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Father reportedly locked out of daughter's swim practice to accommodate Muslim sensibilities
(Erica Ritz) -- A Toronto area father is upset after being locked out of his daughter's swim class for what he was told are "religious reasons," according to the Toronto Sun.
"I spoke to a staff member and she told me that it's because of Muslim women, that we're not allowed to look at them or whatever," 38-year-old Chris said Friday (he declined to give a last name). "I don't think religion has a role to play in a public pool."
The single father knew when he signed his daughter up for the 9-week course at the community center that it was a female class, but didn't realize the gender segregation also reached the stands, apparently.
"She doesn't have a lot of friends and I wanted her to swim with girls. I don't know what parent wouldn't want to watch their child participate," he said, adding: "There were other fathers there who weren't too happy."
The Toronto Sun reached out to Local Councillor John Parker, who hadn't heard of this specific case but called the complaint "legitimate," adding that it raises a "fair issue."
"We have to decide and we have to determine just what are the options that are available to us and how many hours are there in the day to allow the different options that communities want," Parker said. "So far the pressure has been to provide hours for women only, this gives rise to the legitimate question: ought we to find time for mixed groups precisely to accommodate the concern that this parent has raised."


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About Other AustraliaView a map of Other Australia wineries
With a landmass the size of the US, Australia has just as many appellations. Many wines are simply labeled from their state of origin. Some of these are the most popular:
New South Wales- New South Wales has a variety of smaller wine growing regions. Many wines are a blend of these smaller appellations, leading to the more encompassing designation of New South Wales.
Western Australia– A small percentage of Australia's winemaking occurs on the West Coast. The largest Australian state, Western Australia, includes the appellations Margaret River and Great Southern.
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DOWNTOWN ADVENTURE: In a perfect world you are reading this while surrounded by friends and/or co-workers. You are reading the paper-product version, which makes us money. Or, what the heck, the Internet version is fine, too. Page-hits are gold. It is before noon (in this perfect world). You are bored and looking forward to an adventure-packed Saturday full of enjoyable non-work challenges that tax (in the good way) you mentally and physically, with food somehow involved. Your friends, and/or colleagues, are willing to spend $75.
Here's what you do before noon: You come up with teams of two to four people, and you register for Saturday's Downtown's Amazing Chase. It's a reality TV-inspired romp through downtown Long Beach's diverse and eclectic neighborhoods and their businesses and landmarks in search of challenges both mental and physical - and food-eating-related.
Winners will share in a batch of prizes valued at more than $1,000, and a hosted finish-line bash featuring appetizers awaits all participants.
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Our sphere of influence in the Chocolate Festival is the Homemade Chocolate Dessert Contest, in which judges determine the best products in three categories: Cakes & Pies, Cookies & Brownies and Unique Chocolate Treats.
The public doesn't get to try the homemade products due to health code matters. That's the sort of peril we encounter as judge, and we do it quietly and, we suppose, if you must use a term to describe what we do, "heroically."
The deadline for entering your homemade sweets is March 19. Rules and entry forms are available on the Belmont Shore Business Association site at www.belmontshore.org, or swing by the offices at 200 Nieto Ave., in the Shore.
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Performances are at 8 p.m. tonight and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. It runs through March 24 at the Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach. Tickets are $24; seniors pay $21 and students get in for $14. Call 562-494-1014.
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October 8, 2013
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USM Planetarium
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Panel discussion accompanied by planetarium slide show in the dome.
"Devil Girls and the History of Astronomy" by Lucinda Cole (Women and Gender Studies, USM) and Robert Markley (University of Illinois, Urbana‐Champaign, English)
"My Asteroid" by Julie Ziffer (Physics)
"Women Scientists Teaching Women Science" by USM and Chemistry Professor Emerita Nancy Gordon
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Attendees are encouraged to attend "Night Sky," a comedic drama written by Susan Yankowitz and directed by Assunta Kent (USM Theater and Women & Gender Studies) being performed in Russell Hall, Gorham Campus from Oct 10th through the 13th.
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Do some research on the topic of fuzzing. That'll get you started.
Hi. I'm learning ASM and C n perl atm to gain more computer knowladge within the art of hacking. And all i want is when finding buffer overflows within programs that have been compiled hows do you find that an exploit can be exploited, i'm not asking to be spoon fed cause i like to learn for myself. My guess is studying an application in ASM and see if it can be exploited. Thank you for your time
Do some research on the topic of fuzzing. That'll get you started.
Use metasploit
Study http://www.securiteam.com/securityre...OP0B006UQ.html
Consider also a higher level scripting language (such as lua or python) rather than shellcodes as most systems now effectively trap buffer overflows. (We hope).
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im agree you will need to learn some procedural language before all
lua(my little installer for bt under win was made in lua) is the best i think
python is really powerfull
Watch your back, your packetz will belong to me soon... xD
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The new metasploit frame work is coded in ruby so if you plan on using it to develop a exploit after you find a vunerability it would be usefull to be proficiant in ruby. Black foot is right fuzzing is the teqnique used for finding vunerabilities. Backtrack comes with some very useful fuzzers but even before that you must learn about the stack, and break points and the eip and a lot of other things. other wise you wont know a vunerability when you see it
Well thank you guys very much i mean tht, i shall looking into it now, i do know abit of ASM. I wanna learn this stuff to get good at it, i dont really like using metasploit cause i'd wanna learn how to find them exploit them not jus click, config, exploit (not my thing). Thanks people :-D
Script kiddies = n00bs
I agree on writing your own exploit, as I am learning C and python to write mine, but don't consider metasploit to be completely noob. Tinker with metasploit to get a feel of how the exploit works, after exectuing an exploit and it's payload, you can look at the source code to view how it did it for an idea for your own exploit. Then further enhance it.
I had a quick look at ASM as I could not recall that the boys at Grenoble were doing anything of interest in this sector.
ASM appears to manipulate Java classes in an adaptable environment. It presumes extensive write permissions. Whilst it does indeed adapt byte-code I do not see it as approaching anything in a useable form to run alongside nor to replace shellcoding.
To use this (ASM) restricts your activity to java classes only and the likelihood of finding (in my opinion) the precise memory location of a class to adapt and maintain the memory footprint without prior knowledge of the model which one is adapting dynamically is at best difficult and certainly time-consuming.
I accept that metasploit is dependent on ruby. I overlooked that important point.
Best of luck in your quest! By all means write again if you wish any of us to expand points.
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i have tried a tuto ceonserning BOF and it desnt work, any idea ? maybe a buffer overflow protection in backtrack?
Read up on how overflows work and answer the question yourself.
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Azealia Banks opens up about abusive past, stripping & dating married men
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Harlem-bred rapper Azealia Banks has been one of the most buzzed about artists in the past couple of years. With her Twitter beefs, losing endorsement deals for using a gay slur, her purple hair and wild antics, she's always a subject of hipster conversation. But in a new interview with London's Sunday Times, she's opening up about some pretty harrowing and dark times of her young life.
But before we share those tidbit with you, we want to draw attention to the fact that in the sub-headline of the story, the paper's writer calls Azealia, "pops hottest ho"…… NOT OKAY! Shame on you Sunday Times! Black women with talent and active sex lives are not hoes!!!!!
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On when she knew she wanted to become a rapper:
[Azealia] would sleep with people she thought might help her to escape home and get to the top. She eventually persuaded one of her boyfriends to give a tape to the producer Diplo and, to her astonishment, he got in touch. "Of course, I thought, I'm going to take over the world," she says. "I'm the new Lil' Kim." The only problem was that her raps were "sh-t". For a long time, nobody wanted to work with her. She had to record 212 in someone's bedroom. She made the video for $30 in a dirty top on the street. She thought nothing would come of it, but when she put the track on the internet, she got nearly 60m hits. "I was like, sh-t! I'm famous," she shrieks. "I'm rich. I'm famous." The first thing she did was fire everyone. "You're fired, and you're fired, and you're fired," she says. "You didn't wanna ride with me when I didn't have no hair weave and a dirty Mickey Mouse sweater on," she says. "Go ahead. Kiss my ass." She is now by far the most frightening thing in pop.
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Robert Redford is in talks to play Oral Roberts in a movie about Carlton Pearson, a Pentecostal minister who was a rising star within his denomination until he revealed that he no longer believed in Hell.
The Hollywood Reporter says the film, which was originally being developed for director Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace, Machine Gun Preacher) under the name Heretics, is now being developed by Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs, Rachel Getting Married) under the name Come Sunday.
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Matthew Palfrey and Wes Murch discuss their new eBook, 'Sandbag Training for MMA and Combat Sports.'
Why the sandbag? Palfrey says,
Does top-30 lightweight, Murch agree?Put simply, the sandbag is awkward. It doesn't want to be lifted like a dumbbell or barbell.
When people first try sandbag training they can find it incredibly tough and it often puts people off, but, get used to handling the sandbag, and an opponent becomes a lot easier.
With sandbag training you get the same results as you would with most traditional resistance training programmes (like dumbbells, barbells or kettlebells) with the added benefit of using a tool that has specific parallels in MMA.
The other great thing is that anyone can make their own sandbag and still get amazing results. We've even included a section in the book that tells you how to do this.
Full interview here: http://britmma.co.uk//matthew-palfre...ook/4567063042Its absolutely perfect for MMA and let's not get confused, we arent reinventing the wheel or developing science.
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Join us as the Evangelical Ministerial Fellowship of Frederick observes the 62nd National Day of Prayer on Thursday, May 2, 2013 with its 5th Annual Prayer Breakfast at the Dutch's Daughter Restaurant, 581 Himes Avenue in Frederick, Maryland, beginning at 7:00 a.m.
What is the National Day of Prayer?
The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May, inviting people of all faiths to pray for the nation. It was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the United States Congress, and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman.
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Brevard, N.C. - Kortney Conner led the Tornados with 11 kills against Converse College and Joy Oswalt recorded a career high 10 kills against Johnson C. Smith University as Brevard recorded the sweep in Saturday's tri-match in Boshamer Gymnasium.
Converse recorded the 3-0 victory over the Golden Bulls in the second match of the day behind nine kills from Val Thoms.
Match One: Brevard 3, Converse 0
Box Score
Conner led the Tornados with 11 kills and Ashlie Morrison added nine as the Tornados (6-19) hit 18.6 percent from the floor in defeating the Valkyries in the first match of the day, 25-13, 25-21, 25-17. Bethany Stevenson added 25 set assists and 10 digs, while Conner and Lindsey Rogers had 13 digs apiece to pace the Brevard defense.
Jameiha Maxwell led Converse (3-19) with six kills, while Thoms and Anna Williams added five apiece to lead the Valkyries attack. Kandace Griffin added 11 set assists, while Bri Scalt led the defensive efforts with a team high 10 digs in the match.
The Tornados broke a 4-4 tie in the first set with an 8-1 run on a pair of Conner kills and an ace by Jamie Atkinson, going up 12-5. Converse brought the set back to 13-10 behind an ace by Aubrey Crosby, but the Tornados again went on a 6-1 run go take the 19-11 advantage on Stevenson's serve and a Conner kill gave Brevard the first set 25-13.
Converse came out the gates hot in the second set, going up 6-0 on Griffin's serve before a kill by Morrison ended the Valkyries' run. The Tornados battled back, tying the match up at 11 apiece on a block by Ashley Wilson and Stevenson and took their first lead of the match following a Converse attack error. The teams battled each other to a standstill with the match tied at 18 before kills by Atkinson and Stevenson gave the Tornados a lead they would not relinquish and back-to-back kills by Morrison put Brevard up 2-0 with the 25-21 set victory.
Brevard scored six of the first eight points en route to a 16-4 lead in the third set behind a trio of kills by Conner and two kills apiece by Atkinson and Oswalt. Converse battled back, scoring six of the next 10 points on kills by Maxwell, Anna Williams and a Griffin service ace, but the Tornados were able to close out the match on a Sydney Yeomans' ace to take the match 25-17.
Match Two: Converse 3, Johnson C. Smith 0
Box Score
Thoms led the Valkyries in the second match of the day, recording a team high nine kills and Griffin added eight as Converse hit 16.5 percent from the court in the neutral site competition. Griffon added 25 set assists and four service aces, while Bri Scalf contributed a match high 17 digs to lead the Valkyries to the 25-16, 25-23, 25-15 victory.
Kayla Bazemore led the Golden Bulls (4-22) with four kills in the match, while Alexis Webb contributed eight set assists to pace the attack. Elana Foster contributed two service aces, while Sharelle Hatley led Johnson C. Smith with a team high 16 digs to guide the Golden Bulls backline.
Converse went up 6-1 after back-to-back service aces by Williams on their way to building a 16-9 advantage. The Golden Bulls battled back, cutting the lead down to three at 18-15 behind a Bazemore kill, but a JCSU service error swung the match back in favor of the Valkyries as they rode four service aces to the 25-16 victory.
The Valkyries also went up 6-1 to start the highly contested second set as the teams combined for five ties, the first coming at 16-all following a pair of Amber Alexander kills. Neither team was able to record an advantage as the match remained tied at 23 apiece, before a kill by Griffin and a Maxwell service ace gave Converse the 25-23 set victory.
Converse recorded the first four points on their way to building the 16-9 advantage in the third set. Johnson C. Smith continued to fight back throughout the remainder of the set, but a kill by Thoms ended the match after the 25-15 set win.
Match Three: Brevard 3, Johnson C. Smith 0
Box Score
Oswalt led the Tornados with a career high 10 kills and Atkinson and Stevenson both recorded three service aces as the Tornados hit 34.7 percent from the floor in the match in completing the season sweep over the Golden Bulls. Rogers added a match high 25 digs to lead Brevard on the backline in the 25-7, 25-8, 25-17 victory.
Bazemore again led the Golden Bulls with eight kills in the match and added a team high five set assists. Hatley led the backline with 12 digs in the match, while Sabrina Johnson had a team high two blocks to pace the JCSU defense.
Three Bazemore kills tied the first set up at 3 apiece, but the Tornados went on a 10-1 run on six Conner kills to give the Tornados the 13-4 advantage. Brevard continued to press the attack on Amanda Possidente's serve before closing out the 25-7 set victory on back-to-back Stevenson service aces.
Brevard took a 10-3 advantage in the second set before the Golden Bulls battled back behind a kill by Webb to cut the score to 10-6. However, the Tornados went on a 14-1 run on Yeomans' serve to go up 24-7 and a kill by Erin Rollins closed out the 25-8 victory to put BC up 2-0.
The Tornados jumped ahead 13-3 in the third set behind four kills by Ashley Wilson on their way to building an 18-9 lead. Johnson C. Smith battled back behind kills by Bazemore and Williams, but Atkinson placed in a pair of service aces as Brevard completed the 25-17 victory.
Brevard remains at home in Boshamer Gymnasium as they host Wingate University in South Atlantic Conference action on Wednesday, October 26th. First serve between the Tornados and the Bulldogs is set for 7 p.m.


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Discussion in 'Members Zone' started by Texas_Pete, Aug 7, 2011.
Keep bringing the goods man. Much appreciated.
Hos is the E Smith of the Board.
He keeps on grinding out those posts.
I thought he reset his post count to shut up the idiots?
Diamond amongst garbage? I couldn't resist, keep sharing your knowledge Hos..
I did, but I put it back for a few reasons.
1. I was always going to set it back to 0 at 100,000 and I did not want idiots taking that away.
2. It made a banned poster the highest post count on this forum and that did not sit well with me.
3. I'm not the highest post count for Cowboys fans anyway. I am sure boozeman, accounting for all forums is way above me, and I have always been fine with that.
no explanation necessary. I just remember the reset post...or thought I did.
You were correct. I knocked 98,000 posts off my count. I've never cared about the post count, but some guys were making an issue out of it and I got tired of it.
Nice to see you around EB. Hope you enjoy the season.
The way I see it, guys with high post counts keep the board lively. I've seen lots of boards die because nobody posts.
I don't think you should reset your post count.
You have earned it sir.
I have post count envy
I love Hos like the rest of you, but all this tells me is he really needs a life!
This post is purely for padding my already massive count. Look out Hos, here I come!
I agree.
But how else do you get a bunch of internet backslapping twice? I fail to see how your plan draws additional attention to oneself.
Or you can just give me the other 98,000 posts :shades:
Hostile is busy working on his draft of his 100,000 post. I think I saw an excerpt..
"When I joined this site in 2004, I never imagined the impact it would have on me or others. 100,000 posts..well that means I just blab alot. Strong opinions, sure I have them, but I'm a Cowboys and football junkie. I don't smoke, dont drink, have not had a soda in 20 years. I hate kickers, snickers and guys that wear knickers...."
......especially ex-soccer player kickers who wear knickers.
1 more Hostile, then you need to change the spark plugs, timing belt and various fluids....
O, OH! 8 Posts. You big man you.
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Christian intellectuals laudably relay this really powerful and appropriate Christian message: "Know yourself. Know your sins. Dig deep into the sins of your life and sacrifice them to God." We seek to motivate the complacent, uninterested, non-invested sectors of Christianity, and rightly so.
But analytical enthusiasts can take this call to action too far. We can seek to know our deep sins with such fervent earnestness that the responsibility becomes a self-sanctifying pressure. This occurs especially among the intellectual Christian community: some of us take on the heavy burden of uncovering our flaws, adjusting in light of the illumined flaw, and trying to be really careful not to overcompensate.
For example, a fellow college student might see the various ministry opportunities around his campus and decide to participate. He joins an evangelistic ministry in steady alignment with Christ's Great Commission. As his education grows, he realizes that sin can even lurk in the purest-seeming parts of his soul. Being sharp and inquisitive, he starts to question the motives behind his ministry involvement. He notices that some reasons he is in ministry are quite sinful: he does it to look good before others and give himself peace of mind. Therefore, he cuts back his participation a little, but not too much, constantly assessing and reassessing both his reasons for involvement and the satisfaction he finds in the ministry.
We try so hard to know ourselves, our deepest desires, and our various ambitions so that we might attain better grounding in Christ. But if we are so preoccupied with self-awareness, analysis, and even over-analysis whatever happened to Christ's ostensibly easy yoke and light burden?
Paul addresses the Ephesians, who struggle with the inability to understand the mystery of Christ's gospel and wrestle with the tendency to pursue deeply intellectual Gentile ways, reminding them of what Christ is doing:
"For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law…that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility."
Here, Paul is not very concerned with what Christ's work allows them to do, but what work Christ is actually doing in them. Christ stands as their peace, breaks down hostile walls, creates one new man, and reconciles them to God. There's a lot of talk of what Christ is doing, to the end that peace replaces hostility and oneness with God replaces division.
The peace is important for Paul. It even shows up in the armor of God, "…shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace" (Ephesians 6:15).
In this passage Paul could have said, "gospel of salvation" or "gospel of Christ " or "gospel of truth," but he chose "gospel of peace." Why the gospel of peace, specifically? Because the fact that Christ orchestrates and completes our oneness together, in peace, with God is good news. It's good news because we're attaining to a peace with God. Even better news: we actually aren't the ones doing the attaining: Christ is presently making this otherwise impossible peace happen.
This peace is not a feeling of coziness with God, but a dissolved hostility and resultant oneness with God and fellow Christians, through Christ's work, not just on the cross, but in our daily lives. Notice that such news would have prepared the ministry enthusiast student for ministry, not led him to unduly second-guess his ministry motivations. He thinks he might be involved because it gives him peace of mind, when Christ's work within him actually gives him the peace of mind in preparation to do God's work in reliance on Christ.
All this to say the pressure to expose hidden sin rests under Christ's jurisdiction. And it's our responsibility to listen to his exposing judgments. We will naturally fight against this, but Christ's work in us will bring even our tantrums against Him to our attention.
We need not worry about a pressure to over-analyze ourselves. We can instead rest in Christ's peace-forming work within us, which conforms us to His very likeness. One sure way to attend to Christ's work in us involves noticing consistent messages that come our way.
Again, take the example of the student involved in ministry. It's one thing for him to assess his motives to the point of madness. It's quite another to hear a message on finding identity in ministry at Church, and then hear a buddy say, "You care more about ministry involvement than the people with which you are involved," and even see a billboard on the side of the road saying, "Is your work your livelihood?" And still think nothing of his ministerial motives.
We cannot pre-determine the messages we encounter. We cannot even ensure that we will connect the things we notice in life's encounters, though we can take steps to improve observation. Situations, messages, observations, and memories sometimes just come to us, vividly. This is the power of Christ within; the peace of Christ is powerful, not requiring our own power but showing-off Christ's.
This is not to say that a Christian cannot cultivate careful and observant instincts, but that reliance on himself to do the cultivating results in a less reliable cultivation than a hearty dependence on Christ. Christ's peace working within us is a power beyond our own, yet mysteriously accessible to us. We need not struggle to make sure it will be attained; but we must struggle to remember our place as his patient. We need to let Christ do what he does best, His Father's healing and redemptive work.


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I wanted to create an easy method to rip my purchased DVD's and Bluray's directly to my XBMC library. These scripts will do just that with a small amount of setup.
Once fully configured you simply run the launcher (either from the Advanced Launcher menu or from your favourites menu), with a disc in the drive and after a few minutes the program will beep, and auto-eject your movie.
Then simply update your library and your movie will be added. (very rarely you may need to switch to file mode and rename the rip for it to grab fanart - see more info below).
First go to http://www.makemkv.com/download/ and get the latest version, and install it
- Optional -
If you wish to have AutoRipDVD also compress your rips, then go to http://handbrake.fr/downloads2.php and download and install the latest version of Handbrake
Next go download
AutoRipDVD and install it (this simply extracts all the scripts)
If you prefer a zipped up version click here
(If you have trouble downloading the files, please read this post)
The AutoRipDVD.bat configuration file should automatically open on install for first time setup.
Configure Script:
Now that these have been installed its time to customize the script to your system.
AutoRipDVD.bat should have opened up in notepad automatically for you to configure. If it did not, then
- Navigate to where you installed AutoRipDVD.exe to.
- Right click on AutoRipDVD.bat and click edit
You will see at the top there are a number of options you can change. ** BE CAREFUL IN THIS FILE OR YOU MAY BREAK IT **
Here is what the top of this file looks like:
@Echo offSetlocal enableextensions
::*** AutoRipDVD is brought to you by Spinalcracker
::*** Change the following variables to match your setup
::*** DriveLetter=The drive letter of your DVD or Blu-Ray drive ie. D: or G: etc
Set DriveLetter=D:
::*** RipDir=Where you want your DVD ripped to ie. your xbmc movie folder *BE SURE TO INCLUDE TRAILING \
Set RipDir=E:\Movies\
::*** IntDir=Where you installed MakeMKV to
Set IntDir=C:\Program Files (x86)\MakeMKV
::*** ScriptPath=Where the files for this script are located with trailing "\" ie. Where AutoRipComplete.vbs & Beep.vbs are located *BE SURE TO INCLUDE TRAILING \
Set ScriptPath=C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoRipDVD\
::*** RipMinSeconds=Minimum time in seconds that should be ripped off disk to avoid getting previews etc. Default is 3600 seconds or 1 hour
Set RipMinSeconds=3600
::*** Using Handbrake to compress - Yes or No?
Set Handbrake=No
It is pretty self explanatory. Simply change the parts on the "Set" lines after the "=" to whatever applies to your system and save the file and close your text editor (ie notepad).
By default Handbrake compression is disabled. This is because encoding a 2 hour video can take up to 8-12 hours depending on the size of the file and power of your computer. Using this to compress your ripped video may slow down your system DRASTICALLY during the process. That said; if you wish to enable Handbrake to encode your video to 720p in a smaller file size then make sure you have Handbrake installed and then change in AutoRipDVD.bat
Set Handbrake=No
to read
Set Handbrake=Yes
If you wish to tweak the encoding settings I have already set, please find more information on what is available to you here:
The settings to change can be found at the top of the AutoRipDVD.bat file. The following lines affect Handbrake compression:
Set Handbrake=No
Set Handbrakepath=C:\Program Files (x86)\Handbrake\
Set X264=b-adapt=2:rc-lookahead=50:me=umh:bframes=5:ref=6:direct=auto:trellis=2:subq=10:psy-rd=1.0,0.10:analyse=all
Set FORMAT=--optimize --format mkv
Set QUALITY=--ab 64 --mixdown mono --quality 23 -e x264 -x %X264%
Set SIZE=--width 1280 --height 720
Configure XBMC:
Make sure you have the Advanced Launcher addon installed.
- Create a new launcher
- Navigate to where you installed AutoRipDVD.exe and select the file "LaunchAutoRipDVD.exe"
- Change the icon to "AutoRipIcon.jpg" that is in the same folder (or any other icon you prefer)
- Set the Launcher as a favourite
Using AutoRipDVD:
- Place a disc in the drive in your windows based HTPC
- Go to your favourites and run AutoRipDVD
- You will see a splash screen letting you know the program is beginning the rip. You may continue to use your XBMC system (except the dvd drive of course), while AutoRipDVD does it's thing.
- Once the rip is complete the program will beep once and eject the disc (If you have enabled Handbrake compression this could take a very long time)
- Update your library and your movie should now be there
- Enjoy
Note for 32-Bit Windows Users:
One thing that I should point out as well, is that the script is set to run the 64bit version. If you have a 32 bit version of windows running, then change in AutoRipDVD.bat the following by removing the number 64:
cd /d "%IntDir%"
makemkvcon64.exe --minlength=%RipMinSeconds% mkv disc:0 all "%RipDir%%volid%"
So it reads like this for 32 bit
cd /d "%IntDir%"
makemkvcon.exe --minlength=%RipMinSeconds% mkv disc:0 all "%RipDir%%volid%"
Tips & Tricks:
- Multiple Language Selection - To have it rip specific languages you must edit a MakeMKV file (default.mmcp.xml) - see this post
- TV Shows? - You can install AutoRipDVD twice into different install directories, having one setup for movies and one setup for tv shows. Just be sure to set your paths correctly in AutoRipDVD.bat, as well as change the minimum rip time from 3600 down to something less than the length of your tv shows for that install. Then setup two launchers, one for TV Shows and one for Movies and you are all set to rip your media collection into your library
- Minimizing? - This is a bit of a bug caused by the splash screen's. Setting XBMC in the system settings to run in a Fullscreen window instead of True fullscreen will stop XBMC from minimizing.
Advanced Users Version - brought to you by Akevit
For a more sophisticated version please take a look at this post by Akevit. He has modified the code to take AutoRipDVD to another level. This version is recommended if you want to do more than simple rips and consider yourself a Windows and XBMC power user. His code can be found here.
Known Issues:
- AutoRipDVD's splash screens are minimizing XBMC when running in a true fullscreen environment. Switching to Fullscreen Windowed Mode in the System settings resolves this
- AutoRipDVD uses Handbrake to compress and re-encode the video it rips. This process, if interrupted (System crash, power outage etc) will require you to manually delete the video folder and files it created and start again. The script cannot resume a rip.
- AutoRipDVD uses the volume name of the disc in the process of renaming the movie files to be library (and scrapper) friendly. If the volume name is nothing like the movie then the scrappers can not match the movie. This should never really be a problem with any legit purchased movies, but if you have disc's with volume names like "NEW" or "AwesomeFlick1" then you may run into problems
- AutoRipDVD defaults to ripping any stream 1 hour long or longer. This can be changed in the settings in AutoRipDVD.bat to any min time you wish, but in some cases, some dvd's have multiple lengthy streams. You can simply delete from within XBMC any stream that is not correct and this actually happens pretty rarely, but wanted to explain why it happens.
- AutoRipDVD is a bit of a hack. lol. I welcome any python developer seeing this to create a proper plugin for us all to use. Just please credit this original hack back to me as I am not a programmer so fairly proud I blundered my way through this on my own to something functional.
Change Log:
- Fixed major bug causing rips to be deleted
- Added the ability to compress a rip using Handbrake (720p default in x264 MKV container)
- Reworked the config portion of AutoRipDVD.bat to allow tweaking of new compression feature
- Repacked the installer for an improved experience.


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September 11, 2012 -- The Northwestern Oklahoma State University Institute for Citizenship Studies and Department of Social Sciences is proud to present its annual Constitution Day observance on Monday, Sept. 17, from 1-2 p.m. This year's program is titled "Meet the Signers: The Lives of The Men Who Crafted America's Founding Document."
July 25, 2012 -- The Northwestern Oklahoma State University Department of Social Sciences and Institute for Citizenship Studies, in conjunction with a major grant from the Oklahoma Humanities Council, conducted a summer teachers' workshop on the American Civil War. The workshop brought 17 teacher-participants from diverse backgrounds from all parts of the state of Oklahoma to Northwestern-Alva from June 11-14.
November 17, 2011 - In connection with the Leviathan Society of the Northwestern Oklahoma State University Social Sciences Department and NWOSU-Masonic Institute for Citizenship Studies, students Harold Henson, Alva sophomore, and Danielle Hubble, Fairview senior, traveled to the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma to attend a talk by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a human rights advocate and New York Times bestselling author.
October 19, 2011 - The Northwestern Oklahoma State University Department of Social Sciences in conjunction with the NWOSU-Masonic Institute for Citizenship Studies announces its annual Cultural Heritage Lecture Series event featuring Beverly Kinzie on Monday, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m. in the Education Center room 109.
Northwestern Oklahoma State University's annual Constitution Day event will be held on Wednesday, Sept.14, from 6-8 p.m. in the Education Center room 109. Dr. James V. Calvi, professor of political science at West Texas A&M University, will portray the character of Alexander Hamilton and describe his efforts to ratify the US Constitution.
"The American Presidency as Seen through the Newspaper," a program set by Northwestern Oklahoma State University-Masonic Institute for Citizenship Studies (MICS) and the Department of Social Sciences, will be held on Tuesday, March 22, from 7 to 9 p.m. on the first floor of the J.W. Martin Library.
Dr. Aaron Mason, assistant professor of political science, and Dr. Eric J. Schmaltz, associate professor of history, presented a joint research project titled "Comparative Federalism between Russia and the United States" at the 12th Annual Oklahoma Research Day at Cameron University in Lawton last week.
Northwestern Oklahoma State University will honor Constitution Day with a discussion comparing and contrasting the U.S. Constitution with the Costa Rican Constitution. This free event is open to the public, and will be held in the Ranger Room on Monday, Sept. 20, from 1-3 p.m.
MISSION STATEMENT: Northwestern Oklahoma State University provides quality educational and cultural opportunities to learners with diverse needs by cultivating ethical leadership and service, critical thinking and fiscal responsibility.


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Dumplings, gyoza, potstickers. Whatever you want to call little parcels of goodness, I recommend getting involved.
They're cute, 2-bite-sized and are typically packed with flavor. They're hard not to like.
I've made a sweet potato version before (which I'm going to revisit in the near future) but I usually leave this sort of thing to the professionals.
But if you can find some good pre-made wrappers, making gyoza at home is super easy – and might impress whoever you're feeding. Once you get the hang of folding the little dough rounds, it's a pretty soothing activity, too.
You can make the filling a day in advance and let it sit in the fridge. Or you can prep the gyoza a couple of hours before you're ready to cook them.
I served them piping hot with a simple dipping sauce of a 1:1 ratio of soy sauce and rice wine vinegar and a little sriracha here and there. There are plenty of other dipping sauce options, but I tried to keep it simple to let the flavor of the shiitakes shine.
I'm going to go ahead and warn you: these are addictive. I served the two of us about 16 dumplings for dinner with a big salad and I wish I'd made more. Like double more. Just a FYI.


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Marion Cunningham, 90 (Feb. 11, 1922, to Aug. 11, 2012) The food writer who revised The fannie farmer Cookbook.
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WATCH: Angry fan calls Suri Cruise the b-word
An incident on a New York City street involving the seven-year-old daughter of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise is raising some eyebrows.
HollywoodLife.com is reporting a fan in a group of people trying to get Holmes' autograph yelled verbal insults at Suri Cruise on Wednesday including the "B-word." Paparazzi also were surrounding Holmes and her daughter when the child yelled "stop" and "get out of the way" at the photographers. As the pair left to get into a waiting vehicle, the angry fan shouted "bye Suri, you little brat!" along with the "B-word."
A member of the paparazzi quickly told the man he was out of line.


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WATCH: Harry Styles and Liam Payne's Ice Bucket Challenges!
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Harry Styles and Liam Payne have completed their Ice Bucket Challenges, and have nominated several others to take it on! Harry wrote:
"Wake up call. I nominate Irving Azoff, Kanye West and Susan Sarandon.... And Ben Winston. Donate too. Go? http://www.alsa.org"
Will Kanye actually accept the challenge?! He has 24 hours...
Meanwhile Liam, who was nominated by Cheryl Cole, nominated Pharrell Williams, Sofia Smith, John C. Reilly, and Will Ferrell.
The boys will be taking the stage with their fellow One Direction bandmates at next month's iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas.
Check out Harry and Liam's respective Ice Bucket Challenge videos below:


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Technical Abstract: The National Zoological Park is a highly visible facility located in the city of Washington, DC, bounded by densely populated urban areas. For a number of years the zoo has had problems with stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans L., feeding, particularly, on the canids, ungulates, and the great cats. A similar situation has existed at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) located in rural Front Royal, Virginia. In the spring of 2009, a series of alsynite sticky traps and pesticide-treated blue-black cloth targets were placed adjacent to each other in selected locations at the zoo and at the SCBI for monitoring and implementing a management strategy, respectively. Stable flies were present at both locations on May 4, the first collection date. Flies peaked at the zoo on June 8, followed by a similar peak at the SCBI 2 weeks later. Fly populations continued to cycle throughout the remainder of the study but with steadily decreasing peaks. The largest fly populations at the zoo were found at the Kids Farm, followed by the Cheetah-zebra-antelope holding compound. The lowest numbers were at the Przewalski's horses, possibly because traps were placed too high. Traps and targets placed near the great cats proved ineffective because optimal placement was impossible with the cats running free in their open compounds. The study was terminated on November 5. Presently it is difficult to assess the effects of the blue-black targets, because targets placed next to traps increase the numbers of flies captured on the traps. Most flies die with 2 minutes of landing on the targets, but this gives them ample time to get captured on the traps before dying. Feedback from various zoo keepers was positive and a second year of study is underway.


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Theatre and Dance Studies 471. Ensemble Experiments
Development of a theme-based theatre project, including the writing and performance of a script, the design of sets, lights and costumes, and the preparation of effective publicity. This is the Theatre Studies and Dance Department's senior seminar/capstone experience. Students may petition for an alternative capstone. Limited to senior majors and minors.
Previously THEA 371.


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Jay Z & Beyonce top list of high-earning celebrity couples
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There's no beating Jay Z and Beyoncé when it comes to earnings.
According to Forbes.com, the hip-hop power couple out-earned all other celebrity couples between June 2012 and June 2013, raking in a combined $95 million. Jay and Bey's bottom line was bolstered by her high dollars endorsement deals, including a 50-million dollar deal with Pepsi.
Earlier this year, Beyoncé embarked on her "Mrs. Carter Show World Tour," which has reportedly grossed about $2 million per night. Jay also contributed his fair share to their income with the tail end of his European "Watch The Throne" co-headlining tour with Kanye West falling within Forbes' measuring period. He also signed a reported $5 million deal with Samsung Mobile ahead of the release of his recent album Magna Carta Holy Grail.
Not far behind Jay Z and Beyoncé were New England Patriots star Tom Brady and model Gisele Bundchen. At number two, they earned $80 million together.
Rounding out the top three is Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. "Brangelina" cleared $50 million in income. And not all their earnings were from the silver screen. Brad pulled in an estimated $7 million dollars as the face of last year's Chanel Number Five commercial. Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis also landed on the list, as well as Kim Kardashian and Kanye West.
Here is Forbes' list of top earning celebrity couple:
1. Jay Z and Beyoncé - $95 million
2. Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen - $80 million
3. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie - $50 million
4. Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis - $35 million
5. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West - $30 million
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One of the central questions—if not the central question—of software testing is "What do we know about this piece of software?" When we know enough about the software under test, we can stop testing it. But, how do we acquire knowledge? Given that our perceptions are sometimes unreliable, can we actually be certain of learning anything through the senses? How about through intuition or feelings? Are there some things we can't know? Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that studies knowledge and attempts to answer questions such as these.
Building Blocks: Knowledge and Truth
For a concept so fundamental, philosophers surprisingly don't agree on a single definition of "knowledge." That said, the most widely known (though, again, not universally accepted) formulation is that knowledge is justified true belief .
Let's take these one at a time. For some proposition to count as knowledge, it requires:
- Belief: You have to be aware of the proposition and, further, think it to be true.
- Truth: It has to actually be true.
- Justification: There has to be some reason for believing it to be true.
Theories of Perception
Because the ways in which we can gain knowledge about the universe are fundamentally dependent on how we believe the universe is constructed, epistemology builds on and is closely related to metaphysics.
We perceive the world through our senses and our mind, but these perceptions can be mistaken. In dreams we perceive things that do not exist. We may hear a noise but find out other people in the room have not heard it. Two people may witness an event yet not agree on what actually happened. It seems that we cannot rely on our senses for knowledge. How, then, are we to know anything about the world?
As one might expect, the answer to this question depends heavily on how the philosopher answering it constructs the world. Plato, an early Greek philosopher, asserted that true reality does not consist of the physical world around us, but of forms—perfect, abstract, immutable concepts such as beauty, harmony, and blue. We can't perceive the forms directly; instead, we see them manifested (albeit imperfectly) in things like beautiful landscapes, harmonious music, and blue skies.
Plato believed that we are all born with intrinsic knowledge of the forms but that this knowledge is latent. In his view, true knowledge comes from becoming acquainted with the forms, not by carefully studying their imperfect manifestations in the physical world. Since the forms are perfect and our knowledge of them is innate, perfect knowledge of some area of expertise is something we can hope to attain.
Idealism and Realism
Broadly speaking, later philosophers tended to take one of two different approaches to the problem of perceiving reality: that of Idealism or Realism. Idealism answers that our perceptions are reality. Objects exist only as bundles of sensory data in the minds of those who perceive them. Our perceptions are all we can be truly certain of, and they are the measure of all things.
Realism, by contrast, declares that reality exists independent of perceivers or perceptions. Direct realism says that we can directly perceive the world through our senses and thereby form an accurate impression of it. However, we already know this position to be problematic, because our senses are unreliable. Indirect realism says that, despite the fact that an external world exists, we cannot perceive it directly. We only know what our senses tell us about the world, and those perceptions can be valid, incorrect, biased, and so forth.
Both Realism and Idealism seem at least somewhat plausible. The
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A great article bridging the gap between philosophy and technology. I read this article thrice to have a deep understanding of it. But sometimes, I got confused about what the author is trying to say.
-- Sanat Sharma
Hi Rick,
Excellent article. Sometimes what we know is true may not be true all times in all conditions. The context is real-time systems.
From Jack Ganssle article from 7/29/2011
For instance, what is the likelihood the sun will rise tomorrow? Dumb question; for four billion years the probability has been 1.0. Surely it's safe for an engineer to think that the sun will indeed appear tomorrow as it always has. Five or six eons from now it will be a burned-out cinder, but our systems will be long landfilled by then.
Recently a developer told me about a product he worked on that changed the display's color scheme depending on whether it's night or day. It does a very accurate calculation of sunrise or sunset using location data. Turns out, a customer took one of the units above the Arctic Circle where it crashed, the algorithm unable to deal with a sun that wouldn't rise for months.
The sun may not rise tomorrow. Don't count on anything.


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Mayor Barham Goes For A Ride In A Curtiss Jenny [PHOTOS]
Did you realize that there are only five flight ready WWI era Curtiss Jenny aircraft left in the world?
And we have one right here in Wichita Falls! Not only do we have one, but it actually gets flown several times a year!
Click through to see photos of the event.


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"Automatic Pentagon budget cuts that would take effect next year must be reversed by November, Lockheed (LMT) Martin Corp. chief Robert Stevens said.
The prospect of cuts is having a "chilling effect" on the defense industry, and Lockheed and other companies may stop hiring and training, Stevens, chairman and chief executive of the world's largest defense contractor, said today at a conference in Washington.
The possibility of about another $55 billion in cuts starting in January "is a huge disruption to our business," Stevens said at an event on Capitol Hill organized by the Aerospace Industries Association.
"We are not going to hire," Stevens said. "We are not going to make speculative investments. We are not going to lean forward. We are not going to invest in incremental training."
Lockheed Martin and other defense contractors have signed "thousands of contracts that have terms and conditions," Stevens said.
Those contracts will be abrogated when funding stops, "and there will be thousands of claims'' from small businesses, Stevens said."
LOTS of companies are worried about their futures or future quarters...


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Tiesto Takes Miami To 'A Town Called Paradise' At The iHeartradio Ultimate Pool Party
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Tiesto took the stage at the iHeartRadio Ultimate Pool Party in Miami where he performed songs from his brand new album A Town Called Paradise.
The legendary DJ was joined by Matthew Koma who sang "Wasted" and Tiesto's Hardwell collaboration "Written In Reverse."
Tiesto was also joined by Neon Trees' Tyler Glenn who performed "Red Lights."
Check out the rest of the photos from Tiesto's #Ultimate performance below!
PHOTOS: Tiesto Performs at the iHeartRadio Ultimate Pool Party
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Espresso Machine and Coffee Maker Accessories
Brewing great coffee or pulling that perfect shot of crema starts with a great machine, perfectly roasted beans and pure water, but - as with all great things - the devil's in the details. That's where accessories from Seattle Coffee Gear come in!
Need a cup to hold your cuppa? A tamper to pat down your grounds? Or maybe you just need the collection of canisters it'll take to store your growing caffeine obsession? We have everything you need to complement your style of coffee consumption, right down to the best in cleaning products for whatever machine or system you have.
Bodum Assam Tea Press with HandleThe Bodum Assam Tea Press is designed to slowly release the hidden depths of your fine leaf teas. Add to that a removable stainless steel infuser and highly durable, heat-resistant Borosilicate glass and you've got an elegant and extremely functional teapot that has earned a place at the center of your tea table. Learn More
Milk to Perfection Latte Art PitcherThe key to fancy latte art patterns like rosettas or double ferns start with velvety smooth microfoam. It can take months to perfect your steaming technique using standard frothing pitchers, but the Milk to Perfection Latte Art Pitcher will make you a pro from day one. Learn More
Espresso Dosing Tools - 3 Piece SetScottie Callaghan, World Latte Art Champion, designed a set of dosing tools indispensable for cafe baristas and home baristas alike. Consistency is something every barista strives for, and now its easier than ever. The Espresso Dosing Tools Set makes grooming fresh fluffy espresso grinds in the portafilter basket easy to replicate time after time. This pairs well with the Coffee Catcha for a preparation with no fuss and no muss (and NO FINGERS in the mounded espresso.) Learn More$36.95
Escali Arti Glass Kitchen Scale - Shiny SilverShiny! Escali Arti Glass Kitchen Scale is a compact sleek glass topped scale. It measures in grams, milliliters, ounces, pounds and ounces, and fluid ounces. It has a large easy to read digital display. Measures up to 15 pounds. Accurate to 1 gram or 1/10th of an ounce. The four selection buttons include Tare, Hold, Units and Power. There is an auto shut off after five minutes. Two CR2032 Lithium batteries included. Learn More
Bonavita Porcelain Immersion DripperBonavita has taken on our favorite role of mad coffee scientist by combining part pour over and part immersion brewer into a new porcelain filter basket. Lock the base and prepare as you would a pour over. Then, let it set as you would a French press but instead of taking the plunge you gently release the lever and it drips through like a dripper. Crazy train! And we love it! Learn More
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Planetary Design Table Top Coffee PressLooking for a durable French press that will see your caffeine needs from the summit of Mt. Ranier to the Flo's Diner on Route 31? Well, look no further because Planetary Design's versatile Table Top Coffee Press has you covered. Crafted from double walled, vacuum-insulated, 18/8 restaurant-grade stainless steel, this press will keep your java warm for hours. The patented plunger and ultra-fine stainless steel mesh is designed to extract maximum flavor from your grounds. Learn More$37.95
Escali Tabla ScaleSpecifically for baristas, the Escali Tabla Scale is a thin silver scale. It measures digital readout displays in pounds, ounces, fluid ounces or milliliters. It has a large easy to read digital display. Measures up to 11 pounds. Measures both liquid (fl oz, ml) and dry ingredients (g, oz, lb + oz). There is an auto shut off after five minutes. One lithium battery included. Can be stored horizontally in a drawer or vertically on your cookbook shelf. Learn More$39.95
OXO Classic Tea KettleThis is a tall and imposing tea kettle that sits regally like a chess piece rook. The OXO Classic Tea Kettle has a 1.75 quart capacity and a very large handle to keep your hand safely away from the heat of the kettle and the stovetop. Both handle and lid lever feature OXO's renown silicone soft grip coating. A no-drip pour spout and a large opening for filling make this Classic Tea Kettle a real classic for the kitchen. Learn More$39.99
CamelBak Forge Travel MugsForge your way through the toughest trails with coffee securely stored, thanks to CamelBak's Forge Travel Mugs. This caffeine-carrying travel companion features a sturdy steel vessel and durable leak-proof lid. Press the one-handed lever to sip your piping hot coffee and release the lever for a secure, leak-proof seal. When it's time to clean, detach the lid and press the one-handed lever to completely release the self-sealing cap for a thorough clean around the mouth piece. Learn More$30.00
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|2011-12: Completely healthy and familiar with the system, this second-year player has the opportunity of translating "doing the little things well" into a starting job at power forward…not afraid to take charges or dive for loose balls, she's also very good at taking advantageous defensive angles…a capable perimeter player, she's at her best near the rim where she can score with either hand…very unselfish, possesses a high basketball IQ, and makes teammates better with excellent decision-making skills.
2010-11: Overcoming preseason injuries that threatened her first collegiate campaign, she developed into an important part of the frontcourt rotation…played double-figure minutes in all 26 games in which she participated…stood out for her solid defense and rebounding…had four or more rebounds seven times, including a season-high seven vs. Pt. Loma Nazarene on 2/12/11…scored a season-best nine points, highlighted by a 7-8 performance from the line, vs. San Diego Christian on 11/23/10.
Elma HS: After transferring for her senior year, she missed the entire season after tearing the ACL in her knee.
Prairie HS: Excelled on Al Aldridge-coached squads that never lost a Greater St. Helen's Conference game (26-0) during her three years on the team…the Falcons also captured the conference championship each of those years and made as many appearances in the Washington State Tournament…named conference MVP and All-Region 4A Player of the Year as a junior when she averaged nine points per game and 7.2rpg.
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Welcome to Town House Motel
The Town House Motel is located near historic Old Town and Downtown. The motel is very close to City Hall, the Courthouse, Waterfront Park, and restaurants. All rooms have free in room coffee, remote color TV, HBO, microwaves and refrigerators and free in room high speed internet access. Most rooms have shower only. Most of our rooms are on the second floor. We do not have an elevator. We have single guest rooms and two bedroom suites.
Travelers come to the California North Coast for many reasons. For some it is the majestic redwoods, for other it is a glimpse of the Victorian seaport City of Eureka, still others for the rich cultural and historic character of the area. Whatever it is that may draw you here, the Eureka Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center staff is standing by to answer your questions and assure that your journey to the North Coast is just what you want it to be.
Eureka! You've discovered Humboldt County, home of the world's tallest trees and more than 100 miles of stunning Northern California coast. In addition to the giant redwoods, you'll find outdoor adventures like hiking, kayaking, birdwatching, biking and scenic drives. Here too are historic small towns, the arts and surprising food and wine discoveries. And of course, Redwood National Park and the Avenue of the Giants. Step one : read the Redwood Coast Overview , browse through our Video Channel , or explore our interactive Travel Guide .
Public transportation is available by the motel. You can visit their website for information and bus schedules at http://www.eurekatransit.org/
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Golf Courses : Welcome to Baywood, nestled in the heart of the California redwoods where the forest meets the sea. As the premier private club in Humboldt County, Baywood offers a challenging 18-hole golf course, first-class member dining, banquet and private conference facilities, full-service golf shop, heated swimming pool (summertime), and unprecedented views of nature's wonders.Often described as the North Coast's hidden treasure, Baywood has much to offer the golfer and non-golfer alike. Please browse our web site by using the guest entrance, or log on as a registered Club member by using the member link.
Dining : The Lost Coast Brewery and Café began with a common dream. In 1986 Barbara Groom, a pharmacist, and Wendy Pound, a family counselor, wondered what it would require to start their own brewpub. After years of experimental home brewing, planning and studying, which included visiting scores of pubs in England & Wales, Barbara and Wendy were ready to transform their dream into a reality.
Attractions : Visit the Museum! The Ferndale Museum is a Victorian museum which features historical displays arranged in room venues. Walking through the museum is like walking down a Ferndale street in the late 1800s and peeking through windows into the past. A blacksmith shop, belt driven machinery,farming, and logging equipment complete your look into yesteryear.The Museum is open:Eureka is by the Redwwods national Forrest and the Avenue of the Giants. Eureka is the city to see the Redwoods, Old Town, Murals, Bird Watching, Seafood, Local Beer, Jazz Festival, Blues By The Bay.
Activities : The word Eureka means "I have found it". When you arrive in Eureka California you will understand why this is the appropriate name for this California North Coast town. Walk through the old seaport town for a glimpse of history, or kayak down one of California's rivers. You are in redwood country here so take a drive and explore northern California's great Redwoods.
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Actor Shanga Parker to direct Theatre SC's 'Radium Girls'
Theatre SC at the University of South Carolina welcomes Shanga Parker to direct D.W. Gregory's "Radium Girls." The play, based on the 1920s court case that laid the groundwork for the rights of modern-day workers, will be performed Nov. 13-22 at Longstreet Theatre.
Show times are 8 p.m. Nov. 13, 18, 19 and 20; 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. Nov. 14 with the late show a half-price special; 7 p.m. Nov. 21; and 3 p.m. Nov. 22. Tickets are $16 for the public; $14 for military, faculty and staff; and $10 for students. The Longstreet box office opens Nov. 6 at 12:30 p.m. The number is 803-777-2551.
"Radium Girls" is a harrowing true story that tells the simple but profound struggle of Grace Fryer, a factory worker who discovers that her employer, the U.S. Radium Corporation, is knowingly poisoning her and her coworkers. They contracted radiation poisoning from painting watch dials with glow-in-the-dark paint. The women, who had been told the paint was harmless, ingested deadly amounts of radium by licking their paintbrushes to sharpen them; some also painted their fingernails with it. Five of the women challenged the company in a court case that established the right of individual workers who contract occupational diseases to sue their employers.
"The last time I directed this play, in 2002, it was not long after the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001," said Parker. "In some ways, the play was a welcomed distraction from the then-current uncertainties and newly begun war. For two hours, the audience lost themselves in the tale of the girls afflicted with radium poisoning at the hands of their employers. However, in 2009, the play has an entirely different resonance. Today, what comes to the fore are the challenges in the play of the girls receiving adequate and sufficient healthcare for an illness suffered on the job. We learn through the tale of Grace Fryer of the corporate struggle between compassion for workers and the financial bottom line. This is not news to us today. Let's hope, if and when we're faced with this situation, we have Grace's determination and fearlessness."
Actors in this production have the special challenge of portraying an incredibly broad range of characters. Ten actors will take on 37 different characters. Only graduate students Katie Kreuger, who plays Grace, and Daniel Hill, who plays her boss, Mr. Roeder, have single roles to tackle.
For more information on "Radium Girls" or any other Theatre SC productions, contact Kevin Bush at 803-777-9353 or via e-mail email@example.com.


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60 — By Richard Thiel — November 2001
|Part 2: Salthouse 60 continued
Salthouse's concern for safety is equally impressive. On the port side of the cockpit, you'll find a standard fire monitor/suction hose connected to a 110-volt pump. In each forward corner four steps lead to foot-wide side decks protected by a one--inch toerail and 2'7"-high bowrail. There are handholds and nonskid everywhere going forward.
Unlike the current fashion stateside, engine access is not from the cockpit, but the saloon, a disadvantage if your mechanic isn't particularly fastidious. Lift the steps from the saloon to the lower accommodations, and you reveal a small--and I do mean small--vestibule containing the standard washer and dryer. Mattingly says future models will have more room here. Proceeding aft through a watertight door brings you to the engine room, more expansive than those on some 80-footers. With four-foot headroom it offers true walkaround space--five feet from engine to forward bulkhead and two feet on each outboard side. Twelve batteries are in port and starboard compartments with dedicated ventilation. There's a sump (and pump) just for the A/C condensate, and the acoustic insulation is 11⁄4-inch-thick Acustop waffle--megayacht stuff. The molded deck liner has a sump for the bilge pump (there are six in all) and rubber nonskid, and Racor filters and coolant reservoirs are easily viewable on lovely polished stainless steel rails. No wiring is visible because it's inside boxes that run along the stringers.
But don't think this boat is all business and no pleasure. The joinery is superb, and while the layout is straightforward, it's chockful of fresh ideas. The U-shape galley is aft and to port, allowing a pass-through to the cockpit. Cooking is via a propane Miele cooktop or oven or a Panasonic microwave that runs off the standard inverter. Much of the beautiful cabinetry is purpose-made. A tall, narrow drawer holds pans and cutting boards plus knife and spice racks. Outboard of the Trezinni counter is one deep cabinet, perfect for holding rolls of paper towels on end. There are dish holders and a pot drawer with retainers. To starboard, forward of the double-door refrigerator-freezer, the bar has an icemaker and drawers for tumblers and wine glasses, both with cutouts. The bottom drawer is for liquor bottles, also with cutouts. Pots, pans, crockery, glassware, and silverware are all standard.
The saloon is roomy--almost too roomy. The U-shape rolled-leather settee could hold at least 12, and another eight could sit at the starboard settee. If this strikes you as overkill, Salthouse will replace part of the port-side seat with an office/work station. Entertainment paraphernalia is modest by U.S. standards: a 25-inch TV over the bar and Clarion automotive-style AM/FM stereo/CD player with four speakers. (There's another on the bridge.) The space is unusually bright because the forward house is all tinted and tempered 6mm glass, which Salthouse can replace with solid fiberglass.
Two accommodations plans are available, both with a master V-berth. Plan A has a single port-side head and two twin-bed staterooms; Plan B has two heads, a second port-side queen-size berth, and twin beds to starboard.
Like the saloon, the flying bridge was designed for those with a lot of friends. The forward half is a circular seat that can hold a dozen adults, while the helm has but one seat. From it I had good views fore and aft and easy access to electronics and controls. The bridge is, of course, air conditioned, but fresh air is just steps aft, on the observation platform, which has a full-width seat.
Lacking challenging seas, I concentrated on evaluating the 60's handling. I was surprised at how well she accelerates with 660-hp Caterpillars, although Mattingly says even 420-hp Yanmars work fine. Credit that to a modest displacement courtesy of all-balsa-core construction and resin infusion, a process certified to Lloyd's standards by an independent surveyor as each component is laminated.
The 60 is nothing if not nimble. Her steering is light on the centerline but gets pretty stiff as you put the helm over. Turning radius seemed a bit wide--I'd guess around 75 feet--but the boat tracks like she's on rails, thanks to a small keel. Sound levels are moderate.
The Salthouse is one of those boats that gets better the deeper you look. As Mattingly told me: It's the things you don't see until you start lifting hatches and reading spec lists that impress you. He's right, but on this boat, the things you do see are pretty impressive, too.
Gilman Yachts, Jim Mattingly Phone: (561) 626-1790. Fax: (561) 626-5870. www.gilmanyachts.com.
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This article originally appeared in the January 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Reading Level: Grades 6 and up
Tory Brennan, like her famous aunt Temperance Brennan (who you may know from the TV series Bones), is headstrong, determined, and smart. When Tory finds out that scientists on a nearby island are doing illegal and inhumane experiments on a wolfdog, she and her three best friends Hi, Shelton, and Ben, break in to the lab and rescue the pup.
The poor dog's been infected with parvovirus, a disease common in puppies that can be fatal to dogs, but is harmless to humans. But as Tory and her friends nurse Coop back to health, they begin to notice some changes in themselves. Could Coop's strain of parvovirus have been an experimental version? Could the four kids have caught it themselves?
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When we spoke with TomTom's representatives concerning the new GO 740 Live, the navigation device was described as offering a "God's-eye view" of the road. Now, the GO isn't omniscient, but it gets pretty close with its three-pronged approach to navigation data.
Firstly and most importantly, a built-in wireless data connection gives the user access to live traffic data and Local Search by Google. Next, TomTom Map Share is a user-generated map correction system that allows for map data to be updated more frequently. Finally, IQ Routes looks at historical speed data to calculate the fastest route from point to point.
The GO 740 Live sticks to the standard PND form factor that has served TomTom well. The device measures 3.4 inches tall by 5 inches wide. The unit is 0.9 -inch thick at its thickest point (center) and tapers to thinner edges. On the front of the device you'll find a 4.3-inch full-color touch screen with a 480x272 pixel resolution. On the back is the single speaker. The bottom edge is where the proprietary cradle connection can be found, as well as a microSD card slot, if you want to supplement the unit's 2GB of internal storage.
The GO 740 Live doesn't include the Fold'n'Go EasyPort mount that the One and XL models feature. Rather, the GO ships with a car cradle with a suction-cup mount similar to that of the EasyPort and a desk cradle for connecting the GO to a computer via USB for updating or charging.
TomTom rates the GO 740 Live's battery life at 3 hours. In our testing, we found the charge to last closer to 2 hours.
The GO 740 Live is TomTom's first GPS device to feature a built-in wireless data connection, so it offers a few new features that we haven't seen before on TomTom navigation units.
The first is Local Search powered by Google, which puts rich points-of-interest data at your fingertips. Users can search for businesses and restaurants and receive detailed information about the results, including rating, payment types accepted, required attire, and more.
The GO 740 Live is also capable of delivering traffic information with real-time flow data (not just incidents), searching for the latest fuel prices in the area, and receiving local and five day weather forecasts.
TomTom Buddies allows you to share your location with friends who also have a TomTom GO, and to send instant messages to one another. QuickGPSfix uses cellular triangulation to update the unit's location faster for a quicker satellite lock.
Three months of Live Services is included in the $500 MSRP, after which you'll have to pay a $10-a-month subscription fee.
In addition to these live services, the TomTom GO 740 Live also features IQ Routes, a routing algorithm that considers anonymous historical speed data from you and other TomTom users to offer faster and more accurate routes. For example, if the unit sees that a highway is typically congested on weeknights during rush hour, then it will attempt to route around it at such times.
TomTom Map Share allows users to correct inaccurate map data (such as improperly named streets, turn restrictions, traffic direction, speed limits, etc.), add and edit points of interest, and submit those corrections to be shared with other TomTom users. Users can opt to receive Map Share updates, choose to only receive TomTom-approved updates, or receive no updates at all.


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One picture cropped to remove a knife might be explained as incompetence or a simple mistake.
But now we have two pictures from the "peace activists" that were cropped by someone at Reuters to remove knives in the hands of the activists, as they attempted to take soldiers hostage.
Another Cropped Reuters Photo Deletes Another Knife - And a Pool of Blood
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WATCH: Brothers Osborne Return Home For 'Rum' Video
Country newcomers the Brothers Osborne chose a very specific location for their first music video. The duo's John Osborne explains that the clip to "Rum" gives viewers some insight into their roots.
John adds that the video to "Rum" isn't about "sitting on the beach," but is about people like those in their hometown of Deale, Maryland, who "don't have money to go to the beach, so they kind of make their own little moments and their own paradise."
"Rum" is the second single from the Brothers Osborne, who are receiving some critical acclaim. They were recently named on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "10 Artists You Need To Know."
The duo will be hitting the road this fall opening shows on Eric Church's trek, which begins in Bossier City, Louisiana on September 11th.
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Garrett Gray's single up the middle in the bottom of the 12th drove in Jake Hibberd with the winning run as the Wright State baseball team stayed alive in the Horizon League Tournament with a 2-1 win over Milwaukee Friday in Chicago.
After escaping a bases-loaded threat by the Panthers in the top of the third, WSU opened the scoring with a run in the bottom of the inning. Michael Timm led off with a double to left, went to third on a Justin Kopale sacrifice and scored one out later on a wild pitch by Panther starter Eric King.
Both team posed threats over the next five innings, but neither team scored until Milwaukee tallied a run in the ninth on a RBI single by Ryan Solberg.
The Raiders had runners on first and third in the 11th with one out as Zach Tanner singled to center and Timm followed with a hit through the right side, but Kopale grounded out to third and Kyle Mossbarger flied out to left to end the inning.
In the 12th, however, WSU would produce the game-winner. Jake Hibberd led off with a double to left center and after Corey Davis was intentionally walked, Tristan Moore dropped a bunt single along the third base line to load the bases.
That brought Gray up to the plate and he drove a 2-1 pitch up the middle to drive in Hibberd with the winning run.
Michael Schum (4-2) picked up the win as he pitched the final 5.2 innings, giving up three hits and a run with three strikeouts. Starter Andrew Elliott went the first 6.1 innings, shutting out the Panthers on five hits with five strikeouts.
Hibberd, Gray, Timm and Mossbarger each had two hits for Wright State (37-20), who is right back in action at 4:00 Eastern against Youngstown State in another elimination contest.


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Inspired by late 18th-century French furnishings, we've captured the linearity and rectangular forms associated with that post-Rococo period. Crafted of solid hardwood, each piece is carefully distressed using a hand-applied multistep process to achieve the look of a weathered antique.
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'The United States came to him and said it really wanted him. That made the decision easy. Pominville is now and forever shall be part of USA Hockey, and he makes his debut tonight when the Americans face Sweden in a tuneup for the world championships.'
Pominville's happy just to be wanted
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April 3, 2008
Dear FOS11 Member,
Please see the announcement below from the National September 11 Memorial & Museum about participating in two of their core partnership programs: 9/11 Living Memorial and StoryCorps September 11th Initiative. Click here to print a copy of this message from the Memorial and Museum.
Dear Families:
It has been said that memorials are the way we make "promises to the future about the past."[1] The National September 11 Memorial & Museum are being built to preserve memory, to honor terrorism's innocent victims, and to educate for a better future. As our institution bears solemn witness to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993, we are equally committed to imagining a world where the threat of terrorism does not exist. By paying tribute to the 2,980 victims of the attacks, the Memorial Museum will demonstrate the consequences of terrorism on individual lives and its impact on families and communities. Families are at the heart of the 9/11 story; the great tragedy of terrorism is that it targets real people - mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, sons, daughters, cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents. That is why your participation in the building of the Memorial Museum is so essential.
As we plan and design the exhibitions for the National September 11 Memorial Museum, we are dedicated to preserving the memory of each victim of the September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993 attacks. As those who experienced that day, we share a solemn obligation to ensure that the history is passed on to our children and to every generation that follows. Through various media oral histories, digital archives, artifacts and expressions of tribute, the Memorial Museum will ensure that the lives of every one of the victims will be remembered for generations to come.
We would like to extend to you and your family a heartfelt invitation to participate in two of our core partnership programs: 9/11 Living Memorial, a memory-capture project of Voices of September 11th, a national 9/11 family advocacy and services group; and StoryCorps September 11th Initiative, a program of Sound Portraits Productions, Inc. affiliated with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. We are honored to be working with these important organizations to create a vast collection of digitally-preserved and orally-recorded memories that will help us achieve the goal of individually honoring every one of the irreplaceable victims of these terrorist attacks.
In addition, we welcome you and your extended family and friends to help us build the permanent collection of the Memorial Museum by considering the donation of photographs, memorabilia, personal effects, and other materials that are testaments to the lives and experiences of your loved ones.
More information on these partnerships and programs can be found by clicking here.
The effort to build the Memorial & Museum is advancing with significant progress on many fronts, and we invite you to read about this progress in our 2007 year end update. To date, individual donations from over 60,000 people in all 50 states and 30 foreign countries have helped to raise over $325 million, bringing our $350 million capital campaign within reach. Over the past year, the Museum has moved forward with exhibition design planning and the acquisition of key artifacts. We also took a touring exhibition about the Memorial & Museum to 25 cities in 25 states in 2007, and were extraordinarily moved by the outpouring of support we witnessed for the project across the nation. Visitors from small towns and big cities came together to pay tribute to those who were killed in the attacks and those who helped our nation recover. We were humbled as we watched parents walk their children through the exhibition, sometimes with tears in their eyes, explaining to the younger generation what happened and how people across America and the world responded. And, as each visitor was invited to sign a steel beam that will become part of the foundational structure of the Memorial & Museum, we were deeply moved to see their expressions of pride and gratitude, knowing that now they too were part of this historic endeavor.
Your participation in building this Memorial Museum is so meaningful to us. We sincerely hope you will consider helping us realize our mission of remembrance, education and inspiration by participating in the Voices of September 11th Living Memorial, by agreeing to record a StoryCorps interview and by entrusting to our care materials that will enable us to preserve and honor the memory of your loved ones.
In the months to come, we look forward to keeping you apprised of our progress, and of other opportunities to share information about your loved ones at the Memorial Museum.
Warm regards,
Joseph C. DanielsPresident & CEO
Alice M. GreenwaldDirector, Memorial Museum
[1][1] Kristin Ann Hass, Carried to the Wall. University of California Press, 1998, page 38.