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Wind doesn't hold back Winter Wilder runners
By David Phillips
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 4:12 AM
It was a casual start to the Winter Wilder, a 20-mile race that started at Kingsland High School. Runners broke from their pre-race meeting to the course.
Editor's note: David Phillips writes about his experiences running the first ever Winter Wilder, a 20-mile run that is an extension of the Wilder Foot Races, which started in Spring Valley last May.
I jump out of my warm car at 8:50 a.m. Saturday to give Winter Wilder race organizer Dustin Harford my waiver form. The biting wind numbs my face as I think to myself, "what did I get myself into? I know it seemed like a good idea last fall, but what was I thinking?"
I go back to my car for a few more minutes of comfort and warmth before embarking on a 20-mile journey on gravel roads exploring the countryside north and east of Spring Valley. Just before the 9 a.m. starting time, I remind my wife - again - to meet me on the course for aid and I leave the car for the final time Saturday morning.
The 28 runners make a circle around Harford as he briefly goes over the few rules for this free, self-supported, low-key race. He finishes and says "let's go" as we make our way out of the Kingsland High School parking lot and down County Road 1 before taking a right turn on 240th Street.
I wasn't sure what to expect from the gravel roads since we had such a warm spell with rain the previous day, but they were in fine shape. There was only a little ice at some of the more protected areas, but they were mostly clear and firm.
The weather was a different story. The temperature was 18, which isn't bad for running. The problem was the wind, which was 25 or more miles per hour with gusts in the 30s. It isn't just the resistance; the wind chill was below zero, something that provided challenges to us as we were out in the elements for several hours.
The wind was with us at the start, which was nice, but we all knew that meant we would be running back into it at the end when we are already dragging as the miles pile up.
I tried to get some photographs - always a reporter - but it was difficult running in that weather and manipulating a camera in the cold. I finally decided to put the camera away and keep the gloves on so I can feel my hands.
After traveling down a hill on 141st Street and then climbing back up, we turned onto 270th Street going east. Just before it connected to Oriole Road, I met my wife for some water at mile 5.5. Since the wind had been at my back during that stretch, I was feeling pretty good.
I continued on as the road wound its way back into a more wooded area that was well protected, so much so that I unzipped my jacket for a while. As I came to the ridge over Dream Acres, I felt the wind again and zipped up before descending down the steep hill.
I turned onto County Road 8 and soon Eva Barr from Dream Acres came up beside me. She was out for a run with her dog. We ran together for a while before she turned back and I continued on to Nature Road, another road that was very protected in areas.
I was more than half way through, though, and had decided that I needed to walk the hills. I hadn't gone for a run longer than 10 miles since my marathon in October and my body was noticing that as I hit mile 11 of the route. Soon, my definition of a hill became more inclusive so that even slight increases were excuses to walk.
Just before getting back on Oriole Road, I met Harford, who - always a race director - was circling back to check on the runners to make sure everyone was doing OK.
I was fine, since I knew my wife would be just around the corner on Oriole Road waiting for me with more aid. Just as expected, she was there with more water, Gatorade and other goodies.
There are advantages to being the only local runner. That advantage turned out to be more beneficial than I imagined because the runners who carried their own aid had continuous problems with the liquids freezing.
I had stowed extra gear in the car, but didn't need anything. I had dressed just about right. I didn't want to overdress, get wet and then freeze when I hit the cold parts of the run, so I dressed more for 20-degree weather than subzero weather.
As I refueled, I had temptations of taking a ride back to town instead of running the last five miles. I've never quit a race, though, and I didn't really think I had a good enough reason to do so now.
So, I pressed on now into the wind. It didn't take me long to second guess my decision not to get into that warm car.
Eventually I met up with Jim Parry, a Stewartville teacher who has become well known for his event, Mr. Parry's Endurance Challenge, a challenge to his students, who would complete 24 hours of exercise over 10 weeks, and a challenge to himself as he would run for 24 continuous hours at the conclusion of the student challenge with a goal of going 100 miles.
He talked about his bad luck this year with heat, foot problems and other trials for which only another runner could show empathy. Others would say, "why don't you just stop running?" That thought wouldn't occur to those of us afflicted with a running addiction.
Parry decided to walk a bit and I descended the hill to Masonic Park, where a surprise was waiting at mile 15.5. Chris Skogen, who organizes the Almanzo 100 bike race, which turned into a weekend event that includes other endurance bicycle races and now the Wilder Foot Races, was there with what was referred to as the "trail magic" wayside. He and his friend had built a fire and stocked a tent with various kinds of liquid aid, including whiskey, or so he said. I wasn't about to take him up on that offer in case he wasn't joking.
I stuck to the standard rehydration liquid, water, and enjoyed the company, the shelter from the wind and the last comfort on the journey as I knew a massive hill was waiting for me to get out of the park. Not only that, once I got to the top of the hill, the wind would be relentless the rest of the way in.
I probably walked as much as I ran those last four miles. I'd rather face hills than that kind of wind, which stung the small open area on my face. Like many others, I had a mask to protect much of my face, only pulling it up when the wind whipped my exposed face.
As I turned to the south, I had to keep checking the overlap between my mask and hat because it felt like there was a hole. I couldn't find one, though, so it must have just been the wind blowing right through the fabric, freezing my right ear.
Once I saw the Spring Valley water tower, I knew I was close and got a little extra incentive to run for longer stretches.
At mile 19, I passed one runner with icicles in his beard who seemed to be staggering a bit. I asked if he was OK and his response was "I only have a mile to go." Still, he didn't look good, but there was little I could do, so I pressed on.
It turned out that Jim Mason, who I know from the Rochester Track Club, had seen him, too, and took his truck back to pick him up after he finished. He was one of the few who didn't finish the journey as Harford said most everyone made it.
"Overall, the gravel and the wind were fast out there, and things went pretty smoothly for the most part," he said after the run on his blog. "I hope you all stayed warm for most of the run and enjoyed getting some fresh air on the gravel roads in Spring Valley."
Going back west on 240th Street was brutal, but I knew the end was near. Once I got to County Road 1, I sprinted, or at least what seemed like a sprint or was as near as I could get to a semi-speedy run, to the finish line.
The finish line, like the starting line, was an imaginary line in the parking lot. The course wasn't marked. Runners had to rely on a route sheet to make their way. There was no clock at the finish as race times were reported to Harford on the honor system.
My finishing time of three hours and 33 minutes was faster than my time on the Perley 30k I ran last May during the Wilder Foot Races. The course was the same, but we started from the high school instead of Highway 63, cutting the distance down from the approximately 21 miles last spring.
I didn't stand around and think about that, though. My wife was there for me again and she took me home to a hot shower, another advantage of being a local runner.
Then I headed down to the VFW Hall where chicken and chili were being served by Mark and Kathy Simpson of the A&W along with Julie Mlinar from the Spring Valley Tourism Committee. The food definitely hit the spot.
The setting fit the mood of the race. There was no awards ceremony and I never heard anyone even ask who won. Instead, we shared stories of the battle with the elements and talked about running and life.
I learned that there were a few people who had never run this far before. What a way to get introduced to long distance running.
I also learned why one guy pulled a sled on wheels the entire distance. He was training for the Arrowhead 135, a 135-mile self-supported race through Superior National Forest in northern Minnesota in the dead of winter.
The Winter Wilder is enough of a challenge for me. As the warm food and warm air soaked in, I felt satisfied with my accomplishment. It's hard to explain to a non-runner, but there is a joy in tackling something like this even if you are limping into the finish.
Harford thanked the runners for coming out and said he was impressed that 28 people showed up in less than ideal conditions. He admitted he is a man of few words and allowed us to go back to conversations and war stories.
However, following the race, he posted on his blog an explanation of why we enjoy what we do: "I'm always reminded when I run on the gravel down in southeastern Minnesota why I love running; because it is simple. You put one foot in front of the other and ultimately it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are, just that you are outdoors exploring new places, and moving."
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Son completes the loosely connected quartet of books that also includes Gathering Blue (2000) and Messenger (2004). Of the three, Son is most directly connected to The Giver, a book now widely read and discussed in schools.
Regarded as the first significant dystopian genre book for young readers, The Giver tells the story of Jonas, who lives in a society devoid of personal choice and emotional attachments.
At age 12, he learns his adult assignment will be that of a "Receiver," meaning he will learn from the "Giver," an elder whose role is to receive all the community's painful memories and emotions, as well as thoughts or ideas that might sacrifice the ideal of "Sameness."
Through the excruciating but enlightening process by which he receives all this, Jonas learns a community ceremony known as "Release" is actually murder. This leads him to plot an escape and to take with him 2-year-old Gabriel, who he has discovered is about to be killed.
Lowry said she never anticipated the profound impact The Giver would have.
"Readers became obsessed" with the book's ambiguous ending, she said, leading her to incorporate references to some characters in the subsequent two books.
She so often had been asked Gabriel's fate she created a form letter she sent out to ensure readers the boy was alive and well.
Son finally lets readers know where Gabriel ended up.
Lowry also chose to tell the previously untold story of his origin, which is how Claire was conceived and developed into a primary character.
Lowry, 75 and the mother of four, lost a son herself. An F-15 pilot, he died in a plane crash in Germany. "Claire's story is a personal one for me," she said. "I was consciously aware of my own son's death."
She knows parents will relate to the girl, and she's hopeful her young readers will, too.
"If kids feel a connection, like and sympathize with a character, they're always fine," Lowry said.
Son also offers plenty of intrigue and adventure as the girl searches for Gabriel.
What happens in the end brings the series to a satisfying conclusion.
Regardless, Lowry is finding her readers still want more. She's already fielded questions about the fate of a shepherd who helps Claire climb a cliff in a dramatic scene in Son. Does a romance develop between the two?
Readers will have to rely on their imaginations.
"This is the last one," Lowry said. "I will stick to that."
Twitter: @lcarricaburu
Lois Lowry reads in Provo
Lois Lowry, a two-time winner of the Newbery Award, will read from and sign copies of Son at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Provo City Library, 550 N. University Ave. Tickets are no longer available, but patrons may line up starting at 4 p.m. for a chance to attend on a standby basis.


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I get a not so verbose error message here: Uncaught Error: NotFoundError: DOM Exception 8
You can see it (On Chromium and Firefox at least where I tested it) at the page:
Select some content and lick the toolbar button with the missing caption (I shall fix the caption later on), the one in color, left of the button with the caption "Lien".
If you can lead me even one step that'd be very helpful.
Kind Regards,
Which button? I see no "Lien" button (checked all captions).
The "Lien" button is the link button in the center of the first row.Left is this green colored button: The html of the button is:

{label}
A click on it lets the javascript console say:
Error: TypeError: Value not an object.
Source file: http://www.learnintouch.com/engine/js/editor/ckeditor_4.2.1/ckeditor.js
Line: 73
More I cannot say: short of knowledge about the ckeditor. :rolleyes:
Seeing the inline javascript like that makes me shudder.
Anyway, my guess is that the "this" is what's causing the problem.
Did you see the code you posted somewhere as the correct way, or are you just "trying" it?
EDITI'm fairly certain it's the "this" now.Clicking on the link in Firefox's error console highlights this portion of the js file
b):this.removeAttribute("class")}return this},hasClass:function(a){return RegExp("(?:^|\\\\s+)"+a+"(?=\\\\s|$)","").test(this.getAttribute("class"))},append:function(a,b){typeof a=="string"&&(a=this.getDocument().createElement(a));b?this.$.insertBefore(a.$,this.$.firstChild):this.$.appendChild(a.$);return a},appendHtml:function(a){if(this.$.childNodes.length){var b=new CKEDITOR.dom.element("div",this.getDocument());b.setHtml(a);b.moveChildren(this)}else this.setHtml(a)},appendText:function(a){this.$.text!=
Because the selected text has no "class" attribute? Seems the code would account for the possibility.
@thetenfold Hi, Franky found the button and even showed its icon, thanks to him.
@Mittineague This code is mine and I took some time to make it work on the previous versions of the CKEditor. It worked fine until and including the 3.6.5. I followed the documentation carefully and did no tweaking nor fancy stuff of any sort.
Ah, now I see the link  for the button (see message #3) has all kinds of attributes, but not the href="...".Maybe adding an empty href="#" can give the "this" a hook to work? (with the "return false" is doesn't really go to "#").
Hi Francky, Thanks for your input. I however don't think it should be the cause for the issue. I should have told you more about this so as not to let you drift off There are two other buttons, the two with the capital L letter left of the one I have the issue with. These two L buttons are also plugins of mine. They also display an  element without the attribute you spotted. And these two buttons do work fine even now.
The only difference my troublemaker button has with the others, it's that it opens up a dialog. But I wonder if this could be a reason for the issue.
At this moment, 2 files cannot be found:
The jQuery could be important?
BTW, the used !Doctype:
<!doctype html public '-//w3c//dtd html 4.01 transitional//en'>
is invalid, and will put Internet Explorer in Quirks Mode (like it is IE5).The regular call (see here at w3c) is:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
There are also some other html-errors in the page.
Oops ! I had removed the jquery-1.10.2.min.js yesterday to reverse back to 1.7.1 and forgot about this ckeditor4.html bug demo file. It makes no difference for the issue anyway. The issue also appeared with jquery-1.7.1.min.js in fact.
I removed the _languages.js file which is not being used at all. It's a legacy file.
Thanks for the doctype mention, I updated it.
I also fixed all errors to make the validator green happy but it didn't help with the issue on the plugin.
The only difference my troublemaker button has with the others, it's that it opens up a dialog. But I wonder if this could be a reason for the issue.
I don't think so, as the common Link button is also opening a dialog file.
But I'm only guessing, for I don't know anything about the (rather complicated) ckeditor.I would point you to the ckeditor forum, but then I saw you are there already - no answers yet...
I hope here or there some ckeditor expert will pass by to solve your problem!
Hi Francky,
Thanks for these comments. One thing to note is that the common Link button you mention is not my plugin, it is shipped by default with the editor. Only the Internal Link button is mine.


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University Home > SLUCare Home > Patient Information > Valet and Shuttle Service
Complimentary valet parking is available at the entrance to the SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital - West Pavilion on Vista Avenue from from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Valet parking for the Doctors Office Building is located behind the building in the circle drive at the entrance to the Salk parking lot from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The valet operation also provides a shuttle service that serves the Saint Louis University Medical Center for patients who must make multiple appointments at different buildings.


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Gourmet Tea Cake Mix
Whip up a delicious home-baked cake or cupcakes with Caljava's Professional Gourmet Cake Mix. Made with high quality ingredients that bake up soft and moist, with a slight crumb and baked-from-scratch taste. Tea Cake Mix is perfect for Carrot Cakes, Fruit Cakes, and Pumpkin Cake. Finish off your cakes or cupcakes with some icings or rolled fondant and decorate with beautiful embellishments such as readymade sugar flowers or edible cupcake toppers and sprinkles. Baking instructions included. Makes approximately one 9"x13" sheet cake, or a 9" double-layer cake, or 24 cupcakes
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Brooke - from Madison, MS
We don't recommend freezing cakes before icing, because the cake should be at room temperature before it's iced. If the cake is still frozen, you risk having the icing slip off the cake as it thaws. We suggest doing a very thin "crumb coating" – a thin layer of icing which you allow to crust over (harden). Then, ice as you normally would, making sure you don't touch the cake surface with your spatula, and try not to raise the spatula as you work – both of which will cause crumbs to pull up from the cake.


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Surveying in Oklahoma
When an archaeologist is looking for a site, they conduct surveys of the area so they know the location and size. A typical survey consists of several people trained to identify sites walking up to five feet apart from each other, and walking in a straight line. Once a site or an artifact has been found, the archaeologist will use the Global Positioning System (GPS) to record the location of the site/artifact so that they are able to come back later and excavate it. Archaeologists use special GPS devices that are made for surveying. These devices give the archaeologist the coordinates. They also may excavate a shovel test pit to see how deep the site/artifact goes into the ground. Once they excavate the shovel test pit, they use a screen to sift through the dirt they took out of the hole and look for small artifacts. Next, they collect the artifacts they found and record them along with the GPS coordinates of where the hole is located. After they have done this, an archaeologist will move on to the next area to excavate another shovel test pit until they have found the size of the site. They mark these coordinates out on a map to determine the size of the site. This map will help them know where artifacts are located as well as where the site is located. After they have mapped everything out, they will start to excavate.


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Girls' World Forum 2012
Earlier this year, girls from 79 countries and 89 U.S. councils met at the Girls' World Forum 2012 in Chicago to address the world's most urgent challenges. Girls discussed systems to help end poverty and hunger, ways to empower women, and issues surrounding environmental sustainability. One of these young leaders, Julia Lu, shares her amazing experience with us.
By Julia Lu, Ambassador Girl Scout
The night before our departure I felt slightly overwhelmed trying to figure out what to pack for our week-long trip that would allow us to enjoy the sights and sounds of the Windy City. I kept consulting itineraries and dress codes in an attempt to pack appropriately—I did not want to bring five pairs of shorts that would all end up coming back untouched! And yet, even though I read and re-read every bit of information I had in regard to the Forum, I still had no idea what to expect.
One week later I could not believe I would be returning home already. There I was, drunk on life, exhausted from fits of giddy laughter in room 1532 where my new-found international family was bidding each other farewell. What had seemed like just a short trip at first ended up feeling like the experience of a lifetime, spent with friends from across the globe. Not only did my circle of friends expand into the corners of the earth—so did my feeling that I have an obligation to help save the world.
Formally, the Girls' World Forum 2012 was an international gathering of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides to discuss and address three of the Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations and ways in which we can apply those goals to our own communities. The spectacular thing about the Girls' World Forum is that it brought together young citizens from all over the world to take steps toward achieving goals set by the world's heads of state. WAGGGS (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts) and the United Nations are two multinational organizations that aim to change the world as we know it. Isn't that a wonderful thing?
The three Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) we focused on were eradicating extreme poverty and hunger (MDG #1), promoting gender equality (MDG #3), and ensuring environmental sustainability (MDG #7). In regard to extreme poverty, I learned that the amount of money people around the world spend on hair loss treatment is more than the amount of money estimated to completely eradicate extreme poverty. Concerning gender equality, I learned that in villages in India, women no longer ask their husbands for permission to add salt to their food—a symbolic gesture of independence and self-empowerment—because together, they have brought their village out of poverty. On environmental sustainability, I learned that the products we choose to buy may encourage illegal logging which further diminishes the Earth's biodiversity.
Changing the world doesn't have to come in a package wrapped in fancy paper and tied with a big satin ribbon. It is as simple as buying paper products approved by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) which ensures that those products were produced using raw materials that were not obtained by means of illegal logging. All it takes is a quick check for the FSC logo (a green checkmark morphing into a tree), and you'll already be protecting forests and the animals that live in them.
Change starts with knowledge and awareness. Once you know what's actually going on in this world beyond what corporations want you to think, you're as good as gold. The Girls' World Forum wasn't just about addressing the UN Millennium Development Goals, nor was it simply fun and games. The deeper purpose of the Forum was to educate and empower the participants, to encourage them to think of themselves as global citizens with a shared future, and to make them aware that they can make a difference. You can, too.


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Blazers host a block party in Oakland
After ending the 2012-13 regular season on a 13-game losing streak, the Portland Trail Blazers will begin their 2013-14 campaign riding a five-game preseason winning streak thanks to defeating the Golden State Warriors 90-74 Thursday night at Oracle Arena.
The Trail Blazers entered the second half down 48-41, but a 22-0 run that started early in the third quarter, which featured lockdown defense from the Blazers and a cottage worth of bricks from the Warriors, allowed Portland to take control of the game.
Oakland native Damian Lillard lead the Trail Blazers in scoring with 21 points on 7-of-16 shooting. Lillard performance was quality in it's own right, but getting the better of the point guard battle against Stephen Curry (17 points on 7-of-22 shooting), made Lillard's performance that much more impressive.
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LISTEN: Avicii releases new promo mix with new songs from album
Listen to Avicii on iHeartRadio
After a controversial Ultra Music Festival set a few weeks ago, Avicii had his fans, and everyone else in the dance music community, up in arms about his upcoming album. In a statement, he said, "This album is about experimentation and about showing the endless possibilities of house and electronic music. Its about how to incorporate acoustic instruments from different styles and influences you wouldnt expect and still stay true to your own sound and musicality which for me has always been about the melodies and positive energy."
He went on to say, "Every song on the album is a fusion with house and electronic music. We wanted to make a statement, and theres really no better place to make one than UMF mainstage. People will soon see what it's all about. "
Well now we do have a better idea of what his new album is all about. He posted a brand new official promo mix to his Soundcloud, including new tracks from his album, and encouraged everyone to "see what the fuss is all about."
The mix is unique, and showcases a lot of new tunes (even the "country" sounding ones), as well as some old favorites, and still captures that signature Avicii sound. If this is a prelude to the new album, we can't wait for its release!
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'In the summer of 1987, Cyr was shot in the abdomen by a taxi driver during a robbery attempt in the Dominican Republic. He missed 17 games and had only one goal in 20 games when he was traded to the Rangers on Dec. 31, 1987 for Mike Donnelly and a draft choice that eventually was used to select Alexander Mogilny. Cyr finished his Sabre career with 85 goals and 111 assists in 342 games. The forward had injury problems during his time with the Rangers and was eventually released. He finished his NHL career in the Hartford Whalers organization.'
Archives for May 2012
Former Sabre Cyr is dead at 48
Former Sabre Cyr passes away
'Cyr suffered a heart attack and from diabetes-related complications, CHEK in British Columbia reported.'
Former NHLer Cyr dead at 48
'Cyr played six seasons for the Sabres from 1982-83 to 1987-88 and concluded his career with the New York Rangers and Hartford Whalers, scoring 101 goals and amassing 241 points in 470 NHL games.'
Catching up with Andrej Sekera
'After playing a long NHL season, did you even to hesitate to play when asked? No, never. If the season is over early or before the Worlds, it's a disappointment. But it is what it is, and every time if I get a chance to play for my country I'll go without any regret.'
Friday's Rochester Coverage
Season rewind with Amerks rookie forward Phil Varone (Amerks.com)
Pegula offers landscaping for part of Canalside
'Buffalo Sabres owner Terry Pegula has offered to spruce up a section of the city's waterfront on his own dime.'
What Advanced Stats Say about the Sabres Pt. 3: Derek Roy
'The very good possibility that he will bounce back makes him an attractive buy-low option for other NHL teams. The numbers say the Sabres should wait until the trade deadline next season to attempt a trade. It may anger fans, but chances are his value will be higher then.'
Buffalo Sabres own small group of European and collegiate prospects
'The highest player drafted from the NCAA ranks in the last five years was Corey Tropp in the third round of the 2007 draft so it is safe to say that Buffalo relies more on junior hockey than the NCAA. The Sabres had seven players in the NCAA last season including, one fourth rounder, two fifth rounders, a sixth rounder, and three seventh rounders.'
Why I Still Wish the Sabres Were More Like the Flyers
'I still think they made out great. When the moves were made, Homgren said he didn't know if his team would be better, but he knew they would be different. Turns out that their results were the same. They traded away their Captain and one of their leading scorers and still went as far in the playoffs. Now they also have the benefit of being younger and having sent the message to their team that nobody is too established to be moved.'
Thursday's Rochester Coverage
Wednesday's Rochester Coverage
Season Rewind With Amerks Goaltender David Leggio (Amerks.com)
Do the Sabres have Cap space?
'I bring this up for one reason, there are other teams in the National Hockey League. Buffalo is getting its share these days, but let's not get crazy every time a player's name comes up. The salary cap says Nash, Parise, Getzlaf and Ryan can't all come to Buffalo.'
Lieuwen inks contract with Buffalo Sabres
'"Once the season ended, we started talking a little bit more about the contract and what was going on, and from there, we came to an agreement," Lieuwen said. "They would negotiate the contract and bring certain offers to me and during that process, it was an exciting time."'
Abbotsford goalie Lieuwen signs with Sabres
'"It's exciting to be able to move on to the pro ranks," said Lieuwen, who inked a three-year, two-way pact with the Sabres which will likely see him start his career with one of Buffalo's minor-pro affiliates – the Rochester Americans (AHL) or the Gwinnett Gladiators (ECHL).'
Sabres sign goaltender Lieuwen to entry-level contract
'Lieuwen (6'5", 189 lbs., 8/8/91) finished the 2011-12 season ranked third among all Western Hockey League goaltenders with a 2.50 goals against average and ranked fifth with a .914 save percentage. In his second season as the starting goaltender for the Kootenay Ice, Lieuwen went 27-20-6-2 with three shutouts.'


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Feminism, Pop-Culture | Posted by Emily T on 04/6/2012
Feminist Harry Potter
Since I've been a die-hard Harry Potter fan since I was ten, I immediately followed Feminist Harry Potter on Tumblr when I heard of it. Within the last year, I've become more interested in gender studies and feminism, so I've been finding the posts on Feminist Harry Potter more interesting and comedic than I would have before.
Feminist Harry Potter features movie stills with text to emphasize not only feminist messages, but also flaws in the Harry Potter series, such as a lack of ethnic diversity among the characters.
What I like about the tumblr is that it advertises all aspects of messages established in the series. Although I've read the Harry Potter series multiple times, and if you've read or seen any installment of the …


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The 1 June, 2007, edition of the Italian daily La Provincia di Sondria carried an interview with Telmo Pievani, one of the country's leading evolutionists. In response to one question, Pievani noted that the Italian version of Harun Yahya's Atlas of Creation had had a major impact on the Italian public.
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQg046aoV9Y]YouTube - AirPlayer demo[/ame]
AirPlay is a significant extension of the capability of iOS devices to act as a real media player, rather than just a portable. This is a boon to people who already have an Apple TV, or don't mind dropping $99 on one. But what if you have neither an Apple TV, or a TV set to hook one up to... but you do have a nice big Mac screen.
Enter Erica Sadun's AirPlayer. The app runs a Bonjour server on a Mac which simply advertises itself as an AppleTV. Once it's up and running, all you need to do is select your Mac as a destination on your iOS 4.2 device and it's now a big Apple TV. You don't even have to jailbreak to stream video; that is, if you don't mind being stuck with YouTube. Anything with DRM on it will give you a big blank screen. Jailbroken devices running AirVideoEnabler, on the other hand, will be able to stream from any app that relies on Apple's MediaPlayer framework, including VLC, AirVideo, and HTML5 videos in Safari.
Erica's done a lot of work understanding AirPlay and Bonjour in general, and it paid off in this proof-of-concept app. It's still "extremely alpha" ware, but hopefully will inspire a lot more interesting projects with AirPlay. You can download the current version from Erica's website.
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By Ben Ellison
Keys to the Kingdom
|Furuno taps MaxSea to unleash the power of NavNet.
At the 2001 Miami International Boat Show, Furuno USA product development manager Eric Kunz and marketing manager Dean Kurutz delivered an impressive double-team presentation on their new NavNet electronics series to an overflow audience of marine journalists and electronics dealers. Of course we know now that these networked multifunction products went on to great success. Features like radar overlay, black-box fishfinder, optional video input, and a fast-acting—and pleasingly retro—control knob won many admirers. But one much-touted aspect of NavNet, the use of the fast PC networking protocol Ethernet, struck me as a bit of a red herring. In a proprietary system, who cares what protocols are involved? Sure, you could physically plug a NavNet system into a computer or other Ethernet device, but they still couldn't talk to each other.
You see, networking between dissimilar processors and software is really a multilayer affair. You need more than a fast communications protocol—more even than the next level TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, if you must know) also used by NavNet (and, interestingly, the Web). For a team of PC charting developers to access all the stuff zipping around NavNet, they needed what I call "the keys to the kingdom." I'm talking about the code that specifically defines items like the radar imagery and controls, and my naming suggests what a big deal sharing this code is for Furuno and for us. The power and possibilities of opening the door between a PC and a whole network of dedicated marine sensors and control heads like NavNet are dizzying, but there were issues to consider.
Would NavNet users given access and control through a PC buy fewer displays? If Furuno decided to go this route, would it develop its own PC software or partner with an existing company? Would it—could it—properly support the resulting product and hence the notoriously persnickety Windows operating system? Picture years of strategy meetings between Furuno's conservative senior management in Japan—also occupied with the company's burgeoning big-ship electronics business—and the Kunz/Kurutz team that had advocated for the NavNet door in the first place. Picture, too, some seriously complicated negotiations with PC charting companies likely both intrigued with access to Furuno's relatively huge dealer and customer base but also hard at work on their own visions of a networked vessel.
Meanwhile, continued NavNet developments hinted at its true potential. Its Ethernet and TCP/IP architecture allowed the U.S. Coast Guard to install NavNet radars at certain remote locations and then network them, sometimes even via WiFi wireless, back to other NavNet displays at the base. Furuno introduced the neat Fax30, an automated black-box Weatherfax and Navtex receiver that can be accessed via Ethernet either from a NavNet display or from a PC simply using a Web browser. New black-box NavNet sets and a line of marine monitors made bigger boat installations more flexible and facilitated sharing displays with a PC.
But let's cut to the chase. When Kunz and Kurutz presented both NavNet vx2 (Version 2) and NavNet MaxSea software to another overflow audience at the 2005 Miami show, it was a milestone in the evolution of marine electronics. I've written here often about the increasing convergence of PCs and dedicated marine hardware, particularly at the high end, like Nobeltec's new IR2 high-resolution radar and powerful new PC/plotter fusions like Northstar's 958, Maptech's i3, and Raymarine's H6. In fact, Kunz credits developments like these with motivating his bosses in Japan. "Someone was going to do it, it might as well be us," he said in an "aw shucks" way, though there's nothing aw shucks about NavNet MaxSea. It's big.
In retrospect, MaxSea seems like the perfect partner for Furuno. Although not well known in the States, this French company has been in the marine business for 20 years. And it has focused on developing high-end, sometimes small-niche, software but has not gotten involved in developing its own hardware. In other words, there's little overlap between what NavNet and MaxSea might do for you; each adds a lot to the other.
Next page > Part 2: Suffice it to say that NavNet MaxSea adds oodles of possibilities to Furuno's already able and rugged hardware system. > Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
This article originally appeared in the May 2005 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Lanai Ecotoursim
An important value for native Hawaiians and Hawaii locals is the idea of "malama aina" or to care for the land. Besides the island's resort areas, much of Lanai remains the way it looked hundreds of years ago. Of course, Cook pines and the remains of pineapple fields remain in Central Lanai, but there are special spots off the beaten path that can transport you back in time. Visit the Kanepuu Preserve and take a self-guided tour featuring 48 species of endemic Hawaiian plants. Protected by the Nature Conservancy, learn how this fragile ecosystem continues to survive in Lanai today.
From the site of King Kamehameha's favorite summer fishing spot to the island's rustic ranching past, you can still visit Lanai's history today.Learn More


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It's Conservatives Who Really Want Christ Out of Christmas
The War on Christmas is on! This epic battle pits the forces on the right who demand that we say "Merry Christmas" to everyone regardless of their faith—or lack thereof—against those who prefer to say "Happy Holidays."
How fierce has this so-called "war" become? Well, Sarah Palin is travelling across the country alerting people that "angry atheists" want to "abort Christ from Christmas." Palin is like a modern day Paul Revere—you know, the guy Palin told us warned the British in 1775 that the British were about to attack the colonists.
Bill O'Reilly, the "Father Christmas" of the War on Christmas, recently clamoredthat there are dastardly people who want to, "banish any mention of Jesus in the public square."
And apparently these atheists—who represent about 1.6 percent of our population—are so dangerous that it compelled Texas Governor Rick Perry to enact the "Merry Christmas law" earlier this year to ensure that public school teachers could say "Merry Christmas" without fear of attack.
But here's the glaring hypocrisy of the right: they want to keep "Christ in Christmas," but they don't want to keep Christ's teachings in the policies they advocate. It's as if there are two Jesus Christs. There's the one in the Bible who advocates helping people in need, especially the poor. And then there's the Jesus that conservatives worship, whose philosophy is to callously slash programs that help the less fortunate, from food stamps to health insurance to unemployment benefits.
I'm not a religious scholar, but it doesn't take a Ph.D. in religious studies to comprehend the basic teachings of Jesus. The New Testament is filled with passages where Jesus implores his followers to care for the poor. Arguably the best known is Matthew 25:34-36, where Jesus discussed the importance of helping people in need: "For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me."
Yet the same people who demand that we keep Christ in Christmas also support cutting programs advance Jesus's philosophy. We saw that in September when House Republicans voted to slash $40 billion from the food stamps program. If this had become law, it would've result in nearly four million Americans being deprived of these desperately needed benefits. So much for the, "I was hungry and you gave me food."
Despite Jesus words, "I was sick and you took care of me," conservatives have waged a war to destroy Obamacare which would provide health insurance to millions of Americans who can't afford coverage. In fact, 20 States with Republican governors and Republican-controlled legislatures have refused to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, making it more challenging if not impossible for the impoverished residents of these States to afford health insurance coverage.
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Most cities or counties have restraining order self-help clinics, shelters, or legal aid agencies that help people ask for a restraining order. These clinics or agencies can usually help with domestic violence restraining orders (including restraining orders to protect a child from child abuse) and elder or dependent adult abuse restraining orders. In some cases like sexual assault, stalking, and other situations, they can also help with civil harassment cases.
These services are usually free or very low cost. Look for help in your area before you try to do it on your own.
Your court's family law facilitator may also be able to help you with a domestic violence restraining order, or at least with any child support or spousal/partner support issues you may have. The facilitator, depending on your court, may also be able to help you with elder or dependent adult abuse orders.
Your court's self-help center may be able to help you with other types of restraining orders, like civil harassment or workplace violence restraining orders (as long as you don not have a lawyer representing you). And they may be able to help you get an elder or dependent adult abuse order if your court's family law facilitator cannot.
For victims of domestic violence:
Call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They can help you in more than 100 languages. It is free and private.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline links you to the following resources in your community:
Domestic violence shelters Emergency shelters Legal help Social service programs
Their website also provides a lot of information to help you and your children stay safe and get protection.
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Chaotic Weekend Upends Latest BCS Standings
Sunday, November 20, 2011
SEC Teams hold top three spots in the nationAfter a weekend of chaos which featured three top five teams losing, as well as another in the top 10 falling, the SEC has taken over the top three spots in the latest BCS Standings. LSU remains undefeated and No. 1 in the nation, while Alabama, which only suffered an overtime defeat at the hands of LSU, is No. 2. Arkansas jumps three spots to No. 3 to set up another huge SEC showdown as the Razorbacks meet the top-ranked Tigers on Friday in Baton Rouge. The top two teams in the final BCS Standings (released on Sunday, Dec. 4) will meet in the Allstate BCS National Championship game in New Orleans (Monday, Jan. 9).Arkansas' jump to an all-time high of No. 3 came after No. 2 Oklahoma State, No. 4 Oregon and No. 5 Oklahoma all lost. The Cowboys only dropped two spots to No. 4 and they are followed by No. 5 Virginia Tech, which jumped three positions from No. 8. At No. 6 is Stanford, which held off a late Cal rally to move up from No. 9. Boise State is No. 7, followed by undefeated Houston at No. 8 - if the Cougars win out, they will earn an automatic BCS bid as the highest ranked champion from a non-automatic qualifying conference.Oklahoma and Oregon, who were both considered prime championship game contenders entering the weekend, drop to No. 9 and 10, respectively, after their losses.Kansas State has climbed to No. 11, followed by two more SEC schools - Georgia and South Carolina at No. 12 and 13. Michigan State is the highest-ranked Big Ten program at No. 14, while Michigan and Wisconsin are No. 15 and 16, respectively.Overall, the SEC has six teams in the top 25, while the Big 12 and the Big Ten each have five. The ACC has three top-25 programs, while the Pac-12 has just two - though both are in the top 10. The Mountain West has two ranked teams as conference frontrunner TCU is No. 20 to join Boise. Houston is the lone representative of Conference USA while independent Notre Dame entered the rankings at No. 22 this week. The Big East does not have a representative in the Top 25.
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Many of us use the Print Screen button to capture screenshots… basically it's a copy of whatever was on the screen when you hit the button and then it's available to paste into your programs.
You may also know about the advantage of combining the Alt key with the Print Screen – it captures only the active window or dialog box.
And then, for those of you with Windows Vista or Windows 7, you've found that it comes with the Snipping Tool, which allows you to choose any part of a screen for the shot.
(Of course there are other programs to use, but I just wanted to cover what you'd find without using yet another program on top of Word and Windows.)
At any rate, with the release of Word 2010, we found that Microsoft gave us yet another tool for capturing screenshots…
Now, before you ask why, since you have all these other options, let me say that it does work differently, and can allow you to capture some of your screenshots without ever leaving Word.
With that said, let's investigate Word's contribution to our screenshot tools.
We'll start on the Insert tab of the Ribbon, Screenshot button.
When you click the Screenshot button, you'll find a drop-down box with thumbnails of currently open (not minimized) screens.
If you choose one of the thumbnails, the entire screen displayed will be inserted into your document at the point where your cursor is currently located.
Once in your document, the picture can be formatted just like any other picture… you can crop, move and wrap text around it. A Picture Style can be applied, you can change shape, add or change 3-D settings, shadow, reflections, etc.
For a partial screenshot, you need to try the Screen Clipping choice at the bottom of the drop-down.
With that choice, you are basically using Word's version of the Snipping Tool.
When the Screen Clipping is activated, you'll be taken to the last window you were viewing, and the screen will become hazy and your cursor will become a large plus sign.
At this point, you're going to drag your cursor, creating a rectangle containing the picture you require.
When you release the mouse button, you'll be taken back to Word where the picture created by your rectangle selection will be inserted at the location of your cursor.
That's all there is to it… it's the same, but different and definitely handy since you never have to leave Word to bring your picture straight into your Word document.
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Groups & Projects
Collaborating for Change
These are only a few of the goals of the groups and projects at UC Riverside. Our scientists come together to address some of society's most pressing problems, to gain insight into the past, and to try to create a better world for the future.
In the 1940s and 1950s, UCR Professor Wilbur Mayhew and Professor Ken Norris of UCLA and UC Santa Cruz became alarmed by the increasing vandalism and disappearance of their field sites for research and teaching. Their concern prompted the UC system to take action. In 1965, the regents approved the system-wide Natural Reserve System.
Today, through the Department of Biology, UCR maintains four major reserves and four smaller ones totaling 28,000 acres. This 'library' of field sites is an invaluable outdoor laboratory used by scientists around the world, and is one of our premier projects.


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Price List of Samsung Tablets Below Rs. 4000 in India - 26th July 2017
About Samsung
Back in 2007, the Samsung was the second largest mobile manufacturer in the world behind Nokia Mobiles. Later in 2012, Samsung became the largest player in the mobile world and since then has enjoyed the highest share in the mobile space. Samsung leads in the global vendor shipments at 80.2 millions of units in 2017 Q1. It also enjoys a vendor market share of 22.7%. The Korean giant has built a space of its own in the smartphone arena with its innovation and strong marketing tactics. Currently, the conglomerate sells dozens of smartphones in India at various prices. If you are fond of Samsung phones we have pooled all the latest Samsung mobiles with their price, specifications, and features. This list of Samsung mobile price in India has been collected from top online stores in India and only the best price is shown here. You will also be updated with the upcoming Samsung mobile phones on this page. Browse through the page and the picture of the models to help you quickly decide a model to buy.
In 1960s Samsung made its entry in the field of electronics. Gradually it got enlisted among the pioneer brands in the consumer electronics space. Since then the Korean company has never looked back and currently it is responsible for 1/5th of the South Korean exports. Primarily, the company started with Symbian devices. Later it adopted the Android platform for its devices. The firm also manufactures phones with Tizen which is an open source and in-house built OS. The term Phablets got introduced with the original Galaxy Note back in 2011. Plus, the firm is credited to bring the Super AMOLED displays. Since then, Note series have become the barometer against which all the phablets have competed against. Samsung Mobiles has always been the trendsetter in the Android world. By moving to a glass and metallic construction, the company replaced the plastic material and adopted a new design language with their Galaxy S6 device.
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whats a good bucket paint?
whats a good bucket paint?
I mean, why don't people paint on them. They travel all around the country and are probably even seen more than trains.
Well my guess is they usually protect expensive cargo and no doubt they are armed in those huge trucks i would rather not get blasted for trying to paint a truck haha
what are you talking about???
you know robocop guards them
uuuuuuh people do hit those...... where you from where they dont?
and yes robocop and the terminator take turns watchin out for all the truck drivers out there without gats
And i swear those trucks cost a bomb so it would be shitty getting charged for it
o i see you mean trucks like 18 wheelers and stuff.
yeah watch out for robocop
and terminator
I wouldn't fuck with the president of California.
Except hes not the president of california anymores.... Idk tho, i wouldn't fuck with Jerry Brown either
They just came out with the Alvin and the Chipmunks toys because of the sequel. We got Simon. For the life of me, we cannot discern what in the world he is saying (or singing). Can someone let us know what it is please before we go crazy?
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lololololol, shit literally made my day
lol idk if its a setup or not
idk, the link in their sig is a UK site, so it could be plankton trolling
^get out some fuckin tech decks or those tech deck bikes. those things were the absolute shit back in the day. or fuckin legos man
until you stepped on one
transformers action figures... they still rockin on my book shelves... they transform and all x>


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Tornados Fall Behind LionsApril 2, 2014
FRANKLIN SPRINGS, GA- The Brevard College (0-9, 0-3 SAC) women's lacrosse team traveled to play NAIA opponent Emmanuel College (6-7) resulting in a 20-2 loss for the Tornados.
The Lions went on a 12 goal run before the Tornados could place in one of their own. Madison Ellis looked up field to teammate Julia Gasston on a transitional past. Gasston ripped the ball past the Lions goalkeeper, helping BC put a goal on the scoreboard to finish the half.
Brianna Bangle relieved Melissa Harris from goal for Brevard at the 14:13 mark of the first half. Melissa Harris tallied 3 saves during her time while Bangle finished the game with 7.
Brevard held the Lions to no goals from the 18:06 to the 7:27 mark of the second half. During this time, BC was able to place in their second goal of the game after Madison Ellis picked up a deflected shot to skip one past the goalkeeper herself. The Lions answered back with two more goals to finish the game.
The Lions were led by Savannah Gratz after contributing seven goals followed by Haley Larson with six.
Brevard College will host a South Atlantic Conference game this Saturday, April 5 against Lenoir-Rhyne at the Tornados Lacrosse Field at noon.


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Wednesdays in Teardrop Park - Teardrop Park
Hours: 3:30-5:30pm
Ages: YE
Park Place West - 212-267-9700
Battery Park City, NY 10282
Description: Join other school-age children for active lawn games and art projects. Parks Programming Leaders plan games based on their understanding of child development stages, and teach games that encourage a sense of community through cooperative play. Participating children are welcome to suggest games, and Parks Programming Leaders are always prepared to help get the games started with perennial favorites such as Tug of War, Red Light Green Light, Mr. Fox, Asteroids, Wiffle Ball and Four Square. Each week enjoy a different art project. Projects range from group murals and building cities from recycled boxes, to individual clay and wood constructions, masks, capes and mobiles inspired by nature in the park. For children 5 and older. Make new friends! All supplies are provided.


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LONG BEACH — A man and a woman were injured Sunday morning when the vehicle they were sitting in was hit by an alleged intoxicated driver, police said.
A 27-year-old Bellflower woman was arrested and booked for felony DUI. She is being held at Long Beach City Jail on $100,000 bail, said Nancy Pratt, a Long Beach Police Department spokeswoman.
Police didn't release the woman's name.
The crash occurred about 7:15 a.m. The alleged intoxicated driver was traveling northbound on Palo Verde Avenue when she crashed into three parked vehicles near Metz Street, Pratt said.
A man and a woman, who were sitting in one of the parked vehicles, had non-life threatening injuries and were taken to a local hospital, Pratt said Their names weren't released either.
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Francis Marion University will host five days of chamber music and lectures featuring FMU faculty and renowned chamber music performers in the Black Box Theatre at the Performing Arts Center in downtown Florence.
The inaugural S.C. Chamber Music Festival is organized by FMU Assistant Professor Dr. Paulo Gualdi who will also play the piano during several of the events. Gualdi told the Patriot, the student newspaper at FMU, "We have invited some top notch world class performers. It is rare to have a group of six musicians all gathered in five days performing."
In addition to Gualdi, FMU faculty performing include Assistant Professor of Music Brandon Goff, composer; Director of Instrumental Activities and Coordinator of the Music Industry Program Terry Roberts, on the horn; and Instructor of Music Dan Hull on the guitar.
Guest artists include:
The series begins Monday, Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m. with a Romantic Soiree with music by Frank and Brahms with Danijela Zezelj-Gualdi on the violin; Lucas, on the horn; and Gualdi on the piano. Tickets are $5.
On Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 6 p.m., there will be a free lecture by Lucas on "Dealing with Performance Anxiety: Setting Yourself Up to Have More Successful Performances." This event is free.
On Wednesday, Feb. 27 the performance "From Blues to Tango" will highlight music by Gershwin, Garner, Piazzolla and others, featuring a new work by Goff. Tickets are $5.
On Thursday, Feb. 28 at 6 p.m. there is a free Master Class by Machado. This class free.
On Friday, March 1 the performance "Great Masterworks" features music by Schubert and Brahms with Cármelo de los Santos on the violin; Danijela Zezelj-Gualdi on the viola; Gueorguiev on the cello; Machado on the double bass; and Gualdi on the piano. Tickets are $5.
Admission is free for all students with valid ID. For more information, please call the PAC Box Office at 843.661.4444 or contact Gualdi at email@example.com. For updated information visit our Facebook page facebook.com/SCCMF.


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National Guard to escort 2.4K Atlanta kids home
(NEWSER) – The National Guard is being called in to help escort school buses as they evacuate the 2,400 students who have been trapped in Atlanta-area schools and buses since yesterday's three inches of snow, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal announced today. State police will also be involved. Deal said the state government would remain closed tomorrow, and urged people to stay off the roads,CNN reports. Many commuters are still stranded in cars on the highway, and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said the city's top priority was to get food, water, and gasoline to them, according to USA Today.
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Get your visa, immigration or citizenship documents back
You can ask for your passport and other documents to be returned if you've sent them with your application but need them urgently.
How you do this depends on whether you applied in the UK or not, and what type of application you've made.
You might have to cancel your application - you'll be told if you have to do this when you ask for your documents back.
If you applied outside the UK
Contact UK Visas and Immigration.
You won't get a refund if your application has been processed.
If you applied in the UK
Complete the online form to get your documents returned.
You can't use this form if you've applied for asylum or your application has been refused.
You'll usually get your documents back within 10 working days.
You can get your documents back quicker if you ask for a faster decision on your application. This costs £400, in addition to the application fee you've already paid.
If you've applied for asylum
Contact your caseworker to ask for your documents back.
If your application has been refused
Follow the instructions on your refusal notice or contact the immigration compliance and enforcement (ICE team) in your area.
If you don't receive your documents
You can report that you haven't received your documents if they've not been returned after 10 working days.
If you applied for British citizenship before 1989
Your passport would have been sent to your country's embassy in the UK.
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What about some drunken style BJJ? Blase, blurry but inspirationa brilliant rolling mixed with turning up an hour late to training from a hangover the night before, reckon it'd be well up my street!
Plus it's a nice break from all these fuddy duddies who make paragraphs on critiquing correct technique. I'm sure Royler could make pages of critiquing his own technique when he got tapped by Eddie Bravo.


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Mubix has also made a quick nmap script to search out this vulnerability.
More info on that here
A remote Microsoft FTP server exploit was released today by Kingcope, and can be found at http://milw0rm.com/exploits/9541, A quick examination of the exploit showed some fancy manipulations in a highly restrictive environment that lead to a"useradd" type payload. The main issue was the relatively small payload size allowed by the SITE command, which was limited [...]
Doesnt work under w2003 server patched.
for german windows 2k prof you can use the following JMP ESP:
Code:$retaddr = "\x7B\x30\xE3\x77"; # JMP ESP german win2k platforms (fully patched)
More details including screenshot can be found here: http://www.s3cur1ty.de/iis-ftp-exploit-german-win2k
Hello everyone
After a while I'm back... waiting eagerly for the final release of BT4...
I've tried to replicate this in a win2k Server SP0 box, in a VMware environment with no luck could it be that the return address for JMP ESP is different in server version??? Or could it be related to the VMware environment? Any thoughts??


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For an architect who erects megalithic complexes of interconnected high-rises in China, Steven Holl, FAIA, sure spends a lot of time in his own head. Every project that issues from his studio comes bundled with an idea—some myth or metaphor, or scientific concept that he translates into an eloquent watercolor on a 5-by-7-inch sheet of paper. For the Chapel of St. Ignatius in Seattle, he dreamed up a collection of seven colored bottles of light in a stone box. That image evolved into a grouping of windowed volumes emerging from the chapel's low, flat roof.
"They wanted to cut it down to four or five," he remembers, with a satisfied smile. "The campus ministry said, 'No, Steven's concept is seven colored bottles, there are seven days in the week, and there shall be seven.' "
Holl sits at a conference table in his idea nursery—a sunny office overlooking the West Side of Manhattan, a view entwined with his history. Holl was the first architect to float detailed proposals for reusing the elevated railroad tracks that eventually turned into the High Line, which winds past his building. He also entered the competition to design Hudson Yards, the massive waterfront development that will one day block his sight line to the Hudson River. He professes no regret that both projects are proceeding without him.
"I'm delighted!" he says. "While others were doing the High Line, I was working on a horizontal skyscraper in Shenzhen, [China,] and I still get to walk on it from my apartment to my office."
Besides, he says, just because his designs won't be realized doesn't diminish his contributions. This is one of his core credos, and he enunciates it like a catechism: "It doesn't have to be built to be architecture. A play can exist without being performed. A piece of music can exist without an orchestra playing it. The creative act is the most important thing."
Holl grew up in Bremerton, Wash., about an hour's ferry ride from Seattle across the Puget Sound. In that working-class town, the most interesting architecture he remembers was an immense hammerhead crane looming over the dock like some robotic dinosaur. He and his younger brother James (now an artist) turned the family's backyard into a construction site, mapping out model cities and building an assortment of refuges: a tree house, a two-story clubhouse, and a foxhole camouflaged by a rug covered in dirt and sod. "Several years ago, I gave a lecture in which I said that there are only four kinds of architecture: under the ground, in the ground, on the ground, and over the ground," Holl says. "And I realized, I was doing all of those when I was five, without knowing it."
In high school, he kept building. He fashioned complicated ductwork in his father's sheet-metal business, grabbing a broom whenever the union rep came around, since it was a closed shop and he wasn't a member. He also assembled hot rods. First came a '39 Chevrolet Coupe that he worked on for a year before he was old enough to get a driver's license. That car was his pride and joy—until he swapped it for a 1931 Model A Ford that he equipped with a 283 Chevy V8 engine. "I'd trade it, and build another one and trade that, and do another one. I had the fastest car in my high school."
Holl's life revolved around cars, football, and surfing, at least until he entered college in 1966, and put away childish things. "I decided to focus on architecture and art and philosophy. I got a '59 Volkswagen and quit thinking about cars. Just turned it off." Decades later, he designed a surf museum in Biarritz, France, and a sports center for Columbia University's chronically underperforming football team. "I've come full circle," he jokes. "Now I guess I have to do a drag race track."
As a student at the University of Washington in Seattle, Holl fell under the spell of the architectural historian Hermann Pundt, who guided students through a two-year survey, lingering for weeks on the works of Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Louis Sullivan, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Holl remembers the rest of the architectural faculty as "terrible, boring professors," workaday technicians "who couldn't grasp larger ideas" and who nearly drove him out of the department in despair. It was not the last time that Holl would feel alienated from the world he had chosen. Fortunately, Pundt recommended him for a semester abroad program in Rome, which rekindled his zeal.
After graduating, he rattled his way to San Francisco in his dying Beetle and landed a job building models for Lawrence Halprin. He stayed in the city for five years, followed by a fertile year at the Architectural Association in London. When he returned to San Francisco, he moved in with a fellow architect, William Stout, and persuaded him to start selling some of the books that were overflowing the apartment shelves. That experiment turned into the now venerable bookstore, William Stout Architectural Books.
But Holl was restless, ambitious, and adrift. "I never really decided to move to New York," he says. "I came on New Year's Eve, 1976, and I just never used the return half of the excursion ticket." It was an inauspicious time for a talented young architect with minimal experience to hang out his shingle. The economy was stagnating, cities were disintegrating, potential clients were making for the suburbs—and, anyway, Holl had nothing but contempt for the period's incipient love affair with Postmodernism. He picked up adjunct teaching gigs at Columbia University, the Pratt Institute, Parsons the New School for Design, and the University of Pennsylvania. He bunked (illegally) on a plywood shelf above the entrance to his studio in an office building on West 21st Street. For 10 years, he had only tiny and rare commissions, and he spent his days in raptures of theory and speculative designs. "It was a long period of development," he reflects. "Very long."
In retrospect, Holl claims to be grateful for that extended professional drought. For one thing, it taught him to be patient. "Having a hard time is absolutely necessary. It gives you the strength to just blink and move on when a project gets canceled." Even now, he says, only about one in every 30 projects he designs gets built. "You really have to love the work for what it is." When he did get a small project, he had the leisure to fuss over every light fixture and door handle, until each little house or apartment became a perfect microcosm of his aesthetic.
Holl also cultivated the unrealistic—but ultimately useful—self-assurance of an artist who had never become accustomed to pleasing clients, because he hardly had any. Finally, in the late 1980s, a Dallas couple that had seen Holl's work in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art asked him to design their house and gave him the instruction that every architect longs to hear: Do whatever you want. What Holl wanted was a different site. "On my first visit, I said, 'That site's too tight. You're going to have to put the swimming pool on the roof.' Next morning, she took me around, and I said, 'There: Tear that house down and it will be a great site.' And that's what they did. That's an ideal client."
The Stretto House, as Holl called the Dallas home, is a spectacularly detailed and intricate work based on a classic of modern music, Béla Bartók's Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta, in ways that could be evident only to scholars equally comfortable in architecture and in music. By the time he hit maturity as a practical architect, he had been teaching for nearly 20 years and refined an approach that hunted for specific, discoverable meaning in each design. Many architects attach verbal labels to visual ideas, but in Holl's case, pithy, sometimes mystifying titles such as "Sliced Porosity Block" or "Horizontal Skyscraper" have a precise task: to unify disparate elements, resolve contradictions, seduce clients, and generate distinct spatial experiences.
Those ideas can hit him immediately on his first visit to a site, or else they get collectively squeezed out of meeting after laborious meeting. Either way, Holl distills the idea into a sketch that is a combination of seed, marketing tool, and artifact. He has amassed more than 10,000 of these bejeweled pages, a record of intellectual ferment preserved in a format that can never become obsolete.
"The watercolor informs the logic of the design at the level of fantasy," says the architectural historian and critic Kenneth Frampton, Assoc. AIA, a longtime champion of Holl's. "It's a very oblique approach, but his charismatic enthusiasm can carry things forward. He has enormous charm."