management for individual Best Fit Deployments and essential Visibility into Java Web Transactions across your infrastructure. You identify performance problems and balance your Java Web Server remote at runtime via JMX supported Tools(->White Paper).
Java User Group Dedicated for Java enthusiasts belong to Coimbatore, India. This will be a Virtual JUG linking all the java techies from Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India.
Projeto javaMe
This group is for Mumbai java community to collaborate and have java fun :)
Shine Framework: Web-ViewController Framework, Reflect Framework, Portlet Framework
XADisk enables transactional access to file-systems, supporting both local and XA transactions. Please visit XADisk at http://xadisk.java.net


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- Players
- 1
- Genre
- Puzzle, Strategy
- Release Date
3DS eShop
- 20th Dec 2012, $5.99 (USA)
- 20th Jun 2013, £11.99/€13.99 (UK/EU)
About This Game
It's finally here: the first games collection for Nintendo 3DS in eShop!
Play a round of Sudoku, do a relaxing puzzle or make the other player's ships sink to the bottom of the sea. A grand total of 25 game types in three magnificently themed worlds provide plenty of variety and lots of fun. Accept the challenge and try to collect all the trophies. But be warned - it won't be easy! Every game learns and adapts to your abilities!
These are the game types:
4 in a row
Card Solitaire
Chest Mover Mania
Chinese Checkers
Code Cracker
Dice Five
Find Mines
Find Pairs
Jigsaw Puzzle
Match 3
Nine Men's Morris
Peg Solitaire
Pipe Shift
Ship Encounter
Sliding Puzzle
Spot the Difference
Token Wangle
The first games collection for Nintendo 3DS in eShop! 55 x fun for the entire family! Round up all the available trophies to be declared the winner!