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Due to a major relocation project during 2014-2015, there will be limited access to the Mammalogy Collection from May 2014 to August 2014 (marine mammals) and March 2015 to July 2015. Be advised that we may not be able to accommodate requests for loans or visitation during this period. If possible, please arrange to work outside this period. Further updates regarding collection closure will be posted in due course. Thank you for your patience.
This major Australian collection encompasses more than 30 000 specimens, representing more than 1000 species of mammals. It emphasises Victorian mammal distribution, both past and present; mammal biology and ecology; representatives of Australian and non-Australian faunas; historical collections obtained on scientific expeditions; and practical applications of science relating to the history of Victoria.
The collection contains three major kinds of specimens:
This specimen of the Spinifex Hopping Mouse (Notomys alexis) was collected by Spencer on the 1894 Horn Expedition. It was originally retained by Spencer at his university office and not received at the museum until two decades later. The species was not recognised as new until 1922.Image: Michelle McFarlaneSource: Museum Victoria
In 1894, William Augustus Horn, a wealthy South Australian pastoralist and miner, organised an exploration of Central Australia. The Victorian government commissioned Walter Baldwin Spencer (1860-1929), Professor of Biology at the University of Melbourne, to particicpate as the expedition zoologist. All sorts of animals were collected for the museum, including numerous rarely encountered species.
The mammalogy collection has 800 specimens collected on the 1894 Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia, including now extinct species.
Authors: Wayne Longmore and Rory O'Brien. Taken from: Treasures of the Museum (2004)
Pig-footed Bandicoot (Chaeropus ecaudatus) specimen collected during the 1857 Blandowski Expedition. The bandicoot was noted by one member of the expedition, Gerard Krefft, as becoming scarce in areas where it grazed. It became extinct in this area in the 1860s but lasted until 1907 in Central Australia. It is believed that competition for grazing by introduced stock hastened its extinction. Very little of the biology of this species was ever recorded.Image: Heath WarwickSource: Museum Vitoria
The Mammal Collection holds important study skins and mounts from William Blandowski's Murray-Darling Expedition of 1857, including examples of animals that are now extinct.
Study skin of the Tasmanian Thylacine (Thylacinus cyanocephalus).Image: Rodney StartSource: Museum Victoria
MV holds skins and mounts in several important subcollections, including:
MV's Okapi specimen on display in the National Museum, 1917. The Okapi was discovered in 1900 and this mounted specimen, purchased in 1916, is believed to be the only Australian example.
Source: Museum Victoria
Museum Victoria retains many dispaly specimens that date from the 19th century, including one of the first gorilla exhibits in the world.
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what exactly happens during a contraction? How does it actually feels like?
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Contractions feel like a tightening of your tummy muscles and they work to move baby down the birth canal. When my contractions started with my first baby, I knew "something" was happening, but I wasn't sure it was a contraction. They weren't painful at all. As time goes by, contractions become more painful as they more forcefully tighten in an effort to move baby down and out.
This video will show you baby's position from the womb and how contractions move baby down and out.
Here's a really good video which shows the effects of contractions on baby. Read all the text that pops up so you better understand from a scientific standpoint what is happening to your baby (and your body) during contractions.
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Kate pretty much summed it up. In my experience, some are painful, some are not. The key factor is the contracting, the tightening and loosening. It should go all the way around, like a belt. What's interesting to me is that they can often be seen from the outside, especially during hard labor. I've seen the complete outline of the baby when laboring with my thinner clients. It's hard to remember the way contractions feel when they are gone, but once they are gone, but after they intensify they are undeniable.


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https://www.facebook.com/JonnyAfroThunderGoodall 66kg Am: 7-3, Pro: 1-2.
Sutherland, Beer and Reis have all failed to make weight within the two-hour time limit. Above article has been updated with details.
Weigh-in photos HERE.
Kidney problems I heard. Rob had serious issues with them last year, to the point of actually even retiring but he came back and it sounds like he has bitten off more than he can chew with the weight cut at late notice. They're not easy on the kidneys, especially when you've had previous medical conditions.
I like the policy of taking 40% of a fighters purse for missing weight, 20% is a hit, but 40% will make sure you don't do it again
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When Roger Corbett announced Woolworths better than expected profit result to the market in August 2004, he credited it almost solely to cost savings derived from the overhaul of the retailers supply chain. This initiative, driven with equal vigour by CIO Steve Bradley and former supply chain manager Michael Luscombe, delivered an annual net profit of A$687.8 million, up 12.8 per cent on the previous year. Next year, Woolworths profits are expected to grow between 10 and 15 per cent.
These fruits, along with the credit bestowed by Corbett, underline the symbiotic relationship that IT should have with the business, and the pay-off such an arrangement delivers. Bradley is careful to stress this is not an IT initiative. "This was a business wide initiative led by both supply chain and IT. Mike and I have worked closely together and I do not believe you could separate out whose initiative it was," he told MIS Australia.
In the climate surrounding Woolworths, the supply chain overhaul has offered a crucial competitive edge. The retailer is battling for supremacy in a market where the sands are shifting due to the introduction of more home-branded products, the reduction of slow selling lines and the expansion of cross-selling schemes for petrol.
Many argue that to inextricably tie IT into the business the way Woolworths has requires a direct line of communication between the CIO and CEO. The lynchpin of this argument is that technology plays such a vital role in a companys operational efficiency, regardless of industry sector, that it must have a voice in the boardroom.
For a short time, it appeared the market was awakening to this realisation. However, when MIS conducted its annual research into the countrys largest tech buyers in July, it noted a slight, seven per cent drop off in the number of CIOs reporting directly to CEOs.
This was viewed as a dangerous regression. It revived all the horrors of the CFO reporting lines that historically plagued the industry and worked to perpetuate the view that IT was nothing more than a cost centre.
MIS decided a look at successful companies boardroom dynamics could help decide this long running debate once and for all.
"In general, Im not in favour of reporting through the CFO because the CIOs message can be diluted or rephrased if the CFO deems it not in his or her best interest," says independent IT consultant Clive Bailey. However, he says infinitely more dangerous is the fact that the CFO is essentially a numbers man preoccupied with dollars and cents.
Quality divide
Others feel the quality of the individual in the reporting role is more instrumental than their title. If the CIO reports to a finance director in a governance role and the position is then free to act on behalf of the business, it can be effective. But, if the finance role is one where finance controls the priorities, it will fail.
An organisations position in its lifecycle appears to have a large impact on whether or not the CIO holds operational or strategic responsibilities, and by extension their reporting line. This is an important distinction and one often used to distinguish between an IT manager, who keeps the machines running in a stable, mature company, and a CIO who contributes to change, expansion and growth.
Blocked from the boardCIO of automotive parts manufacturer Air International (AI), Terry Nye, has only recently escaped the clutches of the company CFO, a report he admits simply didnt work.
"The CFOs Ive reported to in the past have pretty much blocked my chances of getting to the board. Initiatives always stopped at the CFOs office," he says.
Nye now reports to Carl de Koning, the general manager of strategy and human resources, a strange situation but one that has produced a massive turnaround within just six months because the vision is based more on strategy than just dollars and cents, and because de Koning has a lot of pull with the managing director.
"Because Carl is the right-hand man of the managing director, this position is now getting exposure to where the business is actually going and what it wants to do. Ive just had A$1.7 million capital expenditure approved for a desktop and back end upgrade, which I can spend over the next six to nine months without having to go back to the board," exalts Nye.After six years (three as CIO) of banging his head against brick walls in an attempt to get the business to think strategically about IT, Nye finally has a group of executive general managers interested in sitting down to develop a business-led plan, and is in a position to get his voice heard.
New strategic direction
"IT in this company is very reactive," says Nye. "If theres a problem, we go and fix it without a thought to how its going to meld with the rest of the business activity or where its going to take us in the future. Thats changing and theres a lot of reasons why."
These reasons stem from Air Internationals rapid growth in the automotive industry. In seven years, it has swelled from an A$100m business to an A$750m business, and managing director Bruce Griffiths aims to make it a billion dollar company in the next two to three years.
However, while AI has made record sales during the past 18 to 24 months, the company hasnt been making EBIT (Earnings Before Interest and Tax). The unexpected health of car manufacturing caught AI off guard and it was forced to add unscheduled resources to meet demand. At the same time, it has picked up business in the US and established operations in China, which require quicker communication between sites and the movement of designs around the globe.In an effort to turn its profit problems around, the company needs better control of business processes and is therefore in the throes of setting a strategic direction. Its first step was to fragment the business into three units -two globally focused and the third currently Australia-bound with plans to expand into Asia. For Nye, this meant posing big questions to management about technology, starting with whether they want a centralised or de-centralised structure.
"Air in the past hasnt appreciated the value of IT in increasing the firms efficiency. Now IT is seen as an important part of taking the business forward so it has become part of the overall strategy," says Nye.
Since stepping out of the CFOs shadow, Nye says he is increasingly invited to finance forums to actually understand more about what the business is doing, its problems and the issues its having. He is presently on a roadshow to general managers, executive general managers and line managers to discuss their issues.
Helping the executive body understand that the business must take ownership of IT for the sake of governance remains one of his greatest challenges. He recently rejected a request from the business to select an A$30m ERP system, for example, demanding instead that the business detail its requirements and get involved in system tests.
Nye also had a product data management project taken away from him after he squashed false expectations it would fix all Air Internationals ills. The project has since been returned and Nye says bravery to speak out truthfully, and often against popular opinion, is essential to a symbiotic relationship between IT and the business. He also admits it is frustrating and that he probably drinks too much as a result.
An equal among peers Nyes experience is a case in point, proving that a CIO doesnt necessarily have to report to the CEO to be effective, especially if the CEO spends 90 per cent of his time overseas. What it does highlight is the necessity for a respected CIO voice at the executive table as an equal peer of other c-level executives.
The essence of the debate is about the appreciation of technologys contribution to the business from the top down. "Board members must appreciate that an organisation is sandwiched by IT both on the strategy development side as well as the operational enabling side," says Centrelink CIO, Jane Treadwell.
CEO ignorance is a compelling roadblock. Clive Bailey believes less than 25 per cent of chief executives in Australia truly appreciate the pivotal nature of technology to the organisation.
Whats more, he says CEOs who dont understand technology often feel intimidated by CIOs and adopt derogatory references, such as propeller-heads, to cover their insecurity, which subsequently undermines the CIOs standing.
Straight down the line
While some believe a CEO can get by with little understanding of technology, Centrelink CEO Sue Vardon is less forgiving. She already appreciates how high the stakes are in realising the potential of IT. In four years, Vardon has reduced costs at Centrelink by a hugely significant 21 per cent by extracting efficiencies from the use of technology.
Its not surprising therefore that she likes to keep the IT portfolio close to her.
"It is inconceivable to me that the CIO would not report to me. This work is so much a part of our business, I cant have them frustrated by reporting down the line," says Vardon.
"We would not have been able to pull off the cost savings, efficiencies and speed if Jane [Jane Treadwell, Centrelinks CIO] was not integrally connected to the daily agenda of the executive. Theres nothing about where we are headed she doesnt know." When Vardon talks about "speed", she refers to the millions of transactions conducted each day on behalf of 25 Government agencies, including the administration of about A$60 billion of public funds each year. On this front, Vardon has set world-class standards. Her team recently delivered a huge number of payments for the Federal Government within a matter of weeks where other countries would have taken a year, possibly even two.
The renown of Centrelinks organisational operation has attracted up to 50 foreign delegations seeking to understand and bottle the formula. It has also seen staff retention and job satisfaction skyrocket, a handy side effect in a tight labour market. Aside from this, Vardon believes having Treadwell at the executive table is correct for accountability. "We are inextricably connected. If I dont deliver for Government because Jane hasnt delivered for me, then Im at risk as well." This realisation dawned on NAB chief executive, John Stewart quite early in his tenure and he wasted no time in acting upon it. Even before Ian Crouch left the CIO position in September 2004, Stewart had installed a replacement in Ian MacDonald, former executive general manager of Financial Services Australia.
In a brief statement to the market, Stewart stressed MacDonald is one of the most experienced business leaders at the National and is expected to bring an operational perspective to the development and implementation of IT within the bank.
"This move will lead the transformation of the National towards a more nimble and customer-focused organisation and help to build our reputation and employee pride," he said.
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First of all this is not the Metasploit forums.
Metasploit has moved to http://metasploit.org/
Hi, currently Metasploit and various other sites are being subjected to a DDOS attack, my knowledge on linux is still small, so I was wondering if anyone would be good enough to tell me me if I can update metasploit framework 3 from the metasploit.org address which they are currently running from, and if so what command do I need to type in to do this?
I am currently trying this:
$ svn co hxxp://metasploit.org/svn/framework3/trunk/
but I dont think this is right, and it failed anyway
I have also tried svn switch to various addresses but I just get hxxp://xxxxxxx is not the same repository as hxxp://xxxxxxxx
Is there a way I can manually update, download a file and then install it? I only have the original release from BT3 USB
so you wont offer help on metasploit? which is included in the the BT3 distro, can you explain then why there are so many posts on the subject of aircrack, and milw0rm etc, arent these also items included in the distro?
I would love to know how you are supposed to get help on this forum, every time I ask something I either get a useless response like pureh@te gave or flamed to hell, what gives?
Of course, if you really wanted to have some fun, go to Wal-Mart late at night and ask the greeter if they could help you find trashbags, roll of carpet, rope, quicklime, clorox and a shovel. See if they give you any strange looks. --Streaker69
so......just so Im clear and I dont waste anymore valuable time......
what issues does this forum support if every ****er just gets told to use supported hardware, **** off to another forum for help on the tools, and we dont like viagra spam???!?!
What questions should I ****ing post here?
pureh@te actually did provide you some help
read this before you ask any other questions about updating metasploit blog.metasploit.com and it's probably worth just waiting until this entire episode is over until trying to update.
Of course, if you really wanted to have some fun, go to Wal-Mart late at night and ask the greeter if they could help you find trashbags, roll of carpet, rope, quicklime, clorox and a shovel. See if they give you any strange looks. --Streaker69
Again it is ok to ask a question here if you do so after you have done your research. However the hard part is at times proving that you did this research.
As for complaining about the mods and other members for the answers or the lack thereof, please stop, no one really cares and it does nothing to get you the answer.
As for your question see:
Feb-08-2009 Pathetic DDoS vs Security Sites (hdm)
To be successful here you should read all of the following.
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Failure to do so will probably get your threads deleted or worse.
You thought that if you don't get help for an impolite post, asking it impolitely will do the trick?
try using fast-track to update metasploit, that's always worked for me.
I'm not going to take this personally. I did give you help. In the past it has been metasploit.com and now it is metasploit.org. Whats the issue? If you want me to spoonfeed your lazy ass then here is the svn command to update to 3.3
svn co http://metasploit.org/svn/framework3/trunk/ msf3.3
I mean what the hell do you want from me? .com is now .org adjust your shit accordingly
Here have a read. http://blog.metasploit.com/
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Rev. Juan D. McFarland is described as a man of "passion, prayer and purpose" in a three-paragraph summary on the website of the Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church. The site concludes by saying such an overview "does not begin to tell his story."
Parishioners realized just how true that was in recent weeks, when McFarland dropped the bombshells: He had had affairs with several women in the parish — inside the church — but neglected to tell them he had AIDS.
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Jim Pederson has built a real estate kingdom in the desert, but can he dethrone Jon Kyl?
By Lori K.Baker
It's 4:30 on a sweltering August afternoon, and a cadre of small-business owners duck into Nixon's, a Camelback Esplanade restaurant that pokes fun at politicians. They gather upstairs, a meeting spot that looks like the back room of a dimly lit Washington, D.C. bar. Quotations—both famous and infamous—are inscribed on the walls. Walls decked out in vintage newspaper and magazine covers flash back to the Watergate break-in, Nixon's resignation, Kent State shootings and Lyndon Johnson's announcement he wasn't seeking re-election.
Yes, those were troubling times. But these owners of small businesses—accounting firms, construction companies and automotive dealerships—aren't enamored by the modern-day political scene, either. And U.S. Senate Democrat candidate Jim Pederson, whom they've come here to meet, is about to hear all about it during his one-hour campaign stop.
Dressed in a gray suit and french blue shirt sans tie, 64-year-old Jim Pederson listens intently, often nodding his head in agreement. The Democrat developer—sort of an oxymoron—tells the business owners he can relate to their struggles. He didn't instantly strike it rich with the Pederson Group, the mastermind of more than 25 retail projects throughout the state, beginning with a neighborhood shopping center in Goodyear in 1986.
As the eldest of six boys, Pederson grew up in a 1,000-square-foot, two bedroom home on the south side of the railroad tracks in Casa Grande, where his father Ed, a diehard Republican, was city manager for 25 years. Ed instilled a passion for news, politics and public service in Jim, who attended the University of Arizona, where he earned his degree in political science and a master's in public administration.
In 1967, fresh out of grad school, he moved to Phoenix, where he followed in his father's footsteps by going to work for city government—first in the City of Phoenix's research and budget division and later as administrative assistant for Phoenix Mayor Milt Graham. When Graham lost an election, Pederson was faced with a decision: Switch careers or return to Phoenix's research and budget division. Then came a fortuitous meeting with shopping center magnate Sam Grossman, who hired Pederson to run the then-Christown Mall.
Afterward, Pederson was hired at Westcor, where he eventually wound up as manager for Westcor's shopping centers before he ventured out on his own in 1983. He slowly built his development empire—making him a multimillionaire and making the state's Democratic Party a benefactor of his largess.
After being elected as state chair of the Arizona Democratic Party in 2001, he infused millions of his own money into the party, set records for fund-raising.
But now he's making his own high-stakes bid to unseat a two-term incumbent in one of the most watched races in the country. Pederson has poured millions of his own money into the campaign, largely to build name recognition in a state in which 90 percent of the people had never heard of him.
"The race between Senator Kyl and Jim Pederson may end up being one of the hottest senate races in the country," says Bruce Merrill, a nationally known Arizona State University pollster who conducts monthly surveys. "Both candidates are competent, well managed and well financed," he says.
On the campaign trail at a recent Kiwanis club meeting in Tempe, Pederson drives home the point that he's looking out for the interests of the small businessman. "I bring a certain bias to the campaign, the bias of being a small businessman," he says.
"You need to send someone back to Washington who is independent," Pederson says, leaning forward on the podium. "Independent of special interests—and independent of partisanship."
The Red Camp
Incumbent Republican Jon Kyl faces his strongest challenger yet.
Except for triple digit temperatures, it's an idyllic day at Scottsdale's posh Gainey Ranch. Sunlight glints on manmade lakes, which pose as water hazards on acres upon acres of rolling green golf courses. Chic eateries are doing brisk mid-day business. Doubletree Ranch Road, lined with towering date palms, winds past the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale, where guests can opt for de-aging wraps and mineral massages at Spa Avania.
Down the road from the resort, Sen. Jon Kyl blows into Scottsdale Insurance Company in the nick of time for this 2 p.m. meeting, looking hurried, yet composed. The Congressional Quarterly describes him as someone who "can frequently be seen racing through the Capitol—often to and from top leaders' offices—never choosing a casual stroll."
He's keeping the same breakneck pace on this jam-packed, mid-summer day on the campaign trail in his hometown stomping ground. Today, security—namely national security—is on his mind as he addresses this standing-room-only crowd.
"One thing that is very much on my mind is that we are at war and yet it does not seem like we are," Kyl begins. "This is a war against a group of evil people who believe they must bend everyone to their will or kill them. We need to support the policies that will deal with this threat in a serious, committed way."
Kyl has been one of the Senate's most consistent supporters of the Bush administration's policies. Political observers like Arizona State University pollster Bruce Merrill notes party loyalty always comes into play during key election races.
"The president's popularity has the potential to impact this race," he predicts. Turmoil in the Middle East is the topic du jour for this crowd, which peppers Kyl with questions. "Are we willing to destroy Iran rather than allow them to have a nuclear program?" an attendee asks. Silence hangs in the air as the audience awaits Kyl's response.
"That's a good question and I don't think we want to answer that yet," replies Kyl, described by Congressional Quarterly as "someone who has taken to working behind the scenes much more readily than selling his position publicly."
Another hot button around Arizona—and the Southwest for that matter—is immigration reform. The fact that Arizona's two senators, John McCain and Kyl, have different views on immigration reform has left political observers scratching their heads.
McCain's solution includes allowing illegal immigrants to apply for a three-year guest worker visa, which could be renewed once if they paid a $1,000 fine and passed a background check. After six years, if they demonstrated English proficiency and paid another $1,000 fine and back taxes, they could apply for permanent residency, the first step toward citizenship.
Last year, Kyl co-sponsored a bill that provides for a guest-worker program but requires illegal immigrants to leave the United States—called "mandatory departure"—before they re-enter the United States and apply for it. Guest workers and new immigrant laborers can apply for a two-year visa that can be renewed twice, with a one-year gap between renewals that must be spent outside the United States and a lifetime cap of six years. The visa offers no special path to permanent residency or citizenship. The bill also doubles existing civil penalties for employers who hire illegal immigrants.
Back in Kyl's office at 22nd Street and Camelback, a large photograph on display shows President Bush and Kyl in front of Old Glory, smiling for the camera. He chats about everything from fuel efficient cars to his energy policies, which include more domestic oil drilling as temporary solutions to the long-ranging fuel issue.
Unlike his counterpart, U.S. Senator and media-frequent, would-be presidential candidate John McCain, today's conversation offers a rare glimpse of the more private Kyl. As Kyl told Time: "You can accomplish a lot if you're not necessarily out in front on everything."
|Jim Pederson
Iraq war:
Calls Iraq war "the biggest policy failure in my lifetime" and says he would demand an exit strategy.Immigration reform:
Supports a guest worker program that would fine illegal immigrants and put them through a background check before qualifying.
Repeal of estate tax:
Stem cell research:
Privatizing Social Security:
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Linux basics my man. There are many ways to do this.
Try looking around here on the forums and also look at man cut
I hope the title isn't misleading misleading, but English isn't my native language.I am looking for a tool that can delete all words less then 8 characters from a huge(2 GIG) wordlist. I am not a developer, so i can't build my own.
Is there such a tool around? And if there is, will anyone share?
Linux basics my man. There are many ways to do this.
Try looking around here on the forums and also look at man cut
To be successful here you should read all of the following.
If you are new to Back|Track
Back|Track Wiki
Failure to do so will probably get your threads deleted or worse.
alternately, man strings
Like orgcandman mentioned, strings would be sufficient. Goto "man strings" and pay attention to "-n" option. This should put u on the right track.
Didn't Purehate create a script that does this for you?
Of course, if you really wanted to have some fun, go to Wal-Mart late at night and ask the greeter if they could help you find trashbags, roll of carpet, rope, quicklime, clorox and a shovel. See if they give you any strange looks. --Streaker69
there is a tool already called pw-inspector which is part of hydra. An example would be:
cat really_big_list.txt | sort -u | pw-inspector -m 8 -M 63 > wpa_wordlist.txt
sort -u will also remove all the dupes and put it in alphabetical order
No excusue, I really forgot about this thread due to pc issues, really? Really! I got a PM and downloaded a tool called Raptor3, but my machine is not strong enough for this soft, so I splitted the file in pieces and let a certain software, which I don't own, do it's job.
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where can i find this 2 gig wordlist?
If you're piping the dictionary file into a cracker program, you could put a little program in the middle that discards words that are less than 8 characters. So instead of:
you'd have:Code:cat dict.txt | cracker
Code:cat dict.txt | awk '{ if ( length($0) >= 8 ) print $0 }' | cracker
Ask questions on the open forums, that way everybody benefits from the solution, and everybody can be corrected when they make mistakes. Don't send me private messages asking questions that should be asked on the open forums, I won't respond. I decline all "Friend Requests".


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Charlotte, N.C.- The Brevard College softball team swept a doubleheader from the Johnson C. Smith Golden Bulls on Tuesday night, taking the first game 3-0 before Kayla Clemens tossed a no-hitter in a 14-0 win in game two.
Game 1: Brevard 3, JCSU 0
Jamie Hrobak (W, 2-1) tossed a shutout for the Tornados while striking out 17 Golden Bulls in the first game of twin bill.
The Tornados got their offense going early, scoring on a Brittany Jones RBI triple in the top of the first inning to take a 1-0 lead.
The Tornados added a pair of insurance runs in the top of the 6th inning, initiated by a Meredith Davenport infield single with one out.
Emily Boykin was called in to pinch hit for Hrobak with two outs, and delivered an RBI double to put BC up 2-0.
Boykin later scored on an RBI single by Corinne Stiles to give the Tornados a 3-0 advantage.
Game 2: Brevard 14, JCSU 0
Senior Kayla Clemens (W, 1-1) threw all five innings of the run-rule shortened game without allowing a hit and striking out seven. Clemens allowed only two base runners in the game.
Brevard scored eight runs in the first inning, and five Tornados had multi-hit games in Brevard's 14-0 routing of the Golden Bulls to complete the sweep.
Brittany Jones finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBI's, while Meredith Davenport, Clemens, Ally Davenport, and Michelle Ray each had two hits. Ray also drove in four runs.
The Tornados return to action as they host Lees-McCrae for a doubleheader on Saturday, February 16th at 1 and 3 p.m.


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On the Shelf
Train Robberies for Everyone, and Other NewsBy Dan Piepenbring
- Junot Díaz on getting an MFA: "I didn't have a great workshop experience. Not at all. In fact by the start of my second year I was like: get me the fuck out of here. So what was the problem? Oh, just the standard problem of MFA programs. That shit was too white."
- Al Feldstein, the editor who turned Mad Magazine into an institution in the late fifties, has died, at eighty-eight. "In his second issue, Mr. Feldstein seized on a character who had appeared only marginally in the magazine—a freckled, gaptoothed, big-eared, glazed-looking young man—and put his image on the cover, identifying him as a write-in candidate for president campaigning under the slogan 'What—me worry?'"
- When print books are scanned and converted into e-books, a process called optical character recognition is supposed to ensure that all of the letters are "read" correctly. But things sometimes go awry, and your e-book includes sentences like this: "'Bertie, dear Bertie, will you not say good night to me,' pleaded the sweet, voice of Minnie Hamilton, as she wound her anus affectionately around her brother's neck."
- DreamWorks' Jeffrey Katzenberg has a dim view of the future of the cinema: "A movie will come out and you will have seventeen days, that's exactly three weekends, which is 95% of the revenue for 98% of movies. On the eighteenth day, these movies will be available everywhere ubiquitously and you will pay for the size [of the screen you watch it on]. A movie screen will be $15. A 75" TV will be $4.00. A smartphone will be $1.99… "
- In praise of train robberies: "Dismemberment and armed robbery have been lost in today's commuting experience … A few train robberies would do wonders for commuter attitude. Instead of insisting the city clean up all the snow as opposed to just most of it; instead of complaining that the Citi Bike seats are too long or short, too hard or squishy; instead of issuing eye rolls when a passenger shoves in ahead of closing doors, disrupting their Candy Crush level—a train heist would remind folks that any arrival, even a tardy one, is a blessing."
- What's wrong with contemporary philosophy? "The exclusion of the agrarian and nomadic, in favor of the urban and sedentary. The problem is not just 'the West', or Europe, or masculine domination, or white supremacy, or even the intersection of all of these. The problem is the city."


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We knew it was coming and now we know when and where: Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski will undergo back surgery in Los Angeles on Tuesday, ESPN's Adam Schefter and Mike Reiss reported. Previous reports have indicated a 12 week recovery time. This procedure comes after the Pro Bowler underwent four surgeries for his broken forearm, all since November.
Fantasy Analysis:
All of this jives with previous reporting - and continues to make us nervous about making a heavy investment in the touchdown scoring Gronk. When healthy, only Jimmy Graham is his fantasy equal, but assuming Gronkowski can stay healthy is foolish. At 12 weeks from next Tuesday, Gronkowski would return on September 10 or two days after the Patriots season opener.For now he remains a 3-5 fantasy TE draft option because of his scoring potential, but actually spending a high draft pick or significant salary cap dollars is another story. Aaron Hernandez is almost a lock to enter draft season as the No. 2 fantasy TE behind Graham, assuming he avoids further injury himself while Jason Witten, Tony Gonzalez and Vernon Davis could overtake Gronk depending on the recovery process.


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This year's The International Dota 2 Championships are moving from Cologne, Germany to Seattle, Washington.
In a post, Valve detailed the upcoming championship which will be held from August 31 to September 2nd during the giant gaming convention PAX Prime. The championships will be held in Benaroya Hall, with more information about acquiring tickets being released in the coming weeks.
Last year's winning team, Na'vi has already received the invitation to defend its title, along with Chinese team DK; 16 teams will compete overall.
The International will be broadcast for free in multiple languages so even if you can't attend PAX, you won't miss out on any of the Dota 2 action.


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well for starters define a loner which no one can really be in this world filled with billions of individuals thus those who wish to by themselfs cant cause the system is designed for us to depend on other to survive which is our basic fundimental instinct but has for me dont know if other like me out there but i just cant really trust anyone tried and proven even my family dont know why probably something in my physci . on the other hand like the isolation cause it allows me to reflect and i like doing that analysing stuff in my head[ guess i'm sounding crazy about now but who cares] Damn it i even have fantasies of destroying the world and rebuilding with me alone in it. even the bloody fact that i love nights is when i see less people i am an anti social and love it i really never had friends since reconizing myself as an entity and dont mind it thats why i call persons my associates. But on the flip side i try to be friendly with people but they turn out to be hypocrites thus a waste of my time.in the end i wish every thing would got to HELL. jus to prove my disposition check out my nickname!!! here's the icebreaker can someone recommend a xcellent therapist cause i either need some serious help or to jus get a life or then again probable laid [of the belief this medium is the only place i talk freely]
there is the belief that : why men dont have the power of God cause persons like me exist .
well if i am here who is in my chair
i hate to be loner...cant stand event a minute
@ my office
I'm a bit of a loner at school, only in my classes (partially has to do with my shyness -.-). Solitude is great opposed to listening to a random person rant about how boring or how difficult school is. Plus side: I have best friends whom I can almost open up fully to.
A figment of your imagination
Only nihilism...
-ive been a loner my whole life.
-i gave up on ppl when i realized they were just valuless maggots that dont care about anyone but themselfs.
-i just hate the way humans act its disgusting and they are so usless.
-this lifestyle suits me pretty well but it does get lonely occasionally
adding to this post is there a anime chracter loner that u identify with ....me is ayane isuzu(gatekeepers 21)
sorry for addign more but it is also fun to minipulate others thats like my favorite passtime besides anime ofcourse
How long have you been a loner?
never been before
Did you give up on people?
no, i am optimistic
if so, why?
no need reason cause i aint giving up
What do you generally dislike about them
How well does it suit you?
quite well
I'm a loner in real life, the reason i'm a loner is just like wat u said, you try to get yourself from the rest of the people (made up of liars, sluts, really perverted people, and other types of people you hate). Atleast all of us loners can understand each other a lot more easier and we can aid each other...
America..Stick To Your American Things And Don't Even Touch Anything That Isn't!
If I had much of a sense of humor, I could have died laughing from reading the last post... Loners can understand each other better and aid each other... interesting statement, considering the definition of "loner".
ya like in gatekeepers why would someone who hates others and themself want a freind like that -ayane isuzu
I guess I'm a loner, but I haven't given up on people. When you're in a fix it's good to at least know one other person to get you out. I just dislike the noise people emit when they are around me.
Im kinda a loner. but i noticed how being a loner wasn't getting me anywhere with others or a good thing. so im trying to up my popularity at school but its tough cuz im usually quiet at school but talkative outside of school.
but i will admit i dont want to talk to anyone when i goo to school in the morning cuz i always feel dazed during that time.
check out teh profile for some good reads
Loners are loners by their own choice.
nothing we say will save us from the fallout.
iluffquincy wrote:
Hmm...I wouldn't have consider myself as a loner. But, I was quite lonely. =P
These past few school years, since I went into middle school, we meet new people that we've never seen before, so it's harder to make friends. I was always quiet and shy, afraid to say the wrong thing. I didn't hate anyone, I was just too shy.
If anyone came up to me and talked to me, I'd be pretty quiet, unless it was someone who I shared similar likes and personality with.
It's like I had two totally different personalities. If I was around people I wasn't comfortable with, I'd be totally quiet and reserved. If I knew this person, or she/he was my good friend, I'd be free to express myself, crazy, and random. =]
It just depends on the people I'm interacting with. =]
same here. im kinda considered a loner becuase i dont talk much. i have some really good friends i would trust everything with, a couple people i think might be good friends later. its not that i dont like anyone, im just really shy.if people come up to talk to me, the first time, i cant talk, even if they seem nice or we have stuff in common.
i have that whole split personality thing too. i actually scared this one guy becuase i was so quiet around him, but when my friends got there i couldnt stop talking.
but the thing i dont think anyone really hates people. otherwise, why would they start this thread? to bond with other loners and stuff. we all just really make each other mad at sometimes, but for some reason we cant stop ourselves from coming together, for better or worse. from wanting to like feel a part of something.
im sorry. i didnt mean to sound all preachy and stuff. not here to judge, and i have no right to talk im accidentally antisocial. but i dont want to give up yet. not for myself, or anyone else.
[can yout tell i love shojo? ]
"then i will pray.becuase theres no way that saki is meant to be alone her whole life.in this world...in this world, overflowing with people...i can't believe there's not one person out there who wouldn't love saki....So, whoever you are, please come to meet her....If youre in a far off country, then get on a plane. hurry come to saki as fast as you can....please..." -fruits basket, vol.9
why?! why my piggie?? i loveded you piggie, i loveded you.


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Adam James Michael Robinson, the British national who flew to the United States to have sex with an underage Highland girl, was sentenced this week to state prison for eight years.
Robinson was present and in custody for his hearing Tuesday in the San Bernardino Superior Courthouse.
In April, Robinson accepted a plea deal and pleaded guilty to one count of lewd and lascivious acts, according to court records. He was originally charged with six felony counts, but five were dismissed at his sentencing.
Robinson was arrested late December at a Redlands motel, police said. He traveled to the U.S. on Dec. 15.
A felony complaint filed by the District Attorney's Office said Robinson had several sexual encounters with the Highland girl that month.
Robinson met the girl online and established a relationship with the her over the course of a year, authorities said.


text: Hey- I just got back from my first surf trip over to Bald Head Island and man does it have a sick set up. I have been wanting to go over there for the last couple of years now & finally did it. If you go all the way to East Beach where the Shoals Club is- you have the point of Cape Fear right there- that is where the East facing beaches meet with the South facing beaches- at this place there is a long sand point that has a sick point break set up at a mid to low tide. This place has some of the best potential that I've seen on the East Coast & I have surfed every state from Maine to Florida. It was only waist+ the day I went, but the rights were reeling down along the point for a 100 yards- some of the sickest waves I have ever seen here on the East Coast. It looked like a mini version of the Super Bank. Has anyone else ever surfed here? Let me know how it was & the best swell direction to get it good.


text: Depending on what the SCADA system controls I would be VERY careful. I would never try to pentest a water treatment plant without having it fully staffed and everyone informed that the electronics may go haywire and having away to quickly reset everything to normal. I have run too many nmap scans that caused old and poorly designed equipment/software to freak out and send out bad data or worse stop responding i.e. showing a water tank full when it has been emptying for an hour. SCADA systems are way too fragile to play with. Your best defense is to put the SCADA system on its own private and physical network. What I mean is a network that is not in anyway shape or form plugged into equipment that has any non SCADA equipment on it. And make sure it is NOT internet accessible. If it is an absolute requirement that the SCADA system be remotely controlled, use a VPN, two factor authentication, and at least 2 hardware firewalls to get to the SCADA network. I have never seen a SCADA system that could function properly with a software firewall installed on it.


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GSA Announces Appointment of Deputy Regional Administrator for its Rocky Mountain Region
August 14, 1998
Contact: Bill Bearden (202) 501-1231
WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. General Services Administration has announced the appointment of Susan B. Damour to the position of Deputy Regional Administrator of its Rocky Mountain Region effective August 24, 1998.
In making the announcement, GSA Administrator David J. Barram, said that Damour's experience and background will compliment Regional Administrator Polly Baca's dedicated work over the past four years and that Damour will be an asset in carrying forth the region's successful ongoing programs and other future endeavors.
Damour will help Baca oversee the region which includes Colorado, Montana, North and South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. The Rocky Mountain Region, based in Denver, has a workforce of 413 employees. It manages 220 Government buildings and 371 leased properties that house 27 agencies with 58,100 employees.
In addition to supporting the recent Oklahoma City bombing trials held in Denver, the Rocky Mountain Region also supported the G-8 Summit of world leaders.
"Damour has a background in managing, directing and overseeing a variety of political and not-for-profit operations," Barram said, "and we're enthusiastic about the credentials she brings and about her joining our GSA team in the Rocky Mountain Region."
Damour most recently worked as the district director for Representative David E. Scaggs and has been active in Colorado politics and human rights campaigns during the past decade. She is a graduate of Colorado Woman's College with a B.A. in Liberal Arts and has taken courses in the M.B.A. program at Keller Management School of Business, Graduate Business Studies.


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Sunday, July 7, 2013 from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM (MDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Welcome to the Inaugural
Cancer Sucks Freedom Swim!!
Cancer Swim?
In January of 2013 our 16 year old daughter,who is a swimmer and has worked for us at Grant Ranch, was diagnosed with Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Proceeds from this race will go towards the payment of her medical bills.
There are 1/2, 1.2 and 2.4 mile options. Wet suits are permitted but keep in mind the lake temperature in July will be in the mid 70's. There will be separate divisions for each category.
Start Time/Waves/Awards/Cost:
The race will begin at 7:30 AM. . You can warm up from 6:45-7:15. There will be a mandatory pre race meeting at 7:15 a.m. (We had to move the start time up in order to assure we are off the premises by 10 am)
2.4 Mile Males: Both Wet Suit and Non Wet Suit will start at 7:30
2.4 Mile Females: Both Wet Suit and Non Wet Suit will start at 7:35
1.2 Mile: Males, both Wet Suit and Non Wet Suit will start at 7:40
1.2 Mile: Females both Wet Suit and Non Wet Suit will start at 7:45
1/2 mile: Both Wet Suit and Non Wet Suit will start at 7:50
The event will be chip timed
We are working with our sponsors to get some prizes for the top overall male and female swimmers in the non wet suit categories. Blue Seventy, Denver Chirpractic Center/ART Dr. Glen Hyman and Swim Labs have generously donated some prizes. Overall winners of each distance will receive a free season pass to Grant Ranch for the 2014 season courtesy of Mile High Multisport, LLC.
Only $20 until the 24th of June when the price goes up to $25. Race day registration is $30.
Race Day Registration will be permitted from 6:00-6:45 at a cost of $30 (Cash or Check only)
Pick up your chip on race morning
The locker rooms will be open pre and post race but you must exit the premises by 10:00 am
There will be safety kayaks on the lake during the race.
No Dogs are allowed on the grounds!! Please leave your dogs at home.
There is room for about 100 cars in the parking lot. PLEASE car pool. If you park in the adjacent neighborhood RESPECT the community (Holiday weekend and the neighbors are probably going to be asleep when you arrive). If you have spectators, please have them car pool with you or park at the grade school located 1/2 mile south on Grant Ranch Blvd.
When & Where
Grant Ranch/Bowles Reservoir
7255 Grant Ranch Blvd
Sunday, July 7, 2013 from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM (MDT)
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Fox News v. Fox News Latino: AP Style Guide Edition
Fox News and Fox News Latino are again reporting the same story using different lenses to appeal to both their conservative audience and a growing Latino culture.
The Associated Press announced [1] this week that it would no longer refer to undocumented immigrants as "illegal immigrants," saying:
The Stylebook no longer sanctions the term "illegal immigrant" or the use of "illegal" to describe a person. Instead, it tells users that "illegal" should describe only an action, such as living in or immigrating to a country illegally.
Explaining the change, AP Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll stated [1] that the wire service was "ridding the Stylebook of labels" in other areas and to be consistent, the term "illegal immigrant" will no longer be used. The new entry reads in part: "illegal immigration, but not illegal immigrant. Acceptable variations include living in or entering a country illegallyor without legal permission."
Carroll further said [2] that the term "ends up pigeonholing people or creating long descriptive titles where you use some main event in someone's life to become the modifier before their name."
In an article [3] reporting the AP's move, Fox News Latino featured a photo of a woman holding up a sign that read, "No human being is illegal":
The Fox News Latino article, headlined " 'Illegal Immigrant' Dropped From Associated Press Stylebook," referred to the term "illegal immigrant" as "controversial" and included quotes from racial justice organization The Applied Research Center, which publishes Colorlines.org.
By contrast, FoxNews.com highlighted the story on its front page with a picture of what appeared to be immigrants climbing over a border fence. The headline on the photo read: "AP Rules: Don't Call Him an... 'ILLEGAL?'"
The front page was later updated to feature the photo as a smaller image with a new headline reading: "What's In A Name? AP Under Criticism for Nixing 'Illegal Immigrant'":
The actual article [4] about the AP's decision also included a photo of what appeared to be border crossers:
Fox News' article promoted the conservative notion that the AP made the style change to influence the immigration debate.
Fox News and Fox News Latino have repeatedly [5] tailored coverage [6] of the same [7] news event to pander [8] to their respective audiences.
In a magazine interview earlier this year, Fox News CEO Roger Ailes stated [9] that "Republicans haven't used the right language" on immigration but argued [10] that it was ridiculous to claim that "Fox News Latino is softer on Latinos than Fox News in general."
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- MUSICAL THEATRE KIDS at the Staten Island Zoo
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- 03.10.2012
- Where:
- Staten Island Zoo - Staten Island
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- Events at the Zoo!
Dates and Times
February 25
March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
April 14, 21, 28
May 5, 12, 19
Saturdays 10:00am - noon
$200 for 12 classes
Staten Island Zoo 614 Broadway
Staten Island, New York
Registration Deadline:
Friday, February 24
MUSICAL THEATRE KIDS at the Staten Island Zoo
Be a Part of the Show!
12-week course builds self-confidence in children
Students perform Disney's "Jungle Book Kids" at final class in May.
Sundog Theatre is offering musical theatre classes designed to build confidence and creativity in young people. Musical Theatre Kids is an entertaining way to learn presentation skills, work with other children, and understand how to present a final show.
This program is perfect for children who are timid or have a hard time speaking in public. The classes are held in the Zoo Auditorium and include vocal and movement exercises. Young people ages 9 to 14 of all skill levels are welcome.
Students will focus on imagination and theater games as well as rehearse for a final performance.
Each week a different skill will be introduced to participants. During the 12-week course students will have an opportunity to develop theatre skills as they rehearse for Jungle Book-Kids, enabling them to put theory into practice.
Special Instructor
Melissa Tierney has over 10 years experience in educational theater with numerous credits as actor, director, and teacher. Ms. Tierney directed children's theater productions and conducted classes at Sundog, PS 41, St. Sylvester's, & SeaView Playwrights.
Ms. Tierney has a BA in Theater; BS in Elementary Education; and graduated from the Staten Island Teaching Artist Institute.
- Venue:
- Staten Island Zoo
- Street:
- 614 Broadway
- 10310
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In Munich, the 16-day beer festival better known as Oktoberfest officially ended Oct. 6.
But in Utah, fans of this German holiday can enjoy another weekend of beer, brats and lederhosen at several mountain restaurants and resorts including:
St. Regis Deer Valley • The St. Regis Bar will offer a menu of draft beers and German bites, including cheddar ale soup, sausages and brats, slow-cooked brisket and herbed spaetzle, prepared by Chef de Cuisine Shane Baird. Live music.
When • Friday and Saturday, Oct. 11-12, 18-19 and 25-26; 6 to 9 p.m.
Where • 2300 Deer Valley Drive East, Park City, 435-940-5760 or www.stregisdeervalley.com.
Cost • German bites $11 each, draft beer $4
Snowbird Ski Resort • Don't miss the final days for the resort's 41st annual Oktoberfest celebration featuring German beer, Bavarian food and music on the plaza.
When • Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 12 and 13, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Where • Highway 210, Little Cottonwood Canyon; 801-742-2222 or snowbird.com
Cost • Free admission
Squatter's Brew Pub • German food and seasonal beers available along with live Bavarian music by Janet Todd and Heidelberg Express.
When • Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18-19, music from 7-10 p.m.
Where • Squatters Brew Pub, 147 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City.
Cost • Prices vary
Harley & Bucks • The restaurant will offer a special German meal, in addition to its regular menu. There also will be live music by Scotty Haze Band.
When • Friday, Oct. 11, from 6 to 9 p.m.
Where • 3900 N. Wolf Creek Drive, Eden; 801-745-2060 or harleyandbucks.com.
Cost • Adults $19, children $11. Beer also available for purchase
Blue Boar Inn & Restaurant • Offering special Oktoberfest dishes in addition to its regular European menu.
When • Through October.
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Dan Hardy looks set to leave the sport in 2014 and would like to gain his doctorate in philosophy before back packing around South America.
Dan Hardy looks set to leave the sport in 2014 and would like to gain his doctorate in philosophy before back packing around South America.
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He would already be back packing around South America if the UFC had cut him when he deserved to be after going 0-4
Not necessarily, even though he was 0-4 all his fights were fucking brawls, Dana said he'd always be kept because that's what he does, he fights, not someone who pisses around smothering people doing nothing or boringly get taken to a decision like Rashad did last weekend.
Grizzly is spot on here.
that really is a shitty article.
It doesn't the positive aspects of the interview where Dan says his plan is to fight 3 times this year to propel himself to a title shot and then in 2014 win the title, defend it at least once and then retire.
It's MMA. MMA retirements last only slightly longer than pro wrestling retirements.
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Be sad to see Dan leave the sport, but I guess it shows how sensible he is; planning for the future as opposed to presuming things are gonna come his way. Will be following him until the day he hangs up his gloves!
"When you're not training; somebody else is training to kick your ass."
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A new trailer for Shane Black's film The Nice Guys has debuted and this movie looks f*cking fantastic. This is the theater-friendly green band trailer, which will undoubtedly be in front of Superhero Face Punch this weekend, so it's missing some of the violent sight gags of the previous red band cut Full Story
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It was Eva Mendes's birthday on the weekend. She and Ryan Gosling were headed out for dinner. At some point a dog ran into the road. They pulled over, Ryan got out of the car, picked up the dog, and handed it safely over to the owner before driving away. ET has the exclusive photos – click here Full Story
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You're about to punch me. Because the Oscars just ended a little over a week ago and already I'm talking about next year's awards. Before you go for my face though…wait! This is about Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, does that help? As you know, the two worked on Damian Chazelle's Whiplash follow-up, La La Land, last year. Full Story
Ryan & Russell: Oscar red carpet skippers
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Ryan Gosling didn't walk the carpet at the Golden Globes. It was predictable the moment they announced he would be presenting at the Oscars that it would be unlikely he'd walk the carpet. At this point probably not unless he's nominated. But he did look good up there, with Russell Crowe, promoting their movie The Nice Guys. Full Story
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Last year it was announced that Blade Runner 2 is happening and Denis Villeneuve will be directing, with Harrison Ford set to return as Deckard, and now Ryan Gosling is in it, too. Full Story
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Ryan Gosling did not walk the carpet at the SAGs. He didn't walk at the Golden Globes either. Don't be surprised if he doesn't walk at the Oscars; he was confirmed as a presenter last week. Inevitable next question: Rachel? Ryan and Rachel? They weren't seated very close to each other at all at the SAGs. Full Story
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As mentioned earlier, Ryan Gosling was one on the Academy's first list of presenters released yesterday. The Big Short might be making a late surge in the Oscar race. Ryan's obviously going to support his film but also to get a head start on promoting The Nice Guys, coming out in April. Full Story
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There were rumours last that Brad Pitt might be presenting at the Golden Globes, but his name did not show up on any HFPA press releases. Same goes for Ryan Gosling – and he wasn't rumoured at all. Brad didn't walk the carpet. Ryan didn't walk the carpet. But when the show started, there they were, at The Big Short table, both looking pretty f-cking handsome. Full Story


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OTTAWA, ON, Canada -- Last month, Canada announced that it plans to stop minting 1¢ coins. This month, the Royal Canadian Mint is using gold, one of the oldest forms of currency, to attract software developers to its MintChip Challenge, which aims to transform the country's remaining coins into digital currency.
MintChip is the latest move by the Canadian government to move money into the digital age. Canada, which has a history of innovative currency policy, is now taking the lead in providing what just may prove the future of money and the use of electronic cash for even small purchases. Since Canada replaced $1 and $2 banknotes with coins some time ago, MintChip is intended to pay for low-value items, anything worth less than $5 to $10.
The MintChip Challenge, conducted by ChallengePost, is open to North American software developers who want to create innovative mobile payment applications using the MintChip technology. MintChip is more a protocol and system than a physical device. The Royal Canadian Mint, which is sponsoring the competition, said the system could be included in mobile phones or remain entirely on servers for consumers only interested in online transactions. In physical form, the MintChip does not require an Internet connection for payments and, unlike debit and credit cards, its transactions are not run through third parties.
The contest, which kicked off on April 4, was originally scheduled to run through Aug. 1. But the Mint has already stopped accepting entries "due to a very high level of interest." That's likely because of the lure of gold: the Mint will distribute about two pounds of the precious metal in total with a value of about $50,000 to the MintChip Challenge winners.


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Childhood obesity as we know it has been steadily climbing. Well one girl and her family had the courage to do something about it…
Breanna Bond weighed 186 pounds by the time she was 9 years old. The extra weight made it difficult for her to breathe and move around. The California girl soon became a target for bullies.
"Everybody at school would call me names," she said. "They would call me fatty, they would call me fat head."
Breanna's weight gain began when she was a baby, reaching 100 pounds by the time she got to kindergarten. She couldn't keep up with the friends who were running while they played.
"Her pediatrician always said that she'd grow into her body and then, after a while, we went and got other doctors' opinions," Breanna's mother, Heidi Bond of Clovis, Calif., said today on "Good Morning America." "We had her tested for everything from thyroid to diabetes – her endocrinology got tested – allergies, and everything came out fine so we knew at that point we had to step things up."
Bond and Breanna's father, Dan Bond, decided to take matters into their own hands. Heidi Bond designed an exercise routine for her daughter and the entire family. They began to walk the 4-mile trail near their home.
"There was nothing that stopped us," Heidi Bond said. "We went at night, in the rain, in the hail, in the fog, nothing. We had a zero-tolerance policy. We're doing the walk, no matter what."
Before long, Breanna had lost 37 pounds. In less than a year, her weight loss totaled 66 pounds.
In addition to following a diet that limits fat to 20 grams per day, Breanna also began using her home treadmill for an hour and 15 minutes each day. She also started to play basketball and joined the swim team.
"[That] I can be involved in sports and I can keep up with my friends when we're playing," Breanna said on "GMA" of her favorite aspect of her weight loss. "I can just move more."
Heidi Bond said Breanna inspires her every day.
"She is an inspiration to the world and all children who are having weight issues across America, that you can do it with a pair of tennis shoes and motivation," Bond said.
The Bonds offered three tips for other parents who are looking to keep their children healthy: start as soon as possible, exercise and enforce healthy eating habits.
"Don't be afraid to do the tough love," Dan Bond said on "GMA." "It's worth it in the long run. It's their life that's at stake."


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By Pat Mora & Libby Martinez
PM: I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE is our first co-writing adventure. Did you feel we worked as equals, or did the fact that I asked you to refer to me as Your Ladyship prove an obstacle?
LM: I think the question may give readers the false impression that I am only required to refer to you as Your Ladyship when we are writing together…when, in fact, I am actually required to refer to you in this manner at all times and during all seasons, with each utterance always preceded and followed by a brief curtsy. Is this the correct forum to mention the strict tea and scone rules as well?
PM: Thirty years ago this year, I held my first book in my hands. How did you feel when you held your first copy of I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE?
LM: It was a surreal moment, in the best sense. To feel the glossy cover, to hear the book literally crack open for the first time, to see both of our names together, to see Lobo's name in the pages and feel her warmth radiating from the exquisite illustrations…it is a moment I will never forget.
PM: You and our aunt (your great-aunt) whom we called Lobo are the central characters in the book. We dedicated the book to this amazingly loving lady. What is a favorite Lobo memory?
LM: Two of my favorite Lobo memories are sitting in our den playing Go Fish and Crazy Eights for hours together, and going to Luby's cafeteria on Friday for lunch…we both loved coconut cream pie.
Award-winning PAT MORA's books include Tomás and the Library Lady and Doña Flor. She is an honorary member of the ALA, the highest honor the association bestows on non-librarian members. Click for more information on Pat.
LIBBY MARTINEZ has worked in the Texas political arena, has served as the Director of School and Community Partnerships at the Philadelphia Zoo, and is the founder of a strategy consulting practice. She lives with her husband in Colorado Springs. Click for more information on Libby.


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Two men confess to damaging statue of Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott
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The mom of late Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott says she's relieved the damage done to the statue of her son was unintentional. Philomena Lynott tells Ireland's "Hot Press" she's learned that the bronze was accidentally knocked over by "a bunch of high spirited boys who meant no harm," so she's "not annoyed with them" and is "only hoping that none of the lads got hurt."
Two men reportedly turned themselves in last Friday in connection with the incident, which happened in Dublin Thursday night. Authorities still plan to file charges against the men. But police say the court might go easy on them, since they're taking responsibility for their actions.
An unnamed source says it was a stupid accident, with "drink having been taken." The men have also reached out to Philomena, who is thanking the men for coming forward.
Meanwhile, the statue is being repaired. It's expected to be returned to Harry Street by the end of the week.
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The information provided here is meant to give you a general idea about each of the medications listed below. Only the most general side effects are included, so ask your doctor if you need to take any special precautions. Use each of these medications as recommended by your doctor, or according to the instructions provided. If you have further questions about usage or side effects, contact your doctor.
The type of treatment you will have will depend on the stage of the cancer, the size of the tumor, your age, and overall condition. The main prescription drug therapies used to treat prostate cancer are hormonal therapies.
Hormonal Therapy
Prostate cells need male hormones, called androgens, to grow and work properly. The aim of hormonal therapy is to reduce the amount of male hormones in your body so that prostate cells are not stimulated to grow. The most effective hormonal therapy is to undergo surgery to remove the testes (orchiectomy). This is effective surgery, but it is irreversible. Often hormonal therapies are combined to achieve greater effects.
Different types of hormonal therapies include:
Common names include:
- Leuprolide
- Goserelin
These medications decrease the production of the male hormone, testosterone, from the testicles. These medications are given by injection into a muscle every few months.
Possible side effects include:
- Erectile dysfunction
- Hot flashes
- Loss of sexual desire
- Osteoporosis
- Fatigue
- Increased risk of heart disease and diabetes
Common names include:
- Flutamide
- Bicalutamide
- Nilutamide
Anti-androgens prevent your body from using androgens. Possible side effects include:
- Nausea and vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Breast growth or tenderness—gynecomastia
- Change in sexual ability or desire
Common name: ketoconazole
Ketoconazole blocks the production of androgens. It is considered a second-line hormonal treatment. It may be used when other medications are not working.
Possible side effects include:
- Nausea and vomiting
- Liver problems
- Itchy skin
Newer Hormonal Therapies
Common name: abiraterone
Abiraterone works by blocking an enzyme that is needed to make testosterone. The drug affects the ability of the testes and body tissue from making this male hormone.
Possible side effects include:
- Fatigue
- Fluid build-up in the legs
- Joint and muscle pain
- High blood pressure
- Bladder infection
Common name: enzalutamide
This medication has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for men that have late-stage prostate cancer that has not responded to other treatments. Enzalutamide, a type of anti-antigen, prevents your body from using androgens.
Possible side effects include:
- Weakness
- Back pain
- Diarrhea
- Joint pain
Special Considerations
If you are taking medications, follow these general guidelines:
- Take the medication as directed. Do not change the amount or the schedule.
- Ask what side effects could occur. Report them to your doctor.
- Talk to your doctor before you stop taking any prescription medication.
- Plan ahead for refills if you need them.
- Do not share your prescription medication with anyone.
- Medications can be dangerous when mixed. Talk to your doctor if you are taking more than one medication, including over-the-counter products and supplements.
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THIS Friday, October 19th, Chicago's own Evil Olive in the very cool Wicker Park neighborhood, will be hosting "UnVeil," a collaborative effort between Sharpie artist Keith Skogstrom of Geodesic Designs and Loren Egeland of Soulfume Ink.
Keith, a furniture and mural artist in Chicago, IL, took a minute to fill us in on how this awesome project came to be!
I contacted the owner and requested to place a temporary mural on a vacant wall in his venue. Professionally, I'm constantly searching for public spaces in which to display artwork. For me, the idea is that as an artist I need to be making objects, and continue to put them in the public eye. It forces me to generate work and to maintain a presence in the community. I used my recent work at Violet Hour and Back Room, as examples of the proposed mural and after formally pitching him my proposal he put me in contact with the management team. We collaborated on how the installation would reflect both my aesthetics as a designer, and the needs of the venue. In order to best suit our collaborative needs I invited graphic artist, Loren Egeland of Soulfume Ink to participate in the creation of the installation. Loren created digital renderings of his contribution to the piece.
I then put together some drawings of the overall arrangement and design of my 12 panels.
Together we spent the last 4 months in my studio, also known as "The Sandbox", building and designing the installation.
My contribution to the installation is inspired by the radial symmetry of gears, along with the mechanical processes involved in creating the shapes and panels themselves. I see the mechanical ratios of gears as patterns which I can distort. I use Sharpie markers to create implied depth and functional pattern on sculptural elements.
The final arrangement and size of the individual panels, is determined by the location of the mural within the venue. In this case, it is nestled under the steel stairs on a brick wall.
We look forward to unveiling this art installation and encourage everyone to join us on October 19th at 8PM at Evil Olive (1551 West Division).
You've seen how it all started, now head over to Evil Olive THIS Friday to see how it turned out!


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LISTEN: Eric Prydz previews 'F.A.T'
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Eric Prydz's EPIC 2.0 tour was ... well, epic! But so are the new tunes he's ready to release via his Pryda alias.
Eric recently unveiled "Lycka" last month, and has now presented Pryda fans with "F.A.T" which was recently premiered by Pete Tong - but true Pryda fans have heard the track in his sets throughout 2013.
Both tracks will be packaged and released together on December 9th via Pryda recordings on Beatport.
Check out "F.A.T" - and if you haven't already, listen to "Lycka" below!
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|Public Law 86-581
|Cheyenne River Sioux Indians.
|Sec. 3
|25 U. S. C. 70a.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all of the right, title, and interest of the United States in the following described land in Dewey County, South Dakota, together with the improvements thereon, is hereby declared to be held by the United States in trust for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe: A part of the southeast quarter of southeast quarter of section 26, township 14 north, range 28 east, more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the southeast corner of the southeast quarter of southeast quarter of said section 26; thence north, on the section line, 476 feet to a point which is 150 feet, measured southerly at right angles, from the centerline of the main track of the Chicago, Milwaukee
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and Saint Paul Railway Company; thence westerly, parallel to said centerline of railway and 150 feet southerly therefrom, to the west line of the southeast quarter of southeast quarter of said section 26; thence south of said west line, 605 feet, more or less, to the south line of said section 26; thence east, on said south line, to the place of beginning; containing 16.05 acres, more or less.
Said land shall be subject to the same provisions of law and departmental rules and regulations that govern the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation.
The Indian Claims Commission is directed to determine in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1050), the extent to which the value of the title conveyed by this Act should or should not be set off against any claim against the United States determined by the Commission.
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Thieves steal iPad from man on MAX train
Portland Police are trying to identify the suspects who stole an iPad from a 62-year-old man who is deaf.
Friday at 5:25 a.m., East Precinct officers responded to the 122nd MAX Transit Station on the report that two suspects stole an iPad from a man riding the MAX.
Officers arrived and spoke to witnesses and the victim, a 62-year-old man, and learned that two suspects got on an eastbound MAX at the Gateway Transit Station and began being aggressive towards the victim, who was holding his iPad.
The victim is deaf and uses the iPad as his primary means of communication.
As the train stopped at the 102nd Transit Station, one of the suspects grabbed the victim's iPad and ran off the train and continued running South on 102nd Avenue. The other suspect, who was on his BMX bike inside the train, also left the train and rode South on 102nd Avenue.
Several officers canvassed the neighborhood but did not locate anyone matching the suspect's description.
The suspect who grabbed the iPad is described as an African American male, late-teens or early-20s, 5'9" tall, thin build, short black hair, dark-skinned, red t-shirt, light blue jean shorts, and black high-top tennis shoes.
The suspect on the bicycle is described as a white male in his late-teens or early-20s, 5'10", medium build, a Chinese symbol tattoo on the left side of his neck, a white t-shirt, baseball cap, black shorts, and riding a BMX bicycle.
Anyone with information about this incident or these suspects is asked to email email@example.com.